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The problem is all inside your head she said to meThe problem is all inside your head she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

She said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
I said I appreciate that and would you please explain
About the fifty ways

She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

(Simon and Garfunkel)

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don' you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of heats is always your best bet

Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no youger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're loosin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you, before it's too late

Eagles

Great post!!! There are so many!! But as the BS #1 has to be "The Doors" I been done so GD long that it looks like up to me off their LA Woman album... for those younsters in the crowd and album is like a giant CD, sort of.

Just to show that I'm not that OLD my current fav is Nicklebacks "Someday" when I heard the song start out with... HOW THE HELL'D WE END UP LIKE THIS... it had me. Great song all the way thru though check it out.

And always remember IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE!!!! which is actually a line from a Travis Tritt song.

To really love a woman,
To understand her,
You've got to know her deep inside ...
Hear every thought,
See every dream,
And give her wings when she wants to fly.
Then when you find yourself lying helpless in her arms ...
You know you really love a woman

When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's really wanted.
When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's the one.
'Cause she needs somebody, to tell her that it's gonna last forever.
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

To really love a woman,
Let her hold you,
Till you know how she needs to be touched.
You've got to breathe her, really taste her,
'Til you can feel her in your blood
when you can see your unborn children in her eyes ...
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's really wanted.
When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's the one.
'Cause she needs somebody, to tell her that you'll always be together
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

You've got to give her some faith,
Hold her tight, a little tenderness.
You've got to treat her right.
She will be there for you taking good care of you ...
You really gotta love your woman yeah.

And when you find yourself lying helpless in her arms,
You know you really love a woman.

When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's really wanted.
When you love a woman,
You tell her that she's the one.
She needs somebody, to tell her that it's gonna last forever.
So tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?
yeah
Just tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?
Oh Just tell me have you ever really ... really, really ever loved a woman?

Anything by Coldplay - lots of loss and unrequited love in their stuff.

Here's from the new Loretta Lynn CD:

Family Tree

Woman, you don't know me
But you can bet that I know you
Everybody in this whole darn town
Knows you too

I brought along our little babies
'Cause I wanted them to see
The woman that's burning down
Our family tree

Their daddy once was a good man
Until he ran into trash like you
Now take a look at the baby's face
And tell me who loves who

I brought along his old dog Charlie
And the bills that's overdue
The job you're working
Lord, we need money too

No I didn't come to fight
If he was a better man I might
But I wouldn't dirty my hands
On trash like you

Bring out the babies' daddy
That's who they came to see
Not the woman that's burning down
Our family tree

Artist: Hoobastank
Song: The Reason

Lyrics:

I'm not a perfect person
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found a resaon for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You [x4]

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

Listen to it here.

[ July 05, 2004, 09:13 AM: Message edited by: robby13 ]

When you just give love
And never get love
You'd better let love depart
I know it so
And yet I know
I can't get you out of my heart

You
Made me leave my happy home
You took my love and now you're gone
Since I fell for you

Love
Brings such misery and pain
I guess I'll never be the same
Since I fell for you

Well it's too bad
And it's too sad
But I'm in love with you

You love me
Then you snub me
But what can I do
I'm still in love with you

Well I
Guess I'll never see the light
I get the blues most every night
Since I fell for you

Since I fell for you...

Lenny Welch

Bill Withers
"Who is He?"

A man we passed just tried to stare me down
and when I looked at you
you looked at the ground
I dont know who he is
but I think that you do
daggonit who is he and what is he to you?

Ahh
somethings in my heart and in your eyes
tells me he's not someone just passing by
Ahh
and when you cleared your throat was that your cue?
daggonit who is he and what is he to you?

Ahh now
When I add the sum of you and me
I get confused and I keep comin' up with three
you too much for one man
but not enough for two
daggonit who is he and what is he to you?

Well
You tell me men don't have much intuition
Is that what you really thinkin girl
Or are you wishing?
Before you wreck your old home
please tell them of the new

daggonit who is he and what is he to you?
daggonit who is he and what is he to you?
daggonit who is he and what is he to you?
daggonit who is he and what is he to you?

[ July 09, 2004, 12:56 AM: Message edited by: FamilyMatters ]

One More...for love's sake...

Percy Sledge
Track Title: When A Man Loves A Woman
Album Title: Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: Vol 6, 1965-1967

Lyrics:
When a man loves a woman,
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else,
He'd change the world for the good thing he's found

If she is bad, he can't see it,
She can do no wrong,
Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down

When a man loves a woman,
'Spend his very last dime
Tryin' to hold on to what he needs

He'd give up all his comforts
And sleep out in the rain,
If she said that's the way
It ought to be

Well, this man loves you, woman
I gave you everything I have,
Tryin' to hold on to your hot blood long
Baby, please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman,
Down deep in his soul,
She can bring him such misery

If she is playin' him for a fool,
He's the last one to know
Lovin' eyes can never see

When a man loves a woman
he can do her no wrong,
he can never hug
some other girl

Yes,When a man loves a woman
I know exactly how he feels,
'Cause baby, baby, you're my girl

When a man loves a woman...

Yes you know why
Why you and I
Will by and by
Know true love ways

Sometimes we'll sigh
Sometimes we'll cry
And we'll know why
Just you and I
Know true love ways

Throughout the days
Our true love ways
Will bring us joy to share
With those who really care

Sometimes we'll sigh
Sometimes we'll cry
And we'll know why
Just you and I
Know true love ways

Buddy Holly
(sorry...showing my age)

When a man loves a woman,
Down deep in his soul,
She can bring him such misery

If she is playin' him for a fool,
He's the last one to know
Lovin' eyes can never see

Geez…can I get an Amen on that!

BS on Plan A! (I bet you feel like that)
NEW GIMMICKS! FROM ME>>> FIGHT THE FOG!

Tina Turner
Don't Leave Me This Way
Written by - Paul Barry, Mark Taylor & Brian Rawling
From - Twenty-Four Seven

All of my life, all of my life
I've been searching for a love like ours
Somewhere to stay, somewhere safe in your arms
I was so sure
Are you really saying your heart's changing?
Do you really mean goodbye?

Chorus:
Don't leave me this way, no, no
Don't tell me it's over
We've only begun and our love is so young
You're leaving me nowhere
Don't leave me this way
Don't leave me this way

Say what's on your mind, one thing at a time
And I promise you, we'll talk it through
Don't walk away, there's so much more to say
Though my words seem lost on you
Can't believe you're talking like we're just friends
Can't you see the tears I've cried?

Chorus

Are you really saying your heart's changing?
Do you really mean it this time?
Baby...Don't leave me this way, oh no

[ July 09, 2004, 04:31 AM: Message edited by: Harudah ]

This is one that became my favorite when I got to a certain point in my seperation from my H and what I thought was eminent divorce.
Luckily for him....I only thought about it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Blu Cantrell
Hit 'Em Up Style

While he was schemeing
I was beamin in the Beamer just a steamin'
Can't believe that I caught my man cheatin'
So I found another way to make him pay for it all So I went
To Neiman-Marcus on a shopping spree
And on the way I grabbed Soley and Mia
And as the cash box rang I thought everything away (Oops)
There goes the dreams we used to say
(oops)
There goes the time we spent away
(oops)
There goes the love I had but you cheated on me
And thats for that now
(oops)
There goes the house we made a home
(oops)
There goes you'll never leave me alone
(oops)
For all the lies you told
This is what you owe Hey Ladies
When your man wanna get buckwild
Just go back and Hit 'Em Up Style
Get your hands on his cash
And spend it to the last dime
For all the hard times
Oh
When you go then everything goes
From the crib to the ride and the clothes
So you better let him know that
If he mess' up you gotta hit em up While he was braggin
I was coming down the hill and just a-draggin
All his pictures and his clothes in the bag and
Sold everything else till there was just nothin left And I paid
All the bills about a month too late
It's a shame we have to play these games
The love we had just fade away, away (Oops)
There goes the dreams we used to say
(oops)
There goes the time we spent away
(oops)
There goes the love I had but you cheated on me
And thats for that now
(oops)
There goes the house we made a home
(oops)
There goes you'll never leave me alone
For all the lies you told
This is what you owe Hey Ladies
When your men wanna get buckwild
Just go back and Hit 'Em Up Style
Get your hands on his cash
And spend it to the last dime
For all the hard times
Oh
When you go then everything goes
From the crib to the ride and the clothes
So you better let him know that
If he mess' up you gotta hit em up (Repeat 1x)
(Ooooh) All of the dreams you sold
Left me out in the cold
What happened to the days when we used to trust each other
(Ooooh) And all of the things I sold
Will take you until you get old
To get 'em back without me
Cuz revenge is better than money, you see (Hey Ladies)
When your man wanna get buckwild
Just go back and Hit 'Em Up Style
Get your hands on his cash
And spend it to the last dime
For all the hard times
Oh
When you go then everything goes
From the crib to the ride and the clothes
So you better let him know that
If he mess' up you gotta hit em up

Here is one that I play when I'm a bit miffed. I think that Robert Smith was having a bad day when he wrote this.

Shiver And Shake
by Cure, The

Album : Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me

You're just a waste of time
You're just a babbling face
You're just three sick holes that run like sores
You're a f@#&ing waste
You're like a slug on the floor
Oh! you're useless and ugly
And useless and ugly
And I shiver and shake
When I think of how you make me hate

[ July 09, 2004, 10:32 AM: Message edited by: Comfortably Numb ]

I hear... a voice say "Don't be so blind"...
it's telling me all these things...
that you would probably hide...
am I... your one and only desire...
am I the reason you breath...
or am I the reason you cry...

Always... always... always... always... always... always... always...
I just can't live without you...

I love you...
I hate you...
I can't live without you...
I breathe you...
I taste you...
I can't live without you...
I just can't take anymore...
this life of solitude...
I guess that i'm out the door...
and now i'm done with you...

I feel... like you don't want me around...
I guess i'll pack all my things...
I guess i'll see you around...
Inside... it bottles up until now...
as I walk out your door...
all I hear is the sound...

Always... always... always... always... always... always... always...
I just can't live without you...

I love you...
I hate you...
I can't live without you...
I breathe you...
I taste you...
I can't live without you...
I just can't take anymore...
this life of solitude...
I guess that i'm out the door...
and now i'm done with you...

I love you...
I hate you...
I can't live without you...

I left my head around your heart...
Why would you tear my world apart...

Always... always... always... always...

I see... the blood all over your hands...
does it make you feel... more like a man...
was it all... just a part of your plan...
this pistol's shakin' in my hands...
and all I hear is the sound...

I love you...
I hate you...
I can't live without you...
I breathe you...
I taste you...
I can't live without you...
I just can't take anymore...
this life of solitude...
I guess that i'm out the door...
and now i'm done with you...

I love you...
I hate you...
I can't live without you...

I love you...
I hate you...
I can't live without you...
I just can't take anymore...
this life of solitude...
I pick myself off the floor...
and now i'm done with you...
Always...
Always...
Always...

FYI...Liz Phair's H had an A, and then she had an A. She wrote about it extensively.

Jealousy

Standing on the corner watching the ladies pass by
Imagining me behind your eyes
And what did I see?
I saw hips, I saw thighs
I saw secret positions that we never try
I saw jealousy
I saw jealousy

I can't, I can't believe it
But it's here in this place and I see it
It's all I can do to conceal my feelings of jealousy
Jealousy

Down

Butterfly lets her wing brush past your shoulder
I know you know her around by the way she's so familiar
You keep bringin' me Down

All the time you were telling me you loved me
You've been sleeping around
And the shame of it hangs above me like a cloud

I'm hearing lies
I'm feeling the sting of surprise
I make myself stand up and leave
And turn my back on your hollow pleas

Let it ride
Let the wind blow past my shoulders
Let the road like a ribbon unwind
And the pain of it make me older

Let the world keep bringin' me Down

Divorce Song

And the license said
You had to stick around until I was dead
But if you're tired of looking at my face I guess I already am
But you've never been a waste of my time
It's never been a drag
So take a deep breath and count back from ten
And maybe you'll be alright

Finally, one by Liz from the point of view of a WS:

Take a Look

I don't know what you're after
Wannna know all the details of my disaster
Like an accident on the side of the road
When you're driving past slow but there's nothing to see here

Wanna take a look, take a look

I'm some kind of freak now and
You'll never see me the same
What's all the fuss about?
Are you sure you wanna find out?
Cause once you know the truth
You might wish you'd walked away

What if I'm not able
To put my cards on the table?
And would it liberate you
If you knew what I knew?

It's been over a year now and
I never saw him again
The facts and the fiction
Collide as the bodies untangle
And the traffic moves on like it did

Wanna take a look, take a look

[ July 09, 2004, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: Jimmy Mac ]

How about this one:

"Nobody"
Reba McIntire
(don't know writer)

Sittin' in a restaurant she walks by
I seem to recall that certain look in your eye
I said "who's that?"
you said with a smile, "oh it's nobody" "oh nobody"
Well maybe that explains the last 2 weeks
You called me up, dead on your feet,
Workin' late again, I ask who with,
You said "Nobody" "ah, nobody"

Well your "Nobody" called today,
She hung up when I asked her name
Well I wonder, does she think she's being clever,
Well you say nobody's after you,
The fact is what you say is true,
But I can love you like nobody can, EVEN BETTER!!

Leonard Cohen, "Humbled in Love"

"Do you remember all of those pledges
That we pledged in the passionate night?
Ah they're soiled now, they're torn at the edges
Like moths on a still yellow light.
No penance serves to renew them.
No massive transfusions of trust.
Why not even revenge can undo them,
So twisted these vows and so crushed.

And you say you've been humbled in love.
Cut down in your love,
Forced to kneel in the mud next to me.
Ah but why so bitterly turn from the one
Who kneels there as deeply as thee?

Children have taken these pledges,
They have ferried them out of the past.
Oh beyond all the graves and the hedges
Where love must go hiding at last.
And here where there is no description,
Oh here in the moment at hand.
No sinner need rise up forgiven,
No victim need limp to the stand.

And you say you've been humbled in love...

And look dear heart, look at the virgin!
Look how she welcomes him into her gown!
Yes, and mark how the stranger's cold armour
Dissolves like a star falling down.
Why trade this vision for desire,
When you may have them both?
You will never see a man this naked.
I will never hold a woman this close.

And you say you've been humbled in love..."

-ol' 2long

OK, but this is really my favorite - can't tell you who sings it, or who wrote it, but it speaks volumes about the amount of forgiveness our Heavenly Father has given us, and with His help, we too can forgive.

For anybody who is not familiar with Hosea (Bible character) - God allowed/told him to marry a woman who was outside his faith, and in fact a "heathen" and was living in a land that sold women, felt they were not much more than prostitutes. (Lot more to it, but that gives you the basics.) Anyway, was God's picture for His favorite (Israel) was lived through the life of Hosea. So, Hosea meets/marries this beautiful woman, who later leaves him to go back to her homeland and prostitute herself. The place she was from, at certain times, would hold auctions for the "used up" ones to be sold.....that's where this song comes in...

"I've Come to Take You Home"

Go plead with your mother, were the words of Hosea, as he sent his children to extend his mercy. So they journeyed down the old road that led to much destruction, all the while their anxious hearts were hurting. Their hope was crushed inside, as their compassion was denied, the woman they so loved seemed like a stranger, so heart-broken and alone they took the long road home, for sin now reigned, and hope seemed gone to change her.

One day the word was told that some slaves were being sold. A restless love sent Hosea seeking. All at once they brought them in, so beaten down within, but in his chest, his anxious heart was beating. All at once she caught his eye, and from his lips the bids were high, she couldn't believe the words she could hear. Would he through judgement take her life, forever end his pain and strife, what would happen as she saw him drawing near her?

He said, I've come to take you home! I know that you've done wrong...but for you I'd give my life, through the sorrow pain and strife, I just couldn't let you go. So let's leave the past behind, love conquers one more time. He took her hand and said, there's a new day just ahead. He said I've come to take you home.

(my mantra...)

I ain't gonna give up on love,
Love ain't gonna give up on me.
I ain't gonna give up on love,
Love ain't gonna give up on me.
Every tear I cried
Only washed away the fear inside.

I just ain't gonna give up on love.
Every beat of my heart
Pounds with joy and not with pain.
Every beat of my heart
Pounds with joy and not with pain.
All those painful memories
They only brought me to my knees,
'Cause I was giving up on love.

Little Johnny Taylor told me so, so long ago,
All about the midnight crying, oh lord,
All the cheating and lying
And about the price that must be paid.
'Cause if we gave up on love,
Well, love will surely have its day.
If we don't give up on love.

I ain't gonna give up on love,
Love ain't gonna give up on me.
I ain't gonna give up on love,
Love ain't gonna give up on me.
Every time I try,
Lord, it just won't let me be.

Greg Allman (I think?)

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by robby13:
 Artist: Hoobastank
Song: The Reason

Lyrics:

I'm not a perfect person
As many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you
<hr /></blockquote>FWS loves music, but we never seemed to have *our* song. I knew I was dealing with an EA when I found the lyrics to "Loving You is Easy" on his desk. Even after NC, it hurt me that he could share his favorite songs with someone else and not me...until FWS gave me the lyrics of this song.

Song: Stupid
By: Sarah McLachlan

Night lift up the shades
let in the brilliant light of morning
but steady there now
for I am weak and starving for mercy
sleep has left me alone
to carry the weight of unravelling where we went wrong
it's all I can do to hang on
to keep me from falling
into old familiar shoes

Chorus:

how stupid could I be
a simpleton could see
that you're no good for me
but you're the only one I see

love has made me a fool
it set me on fire and watched as I floundered
unable to speak
except to cry out and wait for your answer
but you come around in your time
speaking of fabulous places
create an oasis
dries up as soon as you're gone
you leave me here burning
in this desert without you

Chorus

everything changes
everything falls apart
can't stop to feel myself losing control
but deep in my senses I know

Chorus

Oooooh I love the music threads--some of my faves are on this one!

This is one of the cryingest songs I ever heard--I listened to it all the time when things were bad:

At This Moment
Billy Vera and the Beaters

What did you think
I would at this moment?
When you're standing before me
With tears in your eyes?
Trying to tell me that you -
You found you another,
And you just don't love me no more.

What did you think
I would say at this moment?
When I'm faced with the knowledge
That you just don't love me?
Did you think I would curse you
Or say things to hurt you
'Cause you just don't love me no more?

Did you think I could hate you,
Or raise my hands to you?
Now, come on you know me too well.
How I could I hurt you,
When, darlin', I love you?
And you know, I could never hurt you, ooh, ohh, ooh.

What did you think
I would give at this moment?
If you'd stay I'd subtract
Twenty years from my life.
I'd fall down on my knees,
Kiss the ground that you walk on
If I could just hold you again.

I'd fall down on my knees
Kiss the ground that you walk on, baby
If I could just hold you -

If I could just hold you -
If I, if I could just hold you
Again.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />And you say you've been humbled in love.
Cut down in your love,
Forced to kneel in the mud next to me.
Ah but why so bitterly turn from the one
Who kneels there as deeply as thee?
<hr /></blockquote>Wow.

This one I can't listen to anymore...

Storm warning, feels like a heavy rain
Winds on the coast tonight
We may get tossed tonight

Storm warning, he made it pretty plain
He's fallin' for another, found a new lover
(and he won't be back again)

Can't stop a river, when it's burst it's banks
I've seen the look in his eyes
He's in love and hypnotized

Time of mourning
There's already been a flood of my tears
Such a sense of loss tonight
Nought to do but ride it out

Can't stop a river when it's burst it's banks
I wonder how long it's gonna take
To get over this heartbreak

Storm warning, feels like a heavy rain
Winds on the coast tonight
We may get tossed tonight

Here's some of mine lately

DEFAULT LYRICS

"Without You"

All these changes taking place
It was time I didn't waste
No regrets here to erase
Throw them all away

Without you
Would I feel
Without you
Would I find someone new
Without you
Now I see what I put you through

When most would fade away
It's my thoughts of you that stayed
There is no place to run to
If I lost this view

Without you
Would I feel
Without you
Would I find someone new
Without you
Now I see what I put you through

And now there's nothing left I can do

DEFAULT LYRICS

"All She Wrote"

Something's wrong with your mind
It won't think of me anymore
Was it all a waste of time
Tell me why was I such a chore
Broken bottles empty
Cut my mouth so I can't say

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Lying here in your bed
The one that you liked to do it in
Pieces of long brown hair
Are all over it and still in my brain
i can't explain
What it's like not knowing if I'll ever cross your mind

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Sleep through the day
Fight through the night
Seven a.m. and the tv is white
Covered in snow
I never knew that hell could get so cold

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Today was that day
It was that time
And that was all that she wrote for me
You fell away
I don't know why
And that was all that she wrote for me

Something's wrong with your mind
It won't think of me anymore
Was it all a waste of time

My theme song:

At first I was afraid, I was petrified,
Kept thinkin’ I could never live without you by my side,
But then I spent so many nights thinkin’ how you did me wrong,
And I grew strong, and I learned how to get along,

And so you're back, from outer space,
I just walked in to find you here with that look upon your face,
I should’ve changed that stupid lock,
I should’ve made you leave your key,
If I had known for just one second you’d be back to bother me,

Oh now go, walk out the door,
Just turn around now, cause you’re not welcome anymore,
Weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye,
Did you think I’d crumble, did you think I’d lay down and die

Oh no not I, I will survive,
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive,
I’ve got all my life to live; I’ve got all my love to give,
I’ll survive, I will survive,
Hey, Hey!

It took all the strength I had not to fall apart,
Just trying hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart,
And I spent oh so many nights just feeling sorry for myself,
I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high,
And you see me, somebody new,
I’m not that stupid little person who's still in love with you,
And so you felt like droppin’ in and just expect me to be free,
Now I’m savin’ all my lovin’ for someone who’s lovin’ me

Oh now go, walk out the door,
Just turn around now, cause you're not welcome anymore,
Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with goodbye,
Did ya think I’d crumble, did ya think I’d lay down and die,

Oh no not I, I will survive,
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I’ll stay alive,
I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give,
I’ll survive, I will survive.
Ooooh

Oh now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now, cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with desire,
Did you think I'd crumble, did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give
I'll survive, I will survive
I will survive

Love and light,

Jacky

I have two...one that I played after WH decided to come home (dday 1)

Kellie Coffey Song--When you lie next to me

Maybe tonight
We could close the door and lock ourselves inside
Take time to feel
I don't want to miss the chance to be so real
The days all fly away, and I forget the truth
Everything that matters is in this room
Chorus
When you lie next to me
Breathin' the air I breathe
We don't have to speak
And just be (whoa)
Our love's a precious thing
Don't wanna waste a day
Or one more minute
Without you in it
Life is so sweet
When you lie next to me
(When you lie next to me)

Now the song I live by:

There is No Arizona by Jamie O'Neil

He promised her a new and better life
Out in Arizona
underneath the blue neverending sky
Swore that he was gonna get things in order
he'd send for her
When he left her behind
it never crossed her mind

There is no Arizona
no painted desert, no Sedona
If there was a Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he told her
but they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
she'll wake up and find
There is no Arizona

She got a post card with no return address
postmarked Tombstone
It said I don't know where I'm going next
But when I do,I'll let you know
May,June,July
she wonders why
she's still waiting, she'll keep waiting

Cause there is no Arizona
no painted desert, no Sedona
If there was a Grand Canyon
She could fill it up with the lies he's told her
but they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find
There is no Arizona

Each day the sun sets in the west
her heart sinks lower in her chest
And friends keep asking when she's going
Finally she tells them
Don't you know...

There is no Arizona
No painted desert, no Sedona
If there was a Grand Canyon,
she could fill it up with the lies he's told her
But they don't exist, those dreams he sold her
She'll wake up and find
There is no Arizona

He promised her a new and better life.

Dixie Chicks
"You Were Mine"

I Can't Find A Reason To Let Go
Even Though You've Found A New Love
And She's What Your Dreams Are Made Of
I Can Find A Reason To Hang On
What Went Wrong Can Be Forgiven
Without You, It Ain't Worth Livin' Alone

[Chorus #1:]
Sometimes I Wake Up Crying At Night
And Sometimes I Scream Out Your Name
What Right Does She Have To Take You Away
When For So Long, You Were Mine

I Took Out All The Pictures Of Our Wedding Day
It Was A Time Of Love And Laughter
Happy Ever After
But Even Those Old Pictures Have Begun To Fade
Please Tell Me She's Not Real
And That You're Really Coming Home To Stay

[Chorus #2:]
Sometimes I Wake Up Crying At Night
And Sometimes I Scream Out Your Name
What Right Does She Have To Take Your Heart Away
When For So Long, You Were Mine

I Can Give You Two Good Reasons
To Show You Love's Not Blind
He's Two And She's Four, And You Know They Adore You
So How Can I Tell Them You've Changed Your Mind

[Chorus #2]

I Remember When You Were Mine

<blockquote>quote:<hr />... I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high,
And you see me, somebody new,
I’m not that stupid little person who's still in love with you,
And so you felt like droppin’ in and just expect me to be free...
<hr /></blockquote>Nina, I like it.

Yeah, Gloria Gaynor wrote it, and I like the power in the words. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

It says to me "Look, you treated me really poorly and it hurt, but I am not gonna let it rule my life."

I used to drive around in the car singing this song at the top of my voice with tears running down my face...but that was because I wanted to be where the singer was at. Now it is my victory song, because I made it.

Love and light,

Jacky

[ July 09, 2004, 10:07 PM: Message edited by: Nina too ]

Kim by Eminem has soothed my soul on particularly bad days. The lyrics might be too much for here but it speaks to the rage of betrayal.

All the songs he writes about his wife, exwife, I guess are so moving and so on point.

I like The Reason but as my husband tells me, I have become so cynical-love songs basically sicken me. Sad I know but true for me.

Any thoughts on the cathartic effects of Eminem?

ayslyne

OK, I was waiting for someone to post this. It has been one of my anthems from way back.

Love Hurts (Nazareth)

Love hurts
love scares
love wounds
and mares
any heart, not tough
or strong enough
to take a lot of pain
Take a lot of pain
love is like a cloud
holds a lot of rain.
Love hurts
ohh ohh love hurts

I'm young
I know
but even so
I know a thing or two
I've learned from you
I've really learned a lot
really learned a lot.
Love is like a stove
burns you when it's hot.
Love hurts
oooh oooh love hurts

Some fools rave of happiness
Blissfulness, togetherness
some fools fool themselves I guess
But they're not fooling me

I know it isn't true
I know it isn't true.
Love is just a lie made to make you blue.
Love hurts
ohh ohhh love hurts.

Love hurts
love scares
love wounds
and mares any heart
. . .

[ July 10, 2004, 07:50 AM: Message edited by: 1Fla Man ]

[ July 10, 2004, 08:02 AM: Message edited by: SerendipiT ]

When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark
And have a little faith in me
And when the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try
And have a little faith in me

Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me

And when your secret heart
Cannot speak so easily
Come here darling, from a whisper start
And have a little faith in me
And when your back’s against the wall
Just turn around and you, you will see
I will catch you, I will catch your fall
Just have a little faith in me

John Hiatt

Eric Andersen, "Is It Really Love At All?"

