Leonard Cohen: A Thousand Kisses Deep

Lyrics:

The ponies run, the girls are young,

The odds are there to beat.

You win a while, and then it’s done –

Your little winning streak.

And summoned now to deal

With your invincible defeat,

You live your life as if it’s real,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.



I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,

I’m back on Boogie Street.

You lose your grip, and then you slip

Into the Masterpiece.

And maybe I had miles to drive,

And promises to keep:

You ditch it all to stay alive,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.



And sometimes when the night is slow,

The wretched and the meek,

We gather up our hearts and go,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.



Confined to sex, we pressed against

The limits of the sea:

I saw there were no oceans left

For scavengers like me.

I made it to the forward deck.

I blessed our remnant fleet –

And then consented to be wrecked,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.



I’m turning tricks, I’m getting fixed,

I’m back on Boogie Street.

I guess they won’t exchange the gifts

That you were meant to keep.

And quiet is the thought of you,

The file on you complete,

Except what we forgot to do,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.



And sometimes when the night is slow,

The wretched and the meek,

We gather up our hearts and go,

A Thousand Kisses Deep.



The ponies run, the girls are young,

The odds are there to beat . . .

George Michael: Last Christmas

Lyrics:

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

But the very next day, You gave it away

This year, to save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special



Last Christmas, I gave you my heart

But the very next day, You gave it away

This year, to save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special



Once bitten and twice shy

I keep my distance but you still catch my eye

Tell me baby do you recognise me?

Well it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me



(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it

With a note saying "I Love You" I meant it

Now I know what a fool I've been

But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again



(CHORUS)



(Oooh. Oooh Baby)



A crowded room, friends with tired eyes

I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice

My God I thought you were someone to rely on

Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

A man undercover but you tore me apart

Oooh Oooh

Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again

(CHORUS)



A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

(Gave you my heart)

A man undercover but you tore me apart

Next year

I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special

special

someone

someone

I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special

who'll give me something in return

I'll give it to someone

hold my heart and watch it burn

I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone special

I've got you here to stay

I can love you for a day

I thought you were someone special

gave you my heart

I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone

last christmas I gave you my heart

you gave it away

I'll give it to someone, I'll give it to someone

Camel (1993 - Dust and Dream): End of the Line, Cotton Camp

Lyrics:

Well I'm walking this lonely street

but I'm far from bein' alone

'Cause everyone I meet,

has nowhere to call home.

So they move on

from day to day,

just to stand in a line.



Well my mother she comes to me

and begs me not to fight.

For the sake of the family,

I have to stay out of sight.

So I move on

from day to day,

just to stand in a line.



On the road again

for a job I never find.

People talking...

as if we're not their kind.

I got a handbill,

says there's work up here.

Left my homeland...

and paid a price too dear.



I've come to the end of the line

there's too many men,

despair in their faces...

Each one of us hoping to find a life,

a home, a dream...

within the line.



I ain't helpless --

I just need a hand.

These are hard times,

for every kind of man.



I've come to the end of the line

there's too many men,

despair in their faces.

Each one of us hoping to find

a life, a home, a dream

a place to be ...

Reamonn: Supergirl

Lyrics:

You can tell by the way, she walks that she's my girl,

You can tell by the way, she talks she rules the world.

You can see in her eyes that no one is her [cheat],

She's my girl, my Supergirl.



And then she'd say: It's OK, I got lost on the way

But I'm a Supergirl[,] and Supergirls don't cry.

And she'd say: It's all right, I got home late last night

But I'm a Supergirl[,] and Supergirls just fly.



And then she'd say, that nothing can go wrong,

When you're in love, what can go wrong?

And then she'd laugh the night[time] into day,

Pushing her fears further along.



And then she'd say: It's OK, I got lost on the way

But I'm a Supergirl[,] and Supergirls don't cry.

And she'd say: It's all right, I got home late last night

But I'm a Supergirl[,] and Supergirls just fly.



Then she'd shout down the line, tell me she's got no more time

Cause she's a Supergirl[,] and Supergirls don't [hide].

And then she'd scream in my face, tell me to leave, leave this place

Cause she's a Supergirl[,] and Supergirls just fly.



[Yeah] she's a Supergirl, a Supergirl,

She's sowing seeds, she's burning trees,

She's sowing seeds, she's burning trees,

[Yeah], she's a Supergirl, a Supergirl,

A Supergirl, my Supergirl.

Muse: Butterflies And Hurricanes

Lyrics:

change,

everything you are

and everything you were

your number has been called

fights, battles have begun

revenge will surely come

your hard times are ahead



best,

you've got to be the best

you've got to change the world

and you use this chance to be heard

your time is now



change,

everything you are

and everything you were

your number has been called

fights and battles have begun

revenge will surely come

your hard times are ahead



best,

you've got to be the best

you've got to change the world

and you use this chance to be heard

your time is now



don't,

let yourself down

don't let yourself go

your last chance has arrived



best,

you've got to be the best

you've got to change the world

and you use this chance to be heard

your time is now