Boléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel (1875–1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition. Before Boléro, Ravel had composed large scale ballets (such as Daphnis et Chloé, composed for the Ballets Russes 1909–1912), suites for the ballet (such as the second orchestral version of Ma Mère l'Oye, 1912), and one-movement dance pieces (such as La Valse, 1906–1920). Apart from such compositions intended for a staged dance performance, Ravel had demonstrated an interest in composing re-styled dances, from his earliest successes (the 1895 Menuet and the 1899 Pavane) to his more mature works like Le tombeau de Couperin (which takes the format of a dance suite).
Boléro epitomises Ravel's preoccupation with restyling and reinventing dance movements. It was also one of the last pieces he composed before illness forced him into retirement: the two piano concertos and the Don Quichotte à Dulcinée song cycle were the only compositions that followed Boléro.
Eyes
Holdin' back the tears
That they've held for years
How can I tell you?
I don't want to make you cry
Why should I even try?
Why should I even try?
Days
Where'd you go so fast
Fin'lly lost at last
How can I tell you?
I don't want to let you down
Why should I even try?
Why should I even try?
How can I tell you?
I don't want to let you down
Why should I even try?
A palm tree nodded at me last night
Said hey you look so pale
I don't know if it was the air or the breeze in my hair
I had a feeling I had failed
So down to the beach just out of reach
The moon was being trailed
A girl and a sailor and a hot dog trailer
That's their holy grail
The sand whispered heat and burned the feet
Of gulls landing on the shore
In the motel pool the waitress cools
She doesn't ask for more
She makes a wish she takes a risk
She opens up her door
Through human eyes she's a dolphin in disguise
It's the last night of the war
Somewhere far away there's another day
And someone's getting out of bed
She put on her face in the morning space
She doesn't know she's dead
Her ruby lips can't excite me anymore
And pain sprawls on the chair, it's always there
And he descends the stairs, he doesn't see
The sunburnt landlord glares, for all the people
Hey You
You know you been talking a lot of shit
Whispering in my ear
Making me feel all hot and bothered and shit
Making a motherfucker horny
You say you can fuck
Prove it
Look bitch
You dun talked a whole lot of shit
But wait 'til you see my dick
I ain't really fo' the talking game
You dun came in the room and started handling thangs
First start wit brain
Then i'ma beat the pussy up
Hit it from the back
And beat the pussy up
Girl why you fronting d
Doing all that running
Be yo ass still
Long dick coming
Now ride on the dick like you was dancing in the club
He really love attention
So show him some love
Now come up slow and just ride the head
Now drop down fast
Put it all in the air
Now turn ya ass around let me hit it from behind ya
Put big dick inside ya
I'ma hit it from the back while I'm pulling your hair
You climbing up the wall but I'm pulling your hair
Getting freaky than a motherfucking sweating
I'm all on you, you all on me
Fucking like dogs
Me and shawty off of the wall
And I like the way she play with the balls
Shawty I ain't holding nothing back at all
Ain't scared to put the mouth on the dick
She swallowed it
And she like it when a nigga be pulling her hair
Talking nasty to her ass while I'm pulling her hair
Now that I got you in the bed
I'm gon' pull yo hair
snatch yo ass up by the head
I'm gon' pull yo hair
(Pull my hair, Pull it hard)
(Pull my hair, Pull it tight)
(Pull my hair, Come on baby)
(Pull my hair)
(Fuck me daddy, Spank me daddy)
(Fuck me daddy, Spank me daddy)
(fuck me daddy, Spank me daddy)
(Fuck me... Shit)
Mmmmmm You like this
You wanna see what I have
Ay bitch
I'm talking to you
(So tell me what you want me to do)
Looka Hear
Drop down on all fours like a dog
Now I'm looking at yo ass 'fore I hit it
That pussy from the back
I'ma get it
I'm walking over to you wit the rubber
(Ohhhh)
Yo ass in trouble
(Is it up high enough)
I dun called yo bluff
Fuck you 'til you cry
(Uhhhhmmmm)
"You said I beat that pussy from the back so much that I hurt yo side
(uhhhh)
Yo ass shoulda been built for the war, fuck it,
and if you don't wanna wear yo tail you need to put it in ya ass and tuck it"
I whispered just to get ya in the bed
Now I'm finna pull yo hair on ya head
(Pull it)
Shouldn't have fucked wit me
Shoulda
If ya ass coulda ran you woulda
But you put that there aside
That's how my dick got between yo thighs
Now let's all ride
I got a 10 foot pole
That'll go in yo hole
Take yo soul
Make nut come out yo nose
It started out with the bar
All eyes on me
Lemonade and ciroc
She said that was her drink
We tapped it out a minute
Minute turned into hours
Conversation got heated