"Sitting here forgotten
Like a book upon a shelf.
No one there to turn the page
You're left to read yourself.
Alone to sit and wonder just how the story ends.
Cause no-one ever told you child
You gotta be your own best friend.

Sunny days, cloudy days
Always seem the same.
If love were made of clouds
I almost wish that it would rain.
Even when the skies are clear
The weather's always blue
Every day would be nice If I
Had someone I could come home to.

Love. Is it really love at all?
Or something that I heard love called?
Something that I heard love called?

Now life can sometimes slip away,
Love can pass you by.
If only it had been another place, another time.
Maybe there'll be someone who likes to see you smile,
Who will want to stay with you and
Be your friend for a little while.

Then wake up in the morning
Feeling so alive.
Something you can hold on to
Not a shadow by your side.
I guess that there'll be time to talk of
Things that we've been through.
That special time when all is real
To feel reborn when love is new.

Love. Is it really love at all?
Or something that I heard love called?
Something that I heard love called?

Then sundown comes around again
You find yourself alone.
Wander through a sea of eyes but always on your own.
Was it really all you thought that it was suppose to be?
Or are you just another face
In someone's fading memory?

Love. Is it really love at all?
Or something that I heard love called?
Something that I heard love called?"

-ol' 2long

Somedays I really wish I felt this way, it would be so much easier. This is a pretty new song, sung by a 13 year old!

"Leave (Get Out)" by JoJo.

I've been waiting all day for ya babe
So won't cha come and sit and talk to me
And tell me how we're gonna be together always
Hope you know that when it's late at night
I Hold on to my pillow tight
And think of how you promised me forever
(I never thought that anyone)
Could make me feel this way
(Now that you're here boy all I want)
Is just a chance to say

[Chorus]
Get Out, (leave) right now,
It's the end of you and me
It's too late (now) and I can't wait for you to be gone
'Cause I know about her (who) and I wonder (why) how I bought all the lies
You said that you would treat me right but you was just a waste of time (waste of time)

Tell me why you're looking so confused
When I'm the one who didn't know the truth
How could you ever be so cold
To go behind my back and call my friend
Boy you must have gone and bumped your head
Because you left her number on your phone
(So now after all is said and done)
Maybe I'm the one to blame but
(To think that you could be the one)
Well it didn't work out that way

[Chorus]

I wanted you right here with me but I have no choice you've gotta leave
Because my heart is breakin'
With every word I'm sayin'
I gave up everything I had
On something that just wouldn't last
But I refuse to cry
No tears will fall from these
Eyeee-eeee-eeees
Ooooh, ooooh
Get out

[Chorus X3]

Now this is a song that I can relate to.

"Every Breath You Take" by the Police

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you

O can't you see
You belong to me
How my poor heart aches with every step you take

Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

Since you've gone I been lost without a trace
I dream at night I can only see your face
I look around but it's you I can't replace
I feel so cold and I long for your embrace
I keep crying baby please

Every move you make
Every vow you break
Every smile you fake
Every claim you stake
I'll be watching you

"My Happy Ending" - Avril Lavigne

Let's talk this over
It's not like we're dead
Was it something I did?
Was it something You said?
Don't leave me hanging
In a city so dead
Held up up so high
On such a breakable thread

You were all the things I thought I knew
And I thought we could be

You were everything, everything that I wanted
We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...

"My Immortal" - Evanescence

i'm so tired of being here
suppressed by all of my childish fears
and if you have to leave
i wish that you would just leave
because your presence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone

these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

when you cried i'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears
and i've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me

you used to captivate me
by your resonating light
but now i'm bound by the life you left behind
your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
your voice it chased away all the sanity in me

these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

when you cried i'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream i'd fight away all of your fears
and i've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me

i've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
and though you're still with me
i've been alone all along

This song reminds me of our recovery process:
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Grateful & Thankful
Francis Dunnery

If we're grateful and we're thankful then we're spiritual
If we're hiding we're denying all the love inside
So don't let your spirit die
Lay down your arms and we'll walk together into the light

I cannot find the words to be all forgiving
It's gonna take some time
Cos the old disease it got a hold of me
And I need to apologize
And it's a myth to say we block things out
when we really block them in
Oh I'm so sorry baby
But I'm doing everything I can

If we're grateful and we're thankful then we're spiritual
If we're hiding we're denying all the love inside
So don't let your spirit die
Lay down your arms and we'll walk together into the light

I cannot get to sleep cos I feel so angry
It's gonna take a while
Cos the old disease put a resentment in me
And the inability to smile
And it's a joke to think I'm hurting you
Cos I'm only hurting me
And I've been beating myself for so long now
that it comes so naturally

Love is the only thing that can set a soul free
Fighting everybody don't do anything for me
Love is the only thing
I need it, I feel it, I hope that we're gonna be
grateful for each other

I feel grateful, I feel thankful, I feel spiritual
I'm not hiding or denying all my love for you
It's the feeling of being alive
Take hold my heart
And we'll walk together into the light

A Good Plan A

Love is gentle as a rose
And love can conquer any war
It's time to take a stand
Brothers and sisters join hands

We got to let love rule
Let love rule

We got to let love rule
Let love rule

Love transcends all space and time
And love can make a little child smile
Can't you see this won't go wrong
But we got to be strong
We can't do it alone

We got to let love rule
Let love rule

We got to let love rule
Let love rule

Lenny Kravitz

HUSH by Waterdeep:

When you feel like the days just drone on and on and on
and you feel like the nights are quickly gone

and on the inside your heart is gaping wide
and on the inside you feel like no one's on your side
well, I am

When you thought you could rest, but you found out you were wrong
And there's another need another battle
another one more thing that comes along

and on the inside
you hear the fall but you hate the falling sound
and on the inside
you can't pick another broken piece up off the ground
well I know

CHORUS

Hush little baby don't say a word
Daddy's gone and bought you a great big heaven to rest in
He's bought it with blood and put the seal in your heart
it'll give you the hope you need to get up and start again

when all the things you thought you left behind are still hanging on
and everything you try to do right ends up all wrong

and on the inside everyone else seems basically fine
but on the inside even they won't let go of the dead and cling to what's alive
well I AM

Hush little baby don't say a word
Daddy's gone and bought you a great big heaven to rest in
He's bought it with blood and put the seal in your heart
it'll give you the hope you need to get up and start again

[ July 12, 2004, 04:09 PM: Message edited by: MicheleD ]

Here are 2 that I have been listening to lately..
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Have a Heart
Bonnie Raitt

Hey!
Shut up.
Don't lie to me.
You think I'm blind but I got eyes to see
Hey!
Mister, how do you do.
Oh pardon me I thought I knew you.
Would you stand back baby 'cause I want to get a better look.
The big man who couldn't handle the little bit of love you took.

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.

Oh Oh Oh darling, I love you so.
I told you yes, and then you told me no.
Baby, how can you say
You should be free and I should pay and pay
And you talk and talk about you and what you need
But sooner or later your love is gonna make me bleed.

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh, Oh.

Talk on, talk on, but love is what you need.
And sooner or later that love is gonna make you bleed.

Hey, hey, have a heart, hey, have a heart.
If you don't love me, why don't you let me go?
Have a heart, please, oh don't you have a heart?
Little by little you fade while I fall apart.
Oh Oh have a heart
(please)
Hey Hey Have a heart
(please)
Have a heart

How Far
Martina McBride

There's a boat, I could sail away
There's the sky, I could catch a plane
There's a train, there's the tracks
I could leave and I could choose to not come back
Oh never come back

There you are, giving up the fight
Here I am begging you to try
Talk to me, let me in
But you just put your wall back up again
Oh when's it gonna end

[Chorus:]
How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

There's a chance I could change my mind
But I won't, not till you decide
What you want, what you need
Do you even care if I stay or leave
Oh, what's it gonna be

[Chorus]

Out of this chair, or just across the room
Halfway down the block or halfway to the moon

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say
YeahI'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
I know who
I'll give it to
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
Anymore.

If you don't want the thrill
If you don't want the thrill
If you don't want the thrill
I know who
I know who will
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love

Anymore.

If that's the way that the world goes round
Then that's the way
That it all comes down
And when you want me
I won't be around
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
I know who
I'll give it to
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
If you don't want my love
Anymore.

John Prine

Jo Jo <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />
4eva my lady........
whew!
memories....

Police
Not shabby either...

good choices KLOE

here are my two songs!

There's a boat, I could sail away
There's the sky, I could catch a plane
There's a train, there's the tracks
I could leave and I could choose to not come back
Oh, never come back

There you are, giving up the fight
Here I am begging you to try
Talk to me, let me in
But you just put your wall back up again
Oh, when's it gonna end

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

There's a chance I could change my mind
But I won't, not till you decide
What you want, what you need
Do you even care if I stay or leave
Oh, what's it gonna be

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

Out of this chair, or just across the room
Halfway down the block or halfway to the moon

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say
Yeah I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far
How far
Ooohhhh

I Miss My Friend Lyrics
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I Miss My Friend Lyrics

I miss the look of surrender in your eyes
The way your soft brown hair would fall
I miss the power of your kiss when we made love
Oh, but baby most of all

I miss my friend
The one my heart and soul confided in
The one I felt the safest with
The one who knew just what to say to make me laugh again
And let the light back in
I miss my friend

I miss the colors that you brought into my life
Your golden smile, those blue-green eyes
I miss your gentle voice in lonely times like now
Saying it'll be alright

I miss my friend
The one my heart and soul confided in
The one I felt the safest with
The one who knew just what to say to make me laugh again
And let the light back in
I miss my friend

I miss those times
I miss those nights
I even miss our silly fights
The making up
The morning talks
And those late afternoon walks

I miss my friend
The one my heart and soul confided in
The one I felt the safest with
The one who knew just what to say to make me laugh again
let the light back in
I miss my friend

I miss my friend

I miss my friend

Mmmmmmmm

I miss my friend

From a FWW. This one won't leave me alone right now.

Heaven bent to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
to a long and painful fight

Truth be told I've tried my best
but somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
and the cost was so much more than I could bear

Chorus:

Though i've tried, I've fallen..
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
better I should know
So don't come round here
and tell me i told you so....

We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
The past could be undone

But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
the wound that would not heal

it's the bitter taste of losing everything
that i have held so dear.

Chorus

Though i've tried, I've fallen..
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
better I should know
So don't come round here
and tell me i told you so....

Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over
and I thought I'd found true love,
You met another and pffft! You were gone.

GC

GC, I loved Hee Haw. Watched all the time with my Pop. Still find those songs humming in my head at times. Roy Clark could play those strings.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by graycloud:
 Where oh where are you tonight?
Why did you leave me here all alone?
I searched the world over
and I thought I'd found true love,
You met another and pffft! You were gone.

GC <hr /></blockquote>bwahahahaaaaaaa!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Emmylou Harris "And I Love You So"

And I love you so
People ask me how
How I lived till now
I tell them I don't know
I guess they understand how lonely life has been
But love began again the day you took my hand

And yes I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free

But I don't let the evenings bring me down
Now that you're around... me
And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me

You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do
For the book of life is free
And once a page is read,
All but love is dead
This is my belief

And yes I know how lonely life can be...

Wow! Anybody listen to New Wave still?!?! Music: Finally a topic I can understand! Here's a few:

I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is particularly vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shoot your mouth
How can you say
I go about the things the wrong way?

I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everyone else does.

"How Soon Is Now?" The Smiths (Hatful of Hollow)

Ever since I seen your face
This life of mine has gone to waste
I was young and you were old
And I always knew you were cold
At the start you had a heart
But in the end you lost your friend
Can you see your own dark face?
It's lying in a lonely place.

Oh, how I cannot bear the thought of you!
I said, Oh how I cannot bear the thought of you!

As we get old we lose our place
Reflecting back the world's disgrace
I feel so low I feel so humble
Sometimes in life we take a tumble
Don't let anybody tell you
That you're no good
'Cause you know they would
Don't let anybody tell you
What you should do
'Cause it's not that way.

Oh, how I cannot bear the thought of you!
I said, oh how I cannot bear the thought of you!
We were young and we were pure
And life was just an open door
I said, oh how I cannot bear the thought of you!

"Lonesome Tonight" New Order (EP)

You called me on the phone
And left me all alone
All I get from you is shell-shock.
Another day goes by
And all I do is cry
All I get from you is shell-shock.

I tell the world and save my soul.
The rain pours down and I feel cold.
A cold that sleeps within my heart
It tears the earth and sun apart.
That's the way, that I can win.
A victim of your evil sin
You've lost the hope
You had in me
By causing the changes that you'll never see.

Hold on. It's never enough.
It's never enough until your heart stops beating.
The deeper you get
The sweeter the pain
Don't care of the game
Until your heart stops beating.

When we walk through open dorrways
Counting time in one or more ways.
You can't find our peace of mind
Our life becomes a life of crime.
That's the day, I called your name
I came to you
I called in vain
You've lost the faith within your heart
The fire in your soul
From the end to the start.

"Shell-Shock" New Order (Pretty In Pink Soundtrack)

Standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo
Crying in the rain
It was a kind of so-so love
And I'm gonna make sure it never happens again.
You and I it had to be
The standing joke of the year
You were a sleep-around, a lost-and-found
And offer me, I'd fit.

I'd try to make it work:
You in a cocktail skirt
And me in a suit.
Well, it just wasn't me.
You're used to wearing less
And now your life's a mess
So insecure, you see.
I'd put up with all the scenes
Well, this is one scene that's
Going to be played my way.

Take your hands off me.
I don't belong to you.
You see?
Take, a look at my face
For the last time
I never knew you,
You never knew
Say hello, wave goodbye.

Under the deep red light
I can see the makeup sliding down.
Hey, little girl, you will always make up
So take off that unbecoming frown.
What about me?
Well, I'll find someone
Who's not going cheap in the sales
A nice little housewife
Who'll give me a steady life
And won't keep going off the rails.

Take your hands off me.
I don't belong to you.
You see?
Take, a look at my face
For the last time
I never knew you,
You never knew
Say hello, wave goodbye.

"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" Soft Cell (The Singles)
(You know? The same guys who did Tainted Love!)

I have a ton of others. I'll spare everyone, however.

Any requests???????

**This song offered me a good cry when I needed to release some stress and I had just asked my H to leave and began Plan A**

Amanda Perez - Angel

Angel

It's been five months since you went away
Left without a word and nothing to say
When I was the one who gave you my heart and soul
But it wasn't good enough for you, no
So I asked God

God send me an angel
From the heavens above
Send me an angel to heal my broken heart
From being in love
'Cause all I do is cry
God send me an angel
To wipe the tears from my eyes

And I know it might sound crazy
But after all that I still love you
You wanna come back in my life
But now there is something I have to do
I have to tell the one that I once adored
That they can't have my love no more
Cause my heart can't take no more lies
And my eyes are all out of cries

God send me an angel
From the heavens above
Send me an angel to heal my broken heart
From being in love
'Cause all I do is cry
God send me an angel
To wipe the tears from my eyes

Now you had me on my knees
Begging God please to send you back to me
I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep
You made me feel like I could not breathe
Now all I wanted to do was to feel your touch
And give you all my love
But you took my love for granted
Want my lovin' now
But you can't have it
God

God send me an angel
From the heavens above
Send me an angel to heal my broken heart
From being in love
'Cause all I do is cry
God send me an angel
To wipe the tears from my eyes

Oh God, send me (God send me an angel)
An angel (wipe the tears from my eyes) Oh baby
Send me an angel from the heavens above
Send me an angel (God send me an angel)
From being in love (send me an angel)
Oh God, send me an angel
Send me an angel (send me an angel)
Ooohhhh..

This song is appropriate regarding my present status:

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ROSIE (by Jackson Browne & Donald Miller)

She was standing at the load-in
When the trucks rolled up
She was sniffing all around
Like a half grown female pup
She wasn't hard to talk to
Looked like she had nowhere to go
So I gave her my pass
So she could get in and see the show

Well I sat her down right next to me
And I got her a beer
While I mixed that sound on stage
So the band could hear
The more I watched her watch them play
The less I could think of to say
And when they walked off stage
The drummer swept that girl away

But Rosie you're all right -- you wear my ring
When you hold me tight -- Rosie that's my thing
When you turn out the light -- I've got to hand it to me
Looks like it's me and you again tonight Rosie

Well I guess I might have known from the start
She'd come for a star
Might have told my imagination not to run too far
Of all the times that I've been burned
By now you'd think I'd have learned
That it's who you look like
Not who you are

But Rosie you're all right -- you wear my ring
When you hold me tight -- Rosie that's my thing
When you turn out the light -- I've got to hand it to me
Looks like it's me and you again tonight Rosie

I couldn't resist:

Jimmy Mack by Martha and the Vandellas:

Jimmy, Jimmy, oh Jimmy Mack, when are you coming back?
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh Jimmy Mack, when are you coming back?
My arms are missing you, my lips feel the same way too
I tried so hard to be true, like I promised I'd do
But this boy keeps coming around, he's trying to wear my resistance down

Chorus:
Hey Jimmy, Jimmy, oh Jimmy Mack, when are you coming back
Jimmy, Jimmy, oh Jimmy Mack, when are you coming back
He calls me on the phone, about three times a day
Now my heart's just listening to what he has to say
But this loneliness that I have within keeps reaching out to be his friend

chorus
Need your loving, need your loving

(Instrumental break)
I wanna say, I'm not getting any stronger, I can't hold out very much longer
Trying hard to be true, but Jimmy, he talks just as sweet as you

chorus
Need your loving, need your loving
Need your loving, need your loving...

Pre D-Day alien spouse...

Tamra, Stranger in my House

I don't understand
You look just like the man
In the picture by our bed
The suspence is pounding and clouding up my head
I'm checkin' your clothes
And you wear the same size shoe
You sleep in his spot
And you're driving his car
But I don't know just who you are

1 - There's a stranger in my house
It took a while to figure out
There's no way you could be who you say you are
You gotta be someone else
Cuz he wouldn't touch me like that
And he wouldn't treat me like you do
He would adore me, he wouldn't ignore me
So I'm convinced there's a stranger in my house

I'm not sure who you are
Don't see your shadow around when you walk
Ain't leavin' no kisses
Goodbye with no words
If these walls could talk
They would have nothing to tell

So what could it be?
Is there someone immitating me?
Could she be taking my place?
Look me in the face
And tell me that I'm wrong
When I say...

Repeat 1

Pop quiz
Tell me where we first kissed
Tell me where my spot is
Tell me if I liked it, loved it
Or could it be
That the stranger is me
Have I changed so drastically?
Is it I want more for me?
And you remain the same

Barbara Streisand - What Kind Of Fool Lyrics

There was a time when we were down and out.
There was a place when we were starting over.
We let the bough break
we let the heartache in

Who's sorry now?
There was a world when we were standing still -
And for a moment we were separated. -
And then you found her
you let the stranger in

Who's sorry now
who's sorry now?
What
what kind of fool tears it apart

Leaving me pain and sorrow -
Losin' you now

Wondering why. -
Where will I be tomorrow?

There was a time when we were down and out
. . .
What
what kind of fool tears it apart

Leaving me pain and sorrow -
Losin' you now.
How can I win -
Were will I be tomorrow?

Was there a moment when I cut you down

Played around.
What have I done only apoligize for being as they say
The last to know -
It has to show when someone is in your eyes.
What kind of fool tears it apart
. . .

Rebecca Lynn Howard ... Forgive

I always said that'd be it
That I wouldn't stick around if it ever came to this
Here I am, so confused
How am I supposed to leave when I can't even move?
In the time it would have took to say "honey I'm home, how was your day?"
You dropped the bomb right where we live
And just expect me to forgive...

Chorus:
Well that's a mighty big word for such a small man
And I'm not sure I can
Cause I don't even know now who I am
It's too soon for me to say...forgive

I should ask but I won't
Was it love or just her touch?
Cause I don't think I wanna know
So get you some things
And get out
Don't call me for a day or two
So I can sort this out
Well you might as well have ripped the life right out of me
Right here tonight
And through the fallin' tears you said
"Can you ever just forgive?"

Chorus

You know what they say
Forgive and forget
Relive and regret

Forgive...

Chorus

Oh...it's too soon for me to say FORGIVE

Wheatus A Little Respect lyrics

I tried to discover a little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason, you know you're making me work so hard
That you give me no . . . Soul
I hear you calling
Oh baby please give a little respect to me.

And if I should falter, would you open your arms out to me?
We can make love not war, and live in peace with our hearts
I'm so in love with you, I'll be forever blue
What religion or reason could drive a man to forsake his lover?
Don't you tell me no. . . Soul.
I hear you calling
Oh baby please, give a little respect to me.

I'm so in love with you
I'll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
You know you're making me work so hard
That you give me no. Soul.
I hear you calling.
Oh baby, please give a little respect to me.
Oh baby, please give a little respect to me.

U2's Walk On

And love
Is not the easy thing
The only baggage
That you can bring
Not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on
Walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it

Walk on
Walk on
Stay safe tonight

You're packing a suitcase for a place
None of us has been
A place that has to be believed
To be seen

You could have flown away
A singing bird
In an open cage
Who will only fly
Only fly for freedom

Walk on
Walk on
What you got
You can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it

Walk on
Walk on
You stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
You can only take so much

Walk on
Walk on

Home
Hard to know what it is
If you never had one

Home
I can't say where it is
But I know I'm going

Home
That's where the hurt is

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
You can only take so much
Walk on

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind

All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break

All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind

All that you reason
All that you care

It's only time
And I'll never fill up all I find

All that you sense
All that you scheme
All you dress up
And all that you see

All you create
All that you wreck
All that you hate

Yes, U2 is my favorite band...

So Cruel:

We crossed the line
Who pushed who over
It doesn't matter to you
It matters to me

We're cut adrift
But still floating
I'm only hanging on
To watch you go down
My love

I disappeared in you
You disappeared from me
I gave you everything you ever wanted
It wasn't what you wanted

The men who love you, you hate the most
They pass right through you like a ghost
They look for you but your spirit is in the air
Baby, you're nowhere

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

Desperation is a tender trap
It gets you every time
You put your lips to her lips
To stop the lie

Her skin is pale like God's only dove
Screams like an angel for your love
Then she makes you watch her from above
And you need her like a drug

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

She wears my love like a see-through dress
Her lips say one thing
Her movements something else
Oh love...like a screaming flower
Love...dying every hour...love

You don't know if it's fear or desire
Danger the drug that takes you higher
Head in heaven, fingers in the mire

Her heart is racing, you can't keep up
The night is bleeding like a cut
Between the horses of love and lust
We are trampled underfoot

Oh...love...you say in love there are no rules
Oh...love...sweetheart...
You're so cruel

Oh...love...to stay with you I'd be a fool
Sweetheart...you're so cruel

But none of these get you fired up! This one helps me be strong.

I Don't Want To Change The World
Ozzy Osbourne

Standing at the crossroads, world spinning round and round
Know which way I'm going, you can't bring me down
Don't you try and teach me no original sin
I don't need your pity for the shape I'm in

[CHORUS:]
I don't wanna change the world
I don't want the world to change me
I don't wanna change the world
I don't want the world to change me

Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you
I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you
You telling all the people the original sin
He says he knows you better than you'll ever know him

[CHORUS]

You know it ain't easy
You know it ain't fair
So don't try to please me
Because I really don't care

Don't tell me stories 'cause yesterday's glories
Have gone away, so far away
I've heard it said there's a light up ahead
Lord I hope and pray I'm here to stay

Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you
I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you
Don't you try and teach me no original sin
I don't need your pity for the shape I'm in

[CHORUS x2]

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Or if you’re feeling down and really want to wail, you can’t go wrong with this one.

Blues Traveler - Mountains Win
I pick up my smile put it in my pocket
Hold it for a while try not to have to drop it
Men are not to cry so how am I to stop it
Keep it all inside don't show how much she rocked ya
Ooh can you feel the same
Ooh you gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Ooh I feel it comin' in
The mountains win again
The mountains win again

Dreams we dreamed at night were never meant to come to life
I can't understand the ease she pulled away her hand
This time in my life I was hurt enough to care
I guess from now on I'll be careful what I share
Ooh can you feel the same
Ooh ya gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Yeah feel it comin' in
The mountains win again

A pocket is no place for a smile anyway
Someday I will find love again will blow my mind
Maybe it will be that love that got away from me
Is there a line to write that could make you cry tonight
Can you feel the same
Yeah ya gotta love the pain
Ooh it looks like rain again
Ooh feel it comin' in
The mountains win again
Ooh the mountains win again

LINY loves music! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="images/icons/cool.gif" /> I was shocked that I actually know most of these! I guess, besides at one point in my life being talented at singing, I know "music" is just expression (and no action involved)--probably why I love all types and use it as an escape--probably too much.

Shul--what a great idea for a thread!

GC--they're not named "Coldplay" for nothin, huh?

RobbyB-- best song out there right now

Comfortably Numb--I'm trying so so hard to find a "happy" song that Robert Smith wrote...just ain't happenin! ("Push" is actually one of my favorite all-timers along with a B-side called "A Few Hours After This.") P.S. One of my favorite all-time lines: "We're just two lost souls living in a fish bowl, year after year."

Juke1225--I know who Wheatus are, but I've never heard that version (it's actually a cover from Erasure.)

NCW--love the diversity! Of course, Crazy Train a LINY fave. I always found it amazing how Ozzy could find these absolutely incredible guitarists! And John? Seems like one of the coolest, most down to earth, fun musicians. (And the music ain't bad either--a rare combo!)

I had to go back over here...I had a very bad day yesterday. Once again, you all have given me a pick-me-up this morning. Thanks! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

[ August 04, 2004, 09:02 AM: Message edited by: LINY ]

LINY - I'm having a hard time listening to Coldplay stull - and the sparrow took one of their CDs with her when she went. It was a gift I bought her during the false recovery (whoops)!

Otis Redding did - for my money - the theme song for plan A:

If I were the sun way way up there
I'd glow with love most everywhere.
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
Just to let you know that I'm still around.

That's how strong my love is.

I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears
And you can go swimming when you are here.
I'll be the rainbow after the tears are gone,
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm.

That's how strong my love is.

I'll be the liferaft when you're lost at sea,
When the waves roll you grab hold of me.
I'll be the lighthouse when you drift in the night,
Point yourself my way and it'll be all right
(verse added by graycloud)

That's how strong my love is

I'll be the ocean so deep and wide,
And catch all the tears whenever you cry.
I'll be the breeze after the storm is gone,
To dry your eyes and love you warm.

That's how strong my love is.

