Life In The Fast Lane
Composer(s): Joe Walsh - Glenn Frey - Don Henley
First release by: Eagles - 1976



He was a hard-headed man he was brutally handsome
And she was terminally pretty
She held him up and he held for ransom
In the heart of the cold, cold city
He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude
They said he was ruthless said he was crude
They had one thing in common: they were good in bed
She'd say, "Faster, faster" "The lights are turning red"

Life in the fast lane Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane

Eager for action and hot for the game
The comming  attraction,  the drop of a name
They knew all the right people; They took all the right pills
They threw outrageous parties; They paid heavenly bills
There were lines on the mirror, lines on her face
She pretended not to notice she was caught up in the race
Out every evenin' until it was light
He was too tired to make it; she was too tired to fight about it.

Life in the fast lane surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

Blowin' and burnin' blinded by thirst
They didn't see the stop sign; Took a turn for the worst
She said, "Listen, baby 
You can hear the engine ring
"We've been up and down this highway; haven't seen a god-damn thing"
He said, "Call the doctor 
I think I'm gonna crash"
"The doctor say he's coming but you gotta pay in cash"
They were rushing down that freeway; Messed around and got lost
They didn't care they were just dyin' to get off

And it was life in the fast lane
Surely make you lose your mind
Life in the fast lane
Life in the fast lane everything all the time
Life in the fast lane

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Composer(s): Buffy Saint-Marie
Performer(s): Buffy Saint-Marie; Indigo Girls



Indian legislation on the desk of a do-right Congressman
Now, he don't know much about the issue
so he picks up the phone and he asks advice from the 
Senator out in Indian country
A darling of the energy companies who are
ripping off what’s left of the reservations 
Huh

I learned a safety rule
I don’t know who to thank
Don't stand between the reservation and the corporate bank
They send in federal tanks
It isn’t nice but it’s reality

Chorus:
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
bury my heart at Wounded Knee 
Huh

They got these energy companies that want the land 
and they’ve got churches by the dozen who want to guide our hands
and sign Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed
Get rich... get rich quick

Chorus

We got the federal marshals
We got the covert spies
We got the liars by the fire
We got the FBIs
They lie in court and get nailed
and still Peltier goes off to jail

Chorus

My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium
Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped
The FBI cut off her hands and told us she’d died of exposure
Loo loo loo loo loo

Chorus

We had the Goldrush Wars
Aw, didn’t we learn to crawl and still our history gets written in a liar’s scrawl
They tell ‘ya “Honey, you can still be an Indian d-d-down at the ‘Y’ on Saturday nights”

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee 
Huh!

Life In The Bloodstream
Composer(s): Burton Cummings
Performer(s): The Guess Who



You don't believe that this whole universe
Could be inside your little sister's purse
You don't believe you're just a living glob
Like Lucy, Freddy, Ricky, Frank and Bob

We're life in the bloodstream, baby
That's the natural progression
We're life in the bloodstream
I hope the little boy don't fall and skin his knee

Ain't it hard when you discover
Your energy has to leave you for another
Don't it make you wanna lay down and cry
When they tell you it's time you have to die

We're life in the bloodstream, baby
That's the natural progression
We're life in the bloodstream
I hope the little boy don't fall and skin his knee

We're life in the bloodstream, baby
That's the natural progression
We're life in the bloodstream
I hope the little boy don't fall and skin his knee 

Bury My Body
Composer(s): Al Kooper; Alan Price
Performer(s): The Animals; Al Kooper



Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
'cause my soul is gonna live
With God, Oh-oh-oh yeah

Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
'cause my soul is gonna live
With God, Oh-oh-oh yeah

Lead me Jesus, lead me
Why don't you lead me in the middle of the air
And if my wings should fail me
Won't you provide me with another pair

Please God I don't care where they
Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
'cause my soul is gonna live
With God, Oh-oh-oh yeah
I said alright
You know it's alright
alright

Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
'cause my soul is gonna live
With God, Oh-oh-oh yeah

