Les paroles seules pourraient suffire

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She sends me blue valentines
all the way from Philadelphia
To mark the anniversary
of someone that I used to be
And it feels like a warrant
is out for my arrest
Baby you got me checkin in my rearview mirror
Thats why I'm always on the run
it's why I changed my name
And I didn't think you'd ever find me here

To send me blue valentines
like half forgotten dreams
Like a pebble in my shoe as I walk these streets
And the ghost of your memory baby its the thistle in the kiss
Its the burglar that can break a rose's neck
Its the tatooed broken promise I gotta hide beneath my sleeve
I'm gonna see you every time I turn my back

Oh you send me blue valentines though I try to remain at large
They're insisting that our love must have a eulogy
Why do I save all this madness here in the nightstand drawer
There to haunt upon my shoulders
Baby I know I'd be luckier to walk around everywhere I go
With this blind and broken heart
That sleeps beneath my lapel

Instead these blue valentines to remind me of my cardinal sin
I can never wash the guilt or get these bloodstains off my hands
And it takes a whole lot of whiskey to make these nightmares go away
And I cut my bleedin heart out every night and I'm gonna die just a little more
On each St. Valentine's day
Don't you remember I promised I would write you

These blue valentines
Blue valentines
Blue valentines

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Listen, I’ve been drinking
As our house lies in ruin
I don't know what I'm doing
Alone in the dark
At the park or at the pier
Watching ships disappear in the rain

The world's just bones
The world is black stones dressed up in the rain
With no place to go but
Home, just like Nance
On a night like this, why, she's
Pro-stars, pro-sky

All lit up and sick of fighting
Beneath the diseased lighting
Of the discotheque at night
It don't mean a thing, it never means a thing
It don't mean a thing, it never means a thing
It's got that swing

I've seen it all
I've seen it all
Magnolia's a girl, her heart's made of wood
As apocalypses go, that's pretty good
Sha-la-la, wouldn't you say

Please remove your spurs
Come to think of it, remove your antlers
Haven't seen you for ages
I still fly into rages
At the mention of your name
Christine White

I think about you often, off in the desert
Laughing your head off in the Forest of the Night
Say a prayer for the light

So now I live well
I live in the mine
I'm still slinging mud at the towers all the time
I took a walk
And threw up in an English Garden

I was born in the North, but my father's from the South
Love is a political beast with jaws for a mouth—I don't care
You're upset, and have every right to be
Regretfully, you decline
Every night was a waste of time
Every night, every night, every night

You were on the side of good
I was inside of the sea's guts
A crumbling beauty trapped in a river of ice
A crumbling beauty trapped in paradise
Oh yes, it was Paradise

The tide comes in and the tide goes out again
I suppose this is the kind of thing we see every day
The tide comes in, the tide goes away
Oh, the tide comes in, yes the tide, yes the tide

A ransom note written on the night sky above
Reminds me what-in-particular about this wine I love
Like a punctured beast; better-off dead
Compliments going to my head
La-da-da, la-da-da!

And speaking of my mind (the Sunflower)
And speaking of a world turning sour on you
I was twenty years old in 1992
I was bathed in golden sunlight, alright

I was ripped on dope, you were a ray of sunshine
I was a hopeless romantic, you were swine
You've got to spend money to make money
You've got to stop calling me honey

Oh world, you fucking explosion that turns us around
The searchlight slumps over, so sick of the night
And the kids on the boats, busted in the shipyard
Going down, down, down, down, down, down, down

[...]

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Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
Possessing and caressing me

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world

Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my open ears
Inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns
It calls me on and on, across the universe

Jai Guru Deva, Om
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world
Nothing's going to change my world

Jai Guru Deva

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What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me, me

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me, me

What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anna's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
But now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all 'round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

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There is a door we all walk through
And on the other side I'll meet you

Reunion in the air
A cappella meets pure prayer

Somewhere...
I can't wait to meet you there.

