12/20/09

Sarah Jarosz: Song Up in Her Head




Sarah Jarosz is known as a "bluegrass debutante."

She is very young, very talented, and making waves...
and she makes Austin proud.

We will be hearing more from her.

Listen to "Song Up in Her Head" here.

I can't find the lyrics at the moment,
but they rock!

12/8/09

Pearl Jam - The Fixer






























The Fixer....

Listen here.

[Everytime I hear this song, I think of Eddie Vedder singing this song to his beautiful little girl.]

When something’s on let me shed a little light on it
When something’s cold let me put a little fire on it
If something’s old I wanna put a bit of shine on it
When something’s gone I wanna fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

When something’s broke I wanna put a bit of fixin on it
If something’s bored I wanna put a little excited on it
If something’s low I wanna put a little high on it
If something’s lost I wanna fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

When signals cross, i want to put a bit of straight on it.
if there's no love, i want to try to love again.
I’ll say your prayers I’ll take your side
I promise a way to make light
I'll dig your grave
We'll dance and sing
What's saved could be one last lifetime

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
Fight to get it back again
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

Lyric source.

Meiko: Boys with Girlfriends



I know better than this...

I accidentally saw Meiko at SXSW '09. I had never heard of her... But the people I was standing with were total groupies. In fact, the Korean guy I met at The Parish had actually become a partial owner of "The Parish" bar in Austin, Texas because he was so in love with Meiko (and she plays there when she comes to town ;-)


And, needless to say, she was very talented and extremely humble ;-) I'm hooked!!

And here's the song that has catapulted her to instant stardom:  Live version here.

BOYS WITH GIRLFRIENDS

when i first met you
i knew you were the one
till you took me home and met her
she had your boxers on
she was listening to your song
and i thought right then that you had everything

but i knew
she was jealous from the start
yeah i knew
she was jealous from the start
cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh oh oh oh oh oh X 2)

we started hanging around after 9
i couldve sworn you i was yours
you looked at me and said
its a little too late for bed
we went to stayed up all night and
talked about everything

but i knew
she was jealous from the start
yeah i knew
she was jealous from the start

cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better

(oh)
what she did to us was tragic
oh oh oh
and i have to do what's right
oh oh oh
what we had was really magic
oh oh oh
but i have to get what's mine
oh
i don't get what's mine
and you get yours
cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh)
X 2

Image Source.

12/7/09

A.A. Bondy - Lover's Waltz


























Such a beautiful song!


Listen here.
Do you wanna dance?

Will you wear my ring?
Will you lay with me?
Until the final bullets sing...


Over our heads, over our heads..
Then a lovers' waltz will turn until the end.


Will you marry me?
Don't you wanna spin?
Will you run with me? 
Until the ground folds us within.
Over our heads, over our heads.


And a lovers' waltz will turn until the end,
And your shipwreck eyes,
They sing to me,
As we ride a killer whale,
Across a diamond sea.


Over our heads, over our heads...
And a lovers' waltz will turn until the end.
And I will hang for you,
And you will hang for me,
And the northern lights.
Will take us in like refugees,
Over our heads, over our heads.
And a lovers' waltz will turn until the end.



Lyric source.

12/5/09

Josh Ritter: Bright Smile (Dark Eyes)



Bright Smile - Josh Ritter - Whelans 22/10/09

Watch here.

Lyrics to Bright Smile :

Now my work is done

I feel I'm owed some joy

Oh Imogene and Abelard

I'm your homeward boy

But there's another one

Who brings me to your door

And the boat she weaved from the tidal reeds

Was always tied to shore

With bright smiles and dark eyes

Bright smile dark eyes

Everywhere I went oh

I was always searching for ya

Bright smile dark eyes

I'm looking for some peace

But it's so hard to find

With Calamity Janes and the Steamboat Casanovas

And Darling Clementines

If she's your only one

Then she is also mine

Just pin your heartbeat up against my heartbeat

And you'll see how well we rhyme

With bright smiles and dark eyes

Bright smile dark eyes

Everywhere I went oh


I was always looking for ya

Bright smile dark eyes

Man is only half himself


The other half is a bright thing


He tumbles on by luck or grace


For man is ever a blind thing

Bright smiles and dark eyes

Bright smile dark eyes

Everywhere I went oh

I was always looking for ya

Bright smile dark eyes

[ Bright Smile Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

Ben Harper: Morning Yearning....


Listen here...

Acoustic here, and here.

Lyrics are here.

Guitar tabs here.

Practice tabs here.

