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I think the Steel Reserve I drank last night must have upped my estrogen levels for the day or something. I was just listening to Kathy's Song by Paul Simon and was reminded how much I like it, and it really gets me. Looking at the lyrics, it's a little obsessive/depressive, but there are so many lines I like, and the melody is fantastic:

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I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls.

And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies.

My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're asleep
And kiss you when you start your day.

And a song I was writing is left undone
I don't know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can't believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme.

And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I.

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I also really, really dig on I'll Be Your Mirror by The Velvet Underground. Again, a little dark, but considerably more upbeat than the previous one, and nothing says love like "German chanteuse":

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I'll be your mirror
Reflect what you are, in case you don't know
I'll be the wind, the rain and the sunset
The light on your door to show that you're home

When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you

I find it hard to believe you don't know
The beauty you are
But if you don't let me be your eyes
A hand in your darkness, so you won't be afraid

When you think the night has seen your mind
That inside you're twisted and unkind
Let me stand to show that you are blind
Please put down your hands
'Cause I see you

I'll be your mirror
(reflect what you are)

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For a final, more upbeat pick, Something by the Beatles is very, very solid. Not going to post lyrics because this post will already be quite long.

What do you favor, OOT?

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Endless Love
Lionel Richie and Dianna Ross

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The Cure - Lovesong

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celine dion - my heart will go on

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Pulp - Something Changed.

I wrote the song two hours before we met.
I didn't know your name or what you looked like yet.
Oh I could have stayed at home and gone to bed.
I could have gone to see a film instead.
You might have changed your mind and seen your friends.
Life could have been very different but then,
something changed.
Do you believe that there's someone up above?
Does he have a timetable directing acts of love?
Why did I write this song on that one day?
Why did you touch my hand and softly say.
Stop asking questions that don't matter anyway.
Just give us a kiss to celebrate here today.
Something changed.
When we woke up that morning we had no way of knowing,
that in a matter of hours we'd change the way we were going.
Where would I be now if we'd never met?
Would I be singing this song to someone else instead?
I dunno but like you said
something changed.

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Cure - A Letter To Elise
U2 - All I Want Is You

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And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I.


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Some of my favorite lyrics ever.

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Simply Jessie by Rex Smith.

And I don't know how I knew it
But I knew it somehow
You're the answer to the question
No one's answered till now

And I've known a girl or two
But none of them was you
And they can never be what you are to me

Stars that glisten lips for kissin'
Honey listen it's true
No one ever love you better...
Love you honey, I love you...

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The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving

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JOSE GONZALES- HEARTBEATS

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pretty much everything by bryan adams

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Closer to You, the Wallflowers

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I was just going to post this in the thread in ElD's forum for sex mixes, but it was locked:

At last- etta james


well, basically anything by her.


What kind of fool am I - Sammy Davis Jr, I really identify with this song


seriously, now I really want some warm weather, my favorite thing to do is to get a nice playlist going with etta james, bb king, otis redding, smoke a cigar and get drunk on my balcolny

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Semisonic - Falling

Swaying, singing at the skywheel top
Then you say that I can never make you mine
Well lights, rings, constellations turn and stop
Kiss me once again and change your mind

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Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)

out of all those kinds of people
you got a face with a view
I'm just an animal looking for a home and
share the same space for a minute or two
and you love me 'til my heart stops
love me 'til I'm dead...

Plus the video of David Byrne dancing with a lamp from "Stop Making Sense" is awesome.

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Paperweight - Schuyler Fisk and Josh Radin
(thanks to J. Brown for turning me on to this song)

Been up all night staring at you
wondering what's on your mind
i've been this way with so many before
but this feels like the first time
you want the sunrise to go back to bed
i want to make you laugh
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
happy to lay here
just happy to lbe here
i'm happy to know you
play me a song
your newest one
please leave your taste on my tongue
paperweight on my back
cover me like a blanket
mess up my bed with me
kick off the covers i'm waiting
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and no need to worry
that's wastin time
and no need to wonder
what's been on my mind
it's you
it's you
it's you
every word you say i think
i should write down
don't want to forget come daylight
and i give up
i let you win
you win cause i'm not counting
you made it back
to sleep again
wonder what you're dreaming

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The Purple Bottle (Animal Collective)

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I've taken plenty of [censored] for this, but I like the song "I'll Be" by Edwin McCain.

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Annie's Song - John Denver

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I'll Be by Edwin McCain is solid.

Others;

In the Sun-- Joseph Arthur
Iris-- Goo Goo Dolls
Garota de Ipanema-- Caetano Veloso

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the scientist by coldplay.. does that count? makes me want to buy a piano

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Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life

She was part of Verucca Salt and this song has been in a couple movies, I am surprised it didn't do better (charts/ radio airplay, etc.)