If there ain't a heaven that holds you tonight
They never sang doo-wop in Harlem

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Most folks collide with such sickening ease
Their instincts arrive as my intellect leaves
I don't know what I want
but I know what I need
And it keeps
Rolling over me

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Only you and I know exactly how it feels
To unblinker a narrow mind
And by doing so reveal
the obscurity of life
The intensity of dreams
Only you and I have realised exactly what it means

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Every night I tell myself
"I am the cosmos
I am the wind"
But that don't get you back again

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Meaningless?
You mean it's all been meaningless?
Every whisper and caress?
Yes, yes, yes, it was totally meaningless

Meaningless
Like when two fireflies fluoresce
Just like everything I guess
Less, less, yes, it was utterly meaningless

Even less
A little glimpse of nothingness
Sucking meaning from the rest of this mess
Yes, yes, yes, it was thoroughly meaningless

And if some dim bulb should say
We were in love in some way
Kick all his teeth in for me
And if you feel like keeping on kicking, feel free

Meaningless
Who dare say it wasn't meaningless?
Shout from the rooftops and address the press
Ha ha ha, it was totally meaningless

Meaningless
Meaning less than a game of chess
Just like your mother said and mother knows best
I knew it all the time but now I confess


Yes, yes, yes, how deliciously meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, effervescently meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, it was beautifully meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, it was profoundly meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, definitively meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, comprehensively meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, magnificently meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, how incredibly meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, unprecedentedly meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, how mind-blowingly meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, how unbelievably meaningless
Yes, yes, yes, how infinitely meaningless

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"We all need to feel safe
Then that's taken away
Sometimes I want to return
Return to before
The trouble began
That time of no fear
By showing you I'm
Sensitive
You do risk
Being crucified
Crucified by
Those you are unlike
My feelings are hurt so easily
That is the price that I I pay
The price that I do pay
To appreciate
The beauty they're killing
The beauty they're busy killing
If the sun going down
Can make me cry
Why should I
Why should I
Why should I not
Like the way i am?
My feelings are hurt so easily
That is the price that I I pay
The price that I do pay
To appreciate
The beauty they're killing
The beauty they're busy killing
Killing
Killing
Killing"

(Tellement simple, tellement juste)

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Round like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending nor beginning
On an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

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Ce jour-là près de la source Dieu sait ce que tu m'as dit
Mais l'été finit sa course, l'oiseau tomba de son nid
Et voilà que sur le sable nos pas s'effacent déjà
Et je suis seul à la table qui résonne sous mes doigts
Comme un tambourin qui pleure sous les gouttes de la pluie
Comme les chansons qui meurent aussitôt qu'on les oublie
Et les feuilles de l'automne rencontrent des ciels moins bleus
Et ton absence leur donne la couleur de tes cheveux

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Cause I'll be loving you always.

Until the day is night and night becomes the day (Always)
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away (Always)
Until the day that 8 times 8 times 8 is 4 (Always)
Until the day that is the day that are no more
(Did you know that you're loved by somebody?)
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left (Always)
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself (I'll be loving you forever)
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through (Always)
Until the day that you are me and I am you (Always)
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky (Always)
Until the ocean covers every mountain high (Always)

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As I develop the awakening mind
I praise the Buddhas as they shine
I bow before you as I travel my path
To join your ranks, I make my full-time task
For the sake of all beings I seek
The enlightened mind that I know I'll reap
Respect to Shantideva and all the others
Who brought down the Dharma for sisters and brothers
I give thanks for this world as a place to learn
And for this human body that I know I've earned
And my deepest thanks to all sentient beings
For without them, there would be no place to learn what I'm seeing
There's nothing here that's not been said before
But I put it down now so that I'll be sure
To solidify my own views
And I'll be glad if it helps anyone else out too

If others disrespect me or give me flak
I'll stop and think before I react
Knowing that they're going through insecure stages
I'll take the opportunity to exercise patience
I'll see it as a chance to help the other person
Nip it in the bud before it can worsen
A chance for me to be strong and sure
As I think on the Buddhas who have come before
As I praise and respect the good they've done
Knowing love can conquer hate in every situation
We need other people in order to create
The circumstances for the learning that we're here to generate
Situations that bring up our deepest fears
So we can work to release them until they're cleared
Therefore it only makes sense
To thank our enemies despite their intent

The Bodhisattva path is one of power and strength
A strength from within to go the length
Seeing others are as important as myself
I strive for a happiness of mental wealth
With the interconnectedness that we share as one
Every action that we take affects everyone
So in deciding for what a situation calls
There is a path for the good for all
I try to make my every action for that highest good
With the altruistic wish to achieve Buddhahood
So I pledge here before everyone who's listening
To try to make my every action for the good of all beings
For the rest of my lifetimes and even beyond
I vow to do my best, to do no harm
And in times of doubt, I can think on the Dharma
And the Enlightened Ones who've graduated Samsara

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Driva' man he made a life
But the Mamie ain't his wife

