Speak Only in Random Song Lyrics

[Spice]

Life's tough
So what?
I'm alive
I've been down
Seen hard times
But I survived

You know I learned my lessons
At the school of hard knocks
I know there's more to livin'
Can't hold me down
Can't hold me back

'Cause I'm bound for glory
Oh, we're bound for glory
A heartfelt victory
Is a warrior's destiny
Bound for glory
Oh, we're bound for glory

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord:
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword:
His truth is marching on.

 

[John53]

Fly Me To The Moon
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a-Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby, kiss me

I'm a primitive man
I said I am
You're up to date
I can't wait
I'm a stone-age Romeo
Be my space-age Juliet
We'll take guitars to Mars
And hit the discotheque, come on

 

[Spice]

I'm a primitive man
I said I am
You're up to date
I can't wait
I'm a stone-age Romeo
Be my space-age Juliet
We'll take guitars to Mars
And hit the discotheque, come on

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
Leavin' me lonely still
Did you ever read about a frog
Who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
Well except for the names
And a few other changes
If you talk about me
The story is the same one

 

[John53]

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
Leavin' me lonely still
Did you ever read about a frog
Who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
Well except for the names
And a few other changes
If you talk about me
The story is the same one

Still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So, I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

(Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes) turn and face the strange (ch-ch-changes)
Don't wanna be a richer man
(Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes) turn and face the strange (ch-ch-changes)
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me but I can't trace time

 

[Spice]

Still don't know what I was waiting for
And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets and
Every time I thought I'd got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So, I turned myself to face me
But I've never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I'm much too fast to take that test

(Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes) turn and face the strange (ch-ch-changes)
Don't wanna be a richer man
(Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes) turn and face the strange (ch-ch-changes)
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me but I can't trace time

Don't go changing, to try and please me,
You never let me down before,
Mm mm mm mm mm
Don't imagine, you're too familiar,
And I don't see you anymore.

I would not leave you in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far.
Mm mm mm mm
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I'll take you just the way you are.

 

[John53]

Don't go changing, to try and please me,
You never let me down before,
Mm mm mm mm mm
Don't imagine, you're too familiar,
And I don't see you anymore.

I would not leave you in times of trouble,
We never could have come this far.
Mm mm mm mm
I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,
I'll take you just the way you are.

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You

 

[Spice]

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You

Now troubles are many
They're as deep as a well
I can swear there ain't no heaven
But I pray there ain't no hell
Swear there ain't no heaven
And I pray there ain't no hell
But I'll never know by living
Only by dying will tell
Yes, only by dying will tell, yeah
Only my dying will tell

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I am he as you are he, as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo-goo g'joob

Here come old flat-top, he come groovin' up slowly
He got ju-ju eyeball, he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker, he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger, he shoot Coca-Cola
He say, "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Come together, right now
Over me

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

I took the good times, I'll take the bad times,

Sixteen I fell in love
With a girl as sweet as could be
It only took a couple of days
'Til she was rid of me
She swore that she would be all mine
And love me 'til the end
But when I whispered in her ear
I lost another friend

Good times, bad times
You know I've had my share
When my woman left home
For a brown eyed man
Well, I still don't seem to care

Mark 00:56

Digression. Is the first word really sixteen?

I've known this song since I was singing along to it in a dorm room in the early 70's, and always understood and sang "Sixteen I fell in love ..."

Just now while preparing this response, it sounded to me like the vocalist Plant was singing seventeen. So I slowed down the speed to 75% the of original using the gear icon and this menu in the lower right of YouTube videos, and the word seventeen seemed even more apparent:

Then I slowed it to 50% and it more like sounded like seven-xteen.

I consulted a variety of sites for the lyrics, and they all agreed that the word was sixteen although it's possible that they all copied-and-pasted a single original text source.

Here they are beginning with a screen shot of the video linked to here

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This isn't a big deal, but I'd be interested in feedback regarding what others hear there. What do you hear?

 

[John53]

Now troubles are many
They're as deep as a well
I can swear there ain't no heaven
But I pray there ain't no hell
Swear there ain't no heaven
And I pray there ain't no hell
But I'll never know by living
Only by dying will tell
Yes, only by dying will tell, yeah
Only my dying will tell

We used to go down to the beach at night
Fireflies dancing in the promenade lights
Ah, those rock and roll bands used to really swing
And I'd do the foxtrot with sweet Christine
Speaking to me with her gentle hands
Fly on down to Wonderland

Deep water, I'm caught up in its flow
If I'm in over my head, I'd be the last to know
Deep water
Deep water