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Day 289 - A Danish Electro Trio
WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane
Watch a movie I’ve seen five times before
Fall asleep with my head
on the emergency door
Food tastes good at 50,000 feet…
Red wine and cognac
make me feel complete
make me feel safe ( x 2 )
keep me in my place
There’s snow and ice on Greenland below
One more place
I would like to go
make me feel safe ( x 2 )
keep me in my place
Watch a movie I’ve seen five times before
Fall asleep with my head
on the emergency door
make me feel safe ( x 2 )
keep me in my place
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Day 289 - An English Pop/Folk Band
Noah and the Whale - Wild Thing
Time can make more rubble out of dreams than anything
In a quiet neighborhood where she’s living without wings
There’s eyes behind the curtains and there’s ears below the floor
Cracks inside the ceiling and there’s shadows at the door
The boredom stirs a rage inside her soul
A rage that reaches out and takes control
Baby she’s a wild thing [x4]
Nine days out alone
Sleep in the dirt
She walks back into town
With blood stains on her shirt
Everyone has questions
But no one wants to know
How far the anger in someone
Can really make them go
Her tangled hair and mud stains on her knees
Bruised ribs and rips on the side of her jeans
Baby she’s a wild thing [x4]
Well I used to be a citizen in this town
‘Til my teeth turned gray and my hair fell out
All the civil decent people, they don’t want to know
But a girl looking for trouble said she’d give me a go
While everybody’s sleeping in this town this night
From the crooked clock tower to the borderline
And night star static in the winter breeze
She’s lying in the moonlight with her hands between my knees
She says it’s all right
Well, it’s all right by me
[x2]
Baby she’s a wild thing [x4]
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Day 287 - A Danish Pop/Rocker
Tim Christensen - No Easy Key
You believe in every word they say
You believe that if they come their way
It’s gonna turn you on
You couldn’t be more wrong
You believe in everything they do
You believe that they are telling the truth
And they have got it made
That’s such a big mistake
Everything’s alright with you
There’s one thing you can’t do
And I believe that it’s what I want
Everything’s right one the spot
There’s one thing you ain’t got
And I believe that it’s what I need from you
Everybody wants to sing this song
Everybody wants to hum along
But it’s no easy key
It’s no easy key
Everybody want to join the game
Everybody wants a piece of the fame
And take the easy way in
But there’s no easy way out
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Day 286 - A Danish Pop Chick
Sys Bjerre - Tættere på stjernerne
Lov mig at du tager mig med
Når du en dag skal af sted
For sådan nogen som jeg
Kan ikke trække vejret her
Kun i de højere luftlag
Kan vi eksistere
Men nogen har stækket mine vinger mens jeg sov
For her må man ikke flyve hvis man ikke har fået lov
Så bare lad mig ride på ryggen af din kat
For jeg må tættere på stjernerne
Det her land er alt for fladt
Så bare lad mig ride på ryggen af din kat
For jeg må tættere på stjernerne
Det her land er alt for fladt
Og jeg ved der nok er nogen
Som vil græde hvis jeg går
Men jeg tror de vil ku’ forstå det
Om et par tusind år
Og jeg ved det ikke er fair at jeg kun tænker på mig selv
Men hvis jeg bliver her meget længere slår det mig simpelthen ihjel
Så bare lad mig sidde under din høje sorte hat
For jeg må tættere på stjernerne
Det her land er alt for fladt
Så bare lad mig sidde under din høje sorte hat
For jeg må tættere på stjernerne
Det her land er alt for fladt
For fladt til at jeg kan se det store perspektiv
Mit sind er alt for kuperet
Jeg selv er for fjeret og naiv
Så vil du ikke nok tage mig med dig når du går
Så vil du ikke nok tage mig med dig når du går
Så vil du ikke nok tage mig med dig når du går, når du går
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Day 285 - An American Ska/Punk Band
No Doubt - Hella Good
The waves keep on crashing on me for some reason
But your love keeps on coming like a thunderbolt
Come here a little closer
‘Cause I wanna see you, baby, real close up
(Get over here)
(Get over here)
You got me feeling hella good
So let’s just keep on dancing
You hold me like you should
So I’m gonna keep on dancing keep on dancing
A performance deserving of standing ovations
And who would have thought it’d be the two of us
So don’t wake me if I’m dreaming
‘Cause I’m in the mood come on and give it up
You’ve got me feeling hella good
So let’s just keep on dancing
You hold me like you should
So I’m gonna keep on dancing keep on dancing
You’ve got me feeling hella good
So let’s just keep on dancing
You hold me like you should
So I’m gonna keep on dancing keep on dancing
Ooh yeah yeah
Ooh yeah yeah
You’ve got me feeling hella good
So let’s just keep on dancing
You hold me like you should
So I’m gonna keep on dancing keep on dancing
You’ve got me feeling hella good
So let’s just keep on dancing
You hold me like you should
So I’m gonna keep on dancing keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Keep on dancing
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Day 284 - An American Pop Queen
Madonna - Hollywood
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good
[Chorus:]
Shine your light now
This time it’s gotta be good
You get it right now (yeah)
‘Cause you’re in Hollywood
There’s something in the air in Hollywood
The sun is shining like you knew it would
You’re ridin’ in your car in Hollywood
You got the top down and it feels so good
I lost my memory in Hollywood
I’ve had a million visions, bad and good
There’s something in the air in Hollywood
I tried to leave it but I never could
[Chorus]
There’s something in the air in Hollywood
I’ve lost my reputation, bad and good
You’re ridin’ in your car in Hollywood
You got the top down and it feels so good
Music stations always play the same songs
I’m bored with the concept of right and wrong
Everybody comes to Hollywood
They wanna make it in the neighborhood
They like the smell of it in Hollywood
How could it hurt you when it looks so good
[Chorus]
‘Cause you’re in Hollywood
‘Cause you’re in Hollywood
In Hollywood [repeat three times]
Check it out, this bird has flown
[Chorus]
‘Cause you’re in Hollywood
‘Cause you’re in Hollywood
In Hollywood [repeat three times]
Push the button
Don’t push the button
Trip the station
Change the channel
[Repeat x4]
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Day 282 - A Scottish/American Musical Partnership
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Honey Child What Can I Do?
