RATS!

[AirForceRocks]

Really, AFR? I so believe in karma - both good and bad.

Oh, it's not that I don't believe in it, I just think that karma is highly overrated...

 

[ryanpatricksmom]

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire

We don't need no water let the....

oops, nevermind.

 

[snoopy]

Well, I have good and bad experiences with karma, but these days I just kind of lay back and watch the wheels go 'round. Much better than fighting karma, I say.

 

[Lanshark]

Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road

Crossin' the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn't see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are!

You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
You don't have to look and you don't have to see
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory

You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon!
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

C'mon stink!

You got it!
It's dead, it's in the middle
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high heaven!
All over the road, technicolor man!
Oh, you got pollution
It's dead, it's in the middle
And it's stinkin' to high, high Heaven

 

[CathyCanada]

Well said, Bumbles!

 

[snoopy]

You guys have me in the mood to SING! I promise this is my last one, unless of course I get any special requests. I'm only going to sing the last few verses of this song, because quite frankly, I don't sing very well and I don't want anyone to fall victim to broken eardrums:

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely Place, Such a lovely face
They're livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, Bring your alibies

Mirrors on the ceiling
Depict champaign on ice And she said
We are all just prisoners here
Of our own device
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
to the place I was before
Relax said the nightman, We are
programed to recieve
You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave

 

[SonjaB]

Ahhh, but we can't leave out the world's greatest band!

Eagles
Get Over It

I turn on the tube and what do I see
A whole lotta people cryin' "Don't blame me"
They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else
Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your momma's too thin; your daddy's too fat

Get over it
Get over it
All this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if I gave you some cash
The more I think about it, Old Billy was right
Let's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight
You don't want to work, you want to live like a king
But the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing

Get over it
Get over it
If you don't want to play, then you might as well split
Get over it, Get over it

It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You're makin' the most of your losin' streak
Some call it sick, but I call it weak

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ***

Get over it
Get over it
All this *****in' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

Get over it
Get over it
It's gotta stop sometime, so why don't you quit
Get over it, get over it

 

[tstobb]

I don't care about your karma.
I don't care about what's hip.
No space cadet's gonna tell me what to do.
I won't swim in your Jacuzzi.
You can't make me settle down.
I'd rather kick and jump and bite and scratch,
And scream until I'm blue.
I may as well be hyper,
As long as I'm still around.
'Cause I'll have lots of time to be laid back,
When I'm six feet under ground.

CHORUS:
I'll be mellow when I'm dead. (6 times)
When are you
Cosmic cowboys
Gonna get it through your head.
I'll be mellow when I'm dead. (6 times)

I can't stand the smell of incense.
I don't really like to jog.
No Joni Mitchell eight-tracks in my car. (ooh)
I hate anything organic.
Even health food makes me sick.
You won't catch me sipping Perrier
Down in some sushi bar.
I tell you, now's the time to go for
All the gusto you can grab.
You'll have plenty of time to be low-key
When you're laid out on the slab.

CHORUS

I don't want no part of that vegetarian scene.
I won't buy me a pair of designer jeans.
No redwood hot tub to my name.
I got all that I want,
And if it's all the same to you,
I don't need a course in self-awareness
To find out who I am.
And I'd rather have a
Big Mac or a Jumbo Jack
Than all the bean sprouts in Japan!

So don't ask me what I'm into.
I don't need to prove I'm cool.
I'll break your arm,
If you ask me what's my sign.
I won't tell you where my head's at.
I don't need to see no shrink.
Psychosis may be in this year,
But I'm really not that kind,
And I'm in no hurry to be casual.
In fact I think I'll wait
Until I'm pushing up the daisies.
(Like, wow, man, can you relate?)

