W hat is your favourite song lyric, and why?

silverfeather

The Rodgers wrote: »

turned out he did do it

He actually beat up a real black rights activist too. Carolyn Kelley she actually tried to help him. He beat her up in his hotel room.

Flood

The Rodgers wrote: »

some dance to remember, some dance to forget

Indeed m8

silverfeather

Some dance cuz dancing!

silverfeather

The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed-out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But it's not that way
I wasn't born to lose you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

The drunken politician leaps
Upon the street where mothers weep
And the saviors who are fast asleep
They wait for you
And I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinkin' from my broken cup
And ask for me
Open up the gate for you
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Now all my fathers they've gone down
True love they've been without it
But all their daughters put me down
'Cause I don't think about it.

Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
And talk with my chambermaid
She knows that I'm not afraid
To look at her
She is good to me
And there's nothing she doesn't see
She knows where I'd like to be
But it doesn't matter
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
He spoke to me, I took his flute
No, I wasn't very cute to him - Was I ?
But I did though because he lied
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side
And because I ..
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Flood

silverfeather wrote: »

The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed-out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But it's not that way
I wasn't born to lose you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

The drunken politician leaps
Upon the street where mothers weep
And the saviors who are fast asleep
They wait for you
And I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinkin' from my broken cup
And ask for me
Open up the gate for you
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Now all my fathers they've gone down
True love they've been without it
But all their daughters put me down
'Cause I don't think about it.

Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
And talk with my chambermaid
She knows that I'm not afraid
To look at her
She is good to me
And there's nothing she doesn't see
She knows where I'd like to be
But it doesn't matter
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
He spoke to me, I took his flute
No, I wasn't very cute to him - Was I ?
But I did though because he lied
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side
And because I ..
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Beautiful

silverfeather

Flood wrote: »

Beautiful

I hope so.

RichFTW

Faith No More - Just A Man

Man was born to love-
Though often he has sought
Like Icarus, to fly too high-
And far too lonely than he ought
To kiss the sun of east and west
And hold the world at his behest-
To hold the terrible power
To whom only gods are blessed-
But me, I am just a man

silverfeather

'man was born to love'

I'll add and 'to be loved'

rawn

"You make me feel
Like I should love me,
I look at you,
In love with me"

You and Me - Splendid.

I love this. It's exactly what love is in my eyes.

silverfeather

rawn wrote: »

"You make me feel
Like I should love me,
I look at you,
In love with me"

You and Me - Splendid.

I love this. It's exactly what love is in my eyes.

I know that you are respectable
but this type of healin is sexual
:-)

silverfeather

rawn wrote: »

"You make me feel
Like I should love me,
I look at you,
In love with me"

You and Me - Splendid.

I love this. It's exactly what love is in my eyes.

Its JJ cool. You and me is a diff song

We have electricity,
conducting sparks,
shower with me
We made this about
We made this about
You and me
You and me
Woven on the couch
I hold you like a baby boy
Runnin' my hands
in your warm black hair
you don't mean to be number one
and that's how come you are
I love how you surrender
I love how you surrender
We made this about
We made this about
You and me
You and me
You make me see
why I should love me
I'll look at you in love with me
We made this about
We made this about/You and Me

Love that too. :-)

Ormus

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinking alone.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

^ Love that song, and it's one of the most deceptively nasty songs ever written. The melody is beautiful, the vocals are gorgeous but the lyrics are pure poison. Think I read somewhere that when she wrote that song about Lindsey Buckingham, he wrote "Go Your Own Way" in response.

It's so skillfully deceptive, the melody in contrast to the lyrics. Nicks has a lovely turn of phrase:

'Dusty words lying under carpets
Seldom heard well must you keep your secrets
Locked inside hidden safe from view
Well, is it all that hard
Is it all that tough
Well, I've shown you all my cards now isn't that enough
You can hide your hurt
But, there's something you can do

You can talk to me
Talk to me... talk to me
I can set your secrets free, baby'

Love the 'Dusty words...' line. Beautiful stuff.

MRnotlob606

[Ali G, Shaggy]
Let’s talk about Julie right now yu hear mi
You got your Julie, I got my Julie, anybody else who no have dem Julie dem need fi get one
Yo slammin and banging ya dig dat.

[Chorus 1]
A to the L to the I to the Gizzy, J to the U to the LI Izzy
S to the H to the A to the double Gizzy, Y rude bwoys get busy
A to the L to the I to the Gizzy, J to the U to the LI Izzy
S to the H to the A to the double Gizzy, Y rude bwoys get busy

[Verse 1]
Ragga muffin give you love and affection
Mr Lover will be your protection, stick it to, to your hearts contention, anything for my Julie.
Mi go so hmmmm and make a connection
She hear mi voice and get a nipple erection
We be banging to a Shaggy selection, one time for my Julie.

[Chorus 2]
Julie, you know me love you an truly, from head down to mi goolie.
You turn me on with your big Babylon
Julie, you got the sweet ass, truly, when mi touch it with mi goolie.
Turn me on with your big Babylon

[Verse 2]
I need a cure for the thing I’m feeling, Shaggy need some sexual healing, I want to reach and
touch the ceiling, when I’m loving my Julie, aight
Mi a de king in a de late night healing, worse know if it’s just a piece I’m stealing, a safe
sex a mister lover believe in, when I’m loving my Julie

[Chorus 2]
Julie, you know me love you an truly, from head down to mi goolie.
You turn me on with your big Babylon
Julie, you got the sweet ass, truly, when mi touch it with mi goolie.
Turn me on with your big Babylon

