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Lyric websites. Minor rant.


Paul S
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6 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

Well, it’s pretty obvious to me from one listen through:

Tying half a fire, fire the handle of your ball,

But Toulouse is mine, he’s a wazzock from Nepal.

And I’m numb from chews, got those twelfth century shoes.

Don’t want Dave to call, don’t want his bristle down a tube,

Trying to find some hum, and maybe crackers and some Brie

And I’m numb from booze, got that health centre flooze.

I’m not made of bone, so don’t be prepping in that hay,

Cut me garden gnome, cos you don’t fear a wooden sleigh.

Aint got nothing to chew, got those 20th century brews. 

Actually singer Alan would probably end up singing something like that anyway. 

One time we got 'You got me flappin like a fish on a pole' in 'C'mon Let The good Times Roll.  The verses appear in any order, too.

 

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I've cheekily re-named it '2020 Blues' and bashed out some suitably bleak lyrics.  I wonder if singer Alan will approve... 

2020 Blues

It came all the way, from China to your door

No matter what you say, it’ll knock you to the floor

Nothing left to lose, got those 2020 blues.

 

You might fear the worst, if you’re old or if you’re sick

If your bubbles burst, this flu won’t miss a trick

Nothing left to lose, got those 2020 blues.

 

With old freedoms lost, will things ever be the same

Or will we count the cost, and forever change the game. 

Nothing left to lose, got those 2020...

I've just read the news, got those 2020...

Im just so confused, I've got those 2020 blues.

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On 27/12/2020 at 16:42, Stub Mandrel said:

Lyric sites just copy off each other, perpetuating mistakes.

Sometimes they copy across obvious errors

I've come to expect that, sadly. I was looking for the lyrics to a couple of Ellen Foley songs a while back and every site I tried had the same howlers ("'cause that's a cruel mental start" instead of "'cause like the moon and the stars") for We Belong To The Night and only the first line of Night Out's second verse. Which also had a mistake in it.

I eventually found the correct lyrics in a Jim Steinman archive.

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Some lyrics sites get it right though, as exemplified by these lyrics to Siberian Khatru:

I'll take you down
Deep down to the frontline
(Deep down)
You woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun
Your mama always said you'd be the chosen one
She said, you're one in a million
You got to burn to shine
But you were born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes
When you woke up this morning
All that love had gone
Your papa never told you
About right and wrong
But you're, but you're looking good, baby
I believe that you're feeling fine, shame about it
Born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes
So sing it now
Woke up this morning
(You got a blue moon)
Got a blue moon in your eyes
(So sad)
(Goddamn, a goddamn shame about it)
Woke up this morning
(You got a blue moon)
Got a blue moon in your eyes
You woke up this morning
The world turned upside down
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