Orangeblossom Took's Sung to the Tune of...1

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Title:
Orthanc Tower
Lay Me Down in the Havens Easy
Yellow Moon, Yellow Moon
Valinor
Burn it Black
Frodo's Heart
Hallelujah
Long Time Gone
Me and Sammy Gamgee
Sharkey's Farm
Beside You
Ringshadow
The Boards are Back
Bag End Avenue
Grace
Road to Orodruin
I'm Tired, Sammy Boy
Lady of the Morning
Burning Ground
Nightswimming
To the Tune of:
Ivory Tower
Astral Weeks
(a Neville Brothers tune)
Tir Na Nog
Paint it Black
Lazarus Heart
Hallelujah
(a Dixie Chicks tune)
Me and Bobby McGee
Maggie's Farm
Beside You (Van Morrison)
Moonshadow
My Boyfriend's Back
Cypress Avenue
Grace
Road to Mandalay
I'm Tired, Joey Boy
Angel in the Morning
Van Morrison tune
Nightswimming

More of Orangeblossom's songs may be found at her site, Blossoms of the Shire.


Orthnac Tower
(aka Ivory Tower, apologies to Van Morrison and J.R.R.T.)

Chorus:
When you come down
From your Orthnac Tower
You will see how it really must be
To surrender to a tree
To be beat by a tree

Take a look at me I'm nature's son
I never did no harm to no one
You've got palantnir in the bank
And I don't have none

When you come down etc etc....

Bridge:
You can see through
Your rose coloured glasses
In a world that seems
like it belongs to you
You've got opinions and judgements about
All kind of things
That you don't know anything about

Don't you know the price you'll have to pay
Just to try and make everything belong to you
Do you think that there's nothing to it
You should have thought of the ents sometime

When you come down etc etc....


Lay Me down in the Havens Easy
 (aka "Astral Weeks" apoligies to Van Morrison and J.R.R.T.)

If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dream
Could you find me?
Would you look in my eyes?
To lay me down
In the Havens easy
To be born again
To be born again
From the far side of the ocean
If I put the boatin motion
And I stand with my arms behind me
And I'm pushin' on the door
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down
In the Havens easy
To be born again
To be born again
There you go
tandin' in the sun darlin'
With your arms behind you
And your eyes before
There you go
Takin' good care of your boy
Seein' that he's got clean clothes
Puttin' on a dinner for him
I see you know he's got clean clothes
A-puttin' in a garden for him
A-pointin' a finger at me
And here I am
Trying to do my very best
Lookin' straight at you
Comin' through, Sam
Yeah, yeah, yeah
If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dreams
Could you find me
Would you cherish my eyes
Lay me down
In silence easy
To be born again
To be born again
To be born again
In another world
In another world
In another time
Got a home on high
Ain't nothing but a stranger in this world
I'm nothing but a stranger in this world
I got a home on high
In another land
So far away
So far away
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
In another time
In another place
In another time
In another place
Way up in the heaven
Way up in the heaven
We are goin' up to heaven
We are goin' to heaven
In another time
In another place
In another time
In another place
In another face


Yellow moon, yellow moon
a Neville Brothers tune (with some changes for Gollum and the ring)

Yellow moon, yellow moon,
why you keep shining in my eyes?
Do you know something I don't know?
Did you see my precious?
with Baggins down the marshy tracks?
You can tell me if the ring is
ever coming back.

Is she hid out with another
or is she trying to get back home?
Is she resting on another's hand?
Or is the rinng somewhere all alone?
Can you see if she is missing me,
or is she having a real good time?
Has she forgotten all about,
or is the ring still mine all mine?

Chorus:
With your eye so big a shiny
You can see the whole wide land
Yellow moon can you tell me
If the ring's with someone else?

Refrain:
Oh yellow moon,
have you seen that precious ring?
You can tell me,
Now ain't you a friend of mine.

Chorus

Refrain



This would be a song sung by a elf-maid who loved Haldir and is reunited with him in Valinor after he passes through the Hall of Mandos.

Valinor
(aka Tir Na Nog by Van Morrison-apologies to Van and J.R.R.T.)


