Snow

[Ramona_A_Stone]

you say it was this morning when you last saw your good friend
lyin' on the pavement with a misery on his brain
stoned on some new potion he found upon the wall
of some unholy bathroom in some ungodly hall

he only had a dollar to live on 'til next monday
but he spent it on some comfort for his mind
did you say you think he's blind

someone should call his parents a sister or a brother
and they'll come to take him back home on a bus
but he'll always be a problem to his poor and puzzled mother
yeah he'll always be another one of us

he said he wanted heaven but prayin' was too slow
so he bought a one way ticket on an airline made of snow

did you say you saw your good friend flyin' low?
flyin' low
dyin' slow

Hoyt Axton/Steppenwolf - Snowblind Friend

I'm wondering when and where you could get one of those tickets for a dollar...

[floydian slip]

Riding the storm out
Waiting for the thaw out
On a full moon night in the
Rocky Mountain winter
My wine bottle's low
Watching for the snow
I've been thinking about what
I've been missing in the city

And I'm not missing a thing
Watching the full moon crossing the range
Riding the storm out

[Ramona_A_Stone]

I am a lineman for the county
and I drive the main road
searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singing in the wires
I can hear you through the whine

and the Wichita lineman
is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation
but it don't look like rain
and if it snows that that stretch down south
won't ever stand the strain
and I need you more than want you
and I want you for all time

and the Wichita lineman
is still on the line

beep beep beep beep

Jimmy Webb, as covered by Glen Campbell, Andy Williams, Tom Jones, Smokey Robinson, Sammy Davis Jr., José Feliciano, Kool & The Gang, Ray Charles, Urge Overkill, REM, Johnny Cash, Dwight Yoakam and Freddy Fender... to name a few

[Ramona_A_Stone]

makin' a living the old hard way
takin' and giving by day by day
I dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
draggin' the line

my dog Sam eats purple flowers
we ain't got much but what we got's ours
we dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
draggin' the line
draggin' the line

I feel fine
I'm talkin' bout peace of mind
I'm gonna take my time
I'm gettin' the good sign
draggin' the line
draggin' the line

loving the free and feelin' spirit
of huggin' a tree when you get near it
I dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
draggin' the line
draggin' the line

Tommy James & the Shondells

[Ramona_A_Stone]

are you OK?
you've been shot in the head
and I'm holding your brains
the old woman said
so I drink in the shadows
of an evening sky
see nothing at all

the stars look so special
the snow looks so old*
a frail form is drifting
beyond the yoga-zone
time to question the mountain
why pigs can fly
it's nothing at all

I praise to you
nothing ever goes away
I praise to you
nothing ever goes
I praise to you

Bowie - Earthling - Seven Years in Tibet

*"the snow... is warm..."

[Ramona_A_Stone]

a river
a mountain to be crossed
the sunshine
in mountains sometimes lost
around the south side
so cold that we cried
were we ever colder on that day a million miles away
it seemed from all eternity

move forward
was my friend's only cry
in deeper
to somewhere we could lie
and rest for the the day
with cold in the way
were we ever colder on that day a million miles away
it seemed from all eternity

the moments
seemed lost in all the noise
a snow storm
a stimulating voice
of warmth of the sky
of warmth when you die
were we ever colder on that day a million miles away
we seemed from all eternity

the sunshine
in mountains sometimes lost
the river
can disregard the cost
and melt in the sky
warmth when you die
were we ever colder on that day a million miles away
we seemed from all eternity


Yes - Fragile - South Side of the Sky

[Ramona_A_Stone]

Two more by Kate. (they are only waffer theen)

Under Ice (from Hounds of Love)

it's wonderful
everywhere
so white
the river
has frozen over
not a soul
on the ice
only me
skating fast
I'm speeding past
trees
leaving little lines
in the ice
cutting out
little lines
in the ice
splitting
splitting sound
silver heels
spitting
spitting snow

there's something moving under
under the ice
moving under ice
through water
trying to
get out
of the cold
water
"it's me"
something
someone
help them
"it's me"



