Hard Rock Bands

"You look out of your window, Into the night. Could be rain, could be snow, But it can't feel as cold as what you're feeling inside.And all of you friends are either married, vanished, Or just left alone. But that's no reason to just stop living. That's no excuse to just give in to a sad and lonely heart.Don't forget to dance, no, no, no, Don't forget to smile. Don't forget to dance, no, no, no, Forget it for a while."

"The Kinks were a major rock influence in the 1960s throughout England, the U.K., and America. The band meshed the pop-rock feel of the British invasion with a bluesy tint that offered a unique sound that turned on the likes of the Ramones, The Doors, Van Halen, and Oasis."

"Father Christmas, give us some money Don't mess around with those silly toys. We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over We want your bread so don't make us annoyed Give all the toys to the little rich boys."

"Have yourself a merry merry Christmas Have yourself a good time. But remember the kids who got nothin' While you're drinkin' down your wine."

"Here's hoping all the days ahead Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you. Be an optimist instead, And somehow happiness will find you. Forget what happened yesterday, I know that better things are on the way."

"Everybody say I'm lazy They all tell me get a job you slob, I'd rather be a hobo walking round with nothing Than a rich man scared of losing all he's got.So I'm just sitting in the midday sun Just soaking up that currant bun, Why should I have to give my reasons For sitting in the midday sun?"

"On my supersonic rocket ship Nobody has to be hip Nobody needs to be out of sight. Out of sight. Nobody's gonna travel second class There'll be equality And no suppression of minorities. Well alright. We'll take this planet, shake it round And turn it upside down. My supersonic rocket ship."

"Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star, And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are. There are stars in every city, In every house and on every street, And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Their names are written in concrete."

"You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard, Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of, People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame, Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain."

"Should feel happy, should feel glad I'm alive and it can't be bad But back on planet earth they shatter the illusion The world's going 'round in a state of confusion"

"All life we work, but work's a bore, If life's for livin' what's livin' for?"

"Got to be free to do what I want Walk if I want, talk if I want Got to be free to say what I want Make what I want and play what I want."

"Man made the buildings that reach for the sky And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees And he didn't make you and he didn't make me And he got no right to turn us into machines He's got no right at all 'Cause we are all God's children And he got no right to change us Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all."

"This is the age of machinery, A mechanical nightmare, The wonderful world of technology, Napalm, hydrogen bombs, biological warfare.This is the twentieth century, But too much aggravation It's the age of insanity. What has become of the green pleasant fields of Jerusalem?"

"I was lost just wandering round downtown Many people pushing me around Hate spreads just like infection Those rats jumping on and off my back."

"I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilised 'Cos I'm a strict vegetarian But with the over-population and inflation and starvation And the crazy politicians I don't feel safe in this world no more I don't want to die in a nuclear war I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man. I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man."

"Lyin' awake in a cold, cold sweat Am I overdrawn, am I going in debt? It gets worse, the older that you get No escape from the state of confusion I'm in State of confusion I'm in"

"Well I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola."

"Well that's the way that I want it to stay And I always want it to be that way for my Lola La-la-la-la Lola Girls will be boys and boys will be girls It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola La-la-la-la Lola."

"Whatever the situation, whatever the race or creed, Tea knows no segregation, no class nor pedigree It knows no motivations, no sect or organisation, It knows no one religion, Nor political belief."

"I know what I am and I'm glad Im a man and so is Lola."

"Days I'll remember all my life, Days when you can't see wrong from right. You took my life, But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me, But it's all right, Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me."

"Long ago life was clean Sex was bad and obscene And the rich were so mean Stately homes for the Lords Croquet lawns, village greens Victoria was my queen Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria."

"Now that you've found your paradise This is your Kingdom to command You can go outside and polish your car Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-la Here is your reward for working so hard Gone are the lavatories in the back yard Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car You just want to sit in your Shangri-la."

"In a dark and misty house, Where no Christian man has been, Wicked Annabella mixes a brew That no one's ever seen."

"My makeup is dry and it clags on my chin I'm drowning my sorrows in whisky and gin The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore The lions they won't fight and the tigers won't roar."

"You don't have to look at me You don't have to smile at me You just have to love me till the sun shines You don't have to cook for me You don't have to laugh with me You just have to love me till the sun shines."

"Dirty old river, must you keep rolling Flowing into the night People so busy, makes me feel dizzy Taxi light shines so bright But I don't need no friends As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset I am in paradise."

