Favorite song lyrics

[Engimal]

Out here in the fields
I fight for my meals
I get my back into my living
I don't need to fight
To prove I'm right
I don't need to be forgiven

Just a great song in general.

 

[Gough]

A little bit of Sam Cooke never did any folk any harm.

"A Change Is Gonna Come"

I was born by the river in a little tent
And just like that river I've been running ever since
It's been a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
Cos I don't know what's out there beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

I go to the movie
And I go down town
somebody keep telling me don't hang around
Its been along time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees

There were times when I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gone come, oh yes it will

Or indeed any Woody Guthrie. I like that he wrote this as a response to Irving Berlin's saccharine Good Bless America.

This Land Is Your Land
This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

 

[The Passenger]

Do yourself a favour, as the bloke in the hat would say, and have a listen to those two

Yeah Eulogy is a cracking tune. That's been the one I've thrown into the mix a bit lately but still only listened to it maybe half a dozen times.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Bob Dylan owns this thread.

I'm tempted to add Desolation Row but I think I'll just let people Google it.

 

[Cruyff14]

I'm tempted to add Desolation Row but I think I'll just let people Google it.

This thread can be all Dylan, wouldn't matter what song you put, it belongs here.

 

[Gough]

I'm tempted to add Desolation Row but I think I'll just let people Google it.

Hurricane, Joey and Sara on Desire alone. Must be pretty cool for Sara Dylan to be able to say that she was the muse for Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.

 

[Engimal]

Probably my favourite lyrics of any song comes from Art is Dead by Bo Burnham.

"The show has got a budget
The show has got a budget
And all the poor people way more deserving, of the money
Won't budge it

'Cause I wanted my name in lights
When I could have feed a family of four
For forty ****ing fortnights
Forty ****ing fortnights

I am an artist, please God forgive me
I am an artist, please don't revere me
I am an artist, please don't respect me
I am an artist, you're free to correct me

A self-centered artist
Self-obsessed artist
I am an artist
I am an artist

But I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
I'm just a kid
Kid
And maybe I'll grow out of it."

 

[edgie]

Guns N Roses coma

See you've caught me in a coma
And I don't think I want to
Ever come back to this
World again
Kinda like it in a coma
'Cause no one's ever gonna
Oh make me come back to this
World again

Now I feel as if I'm floating away
I can't feel the pressure
And I like it this way
But my body's calling, my body's calling
Want me to come back to this
World again

Suspended deep in a sea of black
I got the light at the end
I got the bones on the mast
Well, I've gone sailing, I've gone sailing
I could leave so easily
My friends are calling back to me
I said yeah,
They're leaving it all up to me when
All I needed was clarity
And someone to tell me what the **** is going on
Goddammit

Slippin' farther and farther away
It's a miracle how long we can stay
In a world our minds created
In a world that's full of ****

Please understand me
I'm climbin' through the wreckage
Of all my twisted dreams
And this cheap investigation
Just can't stifle all my screams
And I'm waiting
At the crossroads
Waiting for you
Waiting for you
Where are you

No one's gonna bother me anymore
No one's gonna mess with my head no more
I can't understand what all the fightin's for
But it's so nice here down off the shore
I wish you could see this
Cause there's nothing to see
It's peaceful here and its fine with me
Not like the world where I used to live
I never really wanted to live...

Zap him again...
Zap the son of a ***** again

Live your life like it's a coma
Won't you tell me why we'd want to
With all the reasons you give
It's kinda hard to believe

But who am I to tell you that I've seen any reason
Why you should stay
Maybe we'd be better off without you anyway
I got a one way ticket on your last chance ride
Got a one way ticket to your suicide
Got a one way ticket and there's no way out alive

And all this crass communication that has left you in the cold
Isn't much for consolation when you feel so weak and old
But if home is where the heart is
Then there's stories to be told
No, you don't need a doctor
No one else can heal your soul

Got your mind in submission
Got your life on the line
But nobody pulled the trigger
They just stepped aside
They'll be down by the water
While you watch 'em wavin' goodbye

