Lyrical Response

[SinceThe70s]

Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill
There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill
Oh no move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king

[WhoTom]

When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned

 

[Buftex]

When I was seventeen I dreamed of being king and
Having everything I wanted
But that was long ago and
My dreams did not unfold so
I'm still the king of nothing

When I was seventeen I dreamed I gave a ring to
A pretty queen and then I held her
But that was slumber's fault for
I have no love at all and
I'm still the king of nothing

If I could rule I'd dance my cares away
Find romance every day
I wouldn't have to listen to this poor fool say
I'm the king
I'm the king
I'm the king of nothing

If I could rule I'd dance my cares away
Find romance every day
I wouldn't have to listen to this poor fool say
I'm the king
I'm the king
I'm the king of nothing

[Reed83HOF]

Pull me back together 
Or separate the skin from the bone 
Leave me all the pieces, and then you can leave me alone 
Tell me the reality is better than dream 
But I found out the hard way, 
Nothing is what it seems!

 

I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take 
Jesus, it never ends, it works it's way inside 
If the pain goes on

 

All I've got, all I've got is insane 

[WhoTom]

Hopelessly passing your time in the grassland away
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air
You better watch out
There may be dogs about
I've looked over Jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem

 

What do you get for pretending the danger's not real
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well-trodden corridors into the valley of steel
What a surprise

The look of terminal shock in your eyes
Now things are really what they seem
No, this is no bad dream

 

 

Edited May 30, 2019 by WhoTom

[Gray Beard]

Following the leader, the leader, the leader
We're following the leader wherever he may go
Tee dum, tee dee
A teedle ee do tee day
Tee dum, tee dee
It's part of the game we play
Tee dum, tee dee
The words are easy to say
Just a teedle ee dum a teedle ee do tee day

Tee dum, tee dee
A teedle ee do tee dum
We're one for all
And all of us out for fun

We march in line
And follow the other one
With a teedle ee do a teedle ee di tee dum

[ExiledInIllinois]

Is she really going out with him?
Well, there she is, let's ask her
Betty, is that Jimmy's ring you're wearing? Uhm, hmm
Gee, it must be great riding with him
Is he picking you up after school today? Uhm, umm

By the way, where'd you meet him?
I met him at the candy store
He turned around and smiled at me
You get the picture? Yes, we see
That's when I fell for the leader of the pack

My folks were always putting him down
(Down, down)
They said, he came from the wrong side of town
(What you mean when you say that he came
From the wrong side of town?)
They told me, he was bad, but I knew he was sad
That's why I fell for the leader of the pack

One day my dad said, "Find someone new"
I had to tell my Jimmy, we're through
(What you mean when you say that
You better go find somebody new?)
He stood there and asked me why, all I could do was cry
I'm sorry, I hurt you, the leader of the pack

He sort of smiled and kissed me good-bye
The tears were beginnin' to show
As he drove away on that rainy night
I begged him to go slow
But whether he heard, I'll never know

Look out, look out
Look out, look out

I felt so helpless, what could I do?
Rememberin' all the things we'd been through
At school they all stop and stare
I can't hide the tears but I don't care
I'll never forget him, the leader of the pack

(Gone, gone, gone, gone)
The leader of the pack, now he's gone
(Gone)
The leader of the pack, now he's gone
(Gone, gone, gone, gone)
The leader of the pack, now he's gone

[WhoTom]

From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me through everythin' I done
And every night she kept me from the cold

 

Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away
She was lookin' for the home I hope she'll find
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
Holdin' Bobby's body close to mine

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Just about a year ago, I set out on the road
Seekin' my fame and fortune, lookin' for a pot of gold
Things got bad, and things got worse, I guess you will know the tune
Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again

Rode in on the Greyhound, I'll be walkin' out if I go
I was just passin' through, must be seven months or more
Ran out of time and money, looks like they took my friends
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again

The man from the magazine said I was on my way
Somewhere I lost connections, ran out of songs to play
I came into town, a one night stand, looks like my plans fell through
Oh ! Lord, Stuck in Lodi again

Mmmm
If I only had a dollar, for ev'ry song I've sung
And ev'ry time I've had to play while people sat there drunk
You know, I'd catch the next train back to where I live
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again
Oh ! Lord, I'm stuck in Lodi again

 

Vid: Trib to the 173rd...

 

Edited May 30, 2019 by ExiledInIllinois

[Gray Beard]

I got on a public bus
I paid my fare like the public does
They were traveling to work, traveling to play
And this is what the driver say

You may be bored to the point of aggravation
Excited as a lighted fuse
Sick with the sight of deprivation
Or you may think you've got nothing left to loose

But it don't matter what you feel
You can beg you can borrow or steal
But as long as I'm holding the wheel
I don't want no spitting on the bus

[ExiledInIllinois]

...Well my father was a gambler down in Georgia
And he wound up on the wrong end of gun
And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rollin' down Highway 41

Lord, I was born a ramblin' man
Tryin' to make a livin' and doin' the best I can
When it's time for leavin', I hope you'll understand
That I was born a ramblin' man

I'm on my way to New Orleans this mornin'
Leaving out of Nashville, Tennessee
They're always having a good time down on the bayou
Lord, and Delta women think the world of me...

