Dirty Job

 

My favorite song at the moment, so much passion!

Loving You’s a Dirty Job (But Somebody’s Gotta Do It)
Bonnie Tyler

When the sky is falling and you’re looking round for somewhere to hide
Did you ever call out to someone, did you ever call out to me

I’ve never been gone, I’ve been right here by your side
There ain’t nothin’ but clouds, there ain’t nothin’ but clouds in your eyes

Why don’t you believe it when you finally found the truth
You’ve been drinking poison water from the fountain of youth

Why don’t you stop tearing up everyone you need the most
You’re so busy trying to get even, you never even try to get close

I can’t explain it away, it doesn’t make any sense
To know what it’s like, I guess you gotta go through it
I guess you gotta go through it, I guess you gotta go through it
It doesn’t matter, baby

Loving you’s a dirty job
But somebody’s gotta do it

There were times when we’d never fake it
There were times when we’d always make it
There were times when we’d take it to the limit
And we’d never, never, ever leave each other alone

We were flesh and blood and bone
There were times we had it all
There were times we had it all

There were times when we took our chances
There were times when we were damn good dancers
There were times when we heard all the answers
In the beating of the drummer and the riches of the rock and the roll

I can see right through your soul
There were times we had it all
There were times we had it all

If your fears could only be forgotten, we could pull all of the barriers down
Would you follow your dreams’ desire
Would you follow your secret dreams and forbidden fire
Let’s just peel out of this town

It’s been nothing but dreams
It’s been nothing but dreams until now

You’re never gonna see it
You got your head stuck in the sand
It’s the land of the free and easy Street
It’s the home of the damned

You’re never gonna see it
You better open up your eyes
You’re the only one who’s left
Who’s gonna believe all your lies

I can’t explain it away, it doesn’t make any sense
To know what it’s like, I guess you gotta go through it
I guess you gotta go through it, I guess you gotta go through it
It doesn’t matter, baby

Loving you’s a dirty job
But somebody’s gotta do it

There were times when our bodies glistened
There were times that we can’t stop missing
There were times that we’d lay in bed and listen
To the pounding, pounding chorus of our desperate hearts

Nothing could have torn us apart
There were times we had it all
There were times we had it all

There were times when we fought like tigers
There were times we were damn good liars
There were times we extinguished every fire
That was burning, burning, burning up each other alive

From the heavens on down to the dives
There were times we lost it all
There were times we lost it all

There were times when we fought like tigers
There were times we were damn good liars

There were times when our bodies glistened
There were times that we can’t stop missing
There were times that we’d lay in bed and listen
To the pounding, pounding chorus of our desperate hearts

Nothing could have torn us apart
There were times we had it all
There were times we had it all

It’s a dirty job, loving you, baby
Somebody’s gotta do it

It’s a dirty job, loving you, baby
Somebody’s gotta do it

It’s a dirty job, loving you, baby
Somebody’s gotta do it

Ghost Town

“Searching for trust
In a city of rust”

(John Lambert Ghost Town)

This song was playing repeat on the radio in Johannesburg. I miss Joburg! The music, the djs that I still remember on the radio stations, driving everywhere, Sandton City, visiting my dad, seeing my sister and nieces, Wimpy coffee and You magazines. And Woolworths.

In two weeks of driving I received a traffic fine. Driving 71km/h in a 60km zone. What can I say, in Sydney I use the bus service most of the time. No driving for me. But in Johannesburg, my car is my legs.

Play Me

Play Me by Neil Diamond

She was morning, and I was night time
I one day woke up
To find her lying beside my bed
I softly said “Come take me”
For I’ve been lonely in need of someone
As though I’d done someone wrong somewhere
But I don’t know where, I don’t know where
Come lately

You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me

Song she sang to me
Song she brang to me
Words that rang in me,
Rhyme that sprang from me
Warmed the night, and what was right
Became me

You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me

And so it was that I came to travel
Upon a road that was thorned and narrow
Another place, another grace
Would save me

You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me
You are the sun, I am the moon
You are the words, I am the tune
Play me……

Simon & Garfunkel

So I watched two movies on my flight home. And strangely enough both of them featured songs from Simon & Garfunkel, how weird is that? I am home. And here to stay.

From the Wild

Ok, so the movie Wild has probably destroyed this song for me. But still, I haven’t heard it in years.

Love Yourself

My Mama don’t like you.

Oh.

I am the Mama.

(Sorry Beth, I know you not a bieber fan, but this one is cool).

Dock of the Bay

Otis Redding – Dock of the Bay Lyrics

Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun
I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comes
Watchin’ the ships roll in
Then I watch ’em roll away again

I’m sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Watchin’ the tide, roll away
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time

Left my home in Georgia
Headed far for Frisco Bay
I had nothin’ to live for
Looks like nothin’s gonna come my way

So I’m just gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Watchin’ the tide roll away
Sittin’ on the dock of the bay, wastin’ time

Looks like nothin’s gonna change
Everything, everything remains the same
I can’t do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I’ll remain the same

I’m sittin’ here restin’ my bones
And this lonliness won’t leave me alone
It’s Two thousand miles I roamed
Just to make this dock my home

Now, I’m just gonna sit at the dock of the bay
Watchin’ the tide roll away
Oooo – wee, Sittin’ on the dock of the bay
Wastin’ time…

Memories

Here I am sitting on the bus thinking of the word street. And out of nowhere Elaine Paige started singing in my mind, I used to sing karaoke to this when I was a child!

Memory Lyrics

Midnight not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters
And soon
It will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn’t give in.
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A streetlamp dies; another night is over
Another day is dawning…

Touch me!
It’s so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun…
If you touch me, you’ll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/street/