O.K., greenkiwi, sorry. Honestly, I never bought a 78 myself, but they were in the house when I was little. And, yeah, I bought mucho plenty 45s!:)
(Wish I still had some of them...)

wob

LOL woboogie:-)Here's one for you:-) Off I go into the attic to dig out my old 45's.
I remember this one like it was yesterday.At my Aunty Margie's,on the kitchen table(I was 3years old).The two of us absolutely BELTING this out at the top of our voices:

'Middle of the Road'
Where's your momma gone
where's your momma gone

little baby Don
little baby Don

where's your poppa gone
where's your poppa gone

far
far away
>
far
far away.

Last night I heard my momma singin' a song:
Ooh wee Chirpy Chirpy
Cheep Cheep

woke up this mornin' and my momma was gone

ooh wee Chirpy Chirpy
Cheep Cheep

Chirpy Chirpy
Cheep Cheep Chirp.

Where's your momma gone
where's your momma gone

little baby Don
little baby Don

where's your momma gone
where's your momma gone

where's your poppa gone
where's your poppa gone

far
far away

far
far away.

Back at ya, Green! This is the only 78 song I can remember:

Shrimp boats is a comin'
Their sails are in sight
Shrimp boats is a comin'
There's dancin' tonight.

Why don't-cha hurry, hurry, hurry home?
Why don't-cha hurry, hurry, hurry home?

Look, here the shrimp boats is a comin'
There's dancin' tonight
Shrimp boats is is a comin'
There's dancin' tohight.

They go to sea with the evening tide
And their women folk wave their goodbye
Ill sant vas, there they go
While the "Loosiana" moon floats on high
And they wait for the day they can cry:

CHORUS

Happy the days while they're mending the nets
'Til once more they ride high out to sea
Ill sant vas, there they go
Then how lonely the long nights will be
'Til that wonderful day when they see


(guess we'd better get serious, huh...:)

This one might be on this thread already somewhere (if so, please forgive my *oops*). But I just heard it at 4AM on the radio. And I stopped breathing. And I'll run the risk of (maybe) sharing it again...

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
We're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Darlin' can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life coz' you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life coz' you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you...

Sure thing:Especially given current global tensions surfacing around the Olympic Torch and it's travels.And China's response team : the 'Blue Tracksuit Security Guards' Check those guys out!
Some favourite protest songs spring to mind. Including the following:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30W3iRL48gQ

There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down.

And I thingk I've seen the lyrics posted to this one already
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmysVoRBgyA

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We were alone and I was singing this song for you...

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Ahh. Nobody can write quite like Leon Russell. Nice choice this morning, Gats.

On my radio, Alanis Morissette just finished singing "These Are The Thoughts" and the lyrics sounded mighty fine .

These are the thoughts that go through my head
In my backyard on a sunday afternoon
When I have the house to myself and I am not
Expending all that energy on fighting with my boyfriend

Is he the one that I will marry?
Why is it so hard to be objective about myself?
Why do I feel cellularly alone?
Am I supposed to live in this crazy city?
Can blindly continued fear-induced regurgitated
Life- denying tradition be overcome?

Where does the money go that I send to those in need?
If we have so much why do some people have nothing still?
Why do I feel frantic when I first wake up in the morning?
Why do you say you are spiritual
Yet you treat people like sh*t?

How can you say you're close to God
And yet you talk behind my back as though I am not
A part of you?
Why do I say I'm fine
When it's obvious I'm not?
Why's it so hard to tell you what I want?
Why can't you just read my mind?

Why do I fear that the quieter I am the less you will listen?
Why do I care whether you like me or not?
Why is it so hard for me to be angry?
Why is it such work to stay conscious and so easy to get stuck
And not the other way around?

Will I ever move back to Canada?
Can I be with a lover with whom I am a student and a master?
Why am I encouraged to shut my mouth
When it gets too close to home?
Why cannot I live in the moment?

Ooh you make me live
Whatever this world can give to me
It's you you're all I see
Ooo you make me live now honey
Ooo you make me live

Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had
I've been with you such a long time
You're my sunshine and I want you to know
That my feelings are true
I really love you
Oh you're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

Ooh I've been wandering round
But I still come back to you
In rain or shine
You've stood by me, girl
I'm happy, happy at home
You're my best friend

Ooo you make me live
Whenever this world is cruel to me
I got you to help me forgive
Ooo you make me live now honey
Ooo you make me live

You're the first one
When things turn out bad
You know I'll never be lonely
You're my only one
And I love the things
I really love the things that you do
You're my best friend

Ooo you make me live

I'm happy at home
You're my best friend
Oh ya
Oh you're my best friend
Ooo you make me live
You you're my best friend.

