Favorite Song Lyrics: 2012 Edition! ^_^

[Jack T. Chance]

Theme From M*A*S*H...

If you're anything at all like me, you've seen your share of episodes of the classic TV series M*A*S*H over the last 4 decades, and can probably hum a few bars of the show's theme song.

But if you're like me, you've probably never seen the MOVIE on which the TV show was based. If that's the case, then you may be unaware that the theme song actually has LYRICS, which were apparently deemed too controversial for TV in the 1970s. The song was written by Johnny Mandel, with Lyrics by Mike Altman, the son of the movie's director Robert Altman. Mike was only 14 when he wrote these... these are the complete lyrics, a couple verses were apparently edited out of the version on the movie's soundtrack.

"Suicide Is Painless" (Theme from M*A*S*H) by Johnny Mandel, Lyrics by Mike Altman

Through early morning fog I see
visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see...

that suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

I try to find a way to make
all our little joys relate
without that ever-present hate
But now I know that it's too late, and...

that suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The game of life is hard to play
I'm gonna lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say...

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The only way to win is cheat
and lay it down before I'm beat
and to another give my seat
For that's the only painless feat...

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in,
the pain grows stronger, watch it grin...

Suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

A brave man once requested me
to answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be?
And I replied 'Oh, why ask me?'

'Cause suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please

And you can do the same thing if you please

[Jack T. Chance]

"He Stopped Loving Her Today"...

It's just been announced by the news media that country music legend George Jones has just passed away at age 81.

The most fitting tribute I can think of is one of his biggest hits, which also happens to be one of the saddest songs ever recorded...

"He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George Jones

He said "I'll love you 'til I die"
She told him "you'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by,
she still preyed upon his mind

He kept her picture on his wall
Went half crazy now and then
He still loved her through it all,
hoping she'd come back again

He kept some letters by his bed,
dated 1962
He had underlined in red
every single "I love you"

I went to see him just today
Oh, but I didn't see no tears
All dressed up to go away
First time I'd seen him smile in years

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

Ya know she came to see him one last time
Oh, we all wondered if she would
And it kept running through my mind
"this time he's over her for good"

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they'll carry him away
He stopped loving her today...

Rest In Peace, Mr. Jones.

[Jack T. Chance]

HALO 4 "Glad You Came"...

This is why I love the guys in The Warp Zone, LOL!

"Halo 4 -- Glad You Came" by The Warp Zone
(Parody of "Glad You Came" by The Wanted)

We're low on rounds, with Grunts inbound
But here we've found our savior now
With you around, we'll master this campaign
We're glad you came
We're glad you came

'Nades fall like hail on me, hail on me
And there are way too many enemies, enemies
But I am glad that you're here saving me, saving me
Let's do this like we did in "Halo 3" Master Chief
Load your rifles now...

Now it's time to take a stand,
stand under Chief's command
Commands us 'cuz he can
Can you spare another gun?
Gonna shoot them in the head
Head out, I think they're dead
Dead thanks to Master Chief
Chief we're glad you came

We're low on rounds, with Grunts inbound
But here we've found our savior now
With you around, we'll master this campaign
We're glad you came
We're glad you came

You fought incredibly, -credibly
They taught you well at the Academy, -cademy
I think your armor would look well on me, well on me
So would Cortana, you know what I mean? Master Chief...
Start the party now!

We're low on rounds, with Grunts inbound
But here we've found our savior now
With you around, we'll master this campaign
We're glad you came
We're glad you came

The break of dawn, you're moving on
And all we want is to tag along
It's up to you to master this campaign
We're glad you came
We're glad you came

[ADeMartino]

Me and Bobby McGee, by Janis Joplin

Specifically:
"I'd trade all my tomorrows, for one single last today..."

and

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose,
Nothin', don't mean nothin' hon' if it ain't free"

We miss ya, Pearl.

Yes, I'm an old fucker.

[dalesys]

"I'd trade all my tomorrows, for one single last today..."
Yes, I'm an old fucker.

Listened too much at 11? "... one single yesterday ..."

I could have seen Big Brother & the Holding Company for free at the Lagoon Opera Housem summer of '68, but my friends couldn't find me... a few years before cell phones, it was.

[ADeMartino]

Listened too much at 11? "... one single yesterday ..."

I could have seen Big Brother & the Holding Company for free at the Lagoon Opera Housem summer of '68, but my friends couldn't find me... a few years before cell phones, it was.