She said I had a. sh needed a shower
Is aid ok before I knew it
I saw the look into her eyes and I knew what I had to do
So I finished... went to elevator
Chorus
All I can remember is she screaming pull my hair
Pull my hair please don't stop till I tell you baby
Don't be scared pull my hair pull my hair
All I want is you on top of me working it
She said I want it all so take all of me
Don't stop there work me out
Pull my hair pull my hair
Pull my hair just need you to work me out
Work me out pull my hair
I bet you never thought that I will be climbing crowling on you
I am a gentleman but baby I know what to do
From the bar to the bedroom all I kept thinking
Is how I am gonna... you she said that's turning me on before I knew it
I saw the look in her eyes I knew what I had to do
So I looked back at her then I climbed on top of her
Chorus
All I can remember is she screaming pull my hair
Pull my hair please don't stop till I tell you baby
Don't be scared pull my hair pull my hair
All I want is you on top of me working it
She said I want it all so take all of me
Don't stop there work me out
Pull my hair pull my hair
Pull my hair just need you to work me out
Work me out pull my hair
It's gonna be a real night and we are going hard
Hooked our bodies... girl that's what you want it
Baby I am giving to you give it to you
Cause I got everything you need
Pull my hair
Pull my hair please don't stop till I tell you baby
Don't be scared pull my hair pull my hair
All I want is you on top of me working it
She said I want it all so take all of me
Don't stop there work me out
Pull my hair pull my hair
Pull my hair just need you to work me out
I've been lightin' matches in the boiler room,
Wearing sulphur perfume.
(Don't I smell nice?)
You come sniffin' around just like you own the joint,
You know it's rude to point.
(Don't make me tell you twice.)
Well I like the way you walk,
That's why I left my door unlocked.
I must be going off half-cocked. (I sometimes do.)
You think it's funny, but I know it ain't no joke.
There's nothing left to read in here, there's nothing left to smoke.
Before the band kicks in, the getting better start.
(I'll stomp a mud hole in your heart.)
You poured whiskey in my Slurpee, swear to God you got me drunk,
Now I'm thinking that I'm sunk.
(And I can't swim.)
I'm drowning in the back seat of a '61 Bel Air,
I got a mouthful of your hair.
(A handful of skin.)
I ain't suffocating,
I'm just sick and tired of waiting.
Stop this pointless hesitating. (Pull me in.)
There's an awful lot of stars out here, an awful lot of sky.
I'm turning on the radio, they're playing "Ready to Ride."
Before the band kicks in, the getting better start.
(I'll stomp a mud hole in your heart.)
We could cruise the lake like psychos,
Scare the kids on motorcycles.
(There ain't nothing I would rather do.)
It's 3-D on the TV, but it's empty on the street.
If it weren't for me and you, the avenue would be incomplete.
And I should say this, before this whole thing even starts,
Gargoyles standing at the front of your gate
Trying to tell me to wait but I can't wait to see you
So I run like a child to heaven's door
I don't wanna be bad I won't cheat you no more
Roses, Bel Air, take me there
I've been waiting to meet you
Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you
Come to me baby
Spotlight, Bad Baby
You've got a flair
For the violentest kind of love anywhere out there
Mon amour, sweet child of mine, you're divine
Didn't anyone ever tell you it's ok to shine?
Roses, Bel Air, take me there
I've been waiting to meet you
Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you
Come to me baby
Don't be afraid of me, don't be ashamed
Walking away from my soft resurrection
Idol of roses, iconic soul
I know your name
Lead me to war with your brilliant direction
Roses, Bel Air, take me there
I've been waiting to meet you
Palm trees in the light, I can see late at night
Darling, I'm waiting to greet you
Come to me baby
Roses, Bel Air, take me there
I've been waiting to meet you
Grenadine, sunshine, can you break this heart of mine
Too many days to get lost
Many, many people I've known got lost
Too many days to get lost
Many, many people I've known got lost
Too many days to get lost
Many, many people I've known got lost
Too many days to get lost
Many, many people I've known got lost
Too many days to get lost
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets
Staring over at the neighbor's, knickers down.
He's got his knickers down.
So the summer is eternity for you?
Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down
He's shaking you down.
And the mailroom shift gets a real short shrift
As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around
All skulking around.
Let you legs loss on the lino
'Til your sinews spoil
Will you stay here for a while, dear,
'Til the radio plays something familiar?
Plays something familiar.