[ August 13, 2004, 08:22 AM: Message edited by: graycloud ]

Peter Gabriel:

"I Grieve"

it was only one hour ago
it was all so different then
there’s nothing yet has really sunk in
looks like it always did
this flesh and bone
it’s just the way that you were tied in
now there’s no-one home

i grieve - for you
you leave - me
‘so hard to move on
still loving what’s gone
they say life carries on
carries on and on and on and on

the news that truly shocks is the empty empty page
while the final rattle rocks its empty empty cage
and i can’t handle this!

i grieve - for you
you leave - me
let it out and move on
missing what’s gone
they say life carries on
they say life carries on and on and on

life carries on
in the people i meet
in everyone that’s out on the street
in all the dogs and cats
in the flies and rats
in the rot and the rust
in the ashes and the dust
life carries on and on and on and on
life carries on and on and on

it’s just the car that we ride in
a home we reside in
the face that we hide in
the way we are tied in
and life carries on and on and on and on
life carries on and on and on

did I dream this belief?
or did i believe this dream?
now i can find relief
i grieve"

And for a really inspiring song of his:

Peter Gabriel, "Make Tomorrow"

Put on the dress in which you were married.
Pull down the veil til your eyes are hid.
Can you remember where we both came from?
Let us do as we did!

Look at tomorrow today
Making tomorrow today...

Put back the photo under your window.
Put down the phone that you hold in your hand.
Put away these things that stand in between us.
Let us be what we can!

When it seems
Hopeless!
When it seems
Hopeless!

Make tomorrow
Make tomorrow
Make tomorrow today...

What better measure of what you were doing here,
Then what you can leave behind?
All the children of your children's children.
Do you ever think what they're going to find?

Make tomorrow
Make tomorrow
Where the sacred meet the scared!
Make tomorrow
Make tomorrow
Where the dreamer's dream is dared!

In each of us,
A dream can burn like the sun!
Let's try it all one more time,
To get this lesson learned!

Sitting up in a spaceship,
Looking down at the Earth.
You wonder what they're all stuggling for?
What's it all really worth?

Making tomorrow today
Making tomorrow today
Make tomorrow
Make tomorrow

2long -

I must have listened to Gabriel's "I Grieve a hundre times when my dad died. Also, Stings "Let Your Soul Be You Pilot" it is really beautiful too -

When you're down, and their counting.
When your secrets all gound out
When your troubles take to mounting,
When the map you have leads you to doubt
When there's no information
And the compass turns to nowhere
that you know well

When the doctors failed to heal you
When no medicine chest can make you well
When no councel leads to comfort
When there are no more lies they can tell
No more useless information
And the compass spins
The compass spins between heaven and hell
Let your soul be you pilot
Let your sould guide you, he'll guide you well

And your eyes turn towards the window pane
To the lights upon the hill
The distance seems so strange to you now
And the dark room seems so still

Let your pain be my sorrow
Let your tears be my tears too
Let your courage be my model
That the north you find will be true
When there's no more useless information
And the compass turns to nowhere that
you know well
Let your soul be your pilot
Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you
Let your soul guide you upon your way.

Turnaround, every now and then I get a
little bit lonely and you're never coming around
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit tired of listening to the sound of my tears
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit nervous that the best of all the years have gone by
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified and then I see the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart

Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit restless and I dream of something wild
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit helpless and I'm lying like a child in your arms
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry
Turnaround, Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified but then I see the look in your eyes
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround bright eyes
Turnaround, every now and then I know
you'll never be the boy you always you wanted to be
Turnaround, every now and then I know
you'll always be the only boy who wanted me the way that I am
Turnaround, every now and then I know
there's no one in the universe as magical and wonderous as you
Turnaround, every now and then I know
there's nothing any better and there's nothing I just wouldn't do
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart
Turnaround bright eyes, Every now and
then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong together
We can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

My favorite at least this past month -

How Far - Martina McBride - I like this one because I havent a clue what is coming next

Heaven - Los Lonely Boys - because if I ever free my heart from this WH I will truly find Heaven within myself...all this pain will be gone.

Here's Patsy Cline singing for the BW:

Strange, how you stopped loving me
How you stopped needing me
When she came along
Oh, how strange
Strange, you changed like night and day
Just up and walked away
When she came along
Oh, how strange

Well, I guess that I was just your puppet
You held on a string
To think I thought you really loved me
But look what thoughts can bring
Strange, you're still in all my dreams
Oh what a funny thing
I still care for you
Oh, how strange

How strange...

GC

go to sleepy little baby
go to sleepy little baby

your momma's gone away and your daddy's gonna stay
didn't leave nobody but the baby

go to sleepy little baby
go to sleepy little baby

everybody's gone in the cotton and the corn
didn't leave nobody but the baby

you're a sweet little baby
you're a sweet little baby

honey in the rock and the sugar don't stop
gonna bring a bottle to the baby

don't you weep pretty baby
don't you weep pretty baby

she's long gone with her red shoes on
gonna need another lovin' baby

go to sleep little baby
go to sleep little baby

you and me and the devil makes three
don't need no other lovin' baby

go to sleep little baby
go to sleep little baby

come lay bones on the alabaster stones
and be my everlovin baby

I love singing that one. It's pretty and back-country....reminds me of mountain singing.

- Kimmy

Too cool for school Kimmy. I don't know if I ever heard it.

GC

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by LINY:
 Comfortably Numb--I'm trying so so hard to find a "happy" song that Robert Smith wrote...just ain't happenin! ("Push" is actually one of my favorite all-timers along with a B-side called "A Few Hours After This.") P.S. One of my favorite all-time lines: "We're just two lost souls living in a fish bowl, year after year."

<hr /></blockquote>LINY:

Yea, Robert doesn't write may happy tunes . . her is one from Disintegration

Lovesong

Whenever I’m alone with you you make me feel
Like I am home again whenever I’m alone with
You you make me feel like I am whole again
Whenever I’m alone with you you make me feel
Like I am young again whenever I’m alone with
You you make me feel like I am fun again

However far away I will always love you however
Long I stay I will always love you whatever
Words I say I will always love you I will always
Love you

Whenever I’m alone with you you make me feel
Like I am free again whenever I’m alone with
You you make me feel like I am clean again

However far away I will always love you however
Long I stay I will always love you whatever
Words I say I will always love you I will always
Love you

GC - It's Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch. It's on the O Brother CD. I love mountian music. Makes me think of driving thru Arkansas and Kentucky....warm fuzzy-ness.

'Course, I love almost all music (cept gansta rap)...I can't seem to limit myself to one genre. Ask me about the year I saw the Beach Boys, Twisted Sister & Ratt, and The Smiths....my friends thought I was exceptionally odd.

- Kimmy

You were my wife, my life, my hopes and dreams
For you to understand what this means, I shall explain
I stood all the jealousy, all the *****in' too
Yes, I'd forget it all once in bed with you
Ooo darling how could we end up like this?
Oh baby let me reminisce

Oh and when we, woo, stopped the hands of time
You set my soul on fire, my one desire
Was to love you and think of you with pride
And keep you satisfied, oh baby oh baby
We could not bear the mental strain
Leave you, I laugh at men too
Now you see how much you hurt me
But if you ever need me, I'll be by your side
Though the many happy times we had
Can never really outweigh the bad
Oh I'll never love nobody like I loved you baby

It's time for us to say farewell, farewell my darlin'
Maybe we'll meet down the line
It's too late for you and me, it's too late for you and I
Much too late for you to cry
It's too late for you and me, much too late for you and I
It's too late for you and me, much too late for you to cry baby
Ah we tried, God knows we tried
Now it's too late to live and love and ah it's too late baby
It's too late for you and me, much too late for you to cry
Oh oh ohhh it's much too late
Well, all we can do is, we can both try to be happy...

Just To Keep You Satisfied - Marvin Gaye

TILL I CAN MAKE IT ON MY OWN - Kenny Rogers

I'll need time to get you off my mind
and I may sometimes bother you
try to be in touch with you
even ask too much of you
from time to time.

Now and then
Lord, you know I'll need a friend
till I get used to losing you
let me keep on using you
till I can make it on my own.

I'll get by but no matter how I try
there'll be times you know I'll call
chances are, my tears will fall
and I'll have no pride at all
from time to time.

But they say
oh, there'll be a brighter day
but till then I lean on you
that's all I mean to do
till I can make it on my own.

Surely, someday I'll look up
and see the morning sun
without another lonely night behind me
then I'll know I'm over you
and all my crying's done
no more hurting memories can find me.

But till then ...
Lord, you know, I'm gonna need a friend
till I get used to losing you ...

Okay gals. Ultimate song about BW vs OW confrontation! Dah, dah, dah, dah, dah, dah!!!! Ready? -------------------- Reba McEntyre & Linda Davis singing --

Does He Love You?

Reba:
I’ve known about you
For a while now
When he leaves me
He wears a smile now
As soon as he’s away from me
In your arms is where he wants to be

Linda
But you’re the one he rushes home to
You’re the one he gave his name to
I never see his face
In the early morning light
You have his mornings, his daytime, and sometimes I have his nights

(Back & forth between them - Reba starts)
Does he love you (Does he love you)
Like he loves me (Like he loves me)
Does he think of you (Does he think of you)
When he's holding me (Together)
And does he whisper (Does he whisper)
All his fantasies (Together)
Does he love you (Does he love you)
Like he's been loving me? (Together)

Linda
But when he’s with me
He says he needs me
And that he wants me
That he believes in me

Reba
And when I’m in his arms
Oh he swears there’s no one else
Is he deceiving me
Or am I deceiving myself

Linda
Am I deceiving myself?

Chorus

Reba
Oh, shouldn't I lose my temper?

Linda
Oh, and shouldn't I be ashamed?

Reba
Cause I have everything to lose

Linda
And I, I have nothing to gain

Chorus

Reba
Oh, does he love you?

This song made me cry everytime I heard it & even now almost a year later. But I think it is the ultimate confrontational song between the BW & OW. Doncha think? Pretty much sums up how each of us feels.

[ August 27, 2004, 12:05 PM: Message edited by: StandingTogether ]

I didn't forget you guys though. Here's a good revenge song for you by Garth Brooks.

Papa Loves Mama

Papa drove a truck nearly all his life
You know it drove mama crazy being a trucker’s wife
The part she couldn’t handle was the being alone
I guess she needed more to hold than just a telephone
Papa called mama each and every night
Just to ask her how she was and if us kids were alright
Mama would wait for that call to come in
When daddy’d hang up she was gone again.

Mama was a looker
Lord, how she shined
Papa was a good'n
But the jealous kind
Papa loved mama
Mama loved men
Mama's in the graveyard
Papa's in the pen.

Well, it was bound to happen and one night it did
Papa came home and it was just us kids
He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine
If he was lookin’ to surprise us, he was doin’ fine
I heard him cry for mama up and own the hall
Then I h heard a bottle break against the bedroom wall
That old diesel engine made an eerie sound
When papa fired it up and headed into town.

Well, the picture in the paper showed the scene real well
Papa’s rig was buried in the local motel
The desk clerk said he saw it all real clear
He never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears.

Chorus

Thought maybe you'd get a good laugh out of that one! I know some of you are picturing it! Stop that now!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

"Back to the Island" -Leon Russell

"Now the day is gone and I sit alone and think of you, girl
What can I do without you in my life?
I guess that our guessing game just had to end that way
The hardest one to lose of all the games we played

But the time is past for living in a dream world
Lying to myself can't make that scene
Of wondering if you love me or just making a fool of me
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island

Chorus:

And watch the sun go down (sit and watch the sun go down)
Hear the sea roll in (listen to the sea roll in)
But I'll be thinking of you (yes, and I'll be thinking of you)
And how it might have been (thinking how it might have been)
Hear the night birds cry (listen to the night birds cry)
Watch the sunset die (sit and watch the sunset die)
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island

Well all the fun has died, It's raining in my heart
I know down in my soul I'm really gonna miss you
But it had to end this way with all the games we played
Well I hope you understand I just had to go back to the island"

Gloria Estefan. It's called "All That I Wish You Is Love."

To me, it spoke to what happens in Plan B. Read the lyrics.

The day I was born I knew a lot of things
But now that I’m grown
I’m just remembering
Where I have been.
Might’ve we met before
Suddenly something has led you back
To my door
Looking to settle the score
But no more

Deceive me, hurt and mislead me
All that I wish you is love
Abuse me, damage and use me
All that I wish you is love

Believe me it’s hard to turn the other cheek
Faithful and kind
Might be confused for weak
An innocent streak
I’m learning a lot from you
Making me stronger each time you think
I’ve been beat
Whatever you scatter you reap
But down deep

Defeat me, shame and mistreat me
All that I wish you is love
Despise me, lie, criticize me
All that I wish you is love

I may not forget, but I forgive you
If it happens again
The way that I grew, I owe it to you
I have you to thank

Deceive me, hurt and mislead me
All that I wish you is love
Abuse me, damage and use me
All that I wish you is love

Defeat me, shame and mistreat me
All that I wish you is love
Despise me, lie criticize me
All that I wish you is love
All that I wish you is love

And another one. By Extreme. "More Than Words"

For those of us who have dealt with a spouse/partner who has repeatedly made promises, who has used the right words, but not followed up with behavior, this will become almost a mantra.

I got to thinking...what if, what if we couldn't hear? What if we couldn't read? What if the only way our spouses could prove their love and their commitment was to show it? To behave in a committed and loving way? How different would our recoveries be? And how different our marriages!

Anyway, here are the lyrics:

Sayin I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you not to say
But if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say
That you love me
Cause I'd already know

What would you do
If my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real

What would you say
If I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you

More than words...

Now that I've tried to
Talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is
Close your eyes and just reach out your hand

And touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say
That you love me
Cause I'd already know

What would you do
If my heart was torn in two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real

What would you say
If I took those words away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you

Smile
<img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />
Smile, though your heart is aching, smile, even though it's breaking!

When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by!

If you smile through your fear an' sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow, you'll see the sun come shining through for you!

Light up your face with gladness, hide every trace of sadness, although a tear may be ever so near, that's the time you must keep on tryin', smile, what's the use of cryin' ? you'll find that life is still worthwhile, if you'll just smile!

That's the time you must keep on tryin',
smile, what's the use of cryin' ?
you'll find that life is still worthwhile,
if you'll just smile! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

I first heard this song a week before
I discovered my W's EA. I must say the
lyrics struct me like a board in the forehead

At least it gives hope that things might work out

LeAnn Rimes - Last Thing On My Mind (Duet With Ronan Keating)

Four O'Clock in the morning
My minds filled with a thousand thoughts of you
And how you left without warning
But looking back I'm sure you tried to talk it through

Now I see it so clearly
We're together but living separate lives
So I wanna tell you I'm sorry
Baby I can't find the words
But if I could, then you know I would
Yeah

No I won't let go, know what we can be
I won't watch my life crashing down on me
Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah
(Girl) I'm sorry now you were the last thing on my mind

You carried me like a river
How far we've come it still surprises me
And now I look in the mirror
Staring back is a man I used to be, with you
How I long for you, yeah

No I won't let go, know what we can be
I won't watch my life crashing down on me
Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah
(Girl) I'm sorry now you were the last thing on my mind

Oh I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind
Girl, I'm sorry I was wrong
Could have been there
Should have been so strong
So I'm sorry

No I won't let go, know what we can be
I won't watch my life crashing down on me
Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah
(Girl) I'm sorry now you were the last thing on my mind

I won't watch my life crashing down on me
Guess I had it all right there before my eyes, yeah
(Girl) I'm sorry now, you were the last thing on my mind

On my mind
On my mind

Hanging in there

don't know yet if anyones already mentioned this one...if they have sorry for repeating.

Tammy Cochran
If You Can

Are you awake; are you asleep?
It's hard to tell with your back to me
Turn around and face me, if you can.
Are you afraid what I might see
If you should look at me.
Now, tell me about her, if you can

If you can look me in the eye and say we're over
If you can kiss my lips and feel no fire inside
If you can hold my body close and still say you love her most
Then you can walk out of my life, if you can.

Everyone makes mistakes; tell me she's the one you made
And I'll forgive, and I'll forget, if you can.
Who was right and who was wrong
Doesn't matter if the love is gone.
Honey, I'll keep holding on, if you can.

If you can look me in the eye and say we're over
If you can kiss my lips and feel no fire inside
If you can hold my body close and still say you love her most
Then you can walk out of my life, if you can.
You can walk out of my life, if you can.

Kenny Chesney: When I Think About Leaving

This song is one of my favorites and also one of my girls favorites. I was playing the CD when this just happened to come on with WH in the car this week. The kids, as I expected, started singing with gusto because they like it. It hit home with him, especially sections 5 & 6 as written below.

*************************************************
You know some times me and my lady have these crazy fights
and when we do it makes me wonder
Are we're ever gonna get it right

When I think about leaving
I think about me
What my life would be like if I were back to being free
Go where I wanna go,
do what I wanna do,
wouldn't have a soul I had to answer to
When I think about leaving
I think about me

You know I got a friend him and his wife just couldn't see eye to eye
he had all he could stand one day
and just packed up and said good-bye

When I think about leaving
I think about him
That little apartment cross town he's living in
Got an old corvette,
got a new girlfriend,
but only sees his kids every other weekend
When I think about leaving
oh I think about him

I never will forget her face
or the day she told me about her dad,
how he walked out on her and her mom
when she was just a kid

When I think about leaving
oh I think about her
Only five years old and her heart filled up with hurt
With her little arms wrapped around his neck saying daddy where you going,
are you coming back
When I think about leaving
I think about her

You know the truth is,
most of the time things were really great
and I know we got something special
When I think about leaving
I think about us
How we build this love we share on faith and trust,
honest way we talk,
tender way we touch,
All those nights we spent making love,
When I think about leaving
oh I think about us

When I think about leaving
I think again
Even though that thought crosses my mind every now and then
In my heart I know I would never leave,
there's nowhere else on earth I would rather be
When I think about leaving
I think again

When I think about leaving
When I think about leaving
When I think about leaving:I think again

I can hear one line in my head but can't seem to think of the song or the artist. My IC said it to me

the first cut is the deepest
can anyone help find the rest of the song and who sang it.

RE

Rod Stewart sings the version I like best, but Sheryl Crow sings "First Cut" now.

My votes go tp Martina McBride for How Far AND Where Would You Be?

Okay:

Time for some lyrics that say something else! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

"Scatterlings of Africa" - Juluka

"Copper sun sinking low
Scatterlings and fugitives
Hooded eyes and weary brows
Seek refuge in the night

Chorus:
They are the scatterlings of Africa
Each uprooted one
On the road to Phelamanga
Where the world began
I love the scatterlings of Africa
Each and every one
In their hearts a burning hunger
Beneath the copper sun

Ancient bones from Olduvai
Echoes of the very first cry
"Who made me here and why
Beneath the copper sun?"
African idea
African idea
Make the future clear
Make the future clear

Chorus.....
And we are the scatterlings of Africa
Both you and I
We are on the road to Phelamanga
Beneath a copper sky
And we are the scatterlings of Africa
On a journey to the stars
Far below, we leave forever
Dreams of what we were"

<img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

This track perfectly describes my dark days.

Alice in Chains, Rain when I die

Is she ready to know my frustration?
What she slippin' inside, slow castration
I'm a riddle so strong, you can't break me
Did she come here to try, try to take me

Did she call my name?
I think it's gonna rain
When I die

Was it something I said, held against me?
Ain't no life on the run, slowly climbing
Caught in ice so she stares, stares at nothing
I can help her but won't, now she hates me

Did she call my name?
I think it's gonna rain
When I die

She won't let me hide
She don't want me to cry

Will she keep on the ground, trying to ground me
Slowly forgive my lie, lying to save me
Could she love me again, or will she hate me
Prob'ly not, I know why, can't explain me

Did she call my name?
I think it's gonna rain
When I die

**THREADJACK IN PROCESS**

Bob...if I don't get a chance to say later, take it easy! Have fun with your trip coming up. You seem to enjoy it, they seem to like you, and obviously you're good at what you do. "See" ya <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" /> later!

(Holding up my bottle of Corona...Cheers, my friend!)

<blockquote>quote:<hr /> the first cut is the deepest
can anyone help find the rest of the song and who sang it.
<hr /></blockquote>I have Sheryl Crow's CD playing in my car all the time...I love this song along with her duet with Kid Rock...

SHERYL CROW LYRICS

The First Cut Is The Deepest

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And he's taken just all that i have
But if you want i'll try to love again
Baby, i'll try to love again, but i know...

The first cut is the deepest
Baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
But when it comes to bein' lucky, he's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me, he's worse...

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
And i'm sure gonna give you a try
If you want i'll try to love again, (try)
Baby, i'll try to love again, but i know...

OOHHH,
The first cut is the deepest
Baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
But when it comes to bein' lucky, he's cursed
But when it comes to lovin' me, he's worse...

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that i've cried
But i'm sure gonna give you a try
Cuz if you want i'll try to love again
(try to love again, try to love again)
Baby, i'll try to love again but i know, OOHHH....

The first cut is the deepest
Baby i know
The first cut is the deepest
When it comes to bein' lucky, he's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me, he's worse

OOHHH, the first cut is the deepest
Baby i know (baby i know)
The first cut is the deepest
Try to love again...

and "The Picture" by Sheryl Crowe and Kid Rock:

Lyrics:

(Kid Rock) Livin' my life in a slow hell
Different girl every night at the hotel
I aint seen the sun shine in 3 damn days

Been fuelin' up on cocaine and whisky
Wish I had a good girl to miss me
Lord I wonder if I'll ever change my ways

I put your picture away
Sat down and cried today
I can't look at you, while I'm lyin' next to her
I put your picture away, sat down and cried today
I can't look at you, while I'm lyin' next to her

(Sherly Crow)
I called you last night in the hotel
Everyone knows but they wont tell
But their half hearted smiles tell me
Somethin' just ain't right
I been waitin' on you for a long time
Fuelin' up on heartaches and cheap wine
I ain't heard from you in 3 damn nights

I put your picture away
I wonder where you been
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to him
I put your picture away
I wonder where you been
I can't look at you while I'm lyin' next to him

I saw ya yesterday with an old friend

(Kid Rock)
It was the same ole same 'how have you been'

(Both)
Since you been gone my worlds been dark & grey

(Kid Rock)
You reminded me of brighter days

(Sheryl Crow)
I hoped you were comin' home to stay
I was headed to church

(Kid Rock)
I was off to drink you away

(Both)
I thought about you for a long time
Can't seem to get you off my mind
I can't understand why we're living life this way

I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you to come back home

I found your picture today
I swear I'll change my ways
I just called to say I want you to come back home
I just called to say, I love you come back home

[ August 31, 2004, 09:22 AM: Message edited by: New Outlook ]

"The Picture" by Sheryl Crowe and Kid Rock:

This is the song that my H dedicated to me upon his return to our home. He told me that night that the words in that song describe the way he felt the whole time we were separated. He was heavily drinking, doing drugs, and pursuing OW. So now, that's our new song. Both of us trying to start fresh.

Foo Fighters
Times Like These

I, I'm a one way motorway
I'm a road that drives away
Then follows you back home
I, I'm a street light shining
I'm a white light blinding bright
Burning off and on

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

I, I'm a new day rising
I'm a brand new sky
To hang the stars upon tonight
I, I'm a little divided
Do I stay or run away
And leave it all behind?

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

[ September 15, 2004, 09:54 AM: Message edited by: graycloud ]

MACY GRAY LYRICS

She Ain't Right For You

Wrote me in a letter that she makes u feel better and all of the
Things u said to her but I feel what I feel, it’s real.

She ain’t right for you she don’t know you like I do, no matter
What she do she ain’t right for you, don’t u want to be happy?
Baby u should stay with me ‘cause she ain’t right for you – she
Don’t love you like I do.

Turn me around. Turn me upside down sporting the tears of a
Clown but I feel what I feel, it’s real.

She ain’t right for you she don’t know you like I do, no matter
What she do she ain’t right for you, don’t u want to be happy?
Baby u should stay with me ‘cause she ain’t right for you – she
Don’t love you like I do.

They will say that I spend all my days chasing a love that she
Took away but I feel what I feel.

You know baby I’ve been trying to tell you for a mighty long
Time now that u can keep looking u can keep searching all
Over the world. Trying to find a find a love like mine but the real
Thing is right here baby and no matter what she say no matter
What she do, she don’t like u like I do.

She ain’t right for you she don’t know you like I do, no matter
What she do she ain’t right for you, don’t u want to be happy?
Baby u should stay with me ‘cause she ain’t right for you – she
Don’t love you like I do.

They will say that I spend all my days chasing a love that she
Took away but I feel what I feel

This one is by a friend...

He walks through the night alone
Wondering, “what have I done?”
It wasn’t for want of love
Love didn’t figure at all

She spends her night alone
Crying for what he had done
Had broken her heart for good
Hardly believing that he could throw it...

All for a loveless night
Only one careless night
He finds himself losing through it all
All for a loveless night

Calling against her will
Knowing he loves her still
She’s had some time alone
Maybe she’ll take him back home

Softly he speaks her name
And asks her to try it again
She doesn’t think she could
Knowing forever that he could throw it...

All for a Loveless Night by Steve Bell

you can listen to a clip here:

click here

Shul

My turn! These are all Joshua Kadison from Painted Desert Serenade. The original I had was a cassette that ended up worn out from play. They were just pretty songs back then. Now, these all have some significance regarding the A. I've actually bought three copies since dday. My 18 year old son took off with the first, my H took the next, and finally I got a copy just for me and have no idea where it is. Maybe, I just haven't looked very hard. They make me kinda' sad.

#1 PreA We both loved this song. I hope one day H can put it on and I feel like he really believes.

'Beautiful in My Eyes'

You're my peace of mind, in this crazy world
You're everything I've tried to find
Your love is a pearl
You're my Mona Lisa,
You're my rainbow skies
And my only prayer is that you realize...
You'll always be beautiful in my eyes

The world will turn, And the seasons will change
And all the lessons we will learn
Will be beautiful and strange
We'll have our fill of tears, our share of sighs
My only prayer is that you realize...
You'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

You will always be Beautiful in my eyes
And the passing years will show
That you will always grow
Ever more beautiful in my eyes.

And there are lines upon my face,
From a lifetime of smiles
When the time comes to embrace
For one long last while
We can laugh about How time really flies
We won't say goodbye
Cause true love never dies
You'll always be beautiful in my eyes.

#2 Describes oh, so well, how I felt during the A

'Invisible Man'

Woke up this morning with a funny feeling,
wasn't really sure what it was all about.
Felt like I was disappearing, so I ran to the mirror to check it out.
I said, Here I am, here I am, here I am ........
but why do I feel like the invisible man?

I stumbled back into the bedroom, and stared out at the rising sun.
Then I heard myself shout out the window,
Not really talking to anyone.
I yelled, Here I am, here I am, here I am,.....
but why do I feel like the invisible man?

Lights went on, people started yelling,
Will the crazy man go back to bed.
And there I was laughing out my window,
feeling much better now,
Somebody heard what I said.

Well, it's no big thing, no revelation,
no answer to these lives we lead.
But I think I do know one thing:
Sometimes I think we all need to say,
Here I am, here I am, here I am,
when life makes us feel like the invisible man.

