Songs That Express Your Philosophy of Life

[Cricket]

The Passenger by Iggy Pop

I am the passenger
And I ride and I ride
I ride through the citys backside
I see the stars come out of the sky
Yeah, theyre bright in a hollow sky
You know it looks so good tonight
I am the passenger
I stay under glass
I look through my window so bright
I see the stars come out tonight
I see the bright and hollow sky
Over the citys a rip in the sky
And everything looks good tonight
Singin la la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la
La la la la la-la-la la la-la
Get into the car
Well be the passenger
Well ride through the city tonight
See the citys ripped insides
Well see the bright and hollow sky
Well see the stars that shine so bright
The sky was made for us tonight
Oh the passenger
How how he rides
Oh the passenger
He rides and he rides
He looks through his window
What does he see?
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He see the stars come out tonight
He sees the citys ripped backsides
He sees the winding ocean drive
And everything was made for you and me
All of it was made for you and me
cause it just belongs to you and me
So lets take a ride and see whats mine
Singing...
Oh, the passenger
He rides and he rides
He sees things from under glass
He looks through his windows eye
He sees the things he knows are his
He sees the bright and hollow sky
He sees the city asleep at night
He sees the stars are out tonight
And all of it is yours and mine
And all of it is yours and mine
Oh, lets ride and ride and ride and ride...
Singing...

 

[Kishtu]

Currently "We Move On" from the musical 'Chicago'.

.... and "Roxie", but with the slightly amended lyrics that my friend and I came up with ;-)

'The name on everbody's lips is gonna be - Kitty..."

 

[imoldfashioned]

Good pick Mike!

I'm Old Fashioned

I am not such a clever one
About the latest fads
I admit I was never one
Adored by local lads

Not that I ever try to be a saint
I'm the type that they classify as quaint

I'm old fashioned
I love the moonlight
I love the old fashioned things

The sound of rain
Upon a window pane
The starry song that April sings

This year's fancies
Are passing fancies
But sighing sighs, holding hands
These my heart understands

I know I'm old fashioned
But I don't mind it
That's how I want to be
As long as you agree
To stay old fashioned with me

(bridge)

I'm old fashioned
But I don't mind it
That's how I want to be
As long as you agree
To stay old fashioned with me

Oh won't you stay old fashioned with me
Oh please stay old fashioned with me

And if you want to see & hear it performed by Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, click here... I've often thought it should be in the running for Fedora Lounge theme song whenever those posts periodically pops up.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

Is That All There Is?

IS THAT ALL THERE IS?

SPOKEN:
I remember when I was a very little boy, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

SPOKEN:
And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to a circus, the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears.
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And so I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle.
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "is that all there is to a circus?

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

SPOKEN:
Then I fell in love, head over heels in love, with the most wonderful girl in the world.
We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes.
We were so very much in love.
Then one day she went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't,
and when I didn't I said to myself, "is that all there is to love?"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing

SPOKEN:
I know what you must be saying to yourselves,
if that's the way he feels about it why doesn't he just end it all?
Oh, no, not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment,
for I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself

Sung:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

 

[Norumbega]

For me, this pretty much sums up the way I think. You'll need to apply your Rubber Soul to understand:

In My Life

There are places I'll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

 

[Fletch]

Down with Love

w/ Yip Harburg, m/ Harold Arlen
from the musical Hooray For What?, 1937

You sons of Adam, you daughters of Eve
The time has come to take your love-torn hearts off your sleeve
Look, look about you
What, what do you see?
Lovesick, lovelorn, love-wrecked, love-worn boo-hoomanity

There'll be no peace on earth until this curse
Is wiped from this love-mad universe
Are we mice or men?
Can you see the light?
Come you fellow victims, let's unite!

Down with love, the flowers and rice and shoes
Down with love, the root of all midnight blues
Down with things that give you that well-known pain
Take that moon and wrap it in cellophane

Down with love, let's liquidate all its friends
Moon and June and roses and rainbows' ends
Down with songs that moan about night and day
Down with love, yes take it away, away!

Take it away, take it away
Give it back to the birds and bees and the Viennese

Down with eyes romantic and stupid
Down with sighs, down with Cupid
Brother, let's stuff that dove
Down with love!

 

[Lotta Little]

My "theme song" is "A Girl In Trouble Is A Temporary Thing," by Romeo Void. I love 80s new wave, and I love the saxophone. Sadly, the sax player in the band later went deaf!

 

[Carlisle Blues]

"The Way You Look Tonight" Music Jerome Kern Lyrics Dorothy Fields

Some day, when I'm awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight.

Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... Never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won't you please arrange it ?
'Cause I love you ... Just the way you look tonight.

Mm, Mm, Mm, Mm,
Just the way you look to-night.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Simple Man
Skynyrd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeNRdwAUuy8

Mama told me when I was young
Come sit beside me, my only son
And listen closely to what I say.
And if you do this
It will help you some sunny day.
Take your time... dont live too fast,
Troubles will come and they will pass.
Go find a woman and youll find love,
And dont forget son,
There is someone up above.

(chorus)
And be a simple kind of man.
Be something you love and understand.
Be a simple kind of man.
Wont you do this for me son,
If you can?

Forget your lust for the rich mans gold
All that you need is in your soul,
And you can do this if you try.
All that I want for you my son,
Is to be satisfied.

