Put a song title in your subject line that best describes TODAY

[Neil Lisst]

By "Today," I mean the political world today, or YOUR world today.

Whatever song you think says what you think the world is today.

I'll start with the next one.

And give the lyrics or some of them, if you like

[Neil Lisst]

1. Ball of Confusion by the Temptations

The Temptations - Ball of Confusion

1, 2... 1, 2, 3, 4, Ow!

People moving out, people moving in.
Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run but you sure can't hide.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I'll set you free.
Rap on, brother, rap on.

Well, the only person talking about love thy brother is the...preacher.
And it seems nobody's interested in learning but the...teacher.
Segregation, determination, demonstration, intergration,
Aggravation, humiliation, obligation to our nation.

Ball of confusion.
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.
Woo, hey, hey.

The sale of pills are at an all time high.
Young folks walking round with their heads in the sky.
The cities ablaze in the summer time.

And oh, the beat goes on.

Evolution, revolution, gun control, sound of soul.
Shooting rockets to the moon, kids growing up too soon.
Politicians say more taxes will solve everything.

And the band played on.

So, round and around and around we go.
Where the world's headed, nobody knows.

Oh, great googalooga, can't you hear me talking to you.
Just a ball of confusion.
Oh yeah, that's what the world is today.
Woo, hey, hey.

Fear in the air, tension everywhere.
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatles new record's a gas.

And the only safe place to live is on an indian reservation.

And the band played on.

Eve of destruction, tax deduction, city inspectors, bill collectors,
Mod clothes in demand, population out of hand, suicide, too many bills,
Hippies moving to the hills. People all over the world are shouting, 'End the war.'

And the band played on.

[Jigarotta]

4. The Future - Leonard Cohen. I've seen the future-it is murder.

"The Future"

Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that's an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant

You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder

Things are going to slide ...

There'll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing
You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder

Things are going to slide ...

When they said REPENT REPENT ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Bad Moon Rising.

I see the bad moon arising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin’.
I see bad times today.

Don’t go around tonight,
Well, it’s bound to take your life,
There’s a bad moon on the rise.

I hear hurricanes ablowing.
I know the end is coming soon.
I fear rivers over flowing.
I hear the voice of rage and ruin.

Hope you got your things together.
Hope you are quite prepared to die.
Looks like we’re in for nasty weather.
One eye is taken for an eye.

[Neil Lisst]

9. CCR!!!

one of my boys got a hold of some CCR for the first time after hearing Kid Rock sing Fortunate Son in 1999 at Woodstock II. Both of my boys are guitarists, started playing 15 years ago. It's been great sharing my music with them, and having them share theirs with me.

Steve Miller band is another group they learned to love.

[Cosby]

3. I have to go with 'Dogs fo War'

The Dogs Of War
Pink Floyd


Dogs of war and men of hate

With no cause, we don't discriminate

Discovery is to be disowned

Our currency is flesh and bone

Hell opened up and put on sale

Gather round and haggle

For hard cash, we will lie and deceive

Even our masters don't know the webs we weave



On world, it's a battleground

One world and they smash it down

One world…one world



Invisible transfers, long distance calls

Hollow laughter in marble halls

Steps have been taken, a silent uproar

Has unleashed, the dogs of war

You can't stop what has begun

Signed, sealed, they deliver oblivion

We all have a dark side, to say the least

And dealing in death is the nature of the beast



On world, it's a battleground

One world and they smash it down

One world…one world



The Dogs of War don't negotiate

The Dogs of War won't capitulate

They will take and you will give

And you must die so that they may live

You can knock at any door

But wherever you go, you know they've been there before

Well winners can lose and things can get strained

But whatever you change, you know the dogs remain



On world, it's a battleground

One world and we're going to smash it down

One world…one world



Album: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason (1987)

Written By D.J. Gilmour - A. Moore

[Neil Lisst]

11. that's another good one

[AlCzervik]

5. Interesting Drug

There are some bad people on the rise
There are some bad people on the rise
They’re saving their own skins by
Ruining other people’s lives
Bad, bad people on the rise
Young married couple in debt
- ever felt had ?
Young married couple in debt
- ever felt had ?