Choppin' cotton don't be slow
Better finish out your row

Keep a movin' with that plow
Driva' man'll show ya how

Git to work and root that stump
Driva' man'll make ya jump

Better make your hammer ring
Driva' man'll start to swing

Ain't but two things on my mind
Driva' man quittin' time

Driva' man he made a life
But the Mamie ain't his wife

Choppin' cotton don't be slow
Better finish out your row

Keep a movin' with that plow
Driva' man'll show ya how

Git to work and root that stump
Driva' man'll make ya jump

Better make your hammer ring
Driva' man'll start to swing

Ain't but two things on my mind
Driva' man quittin' time

Driva' man de kind of boss
Ride a man and lead a horse

When his cat 'o nine tail fly
You'd be happy just to die

Runaway and you'll be found
By his big old red bone hound

Pater oller bring ya back
Make ya sorry you is black

Driva' man he made a life
But the Mamie ain't his wife

Ain't but two things on my mind
Driva' man and quittin' time...

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When your world is full of strange arrangements
And gravity won't pull you through
You know you're missing out on something
Well that something depends on you

All I'm saying, it takes a lot to love you
All I'm doing, you know it's true
All I mean now, there's one thing
Yes one thing that turns this grey sky to blue

That's the look, that's the look
The look of love

When your girl has left you out on the pavement (Goodbye)
Then your dreams fall apart at the seams
Your reason for living's your reason for leaving
Don't ask me what it means

Who's got the look? I don't know the answer to that question
Where's the look? If I knew I would tell you
What's the look? Look for your information
Yes there's one thing, the one thing that still holds true (What's that?)

That's the look, that's the look
The look of love

If you judge a book by the cover
Then you'd judge the look by the lover
I hope you'll soon recover
Me I go from one extreme to another

And though my friends just might ask me
They say "Martin maybe one day you'll find true love"
I say "Maybe, there must be a solution
To the one thing, the one thing, we can't find"

That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
That's the look, that's the look
The look of love
That's the look, that's the look
The Look of love

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Elvire
Comment lui en vouloir
L'illusion est parfaite
Ses ions ses touchantes attentions
Me criblent
De rêveries véritables
Je fais comme si
C'était pas périlleux
Mais ça me rend chiffon
De la savoir
Hors d'atteinte
Hors de moi
Elvire
Comment lui en vouloir
Un autre que moi se serait flingue
Moi pas
Je sors sans elle
Je fais la joie des enjoliveurs
En exil j'excelle
Aux barres parallèles
Mais saura-t-elle
Ce que j'éprouve
A séjourner au sein d'un logiciel
Oui saura-t-elle
Ce que j'éprouve
Elvire
Tes danses inaltérables
Au matin m'atteindront
Frappé par la ressemblance
Attends-moi
Me manque pas
Tu me manques déjà
Elvire
Nos aubaines
Traquent l'anguille au gymnase
On s'éparpille aux quatre coins
Simuler
Dissimuler
Simuler
Mais saura-t-elle
Ce que j'éprouve
A séjourner au sein d'un logiciel
Oui saura-t-elle
Ce que j'éprouve
Elvire
Comment lui en vouloir
Elvire
Je me tue à t'aimer
Mon archet virtuel
N'a d'égal qu'une crécelle
Dotée de la même virtuosité
Elvire se régale
Comment lui en vouloir
D'être la copie conforme
Et l'original
Mais saura-t-elle
Ce que j'éprouve
A séjourner au sein d'un logiciel
Oui saura-t-elle
Ce que j'éprouve
Elvire
Comment lui en vouloir
Comment lui en vouloir

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O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad.
O Superman. O judge. O Mom and Dad. Mom and Dad.
Hi. I'm not home right now. But if you want to leave a
Message, just start talking at the sound of the tone.
Hello? This is your Mother. Are you there? Are you
Coming home?
Hello? Is anybody home? Well, you don't know me,
But I know you.
And I've got a message to give to you.
Here come the planes.
So you better get ready. Ready to go. You can come
As you are, but pay as you go. Pay as you go.
And I said: OK. Who is this really? And the voice said:
This is the hand, the hand that takes. This is the
Hand, the hand that takes.
This is the hand, the hand that takes.
Here come the planes.
They're American planes. Made in America.
Smoking or non-smoking?
And the voice said: Neither snow nor rain nor gloom
Of night shall stay these couriers from the swift
Completion of their appointed rounds.
'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice.
And when justive is gone, there's always force.
And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom!
So hold me, Mom, in your long arms. So hold me,
Mom, in your long arms.
In your automatic arms. Your electronic arms.
In your arms.
So hold me, Mom, in your long arms.
Your petrochemical arms. Your military arms.
In your electronic arms.

