Missionary Man
Well I was born an original sinner.
I was borne from original sin.
And if I had a dollar bill
For all the things Ive done
Thered be a mountain of money
Piled up to my chin...
My mother told me good
My mother told me strong.
She said be true to yourself
And you cant go wrong.
But theres just one thing
That you must understand.
You can fool with your brother -
But dont mess with a missionary man.
Dont mess with a missionary man.
Dont mess with a missionary man.
Well the missionary man
Hes got God on his side.
Hes got the saints and apostles
Backin up from behind.
Black eyed looks from those Bible books.
Hes a man with a mission
Got a serious mind.
There was a woman in the jungle
And a monkey on a tree.
The missionary man he was followin me.
He said stop what youre doing.
Get down upon your knees.
Ive got a message for you that you better believe.
(chorus repeats...)
song performed by by Eurythmics
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Dont Mess Up This Good Thing
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing
Well, I think youve had a long time
To get your act together
Its your move and I hope you do the right thing
You know I never wanna lose you
But you must learn to play the game by the rules
Show me how much my love means to you
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing (what we have together)
Dont mess up, no baby
Well, forever may be
More time than anyone can offer
But all my time is spent in your corner
Heaven knows how much I love you
But if you think I can watch you play on me and understand it
Baby, youre taking far too much for granted
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing (what we have together)
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing (if you still believe)
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up, baby (no one can love you better)
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing
Got to find the right words to make you see
That you and I were meant to be
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess it up
Dont mess up this good thing
Well, forever may be
More time than anyone can offer
But all my time is spent in your corner
Heaven knows how much I love you
But if you think I can watch you play on me and understand it
Baby, youre taking far too much for granted
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing (what we have together)
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing (if you still believe)
Dont mess up this good thing (ooh dont mess it up baby)
Dont mess up this good thing (no one can love you better)
Dont mess up this good thing (sho dont mess it up)
Dont mess up this good thing (Ive got what you need)
Dont mess up this good thing
Dont mess up this good thing (what weve got together)
Dont mess up this good thing
song performed by by Janet Jackson
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Dont Mess Up A Good Thing
(o. sain)
Good thing, good thing, good thing
You been cheating on me, now, baby
You know I know its true
Aint nobody in this whole wide world
Gonna love you like I do
Dont you be no fool, dont you be no fool
Gonna keep on fooling round now, baby
Gonna mess up a good thing
Gonna mess up a good thing, all right
Well, I might of cheated just a little bit baby
Like many others do
But when I get my little old paycheck now
It goes right back to you
Dont you be no fool, dont you be no fool
cause if you keep on fooling around now, baby
Gonna mess up a good thing, youre going to mess up a good thing
They tell me you got a part-time lover
Whos living way cross town
It wont be but a little while, baby
Before you put me down
Dont you be no fool, dont you be no fool
Gonna keep on fooling round now, baby
Gonna mess up a good thing
Gonna mess up a good thing, all right
Let me tell you something
Now, dont you go sneaking across town,baby
To catch me doing wrong
Dont you know everybodys jealous, baby
cause we got a thing going on
Dont you be no fool, dont you be no fool
If you keep on fooling round now baby
Gonna mess up a good thing
Gonna mess up a good thing
Good thing [youre messing up a good thing]
Messing up a good thing
Good thing
Good thing
song performed by by Ry Cooder
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Dont Mess With Me
Fly like an eagle,
An outlaw of the sun,
Stealing round your bedroom door
A case of hit n run.
Sinner, sinner,
Im no angel you can see.
So I will tell you now
And I wont say it again,
Dont mess with me
Oh baby, dont mess with me.
Ride like a demon,
The devils only son.
A whiskey drinking son of a bitch,
Ive only just begun.
Sinner, sinner,
Im no angel you can see.
I told you once before
And I wont say it again,
Dont mess with me,
Dont mess with me.
(solo)
Soothe me baby like I soothe you,
Treat me baby like I treat you.
Soothe me baby like I soothe you,
Treat me baby like i...
Fly like an eagle
An outlaw of the sun,
Never take what sleeps around
But, always get your fun.
Sinner, sinner,
Youre no angel I can see.