On a government scheme
Designed to kill your dream
Oh mum, oh dad
Once poor, always poor
La la la la la
Interesting drug
The one that you took
Tell the truth - it really helped you
An interesting drug
The one that you took
God, it really really helped you
You wonder why we’re only half-ashamed ?

Because enough is too much!
...and look around ...
...can you blame us ? can you blame us ?

On a government scheme
Designed to kill your dream
Oh mum, oh dad
Once poor, always poor
La la la la la
Interesting drug
The one that you took
Tell the truth - it really helped you
An interesting drug
The one that you took
God, it really really helped you
You wonder why we’re only half-ashamed ?

Because enough is too much!
...and look around ...
...can you blame us ? can you blame us ?

[shenmue]

16. Woohoo!

:thumbsup:

:loveya:

[flyarm]

6. Prince of darkness ALICE COOPER Lyrics

Prince of darkness

ALICE COOPER Lyrics

An angel fell one stormy night
From Heaven's Glory
He split the earth to reign in Hell
He fears the light
He fears the truth
He fears what's going to be
He spits on life
He spits on God
He spits up death for you and me

Prince of Darkness
Studies the world with hungry eyes
Prince of Darkness
Ready to baptize you in lies
Heart of evil, soul of blackness
Prince of Darkness

He saw that man was just a boy
With a baby's mind
He swore damnation of God's creation
He lives for hate
He lives for tears
He lives up to his name
He knew the light
He knew the one
Who was crucified in pain

Prince of Darkness
Studies the world with hungry eyes
Prince of Darkness
Ready to baptize you in lies
Heart of evil, soul of blackness
Prince of Darkness

He fears the light
He fears the truth
He fears what's going to be
He spits on life
He spits on God
He spits up death for you and me

Prince of Darkness
Studies the world with hungry eyes
Prince of Darkness
Ready to baptize you in lies
Heart of evil, soul of blackness
Prince of Darkness

He smells the breath
Of sweet human sin
And deeply breathes it in
Prince of Darkness




FLY

[JuniperLea]

7. WAR PIGS!

Generals gathered in their masses,
just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning.
Death and hatred to mankind,
poisoning their brainwashed minds.
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away.
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah.

Time will tell on their power minds,
making war just for fun.
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
wait till their judgement day comes, yeah.

Now in darkness world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
Begging mercies for their sins,
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Oh lord, yeah!

[JuniperLea]

8. Exciter... or, change that word to Decider...

Racing’ cross the heavens
Straight into the dawn
Looking like a comet
Slicing through the morn
Scorching the horizon
Blazing to the land
Now he’s here amongst us
The age of fire’s at hand

Stand by for exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for exciter
Salvation bids to ask

Everything he touches
Fries into a crisp,
Let him get close to you
So you’re in his trip,
First you’ll smoke and smoulder
Blister up and singe
When ignition hits you
The very soul of your being will cringe.

Stand by for exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for exciter
Here he comes now
Fall to your knees and repent if you please

Who is this man?
Where is he from?
Exciter comes
For everyone.
You’ll never see him
But you will taste the fire upon your tongue

He’s come to make you snap out
Of the state that you are in
Looks around and make you
See the light again
So much self-indulgence
Results in shattered eyes
Predominant complacency
Leads to beguiling lies.

Stand by for exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for exciter
Salvation bids to ask

When he leaps amidst us
With combustive dance
All shall bear the branding
Of his thermal lance,
Cauterizing masses
Melting into one
Only when there’s order
Will his job be done.