Wishin’, hopin’, for that old familiar feeling
that takes you miles above, yeah it’s called love
would you do it for me
‘cause I’m feelin’ lonely
prayin’, hopin’, and I leave the door wide open
I see you and you catch your spill
but come and sit by me
‘cause I’m feelin’ lonely
maybe I’m a stupid fool
chasin’ butterflies like you
on these days they seem so cruel
but honey, child what can I do
maybe I’m a stupid fool
chasin’ butterflies like you
on these days they seem so cruel
but honey, child what can I do
honey, child what can I do
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Day 281 - An Icelandic Duo
Lady & Bird - Walk Real Slow
I’m wasting the hours floating in my bed
And placing sunflowers over my head
You’re facing the doorway waiting for a sign
To stop me in some way from crossing the line
And if you walk real slow
Hereby I fall
And if you walk real slow
Hereby I’ll call your name
You’re wasting the hours waiting in your bed
And searching for flowers over my head
I’m facing the doorway waiting for a sign
To stop us in some way from crossing the line
And if you walk real slow
Hereby I fall
And if you walk real slow
Hereby I’ll call your name (x4)
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Day 279 - A Danish D.I.Y.-musician
Mikael Simpson - Kæmpe-Kæreste-Sorger
en pige er ok udenpå
har alt for meget at svare på
barndomsminder med megen kant
stort stort hus op i nordsjælland
forbruger
ikke borger
kæmpe-kæreste-sorger
barndomsminder med megen kant
stort stort hus op i nordsjælland
se ting ske
gå på café
sidde og glo indtil solen går ned
kig dig omkring
der er ingeting
kæmpe-kæreste-sorger
kig dig omkring
der er ingenting
det ved du også godt når du går hjem
du skal hjem og se tv
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Day 278 - A Cozy American Singer-Songwriter
Josh Ritter - Girl in the War
Peter said to Paul you know all those words we wrote Are just the rules of the game and the rules are the first to go But now talking to God is Laurel begging Hardy for a gun I got a girl in the war man I wonder what it is we done
Paul said to Peter you got to rock yourself a little harder Pretend the dove from above is a dragon and your feet are on fire But I got a girl in the war Paul the only thing I know to do Is turn up the music and pray that she makes it through
Because the keys to the Kingdom got lost inside the Kingdom And the angels fly around in there but we can¹t see them I got a girl in the war Paul I know that they can here me yell If they can¹t find a way to help her they can go to Hell If they can¹t find a way to help her they can go to Hell
Paul said to Peter you got to rock yourself a little harder Pretend the dove from above is a dragon and your feet are on fire But I got a girl in the war Paul her eyes are like champagne They sparkle bubble over and in the morning all you got is rain They sparkle bubble over and in the morning all you got is rain They sparkle bubble over and in the morning all you got is rain
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Day 277 - A Red-headed American Singer-Songwriter
Neko Case - Star Witness
My true love drowned in a dirty old pan
Of oil that did run from the block
Of a falcon sedan 1969
The paper said ‘75
There were no survivors
None found alive
Trees break the sidewalk
And the sidewalk skins my knees
There’s glass in my thermos
And blood on my jeans
Nickels and dimes of the fourth of july
Roll off in a crooked line
To the chain-link lots where the red tails dive
Oh how I forgot what it’s like
Hey when she sings, when she sings when she sings like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey when she moves, when she moves when she moves like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey there there’s such deadly wolves ‘round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Hey there there’s such deadly wolves ‘round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Hey pretty baby get high with me,
We can go to my sisters if we say we’ll watch the baby”
The look on your face yanks my neck on the chain
And I would do anything
To see you again
So I’ve fallen behind…
Hey when she sings, when she sings when she sings like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey when she moves, when she moves when she moves like she runs
Moves like she runs
Hey there there’s such deadly wolves ‘round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Hey there there’s such deadly wolves ‘round town tonight
Round the town tonight
Go on, go on scream and cry
You’re miles from where anyone will find you
This is nothing new, no television crew
They don’t even put on the sirens
My nightgown sweeps the pavement
Please don’t let him die
Oh, how I forgot…
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Day 276 - A Preppy American Band
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?