Lead me Jesus, lead me
Why don't you lead me in the middle of the air
And if my wings should fail me
Won't you provide me with another pair

Please God I don't care where they
Bury my body
Lord, I don't care where they
Bury my body
'cause my soul is gonna live
With God, Oh-oh-oh yeah
I said alright
My soul, my soul, my soul
Is gonna live, with God

Life In London
Composer(s): Pat Travers
Performer(s): Pat Travers



Life in London is bittersweet
Spray can slogans along the street
Some kind of revolution in the town
Razor blades and safety pins make you look like a clown

What's goin' down
Is just the same old sound
You know that energy
Has always been my drug for me

And I came across a lot of water
Just to see if it could be
The place to go, the life for me
I changed my dollars into pounds 
And now that drink is gonna cost me 50p.

But the District Line just doesn't seem
To be going as far as I'd like to go today

And I've met a lot of great people
I guess that's one thing that will never change
People are people wherever you go
Now you wanna know why, it's cuz I'm telling you so

But I'd like to see, some peace and harmony
Well, everybody thinks differently
But that shouldn't mean a thing
Shouldn't mean a thing

Pack up my suitcase, I gotta go
Back to a land that I think I know
Bring some things with me
Leave something behind
Oh, Life in London's at the back of my mind

But the District Line just doesn't seem
To be going as far as I'd like to go today

Bury Me Standing
Composer(s): Gerrit Graham; Bob Weir
Performer(s): Bob Weir & RatDog



Once again the crossroads
Ain't no moon shinin' through the trees
Goddess lost my number, babe
Left me begging, baby please
Bury me standing
I've been too long on my knees

Angel and the devil, babe
They be walking side by side
Hammer on each other, babe
Never one be satisfied
Bury me standing
Just the last place left to hide

Nothing you can figure, babe
Nothing you can fix
Ain't much of nothing, babe
Just a couple tricks

Ooh - now I know you know that song
Bury me standing
I've been crawling way too long

Got a fist full of trouble, babe
And one more will get you three
Whole lot of shakin' peaches, babe
Poison peaches, trouble tree
If I change my way of living
Well it would mean so much to me

Blue smoke in the bar room
Tattooed muscle, beer for beer
Brown bottles and whiskey, babe
Got a pay phone to my ear
Woman made me love her
Now some dude tells me she ain't here

Give me whisky for whisky
Give me blow for blow
Give me whole lot of nothing baby
But to go down slow

Give me fire for fire
Give me ice for ice
Give me something to live for baby
Now I'm asking nice 

Ooh - Goddamn eternal tease
Bury me standing
I been too long on my knees
Bury me at the crossroads
Lay me down and let me be

Once again the crossroads
And there ain't no moon shinin' through the trees
Goddess tossed my number, babe
Left me begging, baby please
Bury me standing
I been a lifetime on my knees
Bury me at the crossroads
Lay me down and let me be

Let me be
Lay me down and let me be
Let me be
Let me be
Lay me down and let me be
Let me be
Lay me down and let me be

Life Has Just Begun
Composer(s): Randy California
Performer(s): Spirit



Oh hey Kiowa, I know your name
Catch me a glancing with one of your eye
So much we are chancing if we said goodbye, Ohh
Softly say you'll be my bride and
our hopes all sun and feel
Say you'll always be here by my side
With the hopes all constantly ohh
We walked in the dream and we knew it was
Married in the dreams
Strange as it seemed that we knew because
Because life has just begun
Life has just begun, life has just begun
Because life has just begun

Hey Kiowa, I know your name
Hey Kiowa, I know your name
Walking in that sunny hour
I even know your names Atowa
No war on the rocky hour
I meet some people of desire
Walked in the dream and we knew it was
Strange as it seemed that we knew because
Because life has just begun
Life has just begun, life has just begun
life has just begun, life has just begun
Because life has just begun
Because life has just begun
(Repeat) ...

