Here are my favorite "Jesus freak" songs, Max. Courtesy of Bob Dylan: "Every Grain of Sand" In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There's a dyin' voice within me reaching out somewhere, Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair. Don't have the inclination to look back on any mistake, Like Cain, I now behold this chain of events that I must break. In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand. Oh, the flowers of indulgence and the weeds of yesteryear, Like criminals, they have choked the breath of conscience and good cheer. The sun beat down upon the steps of time to light the way To ease the pain of idleness and the memory of decay. I gaze into the doorway of temptation's angry flame And every time I pass that way I always hear my name. Then onward in my journey I come to understand That every hair is numbered like every grain of sand. I have gone from rags to riches in the sorrow of the night In the violence of a summer's dream, in the chill of a wintry light, In the bitter dance of loneliness fading into space, In the broken mirror of innocence on each forgotten face. I hear the ancient footsteps like the motion of the sea Sometimes I turn, there's someone there, other times it's only me. I am hanging in the balance of the reality of man Like every sparrow falling, like every grain of sand. "I Believe in You" They ask me how I feel And if my love is real And how I know I'll make it through. And they, they look at me and frown, They'd like to drive me from this town, They don't want me around 'Cause I believe in you. They show me to the door, They say don't come back no more 'Cause I don't be like they'd like me to, And I walk out on my own A thousand miles from home But I don't feel alone 'Cause I believe in you. I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter, I believe in you even though we be apart. I believe in you even on the morning after. Oh, when the dawn is nearing Oh, when the night is disappearing Oh, this feeling is still here in my heart. Don't let me drift too far, Keep me where you are Where I will always be renewed. And that which you've given me today Is worth more than I could pay And no matter what they say I believe in you. I believe in you when winter turn to summer, I believe in you when white turn to black, I believe in you even though I be outnumbered. Oh, though the earth may shake me Oh, though my friends forsake me Oh, even that couldn't make me go back. Don't let me change my heart, Keep me set apart From all the plans they do pursue. And I, I don't mind the pain Don't mind the driving rain I know I will sustain 'Cause I believe in you. "Slow Train" Sometimes I feel so low-down and disgusted Can't help but wonder what's happenin' to my companions, Are they lost or are they found, have they counted the cost it'll take to bring down All their earthly principles they're gonna have to abandon? There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. I had a woman down in Alabama, She was a backwoods girl, but she sure was realistic, She said, "Boy, without a doubt, have to quit your mess and straighten out, You could die down here, be just another accident statistic." There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. All that foreign oil controlling American soil, Look around you, it's just bound to make you embarrassed. Sheiks walkin' around like kings, wearing fancy jewels and nose rings, Deciding America's future from Amsterdam and to Paris And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. Man's ego is inflated, his laws are outdated, they don't apply no more, You can't rely no more to be standin' around waitin' In the home of the brave, Jefferson turnin' over in his grave, Fools glorifying themselves, trying to manipulate Satan And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. Big-time negotiators, false healers and woman haters, Masters of the bluff and masters of the proposition But the enemy I see wears a cloak of decency, All non-believers and men stealers talkin' in the name of religion And there's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. People starving and thirsting, grain elevators are bursting Oh, you know it costs more to store the food than it do to give it. They say lose your inhibitions, follow your own ambitions, They talk about a life of brotherly love, show me someone who knows how to live it. There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. Well, my baby went to Illinois with some bad-talkin' boy she could destroy A real suicide case, but there was nothin' I could do to stop it, I don't care about economy, I don't care about astronomy But it sure do bother me to see my loved ones turning into puppets, There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the bend. "Gotta Serve Somebody" You may be an ambassador to England or France, You may like to gamble, you might like to dance, You may be the heavyweight champion of the world, You may be a socialite with a long string of pearls But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You might be a rock 'n' roll addict prancing on the stage, You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage, You may be a business man or some high degree thief, They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may be a state trooper, you might be a young Turk, You may be the head of some big TV network, You may be rich or poor, you may be blind or lame, You may be living in another country under another name But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may be a construction worker working on a home, You may be living in a mansion or you might live in a dome, You might own guns and you might even own tanks, You might be somebody's landlord, you might even own banks But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may be a preacher with your spiritual pride, You may be a city councilman taking bribes on the side, You may be workin' in a barbershop, you may know how to cut hair, You may be somebody's mistress, may be somebody's heir But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk, Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk, You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread, You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody, Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. You may call me Terry, you may call me Timmy, You may call me Bobby, you may call me Zimmy, You may call me R.J., you may call me Ray, You may call me anything but no matter what you say You're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed You're gonna have to serve somebody. Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord But you're gonna have to serve somebody. "You Changed My Life" I was listening to the voices of death on parade Singin about conspiracy, wanting me to be afraid Working for a system I couldn't understand or trust Suffering ridicule and wanting to give it all up in disgust But you changed my life Came along in a time of strife In hunger and need you made my heart bleed You changed my life. Talk about salvation, people suddenly get tired They got a million things to do, they're all so inspired You do the work of the devil you got a million friends They'll be there when you got something, they'll take it all in the end But you changed my life Came along in a time of strife I was under the gun, now I'm back in the sun You changed my life. Well the nature of man is to beg and to steal I do it myself, it's not so unreal The call of the wild's forever at my door Want me to fly like an eagle while being chained to the floor But you changed my life You came along in a time of strife >From silver and gold to what man cannot hold You changed my life. Well I was eatin' with the pigs off a fancy tray I was told I was lookin' good and to have a nice day. It all seemed so proper, it all seemed so elite Eatin' that obsolete garbage while being so discreet. But you changed my life Came along in a time of strife >From silver and gold to what man cannot hold You changed my life. You were glowing in the sun while being peaceable calm While orphans of man dance to the beat of the palm. Your eyes were on fire, your feet were of brass In the world you had made they had made you an outcast But you changed my life Came along in a time of strife >From silver and gold to what man cannot hold You changed my life. There's someone in my body that I could hardly see Invading my privacy making my decisions for me Holding me back, not letting me stand Making me feel like a stranger in a strange land But you changed my life Came along in a time of strife You came down the line gave me a new mind You changed my life. My Lord and my savior, my companion, my friend Heart-fixer, mind-regulator, true to the end My creator my comforter my cause for joy While the world is set against what will never destroy But you changed my life Came along in a time of strife You came in like the wind, like Erroll Flynn You changed my life. "Precious Angel" Precious angel, under the sun, How was I to know you'd be the one To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone How weak was the foundation I was standing upon? Now there's spiritual warfare and flesh and blood breaking down. Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief and there ain't no neutral ground. The enemy is subtle, how be it we are so deceived When the truth's in our hearts and we still don't believe? Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself. I'm a little too blind to see. My so-called friends have fallen under a spell. They look me squarely in the eye and they say, "All is well." Can they imagine the darkness that will fall from on high When men will beg God to kill them and they won't be able to die? Sister, lemme tell you about a vision I saw. You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law. You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in the same breath. You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal's death. Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself. I'm a little too blind to see. Precious angel, you believe me when I say What God has given to us no man can take away. We are covered in blood, girl, you know our forefathers were slaves. Let us hope they've found mercy in their bone-filled graves. You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my woman, you're my delight, You're the lamp of my soul, girl, and you torch up the night. But there's violence in the eyes, girl, so let us not be enticed On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgment hall of Christ. Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Shine your light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself. I'm a little too blind to see. "Ain't No Man Righteous (No, Not One)" When a man he serves the Lord, it makes his life worthwhile. It don't matter 'bout his position, it don't matter 'bout his lifestyle. Talk about perfection, I ain't never seen none And there ain't no man righteous, no not one. Sometimes the devil likes to drive you from the neighborhood. He'll even work his ways through those whose intentions are good. Some like to worship on the moon, others are worshipping the sun And there ain't no man righteous, no not one. Look around, ya see so many social hypocrites Like to make rules for others while they do just the opposite. You can't get to glory by the raising and the lowering of no flag. Put your goodness next to God's and it comes out like a filthy rag. In a city of darkness there's no need of the sun And there ain't no man righteous, no not one. Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame I never did see no fire that could put out a flame. Pull your hat down, baby, pull the wool down over your eyes, Keep a-talking, baby, 'til you run right out of alibis. Someday you'll account for all the deeds that you done. Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one. God got the power, man has got his vanity, Man gotta choose before God can set him free. Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun? Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one. When I'm gone don't wonder where I be. Just say that I trusted in God and that Christ was in me. Say He defeated the devil, He was God's chosen Son And that there ain't no man righteous, no not one.
