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  • Favorite Song Lyrics: Light Side Edition!

    It's time to resurrect my old "Favorite Song Lyrics" thread, this time with a twist: this version is specifically for songs about the lighter side of life, songs that are upbeat and/or uplifting, about love, sex, humor... you know, happy thoughts!

    No angst-ridden, bleak, depressing songs allowed in this thread, nosiree! (But fear not, they have their own thread! )

    First on my list is what I consider to be THE BEST reason to see the movie version of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! Regardless of what you think of the rest of the movie, there can be no denying the fact that the movie's opening scene is absolutely BRILLIANT and is chock full of the same inspired lunacy as the books that inspired it! The opening sequence ALONE was worth the price of admission!

    To sum up for those that aren't familiar with the story: As the story begins, the Earth is about to be destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace bypass, and mankind (who is, after all, only the 3rd most intelligent species on the planet!) is totally oblivious to this fact. So, shortly before leaving the planet under their own power, the planet's 2nd most intelligent species attempts to send us a final message, which is this:
    "So Long and Thanks For All the Fish"

    So long and thanks for all the fish
    So sad that it should come to this
    We tried to warn you all, but oh dear
    You may not share our intellect,
    which might explain your disrespect
    for all the natural wonders that grow around you

    So long, so long and thanks
    for all the fish

    The world's about to be destroyed
    There's no point getting all annoyed
    Lie back and let the planet dissolve around you
    Despite those nets of tuna fleets,
    we thought that most of you were sweet
    Especially tiny tots and your pregnant women

    So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
    So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
    So long, so long and thanks
    for all the fish

    If I had just one last wish,
    I would like a tasty fish
    If we could just change one thing,
    we would all have learnt to sing

    Come, one and all
    Man and mammal
    Side by side in
    life's great gene pool

    Ooh ooh
    Ah ah

    So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
    So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
    So long, so long and thanks
    for all the fish!
    Whenever I'm having a really bad day, I can fire up the DVD of the movie, watch that scene, and I'll be smiling, maybe even LAUGHING, in no time! I like to think that somewhere, Douglas Adams looked down, saw that musical number, and smiled as well.

    More to come from me later, but in the meantime, I can't wait to see what the rest of you post.
    "Eventually one outgrows the fairy tales of childhood, belief in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and believing that SCs are even capable of imagining themselves in our position."
    --StanFlouride

  • #2
    Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
    By Eric Idle

    Some things in life are bad
    They can really make you mad
    Other things just make you swear and curse.
    When you're chewing on life's gristle
    Don't grumble, give a whistle
    And this'll help things turn out for the best...

    And...always look on the bright side of life...
    Always look on the light side of life...

    If life seems jolly rotten
    There's something you've forgotten
    And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
    When you're feeling in the dumps
    Don't be silly chumps
    Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

    And...always look on the bright side of life...
    Always look on the light side of life...

    For life is quite absurd
    And death's the final word
    You must always face the curtain with a bow.
    Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
    Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

    So always look on the bright side of death
    Just before you draw your terminal breath

    Life's a piece of shit
    When you look at it
    Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
    You'll see it's all a show
    Keep 'em laughing as you go
    Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

    And always look on the bright side of life...
    Always look on the right side of life...
    (Come on guys, cheer up!)
    Always look on the bright side of life...
    Always look on the bright side of life...
    (Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
    Always look on the bright side of life...
    (I mean - what have you got to lose?)
    (You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
    What have you lost? Nothing!)
    Always look on the right side of life...
    I have a...thing. Wanna see it?

