i LOVE that song. LOVE. with a capital love.

NIN - "Ruiner"

Ok, double shot since I couldn't post yesterday.

//
Well, I got a little woman
'bout my height and size,
Now she's a married woman
sees me once in a while.
//

And lyric dos

//
Come on you boy child
you winner and loser
come on you miner
for truth and delusion
//

~mike

"... and shine!" #2 is "Shine on you Crazy Diamond", one of the later parts, from Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Thanks for posting an oldie and letting us oldy people in.

Ahh, Pink Floyd, bridging all gaps. But if you're old-timey Tony, then you should also get the first one.

(Ooh...a hint...)


~mike

here's another grown-up tune. take it away, The Tone!

///
now the sun's gone to hell and
the moon's riding high
let me bid you farewell
every man has to die

but it's written in the starlight
and every line in your palm
we're fools to make war on our...
///

"...Brothers In Arms." Dire Straits. In fact I saw them on that tour, back in the day in 1985. Outstanding...

Lucky lucky man. Here's another one for you:

///
i rolled on
the sky grew dark
i put the petal down to make some time

there's something good
waitin' down this road
i'm pickin' up whatever is mine
///

Lucky me that I <b>have</b> seen that one performed live and it <b>ruled</b>. Easily one of the most timeless artists ever.

FINE!

It's Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream

Here's another one:

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well some say life
will beat you down
break your heart
steal your crown

so i've started out
for god knows where
i guess i'll know
when i get there
///

My favorite Tom Petty song. So you can probably figure this one out. By reading my weblog. And then posting the answer. :)

Learning To Fly

///
You can make a big impression or
Go through life unseen
You might wind up restricted and over seventeen
It's so hard to be careful, so easy to be lead
Somewhere beyond the pavement
You'll find the living dead
///

my favourite tom petty song. :)

~james

I won't ruin it for anyone else, but that's a good one. It's not on Playback, unfortunately, but that's okay - I've got it anyway :)

Here's a good one. You'll either need to be a dork or my sister to get it. But that's alright.

///
we sleep near the sound of the slow running river
and wake up most mornings to a drizzlin' rain
and we live every day like the first or the last one
with nothing to lose and heaven to gain

here's to alaska
here's to the people
here's to the wild and here's to the free
here's to my life in a chosen country
here's to alaska and me

oh, for a fire on a cold winter's night
once more to gaze at the great northern lights
for all of the beauty my children will see
here's to alaska and me
///

and for a double shot

///
if i was to change this life i lead
you could call me johnny tomato seed
'cause i know what this country needs
is a home grown tomato'n every yard you see

when i die don't bury me
in a box in a cold dark cemetary
out in the garden would-a be much better
'cause i could be-a pushin' up-a home grown tomatoes
///

:) If there are any errors, I recalled these from memory so... my bad. :)

Okay, well... I'll let Jen get those. Here's another

///
let's crucify the ego
before it's far too late
and leave behind this place so
negative and blind and cynical
and you will come to find
that we are all one mind
and capable of all that's
imagined and all conceivable
///

Ima Dork/ honorary sista reporting for duty sir! John Denver wants to live in Alaska and hey, dont you too?! Nice sky.

I know I've heard the tomato tune, but here's another dork's challenge:

" Yeah the cops have been lookin for the son of a gun
That's been rippin the tar off the 401.
They know the name of the truck shines up in the sun......Green Gables."

Right you are.

I know yours, but I had to Google it. I don't think anyone's going to get it, so... maybe it's just me that's never heard it before.

Its Canadiana! Nic oughtta know.