Groups search result 3 for skip spence lyrics oar Search Result 3 From: stanz (stanz@libero.it) Subject: Re: SKIP SPENCE request. Newsgroups: it.arti.musica.rock View: Complete Thread (7 articles) | Original Format Date: 2001-04-11 03:30:16 PST martin venator ha scritto nel messaggio <8ur6dtkvj6049emmirtck7t6o953co2698@4ax.com>... >qualcuno ha idea dove trovare i testi di OAR? Al sito della Sundazed, ovvero a questo link (se non è cliccabile cuttatelo e paistatelo): http://www.sundazed.com/scripts/shopplus.cgi?DN=sundazed.com&CARTID=63 146537513&ACTION=action&FILE=/Oarlyrics.html Skip Spence's "Oar" Lyrics "OAR" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence © Alexander Lee Spence Music/Used by Permission ---------------------------------------- Little Hands Cripple Creek Diana Margaret-Tiger Rug Weighted Down (The Prison Song) War In Peace Broken Heart All Come To Meet Her Books Of Moses Yin For My Yang (Dixie Peach Promenade) Lawrence Of Euphoria Grey/Afro This Time He Has Come It's The Best Thing For You Keep Everything Under Your Hat Furry Heroine (Halo Of Gold) Givin' Up Things (Doodle) ---------------------------------------- "Little Hands" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Little hands clappin', children are laughin' Little hands clappin', all over the world Piper is pipin', drummers are drummin' Little hands clappin', all over the world Little hands clappin', children are sharin' Little loves lovin', all little boys and girls Children are singin', the truths that they're bringin' Freedom is ringin', all 'round the world Come let us meet them Ah, yes we will greet them Little hands clappin', children are carin' Piper is callin', all over the world Out in the street, the sick that you meet How many friends, do you call your own? Come let us meet them Yes we will greet them Children are clappin', children are carin' Children are shatterin', records and rules Little hands carin', little hands sharin' The old ones and the gold ones and the family jewels Come let us meet them Yes we will greet them Little hands clappin', children are happy Little hands lovin', all around the world Little hands claspin', truth they are graspin' A world with no pain for one and all Children are learnin', their souls they are yearnin' A nice place to play and no place to fall Come let us meet them Ah, yes we will greet them ---------------------------------------- "Cripple Creek" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved A cripple on his deathbed And a day dream did ride All past the streams of fire On a pedal path did glide He left his wheelchair spinning Deeper in the mud In it set his memories In its body and its blood An angel came to greet him By his side she flew Whispered, as a part of him What he already knew His head was spinning freely And it was plain to see His burden was himself, he bore The sight his eyes could be His death, it died quite easily Right there, was gone for good But he couldn't see his loved one Like he thought he should He thought if they were gone, said he And this cannot be true The search to find what wasn't there Has brought him back to you ---------------------------------------- "Diana" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Oh, oh, Diana Tears fall like rain Oh, oh, Diana I am in pain This is my heart beat Oh, Diana You are a glove Diana, I am in love Oh, Diana I see you clear Oh, Diana I beg you near Oh, oh, Diana I see you conquered And I'm travelin' Trying to get to you and I'll travel hard Diana, Diana, Diana Watch out now Oh, Diana Diana, Diana, Diana ...... ---------------------------------------- "Margaret - Tiger Rug" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved It's Margaret, the daring song writer She's got muscles in her eyes She's got everything going for her there So take a ride on her pen, step inside Well, there goes Margaret, the daring ice skater She skates the truth on the ice If she wasn't so daring and dashing Her lips would be chapped at half the price It appears I sent you off to treatment With the tiger by the tail If he could be free He wouldn't have stripes on him, like jail Jailer comes in twice a day And feeds him a hunk of meat That is just the same As you get out upon the street Jungle's home, why isn't he free? Just because his head is, doesn't mean his limbs are That can mean the same as a monkey on a tree ---------------------------------------- "Weighted Down (The Prison Song)" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Weighted down by possessions, weighted down by the gun Waited down by the river, for you to come My darlin', yer darnin' my action Of when three month's, I was gone But who's socks were you darnin', darlin' While I been gone so long Weighted down by possessions, weighted down by the gun Waited down by the river, for you to come A best friend to your ear of true, said I was guilty of sin Said my bein' gone was the best thing for you But the truth, it all comes through, for me and my kin It wasn't the best thing for me but was the best for him Weighted down by decision, weighted down by the gun Waited down by the river, for you to come Weighted down by possessions, weighted down by the gun Waited down by the river, for you to come While I sat there wonderin', you thought that eyes were hid And I had the honor of watching everything you did So now I come with words of pain, to bring you news of life If you can't find your woman, don't take another's wife Waitin' down by possessions, waitin' down