I told you once before
And I wont say it again,
Dont mess with me,
Dont mess with me.
cos Im a sinner
And sinners aint the loving kind.
song performed by by Whitesnake
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Dont Mess Me Up
Climb aboard with me baby
We gotta give this thing a start
Go rocking into the feature film
And well rip the seats apart
But if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up
Well stop in the side sweet baby
And give your heart a check
Well dont mess me cause you might get
My finger burns around your neck
So if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up
The pink champagne I brought you baby
You emptied every drop
Dont you try to chain me up
But I have make you stop
Im giving in to you baby
And take you to the party hop
Your sure to cause a scene
In your red blue jeans
And we dance till five oclock
But if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up
Dont mess me up like that
The cold champagne I brought you baby
You emptied every drop
Dont you try to chain me up
But I have to make you stop
Climb aboard with me baby
We gotta give this thing a start
Go rocking into the feature film
Then well rip the seats apart
But if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up
But if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up
Well if you gotta treat me wrong
Dont mess me up
Dont mess me up no more
song performed by by Electric Light Orchestra
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Hurricane Eye
Words & music by paul simon
Tell us all a story
About how it used to be
Make it up and write it down
Just like history
About goldilocks and the three bears
Nature in the cross hairs
And how we all ascended
From the deep green sea
When its not too hot
Not too cold
Not too meek
Not too bold
When its just right and you have sunlight
Then were home,
Finally home
Home in the land of the homeless
Finally home
Oh what are we going to do
I never did a thing to you
Time peaceful as a hurricane eve
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
A history of whispers
A shadow of a horse
Faces painted black in sorrow and remorse
White cloud, black crow
Crucifix and arrow
The oldest silence speaks the loudest
Under the deep green sea
When speech becomes a crime
Silence leads the spirit
Over the bridge of time
Over the bridge of time
Im walking with my family
And the road begins to climb
And its oh lord how we going to pray
With crazy angel voices
All night
Until its a new day
Peaceful as a hurricane
Peaceful as a hurricane
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
Peaceful as a hurricane
Peaceful as a hurricane
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
Peaceful as a hurricane eye
You want to be a leader?
You want to change the game?
Turn your back on money
Walk away from fame
You want to be a missionary?
Got that missionary zeal?
Let a stranger change your life
How does it make you feel?
You want to be a writer
But you dont know how or when
Find a quiet place
Use a humble pen
You want to talk talk talk about it
All night squawk about
The ocean and the atmosphere
Well Ive been away for a long time
And it looks like a mess around here
Ill be away for a long time
So heres how the story goes
There was an old woman
Who lived in a shoe
She was baking a cinnamon pie
She fell asleep in a washing machine
Woke up in a hurricane eye
song performed by by Paul Simon
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Vanilla Sex
Dont ever take away from me my pornography
We obviously dont agree on whats obscene
I have the right to choose what i
Want to see and read
Dont try to take away from me
My tight to privacy what i
Do is no one business but me
So stay in your missionary position
I hope that you got bored to death
Theres no way Im going thru life
Having vanilla sex
The governments trying to get in
Your bedroom you better lock you
Door and close you shades because
There could be someone watching you today
Why do you try to make things illegal
Why do we have to be 21
Are you afraid that people are having
Too much fun
Why do you care what I do in my bedroom
Why do you want to know how I screw
It seems to me youve got nothing better
To do.
song performed by by NOFX
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Message To Love
Jimis going to do a thing he wrote called message of love
Well I travel at the speed of a reborn man
I got a lot of love to give
From the mirrors of my hand
I sent a message of love
Dont you run away
Look at your heart baby
Come on along with me today
Well I am what I am thank god
Some people just dont understand
Well help them god
Find yourselef first
And then your tool
Find yourself first
Dont you be no fool
Here comes a woman
Wrapped up in chan
Messin with that fool baby
Your life is pain
If you wanna be free
Come on along with me
Dont mess with the man
Hell never understand
I said find yourself first
And then your talent
Work hard in your mind
So you can come alive
You beter prove to the man
Youre as strong as him
Cause in the eyes of god
Youre both children to him
Da da doo doo
Everybody come alive
Everybody live alive
Everybody love alive
Everybody hear my message
Hey, ooooo x5
song performed by by Jimi Hendrix
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Shallow Crystals
(ian hunter)
Her life gets smaller in his eyes
And he wonders if he thinks he should cry
Oh mother the colours gone and left your hair
And he wonders if he thinks he should care
She told him how to play a guitar
She told him how to be a star
But mother were you really there
My friend dont speak hes such a mixed up boy
I wonder if she sold him his toys
A kiss on the cheek a conversation decoy
In his cute little corduroys
Oh she taught him how to win the game
She taught him everything is your name
Oh mother did you have to destroy
Mother if you really cared
Youd talk to him cry for him
All you every did was dream
All you ever said was be cool be cool be cool
And I think you made a mess of his life
And I think he made a mess of your life
And I think it made a mess of my life
Mother if you really cared
Youd talk to him cry for him
All you every did was dream
All you ever said was be cool be cool be cool
And I think you made a mess of her life
And I think she made a mess of your life
And I think it made a mess of my life
I think you made a mess of my life
I think you made a mess of my life
song performed by by Ian Hunter
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You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone
I need a breeze blowing softly
To keep my wind vane from standing
I need a whole lot of sunshine
To keep my sundial advancing
I need some soil fore my grass will grow
I need some spark to make my candle glow
Relief I cried
Aint no shuck n jive
I need a mess of help to stand alone
I need a spark by a fire
To stop the cold of my winter
I need a burst of your raindrops
To keep a flow in my river
I need a call for my phone will ring
I need your song for my voice will sing
Please realize
Im not half alive
Without a mess of help to stand alone
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
I need the warmth of your smile
To heat my frostbitten sorrow
I need your hand on my shoulder
To lead todays to tomorrows
I need your strength to lock me to the track
I need your trust to bust the things I lack
Belief I cried
Aint no shuck n jive
I need a mess of help to stand alone
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
(she dont know)
(she dont know me)
(she dont know it)
song performed by by Beach Boys
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At the time that my two cars were stolen
At the time that my two cars were stolen
an older black gentleman gave me a lift
and day after day for two months
I travelled with him for free
and as far as we were travelling
he told about the greatness of God
and we sometimes talked about the Bible
and he told me about the things
that he was doing in his free time
at prisons and among poor people
and every morning at that contracted position
he prayed for everybody there and for me
and at times he encouraged me
and when the time came for me to leave I knew that:
everybody is His missionary,
His messenger and His prophet
that you measure a man, rather on his deeds
than on mere words.
