end of the innocence

[nostatic]

Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standin' by
But "happily ever after" fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers dwell on small details
Since daddy had to fly

But I know a place where we can go
That's still untouched by men
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

O' beautiful, for spacious skies
But now those skies are threatening
They're beating plowshares into swords
For this tired old man that we elected king
Armchair warriors often fail
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
The lawyers clean up all details
Since daddy had to lie

But I know a place where we can go
And wash away this sin
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair spill all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbye

Just lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence

[dd74]

Okay, Todd: what realization did you come to tonight? Everything alright?

[nostatic]

its always a good/bad thing when KLOS does their "Rock A-Z". I end up hearing lots of tunes that strike a chord (pun intended). Heard that one today. I was especiallly hit by the second verse, and the beating ploughshares into swords bit. Necessary? Likely. Sad? To be sure.

Boys of Summer always gets to me too:

Out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker on a cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, don’t look back. you can never look back...

[azasadny]

The Eagles are OK, but I really love Steely Dan lyrics, I always hear something I never heard before every time I listen to their songs... Anyone else like Steely Dan for their lyrics?

[Seahawk]

Deacon Blues


I crawl like a viper through these suburban streets,
Make love to the women, languid and bittersweet.

[SteveStromberg]

Don Henley is a wuss Candy Arse. I was protesting in front Ron Burkels amd this Limo pulls up the window rolls down and Henley calls me a Moron. I said Stepout and we will see whos a Moron. Needless to say the little ****** didnt get out.

[tabs]

I'm a man without a soul...Honey
Who lost it while parading it, in a town full of thieves
Y'see I didn't want to be with any people I know.
But God knows I din't want be alone................

.....When I ran into the cure for my ills
Don't tell me what you name is
I want your body not your mind
I want a feeling worth paying for
before I say goodbye

But as I was talking I couldn't look her in the eyes
I just kept wondering
How many men unleashed their fustrations between her thighs

Well my adrenalin was curdling like cream,
as I was being led by the hand.
Through the sound of sirens
and the distant noise of a drunken jazz band
through the stench of disinfectant

That infected my head through the darkness of a corridor
and into a strangers bed.......

......She was lying on her back
with her lips parted
Squealing like astuffed pig
I was going through the motions
faking the emotions
I was wriggling around like a lizard in a tin
I was trying so hard to be myself / I was turning into somebody else................


Heh.Heh mighty uplifting....

[nostatic]

"Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening..."

SD rules. Always my first "go to" guys for musical inspiration. Too many great lyrics to count. Fitting with the theme:

I know this super highway
This bright familiar sun
I guess that I'm the lucky one
Who wrote that tired sea song
Set on this peaceful shore
You think you've heard this one before

Well the danger on the rocks is surely past
Still I remain tied to the mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last
Home at last

She serves the smooth retsina
She keeps me safe and warm
It's just the calm before the storm
Call in my reservation
So long hey thanks my friend
I guess I'll try my luck again

Well the danger on the rocks is surely past
Still I remain tied to the mast
Could it be that I have found my home at last
Home at last

[tabs]

The rising moon faces the sickening sun
as the lights in the towers go on one by one
A big shot, overlooking this black iron skyline
Surrounded by the symbols of prosperity
Sits back in his new leather chair
ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast

I'm smiling thorough my teeth
Anybody can be a millionaire
so everybodys gotta try

but by the laws of this human jungle
only the heartless willl survive
And down there for the grace of God
Go I

The smoke and the steam and the brokendown dreams
The hope and hunger, fustration and anger
The little drunken lives
driven through the traffic lights
And away from who they are

But I've been thinking of you
In this great city of of great solitude

Crossin the central reservation of my imagination
Searchin for the world ...I left behind

A shadow hunting shadows..of childhood life

It's all I want...and all I miss
but how can I return to a place that don't exist

Too Mombasa to Miami, Beirut to Bangladesh
I've flown around the world standing on the wing of a jet
Tryin to salvage my emotions
from the bottom of the oceans
Y'see I sold my soul to pay for my dinner
My stomach grew fatter, but my heart grew thinner
I ain't foolin I'm fallin

Iwasn't wicked just weak
I ain't lyin, I'm dyin, crippled by deceit...................

[tabs]

Oh happy day.....just a little taste of the darkness and the fire that licks at your feet.....