"We shall defend our island On the land and on the sea We shall fight them on the beaches On the hills and in the fields We shall fight them in the streets Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed to so few 'Cos they have made our British Empire A better place for me and you."

"I am a dull and simple lad Can not tell water from champagne And I have never met the queen And I wish I could have all that he has got I wish I could be like David Watts."

"Yeah, you and me We live this life From when we get up Till we go sleep at night You and me we're free We do as we please, yeah From morning, till the end of the day Till the end of the day."

"Well, lived my life and never stopped to worry 'bout a thing Opened up and shouted out and never tried to sing Wondering if I'd done wrong Will this depression last for long?"

"Girl, you really got me goin' You got me so I don't know what I'm doin' Yeah, you really got me now You got me so I can't sleep at night."

"It's your life And you can do what you want Do what you like But please don't keep-a me waiting Please don't keep-a me waiting'Cause I'm so tired Tired of waiting Tired of waiting for you."

"Dandy, you know you're moving much too fast, And Dandy, you know you can't escape the past. Look around you and see the people settle down, And when you're old and grey you will remember what they said, That two girls are too many, three's a crowd and four you're dead."

"The tax man's taken all my dough, And left me in my stately home, Lazing on a sunny afternoon. And I can't sail my yacht, He's taken everything I've got, All I've got's this sunny afternoon."

"Where are you going I don't mind I've killed my world and I've killed my time So where do I go what do I see I see many people coming after me So where are you going to I don't mind If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die So I will follow you wherever you go If your offered hand is still open to me Strangers on this road we are on We are not two we are one."

"You go to a publisher and play him your song He says 'I hate your music and you hair is too long. But I'll sign you up because I'd hate to be wrong.'"

"Foolin' with the bitch's brew You know the things I told you not to do. You fell into the briar patch, Ain't nothin' gonna save ya. Remember the things you said? You savin' the screams for bed And now you just walk away. So take it and go all the way."

"Rock-a-bye baby if you want to dance Grab yourself a body and take a chance. They say one time around is all you get, But I'm still dancin' so you lost your bet."

"Long ago in days untold Were ruled by lords of greed. Maidens fair with gold they dared To bare their wombs that bleed.Kings and queens and guillotines, Taking lives denied. Starch and parchment laid the laws, When bishops took the ride."

"Take me back to a south Tallahassee, Down cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassy. Can't stand up on my feet in the city. Got to get back to the real nitty gritty.Yes sir, No sir. Don't come close to my Home sweet home. Can't catch no dose Of my hot tail poon-tang sweatheart."

"Checkmate honey, beat ya at your own damn game. No dice honey, I'm livin' on the astral plane. Feet's on the ground, and your head's goin' down the drain. Oh, heads I win, tails you lose, never mind Where to draw the line."

"In the attic, Lights, Voices scream. Nothin' seen, Real's the dream. Leaving the things that are real behind; Leaving the things that you love from mind. All of the things that you learned from fears, Nothin' is left for the years."

"Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school, And your feet flyin' up in the air. Singin' hey diddle diddle, With your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care. So I took a big chance at the high school dance, With a missy who was ready to play. Wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin', And I knowed love was here to stay. When she told me toWalk this way."

"Schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy, Little skirt's climbin' way up the knee. There was three young ladies in the school gym locker, When I noticed they was lookin' at me. I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady, Till the boys told me somethin' I missed. Then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor, So I gave her just a little kiss. Like this!"

"Blues hearted lady, sleepy was she, Love for the devil brought her to me. Tears (Seeds)_ of a thousand drawn to her sin, Seasons of wither holdin' me in."

"We all live on the edge of town. Where we all live ain't a soul around. People start a-comin', all we do is just a-grin. Said we gotta move out cause the city's movin' in. I said we gotta move out cause the city's movin' in."

"Get yourself cooler, lay yourself low. Coincidental murder, with nothing to show. With the judge, constipation will go to his head, and his wife's aggravation, you're soon enough dead.It's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend. It's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend."

"Talk about things and nobody cares; Wearing other things that nobody wears. Ya callin' my name, but I gotta make it clear, Can't say where I'm gonna be in a year.Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent Said my get up and go musta got up & went. You got good news but you're a real good liar, Cause backstage lover set your pants on fire.Sweet emotion. Sweet emotion."