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InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 17@junkiefred 779646 wrote:
This is a good one, but I prefer the Johnny Cash version better, it seems to take on a more somber tone when Johnny sings it.
Ya this was my theme song toward the end though heroin wasn’t my thing the pain of addiction was.
very depressing songYouTube – Morphine – Cure for Pain
sorry, very bad recovery songs
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 114“The Reason” – Hoobastank
Some of the lyrics are ” I found a reason for me to change who I used to be, the reason to start over new, and the reason is you.
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 1Cold world lyrics
Xzibit LyricsJustine, 19, just got clean
Fresh outta rehab with self-esteem
She ain’t felt this good in a while
A new leash on life, a vibrant thang, a beautiful smile
Used to run with a circle of friends, who was skeleton thin
Sniff white lines off powerful men
But see, all that’s a thang of the past, she got class
And be damned if she’d let herself burn and crash
She ain’t from money so she startin from scratch
It’s hard working for scraps
It take everything she got not to relaspe
Locked down in 9 to 5, but at the 9 to 5
She get sexually harrased and chastised
Boss is a married man, she won’t touch him
Frustrated angry man, she won’t **** him
She’s out of her job, at Basket Cakes
Least it came wit an 8, 2 lines to the face
God Damn![Chorus]
It’s a cold, cold, world, and you know it
Niggaz will lay you down and take your bread, yeah and you know it
Only two choices, you can give it up or you can just die with it!
Only two choices, you can give it up or you can just die with it, yeah[Verse 2: Xzibit]
He was on his own, at a very young age
When he learned from the streets, made everything change
See he came up with hustlers, lost his religion
It’s funny how money can make a ***** think he livin
I ain’t talkin paper like Jigga or Dre
It’s more like 7500, 9 ounces of lle’
That’s what he say he can get for the flip, they thought the deal was legit
But he stuck him and split, in deep ****
Now his mother work for minimum pay
Live a positive way, she the first one at church every Sunday
Blind to the needs of her son, he’s a gatling gun
In the streets, jackin niggaz for fun
It’s a non-stop search through the hood, but can’t catch him
They found out where mom stayed and went steppin
The evil that men do, but still we continue
With death and dishonor, for the all mighty dollar, it’s so cold[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Xzibit]
He was 13, brought up in Baghdad
Ate with his right and made money with his left hand
Prayed to the East, 5 times daily
His mother and father just had a new born baby
Now his father was an Imam who carried the weight
And built his family on 5 pillars of faith
Never trippin off Western ways, it meant nada
Pilgramige to Mecca to circle around Kabba
300 miles away, British troops hit Basra
His cousin waged jihad and died with honor
He heard about the buildings on 9-11
And a man named Bush on a search for weapons
Now here come the U.S., to crush Saddam
Wit 88 thousand tons of missile and bombs
But his family’s too broke to move or find shelter
If they all had to die, they would die together and that’s cold… damn[Chorus]Xzibit Lyrics Index
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 3Girl With a Problem
NORTHERN PIKESShe’s a girl with a problem
She’s a girl with a problem
And there ain’t no cureWell she works so hard and at the end of the day
Needs a little somethin’ extra to take it all away
They say love can conquer all and I wish it were true
She’s a girl with a problem and there’s nothin’ I can do
Nothin’ I can doYou can bang your head against a brick wall
You can lacquer Humpty Dumpty
But you can’t prevent a fall
Well bang, bang, bang, and there’s nobody home
She’s a girl with a problem, she wants to be aloneYou can lie to me
You can lie to yourself for a while
‘Til those lies turn into something else
I will talk to you
You will listen to me for a while
Then you’ll turn your back and away you go
Away you goCan somebody please help me
‘Cause it’s drivin’ me mad
Sometimes she’s so good
But sometimes she’s just so bad
She thinks I don’t know but I’ve been there before
And more than once I’ve thought about just
Walkin’ out that door
Walkin’ out that doorTake me away
I know nothing lasts forever
Take me awayWell nobody wants the gallows
Nobody needs a noose
So break those chains and let her run loose
I love that little girl and I will love her ’til the end
But she’s got a little problem
And she needs to have a good friendYou can lie to me
You can lie to yourself for a while
‘Til those lies turn into something else
I will talk to you
You will listen to me for a while
Then you’ll turn your back and away you go
Away you goShe’s a girl with a problem and it’s plain to see
I try to help her out, she won’t listen to me
She’s a girl with a problem
She’s a girl with a problem
She’s a girl with a problem
She’s a girl with a problem and there ain’t no cureInactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 5Here is a really good one by my favorite band Blue October.