Stand by for exciter
Salvation is his task
Stand by for exciter
Here he comes now
Fall to your knees and repent if you please

Who is this man?
Where is he from?
Exciter comes
For everyone
You’ll never see him
But you will taste the fire upon your tongue

Racing past the heavens
Straight into the dawn
Looking like a comet
Slicing through the morn
Scorching the horizon
Blazing to the land
Now he’s here amongst us
The age of fire’s at hand

Stand by for exciter
Stand by for exciter
Stand by for exciter
Stand by for exciter

[ticapnews]

10. Industrial Disease

[Sonicmedusa]

15. Epitaph

The wall on which the prophets wrote
Is cracking at the seams.
Upon the instruments of death
The sunlight brightly gleams.
When every man is torn apart
With nightmares and with dreams,
Will no one lay the laurel wreath
As silence drowns the screams.

Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known;
Knowledge is a deadly friend
When no one sets the rules.
The fate of all mankind I see
Is in the hands of fools.

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying.

[DFW]

12. I've been working on...........

"I've been working on vacation" by The Freedom Toast:

I’ve been working on vacation
All the summer long
Doing some intense relaxing
Just to keep our country strong

I’ve been seeing Condoleezza
Donald Rumsfeld, too
Fox News said I’m still the greatest
So I guess it must be true.

Iraq is going well,
“Libbrul” doesn’t sell,
Bolton’s in New Yo-o-ork,
I sit back and beam,
Roberts is “supreme:”
My revenge for Bork!

Someone’s been removing some brush weed
That someone is me-e-e-e
Someone’s been removing some brush weed
The burden of the presidency!

2.)
I’ve been working on vacation
Chasing hares and moles
Cindy Sheehan notwithstanding,
And I never read the polls

I’ve made no mistakes I know of
That’s just not like me
I subscribe to presidential
In-fall-i-bi-li-ty!

Intelligent design:
The notion seems divine!
Science must be wro-o-ong!
The world’s initial phase
Took place in seven days
I knew it all along!

Next year I will not take five weeks
Next year I’ll take si-i-i-ix
I need time to plan Iran’s invasion
And to get my barbecue fixed!

[Lusted4]

13. Armageddon Days ( The The )

From the Mind Bomb CD.

[etherealtruth]

14. Cinderella Man / Rush

A modest man from Mandrake
Travelled rich to the city
He had a need to discover
A use for his newly found wealth

Because he was human
Because he had goodness
Because he was moral
They called him insane
Delusions of grandeur
Visions of splendor
A manic depressive
He walks in the rain

Eyes wide open
Heart undefended
Innocence untarnished...

Cinderella Man
Doing what you can
They can't understand
What it means
Cinderella Man
Hang on to your plans
Try as they might
They cannot steal your dreams

In the betrayal of his love he awakened
To face a world of cold reality
And a look in the eyes of the hungry
Awakened him to what he could do

He held up his riches
To challenge the hungry
Purposeful motion
For one so insane
They tried to fight him
Just couldn't beat him
This manic depressive
Who walks in the rain

[Booster]

17. "I'm not ready to make nice" by the Chicks. Says it all for me.

[progressivebydesign]

35. just about to post that one! n/t

[napi21]

18. Eve of Distruction

[Neil Lisst]

38. Barry McGuire?!

I think that's who it was. He was about the first real protest song about Vietnam and all. At least that's how I remember it.

[mdmc]

19. california uber alles

[Bush_MUST_Go]

20. "War"

Edwin Starr - WAR

War...huh...yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Uh ha haa ha
War...huh...yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutley nothing...say it again y'all
War..huh...look out...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...listen to me ohhhhh

WAR! I despise,
'cos it means destruction of innocent lives,
War means tears to thousands of mother's eyes,
When their sons gone to fight and lose their lives.

I said WAR!...huh...good God y'all,
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...say it again
War! Huh...What is it good for (Edwin sings 'Wohh oh Lord' over the top)
Absolutely nothing...listen to me

WAR! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker,
War. Friend only to the undertaker.
Ohhh! War is an enemy to all mankind,
The thought of war blows my mind.
War has caused unrest within the younger generation
Induction then destruction...who wants to die? Ohhh

WAR! good God y'all huh
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...say it say it SAY IT!
WAR!...uh huh yeah hu!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...listen to me

WAR! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker,
War! It's got one friend that's the undertaker.
Ohhhh! War has shattered many a young man's dream,
Made him disabled, bitter and mean,
Life is much too short and precious to spend fighting wars these days.
War can't give life, it can only take it away!

