AS TIME GOES BY...

Lyrics to one of my favorite tracks of all times, along with the video (of course, the video doesn't include the prelude)..

Prelude

This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension.

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension

And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed.

Main Song

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.

It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Someday...

Someday we gonna rise up on that wind you know 

Someday we gonna dance with those lions 

Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin' 

They tellin' me it's all good just wait 

You know you're gonna be there someday 

Sippin' on Jim Beam ok 

Gotta get these things one day 

Till then do another line you know 

Searching for that other high 

Stop or I gotta steal then steal 

Kill or I'm gonna be killed 

I got a sack in my pocket 

Conscious yellin' drop it 

You know we're gonna lose it someday 

And we tryin' to hold it all together but the devil is too clever so 

I'm gonna die you gonna die we gonna die Someday one day I said 

Someday we gonna rise up on that wind you know 

Someday we gonna dance with those lions

Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin' 

Try to lie but it ain't me Ain't me 

Try to look but I can't see 

Can't stop right now cause I'm too far and I can't keep goin' cause it's too hard 

In the day in the night it's the same thing 

On the field on the block it's the same game 

On the real if you stop then it's no pain but if you can't feel pain then it's no gain 

Rearrange and you change and it's all bad and you try to maintain but you fall back 

And you crawl and you slip and you slide down 

Wanna make it to the top better start now 

So I hold my soul and I die hard 

All alone in the night in the graveyard 

Someday one day I'm gonna be free and they won't try to kill me for being me 

Hey someday 

Someday we gonna rise up on that wind you know 

Someday we gonna dance with those lions

Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin'

If you know how this is 

Gonna see it's not that easy 

Don't stop get it till it's done 

From where you are or have begun 

I said keep on try a little harder to see everything you need to be 

Believe in your dreams 

That you see when you're asleep 

Someday..

HURT

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Challa ki labhda phire...

So this track is from the movie Jab Tak Hai Jaan, sung by Rabbi Shergill. It has recently become a favorite. It's been around for a while, yes, but somehow it has caught my fancy just recently.. Decent lyrics, great music, and that amazing voice!

Challa ki labh daa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey
Yaaron main ghar kehdaa
Lokan ton puchdaa phirey
Challa hansda phirey
Challa rounda phirey
Challa gali gali ruldaa phirey

Challe tu sab daa
Challe tera koi nahi
Challa gali gali rul daa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey
Yaaron main ghar kehdaa
Lokan ton puchdaa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey

Rang satrangi de bulbula di boli
Dhoop de pairi chale, chhavan ni lay dolee
Rang satrangi rangi de, bulbula di di bolee
Dhoop de pairi chale, chhavan ni lai lai dolee
Hun kaale kaale badaalan ch chand labh daa
Goongiyan hawa va diyaan waaja soon da
Yaaro aas paas wasdaa aiy yaar mera
Dikhdaa ni ohdiyaan khusbuaan sunghdaa

O Challa ki labh daa phirey..
Challa ki labh daa phirey
Yaaron main ghar kehdaa
Lokan ton puchdaa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey

Naa visaal hoya kadi na judaai hoi
Ishq de qaidi ki naa rihaai hoi
Lokon sufne ch milne daa wadaa usda
Saari saari raat naa ankh lagdi
Mere saa vee thode thode ghhat aaunde
Meri nabz vee thodi ghat wajdi

Challa ki labh daa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey
Yaaron main ghar kehda
Lokan ton puchdaa phirey
Challa hansda phirey
Challa rounda phirey
Challa gali gali ruldaa phirey
Challe tu sub daa
Challe tera koi nahi

Challa galee galee rul daa phirey
Challa Challa ki labh daa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey
Challa ki labh daa phirey

OoOoOoooOOOO

Ok... this is one of the 2 (and in all likelihood the ONLY) Himesh Reshammiyan songs that i really like, the other one being a song from the same movie.