They'll be callin' in the morning
They'll be hanging on the phone
They'll be waitin' for an answer
But you know nobody's home
And when the bells stop ringing
It was nobody's fault but your own

There were always ample warning
There were always subtle signs
And you would have seen them coming
But we gave you too much time
And when you said that no one's listening
Why'd your best friend drop a dime
Sometimes we get so tired of waiting for a
Way to spend our time

And it's so easy to be social
It's so easy to be cool
Yeah, its easy to get hungry
When you ain't got **** to lose
And I wish that I could help you
With what you hope to find
But I'm still out here waiting
Watching reruns of my life
When you reach the point of breaking
Know it's gonna take some time
To heal those broken memories
That another man would need
Just to survive

Bold part my favourite lines

 

[edgie]

And AC/DC Carry Me Home, unreleased b-side, Bon Scott.

As far as crass "going out and getting laid" songs go, this is poetry.

The bartender's working on a late night shift
She's bonka blonds and Bon aims on a midnight drift
And the dance band's playing the same old slam
I'm sinking whiskey and you're sipping fine wine
I don't know what it is you're trying to prove
Well it should be you but it's me who can hardly move
And I've got my reputation lying on the line
Come on baby, be a good dog and help the blind

Won't you carry me home
(Like a truck, pick me up)

You ain't no lady but you've sure got taste in men
That head of yours has got you by time and time again
My arms and legs are aching and my head's about to blow
And your back's been breakin' and I'd hate to spoil the show
But I've just spent next weeks wages and I'm right out of coin
But you want more and it's half past four and they want to close the joint
But we can't afford a taxi, and it's too late for the bus
But I've been told by friends of mine you're someone I can trust

Carry me home
Won't you carry me home
Carry me home
(Don't let me lie here in all this beer)

You drank all your booze and half of mine
I'm bleary eyed and you're waiting for the sunshine (to come and kill me)
Just like the man who threw me on the floor
Don't matter, while I'm down here I might as well try and find the ****ing door
Excuse me, have you seen it? It's about this big
And have you got a plastic bag 'cause I'm gonna be sick
I'm dead drunk and heave'n hanging upside down
And you're getting up and leaving, you think I'm gonna drown

Carry me home
Won't you carry me home (can you help)
Carry me home

Carry me home
Won't you carry me home
Carry me home

 

[danger_to_walker]

Just a few of my faves:

"Far above our heads are the icy heights
That contain all reason"
Caring Is Creepy - The Shins


"But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see"
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel


"Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more"
In My Life - The Beatles


"And times when it still feels right
I'll hold open the door for a girl
Or back down from a fight.
And if there's just no need to be so ****ing polite
At least it helps you sleep easier at night.
Just never enters my mind
That it ever should come down to choosing sides."
Please Don't Ask Me to Smile - You Am I


"I ain't no abacus, but you can count on me"
Operation - Jamie T

 

[bresker]

I had nothing to say on Christmas Day when you threw all your clothes on the floor.
When you burned your hair, knocked over the chair I tried to stay out of your way.
When you fell asleep with blood on your teeth I got into my car and drove away.

Listen to me butterfly, theres only so much wine you can drink in one life-
But it will never be enough to save you from the bottom of your glass.

Where the highway starts I parked my car I got out and stared up at the stars.
As meteors died and shot across the sky, I thought about your sad shining eyes.
I came back for my clothes when the sun finally rose but you were still passed out on the floor


Listen to me butterfly, there’s only so much wine you can drink in one life
But it will never be enough to save you from the bottom of your glass

 

[Bazzar]

"Frank settled down in the Valley and he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead."

Lovers of the great man know who penned this.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Harvey Danger - Flagpolesiita

Put me in the hospital for nerves
And then they had to commit me
You told them all I was crazy
They cut off my legs,
now I'm an amputee, God damn you


Angels - Take a long Line

They put him aboard a well wound whirlwind
Pulled out his teeth and told him to grin
He gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine
And said "I never existed, you've been wasting your time"

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

Harvey Danger - Flagpolesiita

Put me in the hospital for nerves
And then they had to commit me
You told them all I was crazy
They cut off my legs,
now I'm an amputee, God damn you

And immediately before that:

Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding
The cretins cloning and feeding
And I don't even own a TV

Incidentally, has anyone ever heard another Harvey Danger song? Ever?

