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[juls]

"Is That All There Is?"

I remember when i was a girl
Our house caught on fire
And i'll never forget the look on my father's face
As he gathered me in his arms
And raced to the burning building out on the pavement
And I stood there shivering
And watched the whole world go up in flames
And when it was all over
I said to myself
" Is that all there is to a fire ? "
Is that all there is?

Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

And when I was twelve years old
My daddy took me to the circus
The greatest show on earth
And there were clowns
And elephants
Dancing bears,
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads

And as I sat there watching
I had the feeling that something was missing
I don't know what
But when it was all over
I said to myself
" Is that all there is to the circus ? "

Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

And then I fell in love
With the most wonderful boy in the world
We'd take long walks down by the river
Or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes
We were so very much in love

And then one day
He went away
And i thought i'd die
But I didn't
And when I didn't
I said to myself
" Is that all there is to love ? "

Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep

I know what you must be saying to yourselves
If that's the way she feels about it
Then why doesn't she just end it all
Oh no. not me. i'm not ready for the final disappointment
'Cause I know just as well as i'm standing here talking to you
That when that final moment comes
And i'm breathing my last breath
I know what I'll be saying to myself
" Is that all there is ? "

Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

(PJ Harvey & John Parish, aber eigentlich ein Cover von Peggy Lee)

[David]

the mountain goats, 'half dead'

it was raining outside, so I cleaned house today.
spent half of the morning throwing old things away.
try not to get caught up,
try to think like a machine.
focus in on the task, try not to think about what it means.
can't get you out of my head.
lost without you,
half dead.

took my spot at the window, looked out at the road.
dots and dashes of traffic, like a messaging code
of whole boxes of memories wrapped up at the curb,
I sang songs to myself that didn't have any words.
can't get you out of my head.
lost without you,
half dead.

stole out to the backyard late last night.
pine trees frozen in the silvery moonlight,
rising like giants from the cold earth.
what are the years we gave each other ever gonna be worth?
can't get you out of my head.
lost without you,
half dead.

[MuttertagFive]

Ride the blue wind high and free
Shell lead you down through misery
Leave you low, come time to go
Alone and low as low can be

If I had a nickel Id find a game
If I won a dollar Id make it rain
If it rained an ocean Id drink it dry
And lay me down dissatisfied

Legs to walk and thoughts to fly
Eyes to laugh and lips to cry
A restless tongue to classify
All born to grow and grown to die

So tell my baby I said so long
Tell my mother I did no wrong
Tell my brother to watch his own
And tell my friends to mourn me none

Im chained upon the face of time
Feelin full of foolish rhyme
There aint no dark till something shines
Im bound to leave this dark behind

Ride the blue wind high and free
Shell lead you down through misery
Leave you low, come time to go
Alone and low as low can be

[KlausK]

Oh you silly old man
You silly old man
You're making a fool of yourself
So get off the stage
You silly old man
In your misguided trousers
With your mascara and your Fender guitar
And you think your can rouse us
But the song that you just sang
It sounds exactly like the last one
And the next one
I bet you it will sound
Like this one
Downstage, and offstage
Don't you feel all run in?
And you wonder when they will take it away
This is your final fling
But then applause ran high
But for the patience of the ones behind you
As a verse drags on like a month drags on
It's very short but it seems very long
And the song that you just sang
It sounds exactly like the last one
And the next one
I bet you it will sound
Like this one
So get off the stage
Oh, get off the stage
And when you get down off of the stage
Please stay off the stage, Ol
Get off the stage
Oh, get off the stage
And when we've had our money back
Then I'd like your back in plaster
Oh I know that you say
How age has no meaning
Oh but here is your audience now
And they're screaming
Get off the stage
Oh, get off the stage
ZCuz I've given you enough of my time
And the money that wasn't even mine (have you seen the silvery [screen])
Oh get off the stage...
For whom the bell tolls

[:scatterbrain:]

Last boat, stand in a river
Muddy river, high over level
Hawk flying is fooling his folly
Gas hurricanes spray over Heaven
Weeping willow is bawling the light
On fire.