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Johnny's always running around
Trying to find certainty
He needs all the world to confirm
That he ain't lonely
Mary counts the walls
Knows he tires easily
Johnny thinks the world would be right
If it could buy truth from him
Mary says he changes his mind more than a woman
But she made her bed
Even when the chance was slim
Johnny says he's willing to learn
When he decides he's a fool
Johnny says he'll live anywhere
When he earns time to
Mary combs her hair
Says she should be used to it
Mary always hedges her bets
She never knows what to think
She says that he still acts
Like he is being discovered
Scared that he'll be caught
Without a second thought
Running around
Johnny feels he's wasting his breath
Trying to talk sense to her
Mary says he's lacking a real
Sense of proportion
So she combs her hair
Knows he tires easily

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Je ne peux pas mettre les paroles à cause du système anti-spam.

Nimm deine Gedanken zurück, ich weiß nicht wann
Irgendwann, als es immer schien
Nur wir und sie zu sein
Mädchen, die rosa trugen
Und Jungs, die blau trugen
Jungen, die immer bessere Männer aufwuchsen
Als ich und du
Was ist ein Mann jetzt, was ist ein Mann gemein
Ist er rau oder ist er robust?
Ist er kulturell und sauber?
Jetzt ändert sich alles, es muss sich mehr ändern
Weil wir denken, dass es besser wird
Aber niemand ist sich wirklich sicher
Und so geht es weiter
Aber ab und zu fragen wir uns, wer die wirklichen Männer sind
Sehen Sie die netten Jungs, die zu zweit tanzen
Goldener Ohrring goldene Bräune
Schlagwelle im Haar
Sicher, sie sind alle gerade, gerade wie eine Linie
Alle Schwulen sind Machos
Kannst du nicht sehen, wie ihr Leder glänzt?
Du willst nicht dumm klingen, nicht beleidigen
Nenn mich also keine Schwuchtel
Nicht, wenn du kein Freund bist
Dann, wenn Sie groß und gutaussehend und stark sind
Du kannst die Uniform tragen und ich könnte mitspielen
Und so geht es weiter
Aber ab und zu fragen wir uns, wer die wirklichen Männer sind
Zeit, Angst zu bekommen, Zeit, den Plan zu ändern
Ich weiß nicht, wie ich eine Frau behandeln soll
Ich weiß nicht, wie ich ein Mann sein soll
Zeit zuzugeben, was du Niederlage nennst
Denn jetzt rennen Frauen an dir vorbei
Und du ziehst einfach deine Füße
Der Mensch macht eine Waffe, der Mensch zieht in den Krieg
Der Mensch kann töten und der Mensch kann trinken
Und der Mensch kann eine Hure nehmen
Töte alle Schwarzen, töte alle Roten
Und wenn es Krieg zwischen den Geschlechtern gibt
Dann sind keine Leute mehr da
Und so geht es weiter
Aber ab und zu fragen wir uns, wer die wirklichen Männer sind

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Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find You acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most Of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you
So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never, never, never, need it
One headline, why believe it?
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

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All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Enlarging your world
Mad world

(tiens j'ai mis deux morceaux des Tears for Fears à la suite sans m'en rendre compte)

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Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime
Ne me demande pas pourquoi
Je ne ressens ni joie ni peine
Quand tes yeux se posent sur moi
Si la solitude te pèse
Quand tu viens à passer par là
Et qu'un ami t'a oubliée
Tu peux toujours compter sur moi
Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime
Sans donner ma langue à couper
Trop de serpents sous les caresses
Trop d'amours à couteaux tirés
Si dure que soit la solitude
Elle te ramène à ton destin
La loi du grand amour est rude
Pour qui s'est trompé de chemin
Je ne peux plus dire je t'aime
Ne me demande pas pourquoi
Toi et moi ne sommes plus les mêmes
Pourquoi l'amour vient et s'en va
Si la solitude te pèse
Quand le destin te mène ici
Et qu'un ami t'a oubliée
Tu peux toujours compter sur moi
Et qu'une amie vienne à manquer
Tu peux toujours compter sur moi

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Co-starring you
And co-starring me
Starring us both together
The film of my love
Will travel the world
Forever and ever and ever
A back lot romance
A scripted affair
The screenplay a blessing from heaven
We're gone with the wind
On the Orient Express
To join the Magnificent Seven

The film of my love
Will travel the world
And travel the whole world over
The film of my love
Will travel the world
Over and over and over
The film of my love
Will travel the world
Over and over and over
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over

A close-up of yours
A long shot of mine
Superimposed together
I'll zoom in on you
With a love that is true
In cinemascope forever
A clapper board kiss
There's an Oscar in this
A hit or a miss whatever
A box office wedding
A premier for two
We'll be on location forever
When Pathe recall
The thrill of it all
They'll edit us both together
A legend a classic
An epic of love
Captured on film forever
A lasting embrace
That time can't erase
Let them censor the wind
Or the weather