This is what I should have used to submit my vacation request.

I'm up and gone everyday at dawn just a workin' like a regular dog
To keep the woman and the water and the lights and the phone turned on
I've been sayin' "Yes sir" all day at work, I've been sayin' "Yes maam" at home
Savin' up my cuss words and keepin' 'em under my tongue
> CHORUS
I need a little time off for bad behavior
The devil in me done been asleep too long
I need a little time off for bad behavior
It looks like I been too good for too long

Well I went to a company party, I didn't even drink enough to get high
I met a preppy little wimp I shoulda whipped but I let him slide
Ol' Hambone McGraw got the law paid off dealing blackjack Saturday nights
And I could triple my take-home pay if it weren't for my wife

REPEAT CHORUS

I got a number on my mind that I been a fightin' off the urge to call
A hot, hell-raisin' blonde bomb with a Southern drawl
Some good-old boys called collect from Mississippi, said the fishin' been a missin' me
And I could sure get it up for a smoke and a Delta Queen

REPEAT CHORUS & TAG

Lift ev'ry voice and sing,
'Til earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on 'til victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
'Til now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
Lift every voice and sing
Till Earth and heaven ring
Let us march on till victory, is won
Victory is won!

Put me on a mountain, way back in the back woods
Put me on a lake with pickin on the line
Put me 'round a campfire cookin' something I just cleaned
You do your thing, I'll do mine

I ain't tradin' in my family's safety
Just to save a little gas
And I'll pray to God any place, any time
And you can bet I'll pick up the phone if Uncle Sam calls me up
> You do your thing, I'll do mine

Hey, I'll worry about me
You just worry about you
And I'll believe what I believe
And you believe what you believe too

I ain't gonna spare the rod
Cuz that ain't what my daddy did
And I sure know the difference between wrong and right
You know, to me it's all just common sense
A broken rule, a consequence
You do your thing, I'll do mine

Hey, I'll worry about me
You just worry about you
And I'll believe what I believe
And you believe what you believe too

I'm gonna keep on working hard
Make my money the old-fashioned way
I don't wanna piece of someone else's pie
If I don't get my fill on life I ain't gonna blame no one but me
You do your thing, I'll do mine

You ain't gonna be my judge
Cuz my judge will judge us all one day
You do your thing, I'll do mine

I am closer to believing
Than I ever was before
On the crest of this elation
Must I crash upon the shore
And with the driftwood of acquaintance
Light the fire to love once more
I am wind blown...i am times.

To be closer to believing
To be just a breath away
On the death of inspiration
I would buy back yesterday
But theres no crueller illusion
Theres no sharper coin to pay
As I reach out... it slips away

From the opium of custom
To the ledges of extremes
Dont believe it till youve held it
Life is seldom what it seems
But lay your heart upon the table
And in the shuffling of dreams
Remember who on earth you are

I need me
You need you
We want us

But of course you know I love you
Or what else am I here for
Only you not face to face
But side by side for evermore
And I need to be here with you
For without you what am i
Just another fool out searching
For some heaven in the sky
Take me closer to believing
Take me forward lead me on
Through collision and confusion
While theres life beneath the sun
You are the reason I continue
So near for so long
So close yet so far away

I need me
You need you
We want us to live forever
So dont let the curtain fall
Measure after measure
Of writing on the wall
That burns so brightly
It blinds us all

I need me
You need you
We want us to be together
On sundays in the rain
Closer than forever
Against or with the grain
To ride the storms of love again

So be closer to believing
Though your world is torn apart
For a moment changes all things
And to end is but to start
And if your journeys unrewarded
May your God lift up your heart
You are windblown
But you are mine

One of my favorite stu...
Another is...
You know a dream is like a river
ever changing as it flows
and the dreamer's just a vessel that must follow where it goes
Trying to learn from what's behind me, never knowing what's in store
Makes each day a constant battle, just to stay between the shore

And I will sail my vessel, til the river runs dry
Like a bird upon the wind, these waters are my guide
I'll never reach my destination, if I never try
So I will sail my vessel til the river runs dry..

There's bound to be rough waters
And I know I'll take some falls,
But with the good Lord as my captain,
I can make it through it all.

Who can remember this one ?

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Crying on my pillow, lonely in my bed,
Then I heard a voice beside me and she softly said,
"Thunder is your night light, magic is your dream."
And then as I held her, she said, "See what I mean?"

