Help to transcribe the lyrics of some songs, please!

[andreynovox]

Very nice song "Lady Smith" by the very mysterious band Shuttah:

My English is poor, but the song is curious... Please, help to correct. What I can only hear:

Who's siegeing walls when the temple jobs(?)
Big foot to win(?) when a marching starts,
Spiders by night, flies by day
Eat you alive
See all the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith

Boiled in sun 20 miles a day
The column moves it's dust away
But soon our way reeled (???)
I marched each day
Trap on the tick (?)
Along the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith,
The track we ride some horse before
Close behind we matched to war
Boy soldier where my trump? (triumph?)

[rcarlberg]

The lyrics appear to be mostly nonsensical -- so I'm not sure how much it matters -- but this is what I hear:

The Sergeant(?) roars when the tempo drops
Good food to eat when the marching stops
Spiders by night, flies by day
Eat you alive
But it's the only the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith

Boiling sun 20 miles a day
The column moves its dusty way
But so and weary
Our march each day
Drop from fatigue
Along the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith,
The column(?) we ride some horse before
Close behind we march to war
Boy soldier where's my drum?

[Mister Triscuits]

The Sergeant roars when the tempo drops
Pig food to eat when the marching stops
Spiders by night, flies by day
Eat you alive
But it's the only the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith

Boiling sun 20 miles a day
The column moves its dusty way
But sore and weary
Our march each day
Drop from fatigue
Along the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith,
The Colonel he rides on horse before
Close behind we march to war
Boy soldier where's my drum?

Not nonsensical at all; a straightforward account of marching to the Boer wars.

Edit: maybe that's "Footsore and weary"?

[andreynovox]

rcarlberg, Mister Triscuits - oh, great! Thank you so much for the help!!!

[andreynovox]

What a great melodic and spacy song "Night Vision" by Flash (with Ray Bennett & Colin Carter, 2013)

The lyrics seems to be interesting, but impossible to find anywhere... Please, help to correct

Dark shadows dancing on the wall
Dark footsteps coming down the hall
Dark music playing in the rain
Dark thoughts are playing in my brain

Atmosphere charge start with electrons
Splash quivers of mightiness tied (?)
Thunder tone is like a grammars of heights (??)
Check my windows
And run off my mind

Night fever socket(?) on my sheets
Light had it headed for the streams
The ground is floating off my feet
Light coming turning up the heat(?)
Streets are deep with black waters in the midnight
... ...[?] so making leaves is their paz (?)
Figures men like insects on the pavement
Scurry paced ... marched to good luck(???)

Tick tock door clock upon a mental (???)
Third hand byrds a second to wait
I can remember the evening of this moment
I can remember what I wanted to save

Dark shadows dancing on the wall
Dark footsteps coming down the hall
Dark music playing in the rain
Dark thoughts are playing in my brain

[rcarlberg]

The Sergeant roars when the tempo drops
Pig food to eat when the marching stops
Spiders by night, flies by day
Eat you alive
But it's the only the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith

Boiling sun 20 miles a day
The column moves its dusty way
But sore and weary
Our march each day
Drop from fatigue
Along the way to Lady Smith,
To Lady Smith, to Lady Smith,
The Colonel he rides on a horse before
Close behind we march to war
Boy soldier where's my drum?

One SMALL addition, then I think you got it!

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

After multiple listens I think I have it right except for a couple of words that I just can't make out.....

Dark shadows dancing on the wall
Dark footsteps coming down the hall
Dark music playing in the rain
Dark thoughts are playing in my brain

Atmosphere charged up with electrons
Splash riversof mightiness die(?)
Thunder storm is like a gromage(?) of Hades
Shake my windows
And rattle my mind

Night fever stalking(?) on my sheets
Light had it headed for the streets
The ground is floating off my feet
Light coming turning up the heat
Streets are deep with black waters in the midnight
Cars move slow making waves as they pass
Figures bend like insects on the pavement
Scurry past, (hands are much too sly?)

Tick tock the clock upon the mantle
Third hand burns the seconds away
I can't remember the meaningof this moment
I can't remember what I wanted to say

Dark shadows dancing on the wall
Dark footsteps coming down the hall
Dark music playing in the rain
Dark thoughts are plaguing me again

[rcarlberg]

Here's a first (& second) attempt.

