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I go out of my way
to wear out my welcome
I go out of my way
to wither my wisdom
MMmm
I go out in the wind
to mend my woes
when I'm with wind
I tell it which to go
Which way to go
Well I might get tired
I might get mad
If I were inspired
I'd be the better man
I want to be the better man
Be the better man
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Sally’s singing several silly songs that abuse the alphabet.
It seems she’s out to set an achievement of some type.
I hear her spewing serenades of selling seashells.
Harvesting the S’s as if they’re overripe.
I told her, “Tell it as it is! What’s with the wordplay?
Say what you have to say and avoid alliteration.”
She said, “It seems we won’t have similar ideas.
Happiness surely is this stylistic sensation.”
Well she has this tongue twisted!
I wish that I had words to say.
Although she’s already insisted
I’ll say hello seashore,
Since she seems so sure.
Seashell Sally, show the way!
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Today's number is seven
Let's sing a song about letter
Let's sing a song today
Let's sing a song about letters
And start in a special way
Today's number is seven
I will spin the wheel seven times
To select the letters
Which will start the words in the song
S, Super
T, Terrific
I, Incredible
A, That's Amazing
W, Weird
N, Nice
L, lovely
Now that we see the letters
We will sing a song about them
S is somebody special
Smart and shy and sweet
T is talking to them
To sit together is a treat
I is where I imagine
Who I am someday
A is what I'll accomplish
No limits in any way
W is the world
That we wish to see
N is a nice neighborhood
To live in, naturally
L is to love learning
It lasts a whole life long
That is the last letter
So now we leave the song
This song was sponsored through the number seven
And the letters S, T, I, A, W, N, and L
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(This song was written using only words that begin with the letter "T.")
There’s Timmy --
The troublesome, trash-talking tyke.
There’s Tommy --
The tantruming tot.
There’s Tammy --
The tattletale.
There’s the teacher they torture.
This tells the terrible tale that transpired today . . .
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Timmy took Tommy’s toy turtle.
Threatened to take Tommy’s
Toy to the trash.
Tommy then took Timmy’s
Tiny Transformer,
Thinking that that’d tempt
Timmy to trade.
Timmy, though, threatened to
Take Tommy’s toy to the
Toilet -- to toss Tommy’s
Toy to the turds.
This took the trembling
Tommy to tears,
Triggering Tommy’s third
Tantrum today.
Tammy then tattled to Teacher.
The teacher told
Timmy to take the toy
Turtle to Tommy.
Then Timmy tried telling the
Teacher that, truthfully?
Tommy’s the thief that took
Timmy’s Transformer!
The teacher then told them to
Trade the two toys, telling
Tommy, “The tantruming’s through!”
Then Tattletale Tammy told
Timmy that Tommy told
Teacher that Timmy told
Threatening things.
Then Tammy told Tommy that
Timmy told Tammy that
Tommy’s toy turtle’s the
Trashiest toy . . .
Then Tammy took turns taunting
Timmy, then Tommy, then
Taking their toys, then
Telling the teacher,
‘Til Teacher told Tammy,
“The tattling’s through!”
Then took the Transformer,
Took the toy turtle,
Turned to the terrors to
Tell the three,
Thund’rously --
“Timmy?!? Tommy?!? Tammy?!?
TIMEOUT!!!”
(There. That’s that, then.
‘Til tomorrow though, Teacher...
Try to think tranquil thoughts ‘til then...)
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Always be careful
Always be courteous
Always be cheerful
Don't ever forget
Good and bad cannot
Define everyone
Finding good always brings close, dear friends
Easy as ABC
Easy as ABC
Always be curious
Always be childlike
Always be comedy
Dear, exuberant,
Fun and goofy, bashful and beautiful
Friendly and funny and free
Easy as abc
Easy as abc
And be cute, and be cuddly
And be cozy, can't deny
Each freckle, every giggle
Comes easy as abc
Easy as abc
Always be cautious
Always be confident
Always be caring
Don't ever fear
Go ahead, grow,
And blossom
But a child always be
A child always be
Easy as abc
Easy as abc
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Brian Gray - One Of Us
03:42
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Coasting childless through the world, spirits free, standing tall
Friendly fire set to stun circumscribes the wailing wall
"One of us, one of us"
Sleeping on the weekend, causing wakeful wits to fret
Circumstances trigger chimes of Cultic tunes to cool the sweat
"One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us"
"Come today, follow with us" call the spawning Stepford Freaks
So cliché, so foreseen
Watch them come, come to take us to the feared suburban wild
Cannot win, cannot fight the fate conveying us the child
"One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us"
Seize the change, opt surrender to the countless clutching sires
We're the strange, we're the swarm
The single couple caught within our sights can only forecast when
They can't see the skulking us until temptation captures them
"One of us, one of us"
Their countenance of cold foreboding sparks the urging of our soul
The fearsome creep of tot conversion surfacing to swallow whole
"One of us, one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us, one of us"
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My tights make me happy.
My tights.
My tights make me happy.
My tights.
Garish, multicolored symmetry.
Heart-shapes, tubular tapestry.
Seasonal imagery.
Itchy, thick monstrosity.
My tights make me happy.
My tights.
My tights make me happy.
My tights.
Textured sensuality.
Silky, smooth immodesty.
Shocking to your society.
Shows my individuality.
My tights make me happy.
My tights.
My tights make me happy.
My tights.
Mmmm, hey, hey, hey.
Mmmm, hey, hey, hey.
Sometimes I hide my tights.
Yes, I’m sad to say.
I get such stares.
Hurts my sensitivité.