[Ali G Rap]
Hear dis Shaggy mi can rap too.
A Yo A Yo you is fitter than J-Lo next to you
She just a minga fitter than destiny’s child apart from the lead singer,
Fitter than the spice girls including the Ginger,
Give it a shave cause mi wanna be in ya,
They was claiming that our love was wrong
The people just stared and said it was too long
Yo it ain’t a crime to have a 12 inch
Dong Da Dong Dong Dong

[Chorus 2]
Julie, you know me love you an truly, from head down to mi goolie.
You turn me on with your big Babylon
Julie, you got the sweet ass, truly, when mi touch it with mi goolie.
Turn me on with your big Babylon

[Chorus 1]
A to the L to the I to the Gizzy, J to the U to the LI Izzy
S to the H to the A to the double Gizzy, Y rude bwoys get busy
A to the L to the I to the Gizzy, J to the U to the LI Izzy
S to the H to the A to the double Gizzy, Y rude bwoys get busy

[Chorus 2]
Julie, you know me love you an truly, from head down to mi goolie.
You turn me on with your big Babylon
Julie, you got the sweet ass, truly, when mi touch it with mi goolie.
Turn me on with your big Babylon

RollieFingers

"I wouldn't give a chick ten cents to put cheese on a whopper" ~ Big L - No Endz, No Skinz

GerB40

silverfeather wrote: »

The guilty undertaker sighs
The lonesome organ grinder cries
The silver saxophones say I should refuse you
The cracked bells and washed-out horns
Blow into my face with scorn
But it's not that way
I wasn't born to lose you
I want you, I want you
I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

The drunken politician leaps
Upon the street where mothers weep
And the saviors who are fast asleep
They wait for you
And I wait for them to interrupt
Me drinkin' from my broken cup
And ask for me
Open up the gate for you
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Now all my fathers they've gone down
True love they've been without it
But all their daughters put me down
'Cause I don't think about it.

Well, I return to the Queen of Spades
And talk with my chambermaid
She knows that I'm not afraid
To look at her
She is good to me
And there's nothing she doesn't see
She knows where I'd like to be
But it doesn't matter
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit
He spoke to me, I took his flute
No, I wasn't very cute to him - Was I ?
But I did though because he lied
Because he took you for a ride
And because time was on his side
And because I ..
I want you, I want you
Yes, I want you so bad
Honey, I want you.

There could be a whole thread dedicated to Bob Dylan lyrics because I honestly think he's the best lyricist alive. His best stuff is well behind him but you could basically pick any song from his first five or six albums and be amazed by how he could use words.


"Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child's balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.

Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fools gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proved to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.

Temptation's page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you'd just be
One more person crying.

So don't fear if you hear
A foreign sound to you ear
It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.

As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their marks
Made everything from toy guns that sparks
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the President of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
It's only people's games that you got to dodge
And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.

Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you're the one
That can do what's never been done
That can win what's never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.

You loose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand without nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.

A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not forget 
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.

Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despite their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.

While some on principles baptized
To strict party platforms ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God Bless him.

While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society's pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he's in.

But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.

Old lady judges, watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn't talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.

While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer's pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death's honesty
Won't fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.

My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me ?

And if my thought-dreams could been seen
They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only".

It's alright ma (I'm only bleeding) Bob Dylan.

At first glance a lot of that song sounds like Dylanesque nonsense but there's meaning behind every sentence in that song if you hear it a few times. And that's only one song! The man is a genius..

Summer wind

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you.

This song is called "Down in the valley".

xhoundx

I need to find a new vagina
Any kind of new vagina
It's hard to rhyme a word like vagina
Calvin Klein? Kind of North Carolina

Swankiest

"..it was sad, it was sweet, and I knew it complete, when I wore a younger man's clothes.."
Piano Man - Billy Joel

"...life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.." John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane

All the lyrics in Up the Junction by Squeeze especially
"... put away a tenner
Each week to make her better
And when the time was ready
We had to sell the telly
Late evenings by the fire
With little kicks inside her.."

I must be feeling very nostalgic today!

Idjit

"Tears are running
They're all running down your dress
And your friends, baby
They treat you like a guest"

-Jefferson Airplane, 'Somebody to Love'.

tastyt

"Hot dog
jumping frog, Albuquerque"

So true.

tastyt

" Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag"

Katy Perry, genius.

nokiatom

its better to burn out than to fade away

Apocalypse

Sick liaisons raised this monumental mark
The sun sets forever over Blackwater park

Opeth

Blackwater Park

Irish Guitarist

Oh, the snot has caked against my pants
It has turned into crystal
There's a bluebird sitting on a branch
I guess I'll take my pistol

wendell borton

"Peaches come from a can,
they were put there by a man
In a factory downtown
If I had my little way,
I'd eat peaches every day"
- The Presidents of the USA

We came across the west sea
We didn't have much idea of the
Kind of climate waiting
We used our hands for guidance
Like the children of a preacher
Like a dry tree seeking water
Or a daughter
Nice 'n' sleazy
Nice 'n' sleazy does it


The Stranglers. I like the kind of angry way it's delivered.

Contessa Raven

This ride that takes me through life
Leads me into darkness but emerges into light
No one can ever slow me down
I'll stay unbound

Unbound (The Wild Ride) - Avenged Sevenfold

A reminder that I am in control of my life and I can choose to let the dark times consume me or push through them.

Dick phelan

I've long since retired, my son's moved away
I called him up just the other day
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind"
He said, "I'd love to, Dad, if I can find the time
You see my new job's a hassle and kids have the flu
But it's sure nice talking to you, Dad
It's been sure nice talking to you"

And as I hung up the phone it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

Cat's in the Cradle amazing song IMO.

Miss Demeanour

All the promises we made from the cradle to the grave
When all I want is you.