katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams) (06/01/91)
This is a re-edited repost -------------------------- Vickie here. Re: Happy Lyrics First, a message to Neil Calton...please don't delete Happy's lyrics for the printouts you send to Peter & Krys at Homeground. They (Hi!) have Happy's first four albums and I'm sure they would enjoy having the lyrics too. THANKS! I think everyone, even those who haven't heard the songs (yet!), will enjoy reading Happy's lyrics. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway), everyone should either print them out or put them in an easily found file. Even if you're not interested in Happy now, that might very well change at some point in the future. I hope they'll go in the archives. I tried to give (in print) each song a different "look" because, though it might be distracting or annoying to some, it might help others who are just starting to separate and distinguish the 53 songs. Of course, lyrics cannot in any way give you a sense of how extraordinary and original the music is. Or how beautiful and expressive Happy's voice is. The slight Celtic lilts, the textured emotion, crystal clear clarity, the honesty and vulnerability and strength and awesomness of it. Sometimes, I rewind over and over again just to marvel at how she sings lines like "Ever see the wings of a dragonfly? Paper-thin and cellophane And quickly broken like the will to live for a mind in pain" or "Get your head out of the cotton clouds, put your precious feet on the floor" or "Go away way very far away, take your leave" (in that same song, "If So", I get goosebumps and teary the way she sings "Never grieve the loss") or "Farewell thou lob of spirits, I'll be gone" or "And they're telling me 'You should find out what is wrong' I think I'm alright, I'm still putting up a fight. But I keep on losing, soon I'll be dying of fright" or "Despite the bad ways of the girl with the purest of hearts" or any number of others. Could anybody imagine that a line like "I'll speak to you, but my flesh will burn" could sound so achingly beautiful? No, unless you've heard Happy. ---- Big, large, very huge amounts of !!THANKS!! to Jeffrey for taking on the enormous task of sitting down and transcribing each song on the first three albums. I'd never even tried to attempt it, even though I truly love lyric sheets. Seeing lyrics in front of you brings the meanings of songs closer to home. Jeff accurately caught lines that I'd puzzled over and given up on over two years ago! I'm in awe at his accomplishment. Happy was amazed and quite pleased too. She said that she was re-listening to "Ally Ally Oxenfree" and SHE couldn't even understand the lyrics. It had been so long since she'd heard the song that she'd forgotten what she wrote. Yet Jeff got nearly ALL the words right! Wow! She wrote "I'm amazed you got any of these lyrics! Good job!!" There were lines that had him shaking his head though. Michael helped clear a few of those up and I went through and put in my own corrections and comments, then mailed them off to Happy. She sent them back with lots of corrections in red pen and in purple ink she wrote little comments about some songs. I'll share some of those with you in a bit. Before I got the lyrics back from her, Happy told me over the phone answers to some of the most vexing lyrics. For example, parts of the song "For We Believe" were particularly difficult because the high and low voices are singing different lines but they're intertwined so without knowing the exact lyrics it's impossible to understand what's going on. This is an example of what was sent Happy to correct: For We Believe (high voice) ((high & low voices together)) [Vickie's interpratation-sounds like...] What are these things [What (I) ees (are) these thing (we) ((words alway))] Why is this love ... [What (I) ees (ah) this love (we) ((words alway))] Where is this hole coming from? Where is this hole coming from? HUH??? HELP!!! This is the corrected version of that line: For We Believe (Why) (are) (we) ((worlds away?)) What is this thing? (Why) (are) (we) ((worlds away?)) What is this love? Where is this hope coming from? Where is this hope coming from? ....Thanks to Happy for clearing THAT one up! Whew! Of course, now that I know what she's singing it sounds perfectly clear to me! ---- "Oh The Drears"-the word came from a schoolchum of Happy's, who was always moaning about having the drears. The word stuck in Happy's mind. In the beginning of the song (that *wonderful* beginning) the sound you can't quite make out is the sound of Happy calling out to her engineer. Listen on headphones to catch it during the echoes. ---- I asked Happy about "Rainkeeper" and said it was a puzzle to me. She's no help at all, saying "It's a puzzle to me too" :-) The lyrics are sort of "Mother Stands For Comfort"-ish. ---- The song "He's Alive" is about "Alice" the He-monster. It's based on a painting Happy did when she was 14 or 15 years old. I haven't yet heard the entire story. Can't wait for that one! I always liked the song but thought of it mainly as the song separating two of my favorites (Given In and Possessed) so was always kind of impatient with it. Believe me, now that I know the lyrics and the "Alice arise" part is clear, I'm listening to it with a new mindset! ---- The "Mikey" in the song "The Revelation" is a fellow Happy used to know who was disgustingly optimistic. Disgustingly because Happy was at that time one of the most pessimistic people on earth. The song is not really "about" him, but sort of "to" him. Telling him, in a way, that there is no hope, there is no love etc. Kind of like "See reality willya?" Those who have yet to get _Warpaint_ should know that Happy doesn't have that kind of attitude anymore. She can still remember and see currently the very dark side of life, but knows (and writes about) the light and goodness of life. _Warpaint_ is her most optimistic album, even though there are major streaks of darkness in there too. ---- In "Moonbeam Friends" I thought the line was "my oxy and my troll" and I asked her what an oxy was, thinking it was some mythical creature. As Michael stated, the line is actually "my oxy and nitro" but she now much prefers Michael's line "my oxy and my toe" and maybe it will end up on a tape somewhere, sometime, just for fun! This song is sung from a child's point of view, about comforting, yet somewhat sinister, "imaginary" friends. ---- All of us had come up with some very inventive words that were as wrong as could possibly be. I think Happy had a grand time with it all. In the song "Number One" none of us could get this one phrase. Michael came up with "...and the clays maray" (that's what it sounded like to me too!) and Happy wrote on the printout "What the