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thevoiceofjanus · 4 months
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PUNCH BROTHERS: "2+2=5" (RADIOHEAD)
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"Are you such a dreamer To put the world to rights? I'll stay home forever Where two and two always makes up five
I'll lay down the tracks Sandbag and hide January has April's showers And two and two always makes up five
It's the devil's way now There is no way out You can scream and you can shout It is too late now
Because you have not been Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention You have not been Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention You have not been Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention You have not been Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention Payin' attention
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I try to sing along I get it all wrong 'Cause I'm not 'Cause I'm not I swat em like flies But like flies the buggers keep coming back But I'm not Oh hail to the thief Oh hail to the thief But I'm not But I'm not But I'm not But I'm not
Don't question my authority or put me in the dock 'Cause I'm not 'Cause I'm not Oh, go and tell the king that the sky is falling in When it's not When it's not When it's not Maybe not Maybe not"
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thevoiceofjanus · 5 months
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KIM VESTIN: "LOVE LETTER" (NICK CAVE)
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I hold this letter in my hand A plea, a petition, a kind of prayer I hope it does as I have planned Losing her again is more than I can bear I kiss the cold, white envelope I press my lips against her name Two hundred words. We live in hope The sky hangs heavy with rain
Love Letter Love Letter Go get her Go get her Love Letter Love Letter Go tell her Go tell her
A wicked wind whips up the hill A handful of hopeful words I love her and I always will The sky is ready to burst Said something I did not mean to say Said something I did not mean to say Said something I did not mean to say It all came out the wrong way
Love Letter Love Letter Go get her Go get her Love Letter Love Letter Go tell her Go tell her
Rain your kisses down upon me Rain your kisses down in storms And for all who’ll come before me In your slowly fading forms I’m going out of my mind Will leave me standing in The rain with a letter and a prayer Whispered on the wind
Come back to me Come back to me O baby please come back to me
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thevoiceofjanus · 7 months
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MARLON WILLIAMS: "IT'LL TAKE A LONG TIME" (SANDY DENNY)
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Oh it's like a storm at sea, And everything is lost, And the fretful sailors calling out their woes, As to the waves they're tossed.
Oh they are all gentlemen, And never will they know, If there is a reason each of them must go, To join the cruel flow.
And it'll take a long, long time. It'll take a long, long time. It'll take a long, long time. Oh it'll take such a long, long time.
There is no need for rules, There's no-one to score the game, And there is nobody living in this town, As even knows its name.
Oh it'll take such a long, long time. It'll take a long, long time. It'll take a long, long time. A long, long time.
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thevoiceofjanus · 9 months
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DAVID NUMWAMI: "MY LOVE" (PAUL McCARTNEY)
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And when I go away I know my heart can stay with my love It's understood, it's in the hands of my love And my love does it good Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa My love does it good
And when the cupboard's bare I'll still find something there with my love It's understood, it's everywhere with my love And my love does it good Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa My love does it good
Whoa-whoa, I love, oh-whoa, my love Only my love holds the other key to me Oh-whoa, my love, oh-oh, my love Only my love does it good to me
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa My love does it good
Don't ever ask me why I never say goodbye to my love It's understood, it's everywhere with my love And my love does it good Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa My love does it good
Whoa-whoa, I love, oh-whoa, my love Only my love does it good to me Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa
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thevoiceofjanus · 10 months
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SINÉAD O'CONNOR : “NO NEED TO ARGUE" (THE CRANBERRIES)
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“ There's no need to argue anymore. I gave all I could, but it left me so sore. And the thing that makes me mad, Is the one thing that I had, I knew, I knew, I'd lose you. You'll always be special to me, Special to me, to me. And I remember all the things we once shared, Watching T.V. movies on the living room armchair. But they say it will work out fine. Was it all a waste of time. 'Cause I knew, I knew, I'd lose you. You'll always be special to me, Special to me, to me. Will I forget in time, ah, You said I was on your mind? There's no need to argue, No need to argue anymore. There's no need to argue anymore. “