#3 Just want the H to listen to this one again as a refresher course on what to do after a trigger.

'When a Woman Cries'

When a woman cries, when a woman cries,
she can wash your world away.
When storms fill her eyes,
you never know what to say.

Don't say a word, don't say anything.
She don't need your truth or lies.
Just hold her close and love her,
when a woman cries.

When a woman cries, when a woman cries,
there is no sadder song.
So you apologize, you apologize,
even if you don't know what you've done wrong.

But if you really want to make her happy,
to stop her sobbing and her sighs,
just hold her close and love her,
when a woman cries.

Now, don't waste your time thinking
'bout the right thing to say.
Just put your arms around her
'til the clouds roll away.

When a woman cries, when a woman cries,
she can tear your dreams apart.
When storms fill her eyes, when storms fill her eyes, It can break a... break a man's heart.

And if you find that you're crying too,
don't let it come as no surprise
Just hold her close and love her
when your woman cries.

I enjoyed typing those out. Great thread!

[ September 09, 2004, 01:37 AM: Message edited by: marsmom ]

I heard this on the radio a little while ago and it caught the mood I found myself in this morning.

I'm back to my hopeful self right now, but it felt good to sing this at the top of my lungs while cleaning the house and dancing. My eight month old thinks I'm the funniest thing around!

It's a nice upbeat song too so it helped my mood!
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Jo Dee Messina - Bye Bye Lyrics

Boy you sure look good there standin' in the doorway in the
sunset light
Maybe I read you wrong thinkin' you could be my Mr. Right
I was puttin' my heart and soul on the line
Said you needed some time, just a little more time to make up
your mind
Well it's been long enough
Time is up

Bye bye love, I'll catch you later
Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror
torn off
I ain't never lookin' back. And that's a fact.
I've tried all I can imagine
I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion
I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

Don't think all those tears are gonna hold me here like they've
done before
You'll find what's left of us in a cloud of dust on highway 4
Baby what did you expect me to do
Just sit around and wait on you
Well I'm through watchin' you just skate around the truth
And I know it sounds trite
I've seen the light

Bye bye love, I'll catch you later
Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror
torn off
'Cause I ain't never lookin' back, and that's a fact.
I've tried all I can imagine
I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion
I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

I'd lost the game I guess
I did my best to win the part
Now I'm leavin' here with what's left of my heart.
Bye bye, I'll catch you later
Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror
torn off
'Cause I ain't never lookin' back.
You can count on that.
I've tried all I can imagine
I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion
I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

A song probably motivated by 9/11, but it's about any loss, really...

You're Missing
Bruce Springsteen

Shirts in the closet
Shoes in the hall
Mama's in the kitchen
Baby in the hall

Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But you're missing

Coffee cup's on the counter
Jacket's on the chair
Paper's on the doorstep
But you're not there

Everything is everything
Everything is everything
But you're missing

Picture's on the nightstand
TV's on in the den
Your house is waiting
Your house is waiting

For you to walk in
For you to walk in
But you're missing
You're missing

You're missing
When I shut out the lights
You're missing
When I close my eyes
You're missing
When I see the sun rise
You're missing

Children are askin' if it's alright
Will you be in our arms tonight

Morning is morning
The evening falls
I got too much room in my bed
Too many phone calls

"How's everything", everything
Everything, everything
But you're missing
You're missing

God's driftin' in heaven
Devil's in the mailbox
Got dust on my shoes
Nothin' but teardrops

Don't know if this has been posted but I wrote it in a card that I sent to my wife who I am desperatly trying to get back.
Hoobastank- The Reason

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

(chorus)
I've found a reason for me
to change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear

chorus

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

[ September 12, 2004, 02:53 PM: Message edited by: firemob1 ]

I heard this one the other day and it reminded me of my decision...not to take another....one marriage is all i need and WH will always be MY husband....

Journey
Seperate Ways

Here we stand
Worlds apart, hearts broken in two, two, two
Sleepless nights
Losing ground
I’m reaching for you, you, you

Feelin’ that it’s gone
Can change your mind
If we can’t go on
To survive the tide love divides

Someday love will find you
Break those chains that bind you
One night will remind you
How we touched
And went our separate ways
If he ever hurts you
True love won’t desert you
You know I still love you
Though we touched
And went our separate ways

Troubled times
Caught between confusions and pain, pain, pain
Distant eyes
Promises we made were in vain, vain, vain

If you must go, I wish you love
You’ll never walk alone
Take care my love
Miss you love

(chorus twice)

I still love you girl
I really love you girl
And if he ever hurts you
True love won’t desert you
No, no

AHHH! i found yet another....this one if for all of us wishing and hopign our loves come home:

BAND OF GOLD
Freda Payne
(Dunbar-Wayne)

Now that you're gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dream I hold
Is a band of gold
And the memories of what love could be
If you are still here with me

You took me from the shelter of a mother I had never known
Who loved any other
We kissed after taking vows
But that night on our honeymoon
We stayed in separate rooms

I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon that you'll walk
Back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you've been gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dream I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you are still here with me

Ooh, don't you know that I wait in the darkness of my lonely room
Filled with sadness, filled with gloom
Hoping soon that you'll walk
Back through that door
And love me like you tried before

Since you've been gone
All that's left is a band of gold
All that's left of the dream I hold
Is a band of gold
And the dream of what love could be
If you are still here with me

"Wind and Sand" (Eric Andersen) [Albums: Blue River, Selected Songs]

"All alone a father sits
Thinking of his son.
Far away a mother sleeps
Her baby yet unborn.

Rain and wood and fire and stone
Magic all across the land.
Seasons come and times will go
Right through your hand,
Like wind and sand.

In awhile a child will grow.
A bird will learn to fly.
Pretty soon a child will know
What it is to make a life.

Rain and wood and fire and stone
Magic all across the land.
Seasons come and times will go
Right through your hand,
Like wind and sand.

Long before the river goes
Far from where it was.
Long before it meets the sea,
A child will know of love.

Rain and wood and fire and stone
Magic all across the land.
Seasons come and times will go
Right through your hand,
Like wind and sand."

This song reminds me of d-day or when the BS knows there's something not quite right with the marriage and suspects an A.

Garth Brooks - The Thunder Rolls

Three thirty in the morning,
Not a soul in sight,
The city’s lookin’ like a ghost town
On a moonless summer night.
Raindrops on the windshield,
There’s a storm moving in.
He’s headin’ back from somewhere
That he never should have been.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

Every light is burnin’
In a house across town.
She’s pacin’ by the telephone
In her faded flannel gown.
Askin’ for miracle,
Hopin’ she’s not right,
Prayin’ it’s the weather
That’s kept him out all night.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

(chorus)
The thunder rolls
And the lightnin’ strikes.
Another love grows cold
On a sleepless night,
As the storm blows on
Out of control
Deep in her heart
The thunder rolls.

She’s waitin’ by the window
When he pulls into the drive
She rushes out to hold him
Thankful he’s alive
But on the wind and rain
A strange new perfume blows
And the lightnin’ flashes in her eyes
And he knows that she knows
And the thunder rolls
And the thunder rolls

*chorus*

(third verse)
She runs back down the hallway
To the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer
Tells the lady in the mirror
He won’t do this again
Cause tonight will be the last time
She’ll wonder where he’s been

Okay, we haven't gone that far.

Marsmom,
"Beautiful In My Eyes" was my wedding song 9 years ago. Even reading the words still bring tears to my eyes.

me/bs:34
H/fwh:31
ow/40/2 teen sons M 20 yrs
d-day 5/16/2002
H wanted 'us' to work, but
still thick into the fog until late 2002
Quit his job w/ow in Jan 2003
Start of full blown recovery
OW admits to her H about the A 5/2/2003 because
someone at her job doesnt like her much
and is threatening to tell her H about
ALL of her A's
Her H calls my H 5/20/03 to tell him that he is divorcing her.
My H discovers many things about her he never would have guessed, including he was not her only A in her 20 yr. M.

Me: I have a better M than I ever thought possible. It's even better now than pre-A.

Sometimes I can't stand all the sad songs. Never much thought about them until I could be the one singing them. For me rap is the best now. I don't much listen to the words but dance like a fool to the beat <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="images/icons/wink.gif" />

This is off of Usher's new CD which use to be hard to listen to as it is all about cheating. But I like this song, the guy dumps his girl and then after she is gone realizes he made a mistake. How many of us can relate to that?

"Burn" by Usher

Girl, understand why
See it's burning me to hold onto this
I know this is something I gotta do
But that don't mean I want to
What I'm trying to say is that I-love-you I just
I feel like this is coming to an end
And its better for me to let it go now than hold on and hurt you
I gotta let it burn

[Verse 1]
It's gonna burn for me to say this
But it's comin from my heart
It's been a long time coming
But we done been fell apart
Really wanna work this out
But I don't think ya gonna change ya
I do but you don't
Think it's best we go our separate ways
Tell me why I should stay in this relationship
When I'm hurting baby, I ain't happy baby
Plus theres so many other things I gotta deal with
I think that you should let it burn

[Chorus]
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go cuz the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

Deep down you know it's best for yourself but you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
You know that it was through
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

[Verse 2]
Sendin' pages I ain't supposed to
Got somebody here but I want you
Cause the feelin ain't the same find myself
Callin' her your name
Ladies tell me do you understand?
Now all my fellas do you feel my pain?
It's the way I feel
I know I made a mistake
Now it's too late
I know she ain't comin back
What I gotta do now
To get my shorty back
Ooo ooo ooo ooooh
Man I don't know what I'm gonna do
Without my booo
You've been gone for too long
It's been fifty-eleven days, um-teen hours
Imma be burnin' till you return (let it burn)

[Chorus]
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go cuz the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn (let it burn, let it burn, you gon'learn)
Let it burn (gotta let it burn)
Gotta let it burn

Deep down you know it's best for yourself but you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
you know that it was through
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

[Bridge]
I'm twisted cuz one side of me is tellin' me that I need to move on
On the other side I wanna break down and cry (ooooh)
I'm twisted cuz one side of me is tellin' me that I need to move on
On the other side I wanna break down and cry (yeah)

[Breakdown]
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh
Ooh ooh oooh (can ya feel me burnin'?)
Ooh ooh ooh oooh ooh oooh

So many days, so many hours
I'm still burnin' till you return

[Chorus]
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go cuz the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

Deep down you know it's best for yourself but you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
You know that it was through
Let it burn
Let it burn
Gotta let it burn

I've always been a rocker but started listening to C&W when my ordeal started. I burned these 2 by Alan Jackson on a CD with some others for WxW.
She said this one reminded her of me and made her laugh. Now that I think about her laughing about it, it p!$$e$$ me off.

Hole in the Wall

There's a hole in the wall
Where a nail used to be
A nail that held a picture of
The one that once held me

Now that wall's tellin' me
What I don't wanna hear
I'm tired of the word "fool"
Ringin' in my ears

Oh I guess a saner man
Would simply paint it
But I'm not sane and after all
It's my wall, ain't it
I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through

When you lose the greatest love
You've ever had
A little hole in the wall
Is enough to drive you mad

Oh I guess a saner man
Would simply paint it
But I'm not sane and after all
It's my wall, ain't it
I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through

Oh I've got this hammer in my hand
And when I'm through
There'll be a hole in that wall
Big enough to drive a truck through

And she said this one made her cry. It did me too. Friends and family kept asking me why was I doing this to my self. I went back to rock and roll it isn't as depressing.

Remeber When

Remember when I was young and so were you
And time stood still and love was all we knew
You were the first, so was I
We made love and then you cried
Remember when
Remember when we vowed the vows
and walked the walk
Gave our hearts, made the start, it was hard
We lived and learned, life threw curves
There was joy, there was hurt
Remember when

Remember when old ones died and new were born
And life was changed, disassembled, rearranged
We came together, fell apart
And broke each other's hearts
Remember when

Remember when the sound of little feet
was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give up
Remember when

Remember when thirty something seemed old
Now lookin' back, it's just a steppin' stone
To where we are,
where we've been
Said we'd do it all again
Remember when

Remember when we said when we turned gray
When the children grow up and move away
We won't be sad, we'll be glad
For all the life we've had
And we'll remember when

Remember when
Remember when

Oh he!!, just reading a little of it now has me all teary eyed and choked up. I need some Zeppelin or something quick.

I remember my parents dancing to this song when I was little. My dad was a pilot in the AF and gone alot. We played this song at my dad's funeral as it had so many memories for us kids.
The song has been redone a few times since the 50's but I happen to like Jason Wade's version from the movie "Shrek"
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Song: You Belong to Me Lyrics

See the pyramids around the Nile
Watch the sun rise
From the tropic isle
Just remember darling
All the while
You belong to me
See the market place
In old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember
When a dream appears
You belong to me

And I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too

Fly the ocean
In a silver plane
See the jungle
When it's wet with rain
Just remember till
You're home again
You belong to me

Oh I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too

Fly the ocean
In a silver plane
See the jungle
When it's wet with rain
Just remember till
You're home again
You belong to me

firemob1 - my STBXWH played that song for me right after he handed me the D papers ....huh...."I found the reason for me to change who I used to be...and the reason is you..."????? Yet he's not willing to change. Makes perfect sense. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

The only thing I can think of is that it was his way of making himself feel better.
A mutual friend of ours told me what WH should have done was edit the song to play, "I'm not a perfect person" over and over again, because taht's all he really wanted me to hear, and just about the only part of the song that's true for him.

This one is SO perfect for several months ago:

How Far by Martina McBride

There's a boat, I could sail away
There's the sky, I could catch a plane
There's a train, there's the tracks
I could leave and I could choose to not come back
Oh, never come back

There you are, giving up the fight
Here I am begging you to try
Talk to me, let me in
But you just put your wall back up again
Oh, when's it gonna end

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

There's a chance I could change my mind
But I won't, not till you decide
What you want, what you need
Do you even care if I stay or leave
Oh, what's it gonna be

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far

Out of this chair, or just across the room
Halfway down the block or halfway to the moon

How far do I have to go to make you understand
I wanna make this work so much it hurts, but I just can't
Keep on giving, go on living with the way things are
So I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say
Yeah I'm gonna walk away
And it's up to you to say how far
How far

And this one is just plain perfect:

You'll Think Of Me by Keith Urban

I woke up early this morning around 4am
With the moon shining bright as headlights on the interstate
I pulled the covers over my head and tried to catch some sleep
But thoughts of us kept keeping me awake
Ever since you found yourself in someone else's arms
I've been tryin' my best to get along
But that's OK
There's nothing left to say, but

Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me, you'll think of me

I went out driving trying to clear my head
I tried to sweep out all the ruins that my emotions left
I guess I'm feeling just a little tired of this
And all the baggage that seems to still exist
It seems the only blessing I have left to my name
Is not knowing what we could have been
What we should have been
So

Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me

Someday I'm gonna run across your mind
Don't worry, I'll be fine
I'm gonna be alright
While you're sleeping with your pride
Wishing I could hold you tight
I'll be over you
And on with my life

So take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me

So take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
Take your space and all your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we got nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me, you'll think of me, yeah

And you're gonna think of me
Oh someday baby, someday

(What comes around...)

YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL MAKE YOU WEEP
YOU'LL CRY AND CRY AND TRY TO SLEEP
BUT SLEEP WON'T COME THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH
YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL TELL ON YOU
WHEN TEARS COME DOWN LIKE FALLING RAIN
YOU'LL TOSS AROUND AND CALL MY NAME
YOU'LL WALK THE FLOOR THE WAY I DO
YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL TELL ON YOU

YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL PINE SOME DAY
AND CRAVE THE LOVE YOU THREW AWAY
THE TIME WILL COME WHEN YOU'LL BE BLUE
YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL TELL ON YOU
WHEN TEARS COME DOWN LIKE FALLING RAIN
YOU'LL TOSS AROUND AND CALL MY NAME
YOU'LL WALK THE FLOOR THE WAY I DO
YOUR CHEATING HEART WILL TELL ON YOU
YOUR CHEATING HEART IS GONNA TELL ON YOU

And I thought I was the only one that couldn't stand watching that Pepsi commercial!

I've seen this question posted over and over:

Artist: Deana Carter Lyrics (Hope Floats)
Song: What Makes You Stay?

Look at me
I'm in a place
I never thought I'd be

Don't have the strength
To fight anymore
Or a reason not to leave

So tell me why I still keep holding on
To something I just cannot see

What makes you stay
When your world falls apart
What makes you try one more time
When it's not in your heart
At the end of your rope
When you can't find any hope
You still look at her and say
I just can't walk away
Tell me what makes you stay

I'm not afraid
Of living alone
I was alone before he came

I've been in love
Many times before
But this time's not the same

I've always been the first to say goodbye
Now it's the last thing I can do

What makes you stay
When your world falls apart
What makes you try one more time
When it's not in your heart
At the end of your rope
When you can't find any hope
You still look at her and say
I just can't walk away
Tell me what makes you stay

When it goes this deep
And feels this strong
I can't convince myself
That this love is wrong

What makes you stay
When your world falls apart
What makes you try one more time
When it's not in your heart
At the end of your rope
When you can't find any hope
You still look at her and say
I just can't walk away
Tell me what makes you stay

The Hope Floats CD is full of songs:
Garth Brooks-To Make You Feel My Love
Sheryl Crow-In Need
The Rolling Stones-Honest I Do
Bob Seger and Martina McBride-Chances Are
The Mavericks-All I Get
Gillian Welch-Paper Wings
Jonell Mosser-Stop! In the Name of Love
Whiskeytown-Wither, I'm a flower
Deana Carter-What Makes You Stay
Lila McCann-To Get Me to You
Lyle Lovett-Smile
Bryan Adams-When You Love Someone
Trisha Yearwood-To Make You Feel My Love

You can check out the lyrics at this site:http://www.stlyrics.com/h/hopefloats.htm

Martina McBride fans check out her site: http://www.martina-mcbride.com/main.shtml

There are a lot of songs that will hit home to many of us.

Here's a list of a few that hit me:
1992 - A Woman Knows
1993 - Where I Used To Have A Heart
- She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
1999 - Make Me Believe

I don't know if anyone has posted these ones before, but these are mine:

At first I was: Alisson Krauss - "Now that I Found You"
(john macleod & tony macaulay/bmg songs, inc., ascap)

Baby,
Now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so,
Baby even though
You don’t need me
Now

Baby,
Now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don’t need me,
You don’t need me oh, no

Baby, baby,
When first we met
I knew in this heart of mine

That you were someone I couldn’t forget.
I said right,
And abide my time

Spent my life looking
For that somebody
To make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can’t let you

(guitar & fiddle solo)

Baby, baby,
When first we met
I knew in this heart of mine
That you were someone I couldn’t forget.
I said right,
And abide my time

Spent my life looking
For that somebody
To make me feel like new
Now you tell me that you want to leave me
But darling, I just can’t let you

Now that I found you
I built my world around you

I need you so, baby even though
You don’t need me now

Baby, now that I’ve found you
I won’t let you go
I built my world around you
I need you so
Baby even though
You don’t need me
You don’t need me no, no

Then it was: Duran Duran - "Ordinary World"
Came in from a rainy Thursday
On the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly

I turned on the lights, the TV
And the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you

What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some are saying
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Passion or coincidence
Once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well now pride's gone out the window
Cross the rooftops
Run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart

What is happening to me?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away

But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Papers in the roadside
Tell of suffering and greed
Here today, forgot tomorrow
Ooh, here besides the news
Of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrow
It's all gone away

And I don't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive

Every one
Is my world, I will learn to survive
Any one
Is my world, I will learn to survive
Any one
Is my world
Every one
Is my world

Now it's been: Garbage - "Special"
I'm living without you
I know all about you
I have run you down into the ground
Spread disease about you over town

I used to adore you
I couldn't control you
There was nothing that I wouldn't do
To keep myself around and close to you

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I couldn't care less

I...
I...

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know

I used to amuse you
I knew that I'd lose you
Now you're here and begging for a chance
But there's no way in hell I'd take you back

Do you have an opinion?
A mind of your own?
I thought you were special
I thought you should know
But I've run out of patience
I've run out of comments
I'm tired of the violence
I couldn't care less

I'm looking for a new [4x]

We were the talk of the town [4x]

I thought you were special [4x]

Well, that without him wanting me back... I guess I'm still waiting for that.

[ September 23, 2004, 10:07 PM: Message edited by: ivoryivy ]

I don't know if this has been posted earlier...this is a long thread.

But I would love to hear these words from my WS:

"The Reason" Hoobastank

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
Thats why i need you to hear

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is You

I'm not a perfect person
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you

Bumping because I need help!

Today is H's b/day and I am making him a cd.

I need ideas for the perfect song that will strike him right in the heart, you know?

Anybody out there got any ideas?

Shul

Hi shul,

Wife liked this...so I thought I'd pass it along for your "compilation":

I Would've Loved You Anyway..Trisha Yearwood

If I had known the way this would end,
If I had read the last page first,
If I had had the strength to walk away,
If had known how this would hurt,

I would've loved you anyway.
I'd do it all the same,
Not a second I would change,
Not a touch that I would trade.
Had I known my heart would break,
I would've loved you anyway.

It's bittersweet to look back now
At memories withered on the vine.
And Just to hold you close to me
For a moment in time.

I would've loved you anyway.
I'd do it all the same,
Not a second I would change,
Not a touch that I would trade.
Had I known my heart would break,
I would've loved you anyway.

And even if I'd seen it coming,
You'd still have seen me running
Straight into your arms.

I would've loved you anyway.
I'd do it all the same.
Not a second I would change,
Not a touch I would trade.
Had I known my heart would break,
I would've loved you anyway.
I would've loved you anyway.

Shul, what kind of music?

I'm not bad at this.

GC

DON'T TRY TO EXPLAIN by Keb Mo

Don't try to explain
My heart's already broken
And I'm feelin' no pain
Promises you could not keep
Tho it's easy to see
You're tired of me

Don't try to explain
I can see the truth - it's all over your face
Someone's come between us
But I'm still lovin' you
I know what I must do

Chorus:
It might take some time
To heal my wounded heart
I'm crushed, downheart, and feelin' misused
But I've got my whole life ahead
Here's where I start baby

Don't try to explain
Cause you're out in the open
And I'll take the blame
For lovin' you way too much
And foolishly hopin'
All the time knowin'

Don't have to explain
Don't worry about it,
I'll be okay
Pain ain't nothin' new
But it's sure not the first time
And probably not the last

K

[ November 06, 2004, 11:01 AM: Message edited by: k72172 ]

One Thing, by Finger Eleven

Restless tonight
Cause I wasted the light
Between both these times
I drew a really thin line
It's nothing I planned
And not that I can
But you should be mine
Across that line

If I traded it all
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn't that be something

I promise I might
Not walk on by
Maybe next time
But not this time

Even thought I know
I don't want to know
Yeah I guess I know
I just hate how it sounds

Gray,

He has eclectic taste..

So far I have:

Garnet Rogers ballads
AcDc, Queen etc
Stevie Ray
Celtic
John Hartford/ John Prine
Allman bros

He really gets into music. The song he happens to be listening to at the moment will influence his thinking. I have been downloading all day, but I can't seem to find just the right one.

Ok, its done. Hows this for a lineup;

In Spite of Ourselves (John Prine and Iris Dement)

Can't you see (Allman Bros)

Amie (Pure Prairie League)

Can't find my way home (Clapton)

Boats Lost at Sea and Forty Days and Forty Nights (The Rankin Family) ((I hope this one wasn't a mistake)

Desperado (Eagles)

Give me one reason and 'Open Arms' ( Tracy Chapman) This one is my heart

Just You and Me (john Lee Hooker / Canned Heat)

Wild Horses (Stones)

And for a grand finale:
Halleluia (Rufus Wainright from the Shrek soundtrack)

also the Hoobastank Album.

He will laugh and cry I think.

Rigteously (Lucinda Williams)

If love is what you want
Baby here I am
If tenderness is what you need
I've got that to give
If you need some affection
Baby these are open arms
Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms
You come home you've had a hard day
Every door your tried to open
Was closing in your face
I'm right here I'll be right here
I'll embrace you
I'll be open with my heart
I'll let you in
I'll be open with my thoughts
I'll be your best friend
If you need some attention
Baby these are open arms
Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms
Every corner you turn
Trouble come your way
But when you get home
I'll try to be there
And I'll embrace you
These are
These are
These are
Open arms
If time is what you need
Baby I'll stop clocks
If you're looking for something
Maybe I've got what you want
If there's one thing to remember
Don't forget that these are open arms
Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms
These are
These are
These are
Open arms

Tracy Chapman

Embers Fire by Paradise Lost

A fallen time that's bygone
A crude elite that's from a distant zone
You turn a blind eye on what's `brave'
You don't know if it's the truth you told

Anger looks on the quiet dreaming
Seals the sense incandescent ones

Hold back desire for danger
A bet you lose, you'll have no way to turn
I see the man who lives and breathes corruption
Into a circle that you call your own

Don't run away, from the pain.
A claim that you deal with
A power game, from within.
Impossible for you to see this

Laid down the laws of deceit
The ones who cherish are the ones who'll go
Into the ashes of a tortured world
Only in mind's eye can you see a light

Harmony breaks, dark awakes, in old eyes - the trouble feel it
Here to stay, mark the way, improvise the judgement hearing

Anger looks on the quiet dreaming
Seals the sense incandescent ones

All remains of the glowing embers
Is a bleak cold irrelevance

My wife is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I had a 6 month EA that ended in July. My wife and I started addressin gthe issues that led to it, and she realized that her past was a HUGE issue with our relationship.

I am more of a classic rock person, but my 13 year old son left a linkin park cd in my car. Once I figured out all the words to this song, it about brought me to tears. If you know the song you will find that hard to believe, but read the words. I have heard this almost word for word from my wife.

Linkin Park: Somewhere I belong.

When this began I had nothing to say
And I'd get lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find that
I'm not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
but all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real.
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And I've got nothing to say
I cant believe I didnâ€™t fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
looking everywhere only to find that it's
Not the way I had imagined it all in my mind.
(So what am I)
What do I have but negativity
Cause I cant justify the way everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else until my wounds are healed
I will never be
Anything 'til I break away from me
And I will break away
I'll find myself today

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain till it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I want to heal, I want to feel like
I'm somewhere I belong
I want to heal, I want to feel like
I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

Just Say Words by Paradise Lost

you get high, with your destructive instinct
you get high, with your corrosive instinct
where can i go, to escape your foul mind tricks
you're trying it more, but you will never break me

cause you presume the winner is you, but that's not true, so say just words to me

unreal what your hates providing, say just words to me
your talk is always contradiction, say just words to me
you won't feel warmth of friends around you, say just words to me
is it true that there is worth inside, so say just words to me

your designs, all the worse from power craving
your desires, only where there's fire burning
i'll show you the way, a pleasure that's for the taking
you're trying it more, but you won't get satisfaction

cause you presume the winner is you, but that's not true, so just say words to me

The FANTASTIC "Boys of Summer" by Don Henley.

