True Story (Album Version) Shel Silverstein

"This morning I jumped on my horse and went out for a ride. Some wild outlaws chased me and they shot me in the side. So I crawled into a wildcat's cave to find a place to hide, But some pirates fo...

Rain (Album Version) Shel Silverstein

It was just another dayCars were driving by and people lined the streetsWe were walking side by sideBut there was something on my mindAnd I couldn't bear to walk another step with this insideThe ra...

If the World Was Crazy (Album Version) Shel Silverstein

If the world was crazy, you know what I'd eat?A big slice of soup and a whole quart of meatA lemonade sandwich, and then I might trySome roasted ice cream or a bicycle pieA nice notebook salad, an ...

Peanut-Butter Sandwich Shel Silverstein

"(I'll tell you a story of silly young king Who played with the world at the end of a string But he only loved one single thing and that was just a peanut butter sandwich) Now his scepter wand his

Invitation Shel Silverstein

If you are a dreamer, come inIf you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar,A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyerIf you're a pretender, come sit by my fireFor we have some fla-golden tales to spinCome i...

Eighteen Flavors Shel Silverstein

Eighteen luscious, scrumptious flavors-Chocolate,lime,and cherry, Coffee pumpkin,fudge-banana,Carmel cream, and boysenberry, Rocky road and toasted almond, Butterscotch, vanilla dip, Butter-prickle...

Sick Shel Silverstein

"I cannot go to school today,"Said little Peggy Ann McKay"I have the measles and the mumpsA gash, a rash and purple bumpsMy mouth is wet, my throat is dryI'm going blind in my right eyeMy tonsils a...

Boa Constrictor Shel Silverstein

I'm being eaten by a Boa Constrictor, A Boa Constrictor, A Boa Constrictor. I'm being eaten by a Boa Constrictor, And I don't like it one bit. Whadaya know, it's nibblin' my toe. Oh gee, it's up t...

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out Shel Silverstein

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia StoutWould not take the garbage out!She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,Candy the yams and spice the hams,And though her daddy would scream and shout,She simply would not ...

With His Mouth Full of Food Shel Silverstein

"Milford Dupree, though he knew it was rude, Talked with his mouth full of food. He never would burp or walk out of in the nude, But he talked with his mouth full of food. His mother said, ""Milfo...

The Artist Silverstein

force his legs to stand A sick and gutless joke A serenading hoax Interrupted peace A waste of time A pathetic excuse for hope The sleepless nights have no compassion And the dreams that come aren't true

Buried At Sea Silverstein

me back, just bring me back Where southern pride takes over grace Black lungs, white beach, emerald coast will set me free When I said, I don't want to leave again In your head, you wished that it was true

Kantoi (Album Version) Zee Avi

But when I called Tommy he said it wasn't true. So I drove my car pergi Damansara. Tommy kata maybe you tengok bola. Tapi bila I sampai you, you tak ada. Lagilah I jadi gila.

Golden Earrings (Album Version) Willie Nelson

There's a story the gypsies know is true That when your love wears golden earrings She belongs to you An old love story that's known to very few But if you wear those golden earrings Love will come to

Breathe (Album Version) Toploader

A friend I had once told me Such an unusual story Of a man who did breathe in, But never did breathe out This tale reminds me of you Though a different shade of blue You cannot always take and never

Bubblin' Up Dr. Hook

(Shel Silverstein) I used to be a prancer a one-eyed song and dancer But eyes for true romance I didn't even try I'd get 'em and forget 'em But I never could stay with 'em 'Cause I thought my well of love

The Story (Album Version) Allure

Oh, no, no, no, no, oh Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh He was a memory I can't erase Like a dream come true from out of the night When I first saw you our eyes met face to face I knew right then and

Sweetest Love (Album Version) The Stanley Brothers

Here's a story of two childhood sweethearts And a love that we shared still untold How our simple little vows they were broken And our love that I treasured more than gold Are you tired of the life that

Defend You Silverstein

I’m lying down And you can’t see Why I’ve gone to sleep Try to relate Can\'t give in to your temptations (temptations) All your hopes and dreams, washing away silently Forget everything you\'ve t...

Giving Up Silverstein

I used to make the light shine for you The sun has left my sky Velvet walls surround my sorrows I\'ve sacrificed my pride Giving up on me (giving up on me) You\'re giving up on me (giving up on me...

My Heroine Silverstein

the drugs begin to peak A smile of joy arrives in me But sedation changes to panic and nausea And breath starts to shorten And heartbeats pound softer. You wont try to save me You just want to hur...

My Sword Versus Your Dagger Silverstein

I\'m cutting through, you\'re bleeding out And I would tell the truth, but I can\'t help myself Red rushes out, dissect this nerve And I\'ll stop myself before I reach my cell I wasn\'t asking for...

Smile In Your Sleep Silverstein

When I\'m lying in your bed play the motions through my head you know that I\'m thinking, I\'m thinking... that I have reasons to believe that I\'m not the only one you spend this time with, but I\...

Bleeds No More Silverstein

My heart bleeds no more now, it\'s been turned to stone. Your stomach feels sick for someone else. I\'ve broken both my legs falling for you. Drag me on the ground. Powerless I stand, tarnished bl...

Fist Wrapped In Blood Silverstein

Finish me off, follow the plan. Break all the bonds, sever the ties. And now your mission is complete, Find and destroy me. Torturing me, with words from your lips. Filleting my skin, pulling my te...

