Interesting Times

[MC Eric B]

Interesting Times - By MC Eric B
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We see a glacier melting
and a hurricane hits home
We go shopping at a mall
where animals once roamed

Our soldiers fight a losing war
in distant foreign lands
while the spirit of our country
is slipping through our hands

I dream of a world
with no child left behind
The winds of change are blowing
like storm clouds in my mind

Chorus
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Will future generations
be victims of our crimes?
The clock is slowly ticking
these are interesting times

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Diapers rotting in our landfills
for the next 500 years
genocides in Africa
but few of us shed tears

The politicians talk
but it's just more of the same
we're all sitting on the bench
not playing in the game

It's time to take a stand
use your voice and shout out loud
It's time to make a change
help one another and feel proud

Chorus
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Will future generations
be victims of our crimes?
The clock has started ticking
these are interesting times

Will the children of tomorrow
keep paying for our crimes?
The clock is slowly ticking
these are interesting times

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These are interesting times
These are interesting times

The countdown has begun
underneath the setting sun
can't we all just live as one
a revolution of our minds
these are interesting times

These are interesting times
These are interesting times

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[jeff robertson]

by FLVXXVM FLORVM

wake up in the morning to sounds of revolution
taste the fear in your throat when you go to stick your head outside
and the news today is got you reachin for your ammunition
that's how you know that you live in interesting times

the system kept you down so long you feel its time for retribution
all of those bastards gonna pay for all their crimes
paranoid as hell but they really are out to get you
that's how you know that you live in interesting times

today was gonna be day to get what you had coming to ya
the walls are falling down and you're standing in the free sunshine
with a bullet in your gut and another one that passed right through ya
that's how you know that you live in interesting times

[Märk]

Interesting Times by Sven Mullet

As I wander through the desert
In the cold dry night
There's a billion stars above me
And they're falling from the sky

They are falling from the sky
They are falling from the sky
When you look up to the heavens
Stars are falling from the sky

If you really pay attention
You will know it's all a lie
When you look up to the heavens
Angels falling from the sky

They are falling from the sky
They are falling from the sky
When you look up to the heavens
Angels falling from the sky

If you really pay attention
You will know it's all a lie
When you look up to the heavens
Angels falling from the sky

They are falling from the sky
They are falling from the sky
When you look up to the heavens
Angels falling from the sky

[Aardwolves]

interesting times by aardwolves (probably unsubmitted)

silver slips sullenly through your veins
through your veins
december creeps in like death
leaving pale, icy scars
on your windowpane

and the ground and the houses
are welded with white
it's as if they were painted
a uniform shade
as the people inside them hibernate

i've heard you wish for a long sleep
it's a secret that you have had me keep
but we've had some interesting times
they're just at a point where they
have passed their prime

but i know after winter your heart will thaw
and you'll see that it's time to move on

[Paco Del Stinko]

Interesting Times - Paco del Stinko

I wish I hadn't read the paper today
I wish I couldn't read between the lines
I wish I had something positive to say
I wish I didn't live in such interesting times

I'd rather be bored like a tired old whore
Than put up with the nonsense like we've never seen before
Just gimme a break and put down the mud rake
Let the silt settle and clear out the lake
You're not alone with your funny phone
Talking while you're walking with a head made of bone
You bet your ass we're all out if gas
Good thing Exxon/Mobil got a break on their tax

Intersecting swines (for interesting times)
Sucking out our souls and turning off our minds

The cable news with their corporate views
You can wade through the shit if you're wearing neck-high shoes
The kids in school eating fast food gruel
I guess it doesn't matter when their prescriptions rule
You've got Youtube and Astroglide for the lube
Plastic hips and rubber lips surround your phony boobs
Your reality is nightly on TV
Edited and scripted right then sold to you as free

Intersecting swines (for interesting times)
Sucking out our souls and turning off our minds

Sure, life is what you make of it
See what's offered and then you take it
Some get more, some get less
Some like it easy and some complete stress
But how much of it is shit?
Do you need another cheap fucking gadget?
Do we make it harder than it should be?
Just what did you think when they told you you were free?

