Song lyric mystery

quote:

I'm free, free as stone

Hmmm...well not a man, but. Try Mary Black album Circus. That has a track called "Free As A Stone"

Lyrics are:
Phone calls and taxi-rides
And somebody's leaving
Misunderstandings get out of control
And the right words get left
And the wrong words get spoken
He's gone but not your pride
Chorus
Not much can help
The full heart that's breaking
Can't find the words
And you can't hide the feelings
And it's down to the bone
To the heart of the matter
You're free free as stone
Look at you now
You're the picture of sorrow
Head in your hands
Like a scene from a movie
And all of the things
That seemed so important
Are leaves and are blowing away
Chorus
Nothing can help
The full heart that's breaking
You can't find the words
And you can't hide the feelings
And it's down to the bone
To the heart of the matter
You're free free as stone
Walk through this town
On a cold Sunday morning
Soldiers in uniforms
Guns in their hands
The world all caught up
With barbed wire fences
I'm free I'm free as stone
Chorus
Oh nothing can help
The full heart that's breaking
Won't find the words
And you can't hide the feelings
And it's down to bone
To the heart of the matter
You're free free as stone
You're free free as stone

If that's the song then you are part of the way there. If not...

Or Seal - Stone Free

Baby babe, I'm all weak from talking
And if I stay too long
People try to slow me down
They talk about me like a dog
They talk about the clothes I wear
But they don't realize
They're the ones who're square
So that's why
They can't slow me down
I don't want to be slowed down
I gotta move on
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
To ride with the breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away
C'mon
Woman here, woman there
Try to keep me in a plastic cage
But they don't realize
It's so easy to break
Oh but sometimes I get hot
Just trying to get out of here
Oh, but they don't realize
They're the ones who're square
So that's why
They can't slow me down
I don't want to be slowed down
I gotta move on
Ohh!
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
To ride with the breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away
From here...
Hold back
Round and round and round we go
Hold me my darlin'
Don't be late
Oh for the show
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
To ride with the breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
Just to ride with that breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away

The choices increase!

Or

EVERYDAY IN THE WEEK I'M IN A DIFFERENT CITY
IF I STAY TOO LONG PEOPLE TRY TO PULL ME DOWN
THEY TALK ABOUT ME LIKE A DOG
TALKIN' ABOUT THE CLOTHES I WEAR
BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO'S SQUARE

HEY!
AND THAT'S WHY
YOU CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN
I DON'T WANT TO BE DOWN I GOTTA MOVE
HEY

STONE FREE DO WHAT I PLEASE
STONE FREE TO RIDE THE BREEZE
STONE FREE I CAN'T STAY
I GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GET AWAY

ALRIGHT
LISTEN TO THIS BABY
A WOMAN HERE A WOMAN THERE TRY TO KEEP ME IN A PLASTIC CAGE
BUT THEY DON'T REALIZE IT'S SO EASY TO BREAK
BUT SOMETIMES I GET A HA
FEEL MY HEART KIND OF RUNNIN' HOT
THAT'S WHEN I'VE GOT TO MOVE BEFORE I GET CAUGHT

AND THE IS WHY, LISTEN TO ME BABY, YOU CAN'T HOLD ME DOWN
I DON'T WANT TO BE TIED DOWN
I GOTTA BE FREE
OWH!

I SAID
STONE FREE DO WHAT I PLEASE
STONE FREE TO RIDE THE BREEZE
STONE FREE I CAN'T STAY
GOT TO GOT TO GOT TO GET AWAY
YEAH OW!
TEAR ME LOOSE BABY

YEAH!
STONE FREE TO RIDE ON THE BREEZE
STONE FREE DO WHAT I PLEASE
STONE FREE I CAN'T STAY
STONE FREE I GOT TO I GOT TO GET AWAY
STONE FREE GO ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY
STONE FREE DON'T TRY TO HOLD ME BACK BABY
STONE FREE OH YEAH BABY
STONE FREE GOT TO GOT TO GET AWAY
STONE FREE GOODBYE BABY

(sorry about the CAPS!). Jimi Hendrix

Thanks - it's the Mary Black one, and you're right she's not quite a man!

A rather pretty woman with a lovely voice in fact!

What about this by Seal:

Baby babe, I'm all weak from talking
And if I stay too long
People try to slow me down
They talk about me like a dog
They talk about the clothes I wear
But they don't realize
They're the ones who're square
So that's why
They can't slow me down
I don't want to be slowed down
I gotta move on
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
To ride with the breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away
C'mon
Woman here, woman there
Try to keep me in a plastic cage
But they don't realize
It's so easy to break
Oh but sometimes I get hot
Just trying to get out of here
Oh, but they don't realize
They're the ones who're square
So that's why
They can't slow me down
I don't want to be slowed down
I gotta move on
Ohh!
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
To ride with the breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away
From here...
Hold back
Round and round and round we go
Hold me my darlin'
Don't be late
Oh for the show
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
To ride with the breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away
Stone free
To do as I please
Stone free
Just to ride with that breeze
Stone free
To do as I say
I gotta gotta gotta get away

Brad

There's an echo in here!!

quote:

Originally posted by Yeldarb:
There's an echo in here!!

So that's 2 seals - almost a pack!

quote:

Originally posted by Fisbey:
Thanks - it's the Mary Black one, and you're right she's not quite a man!

A rather pretty woman with a lovely voice in fact!

Irish as well!



And one who Christy Moore refers to in Cabaret:

My belly thought my throat was cut,
And all the restaurants were shut as I was driving out through Kinnegad.
So I drove on to Mother Hubbard's where I saw a swarm of truckers,
And I said to myself This place doesn't look too bad.
In came a forty foot lorry, leaking lines of slurry,
And the King of the Road jumps down and he says to me:
"Hey John. Don't I know you're face are ye Paddy Reilly or Brendan Grace,
Are ye Mary Black or Freddie White says he.
I said "come hear and I'll tell ye"....

She is lovely isn't she - seen her at the Albert Hall twice - I didn't think the band were as good once Declan Sinnot left though - after Circus I believe.

quote:

Originally posted by Fisbey:
Thanks - it's the Mary Black one, and you're right she's not quite a man!

A rather pretty woman with a lovely voice in fact!

Most definitely - she has released some great albums. I've seen her live in Bristol and she was superb.

No Frontiers and Babes In the Wood are my favourite Mary Black album's. Columbus is one the greatest songs I have ever heard.

I agree that after Declan Sinnot left that her band was not as strong.

quote:

No Frontiers and Babes In the Wood are my favourite Mary Black album's

I'll second that!

I last saw her in Southampton on the Circus tour. "Only a Woman's heart" becoming "no woman don't cry" then returning to the original song, was the highlight of the concert for me.