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

Up with the sun, gone with the wind,
She always said I was lazy.
Leaving my home, leaving my friends,
Running when things get too crazy.
 

Out to the road, out 'neath the stars,
Feeling the breeze, passin' the cars.

 

Women have come, women have gone,
Everyone trying to cage me.
Some were so sweet, I barely got free,
Others, they only enraged me.
 

Sometimes at night, I see their faces,
I feel the traces they've left on my soul.
 

Those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul,
I tell you, those are the memories that made me a wealthy soul.

 

Travelin' man, love when I can,
Turn loose my hand 'cause I'm goin'.
Travelin' man, love when I can,
But sooner or later I'm goin' on.
Travelin' man, travelin' man.

[DaBillsFanSince1973]

I was born a travelin' man, that's all Ill ever be
Moving around from town to town is what makes me so free
My father was a trucker for the years of 23
On the day that I was born his blood was left to me

I'm a travelin' man
Travelin' man, that's what I am
Travelin' man
Travelin' man
That's what I am

Travelin' man, that's what I am
No woman puts a hold on me
You'll see me once or maybe twice
That's all you'll see of me
All you pretty women lord, I hope you understand
Don't be a fool lord no, and put your heart in a travelin' man

[ExiledInIllinois]

He wants to dream like a young man
With the wisdom of an old man.
He wants his home and security,
He wants to live like a sailor at sea.
Beautiful loser, where you goona fall?
You realize you just can't have it all.

He's your oldest and your best friend,
If you need him, he'll be there again.
He's always willing to be second best,
A perfect lodger, a perfect guest.
Beautiful loser, read it on the wall
And realize, you just can't have it all.
...you can't have it all, you can't have it all,
Oh, oh, ... can't have it all.

He'll never make any enemies,
He won't complain if he's caught in a freeze.
He'll always ask, he'll always say please.

Beautiful loser, never take it all
'cause it's easier, faster when you fall,
You just don't need it all
Oh, oh, ... you just don't need it all.

[Gray Beard]

Your love is fading I can feel your love fading
Woman it's fading away from me
'Cause your personal touch has grown cold
as if someone else controls your very soul
I fooled myself long as I can
I can feel the presence of another man

 

It's there when you speak my name
It's just not the same
Oh honey I'm losing you 
I can feel it in the air, it's there everywhere
Oh I'm losing you

[WhoTom]

I wanna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I wanna love you night and day
You know my love will not fade away
You know my love will not fade away
Not fade away

 

 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Don't runaway
Midnight hideaway
Don't you fade away
'Til the Morning light

I see you from my window
In the shadows of the night
You're standing on Love Street
On the beat, of better things

Yeah, I'll see you standin' there
You don't care, anymore
And love in your life
Stabbin' knife in my heart

I see you from my window
In the shadows of the night
You're standing on Love Street
On the beat, of better things

Yeah, I see you from my window
In the shadows of the night
You're standing on Love Street
On the beat, of better things

I'll see you standin' there
You don't care anymore
And love in your life
Stabbin' knife in my heart

I see you from my window
In the shadows of the night
You're standing on Love Street
On the beat, of better things

I see you from my window
In the shadows of the night
You're standing on Love Street
On the beat, of better things

She might fade away, she might fade away
She might fade away, she might fade away
She might fade away, she might fade away
She might fade away, she might fade away

[WhoTom]

The king is gone but he's not forgotten
Is this the tale of Johnny Rotten?

It's better to burn out than to fade away
The king is gone but he's not forgotten

[PastaJoe]

I know what my people are thinking tonight
As home through the shadows they wander
Everyone smiling in secret delight
They stare at the castle and ponder
Whenever the wind blows this way
You can almost hear everyone say
I wonder what the king is doing tonight?
What merriment is the king pursuing tonight?
The candles at the court, they never burned as bright
I wonder what the king is upto tonight?

[KD in CA]

Everyone's creeping up to the money god
Putting tongues where they didn't ought to be
On stepping stones of human hearts and souls
Into the land of "nothing for free"

 

Well the way that we're living
Is all take and no giving
There's nothing to believe in
The loudest mouth will hail the new-found way
To be king for a day

 

Everyone's licking up to the new King Pin
Trying to get way up with a smile
Sing for your supper boy and jump to a finger click
Ain't my way of living in style

 

'Cause the ladder gets longer
And ambition gets stronger
I can't satisfy the hunger
That bad old moon has got you in its sway
To be king for a day