with a gun Waitin' down by the river, for you to come ---------------------------------------- "War In Peace" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved It's a joy to know you're resting in peace War in peace, what a funny combination Will come to separation, since you believe Good old spice it's nice to see you last, you're ahead War in peace, what a funny combination Will come to your coronation, this is clear It's a joy to see you in your red risen dead War in peace, will cross another generation And the cosmic federation, sees you clear ---------------------------------------- "Broken Heart" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Broken heart be lovely Broken on the ground A knife stuck in the ribs of me Would be better be found Hangin' tree blowin' gently A noose would be ignored Then to stand upon the receivin' end Of the right hand of the Lord Like a thirsty cowboy In a lake his tongue does rest Jumps in and he cannot swim And drowns himself to death Or a frozen mountaineer He chugs up to a stop Catchin' his boot heel in a rock Two miles from the top An Olympic super swimmer Who's belly doesn't flop A super race car driver Who's pit, it can't be stopped A honey drippin' hipster Who's bee cannot be bopped Better to be rolled in oats Than from the roll be dropped Broken heart would satisfy Broken in a mess A severed eye would gratify My soul, I must confess I'd rather have no eyes at all Be blind upon the floor Then to stand upon the receivin' end Of the right hand of the Lord Then to stand upon the receivin' end Of the right hand of the Lord ---------------------------------------- "All Come To Meet Her" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Hmmm... ah... Cry out... hmmm... I, Amen... I, Amen... All come to meet her now And all come to meet her now All come to meet her now Won't you meet me too? All come to meet her now Won't you meet me now All come to meet her now Won't you come too? Come on down! Come on down! All come to meet her All come too All come to meet her with you ---------------------------------------- "Books Of Moses" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Books of Moses, bringin' stone news Wetting the water, weepin' on the sun Books of Moses, got some splinters didn't you? Books of Moses, brought me right here back to you Flamin' heart, ain't it sweet Lighting the world, at your feet Books of Moses, myth and true Books of Moses, bring me back to you Hero's welcome, there stands your king Where serpent shudders and the angels sing Books of Moses, happen again Yes, he knows us, welcome him, your friend Books of Moses, brimstone news Wet is the water, blood covering the sun ---------------------------------------- "Yin For My Yang" (Also known as: Dixie Peach Promenade) Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved I could use me some yin for my yang That would make everything all right I will stay by your side by the day You'll stay underneath me at night I bought me some Zen food To learn how to think But I can't think of anything more that I'd adore Than see you in the pink I could use some bal for my lance A little left for my hoochie koo I've searched everywhere in heaven But I never found a friend like you I bought me all them magazines Print I could not read I took every bit of stuff from A to Z Now you hear me I could use some yin for my yang That would make everything right I will stay by your side for today You'll stay underneath me tonight ---------------------------------------- "Lawrence Of Euphoria" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved I'm Lawrence, from Euphoria I'll share your tent, pay your rent It's worth every single cent I'm Lawrence, from Euphoria You'll rise from the deep Come in your sleep No more will you weep I'm Lawrence, from Euphoria There's Vivian, from Oblivion She does it for free, for my friends and me She's Vivian, I'm Lawrence Lawrence, from Euphoria There's Ellie Mae, from Californ-i-a She does it all right but her lips are tight She tucks me in to bed at night She's Vivian, I'm Lawrence Lawrence, from Euphoria There's Ellie Mae, from Californ-i-a She does it all right but her lips are tight She tucks me in to bed at night She's Vivian's twin sister, Ellie Mae And I'm Lawrence from Euphoria ---------------------------------------- "Grey/Afro" Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved "Grey" Seems that every time I talk to you You have something else to do If I were to open up with you Would you call me the same as I call you Frightful days that we are living in But it seems if hopes get in your way We'll take our time and show the life I count out Open up the chance I have with you right there Between my lips are words that surface through you I'm just trying to get a message through you To you, for you, I will By you, saw you, know you I do, you plan to do, if you His lies, his lies come just to late Colored white, and gold, and yellow, and red In the timing of the soul that's right Then we'll look at how talk about death is spread Do you know you ask and you shall live And die then you can turn to sin And if I had a lovely home with a bunch of girls With me, they can't help you Believe me if I do what I did I will have euphoria To be sure I don't give a damn Live in a place do anything "Afro" Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, now Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, look at who's caught