All a-drifting, he's a no-good boyo
Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame
(His only catch all day)
So he sits and lets the current take him
A gentle breeze will leave his pants in disarray
And at his ankles laid.
As he drifts to sleep with a moan and a weep
He is decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls
How she twists and twirls!
Let you legs loss on the lino
'Til your sinews spoil
Will you stay here for a while, dear,
'Til the radio plays something familiar?
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets
Staring over at the neighbor's, knickers down.
He's got his knickers down.
So the summer is eternity for you?
Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down
He's shaking you down.
And the mailroom shift gets a real short shrift
As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around
All skulking around.
Let you legs loss on the lino
'Til your sinews spoil
Will you stay here for a while, dear,
'Til the radio plays something familiar?
Plays something familiar.
All a-drifting, he's a no-good boyo
Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame
(His only catch all day)
So he sits and lets the current take him
A gentle breeze will leave his pants in disarray
And at his ankles laid.
As he drifts to sleep with a moan and a weep
He is decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls
How she twists and twirls!
Let you legs loss on the lino
'Til your sinews spoil
Will you stay here for a while, dear,
'Til the radio plays something familiar?
Plays something familiar.
(D. Peterson/V. Peterson)Vicki
She walks in the room
And checks out the faces
We think she's all the seven wonders of the world
But there's a sadness
Hidden in the bizarre
Moonlight and madness
Living in a bell jar
She dresses in black
'Cause sorrow is a magnet
Everything comes to her like it was meant to be
But she's frustrated
Leaving things as they are
What she created
Living in a bell jar
She feels so at home
She's never alone
But she's oh so lonely
What is the crime
In knowing your mind
Set it free
Attached to a mirror
In her glass-sided prison
She writes the note that will excuse her from this world
It's complicated
Living in a bell jar
She suffocated
Living in a bell jar
She walks in the room
And checks out the faces
We think she's all the seven wonders of the world
But there's a sadness
Hidden in the bizarre
Moonlight and madness
Living in a bell jar
She dresses in black
Cuz sorrow is a magnet
Everything comes to her like it was meant to be
But she's frustrated
Leaving things as they are
What she created
Living in a bell jar
She feels so at home
She's never alone
But she's oh so lonely
What is the crime
In knowing your mind
Set it free
Attached to a mirror
In her glass sided prison
She writes the note that will excuse her from this world
It's complicated
Living in a bell jar
She suffocated
You can only tell a lie for so long
Until you start believing every word you say
How many days can you prolong
The sand in the glass, it dwindles away
Broken transmissions, not enough information
Once a condition, now a realization
Keep on telling yourself it's true
Keep on telling your self it's not you
Keep on on telling yourself it's not true
Keep on telling yourself it's you
Eyes can be fooled only so long
With repetition of fiction
Eyes can be fooled only so long
Your definitions are fiction
Keep on telling yourself it's true
Keep on telling your self it's not you
Keep on on telling yourself it's not true
Keep on telling yourself it's you
Ears tend to bend only so far
Whatever gets some attention
Delusion spilled from the bell jar
And when nobody can say that you hate
But then your story made the store right now
And when you started to say that you hate
You're coming down to the start up gown
And then this party, you just stay that you hide
You're coming down to just start running down
And when nobody you're just shredding his head
You're coming down to the start up gown
Spinning down alone, spinning down alone
Spinning down alone, you spin alive
Spinning down alone, spinning down alone
Spinning down alone, you spin alive
Spinning down alone, spinning down alone
Spinning down alone, you spin alive
Spinning down alone, spinning down alone
Spinning down alone, you spin alive
Spinning down alone, spinning down alone
Spinning down alone, you spin alive
Spinning down alone, spinning down alone
Spinning down alone, you spin alive
When it's down alone, when it's down alone
When it's down alone you spin alive
It's down, breaking down where it's all alone
It's down, breaking down where it's all alone
But it's the dying
The down breaking wall where it's all tonight
It's down, breaking down where it's all tonight
But just the dying, oh yeah
Coming down to this speeding life
You're coming down to this waiting goal
Making down to this speeding life
I'm breaking down to this walking goal
Coming down to this speeding life
You're coming down to this waiting goal
Making down to this speeding life
I'm breaking down to this walking goal
Breaking down, you know, speaking down, you know
Waking down, you know, you spin alive
Breaking down, you know, speaking down, you know
Waking down, you know, you spin alive
Breaking down, you know, speaking down, you know
Waking down, you know, you spin alive
Breaking down, you know, speaking down, you know
When will I know it’s over?
Enough has already passed.
I’m not even sure I’ll ever know
How much it all cost me
Dearly.
Such an open wound to heal