[mikester]

How does he do it? how do they do it? uncanny and immutable.
This is such a happening tailpipe of a party.
Like sugar, the guests are so refined, (look like melting mice)

A confidence man, but why so beleagued?
He’s not a leader, he’s a texas leaguer
Swinging for the fence, got lucky with a strike
Drilling for fear, makes the job simple
Born on third, thinks he got a triple

Blackout weaves it’s way through the cities

I remember when you sang
That song about today
Now it’s tomorrow and
Everything has changed

A think tank of aloof multiplication
A nicotine wish and a colossus decanter
Retrenchment and foolishness
What’s the ruckus?
The haves have not a clue
The immenseness of suffering
And the odd negotiation, a rarity
With onionskin plausibility of life,
And a keyboard reaffirmation

Blackout weaves it’s way through the cities

I remember when you sang
That song about today
Now it’s tomorrow and
Everything has changed

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[JavaBrewer]

Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
They found his clothing
Scattered somewhere down the track
And he won't be down on Wall Street
in the morning

He had a home
The love of a girl
But men get lost sometimes
As years unfold
One day he crossed some line
And he was too much in this world
But I guess it doesn't matter anymore

In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get pretty strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute

Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody going to emergency
Somebody's going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hand on tooth and nail
The wolf is always at the door

In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get a little strange
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute

And in these days
When darkness falls early
And people rush home
To the ones they love
You better take a fool's advice
And tak care of your own
One day they're here;
Next day they're gone

I pulled my coat around my shoulders
And took a walk down through the park
The leaves were falling around me
The groaning city in the gathering dark
On some solitary rock
A desperate lover left his mark,
"Baby, I've changed. Please come back."

What the head makes cloudy
The heart makes very clear
The days were so much brighter
In the time when she was here
But I know there's somebody somewhere
Make these dark clouds disappear
Until that day, I have to believe
I believe, I believe

In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
You can get out of the rain
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute

[JavaBrewer]

There's always an Eagles album occupying one of the 8 CD slots in my changer.

[tabs]

U walk into the room
with a pencil in your hand
U see somebody naked
And U say, "Who is that man?"
U try so very hard
But U don't understand
What you'll say
when you get home

And U know something is happening here
But U don't know what it is
Do U Mr Jones

You raise up your head
and U ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody point sto U and they say, "It's his."
And U say, "Whats mine?"
And then somebody else says, "Well, what is?"
And U say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"

And you know something is happening here
But U don't know what it is
Do U MR Jones

U pay for your ticket
And U go watch the geek
Who immediately walks up to U
When he hears U speak
And he asks U how it feels
to be such a freak
And U say, "Impossible"
As he hands U a bone

And U know somethings happening here
But U don't know what it is
do U, Mr Jones

U have many contacts
Among the Lumberjacks
Who get U the facts
When someone attacks your imagination
But nobody has any respect
Anyway they allready expect U
To give a check
To tax-deductible charity orgainizations

U've been with the professors
And they all like your looks
with great lawyers you have
Discussed the lepers and crooks
U've read all of
F Scott Fitzgerald's books
Your very well read
It's well known

And U know something is happening here
But U don't know what it is
do U, Mr Jones

The sword swallower comes up to U
and then he kneels
He crosses himself
And then he clicks his high heels
without further notice
He asks U how it feels
And he says, "Here is your throat back
Thanks for the loan"

And U know something is happening here
But U don't know what it is
Do U, Mr Jones

U see this one eyed midget
And he's shouting the word, "Now"
U say, "whats the matter?"
And he says, "How?"
And U say, "what does this mean?"
And he screams back, "Your a cow."
Give me some milk
Or else go home

And U know somethings happening here
But U don't know what it is
Do U, Mr Jones

Well, U walk into a room
Like a camel and then U frown
Your eyes in your pocket
And your head on the ground
There ought to be a law
Against U comin around
U should be made
to wear earphones

And U know something is happening here
But U don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones

[Burnin' oil]

Well we come with what was on our backs
Yeah, when the leaves had died and all turned black
Back when the wind was cold and blew them 'round
When we laid our blankets on the ground
Yeah and I woke up feelin' hungry
Lookin' straight into the sun, and left a cold night on the ground
Like a dog on the run

I fell overboard and washed up on the beach
Yes, let waves and sand roll over me
I was helped to be home of a young bleached blonde
Who said honey I discovered early in life there's ways of getting
Anything I want, some of us are different
It's just something in our blood, there's no need for explanations
We're just dogs on the run

The room was painted blue and grey
All my meals were served on a silver tray
Oh she would laugh, and light my cigarettes
She said honey ain't it funny how a crowd gathers around
Anyone living life without a net?
And how they'll beg you for the answer
But it won't ever be enough, there's no way you could ever tell 'em
It's just dogs on the run

[tabs]

Lyer lyer with your pants on fire
White spades hangin on the telephone wire
Gamblers revaluate along the dotted line
U never will recognize yourself on Heart Attack and Vine

Dr, lawyer, beggarman thief
Villiager remarkable looks on in disbelief
if U wana taste of madness
you'll have to wait in line
Probably see someone U know on Heart Attack and vine

Boneys hi on China White
& shortys found a punk
Don't U know there ain't no devil
Just Gawd whens he's drunk
This stuff will probably killl U
Let's do another line
Down on Heart Attack and vine

See that little Jersy girl
in the see through top
Wearing peddle-pushers
sucking on a soda pop
Well I betcha she's still a virgin
but it's still only 25 till 9
U can see a Million of them down on Heart Attack and vine
Better off in Iowa
against your scrambled eggs
then crawling down Cahuenga
on a broken pair of legs
Ignorance is blissfull evry Gddamed time.

