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The way life's meant to be 

Well, I came a long way to be here today
And I left you so long on this avenue
And here I stand in the strangest land
Not knowing what to say or do
As I gaze around at these strangers in town
I guess the only stranger is me
And I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

Although it's only a day since I was taken away
And left standing here looking in wonder
(It's your life, it's your life)
Ah, the ground at my feet, maybe it's just the old street
But everything that I know lies under
(It's your life, it's your life)
And when I see what they've done
To this place that was home
Shame is all that I feel
Oh, and I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

Too late, too late to cry
The people say
Too late for you, too late for me
You've come so far, now you know everything my friend
Look and see the wonders of our world...

And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

As I wander around this wreck of a town
Where people never speak aloud
With its ivory towers and its plastic flowers
I wish I was back in 1981
Just to see your face instead of this place
Now I know what you mean to me
And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to be?

And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Ooohh, I wonder
Oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to be?
Oh, is this the way life's meant to be?
Mmmmm, is this the way life's meant to be?
I wanna know now
Is this the way life's meant to be?

Barist í Bagdad

Ljóð dagsins

Verum í sambandi

Þétt mér við hlið, situr Heiða en við
Höfum ei meira að segja
Nú við höfum þann sið, að við sitjum í bið
Yfir sorgum er best að þegja.

Það var ekki neitt eitt, sem að öllu fékk breytt
Ekkert sem hægt er að telja
Þykir mér það víst leitt, en allt sem ég get veitt
Er víst til að hana kvelja

Og nú fall’af trjánum blöð, og þau föla mynda tröð
Sem ég feta svo burt frá þér
Það er aftur komið haust, þó ennþá blási vindar laust – og þú
ert ekki lengur hér.

Þú veist hvað ég vil - ef þú vilt finna yl
Vertu þá ekki að hringja
Því ég á ekkert til, og ég ekkert nú skil
Og við ei skulum sporin mín þyngja.
Heiða var mér flóð og fjara

Við fegurst vorum meðal para
En hún var lyginn, sönn og köld og hlý
Já hún var mér allt, og engin orð eru nógu dýr…

Þó er eitt sem er vel, og það aldrei ég fel
Og enginn því frá mér stelur
Ég á frjálst hugarþel og þar minningu el
Og ákveðin stúlka þar dvelur

Og nú fall’af trjánum blöð, og þau föla mynda tröð
Sem ég feta svo burt frá þér
Það er aftur komið haust, þó ennþá blási vindar laust – og
enn geng ég burt frá þér
Og þó þú sért ei lengur mín, og engin ábyrgð sé víst þín, þá
er ég að tapa mér!

Ljóð dagsins

Some days are diamonds

When You asked how I've been here without you
I'd like to say I've been fine and I do.
But we both know the truth is hard to come by
And if I told the truth, that's not quite true

Some days are diamonds some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone
Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds some days are stones.

Now the face that I see in my mirror
More and more is a stranger to me
More and more I can see there's a danger
In becoming what I never thought I'd be

Some days are diamonds some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone
Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds some days are stones.

Some days are diamonds some days are stones
Sometimes the hard times won't leave me alone
Sometimes a cold wind blows a chill in my bones
Some days are diamonds some days are stones.

Ljóð dagsins

Ræfilskvæði - Steinn Steinarr

Ég er réttur og sléttur ræfill,
já, ræfill, sem ekkert kann.
Ég hélt þó hér forðum, að guð og gæfan
myndi gera úr mér afbragðs mann.

Ef til vill framsóknarfrömuð,
því fátt er nú göfugra en það,
og ef til vill syngjandi sjálfstæðishetju
með saltfisk í hjartastað.

En allt lýtur drottins lögum,
í lofti, á jörð og í sjó.
Ég eltist og snýst við minn eigin skugga
og öðlast ei stundar ró.

Sem réttur og sléttur ræfill
ég ráfa um stræti og torg,
með hugann fullan af hetjudraumum,
en hjartað lamað af sorg.

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Syngjandi sveittur 

Sælt veri fólkið, skyrhvítt og skóbrúnt.
Ég tigna það að sjá ykkur brosandi breitt
með bindishnút og blóm.
Við vonumst til að geta veitt ykkur það
sem hittir ykkur beint í hjartastað.
Ég segi við ykkur:
Allir út á gólf og syngjum einum róm.

Ég er syngjandi sveittur.
Stend hér í kvöld.
Á þessu ég aldrei verð þreyttur
þó líði ár og öld.

Vorið er komið og grundirnar gróa.
Dillið ykkur vilt og galið brosandi breitt
með bindishnút og blóm.
Við vonumst til að geta veitt ykkur það
sem hittir ykkur beint í hjartastað.
Ég segi við ykkur:
Allir út á gólf og syngjum einum róm.

Ég er syngjandi sveittur...

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Faith

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith...