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    • #3
      There's a hard moon risin' on the streets tonight
      There's a reckless feeling in your heart as you head out tonight
      Through the concrete canyons to the midtown light
      Where the latest neon promises are burning bright
      Past the open windows on the darker streets
      Where unseen angry voices flash and children cry
      Past the phony posers with their worn out lines
      The tired new money dressed to the nines
      The low life dealers with their bad designs
      And the dilettantes with their open minds
      You're out on the town, safe in the crowd
      Ready to go for the ride
      Searching the eyes, looking for clues
      There's no way you can hide
      The fire inside
      Well you've been to the clubs and the discotheques
      Where they deal one another from the bottom of a deck of promises
      Where the cautious loners and emotional wrecks
      Do an acting stretch as a way to hide the obvious
      And the lights go down and they dance real close
      And for one brief instant they pretend they're safe and warm
      Then the beat gets louder and the mood is gone
      The darkness scatters as the lights flash on
      They hold one another just a little too long
      And they move apart and then move on
      On to the street, on to the next
      Safe in the knowledge that they tried
      Faking the smile, hiding the pain
      Never satisfied
      The fire inside
      Fire inside
      Now the hour is late and he thinks you're asleep
      You listen to him dress and you listen to him leave
      like you knew he would
      You hear his car pull away in the street
      Then you move to the door and you lock it when
      he's gone for good
      Then you walk to the window and stare at the moon
      Riding high and lonesome through a starlit sky
      And it comes to you how it all slips away
      Youth and beauty are gone one day
      No matter what you dream or feel or say
      It ends in dust and disarray
      Like wind on the plains, sand through the glass
      Waves rolling in with the tide
      Dreams die hard and we watch them erode
      But we cannot be denied
      The fire inside
      Fire Inside

      Burning you up

      burning you up



      Bob Seger- The Fire Inside
      The Pens 2009 Stanley Cup Champs

      Listen to some Steely Dan Tonight its good for Ya

      Il Son Patie

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      • #4
        (Chorus)
        Ya Boom - Pine...apple wine - ya dollar fifty all da time
        Ya Boom - Pine...apple wine - ya dollar fifty all da time
        Turn 'round and let me see ya
        Turn 'round and let me see ya
        Ya Boom - Pine...apple wine - ya dollar fifty all da time

        I got a new dance
        Hot like pepper-pot
        From the old to the young
        Gonna make your body rock

        It's really easy - easy peazy
        You can do it anywhere
        Jump around like you don't care - singin'
        (Chorus)

        A young man broke his leg
        Old granny broke her back
        And Jimmy got a migrane from a falling coconut
        The doctor was confused
        He has a solution - a bottle of the apple wine was his prescription

        It cured da broke leg
        It cured da bad back
        It cured da migrane - even cured da heart attack

        The people started jumping
        'Cause they were fellin' fine
        The city's greatest sin was the boom-pine-wine
        (Chorus)

        The Pineapple Song~ Good Size
        I like things that go *bang!*

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        • #5
          Kissy Kissy-Smile. I could listen to it a dozen times

          I'm a girl, you're a boy
          We're too old to play with toys
          Won't you tell me what's your name?
          You could be my brand new game
          You begin and roll the dice
          I would smile and break the ice
          Tell me how could I resist when you're my favorite kiss

          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy take my hand and come along with me
          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy love is grand with you my sugar bee

          See the moon and see the sun, shining down on everyone
          They know how in love we are, I heard them tell it to a star
          There's no mountain, there's no sea that keep your love away from me
          No matter what the distance is, you're still my favorite kiss

          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy take my hand and come along with me
          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy love is grand with you my sugar bee

          La la la, tell me what your secret is
          La la la, why won't you let me know
          La la la, nothing makes me feel like this
          La la la, cause you're my favorite kiss

          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy take my hand and come along with me
          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy love is grand with you my sugar bee

          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy take my hand and come along with me
          Kissy kissy makes me happy
          Honey honey sweet as candy
          Kissy kissy love is grand with you my sugar bee

          La la la, tell me what your secret is
          La la la, why won't you let me know
          La la la, nothing makes me feel like this
          La la la, cause you're my favorite kiss
          "Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your software."

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          • #6
            Coconut, Harry Nilsson

            Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
            His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime.
            She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
            She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
            She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up
            She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up,
            And said, "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
            I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?"
            "Now let me get this straight ",
            Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
            Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
            Put the lime in the coconut, you drank them both up
            Put the lime in the coconut, you called your doctor, woke him up,
            And say, 'Doctor, ain't there nothing I can take,
            I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
            I say, Doctor, doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say, Doctor, dooooctor, to relieve this belly ache?'
            Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
            Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
            Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
            Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
            Wouh wouh wouh wouh wouh
            Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime
            His sister had another one, she paid it for a lime.
            She put the lime in the coconut, she drank them both up,
            She put the lime in the coconut, she called the doctor, woke him up,
            Say "Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say, Doctor, to relieve this belly ache?
            I say, Doctor, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say Doctor! let me get this straight".
            You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
            You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
            You put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
            Put the lime in the coconut, you such a silly woman!,
            Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
            Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better.
            Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both down
            Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the morning
            Woo Woo, ain't there nothin' you can take, I say
            Woo Woo, to relieve my belly ache,
            You say woo woo ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
            Woo woo, to relieve your belly ache,
            You say yah yah, ain't there nothin' I can take, I say
            Waah waah, to relieve this belly ache,
            I say doctor!, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say doctor!, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say doctor!, ain't there nothin' I can take,
            I say Doctor!, you such a silly woman!,
            Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both together,
            Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better,
            Put the lime in the coconut, drink them both up,
            Put the lime in the coconut, and call me in the moooooorning,
            Yes, you call me in the morning,
            If you call me in the morning, then [X5]
            Now a member of that alien race called Management.