There's this earthiness and intensity in the lyrics that gets to me, and that i absolutely love. And somehow, HR's singing adds to it. (Miracle of miracles, that! ;) )

Closing Time

Ah we're drinking and we're dancing 

and the band is really happening 

and the Johnny Walker wisdom running high 

And my very sweet companion 

she's the Angel of Compassion 

she's rubbing half the world against her thigh 

And every drinker every dancer 

lifts a happy face to thank her 

the fiddler fiddles something so sublime 

all the women tear their blouses off 

and the men they dance on the polka-dots 

and it's partner found, it's partner lost 

and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: 

it's CLOSING TIME 

Yeah the women tear their blouses off 

and the men they dance on the polka-dots 

and it's partner found, it's partner lost 

and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops: 

it's CLOSING TIME 

Ah we're lonely, we're romantic 

and the cider's laced with acid 

and the Holy Spirit's crying, "Where's the beef?" 

And the moon is swimming naked 

and the summer night is fragrant 

with a mighty expectation of relief 

So we struggle and we stagger 

down the snakes and up the ladder 

to the tower where the blessed hours chime 

and I swear it happened just like this: 

a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss 

the Gates of Love they budged an inch 

I can't say much has happened since 

but CLOSING TIME 

I swear it happened just like this: 

a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss 

the Gates of Love they budged an inch 

I can't say much has happened since 

CLOSING TIME 

I loved you for your beauty 

but that doesn't make a fool of me: 

you were in it for your beauty too 

and I loved you for your body 

there's a voice that sounds like God to me 

declaring, declaring, declaring that your body's really you 

And I loved you when our love was blessed 

and I love you now there's nothing left 

but sorrow and a sense of overtime 

and I missed you since the place got wrecked 

And I just don't care what happens next 

looks like freedom but it feels like death 

it's something in between, I guess 

it's CLOSING TIME 

Yeah I missed you since the place got wrecked 

By the winds of change and the weeds of sex 

looks like freedom but it feels like death 

it's something in between, I guess 

it's CLOSING TIME 

Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing 

but there's nothing really happening 

and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night 

And my very close companion 

gets me fumbling gets me laughing 

she's a hundred but she's wearing 

something tight 

and I lift my glass to the Awful Truth 

which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth 

except to say it isn't worth a dime 

And the whole damn place goes crazy twice 

and it's once for the devil and once for Christ 

but the Boss don't like these dizzy heights 

we're busted in the blinding lights, 

busted in the blinding lights 

of CLOSING TIME 

The whole damn place goes crazy twice 

and it's once for the devil and once for Christ 

but the Boss don't like these dizzy heights 

we're busted in the blinding lights, 

busted in the blinding lights 

of CLOSING TIME 

Oh the women tear their blouses off 

and the men they dance on the polka-dots 

It's CLOSING TIME 

And it's partner found, it's partner lost 

and it's hell to pay when the fiddler stops 

It's CLOSING TIME 

I swear it happened just like this: 

a sigh, a cry, a hungry kiss 

It's CLOSING TIME 

The Gates of Love they budged an inch 

I can't say much has happened since 

But CLOSING TIME 

I loved you when our love was blessed 

I love you now there's nothing left 

But CLOSING TIME 

I miss you since the place got wrecked 

By the winds of change and the weeds of sex.

A BEAUTIFUL MESS

i know i have been posting way too many songs and lyrics off late, both here and on my other blog, but i have been listening to a lot of music these days, (which is pretty much my only indulgence these days!) and i can't help but post the lyrics and songs which i find particularly appealing!

and well, here we are again, another video and some more lyrics. a friend shared this song with me today, saying it reminded him of me and somehow seemed to describe me, which is umm..weird, but whatever. the song is beautiful and so is Jason Mraz's voice.

so here we are... again! :)

You've got the best of both worlds
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man,
And lift him back up again
You are strong but you're needy,
Humble but you're greedy
And based on your body language,
And shoddy cursive I've been reading
Your style is quite selective,
though your mind is rather reckless
Well I guess it just suggests
that this is just what happiness is


Hey, what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses


Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write
Kind of turn themselves into knives
And don't mind my nerve you could call it fiction
But I like being submerged in your contradictions, dear
'Cause here we are, here we are


Although you were biased I love your advice
Your comebacks ‒ they're quick
And probably have to do with your insecurities
There's no shame in being crazy,
Depending on how you take these
Words that paraphrasing this relationship we're staging


And what a beautiful mess, yes it is
It's like picking up trash in dresses


Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say
Kind of turn themselves into blades
And the kind and courteous is a life I've heard
But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt
'Cause here, here we are, here we are
Here we are [x7]


We're still here
What a beautiful mess this is
It's like taking a guess when the only answer is "Yes"


Through timeless words and priceless pictures
We'll fly like birds not of this earth


And tides ‒ they turn ‒ and hearts disfigure
But that's no concern when we're wounded together


And we tore our dresses and stained our shirts
But it's nice today. Oh, the wait was so worth it.

