Playlist for Free Jinger - Shaking The Tree

[sparkles]

Awesome, Constant! Kudos to both of them from me too!

[meda]

My personal "hymn" would be Ani Defranco's "joyful girl" It's my stiff upper lip song.

I do it for the joy it brings

Because I'm a joyful girl

Because the world owes me nothing

And we owe each other the world

I do it because it's the least I can do

I do it because I learned it from you

I do it just because I want to

Because I want to

And everything I do is judged

And mostly get it wrong, but oh well

'Cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged

And the woman who lives there can tell

The truth from the stuff that they say

And she looks me in the eye

Says would you prefer the easy way?

No well okay then don't cry

I wonder if everything I do, I do instead of something I want to do more

Question fills my head and I, and I know that there's no grand plan here

This is just the way it goes and when everything else seems unclear

I guess at least I know

I do it for the joy it brings and a

Because I'm a joyful girl

Because the world owes me nothing and

And we owe each other the world and

And I do it because it's the least I can do

And I do it because I learned it from you

And I, I do it just because I want to

Boy I want to, I just want to

I can't embed this, but a great live version:

[snarkyjan]

Or how about Loretta's "One's On the Way?"

Note to self: Look through music collection to find songs to add to this list.

Better yet, "Your Squaw Is On The Warpath Tonight".

[Buzzard]

My personal "hymn" would be Ani Defranco's "joyful girl" It's my stiff upper lip song.

I do it for the joy it brings

Because I'm a joyful girl

Because the world owes me nothing

And we owe each other the world

I do it because it's the least I can do

I do it because I learned it from you

I do it just because I want to

Because I want to

And everything I do is judged

And mostly get it wrong, but oh well

'Cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged

And the woman who lives there can tell

The truth from the stuff that they say

And she looks me in the eye

Says would you prefer the easy way?

No well okay then don't cry

I wonder if everything I do, I do instead of something I want to do more

Question fills my head and I, and I know that there's no grand plan here

This is just the way it goes and when everything else seems unclear

I guess at least I know

I do it for the joy it brings and a

Because I'm a joyful girl

Because the world owes me nothing and

And we owe each other the world and

And I do it because it's the least I can do

And I do it because I learned it from you

And I, I do it just because I want to

Boy I want to, I just want to

I can't embed this, but a great live version:

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Ahhh... Ani Defranco should be mandatory listening. My favorite

(NSFW!!!!!!!!!!!)

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think i'm going for a walk now

i feel a little unsteady

i don't want nobody to follow me

'cept maybe you

i could make you happy you know

if you weren't already

i could do a lot of things

and i do

tell you the truth i prefer

the worst of you

too bad you had to have a better half

she's not really my type

but i think you two are forever

and i hate to say it but

you're perfect together

so fuck you

and your untouchable face

and fuck you

for existing in the first place

and who am i

that i should be vying for your touch

and who am i

i bet you can't even tell me that much

two-thirty in the morning

and my gas tank will be empty soon

neon sign on the horizon

rubbing elbows with the moon

a safe haven of sleepless

where the deep fryer's always on

radio is counting down

the top 20 country songs

and out on the porch the fly strip is

waving like a flag in the wind

y'know, i don't look forward

to seeing you again soon

you'll look like a photograph of yourself

taken from far far away

and i won't know what to do

and i won't know what to say

except fuck you...

i see you and i'm so perplexed

what was i thinking

what will i think of next

where can i hide

in the back room there's a lamp

that hangs over the pool table

and when the fan is on it swings

gently side to side

there's a changing constellation

of balls as we are playing

i see orion and say nothing

the only thing i can think of saying

is fuck you...

[EyeQueue]

Dog Days are Over, by Florence and the Machine. It strikes me as a song about a girl/woman who is gradually waking up to something, realizing the status quo isn't good enough and wants more, and is starting to feel empowered and the speaker in the song is telling her to run and get out.

