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#151


One Man's Poison - Rupert Hine/Jeanette Obstoj

One man's nightmare is another man's dream
One silent person in another man's scheme
One man's will can leave the rest with no control
The boy was always far too youn
The man was much too old
One man forgotten gives another one fame
One woman's beauty means another lives in shame
One begs for food while the other counts her diamonds
One is never satisfied
The other blesses you in silence
One man's hatred is another man's faith
One man's poison is another man's cake
One thinks he knows it
But he's never ever tried it
He won't take a bite in public but he'll eat it all in private
One careless error is another man's fate
One man's fall is another one's break
One man's treason is another's escape
One piece of perfect timing
Means another's just too late
One man gets richer from another fool's addiction
One thinks it's fact while the other knows it's fiction
One blaze of final glory lets another die unknown
The one who plants the seed
Will never see the tree full grown
One man's hatred is another man's faith
One man's poison is another man's cake
One thinks he knows it
But he's never ever tried it
He won't take a bite in public but he'll eat it all in private
One man's wisdom means another can see
One proved guilty lets another go fee
One man's Heaven is another man's Hell
To one a mind quite empty
Is more use than one too full
One child of five is already full of lies
One can't create but he's keen to criticise
One man's enemy is someone else's friend
One act of madness brings a journey's sudden end
One man's pleasure is another man's pain
One takes a picture he will never see again
One talks of love but he's grown used to watching violence
One who's lost is much too proud to ask for guidance
One man's hatred is another man's faith
One man's poison is another man's cake
One thinks he knows it
But he's never ever tried it
He won't take a bite in public but he'll eat it all in private
 
#152
"..Weathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand .." from Don Mclean's Vincent (although the whole lyric is a master-piece!!! i like this line the best)

"..I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender.." from Jackson Browne's The Pretender
 
#154
I recognize the walls inside
I recognize them all
I've paced between them
Chasing demons down
Until they fall
In fitful sleep
Enough to keep their strength
Enough to crawl
Into my head
With tangled threads
They riddle me to solve

Again & again & again


I may Know the Word - Natalie Merchant
 
#155
Hauhnar said:
"..Weathered faces lined in pain, are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand .." from Don Mclean's Vincent (although the whole lyric is a master-piece!!! i like this line the best)

"..I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender.." from Jackson Browne's The Pretender
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Brilliant lyrics through the entire song.
 
#158
What you go and do
You go and give the boy a gun
Now there ain't place to run to
Ain't no place to run

When he hold it in his hand
He feel mighty he feel strong
Now there ain't no place to run to
Ain't no place to run

One day he may come back
Repay us for what we've done
Then where you gonna run to
Where you gonna run

But one fine day
All our problems will be solved
Bang bang bang
We'll shoot him down

Give him drugs and give him candy
Anything oohhh, to make him think he's happy
And he won't ever come for us
He won't ever come

But if he does
And if there's no one else around
Bang bang bang
We'll shoot him down

If he preys only on his neighbors
Brothers sisters and friends
We'll consider it a favor
We'll consider justice done

But if he comes for you or me
And we can place a gun in his hand
Bang bang bang
We'll shoot him dead

What you go and do
You go and give the boy a gun
Now there ain't no place to run to
Ain't no place to run

Now we'll all be at his mercy
If he decides to hunt us down
Cause there ain't no place to run to
Ain't no place to run

If he wants the chances that you took from him
And nothing that you own
Then there'll be no place to run to
There'll be no place to run

And if he finds himself to be
A reflection of us all
Bang bang bang
He'll shoot us down

Before you can raise your eyes to read
The writing on the wall
Bang bang bang
He'll shoot you down

Before you can bridge the gulf between
And embrace him in your arms
Bang bang bang
He'll shoot you down

--Tracy Chapman
 

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