Moments of Pleasure (from The Red Shoes)

some moments that I've had
some moments of pleasure

I think about us lying
lying on a beach somewhere
I think about us diving
diving off a rock
into another moment

the case of George the Wipe
oh god I can't stop laughing
this sense of humor of mine
it isn't funny at all
but we sit up all night
talking about it

just being alive
it can really hurt
these moments given
are a gift from time

on a balcony in New York
it's just started to snow
he meets us at the lift
like Douglas Fairbanks
waving his walking stick
but he isn't well at all
the buildings of New York
look just like mountains through the snow

just being alive
it can really hurt
and these moments given
are a gift from time
just let us try
to give these moments back
to those we love
to those who will survive

and I can hear my mother saying
"every old sock meets an old shoe"
isn't that a great saying
every old sock meets an old shoe
here come the Hills of Time:

hey there Maureen...
hey there Bubba
dancing down the aisle of the plane...
it's Murph
playing his guitar refrain...
hey there Teddy
spinning in the chair at Abbey Road...
hey there Michael
do you really love me?
hey there Bill
could you turn the lights up?

[floydian slip]

Oh, show me round your snow peaked
mountain way down south
Take me to you daddy's farm
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the USSR

[JackSpratts]

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it dont snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
Oh I wish I had a river
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on


The unsurpassed Joni

[Ramona_A_Stone]

shooting from the hip
about our faith and love
I see it in your faces as thin as shadow
see me as I figure in your late night plan
see me as I'm cocooned up in badlands
the side effects of cruising at the speed of life
the side effects of living in temptation
when only one star is waiting upon all of us
you'll see me as I'm cocooned up in badlands
and how do I feel living in the eighties
and do I ever get to see the light of day

Kyoto in the snow
heaven's far away
sending their love
passion parade

hunter and the hunted
with me
first times can never lie

they were young
they were brave
the honest set
the greatest show on earth is here tonight
love
see me as a figure in the late night plan
see me as I'm cocooned up in badlands
the side effects of cruising at the speed of life
the side effects of living in temptation
when only one star is waiting up on all of us
you'll see me as I'm cocooned up in badlands
and how do I feel living in the eighties
and do I get to see the light of day

Kyoto in the snow
heaven's far away
sending their love
passion parade

hunter and the hunted
with me
first times can never lie

only with you
life moves so fast

when your hear me screaming
I'll be seeing through the eyes of love

tell me can you hear me
tell me can you see me

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 - Hunter and The Hunted

[Ramona_A_Stone]

A couple of weird ambient instrumental deals from a CD by some dude named SAO, (I think he's Japanese).

Forms Under Snow (part I)
Forms Under Snow (part II)

Heard a rumor the second half of the CD might be coming out real soon.

[floydian slip]

I dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
My dog Sam eats purple flowers
We ain't got much but what we got's ours
We dig snow and rain and bright sunshine
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

I feel fine
I'm talkin' bout peace of mind
I'm gonna take my time
I'm gettin' the good sign

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line)

[Ramona_A_Stone]

Repeat Floyd, -10 points lol

when the wind blows and the rain feels cold
with a head full of snow
with a head full of snow
in the window there's a face you know
don't the nights pass slow
don't the nights pass slow

the sound of strangers sending nothing to my mind
just another mad mad day on the road
i am just living to be lying by your side
but I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road

made a rag pile of my shiny clothes
gonna warm my bones
gonna warm my bones
I got silence on my radio

let the air waves flow
let the air waves flow

oh I'm sleeping under strange strange skies
just another mad mad day on the road
my dreams is fading down the railway line
I'm just about a moonlight mile down the road

I'm hiding sister and I'm dreaming
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
I'm hiding baby and I'm dreaming
I'm riding down your moonlight mile
I'm riding down you moonlight mile

let it go now
come on up babe
yeah let it go now
yeah flow now baby
yeah move on now yeah

yeah I'm coming home
cause, I'm just about a moonlight mile on down the road
down the road
down the road

