And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burning coal Pouring off of every page Like it was written in my soul from me to you....... Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up in Blue" from _Blood on the Tracks_
*and*
aint got no cash, aint got no style, aint got no gal to make you smile but don't worry, be happy
cos when you worry, your face will frown, and that will bring everybody down, so don't worry, be happy
When you finally get back up on your feet again, Everybody wants to be your old long-lost friend. Said it's mighty strange, without a doubt, Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
Written by Jimmie Cox
...performed by many blues singers -- my favorite version is Eric Clapton's
Everybody wants to be Sondheim but me Everybody wants to be Sondheim but me So they try to write a melody That goes somewhere unexpectedly And that's the way they think They get to be Sondheim.
Listen as they hammer out one chord Listen as they hammer it til everyone's bored No wonder Sweeny Todd went out of his gourd!
And they write their lyrics 'Til they're so damn dense You could stick 'em in your yard And you could use 'em as a fence And everyone thinks they've got The sense of Sondheim.
Well, I want to be Oscar Hammerstein I want to be Cole Porter What's wrong with a song That's prettier-- Or clearer-- Or shorter?
I'm singing F to the R to the E to the E. To the C to the R to the E, D, I, T. RE to the PORT to the DOT to the COM. Come on Everybody, grab your bike and sing along, it's easy.
Everybody used to tell me Big boys don't cry; Well, I've been around enough To know that that was the lie That held back the tears In the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons.
Everybody says don't Everybody says don't Everybody says don't It isn't right Don't! It isn't nice Everybody says don't Everybody says don't Everybody says don't walk on the grass Don't disturb the peace Don't skate on the ice Well, I say Do! Walk on the grass it was meant to feel I say Sail! Tilt at the windmill And if you fail, you fail Everybody says don't Everybody says don't Everybody says don't get out of line When they say that, then Baby that's a sign Nine times out of ten Baby you are doing just fine.
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Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burning coal
Pouring off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you.......
Tangled up in blue
"Tangled Up in Blue" from _Blood on the Tracks_
*and*
aint got no cash, aint got no style,
aint got no gal to make you smile
but don't worry, be happy
cos when you worry, your face will frown,
and that will bring everybody down,
so don't worry, be happy
"Three Little Birds" from _Legend_
Pack up the babies
Grab the old ladies
And everyone goes
Everyone knows
Brother Love's Show
Neil Diamond
When you finally get back up on your feet again,
Everybody wants to be your old long-lost friend.
Said it's mighty strange, without a doubt,
Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
Written by Jimmie Cox
...performed by many blues singers -- my favorite version is Eric Clapton's
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
The Beatles
Clap your hands everybody, and everybody clap your hands
We're Lambda Lambda Lambda and Omega Mu
From Revenge of the Nerds movie
Everybody plays the fool sometime
There's no exception to the rule
Marvin Gaye or someone like that
everybody wants to slap your back
wants to shake your hand
when you're up on top of that mountain
Tracy Lawrence
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Leonard Cohen
Everybody wants to be a cat
Because a cat's the only cat
Who knows where it's at
-from "The Aristocats"
Some days, I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now.
Wonderful
Everclear
Everybody wants to be Sondheim but me
Everybody wants to be Sondheim but me
So they try to write a melody
That goes somewhere unexpectedly
And that's the way they think
They get to be Sondheim.
Listen as they hammer out one chord
Listen as they hammer it til everyone's bored
No wonder Sweeny Todd went out of his gourd!
And they write their lyrics
'Til they're so damn dense
You could stick 'em in your yard
And you could use 'em as a fence
And everyone thinks they've got
The sense of Sondheim.
Well, I want to be Oscar Hammerstein
I want to be Cole Porter
What's wrong with a song
That's prettier--
Or clearer--
Or shorter?
(Benjamin/Chapman)
Young blood is the lovin' upriser
How come everybody wanna keep it like the kaiser?
Give It Away ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers
C'mon everybody get down get with it
c'mon everybody get down get with it
c'mon everybody get down
that's rock-n-roll...
---Shaun Cassidy (my first love!)
'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
REM
I'm singing F to the R to the E to the E.
To the C to the R to the E, D, I, T.
RE to the PORT to the DOT to the COM.
Come on Everybody, grab your bike and sing along, it's easy.
I think we all know what this is from!
Oh everybody have fun tonight
Everybody have fun tonight
Everybody wang chung tonight
Everybody have fun tonight
"Everybody have fun tonight" by Wang Chung
(deleted my comment as I did two songs... didn't realize I wasn't supposed to)
Everybody loves somebody sometime
Everybody falls in love somehow
Dean Martin (and others)
Stomp your feet and clap your hands
Come on everybody it's the hamster dance!
(from Patrick)
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Sweet Dreams
Eurythmics
Everybody
come on dance and sing
everybody
get up and do your thing...
---Madonna
Everybody used to tell me
Big boys don't cry;
Well, I've been around enough
To know that that was the lie
That held back the tears
In the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons.
Growing Young
Rich Mullins
Everybody on the whole cellblock
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Elvis
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.
Just get on the floor and do the new kids dance.
~ Hangin' Tough - NKOTB
Everybody says don't
Everybody says don't
Everybody says don't
It isn't right
Don't! It isn't nice
Everybody says don't
Everybody says don't
Everybody says don't walk on the grass
Don't disturb the peace
Don't skate on the ice
Well, I say Do!
Walk on the grass it was meant to feel
I say Sail!
Tilt at the windmill
And if you fail, you fail
Everybody says don't
Everybody says don't
Everybody says don't get out of line
When they say that, then
Baby that's a sign
Nine times out of ten
Baby you are doing just fine.
(Sondheim)
Everyone says I love you
The great big mosquito
When he stings on you
The fly when he gets stuck on the flypaper too
says I love you
Everyone says I love you
But just what they say it for,
I never knew
It's just inviting trouble for the poor sucker who
says I love you
(author unknown; sung by The Marx Brothers in "Horse Feathers")
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