Enjoy ;)

Image Source.

12/4/09

Billy Bragg - Walk Away Renee



Billy Bragg Walk Away Renee Lyrics:
On YouTube here... and here. (JUST KIDDING about that second link ;-)

She said it was just a figment of speech
And I said you mean 'figure'
And she said no 'figment' because she
could never imagine it happening
But it did
When we first met, I played the shy-boy
When she spoke to me for the first
time, my nose began to bleed
She guessed the rest
The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry
And when nobody came to collect our
fares, why I knew then this was
something special.
I couldn't stop thinking about her
And everytime I switched on the radio,
there was somebody else singing
a song about the two of us.
It was just like being on a fast ride at Fun
Fair - the sort you want to get off...
because it's scary and then, as soon as
you're off again, you want to
get straight back on again
But oh love is strange
And you have to learn to take the
crunchy with the smooth
I suppose
She began going out with Mr. Potato Head
It was when I saw her in the car park with
his coat around her shoulders
that I realized
I went home and thought about the two of
them together until the bath
water went cold around me
I thought about her eyes and the curve of
her breasts and about the point
where their bodies met...
I confronted her about it
I said 'I'm the most illegible bachelor in town'
And she said 'Yea, that's why I can never
understand any of those stupid
letters you send me.'
And then one day it happened,
She cut her hair,
And I stopped loving her.

Lyric Source.

12/1/09

Alexi Murdoch - Song for You


I love Alexi Murdoch...
This is a stunning video as well.

"So today, I wrote a song for you,
'Cause a day can get so long.
And I know it's hard to make it through,
When you say there's something wrong.

So I'm trying to put it right,
'Cause I want to love you with my heart,
All this trying has made me tight.
And I dont know even where to start...

Maybe that's a start.

'Cause you know its a simple game..
That you play filling up your head with rain.
And you know you are hiding from your pain.
In the way, in the way you say your name.

And I see you,
Hiding your face in your hands.
Flying so you won't land,
You think no one understands,
No one understands.

So you hunch your shoulders and you shake your head,
And your throat is aching but you swear,
No one hurts you, nothing could be sad,
Anyway you're not here enough to care.

And you're so tired you dont sleep at night,
As your heart is trying to mend,
You keep it quiet but you think you might,
Disappear before the end.

And its strange that you cannot find,
Any strength to even try...
To find a voice to speak your mind,
When you do, all you wanna do is cry.

Well maybe you should cry...

And I see you hiding your face in your hands,
Talking 'bout far-away lands,
You think no one understands,
Listen to my hands.

And all of this life,
Moves around you.
For all that you claim,
You're standing still,
You are moving too...
You are moving too...
You are moving too...
I will move you."

Image source: Google images.

Lyric source here.

11/30/09


Not What You Think It Is
from the album "Postcards and Daydreaming" by Dan Mangan.

you would think that keeping up would be easier.
livin’ large and livin’ strange,
you’ll bend yourself.
summertime, it always seems to come creeping up.
keep in mind, you want it to.
when you’re cold and you’re tired, hurt and you’re sad.
for all that you’ve given, for all that you’ve had.
it’s not what you think it is.
you would think that livin’ large and livin’ well
will wear ya down and wear ya thin and where ya goin?
don’t you know i’m grumpy
when the time is right,
when the time is on my side?
maybe you could fix me up,
i could do the same for you and maybe sometime soon,
we can spend some time alone to talk about the things we should talk about.
tell me ’bout the time when everything’s a mess,
tell me ’bout the time - I haven’t heard it yet,
tell me ’bout the time,
tell me ’bout the time,
tell me ’bout the time.
all you need is time.
when you’re cold and you’re tired.
when things just aren’t well.
frightened of strangers and scared of yourself.
it’s not what you think it is.
when you’re strung out,
when there’s hell to pay,
when you’re holding out for some better day,
when your feet are inspired,
when you need some fresh air.
with your fingers on fire, release it all there.
it’s not what you think it is.

Listen to Dan here.