swearin' Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, baby Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, oh I dread the damned Do, do, da, da Do, do, da, da Do, do, da, da Do, do, da, da Do, do, da, da Do, do, da You came so softly as not to disturb your sleep I will come into your dream tonight completely Not to prevent one would sell to you dear I would do anything at all for you Let us start a nice old new organization To try and be hands heaven from this civilization Only trust in our destination, you need me And only then I'd let you hide behind me Do not let's be right as you have a few Ask me what to do, and I'll come Hmm.. Ask me what to do then, so softly And if I know within' your eyes, can I And if it don't work then, then I was kiddin' now If it don't work then, then I was kiddin' now ---------------------------------------- "This Time He Has Come" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved This time, this last time This time, this last time It's been nice for you Yeah, that it has, this time This time, there'll be time, desperate night Oh, this time he'll bring relief He's come, I'll be waiting there for you He's come, I fear for you, I fear for you Say goodbye to all our answers, hanging on the vine Say hello to new horizons, going away in time I'm sure they were filled with love last night I heard that you got free Then I see you hanging on to me [Oh! Oh!] Oh! And I can't live without it I can't talk about it And I can't sing about it, without you Ow! Ooh! Ow! Ooh... I can't sing about it, without you I can't tell how fast he's thinking But it looked like a catastrophic traffic stop sign You can't quite make up your mind If you saw a better dream I've got a message for you If your foot goes down When you see in the light You can't put it with when What you're thinking about Has seen the light ---------------------------------------- "It's The Best Thing For You" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Oh, I'd like to take your clothes off Underneath the Eisenhower Bridge Yes, I'd like to throw them off The highest point of the Tallahatchie Bridge As it looks so much finer, than to be in Carolina With no clothes on, hmmm... Goodness knows... It's the best thing for you darlin' It's the best thing for us all It's the best thing for you sweetheart If you had no clothes at all All the fellas at the store All want some of what you have Wouldn't it be a crime if you didn't share 'Specially when you got what everybody wants But nobody's got but you We're in the same grade school and I love you I've loved you ever since I kicked over the kindergarten wall And you were standin' on the other side Peekin' in our bathroom, without any clothes on, dear And I love you, yes I do And when I get you here, I'll never let you go away Cindy Lou's your middle name, dad was Francis Drake Your mom, she lived in Florida for thirty years Till she got bit by a poisonous rattle snake I think you're just about fine for me And if you're near, stand over here alone, with me ---------------------------------------- "Keep Everything Under Your Hat" Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved I found some other clothing I need another to wear I'm down the road again I worked till my fingers got bare Keep everything under your hat Yeah but, but I love you just the same Keep everything under your hat You're where it's at and I love you Ever since that first Saturday date I showed up fifteen hours late Well, keep everything under your hat Don't tell your mother, where it's at Mmmm see you soon I'll be out soon Keep everything under your hat You'll find where you're at Don't tell your brother or your sister Just because your a brat There was a time that I awoke to find you gone You had split ---------------------------------------- "Furry Heroine" (Also known as: Halo Of Gold) Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved Have you got a fine place to slip to When you're feeling down? Have you had a week or two, just to get your Troubles down? Slip behind a rock and it'll raise out to her And times of the bowery I found a lot of life and laughter with her grandfather In the bowery She had a body of sixteen or seventeen And a mind of forty I met her on a cold day In a city far away Where the world's about zero And I saw at once into her soul She smiled and called me her hero Then like a walk in the rain, in the rain, in the rain, in the rain I found a lot of life that day With her grandfather in the bowery 'Cause I lie down like the wild She had a halo of gold Told me stories of her life and her courage was sublime 'Cause you're mine I walk the line Well, she comes down tiger's and elephant's teeth Elephant's are climbin' the zoo Monkeys and beggars and thiefs And Little Orphan Annie is too Everything is under the sun It'd be you and I and everyone But if I didn't like it like that way I'd have to change it! Hmm, hmm, hmm Hmm, hmm, hmm Hmm, hmm, hmm (etc) Rearrange it! ---------------------------------------- "Givin' Up Things" (Incorrectly referred to as: Doodle) Words And Music by Alexander Lee Spence Alexander Lee Spence Music/All Rights Reserved I have given up Singin' 'bout people, places and things 'Cause, I have peeked into the future And what the future brings is nothings And I love someone, very close to me And if she' s listening in my head As I am in hers, she would see bye stanz Google Home - Advertise with Us - Search Solutions - News and Resources - Language Tools - Jobs, Press, Cool Stuff... ©2002 Google