We were standing in the kingdom
And by the mansion gate
We stood enraptured by the silence
As the birds sang their heavenly song
In Valinor

We stopped in the woods of gold
And prayed to our lady
And climbed up the mountainside
With fire in our hearts
And we walked all the way to Valinor

I said with my eyes that
I recognized your chin
It was my long lost friend
To help me from another lifetime
We took each others hands and cried
Like a river when we said hello
And we walked to Valinor

We made a big connection
On a golden autumn day
We were standing in the garden wet with rain
And our souls were young again
In Valinor

And outside the storm was raging
At Helms Deep in the rain
You fought orcs and allied with men

Following the big sun in the west
Going up, going up, to
To the Halls of Mandos

You came into my life
And you filled me and you filled me
Oh so joyous
By the clear cool crystal streams
Where the roads were quiet and still
And we walked all the way
To Valinor

How can we not be attached
After we're immortal elves
The only way then is to never come back
Except I wouldn't want that would you
If we weren't together again
In Valinor

We've been together before
In a different incarnation
And we loved each other then as well
And we sat down in contemplation
Many many many times you kissed mine eyes
In Valinor


Karaoke for Denenthor... *creepiness warning* ...

Burn it Black
(aka PAINT IT BLACK, apologies to the Stones and J.R.R.T)

I see this city and I want to burn it black
No colors anymore my world has turned to black
I see the soilders come in bearing his bloody clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes

I see a line of women and they're all wearing black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day

I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I lost my oldest, he's never coming back
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the
facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you

If I look hard enough into the settin' sun
My son will die with me before the mornin' comes

I see my youngest and I want to burn him black
Just ashes anymore, no way to turn back
I see the girls walk by dressed in mourning clothes
I have to burn myself until my darkness goes

Hmm, hmm, hmm,...

I wanna see it burned, burned black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it burned, burned, burned, burned black
- Orangeblossom Took

More dark karaoke,
 "Frodo's Heart"
(aka Lazarus Heart apologies to Sting and J.R.R.T.)

*from Sam's viewpoint*

He looked beneath his shirt today
There was a wound in his flesh so deep and wide
From the wound his courage grew
From somewhere deep inside
He turned around to face his best friend
To show me the wound in his breast that burned like a
brand
The sword that cut him open
Was the sword in the nazgul's hand

Every day another miracle
Only death will tear us apart
To sacrifice my life for his
I'd be the blood of Frodo's heart
The blood of Frodo's heart

His love was his protection
Friendship itself would give him power
The power to remake himself
At the time of his darkest hour
She said the visiions would give him courage and pain
The kind of pain that you can't hide
From the visons his resolve grew
From somewhere deep inside

Every day another miracle
Only death will keep us apart
To sacrifice my life for his
I'd be the blood of Frodo's heart
The blood of Frodo's heart

Uruks at the door of my Gaffer's house
I've not there to chase them away
Uruks on the roof of my Gaffer's house
Will I go home someday
Nazgul fly o'er the marshes, a sting from Shelob hurts
more
Where does he get the strength to fight them anymore
He throws his small body as a shield against the pain
Lifts his eyes to the sky like a flower to the rain

Every day another miracle
Only death will keep us apart
To sacrifice my life for his
I'd be the blood of Frodo's heart
The blood of Frodo's heart



Hallelujah
Jeff Buckley (apologies to Leonard Cohen who wrote it, Buckley who sang the version I have, and J.R.R.T.)
Grace (1994)

I heard there was a secret ring
That pleased the Dark Lord and his underlings
But you don't really care for that gold, do you
Well it goes like this the seven, the three
The nine fall into eternity
One baffled hobbit to bear it, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....

Well you were strong but it wore you down
The wraiths, orcs, and spiders abound
Its beauty in the moonlight overthrew you
It tugged at you but you brought it there
It broke your will in the fiery air
Gollum took it into the fire, hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah .... .

Samwise I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I say to the shelves and books, "I knew you."
I've seen the king on a marble arch
But love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....

Well now it's time I let you know
That I am wounded, so I must go
I'd have failed alone. I think you know that, do you?
But remember when you said to me
There's still good in this world to see
And every step we took was hallelujah

Well, maybe there's Eru above
But I've lost everything I thought to love
You will keep the Shire for me, won't you?
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ....

Long Time Gone
(apologies to the Dixie Chicks and J.R.R.T.)