Humans running for cover,
Wishing for life, gripping the light
House lift up, trees lift up
Cars intersect in the middle of the sky.
O time before, no pull, no gravity on the ground
Givin' up - it's over
The world's weight is over the limit

Our bodies are exploding
As the sky spills through our mouths.
All the blue blood is flowing
The cities, its contents have been ripped out.
The world is gone.
Did you know it would last this long?
You made it to the dark, now you're gone.
You are gone.

Great waves
Frozen in a secret space
A great big place,
Dark-spilling universe.

[David]

'malted milk'
robert johnson

i keep drinkin' malted milk, tryin' to drive my blues away
i keep drinkin' malted milk, tryin' to drive my blues away
baby, you just as welcome to my lovin' as the flowers is in may

malted milk, malted milk keep rushin' to my head
malted milk, malted milk keep rushin' to my head
and i have a funny, funny feelin' and i'm talkin' all out my head

baby, fix me one more drink and hug your daddy one more time
baby, fix me one more drink and hug your daddy one more time
keep stirrin' in my malted milk, mama, until i changed my mind

my doorknob keeps on turnin', it must be spooks around my bed
my doorknob keeps on turnin', must be spooks around my bed
i have a warm, old feelin' and the hair risin' on my head

[juls]

Du hast bis jetzt noch nicht kapiert,
Was um Dich rum geschehen ist,
Dass Deine Welt den Glanz verliert,
Und nichts mehr so wie vorher is'...

Hast immer nur an Dich gedacht,
Geglaubt, dass Dir so nichts passiert,
Du hast es Dir bequem gemacht,
Plötzlich bist Du aufgewacht - in der Wirklichkeit...

Du hast Dich gerne weggeduckt,
Wenn's wegen Dir Probleme gab,
Ansonsten jeden Scheiss geschluckt,
Bei ander'n nicht an Hohn gespart...

Du bist gut damit durchgekommen,
Brav mitgespielt, nicht aufgemuckt,
Und mit der Strömung mitgeschwommen,
Jetzt bist Du endlich angekommen - in der Wirklichkeit...

Du fühlst Dich leer und ausgebrannt,
Fragst Dich wo Deine Freunde sind,
Sie sind vor Dir davongerannt,
Weil jeder Deine Launen kennt...

Nie hast Du Dich wem anvertraut,
Dich nie zu jemandem bekannt,
Du hast so gern herabgeschaut,
Dein Luftschloss nur auf Sand gebaut - in der Wirklichkeit...

Du hast die Zeichen ignoriert,
Und Dich dabei verspekuliert,
Jetzt stehst Du da und tust schockiert,
Du traust Dich nicht mehr vor die Tür,
Doch es gibt kein Alibi dafür...

Du warst von Dir sehr überzeugt,
Davon, dass Dir die Welt gehört,
Du hast Dich - scheints - zu früh gefreut,
Und Dir nur alles selbst zerstört...

Jetzt macht die Zukunft Dich verrückt,
Es nützt Dir nichts, dass Du bereust,
Du weisst, es führt kein Weg zurück,
Ich grüsse Dich, und wünsch' Dir Glück - in der Wirklichkeit...

Blumfeld - In der Wirklichkeit

[juls]

und direkt noch eins...

Wenn du mit Deiner Kraft am Ende bist
und die Leere wie ein Spiegel ist
Du bist allein und kommst nicht damit klar
Du siehst dich durch die Straßen gehen
Und kannst die Welt und dich nicht mehr verstehen
Du fühlst dich fremd - nichts ist mehr, wie es war
und an ein neues Glück zu denken, fällt dir schwer
Es kommt dir vor, als gäb' es keine Hoffnung mehr

Gib nicht auf - es kommt ein neuer Morgen
Laß es raus - den Schmerz und Deine Sorgen
Mach dich frei - von allen falschen Zwängen
Nimm dir Zeit - und lern dich selber kennen

Und wenn du denkst, dass du am Ende bist
weil die Leere wie ein Spiegel ist
Du schaust dich an und kommst nicht damit klar
Und deine Freunde können dich nicht verstehen
Du möchtest nichts und niemand sehen
Du fühlst nichts mehr und nichts ist, wie es war
Du könntest weinen, doch zu weinen fällt Dir schwer
Es kommt Dir vor, als hätt'st Du keine Tränen mehr