Just an excerpt.

[b}Out on the road today, I saw a DEADHEAD sticker on a Cadillac
A little voice Inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but-

I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin' in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone
[/b]

This touched me in a nice way today ! The "boy of summer" is LONG gone. And I my love for her is STILL strong. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Hoobastank- The Reason

I'm not a perfect person
There's many things I wish I didn't do
But I continue learning
I never meant to do those things to you
And so I have to say before I go
That I just want you to know

(chorus)
I've found a reason for me
to change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you
<hr /></blockquote>Before D-day, when WH and I were just in a "I'm not in love with you anymore" sitch, I used to hear this song and think about us. But how did I find out about WH's A? I checked his cell phone and this was his downloaded ring tone for OW!!! Ouch!! It was the ONLY downloaded ring tone he had too. I can't listen to this song at all anymore, have to turn the radio down or change the station every time it comes on.

Now we're separated and are definitely headed for D. I'm totally okay with this now. So now my theme songs are:

"My Happy Ending," Avril Lavigne (lyrics previously posted)

"Leave (Get Out)," JoJo (lyrics previously posted)

"She Will Be Loved," Maroon 5 (all the lyrics don't totally relate to my sitch, but I like the "She Will Be Loved" part cuz I know that someday, somehow by SOMEONE, I will be loved.

"Breakaway," Kelly Clarkson:

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreamin' of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away...

[chorus]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll, make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And break away
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But, I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And break away

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane, far away
And break away

[chorus]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change
And break away
Out of the darkness and into the sun
I won't forget all the ones that I love
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And break away

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging round revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me
But, gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, break away

[chorus]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye,
gotta Take a risk, take a chance, make a change
And break away
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change And break away
Breakaway....Breakaway

And of course, "I Will Survive," Gloria Gaynor

Here is another good one... Annie Lennox does this one as well.

THE CLASH LYRICS

"Train In Vain"

Say you stand by your man
Tell me something I don't understand
You said you love me and that's a fact
Then you left me, said you felt trapped

Well some things you can explain away
But my heartache's in me till this day

[Chorus]
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way

All the times
When we were close
I'll remember these things the most
I see all my dreams come tumbling down
I won't be happy without you around

So all alone I keep the wolves at bay
There is only one thing that I can say

[Chorus]

You must explain why this must be
Did you lie when you spoke to me

Did you stand by me
No, not at all

Now I got a job
But it don't pay
I need new clothes
I need somewhere to stay
But without all these things I can do
But without your love I won't make it through

But you don't understand my point of view
I suppose there's nothing I can do

[Chorus]

You must explain why this must be
Did you lie when you spoke to me?

Did you stand by me
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way
Did you stand by me
No, not at all
Did you stand by me
No way

Now after all this time your standing at my door
Just when I cleared my mind your coming back for more
Well it doesn't work that way you see I'm over you
And now,there's nothin left to say just find someone new

40 days and 40 nights the rain came pouring down
40 day and 40 nights no dry land to be found
Torrents of rushing water, birds in endless flight
Your nowhere to found, 40 days and nights

Oh I, remember when everything was fine
When I look back again they were such happy times
But you, had to go and change made everybody blue
Now the stories been rearranged so find someone new

40 days and 40 nights the rain came pouring down
40 day and 40 nights no dry land to be found
Torrents of rushing water, birds in endless flight
Your nowhere to found, 40 days and nights

Well I gotta go, see I'm real short of timeG
It would be nice I know, but see I've read between the lines

And hey, don't you look so sad it wasn't easy for me too
And worry, it's not that bad to find someone new

40 days and 40 nights the rain came pouring down
40 day and 40 nights no dry land to be found
Torrents of rushing water, birds in endless flight
Your nowhere to found, 40 days and nights

The Rankin Family

Josh Groban

"Broken Vow"

Tell me his name
I want to know
The way he looks
And where you go
I need to see his face
I need to understand
Why you and I came to an end

Tell me again
I want to hear
Who broke my faith in all these years
Who lays with you at night
When I'm here all alone
Remembering when I was your own

[Chorus:]
I let you go
I let you fly
Why do I keep on asking why
I let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

Tell me the words I never said
Show me the tears you never shed
Give me the touch
That one you promised to be mine
Or has it vanished for all time

[Chorus]

I close my eyes
And dream of you and I
And then I realize
There's more to love than only bitterness and lies
I close my eyes

I'd give away my soul
To hold you once again
And never let this promise end

[Modified Chorus:]
I let you go
I let you fly
Now that I know Iâ€™m asking why
I let you go
Now that I found
A way to keep somehow
More than a broken vow

It started off so well
They said we made a perfect pair
I clothed myself in your glory and your love
How I loved you
How I cried...
The years of care and loyalty
Were nothing but a sham it seems
The years belie we lived a lie
I love you till I die
Save me save me save me
I can't face this life alone
Save me save me save me...
I'm naked and I'm far from home

The slate will soon be clean
I'll erase the memories
To start again with somebody new
Was it all wasted
All that love?...
I hang my head and I advertise
A soul for sale or rent
I have no heart I'm cold inside
I have no real intent
Save me save me save me
I can't face this life alone
Save me save me save me...
I'm naked and I'm far from home

Each night I cry I still believe the lie
I love you till I die
Save me save me save me
Don't let me face my life alone
Save me save me ooh...
I'm naked and I'm far from home

Queen

Tim McGraw - Please Remember Me

When all our tears have reached the sea
Part of you will live in me
Way down deep inside my heart
The days keep coming without fail
A new wind is gonna find your sail
Thatâ€™s where your journey starts

Youâ€™ll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me

Just like the waves down by the shore
Weâ€™re gonna keep on coming back for more
â€™cause we donâ€™t ever wanna stop
Out in this brave new world you seek
Oh the valleys and the peaks
And I can see you on the top

Youâ€™ll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me

Remember me when youâ€™re out walkinâ€™
When the snow falls high outside your door
Late at night when youâ€™re not sleepinâ€™
And moonlight falls across your floor
When I canâ€™t hurt you anymore

Youâ€™ll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me
Please remember me

Help Me Hold On
Written by Travis Tritt & Pat Terry

Baby close that suitcase you've been packin'
Just sit down and talk to me a while
I know you tried to tell me what was lackin'
But I guess I must have missed it by a mile
Well this time girl I swear to you I'll listen
Help me understand where I went wrong
It's hard to find myself in this position
Prayin' I'll go crazy once your gone

Chorus:
Help me hold on...to what we had
Once our love was strong, it can be again
You said it takes two, to make love last
You were right all along so help me hold on

What have I got do to make it better?
What have I got to do to make you see
That even though I promised you forever
I never knew how hard that would be
I realize I took your love for granted
But I've learned that love worth havin' don't come free
And I'll pay any price it takes to keep you
Satisfied and stayin here with me...

Chorus (2 x's)

You were right all along
So help me hold on

Surprised to not see this one in here.

Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
(Travis Tritt)

You say you were wrong to ever leave me alone
You're sorry, you're lonesome, and scared
And you say you'd be happy if you could just come back home
Well, here's a quarter, call someone who cares

Call someone who'll listen, and might give a damn
Maybe one of your sordid affairs
But, don't you come 'round here handin' me none of your lines
Here's a quarter, call someone who cares

I though what we had could never turn bad
So your leavin' caught me unaware
But the fact is you've run, girl, that can't be undone
So, here's a quarter, call someone who cares

Repeat Chorus

Yeah, here's a quarter, call someone who cares

Best of Intentions - Travis Tritt

I had big plans for our future
Said I'd give you the whole world somehow
I tried makin' good on that promise
Thought I'd be so much further by now
Never could build you a castle
Even though you're the queen of my heart
But I've had the best of intentions from the start

Now some people think I'm a loser
'Cause I seldom get things right
But you make me feel like a winner
When you wrap me in your arms so tight
Please tell me you will remember
No matter how much I do wrong
That I had the best of intentions all along

Chorus:
I gave you a ring
And I promised you things
I always thought we'd do
But my best-laid plans
Slipped right through my hands
To show my love for you
And if you could read my heart
Then you'd know without exception
It was all with the best of intentions

Repeat Chorus

So here I am asking forgiveness
And praying that you'll understand
Don't think I take you for granted
Girl, I know just how lucky I am
Though you deserve so much better
You won't find devotion more true
'Cause I've had the best of intentions
Girl, I've had the best of intentions
Yes, I've had the best of intentions loving you

[ November 16, 2004, 01:37 PM: Message edited by: gadgetolds ]

Foolish Pride - Travis Tritt

She stayed up all night and cried into her pillow
And fought off the urge to just break down and call
Last night to find the fault seemed so darn easy
But now whose to blame don't matter much at all
She thinks if she calls him it just shows weakness
So the hurt goes on with every tear she's cried
Ain't it sad to see a good love fall to pieces
Chalk another heartbreak up to foolish pride

Turn out the lights the competition's over
The stubborn souls are the losers here tonight
And while the bridges burn, another hard-hard lesson's learned
As through the ashes passion slowly dies
And this romance goes down to foolish pride

He relives every word they spoke in anger
He walks the floor and punches out the wall
To apologize to her would be so simple
But instead he cries I'll be damned if I'll crawl
If he loses her he's lost his best friend
And that's more then just a lover can provide
So he wrestles with emotions that defeat him
Chalk another love lost up to foolish pride

Turn out the lights the competition's over
The stubborn souls are the losers here tonight
And while the bridges burn, another hard-hard lesson's learned
As through the ashes passion slowly dies
And this romance goes down to foolish pride

Chalk another heartbreak up to foolish pride

[ November 16, 2004, 01:38 PM: Message edited by: gadgetolds ]

This is a Canadian band and when I first heard the song I had to pull over - because it is just everything I feel in simple lyrics. The really kicker is its a man singing the song and you know its himself he is singing about for her.

Where's The Man by Crush

Is there something you've forgotten
Did you do all you could do
I know you did but when it all came down
It all came down on you
Yes it all came down on you

Every night when you lay your head down
Your sleepy thoughts are full of rage
Is he running free within your book of dreams
Or does he only fill one page
Does he only fill one page

Chorus:
Where's the man that you used to know
When did he change from clear blue skies to snow
I've been searchin' to find him if I can
Where's the man

Is there a place in you for forgiveness
Or did he cut you to the bone
I watched him fill your life with madness
But did he turn your heart to stone
Did he turn your heart to stone

Chorus
I still can't believe that he's gone
Maybe he's taking the long way around
Trying to stand with both feet on the ground
It's been so long
It's been so long

Chorus
Where's the man, where's the man

Can... anybody find me somebody to love? Can... anybody find me somebody to love?
Each morning I get up I die a little, can barely stand on my feet
Take a look (Take a look at yourself)in the mirror and cry(yeah, yeah)
Lord, what you're doing to me
I have to spend all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief Lord
Somebody (somebody) oooh somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?

I work hard (he works hard) everyday of my life
I work till I ache my bones, at the end (at the end of the day)
I take home my hard earned pay all on my own
I get down (down) on my knees (knees)
And I start to pray (praise the Lord)
'Til the tears run down from my eyes
Lord somebody (somebody) oooh somebody (please)
Can anybody find me somebody to love? (He wants help)

Every day - I try and I try and I try -
But everybody wants to put me down
They say I'm going crazy, they say I got a lot of water in my brain
Got no common sense, (He's)I got nobody left to believe
Yeah - yeah yeah yeah Oooh
Somebody (somebody)
Can anybody find me somebody to love?(Anybody find me someone to love)
Got no feel I got no rhythm , I just keep losing my beat
(you just keep losing and losing) I'm OK I'm alright (he's alright)
I ain't gonna face no defeat, I just gotta get out of this prison cell
One day I'm gonna be free Lord

Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody, somebody
Find me somebody, find me somebody to love
Can anybody find me...
Somebody to love

Find me somebody to love, find me somebody to love
Find me somebody to love, find me find me find me
Find me somebody to love, Somebody to love
Find me somebody to love...
Find me, find me, find me

Freddy Mercury

How about....

Leave me alone I'm a family man. don't push me to hard I just might....

I play this when he comes around. a kind of subliminal message...

If love is what you want
Baby here I am
If tenderness is what you need
I've got that to give
If you need some affection
Baby these are open arms
Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms

You come home you've had a hard day
Every door you tried to open
Was closing in your face
I'm right here I'll be right here
I'll embrace you

I'll be open with my heart
I'll let you in
I'll be open with my thoughts
I'll be your best friend
If you need some attention
Baby these are open arms
Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms

Every corner you turn
Trouble come your way
But when you get home
I'll try to be there
And I'll embrace you

These are
These are
These are
Open arms

If time is what you need
Baby I'll stop the clocks
If you're looking for something
Maybe I've got what you want
If there's one thing to remember
Don't forget that these are open arms
Open arms, open arms, open arms, open arms

These are
These are
These are
Open arms

Tracy Chapman

Righteously

You don't have to prove
Your manhood to me constantly
I know you're the man can't you see
I love you Righteously

Why you wanna dis me
After the way you been kissin' me
After those pretty things you say
And the love we made today

When you run your hand
All up and run it back down my leg
Get excited and bite my neck
Get me all worked up like that

Think this through
I laid it down for you everytime
Respect me I give you what's mine
You're entirely way too fine

Arms around my waist
You get a taste of how good this can be
Be the man you ought to tenderly
Stand up for me

Flirt with me don't keep hurtin' me
Don't cause me pain
Be my lover don't play no game
Just play me John Coltraine

Lucinda Williams

Linkin Park

Somewhere I Belong

When this began
I had nothing to say
And I get lost in the nothingness
Inside of me
I was confused
And I let it all out to find
That Iâ€™m not the only person
With these things in mind
Inside of me
But all the vacancy
The words revealed
Is the only real thing that
Iâ€™ve got left to feel
Nothing to lose
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I wanna heal
I wanna feel what
I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain
Iâ€™ve felt so long
Erase all the pain till itâ€™s gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel like Iâ€™m
Close to something real
I wanna find something
Iâ€™ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And Iâ€™ve got nothing to say
I canâ€™t believe
I didnâ€™t fall right down
On my face
I was confused
Looking everywhere only to find
That itâ€™s not the way I had imagined it
All in my mind
So what am I
What do I have but negativity
Cause I canâ€™t justify the way
Everyone is looking at me
Nothing to lose
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I wanna heal
I wanna feel what
I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain
Iâ€™ve felt so long
Erase all the pain till itâ€™s gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel like Iâ€™m
Close to something real
I wanna find something
Iâ€™ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I will never know myself
Until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else
Until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything till
I break away from me
I will break away
I'll find myself today

I wanna heal
I wanna feel what
I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain
Iâ€™ve felt so long
Erase all the pain till itâ€™s gone
I wanna heal
I wanna feel like Iâ€™m
Close to something real
I wanna find something
Iâ€™ve wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I wanna heal
I wanna feel like
Iâ€™m somewhere I belong
I wanna heal
I wanna feel like
Iâ€™m somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

TM

I haven't gone through all the lyrics so if this is here forgive me <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Queen Love of my life

Love of my life, you've hurt me
You've broken my heart, and now you leave me
Love of my life, can't you see...
Bring it back, bring it back, don't take it away from me
Because you don't know, what it means to me

Love of my life, don't leave me
You've taken my love, you now desert me
Love of my life can't you see...
Bring it back bring it back, don't take it away from me
Because you don't know, what it means to me
You will remember, when this is blown over
And everything's all by the way
When I grow older I will be there at your side to remind you
How I still love you (I still love you)

Back hurry back, please bring it back home to me
Because you don't know, what it means to me
Love of my life, Love of my life, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh

Queen
These are the days of our lives

Sometimes I get to feeling I was back in the old days, long ago
When we were kids when we were young
Things seemed so perfect, you know
The days were endless we were crazy we were young
The sun was always shining, we just lived for fun
Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know
The rest of my life's been just a show

Those were the days of our lives, the bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true
When I look and I find, I still love you
You can't turn back the clock you can't turn back the tide... Ain't that a shame
I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride, when life was just a game
No use in sitting and thinking on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately, I just don't know
Better sit back and go with the flow

Because these are the days of our lives
They've flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but some things remain
When I look and I find no change

Those were the days of our lives, yeah
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true
When I look and I find... I still love you

I still love you

Nelly
Over and Over

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I canâ€™t keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause itâ€™s all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I canâ€™t take it yeah I canâ€™t shake it
Nooo

I canâ€™t wait to see you
Want to see if you still got that look in your eyes
That one you had for me before we said our goodbyes
And itâ€™s a shame that we got to spend our time
Being mad about the same things
Over and over again
About the same things
Over and over again
Ohh
But I think sheâ€™s leaving
Ooh man sheâ€™s leaving
I donâ€™t know what else to do
(I Canâ€™t go on not loving you)

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I canâ€™t keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again yeah
And I canâ€™t take it yeah I canâ€™t shake it
Nooo

I remember the day you left
I remember the last breath you took right in front of me
When you said that u would leave
I was too damn stubborn to try to stop you or say anything
But I see clearly now
And this choice I made keep playing in my head
Over and over again
Playing my head
Over and over again
Ohh
I think sheâ€™s leaving
Ooh man sheâ€™s leaving
I donâ€™t know what else to do
(I Canâ€™t go on not loving you)

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I canâ€™t keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I canâ€™t take it I canâ€™t shake it
Nooo

(Now that Iâ€™ve realized that Iâ€™m going down
From all this pain youâ€™ve put me through
Every time I close my eyes I lock it down oh
I canâ€™t go on not loving you)

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I canâ€™t keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I canâ€™t take it I canâ€™t shake it
Nooo

Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
And I canâ€™t keep picturing you with him
And it hurts so bad, yeah
Cause its all in my head
I think about it over and over again
I replay it over and over again
And I canâ€™t take it I canâ€™t shake it
Nooo

Over and Over again
Over and Over again
Cause itâ€™s all in my head

Heart
Who will you run to

You're not sure what you want to do
with your life
but you sure don't want me in it
Yeah you're sure the life you're
living with me
can't go on one single minute
And there's a new one waiting
outside this door
and now's the time to begin it

You found a new world and
you want to taste it
But that world can turn cold and
you better face it

Who will you run to when it all falls down
Who's gonna pick you world up off the ground
Who's gonna take away the tears you cry
Who's gonna love you baby as good as I

You won't know what it's like to live
on your own
You've always had me there beside you
You think it's easy finding
someone out there
who's gonna care as much as I do
What's gonna happen baby
when you find out
that there's no one there to cry to

You can tell the whole world how you're
gonna make it
You can follow you heart but what ya do
when someone breaks it

Who will you run to when it all falls down
Who's gonna pick you world up off the ground
Who's gonna take away the tears you cry
Who's goona love you baby as good as I

You found a new world and
you want to taste it
But that world can turn cold and
you better face it

Who will you run to when it all falls down
Who's gonna pick you world up off the ground
Who's gonna take away the tears you cry
Who's gonna love you baby as good as I

Who will you run to when it all falls down
Who's gonna pick your world up off the ground
Who's gonna take away the tears you cry
Who's gonna love you baby as good as I

Celine Dion
To Love You More

Take me back in the arms I love
Need me like you did before
Touch me once again
And remember when
There was no one that you wanted more

Don't go you know you will break my heart
She won't love you like I will
I'm the one who'll stay
When she walks away
And you know I'll be standing here still

I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more

See me as if you never knew
Hold me so you can't let go
Just believe in me
I will make you see
All the things that your heart needs to know

I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more

And some way all the love that we had can be saved
Whatever it takes we'll find a way

I'll be waiting for you
Here inside my heart
I'm the one who wants to love you more
You will see I can give you
Everything you need
Let me be the one to love you more

R Kelly, Religious Love

Dearly beloved, why did you go
When being with you forever is all I hope
Slowly the rain is falling in our home
Come back and start right from going wrong
I'll be still until I hear from you
And I'll be waiting until you return this message

A religious love for you baby
Every night I pray
That heaven will send you back to me
Baby you're all I ever needed
Religious love for ya baby
Every night I pray
That someday I'll have you for my wife
Baby you are my life, please believe me

For only God knows how much I miss you
And for us to be one it takes two
So don't you go dying on me not right now
Please change the impossible to somehow
I'll be still there until I hear from you
And I'll be praying until you return this message

Chorus
In the middle of the night, I'll be callin' you
Every single breath I take I hope to see you there
If you should ever need, if ever you need a friend
Baby I am here and don't forget to remember me

Oh baby, come to me - don't leave me lonely
I need you here with me so return this message

If I Could Turn Back the Hands Of Time

How did I ever let you slip away
Never knowing I'd be singing this song someday
And now I'm sinking sinking to rise no more
Ever since you closed the door
(Chorus)
If I could turn turn back the hands of time
Then my darlin' you'd still be mine
If I could turn turn back the hands of time
Then my darlin' you'd still be mine
Funny funny how time goes by
And blessings are missed in the wink of an eye
Why oh why oh why should one have to go on suffering
When every day I plead please come back to me
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
And you had enough love for the both of us
But I, I did you wrong I admit I did
But now I'm facing the rest of my life alone
(Chorus)
I'd never hurt you (If I could turn back)
Never do you wrong (If I could turn back)
And never leave your side (If I could turn back)
If I could turn back the hands
There'll be nothing I wouldn't do for you (If I could turn back)
Forever honest and true to you (If I could turn back)
If you accept me back in your heart, I love you
If I could turn back the hands
(If I could turn back) That would be my will
(If I could turn back) Darlin' I'm begging you to take me by the hands
If I could turn back the hands
I'm going down yes I am (If I could turn back)
Down on my bended knee yeah (If I could turn back)
And I'm gonna be right there until you return to me
If I could turn back the hands
(If I could turn back) If I could just turn back that little clock on
the wall
(If I could turn back) Then I'd come to realize how much I love you,
love you, love you, love you, love you
If I could turn back the hands

Jet

Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to prove

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone

Take my photo off the wall
If it just won't sing for you
'Cause all that's left has gone away
And there's nothing there for you to do

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seems likes such fun
Until you lose what you had won

Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
A fool of everyone
A fool of everyone

I crank this one up when I feel down....It's also playing in the background of my phone message. When my WH calls he can hear it loud and clear. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

"I WILL SURVIVE" By Gloria Gaynor

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

Photographs and memories
Jim Croce

Photographs and memories
Christmas cards you sent to me
All that I have are these

To remember you

Memories that come at night
Take me to another time
Back to a happier day
When I called you mine

CHORUS:

But we sure had a good time
When we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks
Oh how I loved you then

Summer skies and lullabies
Nights we couldn't say good-bye
And of all of the things the we knew
Not a dream survived

Photographs and memories
All the love you gave to me
Somehow it just can't be true
That's all I've left of you

Genesis

Need I say I love you
Need I say I care
Need I say that emotion's,
Something we don't share
I don't want to be sitting here
trying to deceive you
Cos you know I know baby
I don't wanna go.

We cannot live together
We cannot live apart
That's the situation
I've known it from the start
Every time that I look at you
I can see the future
Cos you know I know baby
I don't wanna go.

Throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
Is there nothing that I can say
To make you change your mind
I watch the world go round and round
And see mine turning upside down
You're throwing it all away.

Who'll light up the darkness
Who will hold your hand
Who will find you the answers
When you don't understand
Why should I have to be the one
Who has to convince you
Cos you know I know baby
That I don't wanna go.

Some day you'll be sorry
Someday when you're free
Memories will remind you
That our love was meant to be
Late at night when you call my name
The only sound you'll hear
Is the sound of your voice calling
Calling after me.

Just throwing it all away
Throwing it all away
There's nothing I can say
You're throwing it all away

And if I say to you tomorrow, take my hand, child, come with me.
It's to a castle I will take you, where what's to be, they say will be.
Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show
that you will be mine, by taking our time.

And if you say to me tomorrow, oh, what fun it all would be.
Then what's to stop us, pretty baby? But what is and what should never be.
Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show
that you will be mine, by taking our time.

So if you wake up with the sunrise, and all your dreams are still as new,
and happiness is what you need so bad, girl, the answer lies with you.
Catch the wind, see us spin, sail away, leave today, way up high in the sky.
But the wind won't blow, you really shouldn't go, it only goes to show
that you will be mine, by taking our time...

Go way from my window
go way from my door

Go waaaayyy from my bedside,
And bother me no more

And bother me, no more...

I'll go tell all my brothers
tell all my sisters too
the reason why my heart is broke
is all because of you

is all because of you...

I 'll give you back you letters
I'll give you back your ring

but I'll never forget
my own true love
as long as songbirds sing

As long as songbirds sing...

Go way from my window
go way from my door

so way from my bedside
and bother me no more

and bother me no more...

(Joan Baez)

ps: all is well with us.

No kiddin' Shul?

Nice to see you. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

You too, gc.

'...In spite of ourselves
We'll end up a sittin' on a rainbow
Against all odds
Honey, we're the big door prize
We're gonna spite our noses
Right off of our faces
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes.
There won't be nothin' but big old hearts
Dancin' in our eyes....'

(Prine/Dement)

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You'll Think of Me
Keith Urban

Woke up early this morning 'round 4am
With the moon shining bright as headlights on the interstate
Pulled the covers over my head and tried to catch some sleep
But thoughts of us kept keeping me awake
Ever since you found yourself in someone else's arms
I've been tryin' my best to get along
But that's OK
There's nothing left to say, but

Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need 'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me,
You'll think of me

I went out driving trying to clear my head
I tried to sweep out all the ruins that my emotions left
I guess I'm feeling just a little tired of this
And all the baggage that seems to still exist
It seems the only blessing I have left to my name
Is not knowing what we could have been
What we should have been
So

Take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
Take your space and take your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me

Someday I'm gonna run across your mind
Don't worry, I'll be fine
I'm gonna be alright
While you're sleeping with your pride
Wishing I could hold you tight
I'll be over you
And on with my life

So take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we have nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me

So take your records, take your freedom
Take your memories I don't need'em
Take your space and all your reasons
But you'll think of me
And take your cat and leave my sweater
'Cause we got nothing left to weather
In fact I'll feel a whole lot better
But you'll think of me,
You'll think of me, yeah

And you're gonna think of me
Oh someday baby, someday . . .

Homewrecker:
Gretchen Wilson.

Well, you're a real hot cookie with a new hair-do,
Your high heeled boots and your credit card.
Long legs and a mini skirt,
Yeah you know what works and you work it hard.
You smile like such a lady, innocent and sweet.
You drive the men folk crazy but any girl can see,

You're just a homewrecker,
I know what you're doin'.
You think you're gonna ruin,
What I got but you're not.
Yeah, you little go-getter
I'll teach you a lesson,
If you get to messin' with my man,
You don't stand a chance.
No, you're just a homewrecker.

I'm sure you waited for a long, long time,
To find a man like mine but honey you're too late.
So before you go and make your move
Maybe me and you should get a few things straight.
There's two ways we can do this, I'll let you decide.
You can take it somewhere else or we can take it outside.