I'll be mellow when I'm dead. (9 times)

 

[Blondie]

You're So Vain


you walked into the party
like you were walking onto a yacht
your hat strategically dipped below one eye
your scarf it was apricot
you had one eye in the mirror
as you watched yourself walk by
and all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
they'd be your partner and

you're so vain
you probably think this song is about you
you're so vain
I bet you think this song is about you
don't you, don't you, don't you

well you had me several years ago
when I was still quite naive
well you said that we made such a pretty pair
and that you would never leave
but you gave away the things you loved
and one of them was me

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
clouds in my coffee and

you're so vain
you probably think this song is about you
you're so vain
I bet you think this song is about you
don't you, don't you, don't you

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
clouds in my coffee and...

you're so vain
you probably think this song is about you
you're so vain
I bet you think this song is about you
don't you, don't you, don't you

well I hear you went up to Saratoga
and your horse naturally won
then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia
to see the total eclipse of the sun
well you're where you should be all the time
and when you're not
you're with some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
wife of a close friend

you're so vain
you probably think this song is about you
you're so vain
I bet you think this song is about you
don't you, don't you, don't you

 

[Robinrs]

<CENTER>GETTING BETTER

It's getting better all the time

I used to get mad in my school
The teacher who taught me weren't cool
Your holding me down
Burning me 'round
Filling me up with the rules

I have to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time (it can't get any worse)
Yes, I admit its getting better
Getting better, since you've been mine

Me used to be an angry young man
Be hiding me head in the sand
You gave me the word
I finally heard
I'm doing the best that I can

I have to admit it's getting better
A little better all the time (it can't get any worse)
Yes, I admit its getting better
Getting better, since you've been mine
Getting so much better all the time
It's getting better all the time
Better, better, better
It's getting better all the time
</center>

 

[snoopy]

By special request, I put on my white go go boots and best Nancy Sinatra voice:

You keep saying you got something for me
Something you call love but confess
You've been a'messin' where you shouldn't 've been a'messin'
And now someone else is getting all your best
Well, these boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

You keep lyin' when you oughta be truthin'
You keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin' when you oughta be a'changin'
What's right is right but you ain't been right yet
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

You keep playing where you shouldn't be playing
And you keep thinking that you'll never get burnt
Well, I've just found me a brand new box of matches
And what he knows you ain't had time to learn
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you

Are you ready, boots?
Start walkin'

 

[catsrule]

Originally posted by sixcats
Well if the rat eats the cat, what do you propose we do to the cat?

Give it a belly rub.

 

[catsrule]

Stray Cat Strut - The Stray Cats
Ooo, ooo, ooo ooo
Ooo, ooo, ooo ooo
Ooo, ooo, ooo ooo
Ooo, ooo, ooo ooo

Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence
Ain't got enough dough to pay the rent
I'm flat broke but I don't care
I strut right by with my tail in the air

CHORUS:
Stray cat strut I'm a ladies cat
I'm a feline Casanova hey man that's that
Get a shoe thrown at me from a mean old man
Get my dinner from a garbage can

I don't bother chasing mice around
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
Wild stray cat you're a rebel gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class and I got cat style

I don't bother chasing mice around - oh, no!
I slink down the alley looking for a fight
Howlin' to the moonlight on a hot summer night
Singin' the blues while the lady cats cry
Wild stray cat you're a rebel gone guy
I wish I could be as carefree and wild
But I got cat class and I got cat style

 

[snoopy]

Since CR posted the cat song, its only fair we should have one for the dog lovers:

In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder men had never heard
Like the scream and the sound of a big war bird
Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now they're buried together on the countryside
Chorus: Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' out the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down--"Curses, foiled again!"

CHORUS

Now, Snoopy had sworn that he'd get that man
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughing, he got him in his sight

That Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He'd tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once, and he fired twice
And that Bloody Red Baron went spinning out of sight

 

[catsrule]

Walkin' My Cat Named Dog
Norma Tenega

I'm walkin' all around the town
Singin' all the people down
Talkin' around, talkin' around.
Me and my cat named Dog
Are walkin' high against the fog
Singin' the sun
Singin' the sun

Happy, sad and crazy wonder
Chokin' up my mind with perpetual dreamin'.......

I'm driftin' up and down the street
Searchin' for the sound of people
Swingin' their feet, swingin' their feet
Dog is a good old cat
People what you think of that?
That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at.

Happy, sad and crazy wonder
Chokin' up my mind with perpetual dreamin'......

