Song lyrics that make you shiver

[TheDudeAbides]

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Hallelujah--Rufas Wainwright

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While Wainwright's version may be more chilling, the original lyrics are by Leonard Cohen. Check out 'Everybody Knows' by Cohen as well.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

[Mrs. Utah]

Neil Young--Needle and the Damage Done

I caught you knockin at my cellar door
I love you, baby, can I have some more
Ooh, ooh, the damage done.

I hit the city and I lost my band
I watched the needle take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done.

I sing the song because I love the man
I know that some of you dont understand
Milk-blood to keep from running out.

Ive seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkies like a settin sun.

[lgas]

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The entire song "Mad World" originally by Duran Duran

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"Mad World" is a song originally written by Roland Orzabal of the British band Tears for Fears.
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but only when performed by Sacre, as in the movie Donnie Darko.

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The song reached a larger audience 19 years later, in 2001, when it was covered by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews for the film Donnie Darko.

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The song "Last Kiss" originally by J. Frank Wilson And The Cavaliers

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"Last Kiss" is a song written by Wayne Cochran in 1962 and originally performed by Wayne Cochran & the C.C. Riders. Later in 1964, J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers did a rendition to better commercial success.

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Well, I was close.

(The Duran Duran -> Tears for Fears was just a slip of the tongue (fingers), the Donnie Darko one I was going off the copy I downloaded off of iTunes, and the Last Kiss credits I googled. Oh well).

[posnera]

More Dylan:

Ballad of Hollis Brown


Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
Hollis Brown
He lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children
And his cabin fallin' down
...
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on your brain
Your wife's screams are stabbin' you
Like the dirty drivin' rain

Your grass it is turning black
There's no water in your well
Your grass is turning black
There's no water in your well
You spent your last lone dollar
On seven shotgun shells

Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Way out in the wilderness
A cold coyote calls
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That's hangin' on the wall

Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And your legs can't seem to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That you're holdin' in your hand

There's seven breezes a-blowin'
All around the cabin door
There's seven breezes a-blowin'
All around the cabin door
Seven shots ring out
Like the ocean's pounding roar

There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota farm
There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota farm
Somewhere in the distance
There's seven new people born


It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding

And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.



Most of the Time

Most of the time
She ain't even in my mind,
I wouldn't know her if I saw her
She's that far behind.
Most of the time
I can't even be sure
If she was ever with me
Or if I was with her.

Most of the time
I'm halfway content,
Most of the time
I know exactly where I went,
I don't cheat on myself, I don't run and hide,
Hide from the feelings, that are buried inside,
I don't compromise and I don't pretend,
I don't even care if I ever see her again
Most of the time.