You little homewrecker,
I know what you're doin'.
You think you're gonna ruin,
What I got but you're not.
Yeah, you little go-getter
I'll teach you a lesson,
If you get to messin' with my man,
You don't stand a chance.
No, you're just a homewrecker.

Instrumental Break.

Now, honey, I'm a Christian,
But if you keep it up,
I'm gonna go to kickin' your pretty little butt.
Is that clear enough?

Yeah, you little homewrecker,
I know what you're doin'.
You think you're gonna ruin,
What I got but you're not.
Yeah, you little go-getter
I'll teach you a lesson,
If you get to messin' with my man,
You don't stand a chance.
No, you're just a homewrecker.
Yeah, you're just a homewrecker.
Homewrecker.

I posted my compiled CD list back in February, and Since I Fell for You was at the top! Here's another

Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain’t together,
Keeps rainin’ all the time

Life is bare, gloom and mis’ry everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can’t get my poorself together,
I’m weary all the time
So weary all the time
When he went away the blues walked in and met me.
If he stays away old rockin’ chair will get me.

All I do is pray the lord above will let me walk in the sun once more.
Can’t go on, ev’ry thing I had is gone
Stormy weather

Since my man and I ain’t together,
Keeps rainin’ all the time

Forever and Ever Amen - Randy Travis
(I'm singing this one the next time I get married, to my WW or someone else)

You may think that I'm talking foolish
You've heard that I'm wild & I'm free
You may wonder how I can promise you now
This love that I feel for you always will be
You're not just time that I'm killing
I'm no longer one of those guys
As sure as I live this love that I give
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die -- Oh baby

chorus...

I'm gonna love you forever, forever & ever amen
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
If you wonder how long I'll be faithfull
I'll be happy to tell you again
I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever Amen

They say that time takes it's toll on a body
Makes a young girl's brown hair turn grey
But honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
And if it all fell out well I'd love you anyway
They say time can play tricks on a memory
Make people forget things they knew
well it's easy to see it's happening to me
I've already forgotten every woman but you --- Oh darlin'

chorus......

Just listen to how this song ends
I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever
Forever & ever, Forever & ever Amen

[color:"purple"]What Mattered Most

I thought I knew the girl so well
If she was sad I couldn't tell
I missed the point, I missed the signs
So if she's gone the fault is mine
I know, I know a whole lot of little things
And even though I could list them one by one
She would still be gone

Her eyes are blue, her hair is long
In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge
Her favorite song is "In My Life"
I memorized her every move
I knew her books, her car, her clothes
But I paid no attention to [i]what mattered most

I never asked, she never said
And when she cried I turned my head
She dreamed her dreams behind closed doors
That made them easy to ignore
And I know, I know I missed the forest for the trees
All I have to show oh when she walked out the door
Are cold facts and nothing more

Her eyes are blue, her hair is long
In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge
Her favorite song is "In My Life"
I memorized her every move
I knew her books, her car, her clothes
But I paid no attention to what mattered most

Her eyes are blue, her hair is long
In '64 she was born in Baton Rouge
Her father's tall, her mother's gone
She moved out west when she was two
The way she laughed, the way she loved
Oh my God what did I do[/i][/color]
.

COME ON HOME (by The Indigo Girls)

Dark clouds are comin' in like an army
Soon the sky will open up and disarm me
And you will go, just like you've gone before
One sad soldier off to war
Enemies that only you can see

Dishes stacked, the table cleared
It's always like the scene of the Last Supper here
You speak so cryptically, but that's not news to me
The flood is here, it will carry you
And I've got work to do

Come on home
The team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
It's just the forces of your past you've fought before
Come back here and shut the door
I'm stacking sandbags against the river of your troubles

There is fire, and there is lust
Some would trade it all for someone they could trust
There's a bag of silver for a box of nails
It's so simple the betrayal
Though it's known to change the world and what's to come

Come on home
The team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
It's just the forces of your past you've fought before
Don't you recognise them any more
I'm stacking sandbags against the river of your troubles

There's the given and the expected
I count my blessings while I eye what I've neglected
Is this for better, is this for worse
You're all jammed up and the dam's about to burst

I hear the owl in the night
I realise that some things never are made right
But by some will we string together here
Days to months and months to years
What if everything we have adds up to nothing?

Come on home
The team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
It's just the forces of your past you've fought before
Come back here and shut the door
I'm stacking sandbags against the river of your troubles

(makes me cry whenever I hear it).

I haven't had time yet to look through all the song listed. I will, though. Each one certainly tells a story. Music has always been an outlet for me. Without it I would have died, at least figuratively. Here's mine to add to the growing list.
I'm precious

"One"
sung by Fait Hill

I try with all my mind but still don't understand why
We ever let it get so out of hand
My arms are reaching out and holding on tight
To what has always felt so right
It's hard to figure out the answers to the questions
Wind blow the lights, you're goin' in separate directions

One is breaking into two
And my heart is turning blue
And you still don't get it do you, do you
I thought we had all the love to go it for the long run
So before the damage is done
Let's start back over at one

Lights out when every evening used to get so hot
Now we got so damned distracted we forgot how
To lock the world away and just get lost in
Where you end and where I begin
Love is strong but it's so easy to divide
So boy let's think about
How much is on the line

One is breaking into two
And my heart is turning blue
And you still don't get it do you, do you
I thought we had all the love to go it for the long run
So before the damage is done
Let's start back over at one

Youth by Goldfinger

In my life, been all the places
That I dreamed of since I was a kid
Bury the past, I'm getting on with
Things I never thought I'd get through

So now I know

I don't know anything
Except I notice that
You're still here
I don't want anything
Well that's a lie because
I want you here with me

I made mistakes, I've done some things
That I just wish I could go back and change
But now I'm here, and now I know that I
Can learn from those things that I've done

So now I know

I don't know anything
Except I notice that
You're still here
I don't want anything
Well that's a lie because
I want you here with me

Don't want it back
I like who I've become
I'm right on track
I'm feeling half as young
As I did when I was a kid

In my life, been all the places
That I dreamed of since I was a kid

I don't know anything
Except I notice that
You're still here
I don't want anything
Well that's a lie because
I want you here with me

So now I know

Alphin, those Indigo Girls lyrics -- Come On Home -- were fantastic. I can't believe I had never heard them before, but I am going to find & download that song right now. Thanks for sharing. ~ slh

This song is on one of my exercise DVDs. I like to torture myself by listening to it as I lift weights.

Unbreak My Heart - sung by Toni Braxton?

Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Come back and bring back my smile
Come and take these tears away
I need your arms to hold me now
The nights are so unkind
Bring back those nights when I held you beside me
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart
My heart

Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me

Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart
My heart

Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Bring back the nights when I held you beside me

Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Undo this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked outta my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many, many nights
Un-break my

Un-break my heart
Come back and say you love me
Un-break my heart
Sweet darlin'
Without you I just can't go on
Can't go on

Here's one from the days of big hair and leg warmers (ahhh, the '80s).

Shattered Dreams - Johnny Hates Jazz

So much for your promises
They died the day you let me go
Caught up in a web of lies
But it was just too late to know

I thought it was you
Who would stand by my side

And now you've given me, given me
Nothing but shattered dreams, shattered dreams
Feel like i could run away, run away
From this empty heart

You said you'd die for me

Woke up to reality
And found the future not so bright
I dreamt the impossible
That maybe things could work out right

I thought it was you
Who would do me no wrong

(chorus)

From this empty heart

I thought it was you who said you'd die for love

(chorus)

Oh no no no - you said you'd die for me
Oh oh, oh oh, die for me
So much for your promises

This one breaks my heart every time I hear it:

"Fallen" - Sarah McLachlan

Heaven bend to take my hand
And lead me through the fire
Be the long awaited answer
To a long and painful fight

Truth be told I've tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear

Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

We all begin with good intent
Love was raw and young
We believed that we could change ourselves
The past could be undone
But we carry on our backs the burden
Time always reveals
The lonely light of morning
The wound that would not heal
It's the bitter taste of losing everything
That I have held so dear.

I've fallen...
I have sunk so low

Heaven bend to take my hand
Nowhere left to turn
I'm lost to those I thought were friends
To everyone I know
Oh they turn their heads embarassed
Pretend that they don't see
But it's one missed step
One slip before you know it
And there doesn't seem a way to be redeemed

Though I've tried, I've fallen...
I have sunk so low
I have messed up
Better I should know
So don't come round here
And tell me I told you so...

A little trivia. The guy who wrote "Please Remember Me" that Tim McGraw sang (lyric on this thread page 9 I think) was interviewed on the radio. He said he wrote that song when he thought his relationship was over and there was no chance he would ever been forgiven. (Plan B??) But he was wrong the relationship was saved and stronger then ever according to him. He has a another song now, performed by Keith Urban. Sounds like a FWH invested in recovery.

Making Memories of Us
(written by Rodney Crowell)

I'm gonna be here for you baby
I'll be a man of my word
Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard
I wanna sleep with you forever
and I wanna die in your arms
in a cabin by a meadow where the wild bees swarm
And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

I wanna honor your mother
I wanna learn from your pa
I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw
I wanna stand out in crowd for you, a man among men
I wanna make your world better then its ever been
And I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

We'll follow the rainbow wherever the 4 winds blow
And there'll be a new day
comin' your way
I'm gonna be here for you from now on
This you know some how
You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now

And I'm gonna make you a promise
If there's life after this
I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss
And I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you
And I'll earn your trust making memories of us

[color:"purple"] MYSTERY

Indigo Girls

Each time you’d pull down the driveway
I wasn’t sure when I would see you again
Yours was a twisted, blind-sided highway
No matter which road you took then
Oh, you set up your place in my thoughts
Moved in and made my thinking crowded
Now we’re out in the back with the barking dogs
My heart the red sun
Your heart the moon clouded
I could go crazy on a night like tonight
When summer’s beginning to give up her fight
And every thought’s a possibility
And the voices are heard, but nothing is seen
Why do you spend this time with me
Maybe an equal mystery.

So what is love then,
Is it dictated, or chosen?
Does it sing like the hymns of 1000 years,
Or is it just pop emotion?
And if it ever was there and it left,
Does it mean it was never true?
And to exist it must elude,
Is that why I think these things of you?
I could go crazy on a night like tonight
When summer’s beginning to give up her fight
And every thought’s a possibility
And the voices are heard, but nothing is seen
Why do you spend this time with me
May be an equal mystery.

But you like the taste of danger
It shines like sugar on your lips
And you like to stand in the line of fire
Just to show you can shoot straight from you hip
There must be a 1000 things you would die for
I can hardly think of two
But not everything is better spoken aloud-
Not when I’m talking to you

Oh the pirate gets the ship and the girl tonight
Breaks a bottle to christen her
Basking in the exploits of her thief
She’s a very good listener
Maybe that’s all that we need
Is to meet in the middle of impossibility
We’re standing at opposite poles
Equal partners in a mystery;

We’re standing at opposite poles
Equal partners in a mystery.[/color]

"...Come on home
The team you're hitched to has a mind of its own
It's just the forces of your past you've fought before
Come back here and shut the door
I'm stacking sandbags against the river of your troubles..."

loved this

"Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like hell
Hold on
Hold on to yourself
You know that only time will tell
What is it in me that refuses to believe
This isn’t easier than the real thing
My love
You know that you’re my best friend
You know I’d do anything for you
My love
Let nothing come between us
My love for you is strong and true

Am I in heaven here or am i...
At the crossroads I am standing
So now you’re sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you’ll be strong tomorrow and we’ll
See another day and we will praise it
And love the light that brings a smile
Across your face

Oh God if you’re out there won’t you hear me
I know that we’ve never talked before
Oh God the man I love is leaving
Won’t you take him when he comes to your door

Am I in heaven here or am I in hell
At the crossroads I am standing
So now you’re sleeping peaceful
I lie awake and pray
That you’ll be strong tomorrow and we’ll
See another day and we will praise it
And love the light that brings a smile
Across your face...

Hold on
Hold on to yourself
For this is gonna hurt like hell"

Sarah Mclauchlan

BUMP!

I heard this song for the first time in a long time when my kids were watching Shrek 2. Sometimes I get so tired trying to be the 'hero' for my kids and trying to fight for my marriage and I wish someone would fight for me for a change.

Holding Out for a Hero - sung by Bonnie Tyler

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need

(Chorus)

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

(Chorus)

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood

Pebbles,

Man, I LOVE that song - haven't heard it in years. Thanks for reminding me of it.

***digs through drawer looking for long-forgotten tape***

Alph.

Love's Recovery

Words and Music: Emily Saliers

During the time of which I speak
It was hard to turn the other cheek
To the blows of insecurity
Feeding the cancer of my intellect
The blood of love soon neglected
Lay dying in the strength of its impurity

And all the friends we thought were so together
They've all gone and left each other in search of fairer weather
I sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love's recovery

There I am in younger days
Star gazing, painting picture-perfect maps
Of how my life and love would be
Not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection
My compass, faith in love's perfection
I missed ten million miles of road I should have seen

Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
Left each other one by one on the road to fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love's recovery

Rain-soaked and voice-choked
Like silence screaming in a dream
I searched for an absolute distinction
Not content to bow and bend
To the winds of culture that swoop like vultures
Eating us away...eating us away...eating us away to our extinction

Oh how I wish I were a trinity
So that if I lost a part of me
I'd still have two of the same to live
But nobody gets a lifetime rehearsal
As specks of dust, we're universal
[color:"purple"] To let this love survive and be the greatest gift that we could give:

Tell all the friends who think they're so together
[color:"purple"] That these are ghosts and mirages, all these thoughts of fairer weather.

Though it's storming now, I feel safe within the arms
Of Love's Discovery[/color][/color]

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The version from the Shrek 2 soundtrack is covered by Frou Frou and will play at our Renewal; we were just dancing to it tonight, and my "Mr Incredible" was singing it to me! It was hilarious.

btw he's signed up, with his very own MB account. He tends to lay low, though, so I can't guarantee any superhero sightings.

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I heard this song for the first time in a long time when my kids were watching Shrek 2. Sometimes I get so tired trying to be the 'hero' for my kids and trying to fight for my marriage and I wish someone would fight for me for a change.

Holding Out for a Hero

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero

I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind and the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood

Here's my contribution to the Lyrics thread.

When I was hopeless:

Limp Bizkit from Significant Other CD
REARRANGED

Lately I've been skeptical
Silent when I would used to speak
Distant from all around me
Who witness me fail and become weak
Life is overwhelming
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
I'd love to be the one to disappoint you when I don't fall down

But you don't understand when I'm attempting to explain
Because you know it all and I guess things will never change
But you might need my hand when falling in your hole
Your disposition I'll remember when I'm letting go of
You and me we're through
And rearranged

It seems that you're not satisfied
There's too much on your mind
So you leave and I can't believe all the [censored] that I find
Life is overwhelming
Heavy is the head that wears the crown
I'd love to be the one to disappoint you when I don't fall down

But you don't understand when I'm attempting to explain
Because you know it all and I guess things will never change
But you might need my hand when falling in your hole
Your disposition I'll remember when I'm letting go of
You and me we're through
And rearranged

You're no good
For me
Thank God its over

You make believe
That nothing is wrong until you're cryin'
You make believe
That life is so long until you're dyin'
You make believe
That nothing is wrong until you're cryin'
Cryin' on me
You make believe
That life is so long until you're dyin'
Dyin' on me!

You think that everybody's the same
I don't think that anybody's like you
(You ruin everything and you kept [censored]' with me until its over and I won't be
the same)
You think that everybody's the same
I don't think that anybody's like you
Be the same

Just think about it
You'll get it
###

When I am hopeful, a lot more lately:

Peter Gabriel from the US CD.
"Only Us"

Only Us [x3]

It wasn't in the words that kept sticking in their throats
It wasn't with the angels in their quilted coats
These battered wings still kick up dust
Seduced by the noise and the bright things that glisten
I knew all the time I should shut up and listen
And I'm finding my way home from the great escape

The further on I go, oh the less I know
I can find only us breathing
Only us sleeping
Only us dreaming
Only us

I hear you calling me
Yes I hear you calling me
Home from the great escape
Yes I can read you loud and clear

The further on I go, oh the less I know
Friend or foe, there's only us

The further on I go, oh the less I know
I can find only us breathing

I'm coming home again, home again
And I hear you calling me home again
I am coming home again
only us, only us, only us, only us.....
###

Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation (new one)
"Shine It All Around"

This is the land where I live
Paint it all over golden
Take a little sunshine, spread it all around
This is the love that I give
These are the arms for the holding
Turn on your love light, shine it all around x2

Shine it all around, Shine it all around

These are the times of my life
Bright and strong and golden
This is the way that I choose when the deal goes down
This is the world that I love
Painted all over troubled
Take a little sunshine, shine it all around
Send a little sign now, spread it all around now
Shine it all around now, when the deal goes down now

Shine it all around

This is the heart of the man
This is the heart of the matter
Break a little bread now, spread it all around
Come on break a little bread now, all around

Shine it all around, Shine it all around
Shine it all around, Shine it all around

Send a little sun now, spread it all around now
Shine it all around now, when the deal goes down now
Shine it all around now, when the deal goes down now
Shine it all around now, when the deal goes down now

There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis

(Kirsty Maccoll/Philip Rambow)

Oh darling why d’you talk so fast
Another evening just flew past tonight
And now the daybreak’s coming in
And I can’t win and it ain’t right
You tell me all you’ve done and seen
And all the places you have been without me
Well I don’t really want to know
But I’ll stay quiet and then I’ll go
And you won’t have no cause to think about me

There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you’d be true
There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
But he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you

Oh darling you’re so popular
You were the best thing new in Hicksville
With your mohair suits and foreign shoes
Lou says you changed your pickup for a Seville
And now I’m lying here alone
’cause you’re out there on the phone to some star in New York
I can hear you laughing now
And I can’t help feeling that somehow
You don’t mean anything you say at all

There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you’d be true
There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
But he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you

There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
Just like you swore to me that you’d be true
There’s a guy works down the chip shop swears he’s Elvis
But he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you
I said he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you
I said he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you
I said he’s a liar and I’m not sure about you

This one expresses my feelings quite well right now.

Love Stinks - J. Giels Band

You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
You just can't win

And so it goes
'Til the day you die
This thing they call love
It's gonna make you cry

I've had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing's for sure...LOVE STINKS

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Two by two
And side by side
Love's gonna find you
Yes it is
You just can't hide

You'll feel it call
Your heart will fall
Then love will fly
It's gone - that's all

I don't care what any Cassanova thinks
All I can say is...LOVE STINKS

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

I've been through diamonds
I've been through minks
I've been through it all
LOVE STINKS

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Love stinks
Yeah, yeah
Love stinks

Heart of the Matter

Don Henley

I got the call today, I didn’t want to hear
But I knew that it would come
An old, true friend of ours was talking on the phone
She said you found someone
And I thought of all the bad luck, and the struggles we went through
How I lost me, and you lost you
What are these voices outside love’s open door
Make us throw off our contentment and beg for something more?

But I’m learning to live without you now
But I miss you sometimes
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it’s about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore

Oh, these times are so uncertain
There’s a yearning undefined
People filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age?

Oh, the trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness
They’re the very things we kill, I guess
Oh, pride and competition
Cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us
You know it doesn’t keep me warm

I’m learning to live without you now
But I miss you, baby
The more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I’d figured out, I have to learn again

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But everything changes and my friends seem to scatter
But I think it’s about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me anymore

There are people in your life who’ve come and gone
They let you down
You know, they hurt your pride
You better put it all behind you, baby
’Cause life goes on
You keep carrying that anger, it’ll eat you up inside, baby

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak and my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it’s about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me

I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter
Because the flesh will get weak and the ashes will scatter
So I’m thinking about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don’t love me

Forgiveness (yeah)
Forgiveness (baby)
Forgiveness (oh, yeah)
Forgiveness (ah, yeah)
Forgiveness (oh)
Forgiveness
Even if you don’t love me anymore
Forgiveness (oh)
Forgiveness (yeah)
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness… [fades]

This one sums up my feelings quite well right now,

F.O.D., by Green Day

Somethings on my mind,
It's been for quite some time,
This time I'm on to you,

So where's the other face?
The face I heard before
Your head trip's boring me

Let's nuke the bridge
We torched 2,000 times before
This time we'll blast it all to hell
I've had this burning in my guts now for so long
My belly's aching now to say

Stuck down in a rut of dislogic and smut
A side of you well hid
When it's all said and done
It's real and it's been fun
But was it all real fun

For the Recovery Soundtrack:

NOTHING REALLY MATTERS
madonna

When I was very young
Nothing really mattered to me
But making myself happy
I was the only one

Now that I am grown
Everything’s changed
I’ll never be the same
Because of you

Chorus:

Nothing really matters
Love is all we need
Everything I give you
All comes back to me

Looking at my life
It’s very clear to me
I lived so selfishly
I was the only one

I realize
That nobody wins
Something is ending
And something begins

(chorus, repeat)

Nothing takes the past away
Like the future
Nothing makes the darkness go
Like the light

You’re shelter from the storm
Give me comfort in your arms

Hank Williams
Your Cheatin' Heart
-------------------
Your cheatin heart,
Will make you weep,
You'll cry and cry,
And try to sleep,
But sleep wont come,
The whole night through,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

Your cheatin heart,
Will pine some day,
And crave the love,
You threw away,
The time will come,
When you'll be blue,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When tears come down,
Like falling rain,
You'll toss around,
And call my name,
You'll walk the floor,
The way i do,
Your cheatin heart, will tell on you...

When the lights go down
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
When you feel that hole inside your soul
You wonder what you're made of
well, we all find out
When the lights go down

When the lights go down
At the end of the day when this game that I play
has gone another round
As I lay there alone in this big empty bed
With nothing but thoughts of you in my head
I think of the things that I wish I had said.
When you were still around.

When the lights go down, yeah
And there's nothing left to be
When the lights go down
And the truth is all you see
And I wonder if all my life's about the sum
Of all my fears and all my doubts
Yeah, when the lights go down.

THE OTHER GUY

Little River Band

I found out that you care for another guy
I found out that you want for another smile
We are alone as two different people can be
And it's hurting me so
Just to know that you don't care for me

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

I found out that your heart's with another guy
You found out that you're tellin' another lie
We've grown apart and goin' our own separate ways
And you don't understand
Why I love you and want you to stay

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

You don't know it's me that you need
You're thinking of him and I can't compete
But I'm here to say I still want you back again

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

The other guy won't be around to talk to our kids
He won't understand when you're down the way that I did
We had it all, you and I, we just need to try again

Lament of the WS!

"One Of Us" (ABBA)

They passed me by, all of those great romances
You were, I felt, robbing me of my rightful chances
My picture clear, everything seemed so easy
And so I dealt you the blow
One of us had to go
Now it's different, I want you to know

One of us is crying
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all

I saw myself as a concealed attraction
I felt you kept me away from the heat and the action
Just like a child, stubborn and misconceiving
That's how I started the show
One of us had to go
Now I've changed and I want you to know

One of us is crying
One of us is lying
In her lonely bed
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
Never left at all

Staring at the ceiling
Wishing she was somewhere else instead
One of us is lonely
One of us is only
Waiting for a call
Sorry for herself, feeling stupid feeling small
Wishing she had never left at all
Necer left at all

You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I'm only just beginning to see the real you
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly
At times I understand you
And I see how hard you've tried
I've watched while love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Sarah McLachlan
Do What you have to do

What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage
Created you a monster
Broken by the rules of love
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do
And fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do ...
And I have the sense to recognize that
I don’t know how to let you go
Every moment marked
With apparitions of your soul
I’m ever swiftly moving
Trying to escape this desire
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
The yearning to be near you
I do what I have to do
But I have the sense to recognize
That I don’t know how
To let you go
I don’t know how
To let you go
A glowing ember
Burning hot
Burning slow
Deep within I’m shaken by the violence
Of existing for only you
I know I can’t be with you
I do what I have to do
I know I can’t be with you
I do what I have to do
And I have sense to recognize but
I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go
I don’t know how to let you go

Sarah McLachlan
Full of Grace

The winter here’s cold, and bitter
It’s chilled us to the bone
We haven’t seen the sun for weeks
To long too far from home
I feel just like I’m sinking
And I claw for solid ground
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength and all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love
So it’s better this way, I said
Having seen this place before
Where everything we said and did
Hurts us all the more
Its just that we stayed, too long
In the same old sickly skin
I’m pulled down by the undertow
I never thought I could feel so low
Oh darkness I feel like letting go
If all of the strength
And all of the courage
Come and lift me from this place
I know I could love you much better than this
Full of grace
Full of grace
My love

The Streets
Dry your eyes

In one single moment your whole life can turn 'round
I stand there for a minute starin' straight into the ground
Lookin' to the left slightly, then lookin' back down
World feels like it's caved in - proper sorry frown
Please let me show you where we could only just be, for us
I can change and I can grow or we could adjust
The wicked thing about us is we always have trust
We can even have an open relationship, if you must
I look at her she stares almost straight back at me
But her eyes glaze over like she's lookin' straight through me
Then her eyes must have closed for what seems an eternity
When they open up she's lookin' down at her feet

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

So then I move my hand up from down by my side
It's shakin', my life is crashin' before my eyes
Turn the palm of my hand up to face the skies
Touch the bottom of her chin and let out a sigh
'Cause I can't imagine my life without you and me
There's things I can't imagine doin', things I can't imagine seein'
It weren't supposed to be easy, surely
Please, please, I beg you please
She brings her hands up towards where my hands rested
She wraps her fingers round mine with the softness she's blessed with
She peels away my fingers, looks at me and then gestures
By pushin' my hand away to my chest, from hers

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

And I'm just standin' there, I can't say a word
'Cause everythin's just gone
I've got nothin'
Absolutely nothin'

Tryin' to pull her close out of bare desperation
Put my arms around her tryin' to change what she's sayin'
Pull my head level with hers so she might engage in
Look into her eyes to make her listen again
I'm not gonna [censored]', just [censored]' leave it all now
'Cause you said it'd be forever and that was your vow
And you're gonna let our things simply crash and fall down
You're well out of order now, this is well out of town
She pulls away, my arms are tightly clamped round her waist
Gently pushes me back and she looks at me straight
Turns around so she's now got her back to my face
Takes one step forward, looks back, and then walks away

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now
It's over

I know in the past I've found it hard to say
Tellin' you things, but not tellin' straight
But the more I pull on your hand and say
The more you pull away

Dry your eyes mate
I know it's hard to take but her mind has been made up
There's plenty more fish in the sea
Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now.

The Cranberries
No Need to Argue

There’s no need to aruge anymore
I gave all I could
But it left me so sore
And the thing that makes me mad
Is the one thing that I had

I knew, I knew, I’d lose you
You’ll always be special to me

And I remember all the
Things we once shared
Watching tv movies on
The living room armchair

But they say it will work out fine
Was it all a waste of time
Cause I knew, I knew, I’d lose you

You’ll always be special to me

Will I forget in time
You said I was on your mind
There’s no need to argue
No need to argue anymore
There’s no need to argue anymore
Special

This song really used to get to me as a FWS and H was distant and looking to leave.