I like this one: Kielbasa-Tenacious D I love ya baby but all I can think about is Kielbasa sausage, your butt cheeks is warm. I check my dipstick, you need lubrication honey, My kielbasa sausage has just got to perform. Now get it on! I see you walkin', but all I can think about is Dianetics, your butt cheeks is warm. I check my dipstick, you need lubrication honey, My kielbasa sausage has just got to perform. Now I've been set loose-ah, I'm shooting my juice-ah, Right in your caboose. Now ****in' get it on! Now get it on. Get it on! Dianetics Jr. much better than Krishna, Dianetics Jr. much better indeed, And all you people here you're tremendous, (Except the people in the middle), And you're smokin' up a big-ass bowl of weed With me, me and KG. All right! Oh yeah, All right! Oh my God! All the ladies in the house say yeah (yeah), C'mon, you mutha****a say a prayer (prayer), When ya fight, ya gotsta fight fair, You mutha****a, ho, you mutha****a, You know what time it is? Tenacious D time, you mutha****a, go! **** yeah! Yeah, yeah!
Your sister's gone out she's on a date and you just sit at home and masturbate. -- I've heard there was a secret chord That David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you? It goes like this The fourth, the fifth The minor fall, the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah -- It's four in the morning the end of December I'm writing you now Just to see if you're better New York is cold But I like where I'm living There's music on Clinton street all through the evening -- My Blood runs cold My Memory has just been sold My angel in the Centerfold Angel in the Centerfold! -- I'm flying in Winchester Cathedral Sunlight pouring through the break of day Expressions on the face of the Saviour Made me say, I can't stay. -- Under the bridges Over the foam Wind on the Water Carry me home -- Hello woman of my dreams Is this not the way it seems Purple words on a gray background To be a woman and to be turned down
I’d kill myself for you, I’d kill you for myself - Pantera F**k tomorrow, as long as the night before was sweet - Jay Z
do you know the Jennifer Warnes disc "Famous Blue Raincoat?" and absolutely stunner, beautifully sung, recorded, arranged, all cohen songs, lenny sits in on a few tracks. a desert island choice. couple of others, not from lenny: My name is Mary Magdalene I come from Palestine Please excuse these rags I'm in I've fallen on hard times Long ago I had my work When I was inn my prime But I gave it up And all for love It was His career or mine. -- I adore thee, Mother Mary But would you change me Back to a witch? And let me live in the arms of a willow And fly around Not wearing a stitch For so long has this room been so hollow We wait by the gates for an echo In the flesh of your newly cleaned frescos Where Jesus holds John to His breast Wrapped around, and rocking slowly no one bound, to be so holy in your gown, of Fleur-de-Lis -- On the back of a cartoon coaster In the blue of a TV screen light I drew a map of Canada, Oh Canada! With you face sketch on it twice You're in my blood like holy wine You taste so bitter and so sweet I could drink a case of you And still be on my feet I would still be on my feet.
Can't believe no one has posted this yet, perhaps the greatest opening line for a song and album in rock history: The screen door slams Mary's dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch As the radio plays
You bet your life I know it! All of the songs she sings on it are great but my favorite is her version of "Joan of Arc" in which Leonard sings the part of "fire" - a truly otherworldly song!
From Death Cab for Cutie's "Crooked Teeth" -I braved treacherous streets, And kids strung out on homemade speed. From Death Cab "Tiny Vessels" -So when you'd ask, "Is something wrong?" "You're damn right there is, but we can't talk about it now. No we can't talk about it now."
This thread would be cool if you could post audio clips. "F*** 'em, love 'em, leave 'em, 'cause I don't f***'in need 'em..." Jay-Z, "Big Pimpin'"
holy **** i was just going to post lyrics from that band...i love silver jews... from "random rules" "I asked the painter why the roads are colored black. He said, 'Stephe, it's because people leave and no highway will bring them back.' So if you don't want me I promise not to linger, But before I go I gotta ask you dear about the tan line on your ring finger."
Holy ****. I didn't know there were Silver Jews fans here. I partied with D. Berman and his wife Cassie for about 12 hours one night back around 2003, before he got sober. Are you going to any of the shows?