Yes, I was born about a decade too late. I acquired my taste for Janis when I was slightly older - 17, to be precise. I always marveled at how much heart and soul she could put into her songs - very few singers can make you 'feel it' the way SHE could.

Makes you think what MIGHT have been, yeah?

[Victory Sabre]

Fred Bear - by Ted Nugent.

There I was back in the wild again.
I felt right at home, where I be-long.
I had the feeling, coming over me again.
Just like it happened so many times be-fore. eh.
The Spirit of the Woods is like an old good friend.
Makes me feel warm and good in-side.
I knew his name and it was good to see him again.
Cause in the wind he's still a-live.
Oh Fred Bear
Walk with me down the trails again.
Take me back, back where I be-long.
Fred Bear
I'm glad to have you at my side my friend
and I'll join you in the big hunt before too long
before too long.
It was kinda dark, another misty dusk
it came from a tangle down be-low.
I tried to re-mem-ber everything you taught me so well.
I had to de-cide which way to go.
Was I a-lone or in a hunter's dream.
Cause the moment of truth was here and now.
I felt his touch I felt his guiding hand.
The buck was mine forever more!!
Oh Fred Bear
Walk with me down the trails again.
Take me back, back where I be-long.
Fred Bear
I'm glad to have you at my side my friend
and I'll join you in the big hunt before too long
before too long.
We're not alone when we're in the great outdoors
We got his spirit We got his soul
He will guide our steps and our arrows home
The restless spirit still roams
Oh Fred Bear
Walk with me down the trails again.
Take me back, back where I be-long.
Fred Bear
I'm glad to have you at my side my friend
and I'll join you in the big hunt before too long
before too long.

[Jack T. Chance]

"One Ring"...

"One Ring" by The Warp Zone
(Parody of "One Thing" by One Direction)

(Frodo Baggins Singing)
Forged in a mountain of fire,
we first met in the Shire
You were heavy to bear
My finger's gone, but who cares?

(Bilbo Baggins Singing)
Found you in a dark cave
My wits did not betray
You led me through the Smaug
Yeah, I felt like five feet tall

(Gandalf the Gray Singing)
Someone's gotta give now,
'cuz the Dark Lord will return, you see
To Mordor we should go now
and throw in that One Ring

(Frodo & Bilbo Together)
No! Get on, get on, get onto my hand
and I'll disappear where I stand!
I know, I know, know Sauron can see,
but I need that One Ring
So give me that One Ring

(Gollum Singing)
Changed my name for you
and killed my cousin too
I've gone pale and hairless
for you, My Preciousss

(Samwise Singing)
Someone's gotta give soon,
'cuz this ring will rule us all, you see
But I'll carry you to Mount Doom
Just throw in that One Ring

(Gollum, Frodo & Bilbo Together)
No! Get on, get on, get onto my hand
and I'll disappear where I stand!
I know, I know, know Sauron can see,
but I need that One Ring

So come on, come on, come play with my mind
Make me forget space and time
I know, I know, know you disagree,
but I need that One Ring
So give me that One Ring

I need that One Ring

(Frodo Singing)
So come on, come on, come play with my mind
Make me forget space and time

(All Singing)
No! Get on, get on, get onto my hand
and I'll disappear where I stand!
I know, I know, know Sauron can see,
but I need that One Ring
So give me that One Ring

[Jack T. Chance]

"God Is Dead?"...

It only took 35 years, but Black Sabbath has FINALLY put out a new studio album with OZZY OSBOURNE on vocals! Just saw them in concert Friday night, so frakkin' awesome!

And I can't stop listening to, and singing along to, this song...

"God Is Dead?" by Black Sabbath

Lost in the darkness,
I fade from the light
Faith of my father, my brother,
my maker and savior,
help me make it through the night
Blood on my conscience
and murder in mind
Out of the gloom, I rise up from my tomb,
into impending doom
Now my body is my shrine

The blood runs free,
the rain turns red
Give me the wine,
you keep the bread
The voices echo in my head
Is God alive, or is God dead?
Is God dead?

Rivers of evil
run through dying land
Swimming in sorrow,
they kill, steal, and borrow,
there is no tomorrow,
for the sinners will be damned
Ashes to ashes
You cannot exhume a soul
Who do you trust when corruption and lust,
creed of all the unjust,
leaves you empty and unwhole?

