The Random Song Thread

[thechucknorrisofNSMB]

...
(Travel Demon has no lyrics, it's just 7 whole minutes of rock-n-roll fun.)

[Weegee]

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called 'Gitche Gumee'
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty.
That good ship and crew was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early.

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and good captain well seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
And later that night when the ship's bell rang
Could it be the north wind they'd been feelin'?

The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
T'was the witch of November come stealin'.
The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait
When the Gales of November came slashin'.
When afternoon came it was freezin' rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind.

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'.
Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya.
At Seven P.M. a main hatchway caved in, he said
Fellas, it's been good to know ya.
The captain wired in he had water comin' in
And the good ship and crew was in peril.
And later that night when his lights went outta sight
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searches all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her.
They might have split up or they might have capsized;
May have broke deep and took water.
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters.

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams;
The islands and bays are for sportsmen.
And farther below Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her,
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the Gales of November remembered.

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed,
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral.
The church bell chimed till it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call 'Gitche Gumee'.
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early.

[WarpRattler]

(Note: The names of boats, such as the Edmund Fitzgerald, are italicized.)

[Weegee]

Sure.

Just take those old records off the shelf
I'll sit and listen to 'em by myself
Today's music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll
Don't try to take me to a disco
You'll never even get me out on the floor
In ten minutes I'll be late for the door
I like that old time rock 'n' roll

Still like that old time rock 'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll
Won't go to hear them play a tango
I'd rather hear some blues or funky old soul
There's only sure way to get me to go
Start playing old time rock 'n' roll
Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today' music ain't got the same soul
I like that old time rock 'n' roll

Still like that old time rock'n' roll
That kind of music just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old time rock 'n' roll...

[Weegee]

The Eastern world, it is explodin'
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'?
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
But you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say?
And can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed, there's no running away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy, and you
Tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
And you tell me over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace
And tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction

Mmmm, no, no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction...

Every bit as relevant as it was 45 years ago.

[ShadowBrain]

I like to say "We enter a time of calamity", but that's a pretty obscure reference that isn't even really about that kind of destruction...

Calling Sarah
Crawling back to Sarah, 'cause you're the one

I know it sounds unfair
She's like a painting standing there
I thank the heavens up above
For the one I'm thinking of
Calling Sarah
Crawling back to Sarah, 'cause you're the one

Sometimes it's awful hard to take
The way she takes me all the way
She's delicious beyond compare
I'd love to tell her but instead I stare
Calling Sarah
Crawling back to Sarah

And when you ask me if I really love you
I can't wait to tell you
And if you ever feel you don't believe, and don't you trust your feeling
'Cause it'd be so hard to take when your'e away
I wouldn't last one day

That's why I'm calling Sarah, crawling back to Sarah
Calling Sarah, crawling back to Sarah, 'cause you're the one
And when you ask me if I love you, I say ye ye ye
And when I ask you if you want to, you say ye ye ye
And when you ask me if I miss, you you say ye ye ye
And when I ask if I can kiss you, you say ye ye ye oh, you say
And when you ask me if I love you, I say ye ye ye oh, I say
And when I ask you if you want to, you say ye ye ye
And when you ask me if I miss I miss you I miss you
And when I ask if I can kiss you, you say ye ye ye
Calling Sarah, crawling back to Sarah
Calling Sarah, crawling back to
'Cause you're the one


I've actually only heard a live version of this song, which is slightly different--at the very least, I think the intro's modified.

[Toad]

Do the Mario!

Swing your arms
from side to side
C'mon it's time to go
Do the Mario!

Take one step
and then again
Let's do the Mario
all together now!

You got it!
It's the Mario!

Swing your arms
from side to side
C'mon it's time to go
Do the Mario!

Take one step
and then again
Let's do the Mario
all together now!

C'mon now

Just like that!

[ShadowBrain]

...Well, it is a Mario forum, so I suppose there's nothing wrong with that one being repeatedly posted.