hell is a clays maray?" Well, Happy, gee...we were wondering ourselves. The line is actually "(The ways away)... from the craze we're in." I knew that...yeah... Another good one was in the song "The First To Cry", which none of us could understand. Michael wrote "untanglase or in tan raise" and Happy drew a little arrow to it and wrote "What the hell is he smoking?" Well, of course, the line is "mine are timeless" and it sounds perfectly clear to me now. Since I've had the tapes for nearly three years and phonetic phrases stick in the brain, I'll probably catch myself singing "...and the clays maray" or "a million to one" often, before realizing it. Happy & I were talking about that. I was telling her about having the pre-release cassette of TSW and listening to it countless times before actually getting the real lyrics from IED. A line in "Rocket's Tail" sounded like "I put on my traveling suit" and it was logical, so I sang it that way to myself. Getting the lyrics and finding out the line was "I put on my cloudiest suit" was actually a disappointment and I've continued to sing it my way. Happy said "wait a minute, you mean she's NOT singing 'traveling suit'?" She had heard it that way too and had never checked the lyric sheet to correct it. I'm glad I'm not the only one! ---- In "Noone Here" Jeff thought the line was "Well, I locked my own brain" and Michael thought it was "Well, I longed a warm rain" and I just put a ?. Happy said she thought we all knew what she was really singing but just wouldn't let ourselves believe it. "Well, I want a warm brain" Meaning that the lonely character (Happy...it's autobiographical) in the song was desperate for intellectual companionship. This song speaks directly to the soul of anyone who's seen a beautiful sunrise or a glorious lightning storm while alone felt honered and awed to be able to see it, but ached to share it with someone. Happy's cat makes a special appearance, a kittycameo, in the song. A long time ago I asked her about the kitty and she said it was a "secret" so it seems there's a mystery there. ---- In "To The Funnyfarm" she really does sing "And when I go I'll bring with me both of my bros" meaning her brothers. She said they were a bit on the "strange" side too. I guess! Happy was telling me that she had sent a CD of _Warpaint_ to one of her brothers weeks ago and had not heard from him. Not a word. I was very indignant and said "I guess he doesn't realize he's related to the Holy Ghost!" Amusing, but very sad, in a way. Think of the support and help that Kate's brothers have provided to her. What would she have done without them? Happy's had to work without much of a family support system. I don't mean to slam her brothers, because I don't know much about them, but from what I've heard, they're not giving Happy the support she deserves. Anyway, this is a great song! This is one of the very first songs she ever wrote. ---- The first line in "Possessed" is "Analyzed, crucified, caught on Satan's wing. Angels of night, vultures in flight. I've a love for the fatal things" This song should have been used for that 20/20 "Exorcism" (snort-snort) Ooooooooh! This is one of my all-time favorite songs. It's fast-paced and causes my mind to warp a bit every time I hear it. ---- In "I Am A Legend" she's been to "Anglo-land" and beyond the castle walls. Yeoooow!!! This song is a complete hoot! Who says Happy doesn't have a sense of humor? This song is so funny, the way she sings it, and especially the "La-De-Da's" at the end....! Very sly! Beyond that, it's not a "novelty" song. The music and voices and arrangements are totally brilliant! This is Chris' favorite Happy song. Happy wrote about this song: "I wanted respect for my musical abilities, but at the time, I was waitressing and bartending. The people there couldn't have cared less that I was a songwriter. It's funny how much I wanted them all to know how good _I_ thought I was" ---- "I'm Not Awake, I'm Not Asleep" - Happy writes "This song describes what I felt and saw one night, while in a trance-like state" ---- Where Do I Go? - "I think I need people to know that when I use the word "lord" I do not mean it in the religious sense. I'm not speaking to "The Lord" but more to myself. Blasphemous to some, I'm sure" Not to me. I can't imagine another word that would fit better. That song is excruciatingly, heart-wrenchingly honest and powerful. ---- I had asked Happy what nightmare inspired "Beat It Out" and she wrote "Just me, being weird. I think I was testing out my low register. I wasn't in the habit of using it that much at that time" ---- Steve VanDevender writes: > I swear Happy sings "I'm not a peapod, but someday I will pass on > through" in "The Wretches Gone Awry". Steve, I would have disagreed strongly. I was convinced the line was "... _*Under*_ the peapod, but someday we will pass on through" :-) The line is actually "I'll never be part, but someday I will pass on through". > For those of you willing to buy Happy Rhodes's music based on > just our recommendations, the best way I can describe it is that > it's very simple, light-sounding music on the first listen, but > the lyrics are complex and often dark. Vickie's example quote > from "To the FunnyFarm": "And when I go I'll be efficient at > making ashtrays" not only looks rather chilling in print, but the > delivery is subtly amazing. "The First To Cry" is another song > that sounds like some sort of romantic tearjerker if you don't > pay attention, but which seems to be a song about suicide to me. Yes, that's right. Happy's main euphemisms for suicide are the words "oblige" and "comply" and both are used in "The First To Cry" as in "I haven't the courage to oblige" and "If I choose to comply, not one would wonder why would I". It's a heart-wrenchingly sad song about the struggle within (and wondering if anyone would care) and to me it's a sister song to "I Have A Heart" on _Rearmament_. One of my listeners in Kansas City, a very, very nice and gentle man named John Hasseltine, was a Kate, Jane and Happy fan. He committed suicide because his girlfriend left him. I played this song in his honor. ---- I had told Happy that many of her songs make me cry or want to cry and she wrote a very poignant thing about the song "Let me Know, Love": "This is one of the only songs that makes *me* cry when I hear it. It was and is the truest expression of what I was feeling. I finally realized that in order to have peace and love, I'd have to give up my habit of self-loathing. I started fighting back at this point" Vickie (one of Vickie'n'Chris) "I've confided in you, my friend. Now we have something to do" Happy Rhodes Chris here, I'm posting the above for Vickie. We will post the lyrics in little bits, seeing if the first ones appear.
katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams) (06/01/91)
This is a repost ---------------- Vickie here. For all to enjoy, for many to cherish: ------------cut here------------cut here--------------cut over here-------- Happy Rhodes RHODES VOL. I ------------- Side A Side B 1) Rainkeeper 1) Moonbeam Friends 2) Oh The Drears 2) I'm Not Awake, I'm Not Asleep 3) Given In 3) The First To Cry 4) He's Alive 4) Step Inside 5) Possessed 5) The Wretches Gone Awry 6) I'll Let You Go 7) Number One 8) Case Of Glass all songs copyright 1986-Happy Rhodes Music, lyrics, voices and instruments - Happy Rhodes except "Possessed"...Music by Happy - Lyrics by Happy and Dave Snyder ---------------------------------------------------------------- Side A 1) Rainkeeper 2) Oh The Drears 3) Given In 4) He's Alive 5) Possessed 6) I'll Let You Go 7) Number One 8) Case Of Glass ------------------ 1) RAINKEEPER Ooh rainlover You're the one You're the one I'm dreaming of Be my love Ooh rainkeeper Does your heart.. Does it overflow with fear? You and I could cry a sea 'Cause I'm the other side Know where you hide I'm there So be wary of me rainlover In my dreams You are lying by me And we're free Ooh rainmaker Do you know.. Do you know where my love goes? Only mother knows That I'm the other half The psychopath I'm here Better fear me Your other side Know where you hide I'm there So be wary of me rainkeeper Time to die And she wants you by her side Forces to collide -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2) OH THE DREARS ((((((( Oh the drears ))))))) ((((((( Oh the drears ))))))) Oh the drears of being so strong Oh the drears of never being wrong It's such a strain To find the strength within And such a drain to fight and always win Oh the drears of the cold cold night Oh the drears of seeing death in our sight And knowing every moment That what I feel is true The drears of knowing that I'll make it through Oh the drears the drears (((((((((((( Oh )))))))))))) Oh the drears of the nights are creeping Oh the drears are never sleeping It's such a strain To find the strength within And such a drain to fight and always win And such a drain to fight and always win ((((((( Oh the drears ))))))) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3) GIVEN IN I have my pain I have my love And my hate And I'll not live without one of them And I do what I can to keep on top of every one of them I've got to live by the rules of my heart And to trust my feeble mind And I do what I can to keep on top of every one of them Oh child be strong in all you do Know your heart through and through Oh child be strong in all you do Know your heart through and through I have a friend who's been inside my tiny brain He's seen the aging and the mildew from the rain He does what he can to keep on top of every one of them At last I know what's in my soul and in my bones The things that cannot be denied And I do what I can to keep on top of every one of them I do what I can to ward away the very death of them Oh child be strong in all you do Know your heart through and through Oh child be strong in all you do Know your heart through and through -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) HE'S ALIVE {"Alice" is one of Happy's monster paintings} He's alive He's alive And why? Because I let him live Open your eyes Alice arise Take my breath Breath my life Come through the walls Your lady calls Lean on me There's no captivity Roam the streets Invade their dreams He's alive He's alive And why? Because I let him live Open your eyes Alice arise Take my breath Breath my life Come through the walls Your lady calls Lean on me There's no captivity Roam the streets Invade their dreams He is alive He is alive -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5) POSSESSED [Music by Happy - Lyrics by Happy and Dave Snyder] Ooh don't hate me if I break under the strain Analyzed, crucified Caught on Satan's wing Angels of night Vultures in flight I've a love for the fatal things All these and many more Float within my lobes Colors dancing Blood-red oozing From liquid strobes Come see the visions Come feel the pain Of sores that never heal And then my friend Well, maybe you'll see How my world's Become unreal Kissing the night And cursing the morning Must be a crime Dismembered From the faith of youth And doing my time Culture-shocked eyes That hide the fears Eroded cheeks From acid tears Where every smile Escapes from my face To seek refuge In a happier place And my mind It screams to be free And to find the structure My mind It screams to be free From what's possessing me Now don't hate me if I break under the strain -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 6) I'LL LET YOU GO Ultimately, I'll let you go I'll let you go And ultimately, I'll let you go I'll let you go But the pain will come and eat away at my soul Frequently, I've let you go I've let you go Frequently, I've let you go I've let you go And the pain has come and it ate away at my soul That's how I know That ultimately, I'll let you go I'll let you go And ultimately, I'll let you go I'll let you go -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 7) NUMBER ONE The day must come for us to begin The ways away from the craze we're in These hand are yours Baby to hold in your own Now don't let them go Don't leave them alone I'm not a child of righteous birth I live my pain for all it's worth I never wanted Baby to bring you down To grind and pound You into the ground You are the shine in the hollow of my eye And my time whiles by faster with you by my side Don't want for you to lose the smile (shine in the hollow of my eye) That keeps my heart apart from the bile So run within Baby fly with my brain Enter the realm Of mental strain What comes ahead is something I fear (shine in the hollow of my eye) I am what you feel and not what you hear Now love and life and I We don't get along So help me be strong Where I don't belong You are the shine in the hollow of my eye And oh my pain slithered away Hey baby, when you asked me to stay You are the shine in the hollow of my eye And my time whiles by faster with you by my side Faster with you by my side Faster with you by my side Faster with you by my side -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 8) CASE OF GLASS Oh how I could keep you Inside a case of glass Filled with smells of sweet With handles made of brass I'd keep you from cruel world Living safe and warm I'd lie and watch you breathe Protect and love your form If you ever wander I pray that you will find A love equal in power With limits undefined But such a lack of nobility Would be a deed unjust But I want to keep my faith in love And sadly so, I must So if you ever wander I pray that you will find A love equal in power With limits undefined If you ever wander I pray that you will find A love equal in power With limits undefined But I could keep you Inside a case of glass ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* Rhodes Vol. I - all songs copyright 1986-Happy Rhodes ------------- Side B 1) Moonbeam Friends 2) I'm Not Awake, I'm Not Asleep 3) The First To Cry 4) Step Inside 5) The Wretches Gone Awry -------------------------------- 1) MOONBEAM FRIENDS Waiting on my slumber They rest upon my pane My tiny moonbeam friends Clinging to my rain And when I lift my shade They quietly fall through They land upon my wall Sparkling of blue And when I cry They sing to me My little lunar friends For every hurt my heart can feel They try to make amends One of them I know I call him by his name He has a special cause To keep this child insane They make me warm inside When everything is cold My heart is burning young My mind grows old The painted stage It comes alive at night When all the world is dead And I become the sole audience And they linger in my head Now follow me my loves Everywhere I go Shine on every hair My oxy and nitro We have the world tonight So keep me company And when the sun comes We will be history Now watch me in my troubled sleep My spirits of the night And be nocturnal for me still Be gone with the light Be gone with the light -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2) I'M NOT AWAKE, I'M NOT ASLEEP I hear wind, moving trees My hand's being sqeezed But I'm not awake and I'm not asleep Under feet, the steps are cold My eyes are feeling old I'm not awake, I'm not asleep A leaf fell, but didn't land And the squeeze left my hand I'm not alone, someone's here He is in this place I have his legs near my face He's not awake, he's not asleep I'm hidden out of sight I move freely in the night I'm not awake, and I'm not asleep I hear horses running by And there's a storm in the sky I'm not awake, I'm not asleep Ahhhhhhhhh......................... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3) THE FIRST TO CRY I have no heart it seems When I need it, it leaves And I haven't the courage to oblige Why couldn't somebody cry for me This time? For I'm too frightened to reply As were the days of yore Mine are timeless Why couldn't somone have patience for me? Why couldn't someone be wise to my fears? Tell me why couldn't sombody cry for me This time? And if I should die, who'll be the first to cry? I have not the nerve to show anyone how I am For I'd be misunderstood Every time you're standing by my side I'm stricken with undying fear inside And if I choose to comply Not one would wonder why would I Who'll be the first to cry? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) STEP INSIDE All's quiet now Step inside, step inside All's quiet now Step inside, step inside My mind Experience the other side I'm crying now Step inside, step inside I'm crying now Step inside, step inside My mind Experience the other side You're never safe in this atmosphere Do you want to be? You could be trapped inside of me Do you want to be? Are you alone? Step inside, step inside All alone? Step inside, step inside My mind Experience the other side You're never safe in this atmosphere Do you want to be? You could be trapped inside of me Do you want to be? Easily frightened? Step inside, step inside Easily frightened? Step inside, step inside My mind Experience the other side -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5) THE WRETCHES GONE AWRY Mine are like the wings of a butterfly A dusty pair so, Don't you touch them or I'll never fly anywhere And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by Ever see the wings of a dragonfly? Paper-thin and cellophane And quickly broken like the will to live for a mind in pain And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by I cannot change what is and I cannot make it die But I can love with all my heart The wretches gone awry And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by You know I can be rid of my time and the moon will always shine 'Cause he knows I need him to walk this vile and crooked line And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by And you can own all the light in the world and still be blind And lie and hide away from the people in the world and still be kind And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by I cannot change what is and I cannot make it die But I can love with all my heart The wretches gone awry And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by All I ask is you let me be to live like I do I'll never be part but someday I will pass on through And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by You can pull the wings from a dragonfly And you can kill the flight of a butterfly But you can't harm me for I live with the freedom to decide And the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by You cannot change what is and You cannot make it die But you can love with all your heart The wretches gone awry Say You cannot change what is and You cannot make it die But you can love with all your heart The wretches gone awry Yes the wretches have gone awry I saw them walk on by ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* The End
katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams) (06/01/91)
This is a corrected repost -------------------------- Vickie here. Enjoy...... -------------cut here----------cut here---------cut over here--------- Happy Rhodes RHODES VOL. II -------------- Side A Side B 1) Come Here 1) Noone Here 2) The Revelation 2) To The FunnyFarm 3) Many Nights 3) Asylum Master 4) Under And Over The Brink 4) Beat it Out 5) Let Me Know, Love 5) The Chase 6) Where Do I Go? 7) Not For Me 8) One Alien all songs copyright 1986-Happy Rhodes Music, lyrics, voices and instruments - Happy Rhodes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Side A 1) Come Here 2) The Revelation 3) Many Nights 4) Under And Over The Brink 5) Let Me Know, Love 6) Where Do I Go? 7) Not For Me 8) One Alien --------------------------- 1) COME HERE I see you almost every day You sing the words That I might say So don't you think that We could have something dear? Come here and let me Show you what I think Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here I want to feel you in the dark, babe Come here Come home I see in you A million stars I know that you'll Go very far I only want to Know you better babe Give me the time to Show you what matters Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Ahhhhh I want to feel you in the dark, babe Come here Come home Maybe you know me I'm right inside your closet Open the door And let me out If you can free me Then maybe we can play there All you have to do Is look my way Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Ahhhhh I want to feel you in the dark, babe Come here Come home Can you tell me Why I shouldn't love you? Maybe I have something You might like Be still (shhhhhh) relax And let me have your hand, babe Come with the one Who'll love you as a man Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Ahhhhh I want to feel you in the dark, babe Come here Come home Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here Come here I want to feel you in the dark -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2) THE REVELATION There is no sun There's only moon It comes too late It comes too soon The only reality Isn't real at all There are no dreams (Mikey) There is no sleep There are no treasures For this little girl To keep The only reality Isn't real at all I know life (Mikey) Is a relative term And I won't live until I'm lying with the worms The only reality Isn't real at all There is no love (Mikey) There is no peace There's only me And my beast The only reality Isn't real at all The only reality Is you and me -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3) MANY NIGHTS Tonight, tonight And for many nights Although I am not very real Am I something you can love? {repeat...} -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) UNDER AND OVER THE BRINK On the brink of complying I'm very slow And I say to myself: "Oh no, don't go Well I like you the way you are So please don't change Don't you know that your mind could rearrange?" So today it starts and tomorrow it ends I lost my soul and I lost my friends So today it ends and tomorrow it starts The brooding of a million hearts Music's the way, the only way I know It's time to let the brooding heart Choose the way to go 'Cause love is not the answer It's never here to stay What's here through the night May be gone by day On the brink of attack I'm society prone And they're telling me: "You should find out what is wrong" I think I'm alright I'm still putting up a fight But I keep on losing Soon I'll be dying of fright On the brink of insanity I see my friend And I'm trying to tell him: "It can't be the end Well, you've made me live Now you've got more to give" If he goes o'er that brink Who will I cry with? Because music's the way, the only way I know It's time to let the brooding heart Choose the way to go 'Cause love is not the answer It's never here to stay What's here through the night May be gone by day What's here through the night May be gone by day -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5) LET ME KNOW, LOVE I wish you could feel what I do now Knowing what or why but never how It's hard making the emotions turn around The ones you want lost and never found Ooh can you feel it yet, love? Let me know when you do, love You know what it's like to disappoint yourself You store your confidence on a shelf (Let me know when you do) You hate the world for its influence on you You hate your heart for betraying you Can you feel it yet, love? Let me know when you do, love I can't get rid of those ugly things When peace flies over I miss its wings (Let me know when you do) I want to be the person in my dreams I find it harder than it seems Ooh can you feel it yet, love? Let me know when you do, love -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 6) WHERE DO I GO? I stepped on a life A living emotion I murdered the concept of devotion Oh lord..lord..let me die Or let me live not another lie I crushed a soul A soul like mine Oh lord, what was in my mind? Oh lord Where..where do I go from here? Oh lord..oh lord Let me get it back The heart