I said, "What?" She said, "Ooh-ooh-ooh, whee."
I said, "All right!" She said, "Love me, love me, love me!"


Undercover angel, midnight fantasy,
I never had a dream that made sweet love to me.
Undercover angel, answer to my prayer,
You made me know that there's a love for me out there.

Somewhere. Yeah, somewhere.

Heavenly surrender, sweet afterglow (undercover),
I'm giving up my heart to you, now angel don't go.
She said, "Go find the right one, love her and then (undercover),
When you look into her eyes you'll see me again."

I said, "What?" She said, "Ooh-ooh-ooh, whee."
I said, "All right!" She said, "Love me, love me, love me!"


Somewhere. Whoa, somewhere.

Now you know my story, and girl, if it's right,
I'm gonna take you in my arms and love you tonight.
Underneath the covers, being so nice,
I'm looking for my angel in your sweet-loving eyes.

(undercover, undercover, undercover, etc.)
She said, "What?" I said, "Ooh-ooh-ooh, whee."
She said, "All right!" I said, "Get next to me."
She said, "What?" I said, "Ooh-ooh-ooh, whee."
She said, "All right!" I said, "Love me, love me, love me!"

Undercover angel, midnight fantasy,
I've never had a dream that made sweet love to me.
Undercover angel, answer to my prayer,
You made me know that there's a love for me (you made me).
Love me, love me, love me!
Undercover angel, midnight fantasy,
I've never had a dream that made sweet love to me.

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Not exactly a classic ,but .... !

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Who can remember this one ?

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Raises hand, timidly

Here's a newer song for you, that I just love.
This is Ani Difranco's "Garden of Simple"

some crazy f*#@%er carved a sculpture out of butter
and propped it up in the middle of the Bonanza breakfast bar
and I am stuffing toast and sausage into my pockets
under a sign that says grand opening
while my dog is waiting in the car

I wake up, I check out
I fill the tank and wash the windshield clean
then I'm back out on the highway
and BANG that's when I remember my dream:

we were standing in a garden
and I had a machine that made silence
it just sucked up the whole opinionated din
and there were no people on the payroll
and there were no monkeys on our backs
and I said, show me what you look like
without skin

science chases money
and money chases its tail
and the best minds of my generation
can't make bail
but the bacteria are coming to take us down
that's my prediction
it's the answer to this culture
of the quick fix prescription

but in the garden of simple
where all of us are nameless
you were never anything but beautiful to me
and, you know, they never really owned you
you just carried them around
and then one day you put 'em down
and found your hands were free

so now it's early in the morning
at the longitude of Memphis
and the sun is setting sweetly on Hong Kong
and the big plan is just to keep spinning
cuz the big bang is only just beginning
and sometimes it's all that we can do just to hang on

and what I meant to say is (makes a kissing sound, like mmmuh) which means I'm thinking of ya
which means I've been thinking of you
all along

I wish I could personally thank Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace, for writing the following song.
"Thief" was inspired by a very courageous little girl who knew she was on the losing side in a battle with a malignant brain tumor.
The song was released the same year that my daughter had the same diagnosis (1999).
I still listen to it every day, so I can't count the number of spins this one's had.

My favorite version of this is the acoustic one. It's extremely raw (I'm being very kind), but Maida's spoken intro is devastating, and it's sung from the heart.


I don't want to understand this horror
There's a weight in your eyes, I can't admit
Everybody ends up here in bottles
But the name tags the last thing you wanted
As the world explodes we fall out of it
And we can't let go because this
Will not go away
There's a house built out in space

And I can't see that thief that lives inside of your head
But I can be some courage at the side of your bed
And I don't know what's happening and I can't pretend
But I can be your, be your

Someone help us understand who ordered
This disgusting arrangement with time and the end
I don't want to hear who walked on water
Cause the hallways are empty, clocks tick

As the world implodes
We fall into it
And we can't go home because this will not go away
There's a house built out in space

And I can't see that thief that lives inside of your head
But I can be some courage at the side of your bed
And I don't know what's happening and I can't pretend
It's a long, long getaway, it's a long, long getaway
Make it home again
Make it home again
It's a long, long getaway, it's a long, long getaway

And I can't see that thief that lives inside of your head
But I can be some courage at the side of your bed
And I don't know what's happening and I can't pretend
But I can be your, be your
I'm here
and I can be your, be your
I'm here
It's a long, long getaway

OK, folks, humility be darned. I've got the number one quiz on the site this week and the number one quiz in four different categories, and I'm going to celebrate! Whooo!