            Yeah, you see that right. Pink. Harness.

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            • #7
              I bought it on eBay!

              "E-Bay" by Weird Al Yankovic
              Parody of "I Want It That Way" by the Backstreet Boys

              Yeah
              A used… pink bathrobe
              A rare… mint snow globe
              A Smurf… TV tray
              I bought on eBay

              My house… is filled with this crap
              shows up in bubble wrap
              most every day,
              what I bought on eBay

              Tell me why
              (I need another pet rock)
              Tell me why
              (I got that Alf alarm clock)
              Tell me why
              (I bid on Shatner’s old toupee)
              They had it on eBay

              I'll buy… your knick-knack
              Just check… my feedback
              "A++!" they all say
              They love me on eBay

              Gonna buy
              (a slightly damaged golf bag)
              Gonna buy
              (some Beanie Babies new with tag,
              from some guy) I’ve never met in Norway
              Found him on eBay

              I am the type who
              is liable to snipe you
              with 2 seconds left to go, whoa-oh
              Got PayPal or Visa,
              whatever’ll please ya,
              as long as I’ve got the dough!

              I’ll buy… your tchotchkes
              Sell me… your watch, please
              I’ll buy…
              (I'll buy, I'll buy, I'll buy…)
              I’m highest bidder now!

              (Junk keeps arriving in the mail
              from that worldwide garage sale)
              Dukes of Hazard ashtray
              (Hey, a Dukes of Hazard ashtray)
              Oh yeah
              (I bought it on eBay)
              Wanna buy
              (a Pac-Man Fever lunchbox)
              Wanna buy
              (a case of vintage tube socks
              Wanna buy)
              A Kleenex used by Doctor Dre
              Used by Doctor Dre
              (found it on eBay)
              Wanna buy
              (that Farrah Fawcett poster,
              Pez dispensers and a toaster)
              (Don't know why...
              The kind of stuff you'd throw away)
              (I'll buy on eBay)
              What I bought on eBay
              .........................
              Last edited by Jack T. Chance; 07-02-2009, 11:09 PM.
              "Eventually one outgrows the fairy tales of childhood, belief in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and believing that SCs are even capable of imagining themselves in our position."
              --StanFlouride

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              • #8
                Beautiful Day - U2

                The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony ground
                But there's no room, no space to rent in this town
                You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care,
                The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere.
                You thought you'd found a friend to take you out of this place
                Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace

                It's a beautiful day, the sky falls
                And you feel like it's a beautiful day
                It's a beautiful day
                Don't let it get away

                You're on the road but you've got no destination
                You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
                You love this town even if it doesn't ring true
                You've been all over and it's been all over you

                It's a beautiful day
                Don't let it get away
                It's a beautiful day
                Don't let it get away

                Touch me, take me to that other place
                Teach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case

                See the world in green and blue
                See China right in front of you
                See the canyons broken by cloud
                See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
                See the bedouin fires at night
                See the oil fields at first light
                See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
                After the flood all the colours came out
                It was a beautiful day
                A beautiful day
                Don't let it get away

                Touch me, take me to that other place
                Reach me, I know Iím not a hopeless case

                What you don't have you don't need it now
                What you don't know you can feel it somehow
                What you don't have you don't need it now
                You don't need it now, you don't need it now
                Beautiful day
                I don't have an attitude problem. You have a perception problem.
                My LiveJournal
                A page we can all agree with!

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                • #9
                  Reel Big Fish - She's Got A Girlfriend Now

                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She has a girlfriend now, she said
                  "Guys don't do no more for me"

                  "You never loved me, like i wanted you to"
                  (you never loved me, nooooo)
                  "I said I loved you baby, what do you want me to do?"
                  (what do you want me to do?)