The film of my love
Will conquer the world
Forever and ever and ever
The film of my love
Will travel the world
And travel the whole world over
The film of my love
Will travel the world
Over and over and over
The film of my love
Will travel the world
Over and over and over
Over and over and over again
Over and over and over
Over and over and over

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I can't see anything at all, all I see is me
That's clear enough, that's what's important to see me
My eyes can focus, my brain is talking
It looks pretty good to me
My head's on straight, my girlfriend's beautiful
It looks pretty good to me
Sometimes I speak, tonight there's nothing to say
Sometimes we freak and laugh all day
Hold these pages up to the light
See the jackknife inside of the dream
A railroad runs through the record stores at night
Coming in for the deep freeze
A simple word, are you there in the cold country?
Your eyes so full, your head so tight, can't you hear me?
Remember our talk, that day on the phone?
I said I was the door, and you were the station
With shattered glass, and miles between us
We still flew away in the conversation
My cup is full, and I feel okay
The world is dull, but not today
She thinks she's a goddess
She says she talks to the spirits
I wonder if she can talk to herself?
If she can bear to hear it?
This is Eric's trip, we've all come to watch him slip
He's slipping all the way to Texas, can you dig it?
I see with a glass eye, the pavement view
A shadow forming, across fields rushing from me to you
We tore down the world, we put up four walls, I breathe in the myth
I'm over the city, fucking the future
I'm high and inside your kiss
We can't see clear but what we see is alright
We make up what we can't hear, then we sing all night
Scattered pages and shattered lights
See the jackknife, see the dream
There's something moving over there to the right
Like nothing I've ever seen

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Rosa rosa rosam
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosarum rosis rosis
C'est le plus vieux tango du monde
Celui que les têtes blondes
Ânonnent comme une ronde
En apprenant leur latin
C'est le tango du collège
Qui prend les rêves au piège
Et dont il est sacrilège
De ne pas sortir malin
C'est le tango des bons pères
Qui surveillent l'œil sévère
Les Jules et les Prosper
Qui seront la France de demain
Rosa rosa rosam
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosarum rosis rosis

C'est le tango des forts en thème
Boutonneux jusqu'à l'extrême
Et qui recouvrent de laine
Leur cœur qui est déjà froid
C'est le tango des forts en rien
Qui déclinent de chagrin
Et qui seront pharmaciens
Parce que papa ne l'était pas
C'est le temps où j'étais dernier
Car ce tango rosa rosae
J'inclinais à lui préférer
Déjà ma cousine Rosa

Rosa rosa rosam
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosarum rosis rosis

C'est le tango des promenades
Deux par seul sous les arcades
Cernés de corbeaux et d'alcades
Qui nous protégeaient des pourquoi
C'est le tango de la pluie sur la cour
Le miroir d'une flaque sans amour
Qui m'a fait comprendre un beau jour
Que je ne serais pas Vasco de Gama
Mais c'est le tango du temps béni
Où pour un baiser trop petit
Dans la clairière d'un jeudi
A rosi cousine Rosa

Rosa rosa rosam
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosarum rosis rosis

C'est le tango du temps des zéros
J'en avais tant des minces des gros
Que j'en faisais des tunnels pour Charlot
Des auréoles pour saint François
C'est le tango des récompenses
Qui vont à ceux qui ont la chance
D'apprendre dès leur enfance
Tout ce qui ne leur servira pas
Mais c'est le tango que l'on regrette
Une fois que le temps s'achète
Et que l'on s'aperçoit tout bête
Qu'il y a des épines aux Rosa

Rosa rosa rosam
Rosae rosae rosa
Rosae rosae rosas
Rosarum rosis rosis

(ces alitérations ! Ces métaphores ! Ce sens de l'humour acide !)

Annotation :

Once was a time I thought that love could be sold or bought
And everything fell in place for me
The fashion of passion, I rationed with caution
Because of the notion, the potion of passion
Had never been passed to me

But since it was Sunday and sunny, I went for a stroll
But peanuts, and pigeons, and people put me in a hole
A blessing refreshing in you did unfold
Dispelling depressing, distressing, sought from my soul

Once was a time I thought that love could be sold or bought
And everything fell in place for me
The fashion of passion, I rationed with caution
Because of the notion, the potion of passion
Had never been passed to me

But now with you by my side
I find that I feel so satisfied
Somebody must have lied to me