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thevoiceofjanus · 11 months
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ANGÈLE: “THAT LOOK YOU GIVE THAT GUY & LE COUP DE SOLEIL” (EELS & RICCARDO COCCIANTE)
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I never thought that I could be so bold To even say these thoughts aloud I see you with your man Your eyes just shine While he stands tall And walking proud That look you give that guy I wanna see Looking right at me If I could be that guy Instead of me I'd never let you down It always seems like you're going somewhere Better than you've been before While I go to sleep and I dream all night Of you knocking on my door That look you give that guy I wanna see Looking right at me If I could be that guy Instead of me I'd be all I can be I'm nothing like what I'd like to be I'm nothing much I know it's true I lack the style and the pedigree And my chances are so few That look you give that guy I wanna see Looking right at me If I could be that guy Instead of me I'd give you all I got I never thought that I could be so bold To even say these thoughts aloud But if, let's say, it won't work out You know where I can be found That look you give that guy I wanna see Looking right at me If I could be that guy Instead of me I'd never let you down I'd never let you down
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J'ai attrapé un coup d'soleil Un coup d'amour, un coup d'je t'aime J'sais pas comment, faut qu'j'me rappelle Si c'est un rêve, t'es super belle J'dors plus la nuit, j'fais des voyages Sur des bateaux qui font naufrage J'te vois toute nue sur du satin Et j'en dors plus, viens m'voir demain Mais tu n'es pas là Et si je rêve, tant pis Quand tu t'en vas J'dors plus la nuit Mais tu n'es pas là Et tu sais, j'ai envie D'aller là-bas, la fenêtre en face Et d'visiter ton paradis J'mets tes photos dans mes chansons Et des voiliers dans ma maison J'voulais m'tirer, mais j'me tire plus J'vis à l' envers j'aime plus ma rue J'avais cent ans, j'me reconnais plus J'aime plus les gens depuis qu'j't'ai vue J'veux plus rêver, j'voudrais qu'tu viennes Me faire voler, me faire je t'aime
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thevoiceofjanus · 1 year
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TINA TURNER: “TONIGHT I’LL BE STAYING HERE WITH YOU” (BOB DYLAN)
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Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I don’t need them anymore ’Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you I should have left this town this morning But it was more than I could do Oh, your love comes on so strong And I’ve waited all day long For tonight when I’ll be staying here with you Is it really any wonder The love that a stranger might receive You cast your spell and I went under I find it so difficult to leave I can hear that whistle blowin’ I see that stationmaster, too If there’s a poor boy on the street Then let him have my seat ’Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you Throw my ticket out the window Throw my suitcase out there, too Throw my troubles out the door I don’t need them anymore ’Cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you
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thevoiceofjanus · 1 year
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THE UNDERGROUND YOUTH & LAURA CARBONE: “LONELY WINE” (ROY WELLS)
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The night is bright and gay but I'm so blue My heart must have it's way and dream of you That's why I sigh and sip my lonely wine
Your picture on the wall your smiling face Brings back the memory of your embrace I start to cry into my lonely wine
Teardrops fall but all they bring is heartache It's better if I never think at all Still they soothe the pain my lonely thoughts make I never quite succeed in hiding all, so let them fall
Where ever you may be, I'll still be true And when the clouds roll by I'll come to you But until then I'll drink my lonely wine
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thevoiceofjanus · 1 year
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CHRIS THILE: “WALTZ#2″ (ELLIOTT SMITH)
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“First the mic, then a half cigarette Singing, "Cathy's Clown" That's the man she's married to now That's the girl that he takes around town She appears composed, so she is, I suppose Who can really tell? She shows no emotion at all Stares into space like a dead china doll
I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow
Now she's done and they're calling someone Such a familiar name I'm so glad that my memory's remote 'Cause I'm doing just fine hour to hour, note to note Here it is, the revenge to the tune "You're no good You're no good, you're no good, you're no good" Can't you tell that it's well understood?