                  She said she found someone who's gonna hold her hand
                  She said she found someone who's gonna understand
                  She don't need nobody to be her man
                  She don't need nobody to be her man

                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She has a girlfriend now, she said
                  "Guys don't do no more for me"

                  She said she found someone who's gonna hold her hand
                  She said she found someone who's gonna understand
                  She don't need nobody to be her man
                  She dont need nobody to be her man

                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She has a girlfriend now, she said
                  "Guys don't do no more for me"

                  Well I never thought it would end like this
                  Just because I've got no tits
                  I'll shave my legs
                  I'll wear a bra
                  I'd even cut my penis off for you
                  (oh, that's so sweet!)

                  She has a girlfriend now
                  (She has a girlfriend now)
                  She has a girlfriend now
                  (She has a girlfriend now)
                  She has a girlfriend now
                  (She has a girlfriend now)
                  She has a girlfriend now
                  She Has A Girlfriend Now
                  Woah, yea
                  "We were put on this Earth to fart around, and don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise." -Kurt Vonnegut

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                  • #10
                    We danced to this song at our wedding.

                    Why are there so many songs about rainbows
                    And what's on the other side?
                    Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
                    And rainbows have nothing to hide.
                    So we've been told and some choose to believe it
                    I know they're wrong, wait and see.
                    Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
                    The lovers, the dreamers and me.

                    Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
                    When wished on the morning star?
                    Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
                    And look what it's done so far.
                    What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
                    And what do we think we might see?
                    Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
                    The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

                    All of us under its spell,
                    We know that it's probably magic...

                    ... Have you been half asleep? And have you heard voices?
                    I've heard them calling my name.
                    ... Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
                    The voice might be one and the same
                    I've heard it too many times to ignore it
                    It's something that I'm s'posed to be...
                    Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection,
                    The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

                    Laa, da daa dee da daa daa,
                    La laa la la laa dee daa doo...


                    And this one, from the musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", never fails to make me smile:

                    Wig in a Box

                    On nights like this
                    when the world's a bit amiss
                    and the lights go down
                    across the trailer park
                    I get down
                    I feel had
                    I feel on the verge of going mad
                    and then it's time to punch the clock

                    I put on some make-up
                    and turn up the tape deck
                    and pull the wig down on my head
                    suddenly I'm Miss Midwest
                    Midnight Checkout Queen
                    until I head home
                    and put myself to bed

                    I look back on where I'm from
                    look at the woman I've become
                    and the strangest things
                    seem suddenly routine
                    I look up from my Vermouth on the rocks
                    a gift-wrapped wig still in the box
                    of towering velveteen.

                    I put on some make-up
                    and some LaVern Baker
                    and pull the wig down from the shelf
                    Suddenly I'm Miss Beehive 1963
                    Until I wake up
                    And turn back to myself

                    Some girls they have natural ease
                    they wear it any way they please
                    with their French flip curls
                    and perfumed magazines
                    Wear it up
                    Let it down
                    This is the best way that I've found
                    to be the best you've ever seen

                    I put on some make-up
                    and turn up the eight-track
                    I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
                    Suddenly I'm Miss Farrah Fawcett
                    from TV
                    until I wake up
                    and turn back to myself

                    Shag, bi-level, bob
                    Dorothy Hammil do,
                    Sausage curls, chicken wings
                    It's all because of you
                    With your blow dried, feather back,
                    Toni home wave, too
                    flip, fro, frizz, flop,
                    It's all because of you
                    It's all because of you
                    It's all because of you

                    I put on some make-up
                    turn up the eight-track
                    I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf
                    Suddenly I'm this punk rock star
                    of stage and screen
                    and I ain't never
                    I'm never turning back
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                    • #11
                      Time For Heroes - Meat Loaf & Brian May

                      We search for an answer,
                      And when it appears
                      We can challenge the world with our sweat and our tears.
                      Through winning and losing,
                      The brave never bend,
                      The hero keeps fighting, standing tall in the end.

                      Time can change anything...and mend any fall.
                      The moment of truth is facing us all,
                      It's time for the hero to stand tall.

                      It's a time for heroes,
                      Time to answer the call,
                      It's a time for the hero in us all.