 

[Lincsong]

The Call of the Wild.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzjc-pyI-30&feature=related

 

[BinkieBaumont]

"A Hundred years from today"

Don't save your kisses just pass them around
You'll find my reason is logically sound
Who's gonna know that you passed them around
A hundred years from today

Why crave a penthouse that's fit for a queen
You're nearer heaven on mother earth's green
If you had millions what would they all mean
A hundred years from today

So laugh and sing
Make love the thing
Be happy while you may
There's always one
Beneath the sun who's bound to make you feel that way

The moon is shining and that's a good sign
Cling to me closer and say you'll be mine
Remember darling we won't see it shine
A hundred years from today
A hundred years from today

The moon is shining and that's a good sign
Cling to me closer and say you'll be mine
Remember darling we won't see it shine
A hundred years from today
A hundred years from today




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsfLnY2cJlA

 

[jack miranda]

Tears for Fears: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

Title says it all.

 

[stephen1965]

I keep mine hidden Morrissey/Marr

Starts with a whistle and makes me laugh..

"I KEEP MINE HIDDEN"

Hate, love and war
Force emotions to the fore
But not for me, of course
Of course
I keep mine hidden
Oh ...

I keep mine hidden
But it's so easy for you
Because you let yours flail
Into public view
Oh, oh ...


Yellow and green
A stumbling block
I'm a twenty-digit combination to unlock
With a past where to be 'touched'
Meant to be 'mental'


Ooh, I keep mine hidden
The lies are so easy for you
Because you let yours slide
Into public view
Oh ...


Use your loaf !

 

["Skeet" McD]

"Just for Today"

The words date from the 1870s and have been set several times; the best version, IMHO, is that by Blanche Seaver as sung by the great Irish tenor John McCormack. But, having said that....here is a link to a performance by Yours Truly with pianist Ralph Richey:
http://files.me.com/finiancircle/gi6f2n.mov

Lord, for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin just for today.
Help me to labor earnestly and duly pray;
Let me be kind in word and deed, Father, just for today.

Let me no wrong or idle word unthinking say;
Set Thou a seal upon my lips just for today.
Let me in season, Lord, be grave, in season gay;
Let me be faithful to Thy grace—

And if, today, this life of mine should ebb away,
Give me. dear Lord, Thy sacrament divine!
So for tomorrow and its needs I do not pray;
But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord, just for today.

 

[Zemke Fan]

Kenny got it right...

On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
'til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice.

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, if you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

Now every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep.
'cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

So when he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

 

[WinoJunko]

The Small Faces-Talk To You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmkhbqcQKNw&feature=channel_page

Listen, it's been three months
Since I was last with you
So many people tryin to
Stop me getting through
The doorman he just laughed
But I don't want no autograph
Now you listen to me baby

All I want to do
Is talk to you

You know I didn't stop you doing
Things you wanted to do
But now it's gone too far
It looks like I'm losing you
But I don't want sympathy
But please don't turn your back on me
Listen baby

All I want to do
Is talk to you

I got to talk to you
I got to try to make you see
Just how very very much
You mean to me

Would it be too much
To try and jog your memory
You remember me baby
I hope that I'm still
Part of your history

Now I don't wanna share your car
No no no, or stop you being a star
All I want to, all I wanna do
You know what I've gotta do
Got to keep on trying


Its not exactly my philosophy on life...but it fits my point of view at the moment, especially that last line "Got to keep on trying"

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

Queen - Keep Passing The Open Windows

This is the only life for me
Surround myself around my own fantasy
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need
Love is all you need

Do you know what it's like to be alone in this world
When you're down and out on your luck and you're a failure?
Wake up screaming in the middle of the night
You think it's all been a waste of time
It's been a bad year
You start believing ev'rything's gonna be alright
Next minute you're down and you're flat on your back
A brand new day is beginning
Get that sunny feeling and you're on your way

Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows

Do you know how it feels when you don't have a friend
Without a job and no money to spend?
You're a stranger
All you think about is suicide
One of these days you're gonna lose the fight
You'd better keep out of danger - yeah!
That same old feeling just keeps burning deep inside
Keep telling yourself it's gonna be the end
Oh get yourself together
Things are looking better everyday

Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows

This is the only life for me
Surround myself around my own fantasy
You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need
Love is all you need

Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows

You just gotta be strong and believe in yourself
Forget all the sadness 'cause love is all you need - yeah
Love is all you need
Baby - love is all you need

Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just believe - just keep passing the open windows
Just keep passing the open windows...

 

[rsgoldsell]

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[get_atomized]

Tom Waits - Better Off Without a Wife. A couple verses:
All my friends are married
Every Tom and Dick and Harry
You must be strong if you're to go it alone
Here's to the bachelors and the Bowery bums
Those who feel that they're the ones
That are better off without a wife

Cause I like to sleep until the crack of noon
Midnight howlin' at the moon
Goin' out when I want to,
And I'm comin' home when I please
Don't have to ask permission
If I wanna go out fishin'
Never have to ask for the keys

By Talking Heads, Don't Worry About the Government, The Big Country and The Good Thing speak to me as kind of anthems, but maybe I am just in love with/want to be David Byrne. It is not so much the particular words but the entirety of the songs I identify with.

 

[maggiethespy]

My New Philosophy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WLmn6VwiY