Happiness hit her like a train on a track

Coming towards her stuck still no turning back

She hid around corners and she hid under beds

She killed it with kisses and from it she fled

With every bubble she sank with her drink

And washed it away down the kitchen sink

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

The horses are coming

So you better run

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father

Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your longing behind

You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

Can you hear the horses?

'Cause here they come

And I never wanted anything from you

Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh

Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back

Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

Can you hear the horses?

'Cause here they come

Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father

Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers

Leave all your love and your longing behind

You can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

Can you hear the horses?

'Cause here they come

The dog days are over

The dog days are done

The horses are coming

So you better run

ETA: Punctuation

[FloraKitty35]

Lily Allen's Fuck You (Very Much)

"Fuck You (Very Much)"

Look inside

Look inside your tiny mind

Now look a bit harder

Cause we're so uninspired, so sick and tired of all the hatred you harbor

So you say

It's not okay to be gay

Well I think you're just evil

You're just some racist who can't tie my laces

Your point of view is medieval

Fuck you

Fuck you very, very much

Cause we hate what you do

And we hate your whole crew

So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you

Fuck you very, very much

Cause your words don't translate

And it's getting quite late

So please don't stay in touch

Do you get

Do you get a little kick out of being slow minded?

You want to be like your father

It's approval you're after

Well that's not how you find it

Do you

Do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful?

Cause there's a hole where your soul should be

Your losing control of it and it's really distasteful

Fuck you

Fuck you very, very much

Cause we hate what you do

And we hate your whole crew

So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you

Fuck you very, very much

Cause your words don't translate and it's getting quite late

So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you,

Fuck you

You say, you think we need to go to war

Well you're already in one,

Cause its people like you

That need to get slew

No one wants your opinion

Fuck you

Fuck you very, very much

Cause we hate what you do

And we hate your whole crew

So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you

Fuck you very, very much

Cause your words don't translate and it's getting quite late

So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you

Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you

[BornOKThe1stTime]

REM's Supernatural Superserious

Everybody here

Comes from somewhere

That they would just soon forget

And disguise

At the summer camp where you volunteered

No one saw your face,

No one saw your fear

If that apparition had just appeared

Took you up and away

From this base and sheer

Humiliation.

Of your teenage station.

Nobody cares

No one remembers

And nobody cares

Yeah you cried and you cried

He's alive he's alive

Yeah you cried and cried and you

Cried and you cried

If you call out "safe"

Then I'll stop right away

If the premise buckles

And the ropes start to chafe

The details smart

But the story's the same

You don't have to explain,

You don't have to explain

Humiliation.

Of your teenage station.

Yeah you cried and you cried

He's alive he's alive

Yeah you cried and you cried and you

Cried and you

Realized your fantasies

Are dressed up in travesties

Enjoy yourself with no regrets

Everybody here

Comes from somewhere

That they would just as soon forget

And disguise

Yeah you cried and you cried

He's alive he's alive

Yeah you cried and you cried and you

Cried and you cried

Now there's nothing

Dark and there's nothing weird

Don't be afraid i will hold you near.

From the seance where you first betrayed

An open heart on a darkened stage.

A celebration

Of your teenage station

This

Inexperience, sweet, delirious.

Supernatural, superserious.

Inexperience, sweet, delirious.

Supernatural, superserious,

Wow.

[Shoes Grace]

Amanda Palmer's Map of Tasmania. NSFW, but I think if the Hive Vagina had a theme, this is what it would play.

Let's face it, when you stumble across this site for the first time, it's not exactly uplifting and heartwarming in a cuddly way, but I find, personally, this is the song I rock when things are feeling a little oppressive.

[znthahmed378]

only the good die young by billy joel.

king of anything by i dont remember

just because im a woman by dolly parton.

and finally is there life out there by reba mcentire.

now dammit my phone better let me post this... this is the eleventy billionth time i have tried!!!