11/27/09

T.V. on the Radio: Dancing Choose


Dancing Choose Lyrics

Video here.

he's a WHAT? he's a WHAT?
he's a newspaper man
and he gets his best ideas
from a newspaper stand;
from his boots to his pants
to his comments and his rants
he knows that any little article will do!

though he expresses some confusion
'bout his part in the plan,
and he can't understand
that he's not in command;
the decisions underwritten
by the cash in his hand
bought a sweater for
his weimariner, too.

now i'm no mad man,
but that's insanity...
feast before famine,
and more before family
goes and shows up with
more bowls and more
cups and the riot for the
last hot meal erupts
corrupts his hard drive
through the leanest months
shells out the hard cash
for the sickest stunts;
on aftershave, on gasoline
he flips the page and turns
the scene.

in my mind i'm drowning butterflies
broken dreams and alibi's;
that's fine.
i've seen my palette blown
to monochrome-
hollow heart
clicks hollowtone,
it's time.
eye on authority,
thumb prints a forgery
boy, ain't it crazy what the
lights can do
for counterfeit community;
every opportunity
wasted as the space
between the flash tattoo,

and the half-hearted hologram,
posed for the party
now he gloss full bleed
on a deaf dumb tree
cod liver dollar signs,
credit card autograph
down for the record
but not for freedom.

angry young mannequin
american, apparently
still to the rhythm
better get to the back of me
can't stand the vision,
better tongue the anatomy
gold plated overhead,
blank transparency
in the days of old,
you were a nut
now you need three bumps
before you cut
not that i should care about,
nothing i ain't scared of, but
i guess you had
to
be
there.

in my mind i'm breeding butterflies,
broken dreams, and alibis
that's fine.
i've seen my palette
blown to monochrome
hollow heart
clicks hollowtone
in time.

i see you figured in your action pose
foam-injected axl rose,
life size
should something shake you
and you drop the news,
lord, just keep your dancing shoes
off mine....

11/26/09

T.V. on the Radio: Family Tree


Beautiful song by T.V. on the Radio... Listen here.

The album is Dear Science. Listen to it here.

Anda my love
Wake up to your window
The day calls in billows
It's echoing moonlight onto the blue nightmare of your heart.
In cosy red rainbow.
It's shaking off halos.
And the memory of our sacred so and so...

Oh take my hand sweet,
Complete your release, unbury your feet.
And married we'll be.
Alone in receiving ours is a feeling not that they would see.
They don't know that we could be.
Down where your cradle escaped the sea.
And your raven haired Mama caught told you so's.

Were hanging in the shadow of your family tree.
Your haunted heart and me.
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come.
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree,
There's a hundred hearts or three.
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep them young.

Ah me all mine.
Is it safe to say that we've waited patiently.
Call me on time.
And recall the tune that has place us gracefully.
All into line.
There's the garden grave and a place they've saved for you.
I'll fall by your side.
Though your silver haired Mama throws told you so's...

Were laying in the shadow of your family tree.
Your haunted heart and me.
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come.
And in the shadow of the gallows of your family tree.
There's a hundred hearts or three.
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep it young.

And now we'll gather in the shadow of your family tree...
In haunted harmony.
Brought down by an old idea whose time has come.
And in the shadow of the valley of your family tree.
There's a hundred hearts or three,
Pumping blood to the roots of evil to keep us young...

Lyric Source: SongMeanings.

11/25/09

Lisa Hannigan: I don't know....


One of my favorite songs and videos from Lisa Hannigan: Watch here.
I saw her at SXSW '09. She is heavenly. What a voice!

I don't know what you smoke or what countries you've been to
if you speak any other languages other than your own
but I'd like to meet you

I don't know if you drive
if you love the ground beneath you
I don't know if you write letters
or panic on the phone still
I'd like to call you all the same,
if you want to, I am game.

I don't know if you can swim or if the sea has any draw for you
if you're better in the morning or when the sun goes down
I'd like to talk to you
I don't know if you can dance if the thought ever occurred to you
if you eat what you've been given or push it round your plate
still I'd like to cook for you all the same,
I would want to, I am game,

If you walk my way and I could keep my head
we could creep away in the dark or maybe not,
we could shoot it down anyway.

I don't know if you read novels or the magazines
if you love the hand that feeds you
I assume that your heart's been bruised
I know I'd like to know you
you don't know if I can draw at all
or what records I am into
if I sleep like a spoon
or rarely at all
or maybe you would do? maybe you would do

if I walk your way I will keep my head
we will feel our way through the dark
though I don't know you I think that I would do
I don't fall easy at all.

Lyrics courtesy of LyricsMania.

Image Source: Google Images.

11/18/09

The Eels: Little Bird


I love this song!

Watch here...

"Right now you're the only friend I have in the world...
and I can't take that much.
Goddamn, I miss that girl...."

And I can't find the rest of the lyrics, yet.

11/16/09

Happy 40th Birthday, Sesame Street!


As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, I'd like to showcase some Sesame Street songs here.