Dark shadows dancing on the wall
Dark footsteps coming down the hall
Dark music playing in the rain
Dark thoughts are playing in my brain

Atmosphere charged up with electrons
Splash rivers of mightiness die (?)
Thunder storm is like the drummers of Hades
Shake my windows
And rattle my mind

Night fever soakin' on my sheets
Light-headed headed for the streets
The ground is floating off my feet
Night coming turning up the heat
Streets are deep with black waters in the midnight
Cars move slow makin' waves as they pass
Biggest men like insects on the pavement
Scurry past ... there's a watch to reply(?)

Tick-tock the clock upon the mantle
Third hand burns the seconds away(?)
I can't remember the meaning of this moment
I can't remember what I wanted to say

Dark shadows dancing on the wall
Dark footsteps coming down the hall
Dark music playing in the rain
Dark thoughts are plaguing me again

[andreynovox]

Sturgeon's Lawyer Thank you really! Good job!
But "gromage" - what is it?

[rcarlberg]

But "gromage" - what is it?

stoked

[andreynovox]

rcarlberg - thank you!

The lyrics of "Don't" by the dutch band Galaxy-lin seemed to be simple but I can not make out what it's all about and it really makes me crazy... Please, help to decrypt:

She kiss my lips, she kiss my cheek
I can't kiss her, I can't speak
I fear the crystal slip to break
Oh, oh notching gales with me (???)

Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away
Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away

Oh, oh I'm dreaming by her
Oh, oh I'm dreaming by her
I have dozen may she play it(???)
As in upper scene you may(???)

Her flashing eyes have floating glance
I know I don't have to beware
I fear the crystal slip to break
Oh, oh notching gains with me(???)

Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away
Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away

[rcarlberg]

Here goes nuttin' (maybe English is a second language to this band?):

She kiss'd my lips, she kiss'd my cheek
I can kiss her back, last week(?)
I fear the crystal's sleep to break(?)
Uh-oh, nightingales in May(?)

Don't don't don't
Dash my golden dreams away
Don't don't don't
Dash my golden dreams away

Uh-oh, I'm dreamin' 'bout her
Uh-oh, I'm dreamin' 'bout her
On a duz(?) where she played(?)
As an oppo-sin(?) you made(?)

Her flashin' eyes, her floatin' hair
I will don't(?) her to beware(?)
I fear the crystal's sleep to break(?)
Uh-oh, nightingales in May(?)

Don't don't don't
Dash my golden dreams away
Don't don't don't
Dash my golden dreams away

Uh-oh, I'm dreamin' 'bout her
Uh-oh, I'm dreamin' 'bout her
On a duz(?) where she played(?)
As an oppo-sin you made(?)

[Progbear]

rcarlberg - thank you!

The lyrics of "Don't" by the dutch band Galaxy-lin seemed to be simple but I can not make out what it's all about and it really makes me crazy... Please, help to decrypt:

She kiss my lips, she kiss my cheek
I can't kiss her, I can't speak
I fear the crystal slip to break
Oh, oh notching gales with me (???)

Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away
Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away

Oh, oh I'm dreaming by her
Oh, oh I'm dreaming by her
I have dozen may she play it(???)
As in upper scene you may(???)

Her flashing eyes have floating glance
I know I don't have to beware
I fear the crystal slip to break
Oh, oh notching gains with me(???)

Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away
Don't, don't, don't
Touch my gold and dreams away

She kissed my lips, she kissed my cheek
I cannot kiss her, I can’t speak
I feel the blissful sleep to break
Oh, nightingales in May

Don’t, don’t, don’t dash my golden dreams away
Don’t, don’t, don’t dash my golden dreams away

Oh, oh, I’m dreaming ’bout her
Oh, oh, I’m dreaming ’bout her
???????
???????

Her flashing eyes, her floating hair
I know I don’t have to beware
I feel the blissful sleep to break
Oh, nightingales in May

Don’t, don’t, don’t dash my golden dreams away
Don’t, don’t, don’t dash my golden dreams away

I am absolutely baffled by the two lines following the “dreaming about her” bit. Their heavy Dutch accents are NOT helping my comprehension. I am pretty sure I hear “other” pronounced as “uzzer” in the second line, but the rest is completely mangled.

[andreynovox]

rcalberg, Progbear: thank you!
Didn't expect the two lines are so difficult to decipher...
Impossible to make out>
"Oh, oh, I’m dreaming ’bout her
Oh, oh, I’m dreaming ’bout her
all her sudden machine playing
as in up the seeing you made..."

[Mister Triscuits]

I am absolutely baffled by the two lines following the “dreaming about her” bit. Their heavy Dutch accents are NOT helping my comprehension. I am pretty sure I hear “other” pronounced as “uzzer” in the second line, but the rest is completely mangled.

I make it "On a dulcimer she played/As an Abyssinian maid."

[andreynovox]

I make it "On a dulcimer she played/As an Abyssinian maid."

Great! Sounds real!
Seems only Robbie van Leeuwen himself knows the real words...

[rcarlberg]

I make it "On a dulcimer she played/As an Abyssinian maid."

Brilliant, Louie. You cracked it!

[andreynovox]

The all female prog band - Mother Superior:

A very difficult song to decrypt the lyrics (just for me, of course), I could not catch even any word... and by the way, what is it " Toulouse Lautrec"?...

We .... ???????
?? won't you tell me....??
You're so .......???
...... just not there..???

... lights in the sky
They would shine it's too late to deny
Where you've been
May be truth just ...
Do you need ... .?
You're so hard ...??

Now you know what you have
... just in you
There's no reason to get
It's up to you
Love was always ...?
And now it's through
Nothing is left to share

.... so far ... ???
Watch....... ?????
.... ... is left to show
Love you ..... .... ...???

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Sturgeon's Lawyer Thank you really! Good job!
But "gromage" - what is it?

Apparently, "drummers" - I could not make that word out.

[Sturgeon's Lawyer]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was an avant-garde French painter and such of the second half of the 19th Century.

There was a Monty Python sketch that hovered about the phrase "no time to lose/no time, Toulouse".

[Garyhead]

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was an avant-garde French painter and such of the second half of the 19th Century.

There was a Monty Python sketch that hovered about the phrase "no time to lose/no time, Toulouse".

A Rip Taylor musing too....I bought Mr. Lautrec a belt.....I asked him "Too tight, Toulouse?" (insert the confetti toss here)

[Kai]

I've tried listening this on the CD a few times, but the best I can make out is this:

We wait patiently
for [thing/it?], tell me
You're so on a way
Maybe you're just not there

[Soon/saw? no] lights in the sky
They won't shine
It's too late to deny
Where you've been
Maybe truth's just a lie
To defend those who aren't the [rise?]

Now you know why you're there
He's chosen you
There's no reason to care
It's up to you
Life was always unfair
And now it's through
Nothing's left to share

Eyes like fire above me
Watch your [each?] turning
Nothing's left to show
Round you darkness grows

[rcarlberg]

Here's my best guess -- it's a song about a woman cheating on her husband/boyfriend. Not easy to decipher, you're right.

He waits patiently
Forging it and me(?)
You're so unaware
Maybe you should prepare(?)

Soon the lights in the sky
They will shine
It's too late to deny
Where you've been
Maybe truth's just a lie
To defend
Those who aren't the right

Now you know why you're there
He's chosen you
There's no reason to care
It's up to you
Life was always unfair
And now it's true
Nothing's left to share

Light shines bright above me(?)
Watching ______(?)
Nothing's left to show
'Round you the darkness grows

Required massive equalization and editing to bring the vocals out of this dreadful mix, and it's still unclear.

[andreynovox]

Kai, rcarlberg - thank you!
Summing up - something like this:
He waits patiently
What you will tell me
You're so unaware
Maybe you're just not there

Soon the lights in the sky
They would shine
It's too late to deny
Where you've been
Maybe truth's just a lie
To defend
Those who aren't the right

Now you know why you're there
He's chosen you
There's no reason to care
It's up to you
Life was always unfair
And now it's through
Nothing's left to share

Lights like fire above me
Watch [you ... tell me?] - (seems to be the most important line...)
Nothing's left to show
'Round you the darkness grows

[andreynovox]

Brilliant cover of Richie Havens' "Cautiously" by a little known band One:

Awesome, magnificent melody! The cover is even better than original written by Maurey Hayden...
Lyrics are easy, but I still could not make out of some words for a long time... Please, help to correct:

Cautiously you handed her a rose
Yes, you did, yes, you did
Pretending to know
All the no one(??) knows
Yes, you did, yes, you did
She wore that rose
Pretending that she knew
The reasons for that rose
As it a good wore(???)

Cautiously you said to her
Please, be your bride
Yes, you did, yes, you did
Pretending to believe
That you could her bide(?)
Yes, you did, yes, you did
She wore that pretends(??)
Wanting soul(?) to share
The reasons for that rose
Though that [dead?] she wears