Jann Arden
Hanging by a thread

When I cry
I close my eyes
And every tear falls
Down inside
And I pray
With all my might
That I will find my heart
In someone's arms
When I cry
Cry...

When I cry
And when I'm sad
I think of every awful thing I ever did
And when I cry
There is no love
No there is nothing
That can comfort me enough
When I cry
Cry...

Oh the salt inside my body ruins
Everyone I come close to
My hands are barely holding up my head
I am so tired of looking at my feet
And all the secrets that I keep
My heart is barely hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread...

Oh look at me
At all I've done
I've lost so many things that I so dearly loved
I've lost my soul
I've lost my pride
Oh I lost any hope of having a sweet life
And so I cry...
Cry...
Cry...

Oh the salt inside my body ruins
Everyone I come close to
My hands are barely holding up my head
I am so tired of looking at my feet
And all the secrets that I keep
My heart is barely hanging by a thread
Hanging by a thread...

I miss you all
I wish I was
With you now
I wish... I.... was...

BURNED WITH DESIRE
ARMIN VAN BUUREN FEAT JUSTINE SUISSA

For each forgotten kiss
For all the memories
For all the times alone
Said all we had to say

You played your part so well
A modern Romeo
You came on Cupid's wings
And then you flew away

When you touched my face
When you call my name
I'm burned with desire

When you touched my face
When you call my name
I'm burned with desire
But you left me in the rain

For every sleepless night
Forever in your arms
For every hour spent
Lost in the reverie

You broke your promises
No shame and no regrets
You burned the bridges to
An endless mystery

When you touched my face
So beautiful
When you call my name
My name..
I'm burned with desire

When you touched my face
So beautiful
When you call my name
My name..
I'm burned with desire
But you left me in the rain

When you touched my face
So beautiful
When you call my name
My name..
I'm burned with desire

When you touched my face
When you call my name
I'm burned with desire
But you left me in the rain..

Yes, another of my trance selections...

TM

I've got a million of them, but this one has been playing in my head this morning.

Juliana Hatfield
Everybody Loves Me But You

Well I wake up in the morning and the first thing that I say
Is that I hope that I can make it through another lonely day
I'm afraid I might explode if I keep going on this way
People always notice me wherever I go
They think I'm lucky but they don't really know
Beauty and brains aren't all that I've got
I've got a cold, cold bed and broken heart
Everybody loves me,
Everyone but you
But nobody undoes me
Like the thought of you can do
They search my eyes but I don't know why
'Cause all they ever do is cry
Everybody loves me but you
Girls want to be me so they can pick and choose
They figure out of 10 men there's no way that they can lose
Men will walk the plank for me and set themselves on fire
What do they see in me that isn't sad and tired?
I can spend my life with people who want to be with me
Do like they say there's other fish in the sea
There's a world out there and a million things to do
But what do I care if it doesn't include you?
Everybody loves me
Everyone but you
But nobody undoes me
Like the thought of you can do
They search my eyes but I don't know why
'Cause all they ever do is cry
Everybody loves me but you
A cold, cold bed and a broken heart
An empty house and a broken car
A cold, cold bed and a broken heart

And a couple more...

Toad the Wet Sprocket
Dam Would Break

Is it this place that makes me fall from you
Forget the words that once rang so true
Did we expect that life was ever fair, my god
I sowed a field of rose and reaped a whipping rod
And everything I've held to tight inside
Could make a part of me die
And if my lips could only speak the name
The dam would break
What is this ice that gathers 'round my heart
To stop the flood of warmth before it even starts
It would make me blind to what I thought would always be
The only constant in the world for me
And every hour of every day
I need to fight from pulling away
And if my mind could only loose the chain
The dam would break
For all the things I hid away
And all the words I could not say
The dam would break.

Nickel Creek
Somebody More Like You

I didn't hear you say you're sorry
The fault must be mine
I wish you all the best of ,uck at
Finding somebody more like you

You said you'd love me always truly
I must have changed
'Cause you don't need me like you used to
I hope you find somebody more like you

I hope you finally find someone that you trust
And give him everything
I hope you meet someone your height so you can see eye to eye
With someone as small as you

You came out of nowhere and made me smile then tore me two
Saying we're very different people so dear
I hope you find somebody more like you

Sigh... and we won't even start with Ani DiFranco!

I looked all the way through the lyrics thread, but I didn't see this one. Listened to it a lot on the boat this summer. Love and recovery continue on, it's a blue sky day.
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Sheryl Crow
"My Favorite Mistake"

I woke up and called this morning
The tone of your voice was a warning
That you don't care for me anymore

I made up the bed we sleep in
I looked at the clock when you creep in
It's 6 AM and I'm alone

Did you know when you go it's the perfect ending
To the bad day I was just beginning
When you go, all I know is you're my favorite mistake

Your friends act sorry for me
They watch you pretend to adore me
But I'm no fool to this game

Now here come your secret lover
She'll be unlike any other
Until your guilt goes up in flames

Did you know when you go it's the perfect ending
To the bad day I'd gotten used to spending
When you go, all I know is you're my favorite mistake
You're my favorite mistake

Well maybe nothing lasts forever
Even when you stay together
I don't need forever after, but it's your laughter
won't let me go
So I'm holding on this way

Did you know could you tell you were the only one
That I ever loved?
Now everthing's so wrong
Did you see me walking by, did it ever make you cry?
Now you're my favorite mistake
Yeah you're my favorite mistake
You're my favorite mistake

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Mr Incredible has taken to holding me tight when I listen to this song (LOUD).

We also love that Linkin Park song that's been on this thread over and over. That one and Hoobastank are definitely the most popular lyrics on the thread.

That's a good one, 10Swords. Here's one of my favorites from the Indigo Girls... gotta love Emily Saliers.

Fare thee well my bright star
I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness
But you were long gone before I ever got to you
Before you blazed past this address
I caught you then in your moment of glory
Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage
With the memory so clear that it’s as if you’re still before me
My once in a lifetime star of an age
So fare thee well my bright star
The vanity of youth, the color of your eyes
That which I looked up to and I clung to for dear life
Had to burn itself up just to make itself alive
Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings
For a cool evening I began to yearn
But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire
Waiting to see if I would burn
So fare thee well my bright star
Last night the tongues of fire circled me around
This strange season of pain will come to pass
When the healing hands of autumn cool me down

I do not have the CD in front of me so I will have to go from memory but I really like this excert from the U2 song "Running to Stand Still"

You've got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice

Ya know she took the poison
from the poison tree
Then she floated out of here

She suffers the needle chill
She's running to stand ..... still.

I repeated the first verse above during my Plan A period. The song is about a girlfriend's herion addiction (I believe) but addiction, addiction, addiction...whats the difference.

The "running to stand still" lyric is applicable to affairs as no matter how far the WS runs. There they are. Their problems, FOO, insecurities, and guilt follow them no matter where they run.

Mr. Wondering

Now HERE'S the story of my life. Anyone remember Kristin Hersh of the Throwing Muses? She had a few solo albums several years ago, and this is so appropriate for right now... There's a baby AND an OW.

Kristin Hersh
Me and My Charms
You can come back when you want
just know that I'll be here
I haven't left this step
and when the lights go out
I pick the angel up
I only have two hands...
Is she here? is she here right now?
drive her off; don't bother to call
I'm checking out today...
Me and My charms
When I kiss the angel I have a taste of you
When I take the angel I have a piece of you
I have a piece
You can come back
I haven't left you yet
and when the lights go out
I pick the angel up
I only have two left feet
All I have in my hands, me and my charms
When I kiss the angel I have a taste of me and my charms
me and my charms down on the ground
You can't leave me now
I haven't left you yet

I know a few german songs that are appropriate, if there are a few who speak german, I'll post them. They were good songs before, but now they really tear me up.

Little By Little
Robert Plant

Little by little, my heart grieves
Little by little, I call your name
Little by little, my tears fall
Little by little, everything changes
Little by little, the time goes
Little by little, the days pass by
Little by little, the air clears
Little by little, I can breathe again

I can breathe again I can breathe again now
I can breathe again

Back at the mirror, your good friend
Talk to the mirror, to play out your game
Slap in the middle, I stop then
Look at the winner, and the price you pay
Hum! Cold was the winter, I tremble
Long was the fall, that had no end
Now little by little, the air clears
little by little, I can breathe I can breathe again

I can breathe again I can breathe again,
now Call your name, call your name
Call your name, call your name

Everything changes, Everything changes,
I call your name Oh, I can breathe again,

I can breathe again I can breathe again,
I can breathe again Oooh, oooh!
Little by Little....

I don't know if any of these have been listed...I went through several pages and I didn't see them. I have a few songs that help me on the days when I just don't think it will last and that Divorce is my future....

Jo Dee Messina
Lesson In Leavin'

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in leavin'
Somebody's gonna give you back
What you've been givin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Just like you loved me and left me
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You're a fool-hearted man

I hear you've been askin' about me
From some of my friends
Well, you'd better believe
I'm not goin' through that again
You're the kind of man
A woman thinks she can change
Oh, but the only thing changin'
Is my way of thinkin'
And I'm thinkin' that maybe someday

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in losin'
Somebody's gonna do to you
What you've been doin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in hurtin'
Somebody's gonna leave you
With your fire burnin'
And no way to put it out
Baby, there ain't no doubt
You're a fool-hearted man

Yeah, you're the kind of man
A woman thinks she can change
But the only thing changin'
Is my way of thinkin'
And I'm thinkin' that maybe someday

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in leavin'
Somebody's gonna give you back
What you've been givin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Just like you loved me and left me
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You're a fool-hearted man

Somebody's gonna give you
A lesson in leavin'
Somebody's gonna give you back
What you've been givin'
And I hope that I'm around
To watch 'em knock you down
It's like you to love 'em and leave 'em
Just like you loved me and left me
It's like you to do that sort of thing
Over and over again
You're a fool-hearted man

Oh, a fool-hearted man
Oh, whoa
Oh, a fool-hearted man

Rascal Flatts
Movin' On

I've dealt with my ghosts
And I've Faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I've found you find strength in your
Moments of weakness
For once I'm at peace with myself
I've been burdened with blame
Trapped in the past for too long

I'm movin' on

I've lived in this place
And I know all the faces
Each one is different
But they're always the same
They mean me no harm but it's time that I face it
They'll never allow me to change
But I never dreamed home would end up
Where I don't belong

I'm movin' on

I'm movin' on
At last I can see
Life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there's no guarantees
But, I'm not alone

There comes a time in everyone's life
When all you can see are the years passing by (are the years passing by)
And I have made up my mind
that those days are gone

I sold what I could
And packed what I couldn't
Stopped to fill up on my way out of town
I've loved like I should
But lived like I shouldn't
I had to lose everything to find out
Maybe forgiveness will find me
Somewhere down this road

I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on
I'm movin' on

I am a music lover and diverse in my taste of music...country and rock....or whatever it is called these days..

Saliva

Rest In Pieces Lyrics

Look at me, my depth perception must be off again,
Coz' this hurts deeper than I thought it did,
It has not healed with time...
It just shot down my spine.
You look so beautiful tonight,
Remind me how you laid us down,
And gently smiled,
Before you destroyed my life...

Would you find it in your heart,
To make this go away,
And let me rest in pieces?
(Let me rest in pieces)
Would you find it in your heart,
To make this go away,
And let me rest in pieces?
(Let me rest in pieces)

Look at me, my depth perception must be off again,
You got much closer than I thought you did,
I'm in your reach,
You held me in your hands...

But could you find it in your heart,
To make this go away,
And let me rest in pieces?
(Let me rest in pieces)
Would you find it in your heart,
To make this go away,
And let me rest in pieces?
(Let me rest in pieces)

Could you find, could you find in your heart?
(Could you find, could you let me rest in pieces)
Could you find, could you find in your heart?
(Could you find, could you let me rest in pieces)

Green Day
Time of Your Life

Another turning point
a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist
directs you where to go,
So make the best of this test and don't ask why,
It's not a question but a lesson learned in time,

(chorus)
It's something unpredictable
but in the end it's right
i hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time,
Tattoos and memories of skin on trial
For what it's worth,
it was worth all the while.

(chorus)
It's something unpredictable,
but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

(chorus)
It's something unpredictable,
but in the end it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

Chelly Wright
Shut up and Drive

Shut up and drive
You don't know what you're talkin' about
He's not the one
You oughta know that by now
You've got one of those hearts
That keeps changing your mind
Your heart has a way of makin' you stay
So shut up and Drive

Don't look in the mirror
You might see that look in his eyes
The one that's so strong
It changes your will to survive
He's mastered the art
Of lookin' sincere
His eyes have a way of makin' you stay
Don't look in the mirror.

I'm the voice you never listen too
And I'll have to break your heart to make you see
That he's the one who will be missin' you
And you'll only miss the man
That you wanted him to be

Turn the radio on
To drown out the sounds of goodbye
Blink back the tears
Show me you've still got your pride
Just get yourself lost
In a sad country song
Those guys who think they
Know just what to say
Turn the radio on

I'm the voice you never listen too
And I'll have to break your heart to make you see
That he's the one who will be missin' you
And you'll only miss the man
That you wanted him to be

Shut up and drive
Don't look in the mirror
Turn the radio on
Get outta here
Oh shut up and drive

JO DEE MESSINA

Bye Bye
(Phil Vassar/Rory Michael Bourke)

Boy you sure look good there standin' in the doorway in the sunset light
Maybe I read you wrong thinkin' you could be my Mr. Right
I was puttin' my heart and soul on the line
Said you needed some time, just a little more time to make up your mind
Well it's been long enough
Time is up

Bye bye love, I'll catch you later
Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror torn off
I ain't never lookin' back. And that's a fact.
I've tried all I can imagine
I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion
I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

Don't think all those tears are gonna hold me here like they've done before
You'll find what's left of us in a cloud of dust on highway 4
Baby what did you expect me to do
Just sit around and wait on you
Well I'm through watchin' you just skate around the truth
And I know it sounds trite
I've seen the light

Bye bye love, I'll catch you later
Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror torn off
'Cause I ain't never lookin' back, and that's a fact.
I've tried all I can imagine
I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion
I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

I'd lost the game I guess
I did my best to win the part
Now I'm leavin' here with what's left of my heart.
Bye bye, I'll catch you later
Got a lead foot down on my accelerator and the rearview mirror torn off
'Cause I ain't never lookin' back.
You can count on that.
I've tried all I can imagine
I've begged and pleaded in true lover's fashion
I've got pride, I'm takin' it for a ride
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

Bye bye
Ooh baby
Oh oh
Bye bye, bye bye my baby, bye bye

JO DEE MESSINA

Stand Beside Me
(Stephen Allen Davis)

He left me cryin' late one Sunday night outside of Boulder
He said he had to find himself out on the road
I guess when love goes wrong
You've gotta learn to be strong

So I worked two jobs
And I moved three times
I ended up south of Memphis, workin' down in Riverside
I may not be so lucky in love
But the one thing I'm sure of

I want a man that stands beside me
Not in front of or behind me
Give me two arms that want to hold me, not own me
And I'll give all the love in my heart
Stand beside me
Be true, don't tell lies to me
I'm not lookin' for a fantasy
I want a man that who stands beside me

I didn't expect to see him, one hot July morning
His hair was longer but his eyes were the same old blue
He said, "I've missed you for so long. Oh baby, what can I do?"
I said, "I want a man that stands beside me
Not in front of or behind me
Give me two arms that want to hold me, not own me
And I'll give all the love in my heart."

It's hard to
Tell him, "No" when I want him so bad
But I've got to be true to my heart
This time

I'm not lookin' for a fantasy
I want a man who stands beside me
I want a man
Who stands beside me

Stand beside me........
Stand beside me........

ok ok the last one....

TAPROOT

"Poem"

overbearing panic attack entrenching my veins
in an hour i'll be ok
i pray this pain will go away permanently someday
I'VE seen more than...
I should have to...
I'VE seen this on my own

this song is a,
poem to myself,
it helps me to live...
in case of fire,
BREAK the glass,
and move on into your own...

reoccurring drowning effect entrenching my brain,
i hope you'll be ok someday,
so i can say that you moved on in the right way...
WE'VE seen this and
WE'VE breathed this and
WE'VE lived this on our own...

this song is a,
poem to myself,
it helps me to live...
in case of fire,
BREAK the glass,
and move on into your own...
your own...

BREAK...

this song is a,
poem to myself,
it helps me to live...
in case of fire,
BREAK the glass,
and move on into your own...

Forevermore, I loved these...
thanks.

Peter Gabriel
I Grieve

It was only one hour ago
It was all so different then
There's nothing yet has really sunk in
Looks like it always did
This flesh and bone
It's just the way that you would tied in
Now there's no-one home

I grieve for you
You leave me
'so hard to move on
Still loving what's gone
They say life carries on
Carries on and on and on and on

The news that truly shocks is the empty empty page
While the final rattle rocks it's empty empty cage
And I can't handle this

I grieve for you
You leave me
Let it out and move on
Missing what's gone
They say life carries on
They say life carries on and on and on

Life carries on
In the people I meet
In everyone that's out on the street
In all the dogs and cats
In the flies and rats
In the rot and the rust
In the ashes and the dust
Life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on

It's just the car that we ride in
A home we reside in
The face that we hide in
The way we are tied in
And life carries on and on and on and on
Life carries on and on and on

Did I dream this belief?
Or did I believe this dream?
Now I can find relief
I grieve

Damian Rice
Lonelily

I gave me away
I could have knocked off the evening
But a lonelily landed my waltz in her hands
In a way I felt you were leaving me
I was sure I wouldn't find you at home
And you let me down
Could have knocked off the evening
But you lonelily let him push under your bone
You let me down
It's no use deceiving
Neither of us wanna be alone
You're coming home [x4]
I gave me away
I could have knocked off the evening
But I was lonelily looking for someone to hold
In a way I lost all I believed in
And I never found myself so low
And you let me down
You could've called if you'd needed
But you lonelily got yourself locked instead
And you let me down
It's one thing being cheated
But you took him all the way through your bed
And now you're coming home
And I'm trying to forgive
You're coming home
And I'm trying to forget
You're coming
And I'm trying to move on
You're coming home
And you haven't called yet
You're coming home
And I'm trying to forgive
You're coming home
I'm just trying to forget
You're coming
I'm trying to move on
You're coming home
But you haven't called
You're coming home
You're coming home [x4]
I gave me away
I could have knocked off the evening
But I lonelily loomed her into my bone
You let me down
There's no use deceiving
Neither of us wanna be alone

Natalie Imbruglia
Torn

I thought I saw a man brought to life
he was warm he came around like he was dignified
he showed me what t was to cry
Well you couldn't be that man I adored
you don't seem to know - or seem to care what your heart is for
I don't know him anymore
there's nothing where he used to lie
my conversation has run dry
that's what's goin' on
nothing's fine
I'm torn
I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed
lying naked on the floor
illusion never changed
into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
you're a little late
I'm already torn

so I guess the fortune teller's right
I should have seen just what was there and not some holy light
but you `crawled beneath my veins and now I don't care, I have
no luck
I don't miss it all that much
there's just so many things
that I can't touch
I'm torn
there's nothing where he used to lie
my inspiration has run dry
that's what's goin' on
nothing's right I'm torn...
[chorus]

Jewel
Foolish Games

You took your coat off and stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.
And I watched from my window,
Always felt I was outside looking in on you.
You're always the mysterious one with
Dark eyes and careless hair,
You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.
You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
Besides some comment on the weather.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Well in case you failed to notice,
In case you failed to see,
This is my heart bleeding before you,
This is me down on my knees, and...
[Chorus]
These foolish games are tearing me apart,
And your thoughtless words are breaking my heart.
You're breaking my heart.
You're always brilliant in the morning,
Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee.
Your philosophies on art, Baroque moved you.
You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones
As I clumsily strummed my guitar.
You'd teach me of honest things,
Things that were daring, things that were clean.
Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean.
I hid my soiled hands behind my back.
Somewhere along the line, I must've gone
Off track with you.
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else,
Somebody who gave a damn,
Somebody more like myself.
[Chorus]
You took your coat off,
Stood in the rain,
You're always crazy like that.

I don't have the words in front of me but i have so many.
Remember when by Alan Jackson
Because of you By kelly clarkson
somewhere other than the night Garth brooks
This is the time to remember Billie Joel
Threw the yrs
glory of love
The reason
I love the way you love me
The dance Grath Brooks

There are so many more that remind me of the good times the bad times and the good times once again

(this one is for all of you here...)

Sometimes it feels like freedom
Sometimes it feels like pain
From the sea of love and heartbreak
The tide rolls in again
I’m running out to meet it
While you just run away

Don’t have to hide away your pain
(I’ll help you weather out the storm)
There’s shades of colour in the rain
(I’ll help you weather out the storm)

Sometimes it feels like evil
Sometimes it feels like rain
For some a dream of passion
For others, just a game
But if it once has touched you
You know you’ll never be the same

Don’t have to hide away your pain
(I’ll help you weather out the storm)
There’s shades of colour in the rain
(I’ll help you weather out the storm)

A phantom ship adrift without a port of call
(love’s refugee)
Can’t watch you fall apart
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
Open up your heart

There was hysteric laughter
I heard you crying after
Outside of your disaster
The rain was falling faster

So tell me, tell me, tell me
Why it makes you cry
It was your first time in the sun
Once burned, twice shy
It’s come around again
Did it really hurt so bad
You’d let it pass you by?

Don’t have to hide away your pain
(I’ll help you weather out the storm)
There’s shades of colour in the rain
(I’ll help you weather out the storm)

Figgy Duff/Pamela Morgan

NINE INCH NAILS
THAT'S WHAT I GET

just when everything was making sense.
you took away all my self-confidence.
now all that i've been hearing must be true.
i guess i'm not the only boy for you.
but that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
how could you turn us into this?
after you just taught me how to kiss you.
I told you i'd never say goodbye.

now i'm slipping on the tears you made me cry.
but that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
why does it come as a surprise.
to think that i was so naive.
maybe didn't mean so much.
but it meant everything to me.
but that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get
that's what i get

Conjure One
Center Of The Sun

Young girl in the market
Music to the men
When the men leave
Her eyes are red
When her eyes are closed again she sees the dark market of above

And she sings
'They say the most horrible things
But I hear violins, when I close my eyes
I am at the center of the sun
And I cannot be hurt
By anything this wicked world has done'

Young boy in the market
Follows all the men
When the men leave
He's out of his head
When his eyes are closed again he sees the dark market of above

And he sings
'They break the most beautiful things
But I hear violins, when I close my eyes
I am at the center of the sun
And I cannot be hurt
By anything this wicked world has done

I look into your eyes
And I am at the center of the sun
And I cannot be hurt
By anything this wicked world has done'

Center of the sun

Young boy in the market
Sees the girl alone
And asks her
'Have you lost your way home?'

She sings
'You say the most beautiful things, just like my violins'

I look into your eyes
I am at the center of the sun
And I cannot be hurt
By anything this wicked world has done

When I close my eyes
I am at the center of the sun
And I cannot be hurt
By anything this wicked world has done

'Cause

I hear violins

I hear violins

I hear violins

I hear violins

Center of the sun

I hear ...violins

TM

It's Getting Better All The Time
(Ronnie Bowman/Don Cook)

I don't stop breathing every time the phone rings
My heart don't race when someones at my door
I've almost given up thinkin' your ever gonna call
I don't believe in magic anymore.

I just don't lie awake at night
Asking God would get you off my mind
It's getting better all the time
It's getting better all the time.

Yeah, I got to work on time again this morning
This old job is all that I got to live
And no one even noticed I'd been crying
At least I don't have whisky on my breath.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna make it
'Cause God won't make a mountain I can't climb
It's getting better all the time
It's getting better all the time.

God, I hope your happy
Girl, I wish you well
I just might get over you
You can never tell.

I always thought that I'd do something crazy
If ever saw you out with someone else
But when the moment came last night
I couldn't say a word, I stood there in the dark all by myself.

Yeah, I could of said a million things
All I did was keep it locked inside
It's getting better all the time
It's getting better all the time.

It's getting better all the time

OK... it's time to break out my little folk singer, Ani DiFranco:

For the angry BS who's not going take it anymore:
Outta me, Onto You from her genius album "Dilate"
it's gonna be sudden
it's gonna be strange
i'm gonna turn on a dime
give you five cents change
it's gonna be long
overdue
it's all gonna come out
outta me, on to you

outta me, onto you...

one of these days
you're gonna push too hard
we'll go on like we've always done
'til you go too far
yeah one of these days
it's gonna reach the top
then it's gonna start to spill
and it's not gonna
stop

outta me, onto you...

no more...

some people wear their smile
like a disguise
those people who smile a lot
watch the eyes
i know it 'cuz i'm like that a lot
you think everything's okay
and it is
'til it's not

outta me, onto you...

no more

some people wear their heart
up on their sleeve
i wear mine underneath my right pant leg
strapped to my boot
don't think cause i'm easy, i'm naive
don't think i won't pull it out
don't think i won't shoot

outta me, onto you...

most people like to talk a lot
including you
you know there isn't much i have to say
that i wouldn't rather
just shut up and do
i'm gonna miss you
when you're gone
yeah i'm gonna be torn
just remember that i love you
just remember you were warned

outta me, onto you...

no more...
no more

"Shrug" from Evolve:
Shrug
what's with that halo
hovering
above that thick skull
spare me
if i do say so
i think you're covering
course there was nothing
could have prepared me
for the side effect
of this dirty drug
the way you punish me
and then you shrug

what's with that phone call baby
it's like you're trying
just trying to crush me
do you feel stronger
each time you push me dear
did you tell your mom
you carpet bombed
before you left here
and is it just the side effect
of this dirty drug
or does each apology sound
more like a shrug

are you at home now
with your kitty cats
are you just at home now
with the way that you act
do you split the rent there
with all your secrets
or do you just pretend
to all your friends
they're uninvited guests

yes and

when you want it tidy, tell me,
can you still dispell me,
sweep me
neatly under the rug
and does your conscience ever mention
the way that you treat me
or do you just fend it off
with a.....

