Ravings of the Loquacious Madman

Counting Crows 1995

Blue morning, Blue morning
Wrapped in strands of fist and bone.
Curiosity, Kitten, doesn’t have to mean you’re on your own.
Your can look outside your window,
He doesn’t have to know.
We can talk a while, baby.
We can take it nice and slow.

All your life is such a shame, shame, shame.
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream.

Well, are you happy where you’re sleepin’?
Does he keep you safe and warm?
Does he tell you when you’re sorry?
Does he tell you when you’re wrong?
I’ve been watching you for hours.
It’s been years since we were born.
We were perfect when we started…
I’ve been wondering where we’ve gone.

All your life is such a shame, shame, shame.
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream.

Well, I dreamt I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow
Casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there counting crows.
One for sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for girls and four for boys,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.

There’s a bird that nests inside you
Sleeping underneath your skin.
Yeah, when you open up your wings to speak
I wish you’d let me in.

All your life is such a shame, shame, shame.
All your love is just a dream, dream, dream.
Open up your eyes
You can see the flames, flames, flames.
of your wasted life.
You should be ashamed.

Yeah, you don’t want to waste your life, baby.
You don’t wanna waste your life, now darlin.
You don’t wanna waste your life, baby.
You don’t wanna waste your life, now darlin.
Oh, you don’t wanna waste your life, now babe.
I said you don’t wanna waste your life, now darlin.
Oh, you don’t wanna waste your life, now baby.
Oh, you don’t wanna, you don’t wanna waste your life, now darlin.
Change, change, change.
Change.
Change.
Change.

I walk along these hillsides in the summer ‘neath the sunshine.
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me.

I said I walk along these hillsides in the summer ‘neath the sunshine.
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me.

I said I will walk along these hillsides in the summer ‘neath the sunshine.
I am feathered by the moonlight falling down on me.

I said I will walk along these hillsides in the summer ‘neath the sunshine.
I am fettered by the moonlight.

change, change, change.
change, change, change.
Yeah.
change, change, change.
Oh, change, change.
Y-y-y-y-y-yeah.
Change, change, change

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By Fiona Macrae

It has long been reckoned that blondes have more fun  -  but now they are thought to be more confident and amorous too.

Scientists claim their research shows that bleaching hair does wonders for a woman’s self-image.

They feel more attractive, more likely to ask someone out on a date and become more adventurous in the bedroom.

Fun-loving blondes: Actress Scarlett Johansson and Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding have lighter hair which is said to boost confidence

This increased confidence does not just affect a woman’s love life. They find it easier to summon the courage to approach their boss and ask for a pay rise after colouring their hair blonde.

Bottle blondes are also more likely to complain at unfair treatment and more inclined to put their foot down with friends and relatives, according to the study into the effects of hair dyeing on mood.

The research could help explain the success and allure of stars from Marilyn Monroe and Lana Turner to Jessica Simpson and Kim Cattrall.

While lighter locks lifted mood the most, other changes of hair colour also gave women a boost.

Mark Sergeant, who carried out the research at Nottingham Trent University, asked more than 200 women how they felt before and after dyeing their hair.

The original platinum blonde: Actress Marilyn Monroe began life as brunette. The research found those who dye their hair are more likely to sing and dance in front of an audience

Dr Sergeant, who admits to dyeing his brown hair a range of colours including, in his youth, blue, said: ‘Colouring your hair may seem like an art to most people, but there is actually a lot of science behind it. The changes we noted in the study in participants’ behaviour and psychology were significant.

‘Not only were their confidence and mood levels elevated but also their inhibitions seemed to be mitigated with many reporting feeling more attractive and sexually exciting.

‘Across the board participants viewed colouring their hair as something that raised their confidence.

‘They were prepared to ask for things they wouldn’t normally be confident enough to ask for, such as pay rises or time off.’

The younger women taking part in the study, which was funded by shampoo and hair dye company Clairol, tended to colour their hair to get noticed or to reinvent themselves ahead of a big event.