inside Let me live again Give me back my pride All the faith that you had Can be born again Despite the bad ways of the girl With the purest of hearts Can you believe she's making a start? Baby I want to live I'm not ready to die Don't want to make my precious few cry Oh lord Where..where do I go from here? Oh lord..oh lord Oh lord while I'm young Don't take the breath from my lungs I will start again Oh babe with all of my friends They will trust in me lord Until the very end I stepped on a life (I stepped on a life) A living emotion (A living emotion) I murdered the concept of devotion Oh lord Oh lord..lord Let me die or let me live -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 7) NOT FOR ME No not for me Brutal simplicity Sane insincerity No not another day Wasted away On a mental stray Where is the man of my dreams? Where is the man of my dreams? Who will be the one To keep me from the sun? Ready and willing to run It's too, too far To all my perfect stars Nonexistent are Where is the man of my dreams? Where is the man of my dreams? Keep your life Keep your normal wife Live your tiny plant life No, not for me I tear instinctively And wish for idiocy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 8) ONE ALIEN The spirit in me Knows your soul will be free One alien has come, unalien to one Will they ever return To bring you back to where you belong? You'll find a place Of peaceful grace You've fought from the start For the road to all of their hearts Will they ever return To bring you back to where you belong? Baby I'm here and I've been quite an alien too I'm on a road that's parallel to you Baby I'm here and I've been quite an alien too I'm on a road that's parallel to you Your love's too pure And your motives too sure A society cannot stand A truly genuine man Will they ever return To bring you back to where you belong? Baby I'm here and I've been quite an alien too I'm on a road that's parallel to you Baby I'm here and I've been quite an alien too I'm on a road that's parallel to you The spirit in me Knows your soul will be free One alien has come, unalien to one One alien has come, unalien to one Alien has come, unalien to one ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* Rhodes Vol. II - copyright 1986-Happy Rhodes -------------- Side B 1) Noone Here 2) To The FunnyFarm 3) Asylum Master 4) Beat it Out 5) The Chase ------------------- 1) NOONE HERE I feel warm and whole But there's noone here Yes, and mine's a heavy soul But there's noone here sun my is Look rising ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it's rising over there But there's noone here There's noone here I'm without a body To keep me warm And not even a kitty To share my storm Well I know what I need But there's noone here And I know just where I bleed But there's noone here ` ` ` sun my is Look rising ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it's rising over there But there's noone here There's noone here And I'm without a body To keep me warm And not even a kitty To share my storm Well I want a warm brain But there's noone here 'Cause mine's under a strain And there's noone here sun my is Look rising ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And it's rising over there But there's noone here There's noone here And I'm without a body ^ ^ To keep me warm * * And not even a kitty + ^ ^ To share my storm * * + ^ ^ * * + And not even a kitty To share my storm -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- tu) to the funnyfarm i'm on my way i can feel it coming on my brain's been strained of all reality i'm on my way to the funnyfarm and when i go i'll bring with me both of my bros i've lost my way through this world of profanities and i thrive on the wind and the rain and the cold i've lost my way through this world of profanities and i'll not find it before i'm very old i need reassurance that i'll always be insane i want my teddy bear to lay on and when i go i'll be efficient at making ashtrays when i go i'll do nothing but catch me moonrays For I know what you don't know And I see things you'll never see And I've a different way of living you know And I've such a different frame of mind And so... i'm on my way to the funnyfarm and when i go i'll bring with me both of my bros -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3) ASYLUM MASTER Oh silent moving chill It's looking bleak You're not mine to touch and I dare not speak I need your presence Be you dead or alive My misery demands Your company to survive The living, breathing corpse Whose shadow rightly Before me walks Only in your eyes lies your soul And only in your arms am I whole So damn your father for loving your mother I curse him For now I want no other The living, breathing corpse Whose shadow rightly Before me walks Master of the round walls Still my heart It only makes my dreams fall apart Trap me in your courtyard Of broken stone Oh it's cold and grey but I'll not be alone The living, breathing corpse Whose shadow rightly Before me walks -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) BEAT IT OUT DWINDLE DAY, YOUR FLICKERING RAY PUT TO REST, SO THAT I MAY LAY TO CHURN AND ROLL ON THE FLOOR AND BEAT IT OUT, AND BEAT IT OUT GOT TO GET IT OUT GOT TO GET IT OUT [REPEAT] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5) THE CHASE || My feet are failing me || I need to rest || My mind is killing me || And it's doing its best || || The chase is on, and I'm losing || And I'm trying to run, my legs are refusing || And I can feel his cold breath || Lingering like death || || Can't go any faster, I think I'm beat || I feel the disaster || And I feel the lack of his heat || The chase is on, and I'm losing || And I'm trying to run, my legs are refusing || And I can feel his cold breath || Clinging to my neck || || I'm running toward you || Don't fail me now || I don't live life so well || I need you to show me how || || The chase is on, and I'm losing || And I'm dying to run, my legs are refusing || And I can feel his cold breath || And it's lingering like death || And I can feel his cold cold breath || And it's clinging to my neck || || The chase is on || The chase is on || The chase is on || The chase is on || The chase is on || The chase is on || The chase is on || The chase is on || || And I can feel his breath || And it's on the back of my leg || And I can feel his breath || And it's on the back of my leg || || And I want your hand || And I want your love || || I want your hand || I want your hand || I need your love || I need your love || I want your hand || I want your hand || I need your love || I need your love || || I need you to be strong || 'Cause I am here and the chase is on || Need you to be strong || 'Cause I am here and the chase is on || Need you to be strong || 'Cause I am here and the chase is on || || I need you to be strong || 'Cause I am here and the chase is on || I need you to be strong || 'Cause I am here and the chase is on || || And I'm losing || || The chase is on || || Would you like to come along? <<*>> But I'm losing ************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* The End
katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams) (06/06/91)
This is a repost
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Vickie here.
This was the first Happy album I heard, and it's still my favorite.
Last, but never least...
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Ecto
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Side A Side B
1) I'm Going Back 1) Ecto
2) If Love Is A Game, I Win 2) I Cannot Go On
3) Would That I Could 3) Ode
4) Off From Out From Under Me 4) Don't Want To Hear It
5) Project 499 5) Poetic Justice
6) I Won't Break Down 6) To Be E. Mortal
7) If So
all songs copyright 1987-Happy Rhodes
Music, lyrics, voices and instruments - Happy Rhodes
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Side A
1) I'm Going Back
2) If Love Is A Game, I Win
3) Would That I Could
4) Off From Out From Under Me
5) Project 499
6) I Won't Break Down
7) If So
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1) I'M GOING BACK
Where are
My monsters and cats?
Where are
My attic antiques and bats?
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
I'm going back
No life here
In the room
Where I sleep
It's traveled ahead
To my stony keep
I'm going back (to the rain on the trees)
I'm going back (to my kitty on the window)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the strings of the Guild)
I'm going back (to my heart's desire)
I'm going back
Where are
My brothers, mother and dad?