Daddy Twofoot on a front porch smoking
Looking out on a vacant field
Used to be filled with longbottom leaf
Now he knows it never will
Now Dain's King Under the Mountain
Bard, he leads the men of Dale
Lotho's still eating too much for supper
And me I been a long time gone

[Chorus:]
Been a long time gone
I ain't seen Bagshot Row since I don't know when
Long time gone
And it ain't coming back again

There's a lass like a fresh rose blooming
Waiting for me on her daddy's farm
She always thought that we'd be together
Lord I never meant to do her harm
Said she could hear me singing to the alter
Me, I heard another song
I caught wind and hit the road runnin'
And Lord, I've been a long time gone

[Chorus:]
Been a long time gone
Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
Long time gone
And it ain't comin' back again

[Instrumental]

[Bridge]
Now me, I went to Rivendell,
Tryin' to beat the big deal
Playin' down on long way
Gettin' there the hard way
Trying not to be found
Sleeping on the hard ground
Wishing on a cold star
Yeah I'm gonna go far

Now, Gandalf visits every other decade
Watching the children and the garden grow
We blow smokerings and ask what's cookin?
But I've got traveling in my soul
Now Lobelia got my spoons but not my smial
They've got money but they don't have class
The Sacksvilles got gifts but they don't have thanks
I think, I think, I think

The rest is a long time gone
No, I ain't seen my home since I don't know when
Long time gone
And it ain't coming back
I said a long time gone
No, I ain't had second breakfast since I don't know when
Long time gone
And it ain't coming back again

I said a long time, long time, long time gone
Well it's been a long time

Long time, long time, long time gone
Oh, it's been a long time gone

Long time, long time, long time gone
Yeah yeah

Me & Sammy Gamgee (aka Me & Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin)


Busted flat on Mt. Doom, waiting for a bird
And I’m feeling nearly as ragged as my clothes
Sammy thumbed an eagle down just before fire rained,
It flew us all the way to the king.

I pulled my gold ring out my dirty velvet pocket,
I was feeling weak and claimed it for myself
Gollum's teeth snapped on time, that gold ring wasn't mine,
We laid down to wait our firey end through.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, now now.
And bearing it was easy, Lord, but now I got the blues,
You know losing it was hard enough for me,
I'd be dead but for the bird and Sammy Gamgee.

From the Hobbiton sunshine to Mordor's eternal dark,
Hey, Sammy shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done,
Hey Sammy Gamgee kept me from the cold.

One day thanks to Shelob, Lord, I nearly slipped away,
He went looking for me and didn't he just find me,
But I’d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be smoking pipes with Sammy by the fire.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, that’s all that gold ring left me, yeah,
But feeling good was easy, Lord, when Sammy cheered my blues,
Hey, losing it was hard enough for me
I'd be dead but for the bird and Sammy Gamgee.

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la la la Sammy Gamgee
La la la la la, la la la la la
La la la la la, Sammy Gamgee, la.

La La la, la la la la la la,
La La la la la la la la la, hey now Bobby now Sammy Gamgee yeah.
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na
Hey now Sammy now, Sammy Gamgee.

Lord, I’m calling my best friend, calling my Sam,
I said I’m calling my best friend just the best I can,
C’mon, where is Sammy now, where is Sammy Gamgee, yeah,
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Sammy Gamgee, Lord!

Yeah! Whew!

Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Sammy Gamgee.


Sharkey's Farm
(aka Maggie's Farm by Bob Dylan, apologies to Bob and J.R.R.T.)

I ain't gonna work on Sharkey's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Sharkey's farm no more.
Well, I wake in the morning,
Fold my hands and pray for rain.
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane.
It's a shame the way he makes me scrub the floor.
I ain't gonna work on Sharkey's farm no more.

I ain't gonna work for Sharkey's worm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Sharkey's worm no more.
Well, he hands you a ha'penny
He hands you work in a straight line
He asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time,
Then he fines you every time you slam the door.
I ain't gonna work for Sharkey's worm no more.

I ain't gonna work for Sharkey's Lotho no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Sharkey's Lotho no more.
Well, he puts his pipe
Out in your face just for kicks.
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks.
The Sharkey's guard stands around his door.
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Sharkey's Lotho no more.

I ain't gonna work for Sharkey himself no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Sharkey himself no more.
Well, he talks to all the servants
About his power and makes you squirm.
Everybody says
He's the brains behind worm.
She's six-thousand and sixty-eight, but he says he's two-thousand sixty-four.
I ain't gonna work for Sharkey himself no more.