You hope for the change to ease some of the pain
You might as well just watch your dreams go down the drain
Your government, buddies of the one percent
They tell you that you're Superman but treat you like Clark Kent
And don't get sick, just give your wounds a lick
They'll tell you that you'll be OK but it's just a dirty trick
Just do your best to pass the simple tests
Cause one day when you check out for good you'll get plenty of rest

Intersecting swines (for interesting times)
Sucking out our souls and turning off our minds
Impersonating fine (for incontinent bovines)
Ducking out the door while pulling down the blinds
Interjecting crimes (interfering with our lives)
Plucking all the buckshot from our burning up behinds

[j$]

Johnny Ca$hpoint's 'Interesting Times'

You know smoking gives you cancer, boy,
And destroys those round you too.
Drink only in moderation, girl,
This thimble's enough for you.
Having sex with condoms in no way
Guarantees that you'll be safe -
Swap your deadly path for boredom and
A healthy safety nanny state

These would be interesting times if it weren't for humankind
'Cos we're built for guilt, still staring at our feet

Don't buy cheap clothes from the high street cos
Sweat shop kids have slaved for it
Watch your diet not television and
Know your place to stay in it.
Not opposed to living longer but
Is it worth the sacrifice
For a few more years of boredom there
At the business end of life?

These would be interesting times if it weren't for humankind
'Cos we're built for guilt, still staring at our feet

We are just foot soldiers in the war on fun
Do just what we're told and then our lives are done
Done, done, done and dusted,done and dusted,
Fun's been busted, re-adjusted for blander times

Is this what we had in mind when we left the past behind?
Yes - We're built for guilt still staring at our feet.

[Learned Hand]

Hand grenades and handguns
Mines and RPGs
Loads of fun in every one
I always aim to please

My name is no one
I come from no place
I’m going nowhere
I’m good for nothing
I’m glad to meet you
Whatcha lookin’ for?

Sometimes I get lulus
Sometimes I get heat
But raising Cain on Penny Lane
Bought me Easy Street

Ivan on the left
Johnny on the right
Pay to play the normal way
I’ll visit you tonight

A sleepy little village
A chief who won’t behave
Shock and awe the only law
Another village saved

Some guys sell religion
Some guys sell their souls
I sell both a steady dose
And help ‘em dig the holes

Some folks call it business
Some call it a crime
You gotta give a lot to live
In interesting times

[Billy's Little Trip]

Interesting Times
By Billy's Little Trip
Lyrics by Niveous
Guitar by Paco Del Stinko

Her eyes are calling me towards her
A girl this beautiful should never be drinking alone
She said she's getting bored with this scene
And hopes I'll take her home

Looks like I'm in for
Some interesting times
looks like we're going
All the way tonight

She doesn't even know my name
She whispers sweetly that she'd like to know just how I taste
I see the devil in here eyes
But I can't seem to walk away

Looks like I'm in for
Some interesting times
looks like we're going
All the way tonight

The touch of tender skin
It burns with energy
Her passion turns to rage
She's all over me
She takes me deep inside her
I start to cough and bleed
This girl has got me by the balls
This girl has got teeth

She said I never will forget her
It's like a nightmare that I just can't seem to wake myself up from
She whispers with an evil grin
Watch out for who you trust

Looks like I'm in for
Some interesting times
looks like we're going
All the way tonight

[The Weakest Suit]

Song Fight Song 054
Interesting Times

You're not my girlfriend anymore
That ring on your finger means so much more
Than I could ever say to you
So I'll try to show you in the things that I say,
And the things that I do, and the things that I do to you

There are interesting times ahead
And I don't mean just in bed
I'll try to make you proud you wed me

I'm not your boyfriend anymore
That ring on your finger is a big step toward
A life with you in mind
Now I'm just trying to be the type
Of guy you'd like to be with your whole life

I promise interesting times ahead
And I don't mean just in bed
I'll try to make you proud you wed me

And I'm still "shaking like leaf falling from a tree"
And honey, you're still the most important thing to me
You're still "the one thing in this Saha World I can't live without"
And I'm still not afraid; the choices we made are all about

Meaning every word we said
Throught the good and bad times ahead
I'll try to make you proud you wed me
I'll do my best to make you proud you wed me

© Weakest Suit Songs 2008

[jast]

I would be a hypocrite if I don't post my lyrics here.
Interesting Times by Jan Krüger

You try not to think / Another drink
Stare at the wall / No way to fall
Each day goes by / You don't even try
Time for this to end / Sanity depend

Do you want this to be your life
Then your future is guaranteed to not arrive
Could pass right by you don't even care
Open your eyes, the world is right there

We live in interesting times
Walk with your pockets full of dimes
It's your head, you can set it free
No limit to what you can see

Break out your shell / It's time to rebel
Go on the run / Much to be done
See everything / Memories to bring
Broaden your mind / No longer blind

You have wasted all those empty years
And haven't allowed yourself any fears
No risk means no fun, stop hiding alone
Go challenge yourself, make this life your own

We live in interesting times...