I had a family
And friends
I'm going back (to the rain on the trees)
I'm going back (to my kitty on the window)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the strings of the Guild)
I'm going back (to my heart's desire)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the rain on the trees)
I'm going back (to my kitty on the window)
I'm going back
I'm going back (to the strings of the Guild)
I'm going back (to my very sweet love)
I'm going back
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2) IF LOVE IS A GAME, I WIN
Oh baby, don't you know I can feel it in your hands?
You've been awake for a million years
Oh baby, don't you know I'll have nobody else?
I'm in love with you, and it feels good
Oh this is where life begins
If love is a game, I win
(Repeat twice)
If this is where life begins
If love is a game I win
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3) WOULD THAT I COULD |Excerpts of "Would That I Could" taken from |
|A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT'S DREAM-William Shakespeare|
Over hill, over dale
Thorough bush, thorough brier
Over park, over pale
Thorough flood, thorough fire
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
I do wander everywhere
Swifter than the moon's sphere
And I serve the fairy queen
To dew her orbs upon the green
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
The cowslips tall, her pensioners be
In their gold coats, spots you see
Those be rubies, fairy favours
In those freckles live their savours
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
I must go seek some dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear
Farewell thou lob of spirits, I'll be gone
Our queen and all her elves come here anon
Would that I could I'd be serving my Titania
Would that I could I'd never return
Would that I could I'd be loving my Oberon
Would that I could I'd stay for good
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4) OFF FROM OUT FROM UNDER ME
I knew a man who was very odd
He'd always thought that someone was following him
He'd talk of entities that didn't exist
Or so I thought...
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
His paranoia intrigued me so
I was sure he'd escaped from the looney bin
Every day it became clearer
He was right...
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Goodbye my lunatic, I hope you're faring well
I'm trying to keep them off from out from under you
You were right little madman they're hovering at my head
I'm trying to keep them off from out from under me
This man had knowledge of right and wrong
He could separate light from dark
He showed me the horrors of infesting thoughts
Of emotions
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Out from under me Off from out from under me
Thanks be my lunatic, I know he's faring well
It's over now, they're off from out from under him
They can't hurt the madman
Now they're hammering at my head
I must die to get them off from out from under me
Off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off from out from under me
Get 'em off
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5) PROJECT 499
They say I've changed beyond compare
I've ventured far beyond despair
The atmosphere is different here
It reeks of gloom and valid fear
It's all set up, the way is clear
All the bases been covered
The time is near
And it was all so easy, cried not a tear
Won't be surprised to find my reaper near
Oh baby please don't go
I'm so tired and you're so right by my soul
And as of now my fate looks grim
The light is there but growing dim
And if there's a reason for my mind
It's been lost far behind
So to and fro emotions go
When life is done no tears will flow
For days for me are seldom fun
Residing I'm the only one
Oh baby please don't go
I'm so tired and you're so right by my soul
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6) I WON'T BREAK DOWN
You'll never win, I won't break down
Because I have the strength of a million souls
Though you will try, I won't despair
Because I've lived the life of a million lives
Always known just where I was going
To have peace with me
And to have peace with you
And I can see that day
Yes I can see that day
Do you know just where you're going?
Do you have the strength to pursue your dreams?
Through the years my eyes have cried
But I don't run away from the things I fear
There's no question that I am here
To have peace with me
And to have peace with you
And I can see that day
Yes I can see that day
You'll never win, I won't break down
Because I have the strength of a million souls
Though you will try, I won't despair
Because I've lived the life of a million lives
Always known just where I was going
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7) IF SO
I ask you
Now tell the truth
I ask you
Was it worth the price you paid?
If so...
I know you loved me
Darling
But I need to know
Did you mean to hurt me so?
If so...
Go away way very far away, take your leave
I'll never hate you, I'll never think of you
And I'll never grieve
Did you want it all?
Free love
Did it satisfy?
Was it your intentions to deceive?
If so...
You made me happy
You made me cry
You gave me hope
Was my happiness a lie?
If so...
Go away way very far away, take your leave
I'll never hate you, I'll never think of you
And I'll never grieve
I'll never grieve the loss
I ask you
Now tell the truth
I ask you
Was it worth the price you paid?
If so...
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Ecto all songs copyright 1987-Happy Rhodes
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Side B
1) Ecto
2) I Cannot Go On
3) Ode
4) Don't Want To Hear It
5) Poetic Justice
6) To Be E. Mortal
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1) ECTO
Should I die?
Don't take time to wonder
Is she near?
Or are her brains asunder?
This spirit must exist
And move on to better things
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Don't look for me
Don't call my name
I'll kiss you goodnight
My soul will not evaporate
My only desire
Will be to communicate
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
If you feel suddenly cool Ecto
While lying in bed Ecto
Open your eyes Ecto
I'll be over your head Ecto
Now don't be afraid Ecto
Don't reach out Ecto
Just be glad that I exist Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto but I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto but I'll be ecto
Ecto I'll be here
Ecto but I'll be ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Ecto
Should I die?
Don't ever take time to wonder
Is she near?
Are her brains asunder?
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2) I CANNOT GO ON
I cannot go on
Living illusion like I do
I can't go on
I just can't go on
Thinking my dreams will come true
I just can't go on
I know it sounds crazy
I know I'm sounding insane
But I cannot live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
Guess I'll always try
To search for the perfect truth
Guess I'll always try
Till the day I die
I'll look for the impossible
Till the day I die
I know it sounds crazy
I know I'm sounding insane
But I cannot live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
I cannot go on
Killing my heart like I do
I just can't go on
I cannot go on
Wanting the things I can't have
I just can't go on
I know it sounds crazy
I know I'm sounding insane
But I cannot live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
Live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
Live with or without
My hopes and my dreams
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3) ODE
Believe..the sun will come out again
the sun will come out again
Believe..your love will return again
your love will return again
Never cry for the rain
(never cry, never cry for the rain)
It brings us soothing sounds to sleep by
And never cry because you feel unloved
(never cry, never cry 'cause you're unloved)
That's what your arms are for
To wrap them around yourself
And believe..the sun will come out again
the sun will come out again
Believe..your love will return again
your love will return again
Never cry because you're lonely
(never cry, never cry 'cause you're alone)
Your love will always be around the bend
And never cry because you think you can't make it
(never cry, never cry 'cause you can't make it)
You've made it this far
That's better than most
Believe..the sun will come out again
the sun will come out again
Believe..your love will return again
your love will return again
Never cry because you're scared
(never cry, never cry because you're scared)
The only thing that can harm you is your fear
And don't ask why you must hurt so much
(don't ask why, don't ask why you hurt so much)
It's just a process of healing
Remember..