Baby
I know you're asking me to stay
Say please, please, please, don't go away
You say I'm giving you the blues
Maybe
You mean every word you say
Can't help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to loverboy rules

Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I'll wait for something more

Yes I've gotta have faith...

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Take it on the run - REO Speedwagon

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin around
They say you got a boy friend
Youre out late every weekend
Theyre talkin about you and its bringin me down

But I know the neighborhood
And talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line
But Im telling you, babe
That I dont think its true, babe
And even if it is keep this in mind


You take it on the run baby
If thats the way you want it baby
Then I dont want you around
I dont believe it
Not for a minute
Youre under the gun so you take it on the run

Youre thinking up your white lies
Youre putting on your bedroom eyes
You say youre coming home but you wont say when
But I can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin around

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Blue Jean Queen

Crowded café ... crowded street

In sunny St. Tropéz

Pretty girl all alone

She likes it best that way

Pays the bills...leaves the table

Her body makes a breeze

Men look up stare and wonder

Who’s that blue jean queen 

Who’s that blue jean queen

Who’s that blue jean queen 

Blue jean queen with a touch of class

Catching your eye

As she floats on by

Like a model from a photograph

Blue jean queen with a touch of class

Acting oh son nonchalant

How I’d love to see her laugh 

Who’s that blue jean queen

Who’s that blue jean queen 

Early morning...day and evening

In her tight blue jeans

Staring eyes following her

Are felt but never seen

So casual yet sophisticated

In a funny way

And one day when it suits the girl

She’s gonna give her heart away

Give her heart away

 

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Friday on my mind

Monday morning feels so bad,
Ev'rybody seems to nag me
Coming tuesday I feel better,
Even my old man looks good,
Wednesday just don't go,
Thursday goes too slow,
I've got Friday on my mind

Gonna have fun in the city,
Be with my girl she's so pretty,
She looks fine tonight,
She is out of sight to me,
Tonight....I spend my bread,
Tonight...I lose my head,
Tonight...I got to get tonight
Monday I have Friday on my mind.

Do the five day drag once more,
Know of nothing else that bugs me
More than working for the rich man,
Hey I'll change that scene one day,
Today I might be mad,
Tomorrow I'll be glad,
I've got Friday on my mind,

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You're the one that I want 

Ég heyrði Brendu Lee flytja þetta lag í Morgunþætti Arnþrúðar Karlsdóttur í morgun. Þekktasta útgáfan er þó sennilega flutningur Jóns Travolta og Ólívíu Newton-John í kvikmyndinni Grease frá 1978. Smáskífa með flutningi þeirra kom út það ágæta sumar og sat í efsta sæti breska vinsældalistans í heilar níu vikur og er sjötta mest selda smáskífa allra tíma, þar í landi. Lagið sat einnig eina viku í efsta sæti ameríska Billboard listans.

Nokkuð margir hafa spreytt sig á þessum gleðismelli, meira að segja menn eins og Dr.Dre og Snoop Dogg notuðu það sem hluta af remixi.  

Bresku grínileikararnir Arthur Mullard og Hylda Baker sem bæði voru á sjötugsaldri gáfu út sína útgáfu árið 1978, sem gekk ágætlega í sölu þangað til gamla fólkið klúðraði algerlega flutningi lagsins í þættinum Top of The Pops.

Árið 1993 kom lagið út á smáskífu með Deboruh Gibson og Craig MacLachlan sem léku í uppfærslu Grease á sviði í Lundúnum. Ein af mínum uppáhaldshljómsveitum The Beautiful South gerði óvenjulega útgáfu af laginu sem er á plötunni Goldiggas, Headnodders and Pholk songs og mun sú útgáfa fljótlega heyrast á Útvarpi Sögu.

Breska hljómsveitin McFly gaf lagið út ásamt safni annarra tökulaga árið 2007, en ég held að áhugaverðasta útgáfan sé þó sú frá Tenacius D ásamt Andy Serkis sem lék Gollum í Hringadróttins-þríleiknum og sögur herma að muni leika Kolbein Kaftein í Tinnamyndum þeirra Peters Jackson og Stevens Spielberg.

En hér kemur ljóðið:

I got chills, they're multiplyin', and I'm losin' control
Cause the power you're supplyin', it's electrifyin'

You better shape up, cause I need a man,
and my heart is set on you
You better shape up, you better understand,
to my heart I must be true
Nothing left, nothing left for me to do

Chorus:
You're the one that I want
(you are the one I want), ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one that I want (you are the one I want),
ooh ooh ooh, honey
The one I need (the one I need),
oh yes indeed (yes indeed)

If you're filled with affection,
You're too shy to convey
Meditate my direction, feel your way

I better shape up,
cause you need a man
I need a man,
Who can keep me satisfied
I better shape up, if I'm gonna prove
You better prove, that my fate is justified
Are you sure?
Yes I'm sure down deep inside