Gib nicht auf - es kommt ein neuer Morgen
Laß es raus - den Schmerz und Deine Sorgen
Mach dich frei - von allen falschen Zwängen
Nimm dir Zeit - und lern das Leben kennen

Es lockt Dich raus mit seinem Licht
Alles erstrahlt in seinem Glanz
Die Sonne streichelt dein Gesicht
Davorn spielen Kinder mit 'nem Ball
Und Vögel singen überall:

Gib nicht auf - es kommt ein neuer Morgen
Laß es raus - den Schmerz und Deine Sorgen
Mach dich frei - von allen falschen Zwängen
Nimm dir Zeit - und lern das Leben kennen

Blumfeld - Neuer Morgen

[KlausK]

I'm so sorry
Please forgive me
For knowing that I'm wrong but insisting I'm right
For wanting everything to be either black or white
For wallowing in self-pity, confessing all my sins
For studying my thoughts till my head caves in
For all the things I've said but regret so much now
For all the things I should have said but I couldn't somehow
For all the times I've meant them
And I've known them for so long
But I still get endings wrong

I'm so sorry
Please forgive me

For trying to be all things to all men
For shelving my objectives time and time again
For looking for perfection in everything I do
When really I need only look as far as you
For demanding to be loved by someone who
Then dispatching quietly over a pint of beer
Well yeah, I did it without malice
And I did it without shame
But I did it just the same

I'm so sorry
Please forgive me

For coming home from work in the middle of the night
For waking you up with the bathroom light
For wanting to touch you with these cold cold hands
For wanting to have you just because I can
For always running from an argument
When I ought to stand and fight
For suppressing my emotions
'cause I'm too goddamn polite
and then for thinking that by simply saying sorry
I could suddenly make everything alright

I'm so sorry please forgive me...
I'm so sorry please forgive me...

[MuttertagFive]

Oh Loretta she's a barroom girl
wears them sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond shines
Tells me lies I love to believe
Her age is always 22
Her laughing eyes a hazel hue
Spends my money like water falls
Loves me like I want her to
Oh, Loretta, won't you say to me
Darling, put your guitar on
have a little shot of booze
play a blue and wailing song
My guitar rings a melody
My guitar sings, Loretta's fine
Long and lazy, blonde and free
and I can have her any time
Sweetest at the break of day
prettiest in the setting sun
she don't cry when I can't stay
'least not 'till she's all alone
Loretta, I won't be gone long
keep your dancing slippers on
keep me on your mind a while
I'll be back, babe, to make you smile



und:

Well, the birds were talking all at once
and the old man mowing down his lawn
he didn't look like much too bad a guy
And I was thinkin' Hang on, man, something's wrong
your blues seems to be gone
heaven ain't bad but you don't get nothing done.
Lay down your head a while
you are not needed now
you are not needed now
Well, Allison laid a hex on me
and every time I turn around
it's swimming through the air above my bed
I told Miss Higgs and she said fine
as long as you're back in your room on time
I keep you clean and the girls will keep you fed
Lay down your head with mine
you are not needed now
and we got things to do
Between the blankets made of wool
the trains roll by every half an hour
and the body can get no restin' done, that's true
so I do my best, as best I can
thinkin' big and making plans
and wondering where them trains are rolling to
Lay down your head poor boy
and feel how the ground does move
and hear how them drivers sing
Well, goodbye friends, it's time to close
everybody knows that's the way it goes
where was it you lived in case I'm ever there
Well, three doors down and two behind
and it gets a little bit out of hand sometimes
don't let it fool you into thinkin you down care
Lay down your head and fly
I'll quietly pass you by
you won't even see me go
If I thought about it long enough
I just might make some kind of move
watchful lies are too hard on the soul
With the smoke house just across the way
and it's fog upon the light of day
that would be hard comin' up with where to go
Lay down your head poor boy
feel how the ground does move
hear how them drivers sing
What now, my darling one
go find a little fun
you are not needed now