To believe..believe when I say..that I believe in you
yes I believe in you
Believe..believe when I say..that I'll love you always
yes I'll love you always
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4) DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT
Ooh close your mouth
Know I don't want to hear it
No I don't want to hear it anymore
You know I'm not your psychiatrist
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
Don't call me up to be your therapist
Because you think I'm wise
I'm a scary girl with a scary mind
I'm a tired child
(you won't find answers here)
Think of me as a friend
But I'll be of no use for you
All my energy is exausted on me
(there's no more room for you)
You know I'm no doctor
I'm only crowding words
Just to ease the pain
Whatever you do
Never never rely on me
I'm not a happy kid
I'm barely getting by
Don't cry to me about your love affairs
I can't help you there
I've no patience for bleeding on my floor
Take your wounds elswhere
(you won't find answers here)
I cannot read your mind
I can't even read my own
What little sanity I have left in me
Is fading fast
(there's no more time for you)
Ooh I'm not listening
To the hows and wherefores
To the questions of your heart
Ooh I'm the sole proprietor
And I have to heal this head
Before I lose it to the weeds
Ooh close your mouth
Know I don't want to hear it
No I don't want to hear it anymore
You know I'm not your psychiatrist
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
And although I care very much
Know I don't want to hear it anymore
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5) POETIC JUSTICE
Get out of my world of worlds
You little poets crying pain
Just stand on your podium preaching beauty
I've gotta leave you in the rain
Now I've heard many people like you
From the undergrounds of France
Pushing your sickly sweet impressions of romance
My ears have parasites
My ears have parasites
You think I've never heard the lines before
With the candy sun and the creaking door
Get your head out of the cotton clouds
Put your precious feet on the floor
Don't give me those power lines
Just hit it right on
You can be precise
Miracles of mystery
With vagueness your device
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
Now clarify, what did you say?
You know you're not making any sense
Are you describing a vision of beauty?
Or a chain of events?
Oh get to the point you sappy wimps
I haven't got a lot of time
Simplicity is beauty
Are there poets less sublime?
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites (go away)
My ears have parasites
My ears have parasites
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6) TO BE E. MORTAL
Oh to be
Die to be Want to be
Live to be
............. To be e. mortal ..............
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The End
katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris Williams) (06/06/91)
This is a repost ---------------- Vickie here. sigh... <shakes herself out of a reverie> Enjoy... ----------cut here------------cut here-------------cut over here---------- Happy Rhodes REARMAMENT ---------- Side A Side B 1) The Perfect Irony 1) Box H.A.P. 2) For We Believe 2) I Have A Heart 3) I Am a Legend 3) Crystal Orbs 4) 'Til the Dawn Breaks 4) Because I Learn 5) The Issue Is 5) Baby Don't Go 6) Friend You'll Be 6) Rhodes Waltz 7) Dreams Are 7) Ally Ally Oxenfree all songs copyright 1986-Happy Rhodes Music, lyrics, voices and instruments - Happy Rhodes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Side A 1) The Perfect Irony 2) For We Believe 3) I Am A Legend 4) 'Til The Dawn Breaks 5) The Issue Is 6) Friend You'll Be 7) Dreams Are ----------------------- 1) THE PERFECT IRONY I thought I wanted to die But I barely had the time And isn't it funny How I didn't even Have the money To say goodbye? What the perfect irony And with this man I want to see the land But is my mind even? Oh I must choose to believe him Or say goodbye What the perfect irony And I want to love It's all I'm thinking of But isn't it sordid How my dreams can become distorted? Just tell me why My life's the perfect irony I can't decide If I should laugh or cry I think it's kind of funny How they say all I need Is the money To get by Goodbye Get by Oh what the perfect irony -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2) FOR WE BELIEVE (Why are we worlds away?) What is this thing? What is this love? Where is this hope coming from? Where is this hope coming from? Why do we see future before our eyes? Why do we see future before our eyes? (Why are we worlds away?) Clouded with what's to be Make our own destiny We know that that's the key We know that that's the key For we believe In what we do For we believe In what we do (Why are we worlds away?) Safety scares us away On the edge is where we play When we run others delay Oh when we run, others delay For we believe In what we do For we believe In what we do For we believe In what we do For we believe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 3) I AM A LEGEND Yes they can say "She's not so great" That they could do the very same I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind Ooh I can feel all that I sing I can do almost anything I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind I have a brain that's taken me to the core of the world I've been to Anglo-land and lived beyond the castle wall So pooh on you Ooh it's inside my active mind That I am one of a kind I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind I wish that you would all agree That I'm impeccably me Make me a legend in your A legend in all your minds I am a witch who lived before your time I am a prince and this forest is mine So pooh on you Yes they can say "She's not so great" That they could do the very same I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind 'Cause I can feel all that I sing I can do almost anything I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind I have a brain that's taken me to the core of the world I've been to Anglo-land and lived beyond the castle wall So pooh on you Ooh it's inside my active mind That I am one of a kind I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind I am a legend in my A legend in my own mind Make me a legend in your A legend in all your minds -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) 'TIL THE DAWN BREAKS I'll speak to you But don't you look into my eyes All my flesh will burn I'm here to warn you Children it's your turn Feel the night, live the night 'Til the dawn breaks Feel the light, live the night 'Til the dawn breaks I can't protect you Oh be wary of the lights For they mean you harm Stay with thy night loves Wallow in its charm Be you ready for the storm Gather your fern I'm here to warn you Children it's your turn Feel the light, live the night 'Til the dawn breaks Feel the light, live the night 'Til the dawn breaks Oh I feel the night, I feel the night 'Til the dawn breaks Oooh feel the light, Ohh live the night 'Til the dawn breaks Well I can't protect you So be ready for the storm Gather your fern I'm here to warn you Children it's your turn I'll speak to you But my flesh will burn Ooh, I'm here to warn you Children it's your turn Children it's your turn Children it's your turn I'm here to warn you Children it's your turn -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5) THE ISSUE IS He lies with steel pieces in his arm He lives by steel, by steel He's gonna die And he's scared She lies with steel pieces in her arm She lives by steel, by steel She's gonna die And she's scared Oh where is she going to? And will she see mummy..mummy..mummy? They lie with steel pieces in their hearts They breathe by steel, by steel We're gonna die And we're scared The issue is: Does conscience survive? We're gonna die And we're scared The issue is: Does conscience survive? We're gonna die And we're scared The issue is: Does conscience survive? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 6) FRIEND YOU'LL BE I'm influenced by my friend If there's a reason to cry Oh friend you'll be (friend you'll be) Forever close to me I've confided in you my friend Now we have something to do Oh friend you'll be (friend you'll be) Forever close to me Oh and when the time comes For them to see We'll still be... Oh living on faith of heart Keeping love and fear far apart We'll be running our own lives Making someone out there realize That we have a place We've escaped the human race There's a man at my side, a friend We have passion for pride Oh friend you'll be (friend you'll be) Forever close to me And when the time comes For them to see We'll still be... Oh living on faith of heart Keeping love and fear far apart We'll be running our own lives Making someone out there realize That we have a place We've escaped the human race We've escaped the human race -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 7) DREAMS ARE What are your dreams? .......................(My dreams are my reality) .......................(Dreams are) Dreams are .......................(Fine but) Fine but .......................(I don't know) .......................(Sooner) Sooner .......................(Or later) Or later .......................(They've got to go) .......................(Oh my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my reality) .......................(Oh my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my dreams) .......................(Dreams are) Dreams are .......................(Fine but) Fine but .......................(Oh I don't know) .......................(Sooner) Sooner .......................(Or later) Or later .......................(They always go) .......................(Ooh but my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my reality) .......................(My dreams) What are you dreams? .......................(Are my dreams) .......................(Dreams are) Dreams are .......................(Fine but) But what? .......................(I don't know) .......................(Sooner) Sooner .......................(Or later) Or later .......................(They always go) Dreams are .......................(Dreams are fine but) .......................(Oh I don't know) .......................(Sooner) .......................(Or later) .......................(They always go) .......................(Oh but my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my reality) .......................(Ooh my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my reality) .......................(Dreams are) .......................(Fine but) .......................(Dreams are) .......................(Fine but) .......................(Dreams are) .......................(Fine but) .......................(I don't know) .......................(Oh but my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my reality) I don't believe you .......................(Ooh my dreams) What are your dreams? .......................(Are my reality) It can't be so ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** Rearmament all songs copyright 1986-Happy Rhodes ---------- Side B 1) Box H.A.P. 2) I Have a Heart 3) Crystal Orbs 4) Because I Learn 5) Baby Don't Go 6) Rhodes Waltz 7) Ally Ally Oxenfree ---------------------- 1) BOX H.A.P. You can't know them like you know yourself I know I know Therefore find your peace I can't I can't Demand only from yourself I try I try Don't rely on your logic I don't I don't You made your choice Now go to the end You will find your peace When it comes, greet it Welcome it Make it stay You can't know them like you know yourself I know I know Therefore find your peace I can't I can't Demand only from yourself I try I try The instincts you feel are truth Are they? Are they now? You made your choice Now go to the end You will find your peace And when it comes, greet it Welcome it Make it stay Can't know them like you know yourself I know I know Therefore find your peace I can't I can't Demand only from yourself -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 2) I HAVE A HEART I have a heart inside She's begging me for suicide She doesn't want anymore She's lived too many lives before So what do I say to put her at ease? I know she'd leave with the breeze All I can do is beg her to stay Oh she is deceived every day Cheated and lied to in every way Why do you love weak little thing? You never could handle the hurting So what do I say to put her at ease? I know she'd leave with the breeze All I can do is beg her to stay I have a heart inside She's begging me for suicide She doesn't want anymore She's lived too many lives before So what do I say to put her at ease? I know she'd leave with a breeze All I can do is beg her to stay She is deceived every day Cheated and lied to in every way Why do you love weak little thing? It never could handle the hurting So what do I say to put her at ease? I know she'd leave with a breeze All I can do is beg her All I can do is beg her All I can do is beg her to stay -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- O 3) CRYSTAL ORBS O Crystal orbs, golden light Come back to me and to that night I stared at these for many hours Until the waves came in showers O I'm here and will be Addressing you only Now answer me O Go way away if you must Life and I will adjust Let it be that I know The fiery warmth and the glow I'm here and will be Addressing you only Now answer me O This warm and glorious night explains The soft peace of my remains Oh crystal orbs shining light O Come back to me and to that night I'm here and will be Addressing you only Now answer me O -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 4) BECAUSE I LEARN I learn I learn I learn I learn Many things Many things The hard way The easy way I know many things about you You never knew I knew I want to be I want to be Wise enough Closer to To see ahead Lying dead I don't need to live the same pain Over and over again Because I learn once is enough once is enough once is enough because I learn once is enough once is enough oh once is quite enough oh once is enough once is quite once is quite enough I love I've made I love My heart Harder than Painfully Most do Too true I take my lessons well And so when They lie to me I can tell Because I learn once is enough once is enough once is enough because I learn once is enough once is enough oh once is quite enough oh once is enough once is quite once is quite enough I take my lessons well And so when They lie to me I can tell -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 5) BABY DON'T GO Wake and arise Defiant one Time for you to Be who you are Come and appear Before them now Time for you to Be who you are Baby don't go Baby don't go away Baby don't leave I need you to stay Babe Show what you are Be strong Be true Time for you to Be who you are Wait for your move Make them wait too Time for you to Be who you are Baby don't go Baby don't go away Baby don't leave I need you to stay Wake and arise Defiant one Time for you to Be who you are Be who you are Come and appear Before them now Time for you to Be who you are Baby don't go Baby don't go away Baby don't leave I need you to stay Babe -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 6) RHODES WALTZ I am a fleeting thought Cherish and remember Tomorrow I'll be gone Understand that I am Momentary No forevers here I move on But if you ignore my presence I will never come again Take notice I remain for no one, no thing Be aware Tomorrow I'm gone But treat me with respect and care And when needed I'll be there But if you ignore my presence I will never come again Take notice I am a flying soul Don't clutch on Tomorrow I'll be gone Tomorrow I'll be gone Tomorrow I'll be gone -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 7) ALLY ALLY OXENFREE Aaah...oooh I can't find you You've hidden well Well, Ally ally oxenfree Ally ally oxenfree I can't find you And I'm too tired to play So, Ally ally oxenfree Ally ally oxenfree You were here, right here I don't know where you are now If you won't show for me I won't search for you I can't find you Must I be "it" forever? Ally ally oxenfree Ally ally oxenfree Touch home-base For your sake, love 'Cause I'm going home now Touch home-base For your sake, love 'Cause I'm going home I'm going home Ally ally oxenfree Ally ally oxenfree *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** The End