kpc Posted April 9, 2010 Share Posted April 9, 2010 HonaloochieB Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> No disrespect KPCAnd absolutely none taken. It is a faulted song - consecutive lines ending with 'again' - but that's somehow appropriate for a song about missed opportunity and the chance of redemption. There's an accoustic version I've heard on a compilation by a busker in New York which brings out the vulnerability in the song (Cowboy Junkies version starts well but reverts to closely to the original). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-313681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 Is there life in Peckham? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-313695 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 1952 vincent black lightning - richard thompson Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbikeA girl could feel special on any such likeSaid James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to youIt's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seemsRed hair and black leather, my favorite color schemeAnd he pulled her on behindAnd down to Box Hill they did ridSaid James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right handBut I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous manI've fought with the law since I was seventeenI robbed many a man to get my Vincent machineNow I'm 21 years, I might make 22And I don't mind dying, but for the love of youAnd if fate should break my strideThen I'll give you my Vincent to rideCome down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRaeFor they've taken young James Adie for armed robberyShotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing insideOh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedsideWhen she came to the hospital, there wasn't much leftHe was running out of road, he was running out of breathBut he smiled to see her cryAnd said I'll give you my Vincent to ride Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this worldBeats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girlNow Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't doThey don't have a soul like a Vincent 52He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keysHe said I've got no further use for theseI see angels on Ariels in leather and chromeSwooping down from heaven to carry me homeAnd he gave her one last kiss and diedAnd he gave her his Vincent to ride Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-315045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieH Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Well did you hear, there's a natural orderThose most deserving will end up with the mostThat the cream cannot help but always rise up to the topWell I say, "Shit floats"If you thought things had changedFriend, you'd better think againBluntly put, in the fewest of words:C*nts are still running the world C*nts are still running the world Now the working classes are obsoleteThey are surplus to society's needsSo let 'em all kill each otherAnd get a maid overseas.That's the word, don't you knowFrom the guys that's running the showLet's be perfectly clear boys and girls,C*nts are still running the world C*nts are still running the world Oh feed your children on crayfish and lobster tails,Find a school near the top of the leagueIn theory I respect your right to existI will kill you if you move in next to me.Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjustOh, but the takings are up by a third, oh soC*nts are still running the world C*nts are still running the world The free market is perfectly naturalDo you think that I'm some kind of dummy?It's the ideal way to order the world"F*ck the morals, does it make any money?"And if you don't like it, then leave,Or use your right to protest on the streets.Yeah use your right, but don't imagine that it's heard:Oh no no no, c*nts are still running the world. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-315076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted April 14, 2010 Author Share Posted April 14, 2010 What's gone wrong today Rosie? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-315078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 PGC, "Paradise by the dashboard light" is a great song, and an absolute classic on the karaoke circuit in Liverpool!And now I'm preying for the end of time, to hurry up and arrive. Cos if I've gotta spend another minute with you, I don't think that I could really survive.Class! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-315088 Share on other sites More sharing options...
brum Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 Sweet dreams are made of this... Who am I to disagree?I travel the world and the seven seas...Everybody's lookin for something.Annie Lennox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-315760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 I read the excerpts, but quote a whole song and it's scroll to the next one.Not that anyone cares I'm sure. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-315798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Here?s the gifts of the infant suitorA cask of ash and a flask of pewterA map of the city of the futureAnd a clutch of empty browsersHere?s the dowry of the leperA walnut shell and a peck of pepperAnd an alder spray to carve a quiverFor a gang of hazel dowsers Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-316248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Oh!Oh! Oh! Oh!Unemployments rising In the chigley end of town,And it's speading like pneumonia doesn't look like going down.There's trouble at the fire station someone's had the sack,And the lads are going to launch a scheme to get rid of Captain Flak.Tell PC McGarry to get himself a mate,And arm themselves with CS gas - they're going to be out late.We've had cant conformism since 1966,And now subversions in the air in the shape of flying bricks.Chorus:Someone get a message through to Captain SnortThat they better start assembling the boys from the fort.And keep Mrs. Honeyman right out of sight,'Cos there's gonna be riot down in Trumpton Tonight.All this aristocracy has really got to stop'We could overthrow the surgery and kidnap Dr Mopp.The Chippy Minton Socialists could storm the market square,And make plans to assasinate our aristocratic mayor!Windy Millitant leads his Basque like corngrinders to war,With windmill sails and bombs with nails they smash the town hall door.But Snorty and the boys arrive with one big erstwhile crew,Whereupon they bring about a military coup. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-316285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kells Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Hand out lobotomies to save little familiesSurrealistic fantasy, bland boring pain. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-316322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 .............................................And on the second floor is the Macintosh ManHe's in his overcoats more than out of themAnd the typewriter's rattling all through the nightHe's burgundy for breakfast tightHe says "One day I'll throw away all of my caresAnd it is always Christmas in a cupboard at the top of the stairs" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-316933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Have you seen the old manIn the closed-down marketKicking up the paperWith his worn out shoes?In his eyes you see no prideHand held loosely at his sideYesterday's paper telling yesterday's newsChorus: so how can you tell me you're lonelyAnd say for you that the sun don't shine?Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of londonI'll show you something to make you change your mindHave you seen the old girlWho walks the streets of londonDirt in her hair and her clothes in rags?She's no time for talkingShe just keeps right on walkingCarrying her home in two carrier bagsChorusIn the all night cafeAt a quarter past elevenSame old man is sitting there on his ownLooking at the worldOver the rim of his tea-cupEach tea lasts an hourThen he wanders home aloneChorusHave you seen the old manOutside the seaman's missionMemory fading with the medal ribbons that he wearsIn our winter cityThe rain cries a little pityFor one more forgotten heroAnd a world that doesn't careChorus Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 A kiss with a fist is better than none. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 "Oh bondage, up yours" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peckhamgatecrasher Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 With a hey and a ho and a hey-nonny-no. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 NostradamusAl StewartIn the east the wind is blowing the boats across the seaAnd their sails will fill the morning and their cries ring out to meOh, the more it changes, the more it stays the sameAnd the hand just re-arranges the players in the gameOh, I had a dreamIt seemed I stood aloneAnd the veil of all the yearsGoes sinking from my eyes like a stoneA king shall fall and put to death by the English parliament shall beFire and plague to London come in the year of six and twenties threeAn emperor of France shall rise who will be born near ItalyHis rule cost his empire dear, Napoloron his name shall beFrom Castile does Franco come and the Government driven out shall beAn English king seeks divorce, and from his throne cast down is heOne named Hister shall become a captain of Greater GermanieNo law does this man observe and bloody his rise and fall shall beMan, man, your time is sand, your ways are leaves upon the seaI am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to meMan, man, your time is sand, your ways are leaves upon the seaI am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to meIn the new lands of America three brothers now shall come to powerTwo alone are born to rule but all must die before their hourTwo great men yet brothers not make the north united standIts power be seen to grow, and fear possess the eastern landsThree leagues from the gates of Rome a Pope named Pol is doomed to dieA great wall that divides a city at this time is cast asideThese are the signs I bring to youto show you when the time is nighMan, man, your time is sand, your ways are leaves upon the seaI am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to meMan, man, your time is sand, your ways are leaves upon the seaI am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to me Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling StonesPlease allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste I've been around for a long, long year Stole many a man's soul and faith And I was 'round when Jesus Christ Had his moment of doubt and pain Made damn sure that Pilate Washed his hands and sealed his fate Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game I stuck around St Petersburg When I saw it was a time for a change Killed the Czar and his ministers Anastasia screamed in vain I rode a tank Held a general's rank When the Blitzkrieg raged And the bodies stank Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name, oh yeah Ah, what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh yeah (woo woo, woo woo) I watched with glee While your kings and queens Fought for ten decades For the gods they made I shouted out, "Who killed the Kennedys?" When after all It was you and me Let me please introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste And I laid traps for troubadours Who get killed before they reached Bombay Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah (who who)But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby (who who, who who) Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But what's confusing you Is just the nature of my game (woo woo, who who) Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me Lucifer 'Cause I'm in need of some restraint (who who, who who) So if you meet me Have some courtesy Have some sympathy, have some taste (woo woo)Use all your well-learned politesse Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah (woo woo, woo woo) Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, mmm yeah (who who)But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game, mmm mean it, get down (woo woo, woo woo) Woo, who Oh yeah, get on down Oh yeah Oh yeah! (woo woo) Tell me baby, what's my name Tell me honey, can ya guess my name Tell me baby, what's my name I tell you one time, you're to blame Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Wreckless Eric - Reconnez CherieOn a convenient seat by the lavatoriesIn the sodium glareWe used to wait for the bus in a passionate clutchAnd go as far as we daredDo you remember When I passed my driving testTook you to the pictures Forget the rest Do you rememberAll those nights in my ZodiacPlaying with your dressUnderneath your Pac-a-Mac Reconnez CherieQuand nous avons vive en ecstasyAnd then a voice from afar in the back of my carWhispered 'Gay Paris'And looking ever so French the bohemian dreamYou said 'bonjour mon ami'Do you rememberWhen I moved into my studio flatHot sticky nightsIn the summertime in bedsitland Do you rememberWhen you sold your paintings in the galleryAnd they said 'mais oui ce soir, 'C'est la vie c'est le tricolor'Reconnez CherieQuand nous avons vive en ecstasy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317183 Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc97 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Haven't read all above, so apologies for repeats but:"It took me a dictionary, to find out the meaning of unrequited,Meanwhile, she gave it away for free, at parties to which I was never invited"And"Born down in a one horse town, first kick I took was when I hit the ground" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317191 Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc97 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Oh, and this obviously:"Hello, good evening and welcometo nothing muchA no holds barred half -nelsonand the loving touchThe comfort and the joyof feeling lostWith the only living boy in New Cross" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Madness - The Return Of The Los Palmas Seven."Waiter". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Spent 15 years getting loaded5 years ?til his liver exploded Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 did anybody order a taxi ?did anybody order a taxi ? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 "Waiting for your taxi but taxi never come." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/10612-great-lyrics-i-shot-a-man-in-reno-just-to-watch-him-die/page/4/#findComment-317300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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