Lyrical Response

[PastaJoe]

The lock upon my garden gate's a snail, that's what it is
The lock upon my garden gate's a snail, that's what it is
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is

The caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within
Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is
First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain

 

[DD4Bills]

What happened here as the New York sunset disappeared?
I found an empty garden among the flagstones there
Who lived here? He must have been a gardener that cared a lot
Who weeded out the tears and grew a good crop
Now it all looks strange
It's funny how one insect can damage so much grain

[muppy]

I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said, "You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away"
I staggered back to the underground
And the breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwin' punches around
And preachin' from my chair

 

Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
'Cause I really wanna know (who are you? Who, who, who, who?)

[technobot]

I laughed and shook hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazeless stare
We walked a million hills
I must have died alone
A long, long time ago

 

Who knows?
Not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world

[PastaJoe]

Come down off your throne
And leave your body alone
Somebody must change

You are the reason I've been
Waiting all these years
Somebody holds the key

When I'm near the end
And I just ain't got the time
And I'm wasted
And I can't find my way home

[muppy]

I don't care what they think
I don't care what they say
What do they know
About this love anyway?
Come, come to my window
I'll be home
I'll be home
I'll be home
I'm coming home

[Bill from NYC]

See here how everything, lead up to this day
And it's just like any other day that's ever been
Sun going up and then, the sun going down
Shine through my window, and my friends they come around
Come around, come around

Edited April 16 by Bill from NYC

[DD4Bills]

Don't let the sun go down on me (Don't let the sun)
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
I'd just allow a fragment of your life (Don't let the sun) to wander free
But losin' everything is like the sun goin' down on me

[muppy]

 

Be on my side. I'll be on your side, baby.
There is no reason for you to hide.
It's so hard for me staying here all alone,
When you could be taking me for a ride.

She could drag me over the rainbow,
Send me away.

Down by the river,
I shot my baby.
Down by the river.

Dead, ooh, ooh, shot her dead, ooh.

[Bill from NYC]

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would

 

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would

[PastaJoe]

If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land

I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All, all over this land

[DD4Bills]

Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Came down upon her head
Clang! Clang! Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that she was dead

[muppy]

Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine
And I dare not drown my sorrows
In the warm glow of your mind

You can't buy my love with money
'Cause I ain't never was that kind
Silver threads and golden needles
Cannot mend this heart of mine

[PastaJoe]

Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles await you when you rise

Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby

[Bill from NYC]

You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again

[DD4Bills]

I am made from the dust of the stars
And the oceans flow in my veins
Here I hide in the heart of the city
Like a stranger coming out of the rain

 

The evening plane rises up from the runway
Over constellations of light
I look down into a million houses
And wonder what you're doing tonight

[muppy]

 

Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night.

Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
A sparkle was in his eye
But his life was in his hands.

Well, late at night
when the people were gone
He used to pick up my guitar
And sing a song in a shaky voice
That was real as the day was long.
 

[PastaJoe]

I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired 'cause her mind was a dragging
I said get some sleep and dream of rock 'n' roll

Like a picture she was laying there
Moonlight dancing off her hair
She woke up and took me by the hand
She's gonna love me in my Chevy van
And that's all right with me

[Bill from NYC]

To my surprise, one hundred stories high
People getting loose y'all
Getting down on the roof
Folks are screaming, out of control
It was so entertaining
When the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say

(Burn baby burn) disco Inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down
(Burn baby burn) disco Inferno
(Burn baby burn) burn that mother down

Edited April 17 by Bill from NYC

[muppy]

Your Mamma says you don't
Your Daddy says you won't
And I'm boilin' up inside
Ain't no way I'm gonna lose out this time, oh no

Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Lock your daddy out of doors
I don't need him nosin' around
Tie your mother down
Tie your mother down
Give me all your love tonight