I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow
I'm here today and expected to stay On and on and on I'm tired I'm tired
Looking out on the substitute scene Still going strong XO, mom
It's okay, it's alright, nothing's wrong Tell Mr. Man with impossible plans to just leave me alone In the place where I make no mistakes In the place where I have what it takes
I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow I'm never gonna know you now But I'm gonna love you anyhow.”
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thevoiceofjanus · 1 year
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MARIANNE FAITHFULL: “BEWARE OF DARKNESS” (GEORGE HARRISON)
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“ Watch out now, take care Beware of falling swingers Dropping all around you The pain that often mingles In your fingertips Beware of darkness
Watch out now, take care Beware of thoughts that linger Winding up inside your head The hopelessness around you In the dead of night
Beware of sadness It can hit you, it can hurt you Make you sore and what is more That is not what we are here for
Watch out now, take care Beware of soft shoe shuffling Dancing down the sidewalks As each unconscious sufferer Wanders aimlessly Beware of Maya
Watch out now, take care Beware of greedy leaders They take you where you shouldn't go While Weeping Atlas Cedars They just want to grow, grow Beware of darkness 
(beware of darkness)
Thank you Please welcome, Joe Brown
How we doin' lads? “
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thevoiceofjanus · 1 year
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NOUVELLE VAGUE: “IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING” (TUXEDOMOON)
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“ In a manner of speaking I just want to say That I could never forget the way You told me everything By saying nothing
In a manner of speaking I don't understand How love in silence becomes reprimand But the way that I feel about you Is beyond words
Oh, give me the words Give me the words That tell me nothing Oh, give me the words Give me the words That tell me everything
In a manner of speaking Semantics won't do In this life that we live, we live, we only make do The way that we feel Might have to be sacrificed
So in a manner of speaking I just want to say That just like you I should find a way To tell you everything By saying nothing
Oh, give me the words Give me the words That tell me nothing Oh, give me the words Give me the words That tell me everything
Oh, give me the words Give me the words That tell me nothing Oh, give me the words Give me the words That tell me everything.”
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thevoiceofjanus · 2 years
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PAUL BUCHANAN (THE BLUE NILE): “ASHES TO ASHES” (DAVID BOWIE)
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“Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song? I've heard a rumor from Ground Control Oh no, don't say it's true
They got a message from the Action Man "I'm happy, hope you're happy too I've loved all I've needed, love Sordid details following"
The shrieking of nothing is killing, just Pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low
Time and again I tell myself I'll stay clean tonight But the little green wheels are following me Oh no, not again I'm stuck with a valuable friend "I'm happy, hope you're happy too" One flash of light but no smoking pistol 
I never done good things (I never done good things) I never done bad things (I never done bad things) I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh Want an axe to break the ice Wanna come down right now
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky We know Major Tom's a junkie Strung out in heaven's high Hitting an all-time low
My mother said, to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom
My mother said, to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom.”
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thevoiceofjanus · 2 years
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CHELSEA WOLFE: “THE END” (SYBILLE BAIER)
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“It’s the end Friend of mine It’s the end Friend of mine Time is over… Where we could simply say «I love you» Now you open the door Leave me crying Trying to embrace you again Trying to face this damn situation Man I can’t… It’s the end Friend of mine It’s the end Sweet friend of mine Dear friend, I cannot tell the reasons why… We started well, good time Give me some wine when you open the door You seem hurt, do try to speak a word to me What on earth could really go wrong with you and me? Yet, it’s the end Friend of mine It’s the end Sweet friend of mine Time seems to be over… Where we could simply say «I love you» Now you open the door I feel cold Why can’t I hold you in my arms? Told you that life is short but love is old It’s the end Friend of mine It’s the end Sweet friend”
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thevoiceofjanus · 2 years
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PIPPA GALLI & HANS WAGNER, “NEUSCHNEE”: “OCTOPUS’S GARDEN” (THE BEATLES)
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“ I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's garden in the shade He'd let us in, knows where we've been In his octopus's garden in the shade I'd ask my friends to come and see An octopus's garden with me I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's garden in the shade We would be warm below the storm In our little hideaway beneath the waves Resting our head on the sea bed In an octopus's garden near a cave We would sing and dance around Because we know we can't be found I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's garden in the shade We would shout and swim about The coral that lies beneath the waves (Lies beneath the ocean waves) Oh what joy for every girl and boy Knowing they're happy and they're safe (Happy and they're safe) We would be so happy you and me No one there to tell us what to do I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus's garden with you In an octopus's garden with you In an octopus's garden with you.”