Ohhh WAR! huh...good God y'all
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...say it again
War!...huh...woh oh oh Lord
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing...listen to me

War! It ain't nothing but a heartbreaker,
War. Friend only to the undertaker...woo
Peace lovin' understand then tell me,
Is there no place for them today?
They say we must fight to keep our freedom,
But Lord knows there's got to be a better way.

Ohhhhhhh WAR! huh...good God y'all...
What is it good for?...you tell me!
Say it say it say it saaaay it!
War! good God now...huh
What is it good for?
Stand up and shout it...NOTHING [END

[JuniperLea]

21. Perfect! n/t

[JuniperLea]

22. Dead Kennedys Rule! Jello rules too!

"California Uber Alles"

I am Governor Jerry Brown
My aura smiles
And never frowns
Soon I will be president...

Carter Power will soon go away
I will be Fuhrer one day
I will command all of you
Your kids will meditate in school
Your kids will meditate in school!


California Uber Alles
California Uber Alles
Uber Alles California
Uber Alles California

Zen fascists will control you
100% natural
You will jog for the master race
And always wear the happy face

Close your eyes, can't happen here
Big Bro' on white horse is near
The hippies won't come back you say
Mellow out or you will pay
Mellow out or you will pay!



Now it is 1984
Knock-knock at your front door
It's the suede/denim secret police
They have come for your uncool niece

Come quietly to the camp
You'd look nice as a drawstring lamp
Don't you worry, it's only a shower
For your clothes here's a pretty flower.

DIE on organic poison gas
Serpent's egg's already hatched
You will croak, you little clown
When you mess with President Brown
When you mess with President Brown

[mdmc]

48. thanks for the lyrics

peace and low stress.

[conflictgirl]

24. Still Ill by the Smiths

Mostly for the first verse...

I decree today that life
Is simply taking and not giving
England is mine - it owes me a living
But ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
Oh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eye
But we cannot cling to the old dreams anymore
No, we cannot cling to those dreams

[conflictgirl]

25. I've been in a major DK mood lately

Though lately I've found the lyrics to "Hellnation" and "Kill the Poor" more appropriate for me...

When the political situation is getting desperate, Dead Kennedys almost always fit my mood.

[mdmc]

54. do you also listen to the dead?

the grateful dead were part of the 60's rebellion. The DK were part of the revolt vs. ray-gun.

Both are very interesting

[CPMaz]

23. "Lookin' Back"

I think the only time this song was included in an album was on "Live Bullet" <perhaps the greatest live album ever, for rock, anyway>

Lookin' Back
1971 Bob Seger

You hit the street, you feel them staring
You know they hate you you can feel their eyes a glarin'
Because you're different, because you're free
Because you're everything deep down they wish they could be


You're lookin back (lookin back) they're lookin back (lookin back)
Too many people lookin back
You're lookin back (lookin back) they're lookin back (lookin back)
Too many people lookin back

They watch the news, see young men dying
They watch them bleedin' and listen to them lyin'
And if they're normal if they can see
They just reach out and change the channel on the TV



When they could vote, and end the war
They're much too busy fittin' locks upon the back door
Give you a foxhole, a place to hide
Cause when the war come the cops'll be on their side

[skids]

26. Talking Heads -- "Air"

Air - Talking Heads
Air...air
Hit me in the face
I run faster
Faster into the air
(I say to myself)
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people never had experience with...

Air...air
It can break your heart
So remember when the weather gets rough
(you'll say to yourself)
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people don't know shit about the...
Air...

[rzemanfl]

27. "There Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!" The B side (song

in reverse.

[Neil Lisst]

42. there has never been a more annoying song in the world!!

the reverse side, of course!!

We used to go into the local Dairy Queen where you could play 3 songs for a quarter, and just as we were leaving, we'd stick a quarter in and play that song, backwards, 3 times. Usually when someone you knew had just ordered to eat there.

