Song lyric stuck in my head...

[Merlin the Elder]

Why does R.E.M.'s "It's the End of the World As We Know It" and Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World" keep playing in my head? Is there something I need to know about?

[Kate]

http://youtu.be/J9Enr0FW6E8

Frank Sinatra - My Way

And now, the end is near,
And so I face the final curtain.
My friends, I'll say it clear;
I'll state my case of which I'm certain.

I've lived a life that's full -
I've travelled each and every highway.
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Regrets? I've had a few,
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.

I planned each charted course -
Each careful step along the byway,
And more, much more than this,
I did it my way.

Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew,
When I bit off more than I could chew,
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way.

I've loved, I've laughed and cried,
I've had my fill - my share of losing.
But now, as tears subside,
I find it all so amusing.

To think I did all that,
And may I say, not in a shy way -
Oh no. Oh no, not me.
I did it my way.

For what is a man? What has he got?
If not himself - Then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way.

Yes, it was my way.

[Merlin the Elder]

Do you think it may be time for a strain from "Won't Get Fooled Again?"

[Rani Zemirah]

I'd go for that right now, but for vastly different reasons, I'm sure...

[Rani Zemirah]

This came up in a music stream I was swimming in this afternoon... and it's just amazing.


Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman


Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind
Baby I got your number and I know that you got mine
But you know that I called you I called too many times
You can call me baby you can call me anytime
But you got to call me

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I don't want no one to squeeze me - they might take away my life
I just want someone to hold me and rock me through the night

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need
But I'm too old to go chasing you around
Wasting my precious energy

Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Give me one reason to stay here - and I'll turn right back around
Because I don't want leave you lonely
But you got to make me change my mind

Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why
Baby just give me one reason - Give me just one reason why I should stay
Because I told you that I loved you
And there ain't no more to say

[Merlin the Elder]

I'd go for that right now, but for vastly different reasons, I'm sure...

Oh, I dunno... For my wake, I've left instructions that "Won't Get Fooled Again" is one of several songs to be played...at ear-splitting levels.  Another is also a Who song..."I'm Free."  Since my `Dane name is Tom (old friends know me as Tommy), I feel obligated somehow, and I used to do a radio show in Memphis as "Tommy Walker."

[Rani Zemirah]

I'd go for that right now, but for vastly different reasons, I'm sure...

Oh, I dunno... For my wake, I've left instructions that "Won't Get Fooled Again" is one of several songs to be played...at ear-splitting levels.  Another is also a Who song..."I'm Free."  Since my `Dane name is Tom (old friends know me as Tommy), I feel obligated somehow, and I used to do a radio show in Memphis as "Tommy Walker."

Close kin to Johnny, maybe?   

[Merlin the Elder]

No..no Johnny Walker.   Tommy Walker is the full name of "Tommy" from the rock opera Tommy. I was a huge fan of the music, and actually got to hear them perform part of it in Memphis in November 1971. It was one of the most memorable times of my miserable (just kidding) life! The Who, complete with Keith Moon...live and in person. You just can't imagine... 

[Rani Zemirah]

No..no Johnny Walker.   Tommy Walker is the full name of "Tommy" from the rock opera Tommy. I was a huge fan of the music, and actually got to hear them perform part of it in Memphis in November 1971. It was one of the most memorable times of my miserable (just kidding) life! The Who, complete with Keith Moon...live and in person. You just can't imagine...  

I know who Tommy is...    Guess it was too much of a stretch to relate it to your penchant for Teh Whiskey, though, huh?    LOL


(and yes, I also know you prefer Jack to Johnny...)

[Merlin the Elder]

Not a preference, luv... There can be only one....

[Rani Zemirah]

Not a preference, luv... There can be only one....

      [facepalm/]

[Welsh Wench]

Thanks to two classmates, this is forever burned in my mind today!


My mistake was to love you, girl
Love you, girl
My mistake was to give you all
Tell the world
First I had you
In the palm of my hand
But I let you slip through
Like grains of sand
At the beginning
When I didn't care
Like my own reflection
You were always there
My mistake was to love you, girl
Love you, girl
My mistake was to give you all
Tell the world
You were sweeter
Than my very own kin
But what did I do for you
Not a thing
In front of my friends
You broke me down
Since then darling
It's hard to track you down
My mistake was to love you, boy
Love you, boy
My mistake was to give my all
Tell the world
Many a smile
You put on my face
But I paid dearly
With the tears I taste
My tenderness
Made you cold, not sweet
'Cause if a girl loves you
You only call her weak
My mistake was to love you, boy
Love you, boy
My mistake was to give my all
Tell the world
My mistake was to love you, girl
Love you, girl
My mistake was to give you all
Tell the world

~~Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross, My Mistake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JwKSPHqA1A&feature=share

[Captain Jack Wolfe]

No One Like You - Scorpions

Girl, it's been a long time that we've been apart
Much too long for a man who needs love
I miss you since I've been away
Babe, it wasn't easy to leave you alone
It's getting harder each time that I go
If I had the choice, I would stay

There's no one like you
I can't wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we'll do
I just wanna be loved by you

No one like you
I can't wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we'll do
I just wanna be loved by you

Girl, there are really no words strong enough
To describe all my longing for love
I don't want my feelings restrained
Ooh, babe, I just need you like never before
Just imagine you'd come through this door
You'd take all my sorrow away

There's no one like you
I can't wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we'll do
I just wanna be loved by you

No one like you
I can't wait for the nights with you
I imagine the things we'll do
I just wanna be loved by you

No one like you...

[Mairte]

Lincoln Park, New Divide...its like its on repeat in my brain.

[Rani Zemirah]

Lincoln Park, New Divide...its like its on repeat in my brain.

I've gone through that several different times with that song, Mairte... and I feel for you!  It's an amazing song... but I don't want to wake up to it, go to sleep to it, and hear it all day long in the back of my thoughts... for DAYS at a time!!!