Dog is a good old cat
People what you think of that?
That's where I'm at, that's where I'm at, that's where I'm at.

 

[jipsy]

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

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This is the house that Jack built.

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This is the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the rat,

That ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the dog that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the cow with the crumbled horn,

That tossed the dog , that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumbled horn,

That tossed the dog , that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumbled horn,

That tossed the dog , that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumbled horn,

That tossed the dog , that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the **** that crowed in the morn,

That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumbled horn,

That tossed the dog , that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the farmer sowing the corn,

That kept the **** that crowed in the morn,

That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumbled horn,

That tossed the dog , that worried the cat,

That chased the rat , that ate the malt,

That lay in the house that Jack built.

 

[tstobb]

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
The swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.

 

[captin fink]

While you were sleeping
They came and took it all away
The lanes and the meadows
The places where you used to play

It was an inside job
By the well-connected
Your little protest
Summarily rejected

It was an inside job
Like it always is
Chalk it up to business as usual

While we are dreaming
This little island disappears
While you are looking the other way
They'll take your right to own your
own ideas

And it's an inside job
Favors collected
Your trusted servants
Have left you unprotected

It was an inside job
Like it always is
Just chalk it up
To business as usual

You think that you're so smart
But you don't have a %$*%&^# clue
What those men up in the towers
Are doing to me and you
And they'll keep doin' it and doin' it
And doin' it and doin' it
And doin' it and doin' it
And doin' it and doin' it

Until we all wake up
Wake up, wake up, wake up,
wake up

I know what I've done wrong
I am acquainted with the night
I know how hard it is
To always walk out in the light

And it's an inside job
To learn about forgiving
It's an inside job
To hang on to the joy of living

They know the road by which
you came
They know your mother's
maiden name
And what you had for breakfast
And what you've hidden in
the mattress

Insect politics
Indifferent universe
Bang your head against the wall
But apathy is worse

It's an inside job
(Repeat)

Don Henley Inside job

 

[JohnTBap]

Cupid
Sam Cooke

cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go
straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
cupid, please hear my cry and let your arrow fly
straight to my lover's heart for me
now, i don't mean to bother you but i'm in distress
there's danger of me losin' all of my happiness
for i love a girl who doesn't know i exist
and this you can fix
so, cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go
straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
cupid, please hear my cry and let your arrow fly
straight to my lover's heart for me
now, cupid if your arrow make a love storm for me
i promise i will love her until eternity
i know between the two of us her heart we can steal
help me if you will
so, cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go
straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
cupid, please hear my cry and let your arrow fly
straight to my lover's heart for me
now, cupid, don't you hear me
callin' you, i need you
cupid, help me

 

[CyranoJones]

I Don't Care Anymore
Phil Collins
Well you can tell ev'ryone I'm a down disgrace
Drag my name all over the place.
I don't care anymore.
You can tell ev'rybody 'bout the state I'm in
You won't catch me crying 'cos I just can't win.
I don't care anymore I don't care anymore
I don't care what you say
I don't play the same games you play.

'Cos I've been talking to the people that you call your friends
And it seems to me there's a means to an end.
They don't care anymore.
And as for me I can sit here and bide my time
I got nothing to lose if I speak my mind.
I don't care anymore I don't care no more

I don't care what you say
We never played by the same rules anyway.

I won't be there anymore
Get out of my way
Let me by
I got better things to do with my time
I don't care anymore I don't care anymore
I don't care anymore I don't care anymore

Well, I don't care now what you say
'Cos ev'ry day I'm feeling fine with myself
And I don't care now what you say
Hey I'll do alright by myself
'Cos I know.

'Cos I remember all the times I tried so hard
And you laughed in my face 'cos you held all the cards.
I don't care anymore.
And I really ain't bothered what you think of me
'Cos all I want of you is just a let me be.
I don't care anymore D'you hear? I don't care no more

I don't care what you say
I never did believe you much anyway.

I won't be there no more
So get out of my way.
Let me by
I got better things to do with my time
I don't care anymore
D'you hear? I don't care anymore
I don't care no more
You listening? I don't care no more
No more!

You know I don't care no more!