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Being in an odd mood, I thought I would start a thread for posting the lyrics to some of my favorite tunes. You will notice that some of these lyrics are nonsensical. I tend to like nonsensical lyrics, including Cocteau Twins level nonsensical. Feel free, of course, to post your favorites.

I post this one in honor of Raptor Jesus

Mexican God
by Robyn Hitchcock

Chip-chip-chipper up in the crow's nest
Upside down face but it still saw a lot
Flaking off, breaking off, crumbled and cracking
Time will destroy you like a Mexican god

Dreaming your eyes away, closed to the future
Pray for amnesia to finish you off
This is the evil I wished on so many
Time will destroy you like a Mexican god

Moon in a cup, crushed garlic and babies
Sailors all stagnant and bloating and rough
The horror of you floats so close by my window
At least when I die, your memory will too

Cruel, magnificent, roasting your people
I am secure at the end of your rod
Cut out my heart and it flies to the ceiling
Time will destroy you like a Mexican god
Time will destroy you like a Mexican god
Time will destroy you

This one is to celebrate Mormon apostasy.

Fall from Grace
Siouxie and the Banshees

I am stone and I am blade
A sharp eternal instant
A darker heart a distant moan
Pleasures' deep and spectral instinct
Look me in the eye
Speak it to my face
My hate is cold
As I fall from grace
So wish away my gravity
A curse the one and only
Lay terror tight unholy flight
Bear witness to the descent
Yet nothing is forever
So come nearer and confess
But like a tender bruise
Temptation waits in one caress
Look me in the eye
Speak it to my face
My hate is cold
As I fall from grace
Cast me out and save your soul
From madness rhyme and reason
You banish doubt I'll spread the fear
You'd better start believing
Look me in the eye
Speak it to my face
My hate is cold
As I fall from grace

Pure Prairie League -- Jazzman
(a sweet listen as well)

black eyed sweet thing sugar loose
you can call me when im clean of the one way juice
honey i'm a jazzman
with the sunny land blues
just off the streets
and tryin a trick or two

you pulled me up and you let me fly
you give me a sweet kind of spirit to swing by
honey won't you call out your train time
cause i'm waiting on you for your one slow ride
one slow ride i need to know your train time
to catch your ride

well your helpin out and i'm wide in deep
why don't ya put it to use and then ya put it to sleep
red hot and ready and lyin on my feet
im easy to get to and i'm easy to keep
im easy to please easy to please
when your're a jazzman your're easy to please

This one is for that judgmental Mormon family member who put you through hell and disowned you for leaving Mormonism.

I’d Cry If You Died
Devo

Hell is where you put me
And hell is where you're going to
Until the next life
I say this twisted prayer for you
May the torment you put out
Come back around twice multiplied

Even though you let me go
I have to let you know
I'd cry if you died

The past is where you see me
The past is what will bring you down
Destiny, a moon eclipsed
In the shadows, all is darkness now
May the evil in your heart
Be your one and only friend for life

You pretend I don't exist
I've got to let you know
I'd cry if you died

Somewhere special
Voices form words
And the words have meaning
So I reach out for someone new
And I wonder, will it ever be alright
Then I hear your secret radio
Signaling that its time to go

Hell is where you put me
And hell is where we'll meet again
I will be waiting
To repeat a scene that never ends
Molten pools of mockery
Reflect a million sleepless nights

Even though you acted low
I've got to let you know
I'd cry if you died

I'd cry if you died

I am lucky to still have my father around but probably not for long. These lyrics from a Chris Stapleton song always tug at my heartstrings because they remind me of my relationship with my father.

Daddy don't pray anymore
I guess he's finished talking to the lord
He used to fold his hands and bow his head down to the floor
But daddy don't pray anymore

I remember even when the times were bad
He thanked Jesus for everything he had
For a good wife and three children
And the food upon our plates
Yeah, everything was right when he said, grace

Daddy don't pray anymore
I guess he's finished talking to the lord
He used to fold his hands and bow his head down to the floor
But daddy doesn't pray anymore

There was a time when we didn't get along
'Cause I thought I was right and he was wrong
Still when I laid down at night
I'd hear him get down on his knees
And say a little prayer for me

Daddy don't pray anymore
I guess he's finished talking to the lord
He used to fold his hands and bow
his head down to the floor
But daddy don't pray anymore

Today I followed daddy down to church
And listened to the preacher read god's word
We sang his favorite hymn but daddy didn't make a sound
This afternoon we'll lay him in the ground

Daddy don't pray anymore
I guess he's finally walking with the lord
He used to fold his hands and bow his head down to the floor
But daddy don't pray anymore

This one is in honor of the beauty of agnosticism.

