Monday 28 April 2014

877. About today - The National



Today
You were far away
And I
Didn't ask you why
What could I say
I was far away
You just walked away
And I just watched you
What could I say

How close am I
To losing you

Tonight
You just close your eyes
And I just watch you
Slip away

How close am I
To losing you

Hey, are you awake
Yeah I'm right here
Well can I ask you
About today

How close am I
To losing you

How close am I
To losing

Wednesday 23 April 2014

876. White room - Cream



In the white room with black curtains near the station
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment
I'll wait in this place where the sun never shines

Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves
You said no strings could secure you at the station
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
I walked into such a sad time at the station
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning
I'll wait in the queue when the trains come back

Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves
At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes
She's just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings
I'll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;

Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves

Tuesday 22 April 2014

875. Runnin' down a dream - Tom Petty



It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
trees flew by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway
I was flyin'

Chorus
Yeah runnin' down a dream
that never would come to me
workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
runnin' down a dream

I felt so good like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
the last three days the rain was un-stoppable
it was always cold, no sunshine

(Repeat Chorus)

I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
there's something good waitin' down this road
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine

(Chorus Out)

Tuesday 15 April 2014

874. A day in the life - The Beatles



I read the news today oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well I just had to laugh

I saw the photograph.
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure
If he was from the House of Lords.

I saw a film today oh boy
The English army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on.

Woke up, fell out of bed,
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,
And looking up I noticed I was late.
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

I read the news today oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
I'd love to turn you on

Sunday 13 April 2014

873. While my guitar gently weeps - The Beatles



I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping
While my guitar gently weeps.
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Still my guitar gently weeps.

I don’t know why nobody told you
How to unfold your love,
I don’t know how someone controlled you
They bought and sold you.

I look at the world and I notice it’s turning
While my guitar gently weeps.
With every mistake we must surely be learning,
Still my guitar gently weeps.

I don’t know how you were diverted
You were perverted too.
I don’t know how you were inverted
No one alerted you.

I look at you see all the love there that’s sleeping,
While my guitar gently weeps.
I then look at you all,
Still my guitar gently weeps.

Monday 7 April 2014

Sunday 6 April 2014

871. Ya Hey - Vampire Weekend



Oh, sweet thing
Zion doesn't love you
And Babylon don't love you
But you love everything
Oh, you saint
America don't love you
So I could never love you
In spite of everything

In the dark of this place
There's the glow of your face
There's the dust on the screen
Of this broken machine
And I can't help but feel
That I've made some mistake
But I let it go
Ya Hey

Through the fire and through the flames
You won't even say your name
Through the fire and through the flames
You won't even say your name
Only "I am that I am"
But who could ever live that way?
Ut Deo, Ya Hey
Ut Deo, Deo

Oh, the motherland don't love you
The fatherland don't love you
So why love anything?
Oh, good God
The faithless they don't love you
The zealous hearts don't love you
And that's not gonna change

All the cameras and files
All the paranoid styles
All the tension and fear
Of a secret career
And I can't help but think
That you've seen the mistake
But you let it go
Ya Hey

Through the fire and through the flames
You won't even say your name
Through the fire and through the flames
You won't even say your name
You say "I am what I am"
But who could ever live that way?
Ut Deo, Ya Hey
Ut Deo, Deo

Outside the tents, on the festival grounds
As the air began to cool, and the sun went down
My soul swooned, as I faintly heard the sound
Of you spinning "Israelites"
Into "19th Nervous Breakdown"

Through the fire and through the flames
You won't even say your name
Through the fire and through the flames
You won't even say your name
Only "I am what I am"
But who could ever live that way?
Ut Deo, Ya Hey
Ut Deo, Deo

Tuesday 1 April 2014

870. Formidable - Stromae



[Hook]
Formidable, formidable
Tu étais formidable, j'étais fort minable
Nous étions formidables
Formidable, formidable
Tu étais formidable, j'étais fort minable
Nous étions formidables

[Verse 1]
Eh bébé, oups, mademoiselle
J'vais pas vous draguer, promis juré
J'suis célibataire et depuis hier putain
J'peux pas faire d'enfant mais bon c'est pas...
Eh reviens !
5 minutes quoi, j't'ai pas insulté, j'suis poli, courtois
Et un peu fort bourré et pour les mecs comme moi
Vous avez autre chose à faire, vous m'auriez vu hier
Où j'étais

[Hook]

[Verse 2]
Eh tu t'es regardé, tu t'crois beau
Parce que tu t'es marié
Mais c'est qu'un anneau mec, t'emballe pas
Elle va t'larguer comme elles le font chaque fois
Et puis l'autre fille tu lui en as parlé ?
Si tu veux je lui dis comme ça c'est réglé
Et au p'tit aussi, enfin si vous en avez
Attends 3 ans, 7 ans et là vous verrez
Si c'est..

[Hook]

[Verse 3]
Et petite, oh pardon, petit
Tu sais dans la vie y'a ni méchant ni gentil
Si maman est chiante c'est qu'elle a peur d'être mamie
Si papa trompe maman c'est parce que maman vieillit, tiens
Pourquoi t'es tout rouge? Ben reviens gamin
Et qu'est-ce que vous avez tous, à me regarder comme un singe ? Vous
Ah oui vous êtes saint, vous
Bande de macaques !
Donnez moi un bébé singe, il sera...