When will this nightmare be over? Tell me
When can I empty my head?
Will someone tell me the answer?
Is God really dead?
Is God really dead?!

To safeguard my philosophy
until my dying breath,
I transfer from reality
into a living death
I empathize with enemies
until the time is right
With God and Satan at my side,
from darkness will come light

I watch the rain
as it turns red
Give me more wine,
I don't need bread
These riddles that live in my head
I don't believe that God is dead
God is dead

Nowhere to run,
nowhere to hide
Wondering if we will meet again
on the other side
Do you believe in what,
what the Good Book said?
Or is it just a holy fairytale
and God is dead?
God is dead!
God is dead?
God is dead!
God is dead?
Right!

But still the voices in my head
are telling me that God is dead
The blood pours down,
the rain turns red
I don't believe that God is dead
God is dead
God is dead!
God is dead

[Sunshine]

Right now im loving pink's slut like you...its too funny. Also really like walk of shame

[Jack T. Chance]

"Trippin'"...

"Trippin'" by Godsmack

Living a different way,
you can't expect me to be the same
Separating our lives
and wondering why
Face down, I walk away
Every time I think I do the right thing,
you turn your back on me!

Trippin' into a world
that never seems too far away
Too much time,
too many wasted days

How can you be this way?
Now I'm alone and cold today
I'm walking Dead Man's Drive,
reaching out for my life
I've been known to fuck up everything!
In this skin there's a broken man!

Trippin' into a world
that never seems too far away
Too much time,
too many wasted days
Just another vision,
Just another vision in my world!

In my world
In my world

Trippin' into a world
that never seems too far away
Too much time,
too many wasted days
Just another vision,
Just another vision in my world!

In my world
In my world

[Jack T. Chance]

"Hollow"...

"Hollow" by Godsmack

One more step and I could fall away
If it happened, would it matter?
I can't tell if I should go or stay
Same old picture feels so hollow

How can anybody know what's best for me?
Another page I turn in shame
And my decisions brought me to my knees
I needed someone to blame

I feel so hollow
I feel so hollow
Time to do what's best for me,
I believe I can change

Once upon a time in broken dreams,
reflections that I can't face
So hold your breath and make a wish for me
Take me to a better place

Time always seems to be passing by
It never waits for me
If I could do it all one more time,
I wouldn't change a thing

I feel so hollow
(Feel so hollow)
I feel so hollow
(Feel so hollow)

I feel so hollow
(Feel so hollow)
I feel so hollow
(Feel so hollow)

Time to do what's best for me,
I believe I can change

If I were ever to perform this song, I'd change the line "I wouldn't change a thing" to "I would change everything!" 'Cuz that's the point I've reached in my life.

[AnaKhouri]

One of my perennial favorite lyrics is from Lyle Lovett's "Flyswatter/Ice Water Blues".

And if you listen closely
the crying that you hear
is the night time lamenting
the start of the day

[Jack T. Chance]

"Fade to Black" by Metallica

Life it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the End to set me free

Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel!
Emptiness is filling me
to the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone!

No one but me can save myself,
but it's too late!
Now I cant think,
think why I should even try!

Yesterday seems
as though it never existed!
Death greets me warm,
now I will just say goodbye
Goodbye!

[Jack T. Chance]

"The Infection"...

"The Infection" by Disturbed

In the back of my mind, I can
barely even remember when
there was nothing left to hide, and
she had found a way inside, then
I was forced to walk alone,
living in an empty home
All I wanted was to hide and
try to numb the ache inside
And I'm still afraid of the light
And a thousand voices
share their laughter at my demise!

Now if I am to survive,
the infection must die!
Murder the Beast
that's been eating me alive
The infection must die!

Nothing left but a broken man,
terrified of everything
Nothing left of his foolish pride, his
fond memories slowly die, then
as he wakes again alone,
still a prisoner in his home
Ready to allow the dark to
penetrate his broken heart
And he's still afraid of the light
And a thousand voices
share their laughter at his demise!

Now if I am to survive,
the infection must die!
Murder the Beast
that's been eating me alive
The infection must die!

(Come on, motherfucker)

Now if I am to survive,
(Now I must survive!)
the infection must die!
Murder the Beast
(Murder the Beast!)
that's been eating me alive
The infection must die

This is where I draw the line,
(Now I draw the line!)
this infection must die
(This infection must die)
Someone give me release
from this demon of mine
(Demon of mine)
The infection must die

The infection must die!