[mirandapriestly]

44. and hence, totally appropriate! nt

[rzemanfl]

45. We did that a lot back in the day. n/t

[guinivere]

28. "American Idiot" nt

[TexasLawyer]

29. Save The Country

This song makes me cry every time I hear it. (Which isn't often 'cause I don't like crying! :crazy: LOL ).

Laura Nyro-- Save The Country

Come on, people! Come on, children!
COme on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up, and wash you down,
gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down. (Bush, of course)

I got fury in my soul, fury's gonna take me to the glory goal.
In my mind I can't study war no more.

Save the people! Save the children! Save the country now!

Come on, people! come on, children!
Come on down to the glory river.
Gonna wash you up and wash you down.
Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.

COme on people! Sons and mothers!
Keep the dream of the two young brothers.
Gonna take that dream and ride that dove.
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build a dream with love, children,
We could build the dream with love, oh people,
We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with love.

2nd verse:
Come on, people! Come on, children!
There's a king at the glory river.
And the precious king, he loved the people to sing;
Babes in the blinkin' sun sang
We Shall Overcome.

[TexasLawyer]

33. (Bite) The Hand That Feeds

My other entry-- This song rocks!

The Hand That Feeds
Nine-Inch Nails (Trent Reznor)

You're keeping in step
In the line
Got your chin held high and you feel just fine
Because you do
What you're told
But inside your heart it is black and it's hollow and it's cold

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

What if this whole crusade's
A charade
And behind it all there's a price to be paid
For the blood
On which we dine
Justified in the name of the holy and the divine

Just how deep do you believe?
Will you bite the hand that feeds?
Will you chew until it bleeds?
Can you get up off your knees?
Are you brave enough to see?
Do you want to change it?

So naive
I keep holding on to what I want to believe
I can see
But I keep holding on and on and on and on

Will you bite the hand that feeds you?
Will you stay down on your knees? <8X>

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

30. You Kidding? Beat This One. "We Got The Right" By Helloween (lyrics -->)

If ya haven't heard it, download it....

"We Got The Right"

Don’t turn your head
Back to the wall
Don’t close your eyes
And wait for your fall

If you belive that you know in this time
You’ve got anything to win
If you belive that you know
Then I say you’ll lose all again

In this time there’s nothing to get for you
You cannot really do what you want
You’re a child, a prisoner in your mind
You are a victim of this hopeless time

You better believe all you do has a sense
It’s not for nothing
You better believe all the troubles you have
Will pay you someday

Why don’t you help yourself and do the best
Put all the bombs back up their builders’ ass
Why don’t you stand up to say who you are
To show the people that paradise is not far

Oh, can’t you see we got the right
To look into the future without no need to hide
No we won’t accept what you do
We stand up ’cause we’re not the people
You can abuse
Oh, can’t you see we got the right
To say we are here to see the light
No, we don’t wanna lose all again
Stand up, you people, to save the world
As good as you can

We are credulous idiots
And won’t understand what they plan
We march with the times
It’s what they expect and we do
Why don’t you open your eyes
To undercover all of these lies
I think you won’t accept this
Go oppose with your fist
Fight for your rights

Oh, can’ t you see we got the right
To say we are here to see the light
No, we don’t wanna lose all again
Stand up, you people, to save the world
As good as you can

[lutefisk]

31. Norwegian Wood ..............n/t

n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

32. Shit, Can't Forget Black Sabbath "War Pigs" Can Ya?

Generals gathered in their masses,
just like witches at black masses.
Evil minds that plot destruction,
sorcerers of death's construction.
In the fields the bodies burning,
as the war machine keeps turning.
Death and hatred to mankind,
poisoning their brainwashed minds.
Oh lord, yeah!

Politicians hide themselves away.
They only started the war.
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor, yeah.

Time will tell on their power minds,
making war just for fun.
Treating people just like pawns in chess,
wait till their judgement day comes, yeah.