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

"Frank settled down in the Valley and he hung his wild years on a nail that he drove through his wife's forehead."

Lovers of the great man know who penned this.

In his "wild years"

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Shirley,
it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room
Shirley,
you're my reason to get out of bed before noon
Shirley,
you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking
Shirley,
what did you say about running before we were walking

Sometimes when we're as close as this
It's like we're in a dream
How can you lie there and think of England
When you don't even know who's in the team

Shirley,
your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle
Shirley,
we are joined in the ideological cuddle

I'm celebrating my love for you
With a pint of beer and a new tattoo
And if you haven't noticed yet
I'm more impressionable when my cement is wet

Politics and pregnancy
Are debated as we empty our glasses
And how I love those evening classes

Shirley,
you really know how to make a young man angry
Shirley,
can we get through the night without mentioning family

The people from your church agree
It's not much of a career
Trying the handles of parked cars
Whoops, there goes another year
Whoops, there goes another pint of beer

Here we are in our summer years
Living on icecream and chocolate kisses
Would the leaves fall from the trees
If I was your old man and you were my missus

Shirley,
give my greetings to the new brunette

 

[Tarkyn_24]

"So join in the chorus..."

Beat me to it, damn. Was gonna do the same for the Pies song.

For me I love the whole of New York Minute by the Eagles, but particularly;

"Lying here in the darkness
I hear the sirens wail
Somebody going to emergency
Somebody's going to jail
If you find somebody to love in this world
You better hang on tooth and nail
The wolf is always at the door"

 

[Jimmy1992]

Chances are, this will be completely different to a lot of the music in here, but, you know, I'm 21.

Story of the Year write some great lyrics.

And the Hero Will Drown:

The night will come and rip away​

Her wings of innocence through every word we say​

Maybe it's time to spit out the core​

Of our rotting union hopefully before it chokes us to our senses.​

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And, my personal favourite;​

Dive Right In:​

So here I go
I'll dive right in
Break through the waves
Straight to the ocean floor

And although my hands are shaking
I lie perfectly still
'Cause I'm determined to let myself sink down

And I know I'm buried too far down
To feel the warmth from the sun again

I could wave my arms and swim away
But never reach the shore
But for now I will lay face first in the sand
With the wreckage from ships that lost their way

And I know I'm buried too far down
To feel the warmth from the sun again

And I know I'm buried too far down
To feel the warmth from the sun again

And although my hands are shaking
I lie perfectly still
'Cause I'm determined to let myself sink down

And I know I'm buried too far down
To feel the warmth from the sun again​

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[Marlowe]

"I almost cut my hair, it was happened just the other day.
It was gettin' kinda long, I could've said it was in my way.
But I didn't and I wonder why, I feel like letting my freak flag fly,
And I feel like I owe it to someone."

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

I've always lived on the farm
didn't think it could be much harm
daddy thought I was sick in the head
pulled my c**k in a hay shed

I love my tractor!

 

[Unknown Caller]

She got a light skinned friend look like Michael Jackson
Got a dark skinned friend look like Michael Jackson

 

[courtjester]

I’m high on the hill
Looking over the bridge
To the M.C.G.
And way up on high
The clock on the silo
Says eleven degrees
I remember I remember
I’m breathing today
The month of May
All the burning leaves
I’m not hearing a sound
My feet don’t even
Touch the ground
Paul Kelly just captures moments that mean something, but you might not realise they mean something as they happen.

 

[courtjester]

This song just captures my life perfectly sometimes.

 

[Miguel Sanchez]

This song just captures my life perfectly sometimes.

Could have a whole separate thread dedicated to Paul Kelly

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

This song just captures my life perfectly sometimes.

You could just put Paul Kelly and Bob Dylan's entire discography in this thread.