Lyrical LoT

[Gemini Cricket]

Tell us how you're feeling today in the form of a lyric from a song, poem, quote...
Or maybe there's a song stuck in your head...

Ready? Go!


I'll start.

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"You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown, where all the lights are bright
Downtown...waiting for you tonight
Downtown...you're gonna be all right now"

(Working in Downtown in a big city, sometimes I just wanna belt this tune out.)

[Snowflake]

Because I am at a crossroads....this Cole Porter tune is pretty right on the money, honey.

WHICH? (Wake Up and Dream, 1929)

Which is the right life,
The simple or the night life?
When, pray, should one rise,
At sunset or at sunrise?
Which should be upper,
My breakfast or my supper?
Which is the right life,
Which?

If the wood nymph left the park,
Would Park Avenue excite her?
Would the glowworm trade her spark
For the latest Dunhill lighter?
Here's a question I would pose,
Tell me which the sweeter smell makes,
The aroma of the rose,
Or the perfume that Chanel makes?

Which land is dreamier,
Arcadia or Bohemia?
Who'll tell me the answer,
The daisy or the dancer?
Which life is for me,
The peaceful or the stormy?
Which is the right man,
Walt Whitman or Paul Whiteman,
Which?

Should I read Euripides or continue with The Graphic?
Hear the murmur of the breeze or the roaring of the traffic?
Should I make one man my choice
And regard divorce as treason,
Or should I, like Peggy Joyce,
Get a new one ev'ry season?

Which is the right life,
The simple or the night life?
When, pray, should one rise,
At sunset or at sunrise?
Which should be upper,
My breakfast or my supper?
Which is the right life,
Which?

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I'm tired,
tired of playing the game,
ain't it a crying shame?
I'm so tired,
God dammit I'm tired!

[Not Afraid]

This is the first song that came into my head to describe my day so far. Why? Who knows, but not it's stuck in my head.....and yours too.

Have you never been mellow?
Have you never tried to find a comfort from inside you?
Have you never been happy just to hear your song?
Have you never let someone else be strong?

[Prudence]

Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Ba-ba-baba, baba-ba-baba, I wanna be sedated...

Cool! It looks like the characters in your avatar are singing it.



Lunchtime:

"Food glorious food!"

[Mr. Fusion]

BTW, SzczerbiakManiac, I LOVE that movie!

So, since I'm trying to get the year started off on a good note the right foot, Nat King Cole's been chiming through my head:


Buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air.
The monkey thought that everything was on the square.
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back,
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said-- Now listen, Jack!

Straighten up and fly right,
Straighten up and fly right;
Straighten up and fly right,
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin',
What's the use in jivin'?
Straighten up and fly right,
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

The buzzard told the monkey "You are chokin' me.
Release your hold, and I will set you free!"
Monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye, and said,
"Your story is so touching but it sounds just like lie."

Straighten up and fly right,
Straighten up and stay right;
Straighten up and fly right,
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

People.
People who need people
are the LUCKIEST PEOPLE (gotta belt it)
in the world.

Feelin' appreciative today

[tracilicious]

Okey dokie artichokie!

(guess what I just ate...)

[flippyshark]

Thanks to LSPoorEeyorick, I'm humming:

So if you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free