Here's Shari Lewis, Lambchop and Big Bird singing "You're Perfect as You Are."

"For goodness sake, don't change a thing, you're perfect as a pig..." Exactly!

11/12/09

Teddy Thompson: I Should Get Up

Teddy Thompson, Richard Thompson's talented son performs "I Should Get Up."

Lyrics to I Should Get Up:
Depression looms
I’m such a miserable fool
I stay in bed
I don’t wanna got to school
But I see the sun is beating down
No excuses from the clouds

I should get up
I should get out

I’m sure there’s something
I can’t do without
I should get up

I should get up
I should get up
I’ve heard it said
that life will pass you by

Live underground pretty soon that’s where you lie
But I feel so warm in my room
I’m safe and sound inside my tomb
I should get upI should get out
I’m sure there’s something
I can’t do without

I should get up
I should get up
I should get up

The world goes on without me
I know it
I know it
No one misses the quiet kid.

And there are thingsI may have missed
But living ignorance is bliss
I’m so wrapped up in myself

I got no time for
Everyone else
I should get up
I should get out
I’m sure there’s something
I can’t do without
I should get up

I should get up
I should get up
I should go out

I’m sure there’s something
I can’t do without
I should get up
I should get up
I should get up

[ I Should Get Up Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]

5/3/09

The Little Willies - It's Not You, It's Me

It ain't you, it's me, Video #1

One more version... here.

Lyrics:
I just can't keep going along
Making believe nothing's wrong
It's wrong and it's always gonna be
Nothing you did in any way
Nothing you said or didn't say
It's not you, baby it's me

So keep on being long and tall
Keep on talkin with the same ol' drawl
Keep on baby don't you trip and fall over me

The petals of the daisy drop
You love me then, you love me not
You love me not, it's plain to see
Who keeps the fire burning bright
The one who's losing sleep at night
It ain't you, baby it's me

So keep the rose you never brought
Keep that ring that you never bought
It's all my fault, it's all my fantasy

Oh, but I can't give you no more of myself
'Cuz I'm lookin out for somebody else
It ain't you, baby it's me

Oh, but I can't give you no more of myself
'Cuz I'm lookin' out for somebody else
It ain't you, baby it's me

The Little Willies - Gotta Get Drunk

Gotta Get Drunk, Video #1.

You really got a hold on me - She & Him

Here is She and Him singing "You Really Got a Hold on Me."

The Beatles, You Really Got A Hold On Me, studio version I. Version 2.

The Beatles, more polished version, You Really Got A Hold on Me.

Next Beattle's version, live, You Really Got a Hold on Me.

The Beattle's at The Cavern Beat.

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles "You Really Got a Hold On Me."

I don't like you
but I love you
Seems that I'm always thinking of you
Oh, oh, oh you treat me badly
I love you madly

You really got a hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
You really got a hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
Baby

I don't want you
but I need you
Don't wanna kiss you
but I need you
Oh, oh, oh, you do me wrong now
My love is strong now

You really got to hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
You really got to hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
Baby
I love you and all I want you to do is just
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Tighter
tighter

I wanna leave you
Don't wanna stay here
Don't wanna spend another day here
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna split now
I can't quit now

You really got a hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
You really got a hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
Baby
I love you and all I want you to do is just
Hold (me/) please (/Hold)
Sqeeze
Hold me, hold me

You really got a hold on me (You really got a hold on me)
I said you really got a hold on me (I said you really got a hold on me)
You know you really got a hold on me

4/17/09

Ryan Adams - Two

Youtube video here.

4/16/09

Jessica Lea Mayfield: For Today

Jessica Lea Mayfield's MySpace page here.

Jessica on Wikipedia.

Video #1

Avett Brothers singing "For Today" here....

Youtube video... interview.

Guitar tabs here.

Jessica Lea Mayfield and Scott Avett.... here.

Chittlin...

FOR TODAY - LYRICS:I was walking with your left hand in my back pocket
And I stared at the sky while you kissed me
And you were running away, away from everything
And I stayed behind so you'd miss me
And all these words would sound so sweet
I could care less about you
Care less about you
And I love the sound of you walking away
And I can see clearer and I'm getting closer
To finding out to just who I am without you in the way
So hold me
But only for today
Despite my best ambitions
I get into the worst situations
But here I am crystal clean
And all my nights are lonely
The workers said you are phony
Cause there's nothing left to say
I know you say you can't live without me
And every single night you think about me
I could care less about you
Care less about you
And how I love the sound of you walking away
And I can
See clearer
And I am getting closer
To finding out just who I am
Without you in the way
So hold me
But only for today

4/15/09

4/14/09

Ray LaMontagne - You Are the Best Thing




Check out Ray LaMontagne's MySpace page here.

