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[Spice]

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would've liked to known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (hoo)
She says I am the one (oh, baby)
But the kid is not my son (hee-hee-hee, no-no, hee-hee-hee, hoo)

 

[John53]

No time, no time for you.
I got no time, baby,
Got lots of better things to do.

Runnin' from the risin' heat
To find a place to hide,
The grass is always greener
Growin' on the other side.

No time, no time for you
I got no time, baby,
Got lots of better things to do.

When the war is over
Got to get away
Pack my bags to no place
In no time no day
You and I we used each other's shoulder
Still so young but somehow so much older
How can I go home and not get blown away

 

[Spice]

Reverie says that space and time,
Are chains we make to bind our minds,
Once you throw your mind away,
A better side comes out to play,
Lambs eat oats, and does eat oats,
Row row your boat now,
Gently down the stream,
So says Reverie.

For five long years
I thought you were my man
But I found out
I'm just a link in your chain
Oh, you got me where you want me
I ain't nothin' but your fool
You treated me mean
Oh, you treated me cruel
Chain, chain, chain
(Chain, chain, chain)
Chain of fools

 

[Spice]

When the war is over
Got to get away
Pack my bags to no place
In no time no day
You and I we used each other's shoulder
Still so young but somehow so much older
How can I go home and not get blown away

You've seen a lot more than pain
And I don't know what I should say
I've got about a story or two
The silence doesn't know you like I do
Just so you know, you're not alone today
We'll treat it like a summer night, uh
I cross my heart and hope to die, uh
And I swear I won't leave 'til it's over
I'll be here with you, shoulder to shoulder
We'll talk until you feel alright, uh
I cross my heart and hope to die, uh
And I swear I won't leave 'til it's over
I'll be here with you, shoulder to shoulder

 

[Spice]

We gotta get outta this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get outta this place
'Cause girl, there's a better life for me and you

We ain't got much now
We're just startin' out
But I know somehow
Paradise is comin'
Someday baby
You and I are gonna be the ones
And good luck's gonna shine
Someday baby
You and I are gonna be the ones
So hold on
We're headed for a better life, hmm-mm

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

We gotta get outta this place
If it's the last thing we ever do
We gotta get outta this place
'Cause girl, there's a better life for me and you

Open up your eyes little darling
Let's pack up your things and go
Open up your eyes little darling
Don't want to live here no more
Open up your eyes little darling
Been here for far too long
Open up your eyes little darling
It's time to move along

And I swear I won't leave 'til it's over
I'll be here with you, shoulder to shoulder

If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
If mountains crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me

 

[John53]

(For Armistice Day.)

Well, how'd you do, Private William McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?
I'll rest here awhile in the warm summer sun,
I've been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916--
Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean,
Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?

Did they beat the drum slowly,
Did they sound the fife lowly,
Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down?
Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus?
Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest?"

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
And, though you died back in 1916,
To that loyal heart are you always 19?
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Forever enshrined behind some glass pane,
In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame?

The sun's shining down on these green fields of France;
The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow;
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard it's still No Man's Land
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man.
And a whole generation who were butchered and damned.

And I can't help but wonder, now Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you 'The Cause?'
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.

 

[Spice]

(for US Veterans' Day)

Fighting soldiers from the sky
Fearless men who jump and die
Men who mean just what they say
The brave men of the Green Beret
Silver wings upon their chest
These are men, America's best
One hundred men will test today
But only three win the Green Beret
Trained to live off nature's land
Trained in combat, hand-to-hand
Men who fight by night and day
Courage take from the Green Berets
Silver wings upon their chest
These are men, America's best
One hundred men will test today
But only three win the Green Beret
Back at home, a young wife waits
Her Green Beret has met his fate
He has died for those oppressed
Leaving her his last request
Put silver wings on my son's chest
Make him one of America's best
He'll be a man they'll test one day
Have him win the Green Beret

 

[John53]

We ain't got much now
We're just startin' out
But I know somehow
Paradise is comin'
Someday baby
You and I are gonna be the ones
And good luck's gonna shine
Someday baby
You and I are gonna be the ones
So hold on
We're headed for a better life, hmm-mm

Baby
You were always gonna be the one
You only ever did it just for fun
But you run to paradise
Jenny
I'll meet you at the grocery store
You don't need a friend when you can score
You run to paradise
Ooh!

Johnny
We were always best of friends
Stick together and defend
But you run to paradise
And Momma
Now don't you worry about me anymore
When I see you crying at the door
When I run to paradise

 

[Spice]

Baby
You were always gonna be the one
You only ever did it just for fun
But you run to paradise
Jenny
I'll meet you at the grocery store
You don't need a friend when you can score
You run to paradise
Ooh!

Johnny
We were always best of friends
Stick together and defend
But you run to paradise
And Momma
Now don't you worry about me anymore
When I see you crying at the door
When I run to paradise

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holdin' on
We're still together, still goin' strong

(You're still the one) You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one) You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss goodnight

 

[Kathryn]

(For Armistice Day.)

Well, how'd you do, Private William McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?
I'll rest here awhile in the warm summer sun,
I've been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916--
Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean,
Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?

Did they beat the drum slowly,
Did they sound the fife lowly,
Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down?
Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus?
Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest?"

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
And, though you died back in 1916,
To that loyal heart are you always 19?
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Forever enshrined behind some glass pane,
In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame?

The sun's shining down on these green fields of France;
The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow;
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard it's still No Man's Land
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man.
And a whole generation who were butchered and damned.

And I can't help but wonder, now Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you 'The Cause?'
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.

O Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountainside
The summer's gone and all the roses dying
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
O Danny boy, O Danny boy, I love you so

And when you come and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may be (I well may be)
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Ave there for me

And I shall hear, though soft your tread above me
And all my grave shall warmer, sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me

 

[John53]

Open up your eyes little darling
Let's pack up your things and go
Open up your eyes little darling
Don't want to live here no more
Open up your eyes little darling
Been here for far too long
Open up your eyes little darling
It's time to move along

If the sun refused to shine
I would still be loving you
If mountains crumble to the sea
There will still be you and me

I wasn't looking for a love that's true
But there's no way that I'll get over you
I'm not the kind to sweep you off your feet
But hurry, girl, because I'm losing sleep

Now little darling, you're the only one
My heart is racing like I'm on the run
Yeah, little darling, won't you say you're gonna stay with me? Oh, yeah

 

[Spice]

I wasn't looking for a love that's true
But there's no way that I'll get over you
I'm not the kind to sweep you off your feet
But hurry, girl, because I'm losing sleep

Now little darling, you're the only one
My heart is racing like I'm on the run
Yeah, little darling, won't you say you're gonna stay with me? Oh, yeah

Now, Ol' Red, he's the damnedest dog
That I've ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He's a four legged trackin' machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I've been here
Ain't nobody got past Red
And the warden sang
Come on somebody, why don't you run?
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
Get my lantern, get my gun
Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes

 

[John53]

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holdin' on
We're still together, still goin' strong

(You're still the one) You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one) You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss goodnight

Ready on the starting line
Guns in the air
Eyes on the target
Enemy everywhere
Here she comes again now
Hear the crowd sigh
Gather up my courage
Say, come on, come on, come on, come on, yeah-yeah

Hey, let's go, let's go, let's go
Hey, let's go, let's go, let's go
Hey, let's go, let's go
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one, she's the one
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

 

[Kathryn]

I went to a local pub yesterday afternoon and there were a bunch of Marines there celebrating the birth of the Marines.

 

[Spice]

Ready on the starting line
Guns in the air
Eyes on the target
Enemy everywhere
Here she comes again now
Hear the crowd sigh
Gather up my courage
Say, come on, come on, come on, come on, yeah-yeah

Hey, let's go, let's go, let's go
Hey, let's go, let's go, let's go
Hey, let's go, let's go
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one, she's the one
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

Well, I tell you, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile
Well, I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
And he reached for his gun but I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile
And he said, "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along
So I give you that name, and I said goodbye
And I knew you'd have to get tough or die
It's that name that helped to make you strong"

 

[Kathryn]

(For Armistice Day.)

Well, how'd you do, Private William McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?
I'll rest here awhile in the warm summer sun,
I've been walking all day, Lord, and I'm nearly done.
And I see by your gravestone you were only 19
When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916--
Well, I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean,
Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?

Did they beat the drum slowly,
Did they sound the fife lowly,
Did the rifles fire o'er you as they lowered you down?
Did the bugles sing "The Last Post" in chorus?
Did the pipes play "The Flowers of the Forest?"

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
And, though you died back in 1916,
To that loyal heart are you always 19?
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
Forever enshrined behind some glass pane,
In an old photograph, torn and tattered and stained,
And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame?

The sun's shining down on these green fields of France;
The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance.
The trenches have vanished long under the plow;
No gas and no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
But here in this graveyard it's still No Man's Land
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man.
And a whole generation who were butchered and damned.

And I can't help but wonder, now Willie McBride,
Do all those who lie here know why they died?
Did you really believe them when they told you 'The Cause?'
Did you really believe that this war would end wars?
Well the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
The killing, the dying, it was all done in vain,
For Willie McBride, it all happened again,
And again, and again, and again, and again.

As I walked out on the streets of Laredo
As I walked out on Laredo one day
I spied a young cowboy all wrapped in white linen
All wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay

Beat the drum slowly, play the fife lowly
Play the dead march as you carry me along
Take me to the green valley, lay the sod o'er him
For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong

 

[John53]

Now, Ol' Red, he's the damnedest dog
That I've ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He's a four legged trackin' machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky
To get past the gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I've been here
Ain't nobody got past Red
And the warden sang
Come on somebody, why don't you run?
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
Get my lantern, get my gun
Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes

When my baby's walking down the street
I see red, I see red, I see red
How could someone wicked walk 'round free
I see red, I see red, I see red
I see red, ooh I see red (red)
I see red

 

[John53]

Well, I tell you, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile
Well, I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
And he reached for his gun but I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile
And he said, "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along
So I give you that name, and I said goodbye
And I knew you'd have to get tough or die
It's that name that helped to make you strong"

I remember when rock was young
Me and Susie had so much fun
Holding hands and skimming stones
Had an old gold Chevy, and a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got
Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock
While the other kids were rocking 'round the clock
We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock, well

 

[It Aint Necessarily So]

Well, how'd you do, Private William McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside?

Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind?
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined

Here's similar song about Wiliam, a military man killed in battle who left an unrequited love Peggy behind:

Mark: 00:32:

As we rowed out to Fennario
As we rowed out to Fennario
Our captain fell in love
With a lady like a dove
And he called her by name, Pretty Peggy-O

Will you marry me Pretty Peggy-O?
Will you marry me Pretty Peggy-O?
If you will marry me, I will set your cities free
And free all the people of the area-O

I would marry you sweet William-O
I would marry you sweet William-O
I would marry you but your guineas are too few
And I fear my mama would be angry-O

Mark 4:52:

Come steppin' down the stairs Pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin' down the stairs Pretty Peggy-O
Come steppin' down the stairs, combing back your yellow hair
Bid a last farewell to your William-O

Sweet William he is dead Pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead Pretty Peggy-O
Sweet William he is dead and he died for a maid
And he's buried in the Louisiana country-O

And who could forget this:

He had white horses and ladies by the score
All dressed in satin and waiting by the door

He went to fight wars for his country and his king.
Of his honor and his glory, the people would sing

A bullet had found him His blood ran as he cried
No money could save him, so he laid down and he died

Ooh, what a lucky man, he was