Older women said the covering up of grey hair and signs of ageing boosted their confidence.

Almost 80 per cent of those polled said they would choose to go blonde over any other colour. Black was the least popular colour.

Dr Sergeant now plans to compare the attitudes of natural blondes with bottle blondes and to investigate whether men are similarly affected by a change of hair colour.

But, while blondes may have more fun, they are less successful than brunettes in work, according to other research.

A survey of 3,000 women revealed that, on average, brunettes earn £4,250 a year more than blondes.

Brunettes are also more likely to marry a millionaire, with research showing that around two thirds of the world’s richest men have a brown-haired partner.

The good news for redheads is that they apparently have the best sex lives.

A study of hundreds of German women found those with red hair had more partners and had sex more often.

The Daily Mail

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Dave Matthews Band 1996

So here we are tonight, you and me together
The storm outside, the fire is bright
And in your eyes I see what’s on my mind
You’ve got me wild, turned around inside
And then desire, see, is creeping up heavy inside here
And do you feel the same way as I do now
Now lets make this an evening
Lovers for a night, lovers for tonight
Stay here with me, love, tonight
Just for an evening
When we make our passion pictures
You and me twist up as secret creatures
And well stay here
Tomorrow go back to being friends

Go back to being friends, but tonight lets be lovers, we kiss and sweat
Well turn this better thing
To the best
Of all we can offer, just a rogue kiss
Tangled tongues and lips,
See me this way
I’m turning and turning for you
Girl, just tonight

Float away here with me
An evening just wait and see
But tomorrow go back to your man
I’m back to my world
And were back to being friends
Wait and see me,
Tonight lets do this thing
All we are is wasting hours until the
Sun comes up its all ours
On our way here
Tomorrow go back to being friends

Go back to being friends
Tonight lets be lovers, say you will
And hear me call, soft-spoken
Whispering love
A thing or two I have to say here
Tonight lets go all the way then
Love Ill see you

Just for this evening
Lets strip down, trip out at this
One evening starts with a kiss
Run away

And tomorrow
Back to being friends
Lovers…love…lovers
Just for tonight, one night…love you
And tommorrow say goodbye

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William Shakespeare 1609

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Peter Gabriel 1986

 Accepting all I've done and said
  I want to stand and stare again
  'Til there's nothing left out, oh whoa whoa
  It remains there in your eyes
  Whatever comes and goes
  I will hear your silent call
  And I will touch this tender wall
  'Til I know I'm home again, oh

  (In your eyes) In your eyes
  (In your eyes) In your eyes
  (In your eyes) In your eyes

  Love, I get so lost, sometimes
  Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
  When I want to run away I drive off in my car
  But whichever way I go, I come back to the place you are

  And all my instincts, they return
  And the grand facade, so soon will burn
  Without a noise, without my pride
  I reach out from the inside

  In your eyes, the light, the heat
  In your eyes I am complete
  In your eyes, the resolution
  Of all the fruitless searches
  In your eyes, I see the light and the heat
  In your eyes
  Oh, I want to be that complete
  I want to touch the light
  The heat I see in your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes

  Love, I don't like to see so much pain
  So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
  I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
  I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

  And all my instincts, they return
  And the grand facade, so soon will burn
  Without a noise, without my pride
  I reach out from the inside

  In your eyes, the light, the heat
  In your eyes I am complete
  In your eyes I see the doorway
  To a thousand churches
  In your eyes, the resolution
  Of all the fruitless searches
  In your eyes, I see the light and the heat
  In your eyes
  Oh, I want to be that complete
  I want to touch the light
  The heat I see in your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes

  Accepting all I've done and said
  I want to stand and stare again
  'Til there's nothing left out, oh whoa whoa
  It remains there in your eyes
  Whatever comes and goes
  Oh, it's in your eyes

  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes
  In your eyes

  I want to stand and stare again
  Oh, it's in your eyes

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