Your waitin for the RTD on Heart Attack and vine

Boney is hi on China White
and Shorty found a punk
U know there ain't no devil
just Gawd when he's drunk
Well this stuff will probably kill U
let's do another line

You just said you'd meet me at Heart Attack and vine
lyer lyer with your pants on fire
Whiter spades hangin on the telephone wire
Gamblers revaluate along the dotted line
You'll never recognize yourself on Heart Attack and vine
Dr lawyer U mtherfking thief
Villiager remarable looks on in disbelief
If U want a taste of madness
you'll have to wait in line
Boneys hi on China White
and shortys found a punk

U know there ain't no devil
Just God whens he's drunk
Well this stuff will probably kill U
Let's do another line
I thoought You said you'd meet me down on Heart attack and vine

[tabs]

Everybody knows the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor and the rich get rich
Thats how it goes, everybody knows

Everybody knows the boat is leaking
Everybody knows the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking into their pocket
Everybody wants a box of choclates
And a long stem rose. everybody knows

Everybody knows. Eveybody knows
Thats how things goes everybody knows

Everybody knows that U love me baby
Everybody knows that U really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithfull,
give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
without your cloths, and everybody knows

And everybody knows it's now or never
Everybody knows thats me or U
And eveybody knows that you live forever
when you've done a line or 2
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe is still picking cotton
For your ribbons and bows, everybody knows

Everybody knows thats how things goes

Everybody knows the plague is coming
Everybody knows it's moving fast
Everybody knows the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
everybody knows the scene is dead
But theres gona be a meter on your bed
That will disclose what eveybody knows


And everybody knows that your in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach at malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this sacred hart
Before it blows and eveybody knows
Everybody knows
thats how things goes...

[350HP930]

I recently heard an old favorite on the radio . . .

Two boys on a playground
Tryin' to push each other down
See the crowd gather 'round
Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd

Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
I've got so much left to do with my life

Moving backwards through time
Never learn, never mind
That side's yours, this side's mine
Brother you ain't my kind

You're a black soldier, white fight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
Sure like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside

Mother, do you know where your kids are tonight?

Keeps the kids off the streets
Gives 'em something to do, something to eat
This spot was a playground
This flat land used to be a town

Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
Sure like to feel some pride
But this place just makes me feel sad inside

Black gold in a white plight
Won't you fill up the tank, let's go for a ride
I don't care 'bout no wheelchair
I've got so much left to do with my life

[tabs]

Didn't I see you down in San Antone on a hot an dusty night
You were eatin eggs in Sammys when a black man drew his knife
Ahh you drowned that jew in Rampton, as he washed his sleeveless shirt
You know that Spanish speaking gentlemen the one we all call Curt
Come now gentlemen I know theres some mistake
How forget full I'm becoming now U fix your business straight

I remember you on Hemlock row in 1956 your a faggy little leather boy with a smaller piece of stick
Your a lashing smashing hunk of man your sweat shines sweet and strong
Your organs working perfectly, but theres a part thats not screwed on
Werecha at the Coke convention back in 1965
Your the misbred, gray executive I've seen heavily advertised
Your the gray gray man whose daughter licks policemens buttons clean
Your the man who squats behind the man who works the soft machine
Come now gentlemen your love is all I crave
You still be in the circus as I'm laughing in my grave

When the old men do the fighting and the young men all look on
And the young girls eat their mothers meat from tubes of Plasticon
Be wary my gentle friends of all the skins you breed
They have a tasty habit...they eat the hands that bleed

So remember who you say you are and keep your noses clean
Boys will be boys and play with toys so be strong with your beast
Oh Rosie dear doncha think it's queer, so stop me if you please
The baby is dead, my lady said, "You gentlemen, why you all work for me."

[Icemaster]

Originally posted by nostatic
Boys of Summer always gets to me too:

Out on the road today I saw a deadhead sticker on a cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, don’t look back. you can never look back...

Atari's did the remake better recently IMO. Albeit, a remake.

Out on the road today saw a Black Flag sticker on a Cadillac....

I have a feeling I'm younger than you though, no offense.