YouTube video here.

Live rendition here and here.

LYRICS:

Baby
It’s been a long day, baby.
Things ain’t going my way
you know I need you here
here by my side
all of the time

And Baby, the way you move me its crazy.
it’s like, you see right through me, you make it easier,
You please me and you don’t even have to try.

oh because,
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

Baby,
We’ve come a long way, baby.
you know, I hope and I pray that you believe me
When I say this love will never fade away

oh because
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

Now both of us have known love before,
To come on up promising, like the spring, just walk on out the door.
Our hearts are kind and are hearts are strong.
well, let me tell you what exactly is on my mind.

you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

yeah, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah,
now, now, now, now

Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now



YouTube video here, and here.

BE HERE NOW - Lyrics:Don't let your mind get weary and confused
Your will be still, don't try
Don't let your heart get heavy child
Inside you there's a strength that lies

Don't let your soul get lonely child
It's only time, it will go by
Don't look for love in faces, places
It's in you, that's where you'll find kindness

Be here now, here now
Be here now, here now

Don't lose your faith in me
And I will try not to lose faith in you
Don't put your trust in walls
'Cause walls will only crush you when they fall

Be here now, here now
Be here now, here now

Video #1

Radiohead - Strange Fishes

Here.

K.T. Tunstall and "Lil Bastard"

David Bowie - Tom....

Ring of Fire

Social Distortion Ring of Fire....

Talking Heads - And She Was..

Social Distortion - Ball and Chain

Video here.

Ben Harper and Relentless 7 - SXSW





Ben Harper and Relentless 7: Good review here....

Ben Harper at Stubbs....

Ben Harper, miscellaneous....

Morning Yearning video, directed by Heath Ledger...

Ben Harper and Eddie Vedder... here. "Indifference"

Relentless Seven on MySpace.

Relentless SEven homepage.

RElentless Seven, Facebook.

Facebook videos...

Image Source.

Lucinda Williams - You Took My Joy

Lucinda Williams - Honey Bee

Martin Sexton - Beast in Me

27 Jennifers

Hey Eugene!

TV on the radio...

Insert Ting Tings - 3 or 4 songs

Sara Watkins - All This Time




Sara Watkins, formerly of Nickel Creek, has a new solo album out...

Check out "All this Time."

LYRICS:

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

I feel like the wind just came and blew all the crumbs away
I'm finally breaking it off with your memory

You're still in my cupboards
Get out of my cupboards
Get off of my walls

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

You're where I hang my keys when I walk in the door
You're the jacket I borrowed and proudly wore
But with you in my head you stay under my skin and interfere with my heart

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

I feel like the wind just came and blew all the crumbs away
I'm finally breaking it off with your memory

Check out Sara's MySpace page.

Image source.

4/13/09

Meiko - Boyfriends with Girlfriends




I accidentally saw Meiko at SXSW '09. I had never heard of her... But the people I was standing with were total groupies. In fact, the Korean guy I met had actually become a partial owner of "The Parish" bar in Austin, Texas because he was so in love with Meiko (and she plays there when she comes to town ;-)

And, needless to say, she was very talented and extremely humble ;-) I'm hooked!!

She's currently on tour, so check out her MySpace page for her gig schedule.

And here's the song that has catapulted her to instant stardom:

BOYS WITH GIRLFRIENDS

Listen here, and here.

Lyrics are below:
when i first met you i knew you were the one
till you took me home and met her
she had your boxers on
she was listening to your song
and i thought right then that you had everything

but i knew
she was jealous from the start
yeah i knew
she was jealous from the start

cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh oh oh oh oh oh X 2)

we started hanging around after 9
i couldve sworn you i was yours
you looked at me and said
its a little too late for bed
we went to hopesal and
talked about everything

but i knew
she was jealous from the start
yeah i knew
she was jealous from the start


cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh)

what she did to us was tragic
oh oh oh
and i have to do what's right
oh oh oh
what we had was really magic
oh oh oh
but i have to get what's mine
oh
i don't get what's mine
and you get yours

cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh)
X 2

Image Source: Click here.

Neko Case - Vengeance is Sleeping Video on YouTube

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Listen to her new album, Middle Cyclone, here: http://www.nekocase.com/news/

Vengeance is sleeping is the fifth song, I think...