Back in black
I hit the sack
It's been too long I'm glad to be back
Yes, I'm let loose
From the noose
That's kept me hanging around
I've been looking at the sky
and it's gettin' me high
Forget the hearse 'cause I never die
I got nine lives
Cats eyes
Cruisin' every woman, never wonderin' why

'Cause I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back
Yes, I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes, I'm back in black

Back in the back
Of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, I'm a power pack
Yes, I'm in a bang
With a gang
They've got to catch me if they want me to hang
Cause I'm back on the track
And I'm beatin' the flack
Nobody's gonna get me on another rap
So look at me now
I'm just makin' my play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of my way

Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, Yes I'm back
Well, I'm back, back
Well I'm back in black
Yes I'm back in black


Tip of the hat to the lovely CellarDoor, who also has the number one quiz in four different categories.

Well done, stu!

Here's a favourite from my childhood...


What a day for a day dream,
What a day for a day dreamin' boy.
And I'm lost in a day dream,
Dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy.
And even if time ain't really on my side,
It's one of those days for taking a walk outside.
I'm blowing the day to take a walk in the sun,
And fall on my face in somebody's new mowed lawn.

I've been havin' a sweet dream,
I've been dreamin' since I woke up today,
It's starring me in my sweet dream,
'Cause she's the one that makes me feel this way,
And even if time is passin' me by a lot,
I couldn't care less about the dues you say I got.
Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for dropping my load.
A pie in the face for being a sleepy bull toad.

And you can be sure that if you're feelin right
A day dream will last a long time into the night.
Tomorrow at breakfast you may prick up your ears,
Or you may be dreamin' for a thousand years.

Several years ago the travelling Viet Nam Wall was displayed in my town.. At midnight on a chilly misty night, I found myself on a lit stage alone, reading names of soldiers killed. I read for one hour. Had I read the next hour, I would have read the name of a schoolmate. I am married to a Purple Heart Viet Nam vet. I heard this once more on the radio today and it always brings tears .....
I never thought that this is where I'd settle down
I thought I'd die an old man back in my hometown
They gave me this plot of land, me and some other men, for a job well done
There's a big white house sits on a hill just up the road
The man inside he cried the day they brought me home
They folded up a flag and told my mom and dad, we're proud of your son.
(chorus)
And I'm proud to be on this peaceful piece of property
I'm on sacred ground and I'm in the best of company
I'm thankful for those thankful for the things I've done
I can rest in peace, I'm one of the chosen ones, I made it to Arlington.

I remember Daddy brought me here when I was eight
We searched all day to find out where my granddad lay
And when we finally found that cross
He said "son, this is what it cost to keep us free"
Now here I am a thousand stone away from him
He recognized me on the first day I came in
And it gave me a chill, when he clicked his heels and saluted me.
(repeat chorus)
And everytime I hear twenty one guns
I know they brought another hero home to us

We're thankful for those thankful for the things we've done
We can rest in peace, 'cause we are the chosen ones
We made it to Arlington.

Yea, dust to dust
Don't cry for us
We made it to Arlington.

That IS a good one, mate. Thank you for it.

Yes, very nice.

That is beautiful; thanks for the song and sharing your story.

Heard this 'old' John Denver song and couldn't believe how closely it mirrors my feelings lately.

On the road of experience, I'm trying to find my own way.
Sometimes I wish that I could fly away
When I think that I'm moving, suddently things stand still
I'm afraid 'cause I think they always will

And I'm looking for space
And to find out who I am
And I'm looking to know and understand
It's a sweet, sweet dream
Sometimes I'm almost there
Sometimes I fly like an eagle
And sometimes I'm deep in despair

All alone in the universe, sometimes that's how it seems
I get lost in the sadness and the screams
Then I look in the center, suddently everything's clear
I find myself in the sunshine and my dreams

And I'm looking for space
And to find out who I am
And I'm looking to know and understand
It's a sweet, sweet dream
Sometimes I'm almost there
Sometimes I fly like an eagle
And sometimes I'm deep in despair

On the road of experience, join in the living day
if there's an answer, it's just that it's just that way

When you're looking for space
And to find out who you are
When you're looking to try and reach the stars
It's a sweet, sweet sweet dream
Sometimes I'm almost there
Sometimes I fly like an eagle
But sometimes I'm deep in despair
Sometimes I fly like an eagle,
like an eagle
I go flying flying