Red Light Pledge Silverstein

The endings the samePast mistakes that you madeCome back to haunt youI made a mistakeI wish I could take back everything that I didI wanted to tell you, I really didBut how do I explain this?Promis...

Medication Silverstein

We'll keep calm and carry onWith good intentionsThey'll prescribe the rightsand wrongsUntil we're perfectSo maybe one day we'll be safeIn control and full of graceNever making a mistakeSo flawlessC...

Texas Mickey Silverstein

Save the Value from itselfanother empty bottleProbably one to accept yourselfand now you cannot swallowall your prideyou fall asleep alone tonightone day less until you dieUntil you DieOne More Tim...

Replace You Silverstein

I'm the setting sunbehind the treesThe saddest one you've seenI've been burning holes andbreaking dreamsAnd I regret itI'm fixing things I've brokenIt's not as easyas it used to beI'm throwing temp...

Runaway Silverstein

Look at you Look at youLook at you Look at youAnd I always find yeahI always find somethin` wrongYou been puttin` up with my shitjust way too longI`m so gifted at findin`what I don`t like the mostS...

Face Of The Earth Silverstein

They take our pictures as Angels and KingsWe're all pretending we're someoneOne percenters or stars to be, jewels of the MidwestIt's always taken the best of meLocked it away and broke the key to t...

Heaven, Hell And Purgatory Silverstein

I never know where I standWhich level I belongThere's history here, it dies with me, the show won't go onI always find my way backRed to green and in between, my reputation feeds meI still remember...

Late On 6th Silverstein

I hope you understand that I tried hardIt slipped through my handsI know we can't go backI made mistakes, I lost trackWhen I called your name, you didn't hear a soundI couldn't feel it then, but I ...

Milestone Silverstein

I am alive in everything I touchI still survive in all the ones I've lovedNothing dies, it lives in what we've doneI am alive in everything I've ever touchedA forest fire burns, I'm headed right fo...

The Continual Condition Silverstein

A city drenching me in sinAtop these buildings we're both sinkingAs we swim in our continual conditionYou found a way inside my head and left me hanging by a threadGutted out, replaying every line ...

Desert Nights Silverstein

I'm running back to you, keep running back to youThis is where I lay, I've been drunk for seven daysI couldn't tell the truth, so I made up alibis to hide my dishonest lifeWait, there's something I...

In The Dark Silverstein

Tunnel your way in, it'll spit you outI can hold it in it's a godsendA heart like an hourglass on it's endDoes it matter if the love ever comes backDoes it matter if the sun ever comes back upIn th...

Je Me Souviens Silverstein

Dear Mother can you hear my footstepsI'm so close, I'm right thereI'm almost home, so unpreparedTo notice yet ignore how hard it is to be around youI've came clean, I'm washed outI've flooded the e...

Toronto (Unabridged) Silverstein

You know I have to go back to the place I hate the mostLong ago it used to help me growAlways kept me feeling safe from coast to coastLock the gates at night and don't set my placeI won't be back t...

A Midwestern State Of Emergency Silverstein

I am a dead man, I'm crawling into a trapA horizontal response, I'm laying down for you once againYou've taking what's grantedI've said goodbye to my friendsI've thrown myself headfirst into thisCl...

Average Girl (Album Version) Barlowgirl

is not my thing See I'm waiting for a wedding ring No more dating I'm just waiting Like sleeping beauty My prince will come for me No more dating I'm just waiting 'Cause God is writing my love story

Superwoman (Album Version) Shontelle

started to see I don't have to be right There's no power in empty passion Lots it takes for the fight Find the strength to be out of passion Everybody knows me You're the one who won't hear my story

Can We (album version) Brandy

Let me tell you the (truth) I may not be what you want me (true) I may not have all the money (true) You cannot say that my love ain't (true) 'Cause you know that it's all about you now (true) Sometimes

Grace (Album Version) Lamb of God

Broken, bones and the will Capacity to disappear in misery saves Soaking, pain as a thrill, hate to instill Compassions a cage Forgiving the father Read the story on my skin Ill be the martyr Falling

True (Album Version) Ryan Cabrera

won't talk I won't breathe I won't move till you finally see That you belong with me You might think I don't look But deep inside the corner of my mind I'm attatched to you mmmm I'm weak, it's true

True (Album Version) Glen Phillips

how, how did I lose the thread When you reeled it in again I could be caught on that line Spending my time swimming with you You love is often unkind, bitter and blind Sometimes casually cruel But it's true

True (Album Version) Spandau Ballet

So true funny how it seems always in time, but never in line for dreams head over heels, when toe to toe this is the sound of my soul this is the sound I bought a ticket to the world but now I've

Vinyl Memories Shel

My mind is just a turntable, dusty vinyl memories, The record spins and keeps repeating all the things you've said to me, Now I must agree (now I must agree), now I must agree. My dreams are just a...

Everybody Lies (Album Version) Fiction Plane

behind As the blade inches in you don't even begin To think that I'd be one to do the same We're all alone and there is only one throne So come on tell me that you really are my friend You hold me a story

Trust (Album Version) Neon Trees

not what you seem And you’re finding out that Falling down can feel strange No one remembers your name You’re losing the game That’s the thing about trust It’s always the same Sad story