I’ve seen those English dramas too
They’re cruel
So if there’s any other way
To spell the word
It’s fine with me, with me
Why would you speak to me that way
Especially when I always said that I
Haven’t got the words for you
All your diction dripping with disdain
Through the pain
I always tell the truth
Who gives a fuck about an Oxford climber?
I climbed to Dharamsala too
I did
I met the highest lama
His accent sounded fine
To me, to me
Check your handbook
It’s no trick
Take the chapstick
Put it on your lips
Crack a smile
Adjust my tie
Know your boyfriend, unlike other guys
Why would you lie about how much coal you have?
Why would you lie about something dumb like that?
Why would you lie about anything at all?
First the window, then it’s to the wall
Lil’ Jon, he always tells the truth
Check your passport
It’s no trick
Take the chapstick
Put it on your lips
Crack a smile
Adjust my tie
Know your butler, unlike other guys
Why would you lie about how much coal you have?
Why would you lie about something dumb like that?
Why would you lie about anything at all?
First the window, then it’s through the wall
Why would you tape my conversations?
Show your paintings
At the United Nations
Lil’ Jon, he always tells the truth
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Day 274 - An American Pop Singer
Justin Timberlake - Losing My Way
Hi my name is Bob and I work at my job
I make forty-some dollars a day
I used to be the man in my hometown
‘til I started to lose my way
It all goes back to when I dropped out at school
Having fun, I was living the life
But now I got a problem with that little white rock
See I can’t put down the pipe
And…
it is breaking me down
Watching the world spin round
While my dreams fall down
Is anybody out there?
It is breaking me down
No more friends around…
And my dreams fall down…
Is anybody out there?
Can anybody out there hear me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to hear myself
Can anybody out there see me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to see myself…
There’s gotta be a heaven somewhere
Can you save me from this hell?
Can anybody out there feel me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to feel myself
Losing my way
Keep losing my way…
Keep losing my way…
Can you help me find my way?
Losing my way
Keep losing my way
Keep losing my way…
Can you help me find my way?
Now you gotta understand I was a family man
I would have done anything for my own
But I couldn’t get a grip on my new found itch
So I ended up all alone
I remember where I was when I got my first buzz
See I thought I was living the life
And the craziest thing is I’ll probably never know the color of my daughter’s
eyes
And…
it is breaking me down
Watching the world spin ‘round
While my dreams fall down
Is anybody out there?
It is breaking me down
No more friends around…
And my dreams fall down…
Is anybody out there?
Can anybody out there hear me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to hear myself
Can anybody out there see me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to see myself
There’s gotta be a heaven somewhere (There’s gotta be a heaven somewhere)
Can you save me from this hell? (Can you save me?)
Can anybody out there feel me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to feel myself.
Losing my way… (yea..)
Keep losing my way… (losing my way)
Keep losing my way (echo)
Can you help find my way? (ohh yea…)
Losing my way
Keep losing my way (losing my way)
Keep losing my way (So…)
Can you help me find my way?
Oh my god please forgive me (father hear my pray)
‘Cause I know I’ve done some wrong in this life (in this life)
If I could do it all again (do it all again)
Have just one more chance
To take all those wrongs and make them right (Oh!….)
Can anybody out there hear me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to hear myself
Can anybody out there see me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to see myself
There’s gotta be a heaven somewhere (gotta be a heaven somewhere…hey…)
Can you save me from this hell
Can anybody out there feel me? feel me
‘Cause I can’t seem to feel myself. feel me hey!
Can anybody out there hear me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to hear myself
Can anybody out there see me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to see myself
There’s gotta be a heaven somewhere
Can you save me from this hell
Can anybody out there feel me?
‘Cause I can’t seem to feel myself
Losing my way
Keep losing my way
Keep losing my way
Can you help me find my way?
Losing my way
Keep losing my way
Keep losing my way
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Day 273 - A Danish Rock Band from the 80’s
Kliché - Militskvinder
Hvor strålende og stolte
de ser ud
Med lange rifler
Over skuldrene
På paradepladsen
oplyst af dagens første stråler
Kinas døtre
har sin der stræber højt
De elsker
uniformer
Ikke silkestoffer