King of anything- by Sara Barailles?

[RosyDaisy]

Here's a good one:

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Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray

South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television

North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom

Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"

Eisenhower, vaccine, England's got a new queen

Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye

CHORUS

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

Josef Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev

Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron

Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team

Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev

Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac

Sputnik, Zhou Enlai, Bridge On The River Kwai

Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California Baseball,

Starkweather homicide, Children of Thalidomide

Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia

Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy

Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land,

Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania

Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex

J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again

Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline

Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal suicide

Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law

Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning since the world's been turning.

We didn't start the fire

But when we are gone

It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire

No we didn't light it

But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire

It was always burning

Since the world's been turning

We didn't start the fire...

[RosyDaisy]

And this one: Hottest shower scene ever!

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I live in a tiny closet

A lukewarm cold water flat

With room for a couple of cinders

And a mouse, a hole and a trap

I don't worry about the flights

Or count the stairs

'Cause I know someone's there

I took a high paying sweeping-up job

Dusting after somebody else

Seeing that there's clean on the windows

Convincing the snow to melt

I don't worry about the ride

Or the subway fare

'Cause I know someone's there

One day we'll move uptown

Or even out to the country side

And for every leaf on a tree

We'll add one cub to the pride

Who cares if the floor ain't level

Or if the ceiling falls in

Haunted by the devil

Or ghosts and boogeymen

I can't be concerned

Why should I care

No place I'd go alone would compare

'Cause I know, I know you're there

One day we'll move uptown

Or even out to the country side

And for every leaf on a tree

We'll add one cub to the pride

Who cares if the floor ain't level

Or if the ceiling falls in

Haunted by the devil

And ghosts and boogeymen

I can't be concerned

Why should I care

No place I'd go alone would compare

'Cause I know, I know you're there

[Buzzard]

And, of course... (gotta use a live version)

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Is this the real life?

Is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landslide,

No escape from reality.

Open your eyes,

Look up to the skies and see,

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy,

Because I'm easy come, easy go,

Little high, little low,

Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me.

Mama, just killed a man,

Put a gun against his head,

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.

Mama, life had just begun,

But now I've gone and thrown it all away.

Mama, ooh,

Didn't mean to make you cry,

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow,

Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters.

Too late, my time has come,

Sent shivers down my spine,

Body's aching all the time.

Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go,

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.

Mama, ooh (any way the wind blows),

I don't wanna die,

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all.

I see a little silhouetto of a man,

Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?

Thunderbolt and lightning,

Very, very frightening me.

(Galileo) Galileo.

(Galileo) Galileo,

Galileo Figaro

Magnifico.

I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me.

He's just a poor boy from a poor family,

Spare him his life from this monstrosity.

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?

Bismillah! No, we will not let you go.

(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.

(Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go.

(Let me go) Will not let you go.

(Let me go) Will not let you go.

(Never, never, never let me go) Ah.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

(Oh, mama mia, mama mia) Mama mia, let me go.

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?

So you think you can love me and leave me to die?

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby,

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here.

(Oh, yeah, oh yeah)

Nothing really matters,

Anyone can see,

Nothing really matters,

Nothing really matters to me.

Any way the wind blows.

[Becoming_Me]

I only started to listen to secular music a few months ago, so I know nothing of good music. The only song I knew from this thread was Hallelujah. :o

The song that is currently inspiring me is Roar by Katy Perry. The first verse is the story of my life thus far. I haven't learned to roar quite yet but I will, watch out world!

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath

Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely

I guess that I forgot I had a choice

I let you push me past the breaking point

I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Get ready cause I’ve had enough

I see it all, I see it now

[Chorus]

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar

Now I’m floating like a butterfly

Stinging like a bee I earned my stripes

I went from zero, to my own hero

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound

Like thunder gonna shake the ground

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)

Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough

I see it all, I see it now

[Chorus]

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire

‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

Louder, louder than a lion

‘Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You’re gonna hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You'll hear me roar

Oh oh oh oh oh oh

You're gonna hear me roar...

