Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Songs. Show all posts

11 January 2016

David Bowie







David Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie, is a British musicaln, actor and Artist  who had a strong influence on rock and roll from the 1960's to the present. He is commonly known (allgemein bekannt) as the greatest chameleon of music history, constantly (ständig) changing his musical style to suit (anpassen) the times, while always holding on to his own ideas and creativity.
He died on January 10, 2016 from cancer.



15 March 2015

Susan Vega - Tom's diner (Practising Present Progressive)

 

I am sitting
in the morning
at the diner

on the corner

I am waiting
at the counter
For the man
To pour the coffee

And he fills it
Only halfway
And before
I even argue

He is looking
out the window

at somebody
coming in

"It is always
Nice to see you"
Says the man
Behind the counter

To the woman
Who has come in
She is shaking
her umbrella

And I look
The other way
As they are kissing
their hellos

I'm pretending
not to see them

Instead
I pour the milk

I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor

Who had died
While he was drinking
It was no one
I had heard of

And I'm turning
to the horoscope

And looking
For the funnies

When I'm feeling
someone watching me

And so
I raise my head

There's a woman
on the outside
looking inside

Does she see me?

No she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflection

And I'm trying
not to notice

That she's hitching
up
her skirt

And while she's
straightening her stockings

Her hair
Has gotten wet

Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening

to the bells

Of the cathedral
I am thinking
of your voice
...

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began...

I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

24 February 2012

Walk like an Egyptian - The Bangles




All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance don't you know
If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
They're falling down like a domino

All the bazaar men by the Nile
They got the money on a bet
Gold crocodiles (oh whey oh)
They snap their teeth on your cigarette

Foreign types with the hookah pipes say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Blonde waitresses take their trays
They spin around and they cross the floor
They've got the moves (oh whey oh)
You drop your drink then they bring you more

All the school kids so sick of books
They like the punk and the metal band
When the buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
They're walking like an Egyptian

All the kids in the marketplace say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian

Slide your feet up the street bend your back
Shift your arm then you pull it back
Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
So strike a pose on a Cadillac

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop
They sing and dance (oh whey oh)
Spin the clubs cruise down the block

All the Japanese with their yen
The party boys call the Kremlin
And the Chinese know (oh whey oh)
They walk the line like Egyptian

All the cops in the donut shop say
Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
Walk like an Egyptian
Walk like an Egyptian


source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/

30 November 2010

Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer





Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose
and if you ever saw it
you would even say it glows
all of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names
they never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games
then one foggy Christmas eve
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
then how the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee (yippee)
"Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
you'll go down in history."

Well Rudolph he didn't go for that

he said "I see through your silly games"
How could you look me in the face
when only yesterday you called me names?

Well, all of the other reindeers man,

well they sure did feel ashamed,
"Rudolph you know we're sorry,
we're truly gonna try to change"