Now in darkness world stops turning,
ashes where the bodies burning.
No more War Pigs have the power,
Hand of God has struck the hour.
Day of judgement, God is calling,
on their knees the war pigs crawling.
Begging mercies for their sins,
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings.
Oh lord, yeah!

[progressivebydesign]

34. Won't Get Fooled Again. n/t

[Neil Lisst]

43. if only! but we do get fooled again, at least some of us, eh?

I do love that song!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

36. Politically~Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder

With Jessye Norman or Janowitz. These songs represent to me the death of our Constitution. I wrap myself within these perfect voices and mourn my Country that was. Remember where this all started, our America must find her way back.

[kineneb]

37. I am the very model of a modern Major General

(Rumsfeld's qualifications for office):evilgrin:

From The Pirates of Penzance
General.
 I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I?ve information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I?m very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I?m teeming with a lot o' news ?
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.

All.
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypoten- potenuse.


General.
I?m very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

All.
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern Major-General.

General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I?ve a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.

All.
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pina- Pinafore,


General.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

All.
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern Major-General.

General.
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery;
In short, when I?ve a smattering of elemental strategy,
You?ll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee.

All.
You?ll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee,
You?ll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee,
You?ll say a better Major-General has never sat a, sat a gee.


General.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.

All.
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
He is the very model of a modern Major-General.

[kineneb]

39. Must not forget Tom Lehrer's "So Long, Mom"

Subtitled: A song for WWIII

So long, mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter
You can see me
On your TV.

While we're attacking frontally
Watch Brinkally and Huntally**
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost.
No need for you to miss a minute of the agonizing holocaust. Yeah!

Little Johnny Jones, he was a US pilot,
And no shrinking violet was he.
He was mighty proud when World War III was declared.
He wasn't scared, no siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to Armageddon:

So long, mom,
I'm off to drop the bomb,
So don't wait up for me.
But though I may roam,
I'll come back to my home
Although it may be
A pile of debris.

Remember, mommy,
I'm off to get a commie,
So send me a salami
And try to smile somehow.
I'll look for you when the war is over,
An hour and a half from now!

[TexasLawyer]

40. B.Y.O.B.-- SYSTEM OF A DOWN

Sorry-- can't stop. This one not so much for the title but for the energy and sentiment. A crazy but great song.

SYSTEM OF A DOWN

B.Y.O.B.

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOR!
Barbarisms by Barbaras
With pointed heels.
Victorious, victorious, kneel.
For brand new spankin' deals.
Marching forward hypocritic
And hypnotic computers.
You depend on our protection,

Yet you feed us lies from the table cloth.
La la la la la la la la la,

Everybody's going to the party
have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert
blowing up the sunshine.

Kneeling roses disappearing,
Into Moses' dry mouth,
Breaking into Fort Knox,
Stealing our intentions,
Hangars sitting dripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!

Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the table cloth.
La la la la la la la la la,

Everybody's going to the party
have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert
blowing up the sunshine.

Blast off, its Party time,
And we don't live in a fascist nation,
Blast off , its party time,
And where the fuck are you?
:.. Yeah
Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?

Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?

Kneeling roses disappearing,
Into Moses' dry mouth,
Breaking into Fort Knox,
Stealing our intentions,
Hangars sitting dripped in oil,
Crying FREEDOM!

Handed to obsoletion,
Still you feed us lies from the tablecloth.
La la la la la la la la la,

Everybody's going to the party have a real good time.
Dancing in the desert blowing up the sunshine.

Where the fuck are you!
Where the fuck are you!

Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why don't presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?
Why, do, they always send the poor
They only send the poor

[Neil Lisst]

60. System of a Down

one of my sons is a big fan of that group

I am familiar with one song, one that came out a few years ago.