                      We carry the flame
                      For all to see
                      The fire and the passion, of what we can be.
                      Sometimes we must fight,
                      But we never bend
                      The hero keeps fighting, standing tall in the end.

                      Love can change anything...it's inside of us all
                      To reach out a hand whenever we fall.
                      It's time for the hero to stand tall.

                      It's a time for heroes,
                      Time to answer the call,
                      It's a time for the hero to stand tall.
                      It's a time for heroes,
                      When our back's to the wall
                      It's a time for the hero...in us all

                      I Don't Even Know Your Name - Alan Jackson

                      Well I was sitting in a roadhouse down on highway 41
                      You were wiping off some ketchup on a table that was done
                      I knw you didn't see me, I was in a corner booth
                      Of course you weren't my waitress mine was missing her front tooth
                      So I flagged you down for coffee
                      But I couldn't say a thing
                      But I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your name

                      I'm in love with you baby, I don't even know your name
                      I've never been to good at all these sexual games
                      So maybe it's just better if we leave it this way
                      I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your name

                      So I ordered straight tequila, a little courage in a shot
                      I asked you for a date and then I asked to tie the knot
                      I got a little wasted, yeah I went a little far
                      But I finally got to hug you when you helped me to my car
                      The last thing I remember I heard myself say
                      I'm in love with you baby, I don't even know your name

                      I'm in love with you baby, I don't even know your name
                      I've never been to good at all these sexual games
                      So maybe it's just better if we leave it this way
                      I'm in love with you baby and I don't even know your name

                      The next thing I remember, I was hearing wedding bells
                      Standing by a woman in a long white lacy veil
                      I raised the veil, she smiled at me without her left front tooth
                      And I said 'Where the heel am I and just who the hell are you?'
                      She said 'I was your waitress and our last name's now the same'
                      'Cause I;m married to you baby and I don't even know your name

                      I'm married to a waitress, I don't even know her name
                      I've never been to good at all these sexual games
                      I never thought my love life would quite turn out this way
                      Hey I'm married to a waitress and I don't even know her name
                      Good customers are as rare as Latinum. Treasure them. ~ The 57th Ferengi Rule Of Acquisition.

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                      • #12
                        Quoth AnaKhouri View Post
                        We danced to this song at our wedding.
                        Was it the Kermit the Frog version?

                        I'm bringing disdain back...with a vengeance.

                        Oh, and your tool box called...you got out again.

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                        • #13
                          I heard this song last night, after not hearing it for years. It's simple, a little dopey, but it makes me smile and want to dance to it for hours:

                          Dancing in the Moonlight (NOT the Thin Lizzy song)

                          We get it on most every night
                          when that moon is big and bright
                          its a supernatural delight
                          everybodys dancing in the moonlight

                          everybody here is out of sight
                          they dont bark and they dont bite
                          they keep things loose they keep it tight
                          everybodys dancing in the moonlight

                          dancing in the moonlight
                          everybodys feeling warm and bright
                          its such a fine and natural sight
                          everybodys dancing in the moonlight

                          we like our fun and we never fight
                          you cant dance and stay uptight
                          its a supernatural delight
                          everybody was dancing in the moonlight

                          dancing in the moonlight
                          everybodys feeling warm and bright
                          its such a fine and natural sight
                          everybodys dancing in the moonlight

                          we get in on most every night
                          and when that moon is big and bright
                          its a supernatural delight
                          everybodys dancing in the moonlight

                          dancing in the moonlight
                          everybodys feeling warm and bright
                          its such a fine and natural sight
                          everybodys dancing in the moonlight

                          [repeat 4x until fade]

                          Here's a Youtube vid with the Toploader version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRfu...eature=related
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                          HR believes the first person in the door
                          Learn how to go over whackamole bosses' heads safely
                          Document everything
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                          • #14
                            The Man Power - I Wanna Have Sex With You

                            I wanna have sex with you
                            I wanna have sex with you
                            I wanna have sex with you
                            I wanna have sex with you
                            I wanna have sex with you
                            I wanna have sex with you
                            I wanna have sex with you, with you, you, you!!!!

                            [repeat]
                            "We were put on this Earth to fart around, and don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise." -Kurt Vonnegut

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                            • #15
                              Was it the Kermit the Frog version?
                              Of course! I don't admit the existence of other versions!
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