Burr Clover Farm Blues
Composer(s): McKinley Morganfield; Muddy Waters
Performer(s): Muddy Waters



Well now, that clover man way up in Dundee
Well now, that clover man way up in Dundee
Well now, you go down to Mr. Howard Stovall's place 
he's got all the burr clover you need

Well now, the reason that I love that old burr clover farm so well
Well now, the reason that I love that old burr clover farm so well
Well now, we always have money and we never raise no hell

Well now, I'm leaving this morning, and I sure do hate to go
Well now, I'm leaving this morning, and I sure do hate to go
Well now, I've got to leave this burr clover farm, I ain't coming back no more

Now, good bye everybody and I may not coming back again
Now, good bye everybody and I may not coming back again
Well now, I've got to leave this burr clover farm, my baby don't want me around

Well, so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say
Well, so long, so long, you gonna need my help, I say
Well now, I here do wanna sell you some burr clover, honey, just before I go away

Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It?
Composer(s): Carson Robison
Performer(s): Carson Robison



The sun comes up and the sun goes down
The hands on the clock go round and roumd
I just wake up and it's time to lay down
Life gets tee-jus, don't it?

My shoe's untied, but shucks, I don't care
Cuz I reckon I ain't a-goin' nowhere
I'd brush my teeth and comb my hair
Just too much wasted effort

The water in the well gets lower and lower
Ain't had a bath in a month or more
I've heard it said and I'm sure it's true
That too much bathin'll weaken you

Danged ol' mule, he must be sick
I jabbed him in the rump with a pin on a stick
He hunched his back, but he wouldn't kick
Something cock-eyed somewhere

Hound dog's howlin' so forlorn
Laziest dawg that ever was born
He's howlin' 'cause he's sittin' on a thorn
Just too tired to move over

Well, the cow's gone dry and the hens won't lay
And my well dried up last Saturday
My troubles keep pilin' up day by day
And now I'm gettin' dandruff

Roof's a-leakin' and the chimney leans
An' there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans
Now I've eat the last of the pork an' beans
Just can't depend on nuthin'

Mouse is gnawin' at the pantry door
He's been at it now for a month or more
When he gets through he'll sure be sore
'Cause there ain't a dang thing in there

Well, it's debts and taxes and pains and woes
Aches and miseries and that's how it goes
And now I'm getting a cold in my nose
Life gets tasteless, don't it?

Burning Up With Fever
Performer(s): Gene Simmons



One, two, one, two, three, four
I'm the gift and giver, not a woman mistreater
you know that is no one else
You can have me just one time baby, she said
Baby, I'll give you a chance, 'cos I'm

Chorus:
Burning up with fever, and you're the fever inside
I'm burning up with fever, it's something I can't hide

Sometimes you do me, sometimes you don't, I know, I want you all the time
Here's one thing you should know, I won't, iIwon't stand in line for your love

Chorus

Sometimes you do me, sometimes you don't
I know, I want you all the time, but I'm

Chorus

I'm... (chorus)

Life Can Be Beautiful
Composer(s): Harold Adamson - Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Vaugh Monroe & His Orch.
and multiple other artists



My life was never like a story
No happy ending was in view
But now a miracle has happened
The way I feel is all so new

Life can be beautiful, how do I know
Somebody beautiful just told me so
Life can be summertime when it's really fall
Love can come any time, any time at all
Nights can be heavenly, take nights like this
What makes them heavenly? Only your kiss
Through all these many years guess I always knew
That life could be beautiful with you

Mannen Van Lichte Zeden
Performer(s): De Strangers



Bij de manne van plezier. . on de grote markt in Lier
vind 'n vraa da d'is serieus, wel e ventje nor heur keus
mor ze moet wel . . het slechte pad betreden
bij de mannen van lichte zeden

heddet ook al hore zegge. . z'hemme op gebied van sex
wèr iet anders uitgevonde. . ik ston effenaf perplex
nor het schijnt da d'on de kante van de grote markt in Lier
kabardouchkes zèn te vinde . . vol mè manne van plezier
ieder vraa die wa fatsoen hee, die bleft weg van zo'ne kant
waar ne vent ze geld verdient langs den trottoir
en waar ander on hun venster zitte wachte op ne klant
in hun onderlefke en 'ne suspensoir
en ze lache en ze loenke en ze roepe "schat" en "chou"
en van tijd tot tijd dan doet er iêne z'n gordijntje toe