And more from Dilate, one of my favorite angry break-up records of all time:
"Superhero"
sleepwalking through the all-nite drugstore
baptized in flourescent light
i found religion in the greeting card aisle
now i know hallmark was right
and every pop song on the radio
is suddenly speaking to me
yeah, art may imitate life
but life imitates t.v.
'cuz you've been gone exactly two weeks
two weeks and three days
and let's just say that things look different now
different in so many ways

i used to be a superhero
no one could touch me
not even myself
you are like a phone booth
i somehow stumbled into
and now look at me
i am just like everybody else

if i was dressed in my best defenses
would you agree to meet me for coffee
if i did my tricks with smoke and mirrors
would you still know which one was me
if i was naked and screaming
on your front lawn
would you turn on the light and come down
screaming, there's the @$$hole
who did this to me
stripped me of my power
stripped me down

i used to be a superhero
no one could touch me
not even myself
you are like a phone booth
i somehow stumbled into
and now look at me
i am just like everybody else

yeah you've been gone exactly two weeks
two weeks and three days
and now i'm a different person
different in so many ways
tell me what did you like about me
don't say my strength and daring
'cuz now i think i'm at your mercy
and it's my first time for this kind of thing

i used to be a superhero
i would swoop down and save me
from myself
you are like a phone booth
that i somehow stumbled into
and now look at me
i am just like everybody else
i am worse than everybody else

Thanks for letting me get those off my chest!

Peach is a SOUTHERN GIRL AT HEART AND ALWAYS WILL BE! On way to work heard old song..."If I'd been the One" by .38 special...

I used to love .38 in high school...and my xh liked them as well...I guess I heard the song and kinda teared up..even after all this time.

I just teared up all way to work...Lyrics and music really get me.

I believe truly this song sums up my feelings after having been forced to divorce the man I once thought was the one.

Here it is.

"If I'd been the One"
.38 special= Tour De Force Album
I've been lost inside, empty space in my heart
And some things never change, no
How it hurts me and how it's tearin' me apart, and it just goes on and
on
Can you read my mind, take a good look at my face
Could you take the time, just to stand here in my place
What if I'd been the one to say goodbye, goodbye
Could you smile when inside you just wanna cry, look inside
Can you read my mind? Oh oh
When I hear your name, feel so cold deep inside
Still it's hard to explain, oh
But you're not meant to be, they say time will heal the pain
But it just goes on forever

Can you read my mind, have you closed the door on love
Can you be so blind, did you think I'd just give up
Chorus:
What if I'd been the one to say goodbye, goodbye
Could you smile when inside you just wanna cry, wanna cry
What if I'd been the one to say goodbye, goodbye
Could you smile when it hurts so deep inside, and it never fades away
Fade away
(Solo)
Time can't erase the reasons why
I count my mistakes and the heartaches since you said goodbye
(chorus)
Never fades away, no it don't fade away

to those in plan B....

another .38 special song..

"Hold on Loosely"

You see it all around you
Good lovin' gone bad
And usually it's too late when you, realize what you had
And my mind goes back to a girl I left some years ago,
Who told me,
Just Hold On Loosely, but don't let go
If you cling to tightly,
you're gonna lose control
Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in

It's so damn easy, when your feelings are such
To overprotect her, to love her too much
And my mind goes back to a girl I left some years ago
Who told me,
Just Hold On Loosely, but don't let go
If you cling too tight babe,
you're gonna loose control
Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in

Don't let her slip away
Sentimental fool
Don't let your heart get in her way
yeah, yeah, yeah,

You see it all around you
Good lovin' gone bad
And usually it's too late when you, realize what you had
And my mind goes back to a girl I left some years ago,
Who told me,
Just Hold On Loosely, but don't let go
If you cling to tightly,
you're gonna lose control
Your baby needs someone to believe in
And a whole lot of space to breathe in

So Hold On Loosely, but don't let go
If you cling too tight babe,
you're gonna lose it
You're gonna -- lose control
yeah, yeah, yeah Just Hold On Loosely but don't let go
If you cling too tight babe,
you're gonna loose control

Hold on Loosely, but don't let go
If you cling too tight babe,
you're gonna loose control
yeah, yeah, yeah

Don't let him steal your heart away.
Phil Collins

From the cd: Hello, I must be going!

I love this song; it speaks of the abandonment women feel when their mate is away, of the despair of loosing her love, of the rationalizations of affaires, of the seduction used by OM, of the anger and the pleading. A great song after 20 years (1982) I still hear it on the radio.

You were lonely and you needed a friend.
And he was there at the right time with the right smile.
Just a shoulder you lean on.
Someone to tell you it'll all work out all right.

Don't let him steal your heart away.
No! Don't let him steal your heart away.
Don't let him steal your heart away.
No! Don't let him steal your heart away.

You can look at him the way you did me.
And hold him close say xxx.
But any fool can see your fooling yourself.
But you ain't fooling me.

So don't let him to steer of your heart away.
No! Don't let him steal your heart away.

Don't pack my suitcase I'll be back.
Don't take my pictures off of your wall.
Don't let him change a thing because I'll be back.
Just tell him to pack his things and get out of your life.
And injust gave me one more chance and I'll show you I'll write.
I'm right.

because I've been thinking and I know it was me,
leaving you lonely but hoping you could be strong.
Can you look at me straight tell me,
what else can I do but say I was wrong.
So don't let him steal your heart away.
No don't let him steal your heart away.

Well he's going to try to make it work for you.
And make you think your whole life has been leading to this.
But whenever you do, think about me,
Oh! Don't be fooled by his kiss.

Don't let him steal your heart away.
Please, don't let him steal your heart away.

And don't pack my suitcase I'll be back.
Don't take my picture off of your wall.
Did you hear me.
Don't let him change a thing ‘cause I'll be back.
Just tell him to pack his things and get out of your life.
And just give me one more chance and I'll show you I'm write.
You know I'm right.

'Cose You were lonely and you needed a friend.
And he was there at the right time with the right smile.
Just a shoulder you lean on.
Someone to tell you it'll all workout all right.

But he's no good for you.
He'll make you think your whole life has been leading to this.
And whenever you do, think about me,
Oh! Don't be fooled by his kiss.

Oh no no non
And Don't let him steal your heart away.
No! Don't let him take it
steal your heart away from me.
Don't let him steal your heart away
Don't you let him take it.

JON BON JOVI - Always Lyrics
This romeo is bleeding
But you can't see his blood
It's nothing but some feelings
That this old dog kicked up

It's been raining since you left me
Now I'm drowning in the flood
You see I've always been a fighter
But without you I give up

Now I can't sing a love song
Like the way it's meant to be
Well, I guess I'm not that good anymore
But baby, that's just me

And I will love you, baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - Always

Now your pictures that you left behind
Are just memories of a different life
Some that made us laugh, some that made us cry
One that made you have to say goodbye
What I'd give to run my fingers through your hair
To touch your lips, to hold you near
When you say your prayers try to understand
I've made mistakes, I'm just a man

When he holds you close, when he pulls you near
When he says the words you've been needing to hear
I'll wish I was him 'cause those words are mine
To say to you till the end of time

Yeah, I will love you baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always

If you told me to cry for you
I could
If you told me to die for you
I would
Take a look at my face
There's no price I won't pay
To say these words to you

Well, there ain't no luck
In these loaded dice
But baby if you give me just one more try
We can pack up our old dreams
And our old lives
We'll find a place where the sun still shines

And I will love you, baby - Always
And I'll be there forever and a day - Always
I'll be there till the stars don't shine
Till the heavens burst and
The words don't rhyme
And I know when I die, you'll be on my mind
And I'll love you - Always

I get the feeling lately that every tv show I see and every song I hear, has to do with infidelity. Its spooky. And I get nervous everytime I turn on the radio nowadays.
And is there anybody in the world who hasn't been cheated on???

Hi and love to all,
Shul

(send prayer please. We are starting to get into the nitty gritty of recovery.)

U2's One

Although not written about M-W love, I think Bono was referring to the AIDS epidemic, it still applies... This band's last album, How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb , in it's entirety, is dedicated to the joys, trials and rewards of marriage... buy it and listen to every word... PS - Bono has been married for 20+ years and is also a Christian! Damn good humanist as well...

http://www.lyricsfind.com/u/u2/how-to-dismantle-an-atomic-bomb/

ONE - Johnny Cash and REM have covered this song as well!! So eloquent.. and applicable...

Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say

One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One

One

wow..one is awesome...love that song.

I am a southern girl..but I also love alternative...here are two songs...

One is from band O.A.R.

Love and Memories: Heard it today and downloaded it to ipod. awesome song...to me it reminds me of dealing with the WS. ..especially the part where they see their loved one standing their with "eyes glazed over" staring at the floor...what an apt description of a wS?

here is is...cool song...

Love and Memories-OAR

Lovely, you're always lovely
A vision
You were the one
Now I am stuck inside a memory
You forgot about our destiny
You buried me
Didn’t you?
Didn’t you?

Love me faster than the devil
Run me straight into the ground
Drowning deep inside your water
Drowning deep inside your sound

You’re always floating
A vapor
That I couldn’t see
Here I am stuck inside a yesterday
Everything has given way
You fell from me
Didn’t you?
Didn’t you?

Love me faster than the devil
Run me straight into the ground
Drowning deep inside your water
Drowning deep inside your sound
Love me faster than the devil
Run me straight into the ground
Drowning deep inside your water
Drown in love and memories

Maybe I am a crowded mind
I watch your eyes glaze over
Stared down at the floor
You were amazing to me
I was amazing to you
But here we go again

Didn’t you
Love me faster than the devil
Run me straight into the ground
Drowning deep inside your water
Drowning deep inside your sound
Love me faster than the devil
Run me straight into the ground
Drowning deep inside your water
Drown in love and memories

the next song I love is the song by Collective Soul--Better now...That song is the song I play over and over..again on Ipod. Whenever I am having the bad day...we all know what those are...I listen to it.

Dance, turn it up...and realize you're getting better now! very positive song.

Better Now-Collective Soul

Oh I'm newly calibrated
All shiny and clean
I'm your recent adaptation
Time to redefine me

Let the word out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now
Break the news out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now

Oh I'm happy as Christmas
All wrapped to be seen
I'm your recent acquisition
Time to celebrate me

Let the word out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now
Break the news out I've got to get out
Oh I'm feeling better now

The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking me down

The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking
The world's done shaking me down

got a new one! Just had a dealing with xwh...talk about why he can't go to son's first basketball practice...seems he is afraid our little seven year old WILL GET DESTRACTED from both of us being there...more like it, the ow/w is AFRAID MY XH WILL GET DISTRACTED because I am there and DS is there! Would be a little foggy family moment and she can have none of that! Jealous beeaaaaa-tch. So after dealing with a guy who is angry at HIS own choices, and me speaking gently to him...darn it! It is so amazing how if you speak to somebody in gentle tones and are calm and friendly how angry they allow themselves to get...AT THEMSELVES! Poor wittle wayward xh...he is not allowed to go to little son's basketball practice...he may get too distracted!

So here is the song I listen to...again IPOD favorite...also reminds me of when I speak to my xh and he chooses to get angry at himself while speaking on the phone to me...like my old counselor said..."when he points his finger at you...or accuses you...remember there are four fingers pointing back at him!"

Here it is....

Don't Tread ON ME! by 311...very cool song w/reggae undertones!

Before you're pointing at me
There is a possibility
You better turn that thing around
Nothing's comes easily
So don't you tread on me
Cuz I will knock you down

Some days it seems it's not worth it
The fight in me is all gone
And I'm not trying to be perfect
But just get one damn thing done
Before I lose control
I pick myself up off the floor

Before you're pointing at me
There is a possibility
You better turn that thing around
Nothing's comes easily
So don't you tread on me
Cause I will knock you down

Never come a day that’ll solve you
Consequently I could never leave you
In the shadow of those looming battleships
I love our canoe
I’m ready for the falls
And the still waters we will find our truth

Oh, there’s a clock in my head
And despite what it said
Another one on the wall
They don’t agree at all
And there's a schism in me
And despite what you see
You might see me as calm
But I go off like a bomb

Before you're pointing at me
There is a possibility
You better turn that thing around
Nothing's comes easily
So don't you tread on me
Cause I will knock you down

Oh, in the comfort of strangers
You don’t see the danger
Of just letting it flow
This I know

Before you're pointing at me
There is a possibility
You better turn that thing around
Nothing's comes easily
So don't you tread on me
Cause I will knock you down

You need to listen to this song to get the FULL effect...

Henry was/is an underated genius...

Liar
- Henry Rollins

You think you're gonna to live your life alone
In darkness
And seclusion
Yeah I know
You've been out there
Tried to mix with those animals
And it just left you full of humiliated confusion
So you stagger back home
And wait for nothing
But the solitary refinement of your room spits you back out onto the street
And now you're desperate
And in need of human contact
And then
You meet me
And you whole world changes
Because everything I say is everything you've ever wanted to hear
So you drop all your defenses and you drop all your fears
And you trust me completely
I'm perfect
In every way
Cause I make you feel so strong and so powerful inside
You feel so lucky
But your ego obscures reality
And you never bother to wonder why
Things are going so well
You wanna know why?
Cause I'm a liar
Yeah I'm a liar
I'll tear your mind out
I'll burn your soul
I'll turn you into me
I'll turn you into me
Cause I'm a liar, a liar
A liar, a liar

I'll hide behind a smile
And understanding eyes
And I'll tell you things that you already know
So you can say
I really identify with you, so much
And all the time that you're needing me
Is just the time that I'm bleeding you
Don't you get it yet?
I'll come to you like an affliction
And I'll leave you like an addiction
You'll never forget me
You wanna know why?
Cause I'm a liar
Yeah I'm a liar
I'll rip your mind out
I'll burn your soul
I'll turn you into me
I'll turn you into me
Cause I'm a liar, a liar
Liar, liar, liar, liar

I don't know why I feel the need to lie
And cause you so much pain
Maybe it's something inside
Maybe it's something I can't explain
Cause all I do
Is mess you up and lie to you
I'm a liar
Oh, I am a liar

If you'll give me one more chance
I swear that I will never lie to you again
Because now I see the destructive power of a lie
They're stronger than truth
I can't believe I ever hurt you
I swear
I will never to you lie again, please
Just give me one more chance
I will never lie to you again
I swear
That I will never tell a lie
I will never tell a lie
No, no
Ha ha ha ha ha hah haa haa haa haaa
Sucker
Sucker!
Oh, sucker
I am a liar
Yeah, I am a liar
Yeah I like it
I feel good
Ohh I am a liar
Yeah
I lie
I lie
I lie
Oh, I lie
Oh I lie
I lie
Yeah
Ohhh I'm a liar
I lie
Yeah
I like it
I feel good
I'll lie again
And again
I'll lie again and again
And I'll keep lying
I promise

Peter Gabriel - Secret World

I stood in this sunsheltered place
’til I could see the face behind the face
All that had gone before had left no trace

Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
All the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

So I watch you wash your hair
Underwater, unaware
And the plane flies through the air
Did you think you didn’t have to choose it
That I alone could win or lose it
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

In this house of make believe
Divided in two, like adam and eve
You put out and I recieve

{chorus:}
Down by the railway siding
In our secret world, we were colliding
In all the places we were hiding love
What was it we were thinking of?

Oh the wheel is turning spinning round and round
And the house is crubling but the stairways stand

With no guilt and no shame, no sorrow or blame
Whatever it is, we are all the same

Making it up in our secret world [x3]
Shaking it up
Breaking it up
Making it up in our secret world

Seeing things that were not there
On a wing on a prayer
In this state of disrepair

[chorus]

Shh, listen...

Fare Thee Well - Indigo Girls

Fare thee well my bright star
I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness
But you were long gone before I ever got to you
Before you blazed past this address
And now I think of having loved and having lost
But never know what it feels like to never love
Who can say what's better when my heart's become the cost
A mere token of a brighter jewel sent from above
Fare thee well my bright star
The vanity of youth the color of your eyes
And maybe if I’d fanned the blazing fire of your day-to-day
Or if I’d been older I’d been wise
Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings
For a cool evening I began to yearn
But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire
Waiting to see if I would burn
Fare thee well my bright star
It was a brief brilliant miracle dive
That which I looked up to and i clung to for dear life
Had to burn itself up just to make itself alive
And I caught you then in your moment of glory
Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage
With a moment so clear that it's as if you're still before me
My once in a lifetime star of an age
So fare thee well my bright star
Last night the tongues of fire circled me around
And this strange season of pain will come to pass
When the healing hands of autumn cool me down

Fix You
Coldplay

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you

Just ran across the lyrics to this song...I didn't search the entire thread to see if it had already been posted, so forgive me in advance.

There is a great mix of the song as well - called the fade mix...

Plenty Lyrics
by Sarah Mclachlan

I looked into your eyes
they told me plenty
I already knew
you never felt a thing
so soon forgotten all that you do
in more than words I
tried to tell you
the more I tried I failed
I would not let myself believe
that you might stray
and I would stand by you
no matter what they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you
until my dying day
until my dying day
I used to think my life
was often empty
a lonely space to fill
you hurt me more than
I ever would have imagined
you made my world stand still
and in that stillness
there was a freedom
I never felt before
I would not let myself believe
that you might stray
and I would stand by you
no matter what they'd say, I would have thought I'd be with you
until my dying day
until my dying day

Here's an oldie by the Bee Gees

Here am I one sad and lonely guy,
One shadow of the man I used to be.

Now it’s past, the love I thought would last;
You thought I had you chained,
And now you’re free.

I know it’s wrong but I’m still holding on,
Still praying you will soon come back to me.

But then you go, you let your feelings show;
You said I gave you pain, and now I see.

But baby, as you turn away
I will always think of what we had together.

Baby, this is just your way of breaking my heart.

And it’s easier to say goodbye,
Making me fall, making me try, try to make
You stay as you turn away.

Now you’re gone, this road I walk upon is just
Another place where I can hide.

I’m still your man, there’s proof of who I am;
Except without your love I’m dead inside.

But baby, as you turn away
I will always think of what we had together.

Baby, this is just your way of breaking my heart.

And it’s easier to say goodbye,
Making me fall, watching me try, try to make
You stay as you turn away.

And one for the BS's who have had about enough, like me
Aaliyah I Refuse

This Is Where I’ve Got To Draw The Line
Cause I Refuse To Let You Think You Can Play With My Mind
Always Seems That You Think That I’m Blind
Causes There Always Certain Times When Your Hard To Find
Your On The Go, I’m On The Go, Were On The Go
I Can’t Catch You No More, Can’t See You No More
And It No Longer Can Be Ignored
Cause At Once Upon A Time It Was You I Adored
You Disappeared And Left Me Here, Out In The Cold
And The Absence Of You Is Hurting My Soul
Didn’t Know There Was An End Of The Road
It Was So Easy For You Just To Let It All Go

And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Have One More Sleepless Night
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let A Tear Fall From My Eye
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Continue To Try
I Felt Like I Would Die, If I Could Breakdown And Cry
And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let You Walk Back Through That Door
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let You Hurt Me Anymore
And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Continue To Ignore
The Fact I Fell To The Floor, The Day You Walked Out My Door

And I Refuse
No Way Baby I Can’t Take It No More
And I Refuse
No Way Baby I Can’t Take It No More
And I Refuse
No Way , But I Refuse
To Take It Anymore

Remember When I Told You I Could Feel The Change
You Don’t Touch Me The Same, Don’t Hold Me The Same
No, I Don’t Want You To Take All The Blame
Cause I Know I Had Those Moments When I Caused The Pain
This Back And Forth Just Like A War With You And Me
See We Both Disagree, Have We Ever Agreed?
This Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
Was It All Just A Dream? Was It Ever In My Reach?

And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Have One More Sleepless Night
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let A Tear Fall From My Eye
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Continue To Try
I Felt Like I Would Die, If I Could Breakdown And Cry
And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let You Walk Back Through That Door
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let You Hurt Me Anymore
And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Continue To Ignore
The Fact I Fell To The Floor, The Day You Walked Out My Door

It Was Your Way
Or It Was No Way
And I Couldn’t Live That Way
It Was Our Call
Then It Was Your Call
Cause I Gave You My All And All

And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Have One More Sleepless Night
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let A Tear Fall From My Eye
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Continue To Try
I Felt Like I Would Die, If I Could Breakdown And Cry
And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let You Walk Back Through That Door
I Refuse,
I Refuse To Let You Hurt Me Anymore
And I Refuse,
I Refuse To Continue To Ignore
The Fact I Fell To The Floor, The Day You Walked Out My Door

No Way I Can’t Take It Baby
No Way I Can’t Take It Baby
No Way, But I Refuse
To Take It Anymore

Alter Bridge "Find the Real"

Find The Real

Stuck in the middle I burrow inside
Back to the cradle
Away from the burdens of all my crimes
Before it’s fatal
My past has found me the truth’s come out
All is remembered
With no place to fall but straight down
I must surrender

Well it seems I’ve
Finally thought of everything
I wanna love
I wanna feel
Find peace
Find the real

There’s a face I put on all my life
The face of an angel
But I look in the mirror only to find
The face of a stranger
And with all I’ve taken I hunger for more
Cause I’m selfish
And all I’m left with is a crown of thorns
And I’m helpless

Well it seems I’ve
Finally thought of everything
I wanna love
I wanna feel
Find peace
Find the real

I’ll trade these lies for something right
I’ll kill what hurts with something pure
I will be redeemed so I can breathe again

Well it seems I’ve
Finally thought of everything
I wanna love
I wanna feel
Find peace
Find the real
Well it seems I’ve
Finally thought of everything
I wanna love
I wanna feel
Find peace
Find the real

"This Grudge" Alanis Morissette

14 years 30 minutes 15 seconds I've held this grudge
11 songs 4 full journals, thoughts of punishment I've expended

not in contact not a letter such communication telepathic
you've been vilified, used as fodder, you deserve a piece of every record

but who's it hurting now?
Who's the one that's stuck?
Who's it torturing now, with an antique knot in her stomach

I want to be big and let go of this grudge that's grown old
All this time i've not known how to rest this bygone
I want to be soft and resolved clean of slate and released
I want to forgive for the both of us

Like an abandoned house dusty-covered furniture still intact
If I visit it now, do I simply re-live it somehow gratuitous

But who's still aching now?
Who's tired of her own voice?
Who's it weighing down with no gift from time of said healing

I want to be big and let go of this grudge that's grown old
All this time i've not known how to rest this bygone
I want to be soft and resolved clean of slate and released
I want to forgive for the both of us

Maybe as i cut the cord veils will lift from my eyes
Maybe as i lay this to rest dead weight off my shoulders will rise

Here i sit, much determined ever ill-equipped to draw this curtain
How this has entertained, validated and has served me greatly ever the victim

But who's done whining now?
Who's ready to put down
This load I've carried longer than I had cared to remember

I want to be big and let go of this grudge that's grown old
For the life of me I've not known how to rest this bygone
I want to be soft and resolved clean of slate and released
I want to forgive for the both of us

(for those of you who remember me, this is where we are at nowadays, I am thankful to say...)

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothing else
He'll trade the world
For the good thing he's found
If she's bad he can't see it
She can do no wrong
Turn his back on his best friend
If he put her down

When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Tryin' to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all his comfort
Sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way it ought to be
....

Percy Sledge

Arcadia (formerly Duran Duran)
Goodbye is Forever

Sometimes you have no choice
Sometimes you've got no voice to say
Say if you will the words
Say if your world is so gray
We can decide this
There'll be no tears
No tradgedy
Try I wouldn't break and cry, if
You walk away
and leave me

Hey, goodbye
Goodbye is forever
Hey, forever
Goodbye is
Forever and ever

Sometimes it makes no sense
This side of cruel coincidence
Caught up in our own barbed wire
To set us free
Belive this

Hey, goodbye
Goodbye is forever
Hey, forever
Goodbye is
Forever and ever

How many of you guys feel like this?

Dramarama; Anything Anything

Oh, gee, what is it tonight?
At least just tell me what the h3ll is wrong,
Do you want to eat, do you want to sleep, do you want to drown?
Just settle down, settle down, settle down...
I'll give you give candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I'll even let you watch the shows you want to see,
Just marry me, marry me, marry me...

I'm so sick of you tonight,
You never stay awake when I get home,
Is something wrong with me, something wrong with you?
I really wish I knew, wish I knew, wish I knew...
I'll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I even let you watch the shows you want to see,
Because you married me, married me, married me...

When I was young I learned a game,
Where love and happiness were the same,
Now I'm older and I don't play,
I found out the hardest way,
I got wasted, she got mad, called me names and she called her dad,
He got crazy and I did too, wondered what I did to you.
I'll give you candy, give you diamonds, give you pills,
Give you anything you want, hundred dollar bills,
I even let you hear the songs I want to sing,
I'll give you anything, anything, anything...

CAN'TCHA SAY (YOU BELIEVE IN ME)
Boston
(G. Green/T. Scholz/B. Delp)

Can'tcha say you believe in me
Can'tcha see what you mean to me

Everyday I think of you you're on my mind
Some things in the past are better left behind
Every night I dream of you the images as clear as day

Can'tcha say you believe in me
Can'tcha say you believe in me
You know that where there's a will there's a way
Can'tcha say you believe in me
Can't you see what it means to me
Don't leave me alone tonight
'Cause I still love you

We've had our time apart and I knew right from the start
I could never change the way I feel about you baby
We can sit here all night long and separate the right from wrong
But love won't wait

Can'tcha say you believe in me
Can'tcha say you believe in me
You know that where there's a will there's a way
Can'tcha say you believe in me
Can't you see what it means to me
Don't leave me alone tonight
'Cause I still love you

Oooh oooh still in love with you
You know I need you baby to stand by me
Can't you see I need you baby
Oooh oooh I'm still in love with you

Here's one from the Wayward Wife Side of things...Thankfully FORMER in my case...Definitely this song involves the FOG to some extent, because she speaks of being "happy" with some other guy...Those of us that have come out on the other side do realize how false that sense of "happiness" is...Listening to this song is heart wrenching for me...the video is even worse...

"Unfaithful"

By Rihanna

Story of my life
Searching for the right
But it keeps avoiding me
Sorrow in my soul
Cause it seems that wrong
Really loves my company

He's more than a man
And this is more than love
The reason that the sky is blue
But clouds are rolling in
Because I'm gone again
And to him I just can't be true

And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
To know that I am happy with some other guy
I can see him dying

I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer

I feel it in the air
As I'm doing my hair
Preparing for another date
A kiss up on my cheek
He's here reluctantly
Asks if I'm gonna be out late
I say I won't be long
Just hanging with the girls
A lie I didn't have to tell
Because we both know
Where I'm about to go
And we know it very well

Cause I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
To know that I am happy with some other guy
I can see him dying

I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer

Our Love, his trust
I might as well take a gun and put it to his head
Get it over with
I don't wanna do this
Anymore
Uh
Anymore (anymore)

I don't wanna do this anymore
I don't wanna be the reason why
Everytime I walk out the door
I see him die a little more inside
And I don't wanna hurt him anymore
I don't wanna take away his life
I don't wanna be...
A murderer (a murderer)

No no no no

Yeah yeah yeah

I took my love, I took it down.
Climbed a mountain and I turned around.
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills.
'Till the landslide brought me down.

Oh, mirror in the sky. What is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, I've been afraid of changing, 'cause I've built my life around you.
But time makes you get bolder, even children get older, and I'm getting older too.

Oh, take my love, take it down.
Climb a mountain and turn around. If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills,
well the landslide will bring it down.

If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills, well the landslide will bring it down.

Stevie Nicks

ps: hi all. missed you guys...