I ain't gonna work on Sharkey's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Sharkey's farm no more.
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them.
They sing while you slave and I just get bored.
I ain't gonna work on Sharkey's farm no more.


1
Beside You
(apologies to Van Morrison and JRRT)

My sweet Frodo's gone
Way out of the backstreet
Out of the window
Through the fallin' rain
Right on time
Right on time
That's why Broken Arrow
Waved his finger down the road so dark and narrow
In the evenin'
Just before the Shire six-bells chime, six-bells chime
And all the dogs are barkin'
Way on down the diamond-studded highway where you wander
And you roam from your retreat and view
Way over on the main road
Tomorrow all the wagons will unload
Every scrapbook stuck with glue
And I'll stand beside you
Beside you dear
To never never never wonder why at all
No no no no no no no no
To never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's gotta be
It has to be
Way across the country where the hillside mountain glide
The dynamo of your smile caressed the barefoot hobbit child to wander
Past your window with a lantern lit
You held it in the doorway and you cast against the pointed island breeze
Said your time was open, go well on your merry way
Past the brazen footsteps of the silence easy
You breathe in you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out you breath in
you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out
And you're gone on your high-flyin' cloud
Wrapped up in your magic shroud as peacefullness surrounds you
This time it's found you
You turn around you turn around you turn around you turn around
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh darlin'
To never never wonder why at all
No no no no no
To never never never wonder why at all
To never never never wonder why it's gotta be
It has to be
And I'm beside you
Beside you
Oh child
To never never wonder why at all
I'm beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Beside you
Oh child


Ringshadow
(aka Moonshadow-apologies to Cat Stevens and JRRT-for Frodo in Cirith Ungol)

Oh, I'm bein' followed by a ringshadow, ringshadow, ringshadow
hiding and running from a ringshadow, ringshadow, ringshadow

And if I ever lose my mind, lose my innocence, lose my life,
Oh if I ever lose my life, Oh if.... I won't feel the pain no more.
And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,
Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if.... I won't have to cry no more.

And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg,
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if.... I won't have to walk no more.
And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,
Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Oh if.... I won't have to talk...

Did it take long to find me? I asked my faithful Sam.
Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna help me fight?

Written on the occasion of the messageboards returning after being knocked out for two days by Hurricane Isabel.

The Boards are Back
my boyfriend's back lyrics by chiffons (changed by me)

They've been away, I hung around
It bothered me all night
When I had to go without them
I said things that weren't very nice.
The boards are back and I'll post without trouble
(Hey la, hey la, th boards are back)
When I saw they were up I came back on the double
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
I'd say I was patient by that is untrue
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
Now that I can post, I won't be blue
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
(And you know that I've been tryin')
(And you know I'm not lyin')
They've been gone for such a long time
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
But now they're back and things will be fine
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
I hope everybody made it through the storm
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)
Cause it was kinda big and it was awful strong
(Hey la, hey la, the boards are back)



This is a hobbit-maid pining for Frodo (prehaps my Rosemary character from my "Rosemary for Remembrance" story)
Bag End Avenue
 (aka Cypress Avenue by Van Morrison, apologies to Van and Tolkien)

And I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And I'm conquered by his eyes sweet
Not a thing that I can do
I may go crazy
Before that smial underhill
I may go crazy
Before that smial underhill
But my heart keeps beating faster
And my feet can't keep still
And all the little girls rhyme something
On the way back home from school
And all the little girls rhyme something
On the way back home from school
And the leaves fall one by one by one by one
Call the autumn time a fool
Yeah baby my tongue gets tied
Every every every time I try to speak
My tongue gets tied
Every time I try to speak
And my inside shakes just like a leaf on a tree
I think I'll go on to bywater with my cherry cherry wine
I believe I'll go walking by the main road with my cherry cherry wine
When I hear the rumbling thunder, how my lonesome heart does pine
And wait a minute, yonder comes my Frodo
Golden sunlight in his hair
Yonder comes my Frodo
Golden sunlight in his hair
Nine white fingers, a broken carriage
Returning wounded but fair
Baby, baby, baby
And if I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And if I'm caught one more time
Up on Bag End Avenue
And I'm conquered by his eyes sweet
And I'm looking straight at you
Way up on, way up on, way up on....
The avenue of trees
Keep walking down
In the wind and the rain, darling
You keep walking down when the sun shone through the trees
Nobody, no, no, no, nobody stops me from loving you baby
Both young and old, fifty years old
Baby, baby, baby...
Ooooh-ee



Grace (1994)by Jeff Buckley (slight changes by me)

There's the moon asking to stay
Long enough for the eagle to fly me away
Well it's my time coming, i'm not afraid to die
My fading voice sings the end,
But he cries to the clicking of time
Of time

Wait in the fire...