Bij de manne van plezier. . on de grote markt in Lier
vind 'n vraa da d'is serieus, wel e ventje nor heur keus
mor ze moet wel. . het slechte pad betreden
bij de mannen van lichte zeden

'k weet 'n vraa die op ne middag heur commisjes had gedaan
en die wou zo mor ineens nor de plezante manne gaan
heure vent diê was ni thuis omdattem mè de late stoeng
daarom kon zij hiêl gemakkelijk is e slipperke gon doeng
dus het duurde ni te lank of zij zat in 'n louche bar
en den toog mè Linke Fons en Lepe Swa
en na 't zeveste tourneeke was het eindelijk zo var
zij ging mee nor bove veur ge wèt wel wa
a ge gère nà zou wete hoe da zij heur gange goeng
moette van tijd tot tijd gelak as zij, e slipperke gon doeng

Bij de manne van plezier. . on de grote markt in Lier
vind 'n vraa da d' is serieus, wel e ventje nor heur keus
mor ze moet wel . . het slechte pad betreden
bij de mannen. . de mannen . . de mannen van lichte zeden

Life By The Drop
Composer(s): Doyle Bramhall - Barbara Logan
First release by: Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble -1991
Covered by multiple other artists



Hello there, my old friend
Not so long ago it was ‘til the end
We played out in the pouring rain
On our way up the road we started over again

You’re livin’ our dream, wo you on top
My mind is achin’, Lord it won’t stop
That’s how it happens livin’ life by the drop

Up and down that road in our worn out shoes
Talkin’ bout good thangs, singin’ the blues
You went your way, I stayed behind
We both knew it was justa matter of time

You’re livin’ our dream, wo you on top
My mind is achin’, Lord it won’t stop
That’s how it happens livin’ life by the drop

No wasted time, we’re alive today
Churnin’ up the past, there’s no easier way
Times been between us, a means to an end
God it’s good to be here walkin’ together my friend

We’re livin’ our dreams
My mind’s stopped achin’
That’s how it happens livin’ life by the drop
That’s how it happens livin’ life by the drop
That’s how it happens livin’ life by the drop

Burning Memories
Composer(s): Mel Tillis; Wayne Walker
Performer(s): Ray Price



Tonight I'm burning old love letters
Photographs and memories of you
Hoping somehow I'll feel better
And when the smoke is gone, I won't want you

Burning mem'ries
Burning mem'ries
Memories of you that I can't lose

My heart to you no longer matters
And I can't live alone on memories
Into the fire those dreams you shattered
And when the smoke is gone, then I'll be free

Burning mem'ries
Burning mem'ries
Memories of you that I can't lose

Je Te Pardonne
((Adapted from: Baby, I Love You (by The Ronettes) - 1963))
Composer(s): Jeff Barry - Ellie Greenwich - Phil Spector - Georges Aber
Performer(s): Les Surfs - 1964



Oh oh...
J'ai cru depuis toujours
Que tu reviendrais un jour
Et j'avais raison d'espérer

Quand tu m'as dit: pardonne-moi
Je m'ennuyais loin de toi
Il était fou de se quitter
Alors tu dois lui pardonner

Burning Lights
Performer(s): Joe Strummer



Some dreams are made for children
But most grow old with us
And when the air can hope to hold on
And to the ground from dust to rust

Burning lights in the desert
Such a sign only you would know
Your running tyres, they're out of pressure
Such a sign only you would know

And I've been a long haul driver
Moving things but the cops don't know
Now I can see the writing
You are the last of the buffalo

