I walked the avenue, 'til my legs felt like stone
I heard the voices of friends vanished and gone
At night I could hear the blood in my veins
Just as black and whispering as the rain
- Bruce Springsteen
I’m just drunk on the side of the road in a ditch
When you find me, I wanna go home, but I’m sick
There’s more whiskey than blood in my veins
More tar than air in my lungs, the strung out call I make
Burned down on the edge of the highway
“I’m sorry for asking, but please, come and take me home”
- Julien Baker “Go Home”
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There’s nothing I know now
No way to slow down
I’m drunk on the dance floor
Carry me home
'Cause we’ve got the street lights
We’ve got it alright
We’ve got this whole night
Carry me home
(the Alternate Routes)
Deep in my heart
I’m afraid I’m dying
I’d be lying if I said I’m not
Welcome in, welcome in
Shame about the weather
Welcome in, welcome in
You’re welcome
It’s a sin it’s a sin
Where birds of a feather
Are welcome to land on you
Travis
“I guess you didn’t know it, but I’m a fiddle player too
And if you’d care to take a dare, I’ll make a bet with you
Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the Devil his due
I’ll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul 'cause I think I’m better than you”
The boy said, “My name’s Johnny, and it might be a sin
But I’ll take your bet and you’re gonna regret 'cause I’m the best there’s ever been”
(Charlie Daniels)
“At school they taught me how to be
So pure in thought and word and deed
They didn’t quite succeed
For everything I long to do
No matter when or where or who
Has one thing in common too
It’s a sin, It’s a sin”
- Pet Shop Boys
When faced with temptation you know a man should stand and fight
But you will be my downfall tonight
Be my downfall be my great regret be the one girl
That I’ll never forget
Be my undoing be my slow road to ruin tonight
Del Amitri
Know a man
His face seems pulled and tense
Like he’s riding on a motorbike
In the strongest winds
So I approach with tact
Suggest the he should relax
But he’s always moving much too fast
Said he’ll see me on the flip side
On this trip he’s taken for a ride
He’s been taking too much on
There he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
There he goes
- Pearl Jam
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I’m a picker
I’m a grinner
I’m a lover
And I’m a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I’m a joker
I’m a smoker
I’m a midnight toker
I get my lovin’ on the run
Steve Miller Band
Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows painting our faces
Traces of romance in our heads
Heaven’s holding a half-moon
Shining just for us
Let’s slip off to a sand dune, real soon
And kick up a little dust
- Maria Muldaur (David Nichtern)
The Indians send signals from the rocks above the pass
The cowboys take position in the bushes and the grass
The squaw is with the corporal, she is tied against the tree
She doesn’t mind the language, it’s the beatin’ she don’t need
She lets loose all the horses when the corporal is asleep
And he wakes to find the fires dead and arrows in his hats
And Davy Crockett rides around and says it’s cool for cats
It’s cool for cats (Cool for cats)
Squeeze
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Meouwwwwww
We move like caged tigers
Oh we couldn’t get closer than this
The way we walk the way we talk
The way we stalk the way we kiss
We slip through the streets
While everyone sleeps
Getting bigger and sleeker and wider and brighter
We bite and scratch and scream all night
Let’s go and throw all the songs we know
Into the sea you and me
All the years and no-one heard
I’ll show you in Spring
It’s a treacherous thing
“We missed you” hissed the Lovecats
- The Cure
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A young figure sits still by a pool
He’s been stamped “Human Bacon” by some butchery tool
He is you
Social Security took care of this lad
We watch in reverence
As Narcissus is turned to a flower
(A flower?)
Genesis
The flowers often bloom at night
Amanita is the name
The flowers cover everything
The flowers cover everything
They cover over everything
There’s something I’ve never seen before
The flowers often bloom at night
Amanita is the name , they cover over everything
-REM
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I tried to buy you roses but all the stores were closed
And if I had a diamond ring I’d wear it through my nose
But I can’t dance and I can’t sing
A loser I suppose
So all I have is buttercups
What is wrong with buttercups
Who knows
Fran Healy
All the flowers that you planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I’m willing to give it another try
- Sinead O’Çonnor (Prince)
From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild
- Nick Cave
Saint Stephen with a rose
In and out of the garden he goes
Country garland in the wind and the rain
Wherever he goes
The people all complain
The Grateful Dead
She goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out
She’s playing all night
And the music’s all right
Mama’s got a squeeze box
Daddy never sleeps at night
- The Who
It’s hot, too hot for me, mama
But I can hardly wait
My eyes they’re burning, mama
And I can feel my body shake
Don’t stop, don’t stop me, mama
Oh, make the pain, make it go away, hey he-ey
Genesis
Running bold across to play
Both ends burning with a strange desire
That feeds the fire in my soul tonight
I will dance the night away
Living only for today
Both ends burning while you’re counting sheep
Hell, who can sleep in this heat this night?
- Roxy Music