[This poem is written to my friend Geoffrey Gollolo.]
poem by Gert Strydom
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Hoochie Coochie Man
(by willie dixon)
Gypsy woman told my mother fore I was born,
You got a boy-child coming, gonna be a son of a gun.
Gonna make pretty womens jump and shout,
And then the world wanna know what this all about.
But you know Im here.
Everybody knows Im here.
Well, Im the hoochie coochie man.
Everybody knows Im here.
I got the black cat bone and I got a mojo tooth.
I got the john the conquerer root, gonna mess with you.
Im gonna make you girls lead me by my hand,
And then the world will know the hoochie coochie man.
Chorus
On the seventh hour, on the seventh day,
On the seventh month, seven doctors say,
He was born for good luck, that youll see.
I got seven hundred dollars; dont you mess with me!
Chorus
song performed by by Eric Clapton
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For The Love Of Money
Money money money, money
Some people really need it (oh, well)
Some people got to have it (in vain)
Listen here yall, do things, do things, do bad things with it
So you will do things, do things, do good things with it
Talk about cash money, no help at all
For the love of money
People will steal from their mother
For the love of money
People will rob their own brother
For the love of money
People cant even walk the street
Because they never know who in the world they gotta beat
For that lean, mean, mean green
For the love of money
People will lie, lord, they will cheat
For the love of money
People dont care who they hurt or beat
For the love of money
A woman will sell her precious body
For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
Call it lean, mean, mean green
Almighty dollar
I know money is the root of all evil
Do funny things to some people
Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Money can drive some people out of their minds
Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Some people really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Lay down, lay down, a woman will lay down
For the love of money
All for the love of money
Dont let, dont let, dont let money rule you
For the love of money
Money can change people sometimes
Dont let, dont let, dont let money fool you
Money can fool people sometimes
song performed by by Utopia
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Asher To Asher
Do you remember a guy thats been
In such an early song
Ive heard a rumour from ground control
Oh no, dont say its true
They got a message from the action man
Im happy, hope youre happy too
Ive loved all Ive needed love
Sordid details following
The shrieking of nothing is killing
Just pictures of jap girls in synthesis and i
Aint got no money and I aint got no hair
But Im hoping to kick but the planet its glowing
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know major toms a junkie
Strung out in heavens high
Hitting an all-time low
Time and again I tell myself
Ill stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
Im stuck with a valuable friend
Im happy, hope youre happy too
One flash of light but no smoking pistol
I never done good things
I never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know major toms a junkie
Strung out in heavens high
Hitting an all-time low
My mother said to get things done
Youd better not mess with major tom
My mother said to get things done
Youd better not mess with major tom
My mother said to get things done
Youd better not mess with major tom
My mother said to get things done
Youd better not mess with major tom
song performed by by David Bowie
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He was an innovator, an experimenter, a missionary in bringing the gospel of good cooking to the home table.
quote by Craig Claiborne
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Rebel Rebel
Got your mother in a whirl
Got your mother in a whirl cause
Shes not sure if youre a boy or a girl
Hey, babe, your hairs alright
Hey, babe, lets go out tonight
You like me, and I like it all
We like dancing, and we look divine
You love bands when they play it hard
You want more, and you want it first
Put you down, say Im wrong
You tacky thing, you put them on
Rebel rebel, youve torn your dress
Rebel rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel rebel, how could they know?
Hot tramp, I love you so!
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
(1st verse) (chorus)
-
Dont ya?
Ow
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Rebel rebel, youve torn your dress
Rebel rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel rebel, how could they know?
I love you so much!
