Favorite Lyrics / Poems

[KaosTheory]

Written by dennis deyoung
Lead vocals by dennis deyoung

Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see what’s happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.

But don’t be fooled by the radio
The tv or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they’re just someone else’s fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it’s a grand illusion
And deep inside we’re all the same.
We’re all the same...

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that it’s a grand illusion
And deep inside we’re all the same.
We’re all the same...

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon we’ll stop to ponder what on earth’s this spell we’re under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

[KaosTheory]

Styx - Fooling Yourself (the Angry Young Man) Lyrics

You see the world through your cynical eyes
You're a troubled young man I can tell
You've got it all in the palm of your hand
But your hand's wet with sweat and your head needs a rest
You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
How can you be such an angry young man
When your future looks quite bright to me
How can there be such a sinister plan
That could hide such a lamb, such a caring young man

You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Get up, get back on your feet
You're the one they can't beat and you know it
Come on, let's see what you've got
Just take your best shot and don't blow it

You're foolin' yourself if you don't believe it
You're kidding yourself if you don't believe it
Get up, get back on your feet
You're the one they can't beat and you know it
Come on, let's see what you've got
Just take your best shot and don't blow it.

[weishaupt1776]

What do you mean, "I don't believe in God"?
I talk to him every day.
What do you mean, "I don't support your system"?
I go to court when I have to.
What do you mean, "I can't get to work on time"?
I got nothing better to do
And, what do you mean, "I don't pay my bills"?
Why do you think I'm broke? Huh?

If there's a new way,
I'll be the first in line.
But, it better work this time.

What do you mean, "I hurt your feelings"?
I didn't know you had any feelings.
What do you mean, "I ain't kind"?
I'm just not your kind.
What do you mean, "I couldn't be president, of the United States of America"?
Tell me something, it's still "We the people", right?

If there's a new way,
I'll be the first in line.
But, it better work this time.

If there's a new way I'll be the first in line, But, it better work this time. Can you put a price on peace?
Peace,
Peace sells...,
Peace,
Peace sells...,
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
Peace sells...,but who's buying?
No, peace sells...

[weishaupt1776]

Written by - Robert Lamm
From - Chicago V


While the city sleeps
Men are scheming
New ways to kill us
And tell us dirty lies

While the city sleeps
Earth is crumbling
Everyone talking
And doing not a thing

While the city sleeps
Men are dreaming
A world enlightened
Beyond this darkest age

©1972 Big Elk Music

[BassBoy]

Well, since I got sick of hearing bad tunes on the radio and being an 80's Metal junky, I decided to make some killer CD's of my favorite 80's Metal to jam to during my journey to and from work (I drive a bit further now because of new job). But anyways, one of favorite Metal bands from the 80's was Skid Row. What a kick a$$ band with some awesome guitar riffs and the awesome front man, Sebastian Bach, with those killer vocals.

One of my favorites....................

Can't Stand The Heartache by Skid Row (1989)

Fall in love with a twisted lady
Suicide with a cover girl
Spent all your time then you got stuck paying the price

Uptown, kick it down, into a spin
Face the wall, take it all, you just can't win

Can't stand the heartache
So bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart
But that's just the way it goes
Can't stand, can't stand the heartache

You got caught in the line of fire
Bystander innocence
You held your own till it wasn't yours anymore

Waste away another day into the night
You're at home by the phone, it don't seem right

Can't stand the heartache
So bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart
But that's just the way it goes
Can't stand, can't stand the heartache

You held me like a prisoner
And I don't know
Why I stayed here from the start

Uptown, run me down under your wheels
I pray, one day, you'll know how it feels

Can't stand the heartache
So bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart
But that's just the way it goes
Can't stand, can't stand the heartache

Can't stand the heartache
So bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart
But that's just the way it goes
Can't stand, can't stand the heartache

Can't stand the heartache
So bleeds the red, red rose
Time heals a broken heart
But that's just the way it goes
Can't stand, can't stand the heartache



Skid Row has dozens of other killer tunes, so if your an 80's Metal junky, like me, then you probably know almost every 80's Metal song there was.

[BassBoy]

Another one of my favorite Skid Row tunes from when I was in my late teens...............good reminder of what it was like sometimes.


Youth Gone Wild by Skid Row (1989)

Since I was born they couldn't hold me down
Another misfit kid, another burned-out town

Never played by the rules I never really cared
My nasty reputation takes me everywhere

I look and see it's not only me
So many others have stood where I stand
We are the young so raise your hands

They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're the one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild

Boss screamin' in my ear about who I'm supposed to be
Getcha a 3-piece Wall Street smile and son you'll look just like me

I said "Hey man, there's something that you oughta know.
I tell ya Park Avenue leads to Skid Row."

I look and see it's not only me
We're standin' tall ain't never a doubt
We are the young, so shout it out

They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're the one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild

They call us problem child
We spend our lives on trial
We walk an endless mile
We are the youth gone wild
We stand and we won't fall
We're the one and one for all
The writing's on the wall
We are the youth gone wild
We are the youth gone wild

[weishaupt1776]

Come on, what about 18 and Life. Awesome tune !

[BassBoy]

Originally Posted by weishaupt1776

Come on, what about 18 and Life. Awesome tune !

I was getting there. You mentioned it before I could post it here. I agree, this is an awesome tune.

18 And Life by Skid Row (1989)

Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone.
Lived 9 to 5 and worked his fingers to the bone.
Just barely got out of school, came from the edge of town.
Fought like a switchblade so no one could take him down.
He had no money, oooh no good at home.
He walked the streets a soldier and he fought the world alone
And now it's

18 and life You got it
18 and life you know
Your crime is time and it's
18 and life to go
[repeat above]

Tequila in his heartbeat, His veins burned gasoline.
It kept his motor running but it never kept him clean.
They say he loved adventure, "Ricky's the wild one."
He married trouble and had a courtship with a gun.
Bang Bang Shoot 'em up, The party never ends.
You can't think of dying when the bottle's your best friend
And now it's

[chorus]

"Accidents will happen" they all heard Ricky say
He fired his six-shot to the wind that blew a child away.

[chorus]

[weishaupt1776]

text+music A. Moore
C. Dowd


If I believed everything I saw on television
I'd...Think
Like Brady Bunch
Eat Wendy's for lunch
Drive a Datsun Subaru and never question much
Get a 9 to 5 never have a life
Married at 20 have 2 kids then divorce my wife

Then I'll be a cop!**And I won't be stopped
Power trippin' robot just chewin' off my ear.

If I were a kernel in the U-nine-ted States Marine Corps.
I'd...Buy a bunch of drugs
Tell a bunch of lies
Trade the hostages 4 missiles flyin' in the skies
People becum whores 2 back the corporate wars...
Vietnam, Nicaragua oh help us my Lord
People never c what should really b
Spreading their disease on them and you and me!!!!

If I had a choice I'd...
By myself, dress up like a nun
Kill the KKK and consider it some fun
Get a mob together overthrow the show
Majority minority all the same as one
No More! Politicians no more crooked cops
Unity against them they will have a loss

And **** the meter maids **** 'um
That's just the way I feel man!

[scottinalaska]

Weis,
I have never heard that, or at the time, the lyrics didn't mean as much to me as they do today.
My fav line: "Then I'll be a cop!" Although I might be partial to the metermaids line too!
scottinalaska