I walked the line, the line I choose
I see the people in front of me
I climbed the wall, the wall of news
I watched them show the tragedy

If you were me, could you defend
The given rights to all the men?
Let's **** the world with all its trends
They say it's all about to end

They say it's all about to end
They say, they say

There's a prison that's gone, but the fear lives on
I watched you walking on the dotted line
Maybe you don't see what's in front of me
Maybe you won't stand the test of time
For we live in sin, for we will win
I watched the president kiss his family
For we live in sin, for we will win
I watched the president **** society

If you were me, could you defend
The given rights to all the men?
Let's **** the world with all its trends
They say it's all about to end

They say it's all about to end
They say, they say

I fall in love with the old times
I never mention my own mind
Let's **** the world with all its trends
Thank God, it's all about to end

They say it's all about to end
They say, they say
They say, they say
They say it's all about to end

I've been under the assumption that someone at Activision really wanted this one in GH5 for whatever reason, considering it's got an f-bomb in its chorus. Then again, "Killing in the Name" was in GHII...

[Weegee]

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand
I knew she was gonna meet her connection
At her feet was her footloose man

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you might find
You get what you need

Oh yeah, hey hey hey, oh...

And I went down to the demonstration
To get my fair share of abuse
Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration
If we don't we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"
Sing it to me now...

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you just might find
You get what you need
Oh baby, yeah, yeah!

I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
I said to him

You can't always get what you want, no!
You can't always get what you want (tell ya baby)
You can't always get what you want (no)
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You get what you need

You get what you need--yeah, oh baby!
Oh yeah

I saw her today at the reception
In her glass was a bleeding man
She was practiced at the art of deception
Well I could tell by her blood-stained hands

You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need

You can't always get what you want (no, no baby)
You can't always get what you want
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you just might find
You just might find
You get what you need, ah yeah...

[ShadowBrain]

My friend picked a sample of the chorus of that one for the credits music on my 7th grade National History Day presentation about the impact of advertising on kids.

I feel things changing when I move
(It's a distance, it's a difference)
I'll cross this planet without you
(And you might call this a downfall)
It's one long night that I'm passing through
(It's a dark one what have I done)
It's one long night...

Don't turn your back on me now
You can't do this
Don't say you can live without
You can't do this alone
How did I end up like this, the lonely one
Your greatest takedown?
You take me down

Left last night with a long goodbye
(We cement why, through a phone line)
I told you thoughts that multiply
(That I don't know how to let go)
We've been here many times before
(I am empty, when you leave me)
What's one more?

Don't turn your back on me now
You can't do this
Don't say you can live without
You can do this alone
How did I end up like this, the broken one
Your greatest takedown?
You take me down
You take me down

I won't get by
I won't heal in time
I won't get by

Don't turn your back on me now
You can't do this
Don't say you can't live without
You can do this alone
How did I end up like this, the chosen one
Your greatest takedown?

You take me down

[Ninjap00]

Dumbledore died a pretty long while ago
But his followers mourn to this day
A tragic event, we wish that he didn't go
Then we later found out that he was gay

Well I was dicking around outside the castle grounds
And I found the beloved man's grave
So to pay my respects I set some flowers out
And I water them in my own special way

I'm draining the lizard on a dead gay wizard
There's a slight chance of rain for our headmaster today
I'm leaking the Schwartz upon the master of Hogwarts
And I'm ****ing on Dumbledore's grave

Dumbledore's memory will be in our dreams
Well, we always knew that he was Number One
And though I'm washing those memories away in a stream
There are many good things that he's done

If your day was a drought he'd always help you out
With a golden shine from within
He would come to your side at each catastro-pee
So you're safe from the danger urine

I'm draining the lizard on a dead gay wizard
The chamber of secrets sprung a small leak today
I'm making an ocean with a magical potion
And I'm ****ing on Dumbledore's grave

This act I'm committing seems so perfect and fitting
And it feels so good to pour these feelings out
As he sits and decays I'm feeling pretty okay
Besides a shower's one thing he's gone too long without

From the land of the free to France where they say "oui, oui"
They say I'm doing something awful and wrong
But though a great flood of pee-ple might be ****ed off at me
At least they're not getting ****ed on

I'm draining the lizard on a dead gay wizard
I'm speaking in Parseltongue to whip out the snake
I'm whizzing the wand to make a magical pond
And I'm ****ing on Dumbledore's grave

I'm draining the lizard on a dead gay wizard
I can hear Rowling bawling but I still won't behave
I'm baptizing the phoenix using my full petrenis
And I'm ****ing on Dumbledore's grave
Everybody!
I'm draining the lizard on a dead gay wizard
It's the first wand unleashed on him since his dying day
Though I'm merely a Muggle, I can summon a puddle
And incase you were pee-occupied and didn't hear me...

I'm ****ing on Dumbledore's grave

[ShadowBrain]

I am now, more than ever, imbued with the confidence that I can write a song about pretty much anything. Is that thing by a "wrock" band and/or some random ironic internet indie?

