Song of the Day: Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know (Keane cover)

You, my seven readers* know that I love a song that is great not only when sung by the original artist but perhaps even better when covered by someone else.  So, with that in mind...

"Lily Allen - Somewhere Only We Know"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mer6X7nOY_o

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

The original artist:
"Keane - Somewhere Only We Know"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oextk-If8HQ


The original artist, acoustic version:
"Keane - Somewhere Only We Know (Acoustic from Best of Keane)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bndf5HBylj8


And just for fun, for the first, and likely only, time you'll see this on this blog, the Glee version!
"GLEE - Somewhere Only We Know (Full Performance) (Official Music Video) HD"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa532g6PwqY


Lyrics by AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/keane/somewhereonlyweknow.html

"Somewhere Only We Know"

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go?
So why don't we go?

Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?
Somewhere only we know?

Quote of the Day: The Miracle, Life

I was reminded of the following quote when listening to the song of the day yesterday.

    We spend a whole life searching for a miracle
    and what we fail to realize is
    that life is the miracle.
    All of it.

-Anonymous

Song of the Day: Metric - Help, I'm Alive

Great song by Metric.  Two versions.

Help I'm Alive by Metric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtA7YIFapnY

Help I'm Alive - Acoustic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1pCOR9Rv9M

If we're still alive
My regrets are few
If my life is mine
What shouldn't I do?
I get wherever I'm going
I get whatever I need
While my blood's still flowing
And my heart's still
Beating like a hammer

From AZLyrics.com:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/metric/helpimalive.html

"Help, I'm Alive"

I tremble
They're gonna eat me alive
If I stumble
They're gonna eat me alive
Can you hear my heart
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

Help I'm alive
My heart keeps beating like a hammer
Hard to be soft
Tough to be tender
Come take my pulse the pace is on a runaway train
Help I'm alive
My heart keeps beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

If we're still alive
My regrets are few
If my life is mine
What shouldn't I do?
I get wherever I'm going
I get whatever I need
While my blood's still flowing
And my heart's still
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

Help I'm alive
My heart keeps beating like a hammer
Hard to be soft
Tough to be tender
Come take my pulse the pace is on a runaway train
Help I'm alive
My heart keeps beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

If we're still alive
My regrets are few
If my life is mine
What shouldn't I do?
I get wherever I'm going
I get whatever I need
While my blood's still flowing
And my heart's still
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer
Beating like a hammer

Help I'm alive
My heart keeps beating like a hammer

Song of the Day: Shivaree - Mexican Boyfriend

Here's another Shivaree song, just because it's hot.  And sad.  We've all been there, loved and lost.  This song captures the emotion so well.

"Shivaree - Mexican Boyfriend"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_XUXR840M

Lyrics, from A-Z Lyrics:http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/shivaree/mexicanboyfriend.html

"Mexican Boyfriend"

I wore the dress that you liked almost everyday
Boxed up all my baby dolls and gave them away
I wrote your name on the wall next to my bed
Any day that I saw you at all was circled in red

What they said was a man drifted over the line
Drove you away and a little girl out of her mind
And the rain fell down and washed off your face
Washed you away, left carnations and stone in your place

My first cigarette and my first pill
My first cup of coffee and my first chill
Now you'll never know my first kiss
Somebody else will
Cause you were the first one I saw
Holding that still


There were some non-English lyrics in the song.  Spanish starting at about 2:12.  More information here:
http://shivaree.forumbuild.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12

From FranciscoParsley:

In the song "mexican boyfriend" she sings in Spanish at minute 2:12 - 2:27

"Yo me besaba la mano imaginando que eras tu"... which translates to "i would kiss my (own) hand imagining it was you"

Song of the Day: Shivaree - Goodnight Moon

Love this song, going back before it was used in Kill Bill, by the way.  Very hot, love her voice.

"Shivaree Goodnight Moon ( Lyrics )"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8gUI-Y5HQ

Lyrics, from A-Z Lyrics:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/shivaree/goodnightmoon.html

"Goodnight Moon"

There's a nail in the door
And there's glass on the lawn
Tacks on the floor
And the TV is on
And I always sleep with my guns
When you're gone

There's a blade by the bed
And a phone in my hand
A dog on the floor
And some cash on the nightstand
When I'm all alone the dreaming stops
And I just can't stand

What should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out and maybe
And then the wind just starts to moan
Outside the door he followed me home

Well goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won't be too soon 'til I say
Goodnight moon

There's a shark in the pool
And a witch in the tree
A crazy old neighbour and he's been watching me
And there's footsteps loud and strong coming down the hall
Something's under the bed
Now it's out in the hedge
There's a big black crow sitting on my window ledge
And I hear something scratching through the wall

Oh what should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out and maybe
I just hate to be all alone
Outside the door he followed me home
Now goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won't be too soon 'til I say
Goodnight moon

Well you're up so high
How can you save me
When the dark comes here
Tonight to take me up
To my front walk
And into bed where it kisses my face
And eats my head

Oh what should I do I'm just a little baby
What if the lights go out and maybe
And then the wind just starts to moan
Outside the door he followed me home
Now goodnight moon
I want the sun
If it's not here soon
I might be done
No it won't be too soon 'til I say
Goodnight moon
No it won't be too soon 'til I say
Goodnight moon