Welcome to your life
There’s no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world.
Tears for Fears, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.”
This is my world,and I am the World Leader Pretend
This is my life, and this is my time
I have been given the freedom to do as I see fit
It’s high time I razed the walls that I’ve constructed
It’s amazing what devices you can sympathize
Empathise
This is my mistake, let me make it good
I raised the wall
And I will be the one to knock it down
REM, “World Leader Pretend”
Asia’s crowded and Europe’s too old
Africa is far too hot and Canada’s too cold
And South America stole our name
Let’s drop the big one
There’ll be no one left to blame us
Randy Newman, Political Science
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Toto - Africa
-“BB”-
Now come hold my hand
No bad vibe hearts
Hold my hand you know
This journey could be long
Yeah the seasons come in
All the nights are woven
All the nights we’ll see them through
Ah no hundred men now
Would dare cut into us
We’ll go on and see it through
Peter Murphy, “All Night Long”
And the seasons they go round and round,
And the painted ponies go up and down,
We’re captive on the carousel of time.
We can’t return we can only look,
Behind from where we came,
And go round and round and round,
In the circle game.
Joni Mitchell, “The Circle Game.”
Round and round
With love we’ll find a way, just give it time
Round and round
What comes around goes around
I’ll tell you why
Ratt - Round and Round
-“BB”-
Round round get around, I get around, yeah
(Get around round round I get around, ooh-ooh) I get around
From town to town (get around round round I get around)
I’m a real cool head (get around round round I get around)
I’m makin’ real good bread (get around round round I get around)
The Beach Boys I Get Around
Spinning, turning, watching, burning
All my life has found it’s meaning
Walking, crawling, climbing, falling
All my life has found it’s meaning
Lifehouse, Spin
Round like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending nor beginning
On an ever spinning reel
…
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Noel Harrison / The Windmills Of Your Mind
What goes up must come down
Spinnin’ wheel, got to go round
Talkin’ ‘bout your troubles, it’s a cryin’ sin
Ride a painted pony, let the spinnin’ wheel spin
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
-“BB”-
I ride an old Paint, I’m leadin’ old Dan
I’m goin’ to Montana just to throw the houlihan
They feed in the coulees, they water in the draw
Their tails are all matted, their backs are all raw
Ride around, little dogies, ride around them slow
For they’re fiery and snuffy and rarin’ to go
Woody Guthrie - I Ride An Old Paint
I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain
America Horse with No Name
A broken horse
And one by one
I watched them run
They were my friends
A frozen eye
And one by one
I saw them crying
They were forever to be leaving
Rain Parade - Broken Horse
Oh, the love you promised would be mine forever
I would have bet my bottom dollar on
Well, it sure turned out to be a short forever
Just once I turned my back and you were gone
From now on all my friends are gonna be strangers
I’m all through ever trusting anyone
Merle Haggard; All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers
Who asked you to annoy me
With your sad, sad repartee?
Besides, I never talk to strangers anyway.
Tom Waits
People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted
Streets are uneven when you’re down
The Doors
Nobody knows you, when you down and out
In my pocket not one penny, and my friends I haven’t any
Jimmy Cox
Like songs, our warmth fades away
Turns into coldness
Like the words that we say, today
And as the city glows
Electric people nobody knows
Electric dreams, nobody shows
When you touch my skin
The feeling is electric
The Church, “Electric”
HEY YOU GUYS!!!
We’re gonna turn it on
We’re gonna bring you the power
We’re gonna light up the dark of night like the
brightest day in a whole new way
We’re gonna turn it on
We’re gonna bring you the power
It’s coming down the lines, strong as they can be through the courtesy of The Electric Company
The Electric Company
The Electric Company!
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