(Don't lie to yourself; it gave you pleasure.)

Hell on Earth
For what it's worth
Dead on dreaming
You started screaming
The wizard of how
The king of the now
Cry like a banshee
And die like you want me

Violator
Desecrator
Turn around and meet the hater
Violator
Desecrator
Turn around and

Demonoid phenomenon
I get it out
To get it on
Demonoid phenomenon
I get it out
To get it on

The conquering worm
The slithering germ
Lost in the black sleep
I see how the gods weep
The high road of madness
The terminal sadness
The cool air of mourning
Gave me the warning

Violator
Desecrator
Turn around and meet the hater
Violator
Desecrator
Turn around and
(Enjoy that dead girl's body)

Demonoid phenomenon
I get it out
To get it on
Demonoid phenomenon
I get it out
To get it on

Violator
Desecrator
Turn around and meet the hater
Violator
Desecrator
Turn around and

Demonoid phenomenon
I get it out
To get it on
Demonoid phenomenon
I get it out
To get it on

I think the breadth of my musical taste really speaks for itself at this point.

[CrossEyed7]

I challenge anyone to find a wizard rock band whose name isn't in the "X and the Ys" form.

Incidentally, St. Vincent and the Grenadines would be a good name for a band.

[Ultima Shadow]

Challenge accepted; "Wingardium Leviosa" and "The Parselmouths", to name a couple. =]


I just want to be better than your head's only medicine
I just want to be better than your head's only medicine

A downward spiral just a pirouette
Getting worse til there's n-n-nothing left
What good comes of something when I'm just the ghost of nothing nothing?

I'm just the man on the balcony singing
Nobody will ever remember me
Rejoice, rejoice and fall to your knees
(for a)

Lunatic of a god or a god of a lunatic?
Oh, their faces are dancing
They're dancing til
Til they can't stand it

A composer but never composed
Singing the symphonies of the overdosed
A composer but never composed
Singing
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't have

Heralded as a king before I had a birthday
With double digits
Fit the crown to my head but I was only a kid
I was only a kid
Yea, I was only a kid

I'm just the man on the balcony singing
Nobody will ever remember me
Rejoice, rejoice and fall to your knees
(for a)

Lunatic of a god or a god of a lunatic?
Oh, their faces are dancing
They're dancing til
Til they can't stand it

A composer but never composed
Singing the symphonies of the overdosed
A composer but never composed
Singing
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't
I can't have

I just want to be better than your head's only medicine
I just want to be better than your head's only medicine

I'm just the man on the balcony singing
Nobody will ever remember me
Rejoice, rejoice and fall to your knees

I'm just the man on the balcony singing
Nobody will ever remember me
Rejoice, rejoice and fall to your knees

Lunatic of a god or a god of a lunatic?
Oh, their faces are dancing
They're dancing til
Til they can't stand it

A composer but never composed
Singing the symphonies of the overdosed
A composer but never composed
Singing
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't have
I only want what I can't
I can't have

[ShadowBrain]

I challenge anyone to find a wizard rock band whose name isn't in the "X and the Ys" form.

The Cruciatus Curse. That being said, I don't think I'll ever fully comprehend that those bands really exist.

Senorita I'm in trouble again
and I can't get free
(Senorita) You're exactly what the doctor ordered, come on talk to me
(Ah) Can't crow before I'm out of the woods
But there's exceptions to the rule
(Ah-ah) Senorita, do you need a friend?
I'm in love with you

Catch as catch, catch as catch can
Anybody in their right mind could see
It's you and me
Oooh-ooo-ooh
Oooh-oooh

You say you're lonesome, just getting by
But you turn your eyes from me
Be sure you're hurting long before you fly 'cause, you've got me

Catch as catch, catch as catch can
Anybody in their right mind could see
You and me
Catch as catch, catch as catch can
When I see you, all your little guitars sing to me

I can see you don't know which way to turn
But the sun still shines
(Senorita) Don't you know that you can dance with me, anytime? (Ah)
Can't crow before I'm out of the woods
There's exceptions to the rule
(Ah-ah) Senorita, do you need a friend? I'm in love with you

Oooh-ooo-ooh
Oooh-oooh
Oooh-ooo-ooh
Oooh-oooh
Oooh-ooo-ooh
Oooh-oooh

I got some differing opinions on the lyrics to this one--apparently, someone actually decided he really was saying "Etch-a-Sketch" in the chorus.