Burning lights in the desert
Such a sign only you would know
Your running tyres, they're out of pressure
Such a sign only you would know

Now I've been to California
And I've been to New South Wales
Sometimes I, I pull over
When I realise I've left no trace

Burning lights in the desert
Such a sign only you would know
Your running tyres, they're out of pressure
Such a sign only you would know

Life Begins At The Hop
Composer(s): Colin Moulding
Performer(s): XTC



I have learnt there's a magical spot at the hop
Come with me to the church on the corner, the hop
There's nuts and crisps and ccc cola on tap
A good time had by the boys and girls at the hop

Tell me what do you say
Tell me what do you say

Life begins at the hop, boys and girls

Prepare yourself for the boys in the band at the hop
The cheap guitars, too young for the bars at the hop
We'll jive around, make fools of ourselves then stop
Back next week with another ridiculous tie knot

Tell me what do you say
Tell me what do you say

Life begins at the hop, boys and girls

Burning Heart
Composer(s): Jim Peterik; Frankie Sullivan
Performer(s): Survivor



Two worlds collide
Rival nations
It's a primitive clash
Venting years of frustrations
Bravely we hope
Against all hope
There is so much at stake
Seems our freedom's up
Against the ropes
Does the crowd understand?
Is it East versus West
Or man against man
Can any nation stand alone
CHORUS
In the burning Heart
Just about to burst
There's a quest for answers
An unquenchable thirst
In the darkest night
Rising like a spire
In the burning heart
The unmistakable fire
In the burning heart

In the warriors code
There's no surrender
Though his body says stop
His spirit cries - never!
Deep in our soul
A quiet ember
Know it's you against you
It's the paradox
That drives us on
It's a battle of wills
In the heat of attack
It's the passion that kills
The victory is yours alone

Chorus (3x)

In the burning heart

Life Begins At Forty
Composer(s): Jack Yellen - Ted Shapiro
Performer(s): Sophie Tucker



I've often heard it said and sung 
That life is sweetest when you're young
And kids, sixteen to twenty-one 
Think they're having all the fun
I disagree, I say it isn't so 
And I'm one gal who ought to know
I started young and I'm still going strong
But I've learned as I've gone along.......

That life begins at forty
That's when love and living start to become a gentle art
A woman who's been careful finds that's when she's in her prime
And a good man when he's forty knows just how to take his time

Conservative or sporty, it's not until you're forty
That you learn the how and why and the what and when
In the twenties and the thirties you want your love in large amounts
But after you reach forty, it's the quality that counts

Yes, life begins at forty
And I've just begun to live all over again

You see the sweetest things in life grow sweeter as the years roll on
Like the music from a violin that has been well played upon
And the sweetest smoke is from a mellow, broken and old pipe
And the sweetest tasting peach is one that's mature, round and ripe

In the twenties and the thirties you're just an amateur
But after you reach forty, that's when you become a connoisseur
Then it isn't grab and get it and a straight line for the door
You're not hasty, you're tasty, you enjoy things so much more

For instance, a novice gulps his brandy down, he doesn't understand
Observe a connoisseur, the way he holds it in his hand
How he strokes the glass, fondles it, warms it as he should
Smaks his lips, aahhh, slowly sips, hah, boy, it tastes good

Life begins at forty
Then it isn't hit and run and you find much more fun
You romance a girl of twenty and it costs you all your dough
But when a forty thanks you, she hates to see you go

And girls of twenty, all they want are big men
Big men with strong physiques
I don't say that it's bad
But you do get tired of those damn Greeks

Life begins at forty
And I'm just living all over again

Burning Down The House
Composer(s): David Byrne; Chris Frantz;
Jerry Harrison; Tina Weymouth
Performer(s): Talking Heads
and various other artists



Watch out, you might get what you're after
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight, wait till the party's over
Hold tight, We're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Here's your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin' overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, Maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire

All wet, hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown, dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work  baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame

My house, S'out of the ordinary
That's might, Don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin' yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't know what you expect staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire