quotes from songs.
If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine,
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come through the music,
Would you hold it near as it were your own?
-"Ripple", by the Grateful Dead
Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,
If your cup is full may it be again,
Let it be known there is a fountain,
That was not made by the hands of men.
-"Ripple", by the Grateful Dead
I know things now, many valuable things, that I hadn't known before...
do not put your faith in a cape and a hood,
they will not protect you the way
that they should,
and take extra care with strangers, even flowers have their dangers,
and though scary is exciting, nice is different than good!
-Little Red Riding Hood singing about her experience with the Big Bad Wolf
in "I Know Things Now" from Into the Woods
He's a Prince who prepares.
Knowing this time I'd run from him,
He spread pitch on the stairs.
I was caught unawares.
And I thought, Well, he cares.
Cinderella in "On the steps of the palace" from Into the Woods
The stars are everlasting
But even they shift from time to time
If we just slow down
Catch our breath
We'll be fine
-Terrence Trent D'arby
Violence is
spread worldwide and there are families on the street
And we sell drugs to children now oh why can't we just see
That all we do is eliminate our future with the things we do
today
Money is our incentive now so that makes it okay.
-Blessid Union of Souls
Suck it in
suck it in suck it in
If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
Make a desperate move or else you'll win
And then begin
To see
What you're doing to me this MTV is not for free
It's so PC it's killing me
So desperately I sing to thee
Of love
Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self
And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf
I've tried well no in fact I lied
Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside
To hide or slide
I'll do as I'll decide and let it ride until I've died
And only then shall I abide this tide
-Blues Traveler
'Tis a gift
to be simple, 'tis a gift to be free, 'tis a gift to come round
where we aught to be. And when we find ourselves in a palce just
right, we will be in the valley of love and delight.
-"Simple Gifts"
In a world that's moving fast
Passing us by
There's so much for us to grasp
And you wonder why
Time slips away
-Julie Brown
If life is just a highway, then the soul is
just a car.
-Meatloaf
If my words did glow with the gold of
sunshine,
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung,
Would you hear my voice come through the music,
Would you hold it dear as it were your own?
-The Grateful Dead
Time it was and what a time it was
It was a time of innocence, a time of confidences
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you.
-Simon and Garfunkel
What do you
know? You know just what you perceive. What can you show? Nothing
of what you believe, and as you grow, each thread of life that
you lead will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs, as
you sell your soul and you sew your seeds, and you wound
yourself, and your loved one bleeds, and your conscience grows,
and your habits feed on all that you thought you should be, I
never thought this could happen to me...
-Don McLean, "Dreidl"
You who choose to lead must follow, but if
you fall, you fall alone.
If you should stand, then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way, I would take you home.
-The Grateful Dead
When true simplicity is gained
To bow and to bend we shant be ashamed
To turn and to turn will be our delight
Till by turning, turning, we come 'round right.
-"Simple Gifts"
If you should die before me, ask if you can
bring a friend...
-Stone Temple Pilots
Just like the pheonix rises
After it dies
I'm feeling the cries of new beginnings
Love was beside the clouds
Found me somehow
And now my lonely room is filling with light
-Jack Wagner
Come on out of the shadows
Live for today
Don't just wait for tomorrow
A wind of change will blow
And it's gone before you know
Time slips away
-Julie Brown
The thorns outnumber the petals on the rose
And the darkness amplifies the sound
Of printer's ink on propaganda page
That will rule your life and fuel my rage.
-Terrence Trent D'arby
...we love the trees, we love the snow, the
friends we have, the world we share,
And you find magic from your God, and we find magic everywhere.
So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table,
Finding faith and common ground the best that they were able,
And where does magic come from? I think magic's in the learning,
'Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are
burning.
-Dar Williams
The Songs of Barenaked Ladies
Tell me what's the circumstance of
circumcision?
And what goes in my daughter's pants is whose decision?
I've seen the facts of inter-race relations,
Of see through slacks, of cyber-masturbation;
If a hundred monkeys each could get their own show,
Perhaps one day a chimp might say
You have faith, you just need to use it, sayeth the Lord.
-"I know"
I live with
it every day
Even though we moved away
Our yesterdays are on a loop;
A marathon of heartbreaking moments
I live with it every day
For every step I have to pay
The only thing that they can't take:
The guilt that spirals in my wake
-"I Live With It Every Day"
Everyone falls through the time and the
funnel it makes
But I'm staying here inside my biggest mistake
-"I Live With It Every Day"
Why must I
always speak in terms of cowardice?
When I guess I should have just come out and told
you right from the start
Why must I always tell you all I want is this?
I guess 'cause I didn't want to break your heart
And you said
What'd you think that I was gonna do,
Curl up and die just because of you?
I'm not that weak, you know
What'd you think that I was gonna do,
Try to make you love me as much as I love you?
How could you be so low?
You arrogant man,
What do you think that I am?
My heart will be fine
Just stop wasting my time
And now I know that you will be okay,
And that I got what I want
And that's rid of you
Good-bye
-"Break Your Heart"
They're complicated people
Leading complicated lives
And he complicates their problems
Telling complicated lies.
He tells her he's sorry
She tells him it's over
He tells her he's sorry
She says over and over
"You've never really known
That when the white flag is flown
No one, no one,
No one
Has won the war".
-"The Flag"
I have a tendency to wear my mind on my
sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt
-"One Week"
He said
"Excuse me, I hope you don't mind, but
I followed you into this shop, and
I couldn't help but notice
Ohh, that riding crop
Sticking out of
Your haversack, well
I wouldn't mind
Riding you bareback!"
-"King of Bedside Manor"
If I were John and you were Yoko
I would gladly give up musical genius
Just to have you as my very own personal Venus.
-"Be My Yoko Ono"
If I had a million dollars, I would buy you a
green
dress - but not a real green dress, that's cruel.
-"If I Had $1,000,000"