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Old 04-24-2004, 06:57 PM
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Rory Gallager; Bullfrog Blues
Norman Greenbaum; Spirit In The Sky
George Thorogood; I Drink Alone
Hank Williams; Tears In My Beer
Beatles; Norwegian Wood
Iggy Pop; I Wanna Be Your Dog
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Old 04-24-2004, 08:57 PM
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I am actually looking for the name of a song I once heard.

It's a country song and I don't know the title or artist.

The only part I remember is:

"Honey, I am broken.
Although I was only jokin'....."


She then goes on to agree with him that is life is indeed "broken" because of his addiction (I think).

I know this is very vague but if any knows what it is please let me know.

Thanks!
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Old 04-24-2004, 09:52 PM
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Isn't music just SO great! It's the one thing in my life I've always been truely passionate about.

STAIND LYRICS
"So Far Away"

this is my life
its not what it was before
all these feelings i've shared
and these are my dreams
that i'd never lived before
somebody shake me
'cause i
i must be sleeping

[chorus]
now that we're here,
it's so far away
all the struggle we thought was in vain
all the mistakes,
one life contained
they all finally start to go away
now that we're here its so far away
and i feel like i can face the day i can forgive
and i'm not ashamed to be the person that i am today

these are my words
that i've never said before
i think i'm doing okay
and this is the smile
that i've never shown before

somebody shake me 'cause i
i must be sleeping

[chorus]

i'm so afraid of waking
please don't shake me
afraid of waking
please don't shake me

[chorus]

oh yeah dot, love the cube. I've been known to dig on some of that oldschool gansta rap too.

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My all time favorite is by~~~~

KENNY CHESNEY-------> "That's Why I'm Here"


and...................

METALLICA-----> "Sad But True"
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"whiskey drinking woman" -I think that's what the song is called on that old Nazareth album.
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Old 04-26-2004, 08:24 PM
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First concert I went to was Nazareth and Deep Purple. Thanks for bump starting a couple memories for me.
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Canned Heat, Amphtamine Annie

Cream, Strange Brew

Donovan, Mellow Yellow

Gratefull Dead, Casey Jones, Truckin

Clapton, Cocaine
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Old 04-26-2004, 10:57 PM
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the best song about addiction/ etc That I have ever heard was by a punk band called Jawbreaker. The song is called "kissed the bottle".....check it out.
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Old 04-27-2004, 05:56 AM
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One of my favorites….

Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart…

Visions of You…on "Rising above Bedlam"

"I'm not numbed out anymore
No longer filled with hate and pain
No longer drenched in shame
I'm not numbed out anymore….


The kingdom of heaven lies inside…"


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ECLIPSE
PINK FLOYD

ALL THAT YOU TOUCH
ALL THAT YOU SEE
ALL THAT YOU TASTE
ALL YOU FEEL
ALL THAT YOU LOVE
ALL THAT YOU HATE
ALL YOU DISTRUST
ALL YOU SAVE
ALL THAT YOU GIVE
ALL THAT YOU DEAL
ALL THAT YOU BUY
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL
ALL YOU CREATE
ALL YOU DESTROY
ALL THAT YOU DO
ALL THAT YOU SAY
ALL THAT YOU EAT
EVERYONE YOU MEET
ALL THAT YOU SLIGHT
EVERYONE YOU FIGHT
ALL THAT IS NOW
ALL THAT IS GONE
ALL THAT'S TO COME
AND EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN IS IN TUNE
BUT THE SUN IS ECLIPSED BY THE MOON



STAY STRONG ted


"rock on " DOT :band
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DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO (HEARTBREAKER)
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

The po-lice in New York City
They chased a boy right through the park
In a case of mistaken identity
They put a bullet through his heart

Heart breakers with your forty four
I wanna tear your world apart
You heart breaker with your forty four
I wanna tear your world a part

A ten year old girl on a street corner
Sticking needles in her arm
She died in the dirt of an alleyway
Her mother said she had no chance, no chance!
Heart breaker, heart breaker
She stuck the pins right in her heart
Heart breaker, a pain maker
Stole the love right out of you heart

Oh yeah (doo, doo doo doo doo)
Oh yeah (doo doo doo, doo doo)
I wanna tear that word apart

Oh yeah (doo, doo doo doo doo)
Oh yeah (doo doo doo doo doo)
I wanna tear that word apart

Heart breaker, heart breaker
You stole the love right out of my heart
Heart breaker, heart breaker
I wanna tear your world apart

Heart breaker, heart breaker
Stole the love right out, stole the love right out

Doo, doo doo doo doo doo
Ah yeah, you shot the kid, he had no chance
Doo doo, doo doo do
Ah yeah, Ah yeah, you stuck pins right in her heart
Doo doo, doo doo do
You heart breaker, I wanna tear your world apart
Doo doo, doo doo do........

GOATS HEAD SOUP
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Old 04-27-2004, 01:10 PM
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Thought of a couple more:

"Black Balloon" - Goo Goo Dolls
"Master of Puppets" - Metallica

(btw, I'm new here. Husband is an alcoholic/addict (doc cocaine)
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Toby Keith.... not sure if it is the title but

"She's my little whiskey woman...."
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Old Before My Time- Allman Brothers
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Needle and the damage done...
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Old 04-27-2004, 04:03 PM
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songs:
Alcohol- Bare naked ladies
Perfect day - lou reed
Adam's song- blink 182
drunken angel- lucinda williams
dead flowers- done by th stones
other towns van zandt- to lives to fly
dear joan- matchbox 20
any thing by early airplane, dead
and then of course ; down to seeds and stems again- commander cody n th lost planet airmen!
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Old 04-27-2004, 04:05 PM
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Van Morrison does an upbeat little tune called "Bright Side Of The Road"...
in which exists the lyric:

"From the dark end of the street
To the bright side of the road"

It always makes me think of the difference in people's lives when they travel from the darkness of addiction or codependency to the brightness of life in recovery.
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Old 04-27-2004, 06:47 PM
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Whiskey river take my mind.

I still love ole Willie!
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Old 04-27-2004, 06:53 PM
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Stone Temple Pilots....Wet My Bed


and what is that one by lit.....about waking up with the car in the front yard and I didn't mean to call you that...
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Old 04-29-2004, 01:38 PM
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Renters Blues"one Bourbon,one Scotch,and One Beer"
George Thorogood&delaware Destroyers

Wildwood Weed-jim Stafford?

I Just Smiled As They Drove Away,sittin On That Sak'a Seeds.
Classic Pothead Song.
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