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thevoiceofjanus · 2 years
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TINDERSTICKS: “HERE” (PAVEMENT)
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“ I always dressed for success But success it never comes And I'm the only one who laughs At your jokes when they are so bad And your jokes are always bad But they're not as bad as this
Come join us in a prayer We'll be waiting, waiting where Everything's ending here
And all the sterile striking It defends an empty dock you cast away And rain upon the forehead Where the mist's for hire if it's just too clear Let's spend our last quarter stance randomly Go down to the outlet once again
Painted portraits of minions and slaves Crotch mavens and one-night plays Are they the only ones who laugh? At the jokes when they are so bad And the jokes they're always bad But they're not as bad as this
Come join us in a prayer We'll be waiting, waiting where Everything's ending here
And all the Spanish candles They sold away sold have gone away to this And a run-on piece of mountain Trembles, shivers, runs down the freeway I guess she spent her last quarter randomly We guess, a guess is the best I'll do
Last time, last time is the best time I spent.”
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thevoiceofjanus · 2 years
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LOU DOILLON: “IT’S YOU” (CAT POWER)
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“ Oh, it seems hard to believe It's still you Oh, it seems hard to believe It's still you I'm talking about yes, wherever I start I end up with you And I know for a fact It's got little to do With the stranger I see, It's just that I miss who I used to be
So I walk away and pretend It's not you That I'm running from Just when I think that I'm free I bump into youAnd I wish I could change 'Cause it's all been said I wish I could end this sick little game I playSo here I go (Here you go) It's you If I ever forget this one talk about you It's just me and you hand in hand
It's wherever I go It's with you And if I ever forget There's one to talk about you And whatever they say Whatever you do My love will remain exactly the same for you
Yes, right till the end It's just me and you hand in hand It's just me and you And I know for a fact, it's got little to do With the stranger I see It's just that I miss who I used to be
Oh, it seems hard to believe It's still you I'm talking about Yes, wherever I start I end up with you Yes, wherever I start I end up with you Yes, wherever I start I end up with you.”
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thevoiceofjanus · 2 years
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BILL CALLAHAN & BONNIE“PRINCE” BILLY – “SHE IS MY EVERYTHING” (JOHN PRINE)
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“ She is my everything From her suntanned shoulders Down to the freckles On her wedding ring Her feet are so warm They can melt the snow In the early spring She is my everything She goes everywhere From Copenhagen To makin' eggs and bacon Down in Jackson Square I'd like to drive a Cadillac The color of her long black hair She goes everywhere Kisses that come all the way from China Kind of remind her of memories of Spain If I get lost, you can always find her Standing right beside me in the rain She uses Eveready batteries To keep her electrical appliances going steady She can do 14 things at once And then her phone'll ring She is my everything
She knows everybody From Muhammad Ali To teaching Bruce Lee How to do Karate She could lead a parade While puttin' on her shades In her Maserati She knows everybody Kisses that come all the way from China Kinda remind her of memories of Spain If I get lost, you can always find her Standing right beside me in the rain She is my everything When she wakes up in the morning That's when the birdies Start to sing When I hear her voice I'll tell you boys I forget everything She is my everything She is my everything.”
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