If it's worth having it's going to cost you experience
Live it completely and you're gonna find that it feels intense
The doubt that you have built your prison with
Will fall away once you're really starting to live

To live in interesting times...

You'll live in interesting times...

[martyr]

Interesting Times
by Berkeley Social Scene

It's not that I am wise
Aww these are interesting times
Once a man on the moon seemed to extreme

Monster attacks
Rips back your arms
Then folds you back
To lead the charge
You won't be surprised
And then relax
Impossible to take it back
Come on Come on Come on and say you've seen that
Come on Come on Come on and say you know that

More than the days of our lives
These are interesting times
Seems we've dreamed the impossible dream

Monster attacks
Rips back his arms
Then folds you back
To lead the charge
You won't be surprised
And then relax
Impossible to take it back
Come on Come on Come on and say you've seen that
Come on Come on Come on and say you know that

[Solo x2]

Monster attacks
Rips back your arms
Then folds you back
To lead the charge
You won't be surprised
And then relax
Impossible to take it back
Come on Come on Come on and say you know that
Come on Come on Come on and say you know that

[mailbox]

Mailbox - Interesting Times
(written and performed y Adam Rabin - imadeitup.com)

In his quarters he got the orders A
And headed into town f# G
He'll be a hero, just count to zero A
He won't let anyone down G E

In the wreckage he sent the message
And headed on his way
He's better dead, he'll check his schedule
What's another day

Reggie must be loving it D A E
Making lemons out of limes b c# G
Reggie knows nothing if b c# D
Interesting times E

She praised the cow and took her vow
and never spoke a word
Evermore, the greatest story
noone ever heard

Lucia now takes slumber with
the sympathetic mimes
Lucia now know nothing if
Interesting times

What's another day? dm7 G
What's another day gone by? dm7 G
What's the perfect crime? F G E
Living in these interesting times.

The clock tower never lies
The bell it always chimes
Now we know nothing if
Interesting times

[Smalltown Mike]

Interesting Times, by ShotPounder.

Smalltown’s verse:
I had a little craving for the apricot So I caught a flight east to Westport, through
Customs to Boston, I got stopped by a cop in Braintree, eventually I bought
2 or 3 packs of six of the Magic Hat Number Nine (*and if you’ve never had this beer, I highly recommend you buy it. It’s ... delicious.) ... and I
read the Caps on the deck with the friends that I met on the Internet, and then
Rob rocks the riff again, he rocks that riff again He rocks the riff but the riff rocks
And the chicken rub and the Steak Tip sauce And the four-day gitch with the red polkadots
and the rental cars and acoustic guitars just staring at the stars from a church parking lot
and when I’m walking I strut my stuff cuz I roll fulla Rolling Rocks (*not a great beer, but fills the hole)

Interesting Times: One time for the lager + lime
Interesting Times: And two times for the drunken rhymes
Interesting Times: A Stoli Dole and I’m feeling fine

The Hip Cola:
Westport, Ma: Home of the ph-phresh lemonade. Sup TT?
I loaded up the rondo and we hit the dirt makin' tracks on south to Gert....
Border guard chats: how do I know these cats? Me and the missus are on our way to meet...
men met on the internet, men met on the internet.... But that is beside the point, I came to rock the joint, so
Got one pair plus one I'll shimmy shimmy shake... watch Smalltown separate them...
we gots to whisper the waves, sea worms...whisper the waves SEA WORMs...
surfing the wake UP to the cock at crack of dawn, air mattress is on the lawn...
got my acousti-axe, just in case.... heading my way down to the beachfront of Westport

Interesting Times: Smalltown can’t remember his lines.
Interesting Times: Which shaker’s mine, and which steak is mine?
Interesting Times: 7 shots of Jack and I’m feeling fine,
Interesting Times.

We all take a swig when the singer sings GIRL
All take a swig when he sings
We all take a swig when the singer says WHISKEY
All take a swig when he sings (*This is a drinking game played to Deshead's fantastic album, Waking up in August. Go ahead, try it.)

Interesting Times: Lucky Kat and the number nine
Interesting Times: Mumble mumble when I garble my lines
Interesting Times: Sangria and I’m feeling fine
Interesting Times.