Overweight
Ever carried the weight of another?
For how long?
I walk as far as they need to recover
For how long?I want to carry a piece of who I was before
So when I hit the wall, I really hit the wall
I want to tear away the death again
A whiter shade of ******* meth again
I want to stick to clues, I want to come unglued
I want to shape the world to fit the way you move
Oh, should I listen for a dress size?I owned up, I’ve grown up, do you remember me?
I showed up and so what if I’m the used to be
I’m here to tell you that I’m sorry I was sorry
But I’m happy that you’re happy
This is no longer about meTrade rules, switch sides for your beautiful eyes
Let him be you through your beautiful cries
Let him hold you up so you can touch affordable skies
Live your life just like a dream
Without the pain of goodbyes
Goodbye!Ever carried the weight of another?
For how long?
I walk as far as they need to recover
For how long?I been a drunk disrespectful little street punk
Unlock the back of my trunk
You see, you take this bat
And bash my head into the street again
No-ones around so I keep beating itPull my hair back, look me in the eye
There’s a self-destructive meaning in the bleeding of a guy
It’s the guilt of what reality has given me
Making sense of all mistakes and my stupidity
And when you’re sick you seem to think
You’ve failed eternallyAnd that the people you let in are only crumbling
When you’re sick of thinking life in this recovery
When my decision paved the road
That lies in front of meSo to my friends that even call but I don’t call back
I want you deep inside my heart upon a hill
It seems to hide sometimes and run away and wonder
I’m really sick of saying sorry but I willEver carried the weight of another?
For how long?
I walk as far as they need to recover
For how long?But are we scared to take the ride?
Or dare to look inside?
I’m floating far away (far away)
I’m floating far away (leaving home)
I’m floating far away (so far away)
I’m floating far awayI want to learn to walk with others as an equal
I want to treat the ones who love me with respect
I want to tell the world I’ll give them all a piggyback
And try to take away my negative effect
I want to kiss the girl, I know I’ll never lie again
I want to call my dad and tell him that I care
I want to let my brother know
He saved my life a thousand times
Throughout the years he’s been my friend
Who’s always thereEver carried the weight of another?
For how long?InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 2shameless self-promotion
Shine Through Me – 353
myspace.com/christian353
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 2This is one bad azz song about cocaine addiction
High Cost Of Living — Jamey Johnson
MySpace.com – Jamey Johnson – Montgomery, Alabama – Country – http://www.myspace.com/jameyjohnson
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 1185YouTube – danny o’keefe / good time charlie’s got the blues
showing my age good tune though
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 1185YouTube – The Eagles – Tequila Sunrise
been there done that
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 20Going through changes- Eminem
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 2Puddle of Mud has one called “Said”
I love Massive Attacks song called “live with me” the video is about drinking and pain and just to be cautious here whiskey bottles are features so if that is a trigger don’t go there.InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 7“float on” by modest mouse
I have been listening to this song almost every day here latey.
InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 11neat thread!
these may already be here:
“gold dust woman” – fleetwood mac
“between the bars” – elliott smithInactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 10So many of mine are already here! One of my favorites is “Lua” by Bright Eyes. It describes the sad, lonely part of the fast life when the party is over. Here’s my favorite part:
I’m not sure what the trouble was,
That started all of this.
The reasons all have run away,
But the feeling never did.
It’s not something I would recommend,
But it is one way to live,
‘Cause what’s so simple in the moonlight
By the morning never is.InactiveMarch 16, 2019 at 5:32 amPost count: 10Haven’t seen any Sublime on here… I can’t think of the titles, but they have/had quite a few good ones.
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