Youtube (song + scenes from "The Notebook")

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Portishead - Roads

Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say

How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong

Storm.. in the morning light
I feel
No more can I say
Frozen to myself

I got nobody on my side
And surely that ain't right
And surely that ain't right

Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say

How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong

[INSTRUMENTAL]

How can it feel, this wrong
This moment
How can it feel, this wrong

Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say

How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong

Sia - Breathe Me

Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me


the second song is played at the ending of the last six feet under episode.

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Radiohead - Thinking About You

Been thinking about you, your records are here,
your eyes are on my wall, your teeth are over there.
But I'm still no-one, and you're now a star,
what do you care?

Been thinking about you, and there's no rest,
[censored] I still love you, still see you in bed.
But I'm playing with myself, and what do you care
when the other men are far, far better.

All the things you've got,
all the things you need,
who bought you cigarettes,
Who bribed the company to come and see you honey?

I've been thinking about you, so how can you sleep?
These people aren't your friends, they're paid to kiss your feet.
They don't know what I know and why should you care
when I'm not there.

Been thinking about you, and there's no rest,
should I still love you, still see you in bed.
But I'm playing with myself, what do you care,
when I'm not there.

All the things you've got,
she'll never need,
all the things you've got.
I've bled and I bleed to please you.

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tesla-love song
pulp-like a friend -->in a weird way its a love song
pete droge--beautiful girl
blue october--balance beam --this song actually kills me to listen to, too many memories with a certain girl

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Tell me all the things you would change
I dont pretend to know what you want
When you come around and spin my top
Time and again, time and again
No fire where I lit my spark
I am not afraid of the dark
Where your words devour my heart
And put me to shame, put me to shame
When your seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
And dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone
Still so young to travel so far
Old enough to know who you are
Wise enough to carry the scars
Without any blame, theres no one to blame
Easy to forget what you learn
Waiting for the thrill to return
Feeling your desire burn
As youre drawn to the flame
When your seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
And dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone
And Im lying on a table
Washed out in a flood
Like a christian fearing vengeance from above
I dont pretend to know what you want
But I offer love
And seven worlds collide
Whenever I am by your side
And dust from a distant sun
Will shower over everyone

i was just listening to this and it reminds me a bit of love when it is just starting out.

it is written by neil finn of crowded house and there are a couple of lyrics that always get me in this song, they just seem to make sense to me.

i hope you guys enjoyed one from the 80's [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

cheers. J.Brown

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JOSE GONZALES- HEARTBEATS

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The original by The Knife is pretty cool, too.

My favorite love songs are probably Just Like Heaven by The Cure and This Must Be the Place by The Talking Heads.

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Etta James-At Last
Etta James-Sunday Kind of Love
Nat King Cole-Unforgettable

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Nights in White Satin
by The Moody Blues

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters Ive written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty Id always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I cant say anymore.

cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.

Gazing at people,
Some hand in hand,
Just what Im going thru
They can understand.

Some try to tell me
Thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be
You will be in the end,

And I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

Nights in white satin,
Never reaching the end,
Letters Ive written,
Never meaning to send.

Beauty Id always missed
With these eyes before,
Just what the truth is
I cant say anymore.

cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

cause I love you,
Yes, I love you,
Oh, how, I love you.
Oh, how, I love you.

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"i'd rather be with you" bootsy collins
"turn off the lights" teddy pendergrass
"lets stay together" al green
"unchained melody" righteous brothers
"roads" portishead (never would have thought of this without oheads posting it, but it's def. one of the greats)
"sweetest taboo" sade
"your love is king" sade

for more tortured love songs:

"walk on by" isaac hayes
"because i love you" lenny williams
heck the whole damn isaac hayes catalogue.

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David Gray -- The One I Love


SF

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Coheed and Cambria - Wake Up

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Also

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

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Something by the Beatles is very, very solid.

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My favorite song of all time.

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These Are the Days, Van Morrison

These are the days of the endless summer
These are the days, the time is now
There is no past, there's only future
There's only here, there's only now

Oh your smiling face, your gracious presence
The fires of spring are kindling bright
Oh the radiant heart and the song of glory
Crying freedom in the night

These are the days by the sparkling river
His timely grace and our treasured find
This is the love of the one magician
Turned the water into wine

These are days of the endless dancing and the
Long walks on the summer night
These are the days of the true romancing
When I'm holding you oh, so tight

These are the days by the sparkling river
His timely grace and our treasured find
This is the love of the one great magician
Turned water into wine

These are the days now that we must savour
And we must enjoy as we can
These are the days that will last forever
You've got to hold them in your heart.

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I'm surprised no one has yet to mention the ultimate love song of all time: Rompe by Daddee Yankee. That song always seems to do it for me [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I'm surprised no one has yet to mention the ultimate love song of all time: Rompe by Daddee Yankee. That song always seems to do it for me [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Yea I agree. I listened to that song with my girlfriend last night. It was pretty magical.

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celine dion - my heart will go on

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insta ban?

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Annie's Song - John Denver

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nice choice

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Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life

She was part of Verucca Salt and this song has been in a couple movies, I am surprised it didn't do better (charts/ radio airplay, etc.)


Youtube (song + scenes from "The Notebook")

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great song!