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[itsthatonegirl]

I have two good ones but I don't know how to copy and paste on an android! !

NVM I got the computer. Here ya go :)

Waitin', watchin' the clock, it's four o'clock, it's got to stop

Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech

As he opens the door, she rolls over...

Pretends to sleep as he looks her over

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...

She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Ohh...

Talkin' to herself, there's no one else who needs to know...

She tells herself, oh...

Memories back when she was bold and strong

And waiting for the world to come along...

Swears she knew it, now she swears he's gone

She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a better man...

She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...

She lies and says she still loves him, can't find a better man...

She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can't find a better man...

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Yeah...

She loved him, yeah... she don't want to leave this way

She feeds him, yeah... that's why she'll be back again

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better man

Can't find a better... man...

Well she seemed all right by dawns early light

Though she looked a little worried and weak

She tried to pretend he wasn't drinkin' again

But daddy left the proof on her cheek

And I was only eight years old that summer

And I always seemed to be in the way

So I took myself down to the fair in town

On Independence Day

Well word gets around in a small, small town

They said he was a dangerous man

But mama was proud and she stood her ground

She knew she was on the losin' end

Some folks whispered and some folks talked

But everybody looked the other way

And when time ran out there was no one about

On Independence Day

Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing

Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning

Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong

Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it's Independence Day

Well she lit up the sky that fourth of July

By the time that the firemen come

They just put out the flames, and took down some names

And sent me to the county home

Now I ain't sayin' it's right or it's wrong

But maybe it's the only way

Talk about your revolution

It's Independence Day

Let freedom ring, let the white dove sing

Let the whole world know that today is a day of reckoning

Let the weak be strong, let the right be wrong

Roll the stone away, let the guilty pay it's Independence Day

Roll the stone away

It's Independence day

[FloraKitty35]

Queen's Death on Two Legs

You suck my blood like a leech

You break the law and you breach

Screw my brain till it hurts

You've taken all my money - you still want more,

Misguided old mule

With your pigheaded rules

With your narrow - minded cronies who are fools of the first division-

Death on two legs -

You're tearing me apart,

Death on two legs

You never had a heard of your own -

Kill joy, Bad guy,

Big talking, Small fry

You're just an old barrow - boy

Have you found a new toy to replace me,

Can you face me -

But now you can kiss my ass goodbye

Feel good, are you satisfied

Do you feel like suicide (I think you should)

Is your conscience all right

Does it plague you at night,

Do you feel good - Feel good!

Talk like a big business tycoon,

But you're just a hot - air balloon,

So no one gives you a damn,

You're just an overgrown school - boy

Let me tan your hide.

A dog with disease,

King of the 'sleaze'

Put your money where your mouth is Mr. Know all,

Was the fin on your back part of the deal...(shark!)

Death on two legs

You're tearing me apart

Death on two legs -

You never had a heart of your own,

(You never did, right from the start)

Insane you should be put inside,

You're a sewer - rat decaying in a cesspool of pride

Should be made unemployed

Then make yourself null - and - void,

Make me feel good

I feel good.

[cadavreexquis]

I'm so glad you brought up PJ Harvey, constantgardner. I would definitely add her song "Joy" to this playlist, as it seems oddly descriptive of a lot of SAHDs presents or futures.

http://youtu.be/tnpbRDPPZIE

"Joy was her name / alive, unwed / thirty years old / never danced a step."

[ILoveJellybeans]

I'm so glad you brought up PJ Harvey, constantgardner. I would definitely add her song "Joy" to this playlist, as it seems oddly descriptive of a lot of SAHDs presents or futures.

http://youtu.be/tnpbRDPPZIE

"Joy was her name / alive, unwed / thirty years old / never danced a step."

Wow, that is Sarah Maxwell's theme tune!