My tights....
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Go to sleep
And forget this town
Everything so silent
Another skin to shed
Seriously
All you ever seem to see:
Tomorrow and anything
Further ahead
Self sabotaging feelings fail
Another ship gently setting sail
Go to sleep
And gather all your sighs
You’re trying to forget
To sever all the ties
Eloquent and fearless things to say
Are screaming sirens fading futher away
All these all-encompassing
Things are all so frightening
Good enough to say you found
The frailest thing enlightening
Still there’s something at your feet
That you feel slowly tightening...
Go to sleep and forget
Go to sleep and forget
Separate, eliminate and arrest
Go to sleep and forget
Go to sleep
And forget this town
Everything suggests
You’re already asleep
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The one the townsfolk called "The Tin Knight"
Was a withering warrior who wore old armor
Who captured a child's imagination
And challenged killers and terrors
A terrible creature threatened the kingdom
The king called out to all to conquer the treachery waiting outside
The old tin knight was the only one to answer the call and arise
A child called out to the wall as the knight walked through
"I'm a tin knight too"
"I'll conquer the thunder, the terrors and wonders
I'll tear them asunder
Wild and courageous, I'll win the crusade against
The things I'm afraid of when
When I'm asleep"
The knight went outside the castle walls
In an instant the creature attacked
Chainmaille clinked as it weakened its chinks
Though terribly wounded, the knight was able
To kill it in its tracks
The king then commended the knight's courageous acts
The tin knight wavered on aching knees, cried out, "I won...",
and collapsed
All the townspeople circled around and timidly asked aloud,
"Who will keep the kingdom, who can act as our custodian?"
One of them already knew -
The child cried out to them all, "I'm a tin knight too"
"I'll conquer the thunder, the terrors and wonders
I'll tear them asunder
Wild and courageous, I'll win the crusade against
The things I'm afraid of when
When I'm asleep"
"I'll be a tin knight too"
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Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
(Come on now.)
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
(Come on, man.)
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
Come to me now.
(Take it down, now.)
Come to me now. (Come on, now.)
Come to me now. (Come on, now.)
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Common Lisp - I.O.U.
03:50
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I owe you my life, my love
All I am and all I own is yours
When we met long years ago, you
Welcomed me with love and laughter
My incandescent love I owe you
Another year's improvisation
I'll melt with willing obligation
I offer you my lullabye
I owe you my life, my love
All I am and all I own is yours
Adieu, my lady love
I owe you my life
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Gold Lion - Crossfire
04:46
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To withstand the truth
Is my weakest trait
I tried whistling a song
Still I can't stand strong
Well I'm wasted
And I'm tied
Wel I'm tangled
And I'm caught
In the crossfire
I watched as the connection
Turned into a war
I fought for my cause
'Till I couldn't take anymore
Well I'm wasted
And I'm tied
Well I'm tangled
And I'm caught
In the crossfire
If I could muster the courage
If I could call the spirit
If I could accept the truth and identify another way
I must muster the courage
I must call the spirit
I must accept the truth and identify another way
With all my might
Against the tide
Inhale, choke
Cigarette smoke
With all my might
Against the tide
Along the wire
Caught in the crossfire
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va falloir que ce soit la fin
de vous
questionne que ça
vrai/faux la-la
comment le dira
questions - que ça
va falloir que ce soit la fin
de vous
chanter longtemps
chanter comme ça
lointain de là
chanter - que ça
va falloir que ce soit la fin
de vous
si lent
si longue
so long, silence
faut voir cette vie
cette vie - que ça
voyage de là
faut voir que ça
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She sleeps, she dreams
Shelling and bombs and death
She sees, she screams
Chokes as she catches breath
Calm down! Come down, she prays
Silently, anxiously, stop all phantasms and relax
But she can’t, a cold bed stops all sleep-
She sits, she stares
Remembering days before
She begs, she pleads
A spouse and a distant shore
“Be safe! Be safe!”, she says
Blood rushing powerf’ly
Breath slowing down and she’s calm;
Saying all dreams dim at dawn, but
She’s shaking, and sweating, and praying alone
And she breaks down so completely,
Crying drops she can’t postpone
Always aching, awaiting a call,
Softly she says "Please come back."
Sleeping, dreaming,
Crying screaming,
Pacing , pausing,
Calming down…
Praying come back
Always alone, always afraid,
An army spouse, acting so brave
She sleeps, she dreams
Shelling and bombs and death
She sees, she screams
Chokes as she catches breath
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Quietly, the Quetzalcoatlus,
Sits atop his tree,
Searching out across the ocean slowly.
As the sun, in the southwest,
Sinks into the sea,
Turns the sky orange and indigo.
He sees a splash, his supper is there,
Spreads his arms, takes to the air.
The Quetzalcoatlus soars...
The Quetzalcoatlus soars...
The Quetzalcoatlus soars.
Overhead, quick as an arrow,
Sailing to the scene,
He arrives to hunt his territory.
Suddenly, splitting the surface,
Straight into the sea,
Awkwardly, he quickly quaffs his quarry.
If he's alive, there isn't a quiz,
He'll survive, and the skies are his.
The Quetzalcoatlus soars...
The Quetzalcoatlus soars...
The Quetzalcoatlus...
Absent are any observers to see,
His aerodynamic agility,
His aerial tricks,
And acrobatics,
Are seen to him alone,
They're seen to him alone.
If he's alive, there isn't a quiz,
He'll survive, and the skies are his.
The Quetzalcoatlus soars...
The Quetzalcoatlus soars...
The Quetzalcoatlus soars.
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