4/8/09

Neko Case - Vengeance is Sleeping

VENGEANCE IS SLEEPING
Neko Case 2008

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT A BRUTE I WAS
I DIPPED MY CIGARETTE AND RODE THE BUS
VENGEANCE BUILT ME HASTILY

AND I DRAGGED THE CLANGING NOTION I WAS NOBODY, NOBODY... NOBODY
ALL I HAD WAS MY INTENTION
AND MY LOVE INVENTED ALL OF YOU

OH, LOOK WHAT THOUGHTS CAN DO
WHAT THOUGHTS CAN DO

IF BY NOW YOU ARE NOT DEAD AND BURIED
YOU ARE MOST CERTIFIABLY MARRIED, OH MARRIED

I'M SURE YOU'RE SLEEPING SOUND
WITH THE MISTRESS OF THE HOURS
THE HOURS THAT GRIND YOUR LIFE TO DUST
YOUR EASY LOVES YOU KEEP LIKE PETS
DENIED THEM YOU ARE POWERLESS

WHATEVER KEEPS YOU SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT

I'M NOT THE MAN YOU THOUGHT I WAS

MY LOVE HAS NEVER LIVED INDOORS
I'VE HAD TO DRAG IT HOME BY FORCE
HIRED HOUNDS AT BOTH MY WRISTS
DAMP AND BRUISED BY STRANGERS KISSES ON MY LIPS
BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I STILL MISS

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I STILL MISS

AND IT'S RUTHLESS THAT IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE

I'M NOT THE MAN YOU THINK I AM

4/5/09

Bon Iver: For Emma




For Emma performed here.

And an amazing cappella rendition here! Holy shit!!

Acoustic version here.

One more here.

FOR EMMA LYRICS:

Her:

"Forgoe the parable."

Him:

"Seek the light."

Her:

"...My knees are cold."

(Running home, running home, running home, running home...)

Her:

"Go find another lover;

To bring a... to string along!"

"With all your lies,

You're still very lovable."

"I toured the light; so many foreign roads for Emma, forever ago."




Bon Iver on MySpace here.

Bon Iver tour schedule here.

Bon Iver and Feist on Australian radio here.

Bon Iver on Wikipedia.

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2/22/09

Peter Gabriel: Love to be Loved

So, you know how people are
When it's all gone much too far
The way their minds are made
Still, there's something you should know
That I could not let show
That fear of letting go
And in this moment, I need to be needed
With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted
'Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved [x2]
Yes, I love to be loved
I cry the way that babies cry
The way they can't deny
The way they feel
Words, they climb all over you
'Til they uncover you
From where you hide
And in this moment, I need to be needed
When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked
In this emptiness and fear,
I want to be wanted
'Cause I love to be loved
I love to be loved [x2]
Oh I love to be loved
This old familiar craving
I've been here before, this way of behaving
Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore
Let it pass let it go let it leave
From the deepest place I grieve
This time I believe
And I let go [x2]
I can let go of it
Though it takes all the strength in me
And all the world can see
I'm losing such a central part of me
I can let go of it
You know I mean it
You know that I mean it
I recognize how much I've lost
But I cannot face the cost
'Cause I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved
I love to be loved
[x3]
I love to be loved
I love to be loved
Yes I love to be loved

Tracy Chapman: Give Me One Reason

God, I love this Tracy Chapman song: Check it out here.

Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind
Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you I called too many times
You can call me baby you can call me anytime
But you got to call me

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But I'm too old to go chasing you around
Wasting my precious energy

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why I should stay
Because I told you that I loved you
And there ain't no more to say

2/18/09

Lisa Hannigan: I Don't Know

Here's Lisa Hannigan's new album, Sea Sew, on MySpace.

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2/16/09

Patty Griffin... Good-bye, good-bye old friend

Add Patty Griffin's song

No Rain (original)

Ain't no rain,
upon this land,
creeks runnin' dry,
wildflowers in bloom,
too soon.... too soon

Blackbird singing his mournful tune..
too soon.... too soon...

Ain't no water upon this land.
Creeks runnin' dry...
wildflowers in bloom,
too soon.... too soon...

And still we swim in this empty sea
of destiny...
And still we swim in this empty sea
of destiny...

Ain't no rain upon this land,
Creeks runnin' dry...
and still we swim in this empty sea
of destiny...

Drowning in our misery,
Drowning in our misery,
Drowning in our misery...

Ain't no rain upon this land,
and still we swim in this empty sea
of destiny...

Drowning in our misery,
Drowning in our misery,
Drowning in our misery...