BETWEEN THE LINES...

well we can’t change the world
we sure can change the way we live

we can’t only take
also have to learn to give

people corrupt
’cause they don’t understand
there’s book of truths
and a book of lies
think with your heart
read between the lines

things aren’t always how they seem
we got to make the best of it
eye for eye
tooth for tooth
sometimes we’re blind
we can still see the truth

sometimes we’re lost
sometimes we’re blind
think with your heart
read between the lines
---

{PS- The video isn't exactly great. But whatever. Love the song.}

COME AWAY WITH ME...

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

And I want to walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come?

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountaintop
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

COOL YULE

{for someone who often comes across strangers and ends up talking to them and hitting it off with them like they were long lost friends, it has always been quite ironic that i haven't seen the movie, Serendipity. but tonight i plan to correct that. the mood is right and the scale points to bright! here's a lovely track from the soundtrack of the movie. the song is called Cool Yule, and this particular version is by Louis Armstrong.. :) }


From Coney Island to The Sunset Strip
Somebody's gonna make a happy trip
Tonight, while the moon is bright

He's gonna have a bag of crazy toys
To give the groanies of the boys and girls
So dig, Santa comes on big

He'll come a callin' when the snows the most
When all you cats are sleepin' warm as toast
And you gonna flip when Old Saint Nick
Takes a lick on the peppernint stick

He'll come a flyin' from a higher place
And fill the stocking by the fire place
So you'll, have a yule that's cool

Yeah, from Coney Island to The Sunset Strip
Somebody's gonna make a happy trip
Tonight, while the moon is bright

He's gonna have a bag of crazy toys
To give the groanies of the boys and girls
So dig, Santa comes on big

He'll come a callin' when the snows the most
When all you cats are sleepin' warm as toast
And you gonna flip when the Old Saint Nick
Takes a lick on the peppernint stick

He'll come a flyin' from a higher place
And fill the stocking by the fire place
So you'll, have a yule that's cool

Have a yule that's cool
Yeah, cool yule 

RAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSY

There were three old gypsies came to our hall door 
they came brave and boldly-o 
And one sang high and the other sang low 
and the other sang a raggle taggle gypsy-o 

It was upstairs downstairs the lady went 
put on her suit of leather-o 
And there was a cry from around the door 
she's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o 

It was late that night when the Lord came in 
enquiring for his lady-o 
And the servant girl she said to the Lord 
"She's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o" 

"Then saddle for me my milk white steed 
- my big horse is not speedy-o 
And I will ride till I seek my bride 
she's away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o" 
Now he rode East and he rode West 
he rode North and South also 
Until he came to a wide open plain 
it was there that he spied his lady-o 

"How could you leave your goose feather bed 
your blankeys strewn so comely-o? 
And how could you leave your newly wedded Lord 
all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?" 

"What care I for my goose feather bed 
wi' blankets strewn so comely-o? 
Tonight I lie in a wide open field 
in the arms of a raggle taggle gypsy-o" 

"How could you leave your house and your land? 
how could you leave your money-o? 
How could you leave your only wedded Lord 
all for a raggle taggle gypsy-o?" 

"What care I for my house and my land? 
what care I for my money-o? 
I'd rather have a kiss from the yellow gypsy's lips 
I'm away wi' the raggle taggle gypsy-o!"


(new track. irish folk music. am a convert. sharing 2 videos. both equally brilliant. )

LONG NIGHTS..

Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before


I've got this life
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall


Long nights allow me to feel
I'm falling
I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
T'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...


I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know


I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before


Long nights allow me to feel
I'm falling
I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah..

The Rain Song

It is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before.
It isn't hard to feel me glowing - I watched the fire that grew so low.

It is the summer of my smiles - flee from me Keepers of the Gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes. It is to you I give this tune.
Ain't so hard to recognize - These things are clear to all from
time to time.

Talk Talk - I've felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go. I cursed the gloom that set upon us...
But I know that I love you so

These are the seasons of emotion and like the winds they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion - I seek the torch we all must hold.
This is the mystery of the quotient - Upon us all a little rain must fall...It's just a little rain...