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers - Moonlight Mile

[Ramona_A_Stone]

thick cloud steam rising hissing stone on sweat lodge fire
around me buffalo robe sage in bundle rub on skin
outside cold air stand wait for rising sun
red paint eagle feathers coyote calling it has begun
something moving in I taste it in my mouth and in my heart
it feels like dying slow letting go of life

medicine man lead me up though town
Indian ground so far down
cut up land each house a pool kids wearing water wings drink in cool
follow dry river bed watch scouts and guides make pow-wow signs
past Geronimo's Disco Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse white men dream

a rattle in the old man's sack look at mountain top keep climbing up
way above us the desert snow
white wind blow

I hold the line
the line of strength that pulls me through the fear
San Jacinto
I hold the line
San Jacinto
the poison bite and darkness take my sight -
I hold the line
and the tears roll down my swollen cheek -
think I'm losing it
getting weaker
I hold the line
San Jacinto
yellow eagle flies down from the sun
from the sun

we will walk on the land
we will breathe of the air
we will drink from the stream
we will live
hold the line

PG - Security - San Jacinto

[Ramona_A_Stone]

it's like there's a straight way you know
you know
I've told you before
it's as thin as ice
as thin as the razor snow

don't freeze in the snow
don't bake in the heat
I'll be your breath
there's a place where we can meet
there's a place where we can meet

use me
don't sleep in the subway
don't sleep in the pouring rain

by my voice in my midnight meditation
when I wake be my heart's flotation
come and fill
come and fill from the overflow
come and play
come and play be like a bird

don't sleep in the subway
I'm needing you
well I
I feel you
you're closing down yeah
get close talk right through me
get close keep tight with me
if you fall now it could be forever
I'm telling you the line is thin now
I've told you before this hate is a sin
empty out for the overflow
let love begin
let love
begin

there's a place where we can meet

Peter Murphy - Cascade - Subway

[floydian slip]

The snow is really piling up outside

i hate meatloaf, but here it is anyway

[ittybitty]

i wish for snow here

[floydian slip]

careful what you wish for

[Ramona_A_Stone]

strip the branches
unsheathe the hatchets
the threads of friendship
are coming off

the teeth of lawyers
man the trenches
bands of betrothal
are coming off

but if we're good
if we're kind
but if we're good
generous and kind
we'll inhabit their sunsets
their goddesses and queens
we'll try to do the right thing

oh save them
oh save them

let the children come to me

it's a harrowing world
of adults and girls
lashing out at the hurt
that surrounds them
with the knives drawn apart
they shatter the heart
of anyone that dares come between them

let the children come to me

once a playground of swings
then the malice set in
and reduced all the colours to winter

so we made it our own
this snow borne sorrow
and this love that stutters and splinters

let the children come to me

her apostles have gone
they left one by one
with no forwarding address to trace them
it's a secular world
of adults and girls
and we ask because nothing is certain

let the children come to me

when their feet touch the ground
naked unbound
I want them to know they can trust me

there's so much to be ungrateful for
let the children come to me

Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow - Title

[Ramona_A_Stone]

she's here in the snowfall
at dead of night
the mood is of courtship
the final fight
she's all that I need
all that I am
the voice of compassion
inside the man

if you open the gates
the madness begins
I'll follow you down
I'll follow you back in
she's here in the lifelines
in every curve
suspended in silence
between each word

it's all in the way that she moves
the grace and the light that will see me through
it's coming true
she's prising the rope from my hands
the fear and the hopes that I held onto
it's coming true
color the river I swim back to you
Krishna blue

waist deep in water
she starts to sing
the voice is familiar
and draws me in
she's lighting the fires
I dowsed by hand
erasing the figure
drawn in sand

you open the gates
the madness begins
I follow you down
I follow you back in
and here in the darkness
the boundary gone
the flame is alive
and burning strong

it's all in the way that she moves
the grace and the light that will see me through
it's coming true
color the river I swim back to you
Krishna blue

"in the softest belly and the warmest heart
In your open hands I lay my head
In the never ending I fall apart
In the silent forest and the brilliant red
And through the stream of words there comes a sound
And I listen childlike to her voice spellbound"

David Sylvian (& Ingrid Chavez) - Dead Bees on a Cake - Krishna Blue



Hint: two 'accidental' clues to trivia question in post #30