Let the Mystery Be
Iris DeMent

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they they all came from
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
But no one knows for certain
And so it's all the same to me
I think I'll just let the mystery be

Some say once you're gone you're gone forever
And some say you're gonna come back
Some say you rest in the arms of the Saviour
If in sinful ways you lack
Some say that they're comin' back in a garden
Bunch of carrots and little sweet peas
I think I'll just let the mystery be

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they they all came from
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
But no one knows for certain
And so it's all the same to me
I think I'll just let the mystery be

Some say they're goin' to a place called Glory
And I ain't saying it ain't a fact
But I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory
And I don't like the sound of that
I believe in love and I live my life accordingly
But I choose to let the mystery be

Everybody is wondering what and where they they all came from
Everybody is worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go
When the whole thing's done
But no one knows for certain
And so it's all the same to me
I think I'll just let the mystery be
I think I'll just let the mystery be

This goes out to our sick leader - "twinge-twinge", warning pretty deep stuff follows.

Perfume - Jenny Washington gokigen naname

When i was a "flirt-flirt" with you, I passed that stage
That ramour was spread "twit-twit", and I'm pinched for it

Always i become so angry,
Is someone irritating me?

My heart is "twinge-twinge", Im close to crying, my loneliness
"come-come" to my house, i feel lonley at this time.

I hug and sleep with you
I hug and sleep with you
If i'm so, somewhat, at any rate
In a bad mood, i can contain it.

I refuse to listen to "kidding ! kidding !" Im only pretending to be busy
Im "unable-unable" because i say selfish remarks

Always, I become so angry
Your sick of me, aren't you ?

A clock is "tick-tack". If you worry, you may stop it
"stay stay" near me. i feel lonlel ! i don't like phone calls !

I hug and sleep with you. I hug and sleep with you.

If im so, somewhat, at any rate
In a bad mood, i can contain it.

If you've talked with other women while "smiling smiling"
I get angry "edgy edgy". Am i pittiful ?

Always i become so angry,
Although i see,
you for me

Im much more "flatter flatter" both daytime and nighttime
Im so, im "still still" full of dissatisfaction. Reply to me !

I hug and sleep with you. I hug and sleep with you.

If im so, somewhat, at any rate
In a bad mood, I can contain it (x2)

No explanation works for this, except maybe THE SOURCE FAMILY and Father Yod.

Or maybe Jack Parsons.

A Star Named Desire
Bill Nelson

A star named desire, the sign of our times
A fountain of tears set to flow with fine wines

The world is our oyster an ocean of love
We all pull together when push comes to shove

A star-spangled moment when anything goes
No one is telling, but everyone knows
He talks like a god but he's dressed like a girl
He covers his heartache in mother of pearl...

He weeps like a willow and bends with the wind
A flash of blue light and the dreaming begins
Deep in the darkness where spirit lamps burn
A ride to oblivion an endless return
Endless return...

This one is dedicated to the human condition.

Ruby Dear
Talking Heads

'Round and 'round
And we won't let go
And where we stop
No one knows
Uh-huh uh-huh
Down and down
In a spin we turn
Looking like
We'll never learn
Uh-huh uh-huh

Think about
What ev'ryone is saying
Ruby dear
Oh don't you hear
Late at night
When the radio is playing
Ruby dear
So looky here

Oh this record's broken
It slips a beat
And all those watermelons
Have gone to seed

Nothing lives
In this dirty little river
No one here
Will shed a tear
It dried up
But it couldn't run forever
Ruby dear
That's what we hear

I still like the ocean
Down by the sea
They left that door wide open
It tempted me

Hounding me
From the bedroom to the kitchen
Ruby dear
I'm still right here
Now they threw
The fox amongst the chickens
It's too deep
I'll drown in my sleep!

Angels and prostitutes
They might look the same
And if to Hell we're going
I'll see you there

'Round and 'round
And we won't let go
And where we stop
No one knows
Uh-huh uh-huh
Down the street
Where the bonfires glow
Looking like
They lost control
Uh-huh uh-huh
Settle down
In that rocking chair
Breathing in
That rotten air
Uh-huh uh-huh
Johnny Jones
Fell fast asleep
Down a hole
Where the rocks are steep
Uh-huh uh-huh