Song requests

[ticks]

What about...
grateful dead.

 

[dacjohns]

What about...
grateful dead.

Maybe when you spell the name correctly.



It's a proper noun.

 

[dacjohns]

Truckin'

Truckin' got my chips cashed in
Keep truckin' like the doodah man
Together, more or less in line
Just keep truckin' on


Arrows of neon and flashing marquees out on Main Street
Chicago, New York, Detroit and its all the same street
Your typical city involved in a typical daydream
Hang it up and see what tomorrow brings


Dallas got a soft machine
Houston too close to New Orleans
New York got the ways and means
But just won't let you be


Most of the cats that you meet on the street speak of true love
Most of the time they're sitting and crying at home
One of these days they know they gotta get going
Out of the door and into the street all alone


Truckin' like the doodah man
Once told me "Gotta play your hand
Sometimes the cards ain't worth a dime
If you don't lay them down"


Sometimes the lights all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been


What in the world ever became of sweet Jane? (note 1)
She lost her sparkle you know she isn't the same
Living on reds and vitamin C and cocaine
All her friends can say is ain't it a shame


Truckin' up to Buffalo
Been thinking you got to mellow slow
Takes time, you pick a place to go
Just keep truckin' on


Sitting and staring out of the hotel window
Got a tip they're gonna kick the door in again
Like to get some sleep before I travel
But if you got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in


Busted down on Bourbon Street
Set up like a bowling pin
Knocked down, it gets to wearing thin
They just won't let you be


You're sick of hanging around, you'd like to travel
Get tired of travelling you want to settle down
I guess they can't revoke your soul for trying
Get out of the door, light out and look all around


Sometimes the lights all shining on me
Other times I can barely see
Lately it occurs to me
What a long strange trip it's been


Truckin' I'm a going home
Whoa, whoa, baby, back where I belong
Back home, sit down and patch my bones
And get back truckin' on

 

[ticks]

What about...
grateful dead.

Maybe when you spell the name correctly.



It's a proper noun.

Grateful Dead.
there!

 

[dacjohns]

You're late ticks, I already posted a song.

 

[unclejoe]

What about...
grateful dead.

How many do you want? I've got dozens.

 

[Mackay]

Hey dacjohns, I've been looking for one by Sean Colvin, "I'd like to visit the moon." ya got that one?

 

[dacjohns]

I Don't Want to Live on the Moon
Originally written by Jeff Moss

A Sesame Street song


Well, I'd like to visit the moon
On a rocketship high in the air.
Yes, I'd like to visit the moon,
But I don't think I'd like to live there.
Though I'd like to look down at the earth
From above,
I'd miss all the places
and people I love,
So although I might like it for one afternoon,
I don't want to live on the moon.

I'd like to travel under the sea.
I could meet all the fish everywhere.
Yes, I'd travel under the sea,
But I don't think I'd like to live there.
I might stay for a day there
If i had my wish,
But there's not much to do
When your friends are all fish,
And an oyster and clam aren't real family,
So I don't want to live under the sea.

I'd like to visit the jungle,
Hear the lion's roar;
Go back and meet a dinosaur.
There's so many strange places I'd like to be
But none of them permanently.

So if I should visit the moon,
Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam, and then
I will make a wish on a star,
And I'll wish I was home once again.
Though I'd like to look down at the earth from above,
I would miss all the places
And people I love
So although I may go,
I'll be coming home soon,
'Cause I don't want to live on the moon.
No, I don't want to live on the moon.

 

[Mackay]

Sesame street? I heard Colvin do it a long time ago and wrote most of the words down to sing to my kids....we never did sesame street. Thanks....

 

[sylvie]

Hey Dac! I think Reinbeau was waxing nostalgic on the lyrics "I'd Love to Change the World" by Ten Years After(on another thread). It's one of my favorites, so could we have them, please?