Youve torn your dress, your face is a mess
You cant get enough, but enough aint the test
Youve got transmission and a live wire
Got your cue lines and a handful of ludes
You wanna be there when they count up the dues
And I love your dress
Youre a juvenile success
Because your face is a mess
So how could they know?
I said, how could they know?
To what you wanna know
Calamitys child, chi-chile, chi-chile
Whered you wanna go?
Can I do for you? looks like youve been there too
cause youve torn your dress
And your face is a mess
Ooo, ooo, your face is a mess
Ooo, ooo, so how could they know?
How could they know? ha
Ha-ha
song performed by by Duran Duran
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I Dont Want To Change The World
Standing on the crossroads, world spinning round and round
Know which way Im going, you cant bring me down
Dont you try and teach me no original sin
I dont need your pity for the shape Im in
Chorus
I dont wanna change the world
I dont want the world to change me
I dont want to change the world
I dont want the world to change me
Tell me Im a sinner I got news for you
I spoke to God this morning and he dont like you
You telling all the people the original sin
He says he knowsyou better than youll ever know him
Chorus
You know it aint easy
You know it aint fair
So dont try to please me
Because I really dont care
Dont tell me stories cause yesterdays glories
Have gone away, so far away
Ive heard it said theres a light up ahead
Lord I hope and pray Im here to stay
Tell me Im a sinner I got news for you
I spoke to God this morning and he dont like you
Dont you try and teach me no original sin
I dont need your pity for the shape Im in
Chorus
song performed by by Ozzy Osbourne
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Messed Up
Digital....keep it digital
Keep it (what? )....digital
Keep it(Im back)digital
Keep it keep it.....
Verse 1:
You dont say that Im pretty
All the simple things adding
Up to big ones
There is where you messed up
Movies,or flowers,hours knowing
Where you are or who you with
There is where you messed up
Chorus:
You keep on actin like
I really need a brother
Man I dont need a brother
Better get your act together
Cant keep on holden on waiten for you
And baby there is where you messed up.
You keep on actin like
I really need a brother
Man I dont need a brother
Better get your act together
Cant keep on holden on waiten for you
And baby there is where you messed up!
Verse 2:
I dont need your money
No dinners,Ive got jewlery
Winner to who use it
And baby there is where you messed up
Your taken me for granted
Expect me to stay right here
Wait on you while you hard to find
There is where you messed up
Chorus:
(you keep on actin like)
You keep on actin like
I really need a brother (really need a brother)
Man I dont need a brother
Better get your act together
(cant keep on holdin on)
Cant keep on holdin on waiten for you (yeah)
And baby there is where you messed up
You keep on actin like
I really need a brother
Man I dont need a brother
Better get your act together
Cant keep on holden on waiten for you
And baby there is where you messed up!
Bridge:
Your headin straight for the gate
Its time to cut my dead wait,its you
And baby there is where you messed up
I heard it all a thousand times
You tried to mess with my mind,and you
And baby there is where you messed up
She dont need you dog
Thats where you went wrong
Oh uh I dont need you dog
See there is where you messed up
She dont need you dog
Thats where you went wr-wr-wrong
She dont need you dog
And there is where you messed up
Chorus:
(you keep on actin like)
You keep on actin like
I really need a brother (really need a brother)
Man I dont need a brother
Better get your act together
Cant keep on holdin on waiten for you (cant keep on holdin on)
And baby there is where you messed up
You keep on actin like (like)
I really need a brother (I really need someone)
Better get your act together
Cant keep on holden on waiten for you
And baby there is where you messed up
Beats..........
And baby there is where you messed up!!
song performed by by Aaliyah
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An involuntary missionary for the atheist cause: the stupid priest.
aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Auriferous Mud, translated by Dan Costinaş
Submitted by Dan Costinaş
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Missionary
The bells ring out above my room
And announcement of our loss
And in the act three men decide
And indefinite epilogue.
My letters have all gone
A journey thats unsure
A message that was rich
A hand that was poor.
Oh have me breath and let me go
Cause I dont want you to know
Cause I dont want you to know.
Oh I dont want you, want you, want you.
My own description may have failed
Torn from pictures that were saved
Along with images from words
That were saved and not erased
The shelves arranged above my head
A memory of my fears
Blankets hold the smell of life
And soak the many years.
Oh have me breath and let me go
Cause I dont want you to know
Cause I dont want you to know.
Oh I dont want you, want you, want you.
Oh missionary are you here.
Sun doesnt burn when the water comes
But water doesnt come like the english rain
They bury their heads for self defence
A marked improvement through diligence
We are alone against our sins
Alone against our sins
Alone against our sins.
Vacant rooms that are full of men
That sit on the stools awaiting time
Discussion leads to little sense
They bury their heads for self defence
We are alone against our sins
Alone against our sins
Alone against our sins.
song performed by by Spandau Ballet
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I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.