[Horse with no Name]

41. "Between The Wars"

I was a miner
I was a docker
I was a railway man
Between the wars
I raised a family
In times of austerity
With sweat at the foundry
Between the wars

I paid the union and as times got harder
I looked to the government to help the working man
And they brought prosperity down at the armoury
We're arming for peace, me boys
Between the wars

I kept the faith and I kept voting
Not for the iron fist but for the helping hand
For theirs is a land with a wall around it
And mine is a faith in my fellow man
Theirs is a land of hope and glory
Mine is the green field and the factory floor
Theirs are the skies all dark with bombers
And mine is the peace we know
Between the wars

Call up the craftsmen
Bring me the draftsmen
Build me a path from cradle to grave
And I'll give my consent
To any government
That does not deny a man a living wage

Go find the young men never to fight again
Bring up the banners from the days gone by
Sweet moderation
Heart of this nation
Desert us not, we are
Between the wars.

(Billy Bragg)

[caledesi]

46. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall- Bob Dylan nt

[Neil Lisst]

47. some great responses! any more?

it's free!!

[tool_of_the_people]

49. American Woman (Stay Away From Me)

[Neil Lisst]

56. that was a great Canadian tune!

[Skittles]

50. Communications Breakdown

it's always the same

[Jeanette in FL]

51. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

This song goes through my head every time * speaks. This has been the theme song since the beginning of this administration.

Crazy Train

Crazy, but that’s how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it’s not to late
To learn how to love
And forget how to hate

Mental wounds not healing
Life’s a bitter shame
I’m going off the rails on a crazy train

I’ve listened to preachers
I’ve listened to fools
I’ve watched all the dropouts
Who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you have the role

Mental wounds still screaming
Driving me insane
I’m going off the rails on a crazy train

I know that things are going wrong for me
You gotta listen to my words
Yeh-h

Heirs of a cold war
That’s what we’ve become
Inheriting troubles I’m mentally numb
Crazy, I just cannot bear
I’m living with something that just isn’t fair

Mental wounds not healing
Who and what’s to blame
I’m going off the rails on a crazy train

[Bush_MUST_Go]

52. "I'm The Decider" (an excellent parody)

I'M THE DECIDER
(Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo)

The Decider

I am me and Rummy's he, Iraq is free and we are all together
See the world run when Dick shoots his gun, see how I lie
I'm Lying...

Sitting on my own brain, waiting for the end of days
Corporation profits, Bloody oil money
I'm above the law and I'll decide what's right or wrong

I am the egg head, I'm the Commander, I'm the Decider
Koo-Koo-Kachoo

Baghdad city policeman sitting pretty little targets in a row
See how they die when the shrapnel flies see mothers cry
I'm Lying...I'm Ly-ing...I'm Lying...I'm Ly-ing

Yellow cake plutonium, imaginary WMD's
Declassifying facts, exposing secret agents
Tax cuts for the wealthy leaving all the poor behind

CHORUS

Sitting in the White house garden talking to the Lord
My thoughts would be busy busy hatching If I only had a brain

CHORUS

(courtesy of Paul Hipp)


You can hear it here --> http://decider.cf.huffingtonpost.com/

[otohara]

53. Sitting In Limbo - Jimmy Cliff

I blame Bush of course. Every day until he's gone from our lives is another day of limbo

[EFerrari]

55. I will be there - Van Morrison

[Catrina]

57. From A Distance

FROM A DISTANCE
Bette Midler

From a distance
The world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance
The ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
Its the voice of hope
Its the voice of peace
Its the voice of every man

From a distance
We all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed
From a Distance
We are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man

Chorus

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us
From a distance

From a distance
You look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance
I just cannot comprehend
What all this fighting's for
From a distance
There is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And its the hope of hopes
Its the love of loves
Its the heart of every man

[SalmonChantedEvening]

58. I'm afraid of Americans - Bowie n/t

[NC_Nurse]

59. Megalomaniac by Incubus

Where have all the flowers gone? Peter, Paul, and Mary

[Neil Lisst]

61. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

of course!!

[LWolf]

62. Here Comes The Sun

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

I finally got to stay home on my day off. The sun was finally shining, and the sky was finally blue. Mild, with a warm sun and chilly breeze. I got to ride my horse, clean the barn, and spend the day digging holes to plant my new orchard.

Spring is finally here, and I believe we are ready to leave the long cold winter of the Bush regime behind, finally, too.