I Can't Remember A Song Title... (Update: Found By 64bitloopy)

[Ornery]

...or even who the song is by for that matter. I believe it's the Kinks, but I just searched their whole Discography and still didn't see a title that fit.

The gist of the song was about people not lifting a finger to help anybody else. Some of the lyrics were concerning playing a game (Monopoly I think) while a girl is pulled into the bushes in the front yard and getting raped. They suppose they could call the cops, but they'd really hate to mess up their game...

I know I bungled a lot of that, but that's the general tone. Anybody got a clue?

TIA,
Ornery

 

[StageLeft]

Were the lyrics written when the author was in an Ornery mood?

VERY bad joke, just bumping you up...

 

[dennilfloss]

Sorry Ornery,

But I dont know. Lyrics are not my strong point. Hopefully Jean will be able to help.

Cheers

Denis

Boy Meets Girl, Boy Strangles Girl (Fake)

 

[Ornery]

Thanks for the help. I wouldn't bother you all about it, but I've been trying to think of it for a couple days. My wife thinks it sounds horrible. It's a great tune. You'll like it once I figure it out.

"...she's been dragged into the bushes, and I think she's being stabbed..." Yeah, it does sound bad, but you'll see what I mean when we finally get it. I'll post it here and use this same thread later for other great tunes I can't remember.

Speaking of great tunes, remember Avalon by Roxy Music? I heard a cover of it by some girl on a Muzac type station. Kinda dumb. They might as well just play the original, since Bryan Ferry did it better. I don't see why people do covers of songs that are already perfect. The thing to do is cover songs by Dylan or others that can't really sing too well, but have great lyrics.

Oh well, in search of that great (albeit twisted) tune again...

 

[64bitloopy]

If it helps, I really don't think it was a kinks song. Heres a search engine for kinks lyrics.

Text

 

[64bitloopy]

Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
By Phil Ochs


C D C D
Look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
C Em F G
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
E Am
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
F Am Dm G
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
C Am Eb
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Cm F
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Riding down the highway, yes, my back is getting stiff
Thirteen cars are piled up, they're hanging on a cliff.
Maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain
But we gotta move and we might get sued and it looks like it's gonna rain
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Sweating in the ghetto with the (colored/Panthers) and the poor
The rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor
Now wouldn't it be a riot if they really blew their tops?
But they got too much already and besides we got the cops
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends.

Oh there's a dirty paper using sex to make a sale
The Supreme Court was so upset, they sent him off to jail.
Maybe we should help the fiend and take away his fine. (*)
But we're busy reading Playboy and the Sunday New York Times
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

Smoking marihuana is more fun than drinking beer,
But a friend of ours was captured and they gave him thirty years
Maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why
But demonstrations are a drag, besides we're much too high
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

Oh look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed
They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed
Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain
But Monopoly is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends

[ Additional verse, 1974 ]
Down in Santiago where they took away our mines
We cut off all their money so they robbed the storehouse blind
Now maybe we should ask some questions, maybe shed a tear
But I bet you a copper penny, it cannot happen here
And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody
Outside of a small circle of friends


Notes:
Chords supplied by ao555@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Rocky Bivens)

* This line is often misquoted as follows:
"Maybe we should take a stand and send the fiend a fine"

 

[64bitloopy]

What a horrible mix of ragtime and lyrics....

 

[Ornery]

Ahah! 64bitloopy is the man!

• Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends
  Phil Ochs: Pleasures Of The Harbor

Thanks loads! So, how did you know that one?

 

[64bitloopy]

Blind luck. And a little search engine help.

 

[UG]

Ur all perv's.