sing aloud, sing along

I have a pretty extensive driving playlist but my go-to favorites for singing aloud and along seem to be:

• I Hope I Become A Ghost by The Deadly Syndrome (Especially the “Oooooo-WOOOOOOO-oooooo-ooooooooooh♪”s)
• Golden Skans by Klaxons
• My Moon My Man by Feist – the chorus is great.
• Lupin’s Tale (Where Are We Going) by Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls. (Nerd alert!)
• This medley by Rick Astley. Yes, I ripped the sound from the video. YES, I AM A HUGE NERD AND IF THIS WAS NOT THE INTERNETS I WOULD NEVER ADMIT TO THIS. (I would also not admit that I find 2005 Rick Astley kinda sexy…I mean what?)

Allowing for a couple of rewinds of certain songs I can pretty much time my commute (from uni back to my house) to start with the first song and end with a rousing dose of Rick Astley.
I have to be careful not to blast “NEVER GONNA GIVE! NEVER GONNA GIVE!” in the driveway, though.

Sucker love is heaven sent.
You pucker up, our passion’s spent.
My hearts a tart, your body’s rent.
My body’s broken, yours is spent.

Carve your name into my arm.
Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed.
Cuz there’s nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.

Sucker love, a box I choose.
No other box I choose to use.
Another love I would abuse,
No circumstances could excuse.

In the shape of things to come.
Too much poison come undone.
Cuz there’s nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.
Every me and every you,
Every Me…he

Sucker love is known to swing.
Prone to cling and waste these things.
Pucker up for heavens sake.
There’s never been so much at stake.

I serve my head up on a plate.
It’s only comfort, calling late.
Cuz there’s nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.
Every me and every you,
Every Me…he

Every me and every you,
Every Me…he

Like the naked leads the blind.
I know I’m selfish, I’m unkind.
Sucker love I always find,
Someone to bruise and leave behind.

All alone in space and time.
There’s nothing here but what here’s here’s mine.
Something borrowed, something blue.
Every me and every you.
Every me and every you,
Every Me…he

Every me and every you,
Every Me…he [x4]

“It was christmas eve babe

In the drunk tank

And an old man said to me, won’t see another one

And then he sang a song

The rare old mountain dew

I turned my face away

And dreamt about you

Got on a lucky one

Came in eighteen to one

I’ve got a feeling

This year’s for me and you

So happy christmas

I love you baby

I can see a better time

When all our dreams come true”

“They’ve got cars big as bars
They’ve got rivers of gold
But the wind blows right through you
It’s no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold christmas eve
You promised me Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome”
“You were pretty, Queen of new york city”
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys from the NYPD choir
Were singing galway bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day

“You’re a bum, you’re a punk”
“You’re an old slut on junk,
lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed”
“You scumbag, you maggot,
you cheap lousy faggot
Merry christmas you arse
I pray God it’s our last”

The boys from the NYPD choir
Were singing galway bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day

“I could have been someone”
“Well, so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you”
“But I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Cant make it all alone
I’ve built my dreams around you”

And the boys from the NYPD choir
Were singing galway bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day

After nine days I let the horse run free
Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities
Lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love

You see Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain

La la la lalala lalala lala
La la la lalala lalala lala
La la la lalala lalala lala

You’re so much different than me yes I knoo-oooo-ooooow
And I’m my only enemy
Pain is all that I can see ohohohohooooh !

I see you’re climbing a tree
and I knooo-ooo-oooow
that it’s easier to be up high in
the air than on the ground
and it’s love, now it’s lovz, this iq love, and it’s love, now it’s love this is love, it is love no rest no doubt !

(...)
And we can do the zarathustra
We can do the broken fist
We can tear down all the borders
Or abbreviate the list
And when finally the finish line
Emerges from the mist we’ll sound
A soft
alarm
oh ! woh ohoh !
oh ! woh ohoh!
oh ! woh ohoh !
oh ! woh ohohohoh !

They were one of the support bands last night.

_My eyes burn from these tears
You think you’d learn over these years
Good things won’t last forever_

_So what the hell am I supposed to do
You only wanted the things that I couldn’t give to you
And you had it all anyway_

_So take take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place
So take take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place_

_Tell me i’m wrong when I say
I can’t expect you to spend forever with me
I live for that single moment_

_I take back everything i’ve said
You wore those words on you lips
As if they meant anything anyway_

_Sometimes I feel I could drop off the face of the earth
It seems I do more harm than good
And I don’t know if it’s worth me loosing sleep over this_

_So take take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place
So take take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place_

_Tell me I’m wrong when I say it
I can’t expect you to stay forever with me
I live for the single moment_

_So take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place
So take take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place
So take take everything and leave me scrambling
Reaching for something that wasn’t there in the first place_

È questo il fiore
del partigiano
O bella ciao,
bella ciao,
bella ciao ! ciao ! ciao !
È questo il fioreee
del partigianooooo
Morto per la libertààààààààààà !

Nakedness
A flying lesson
Tattered dress
Sunburnt chest
You will pay for your excessive chaaarm
With a boy who knows less than he thinks
Drinks up his expensive drinks
Be careful with the details of the waaaaaaaaaaa-aaaaaa-ar

teee-iuuuu teeee-iuuuuu teee-iuuuuu teee-iuuuuuuu
teee-iuuuu teeee-iuuuuu teee-iuuuuu teee-iuuuuuuu-uuu-uuu
^{(harmonica sounds)}

I am a rock !
I am an iiiiiiisland

I have my boooooks
And my poooetry to protect me
I am shielded in my aaaarmor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me !
I am a rock !
I am an iiiiiiiiiiiiisland.

And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries

Dans le port d’Amsterdam y’a des marins qui dansent
en se frottant la panse sur la panse des femmes
et ils tournent, et ils dansent
comme des soleils crachés
dans le son déchiré d’un accordéon rance
Ils se tordent le cou pour mieux s’entendre rire
jusqu’à ce que, tout à coup, l’accordéon expire
Alors le geste grave, alors le regard fier
ils ramènent leur batave jusqu’en pleine lumière

Dans le port d’Amsterdam, y’a des marins qui boivent
et qui boivent et reboivent, et qui reboivent encore !
ils boivent à la santé des putains d’Amsterdam
de Hambourg ou d’ailleurs, enfin, ils boivent aux dames
qui leur donnent leur joli corps
qui leur donnent leur vertu
pour une pièce en or
et quand ils ont bien bu
se plantent le nez au ciel
se mouchent dans les étoiles
et ils pissent comme je pleure
sur les femmes infidèles !
Dans le port d’Amsterdam !!
Dans le port d’Amsterdam !!!!!

:::enthusiastic cheers and applause from frenzied crowd:::