And he weeps on my arm
Walking to the bright fire in sorrow
Drink a bit of water we both might go tomorrow
Oh my friend
The mountain is falling and i believe
My time has come
It reminds me of the pain
I might leave
Leave behind

Wait in the fire...

And I feel him call my name
So easy to know and forget with all this
I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow


 Road to Orodruin
 aka Road to Mandaly by Robbie Williams (a few small changes by me)

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach

What a deadly holiday
There's nothing for me left to say

This sombre song would drain the sun
But it won't shine until it's sung

No water running in the stream
The saddest place we've ever been

This ring I touched was golden
Everything I loved got broken
On the road to Orodruin
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

There's nothing left for you to give
The truth is all that you're left with
I'll destroy it then at dawn
We will die and be reborn

I like to sleep beneath the trees
Have the universe at one with me
Look through the circle of the one
And feel the Moon replace the Sun

Everything I had was stolen
I have returned lost and broken
No more spiders left to slay
Every mistake I've ever made
Has been rehashed and then replayed
As I got lost along the way

Save me from drowning in the sea
Beat me up on the beach
What a deadly holiday
There's nothing for me left to say


I'm Tired Sammy Boy
(aka I'm Tired Joey Boy by Van Morrison, changes by me)

I'm tired Sammy Boy
While your courage you keep
My life is so troubled
Now I can't go to sleep
I would walk myself out
But the streets are so dark
I shall wait till the morning
And walk in the park

This life is so simple when
One is at home
And I never complained
When the the quest must be won
Oh I'm tired Sammy Boy of the makings of men
I would like to be cheerful again

The golden one took me
And rode me too far and
Valinor may bring me to healing once more
Sit down by the river
And watch the stream flow
Recall all the dreams
That you once used to know
The things you've forgotten
That took you away
To pastures not greener but meaner

Love of the simple is all that I need
I've no time for schism or lovers of greed
Go up to the mountain, go up to the glen
When silence will touch you
And heartbreak will mend.


Lady of the Morning
(aka Angel of the Morning, original lyrics by Chip Taylor (slight changes by me)

Though these rings to bind your hands
Still your love can bind my heart
And there's no need to take a stand
For it was I who chose to start

There is no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn
I'll call you Lady of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby

I'll call you Lady of the morning
Slowly slowly turn away from me
Well maybe the sun's light will be dim
but it won't matter anyhow

In morning's echo will love begin?
Well, it was what I wanted now.
And if we're the victims of the night
I promise you I won't be blinded by light

I'll call you Lady
Touch my cheek before you leave me baby.
I'll call you Lady of the morning morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby

I'll call you Lady of the morning (baby
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby)
I'll call you Lady of the morning
Slowly slowly turn away from me from me
From me


Burning Ground

And I carried you up to the burning ground
It was torn from you and the mountain came down
In the wind and rain I'm gonna see you again
In the morning sun and when the day is done
And you take my hand and you walk with me
Sometimes it feels like eternity
And I turned the tide and earned my pride
And if I made you proud don't say it out loud
When I carried you up to the burning ground
To the burning ground, to the burning ground
To the burning ground, to the burning ground

And I took you up to the mountain
And it happened as was meant to be
And you understand that our work is done
And I pick you up on a day with no sun
And I pull you through by the skin of your teeth
And I lift your burden, the pain underneath
And you return here and should sit on a throne
And you make me feel that I'm not alone

And I carried you up to the burning ground
To the burning ground, to the burning ground
To the burning ground

Nightswimming

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The drawing on the mantle, sketched years ago,
Turned around backwards so the window shows
The bright moonlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it's so much clearer.

I forgot my cares at the water's edge.
The moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I'm not sure all these people understand.
It's not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water.

They cannot see me crying.
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday.
Nightswimming, remembering that night.

September's coming soon.
I'm pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?

My words, so pale and dumb
Could not describe nightswimming.
You, you know I miss you.
You I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me,
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.

The moolight reflects,
Every shadow a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.