What's your favorite lyric - the one that just kinda echoes inside you that you really connect with? lookin' for one liners, such as:
"When you got nothin' you got nothin' to loose" Bob Dylan
Favorite lyric
"Well I woke up sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didnt hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast
Wasnt bad so I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
Its the one Im wearin
And I shaved my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day"
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down by Kris Kristofferson
"Freedoms just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin aint worth nothin but its free"
"Me & Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson
"You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe"
"Idiot Wind" by Bob Dylan
Randy
With no way to hold my head, that didnt hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast
Wasnt bad so I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
Its the one Im wearin
And I shaved my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day"
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down by Kris Kristofferson
"Freedoms just another word for nothin left to lose,
And nothin aint worth nothin but its free"
"Me & Bobby McGee" by Kris Kristofferson
"You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe"
"Idiot Wind" by Bob Dylan
Randy
"I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." J. B. Books
Favorite lyric
There are so many. Here's one that comes to mind.
Hanging on in quiet desperation, it's the English way.
Roger Waters
Hanging on in quiet desperation, it's the English way.
Roger Waters
Fair winds and following seas.
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bleedingface
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There's a lady I know
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady I didn't know.
And my lady, she went downtown
She bought some broccoli
She brought it home.
She's chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
Chopping broccolaaah
Chopping broccolaaay
She's chopping broccolii!
She's chopping broccoli!
She's CHOP.. ooh!
She's chopping broccola-ah-ie!
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady I didn't know.
And my lady, she went downtown
She bought some broccoli
She brought it home.
She's chopping broccoli
Chopping broccoli
Chopping broccolaaah
Chopping broccolaaay
She's chopping broccolii!
She's chopping broccoli!
She's CHOP.. ooh!
She's chopping broccola-ah-ie!
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Scrapyard Ape
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I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
His hair was perfect.
~Warren Zevon
His hair was perfect.
~Warren Zevon
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~Greg
Great thread!
Hmmm... let's see... so many fine lyrics, too many, really. Here are a few that come to mind:
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."
Bob Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues)
"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
The Eagles (Hotel California)
"Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay me down"
Paul Simon
Hmmm... let's see... so many fine lyrics, too many, really. Here are a few that come to mind:
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."
Bob Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues)
"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave."
The Eagles (Hotel California)
"Like a bridge over troubled waters, I will lay me down"
Paul Simon
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paperpundit
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Great, great thread...
There's just one thing
That makes Mr. Johnson drink
Everytime it hits me baby, I begin to think
Oh baby, your love don't feel the same...
'Cause you breaks my heart when you call out Mr. So-and-So's name...
Robert Johnson
No-no-no-no
I don't snort it no more
I'm tired of waking up on the floor
No thank you please it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door...
Ringo
There's just one thing
That makes Mr. Johnson drink
Everytime it hits me baby, I begin to think
Oh baby, your love don't feel the same...
'Cause you breaks my heart when you call out Mr. So-and-So's name...
Robert Johnson
No-no-no-no
I don't snort it no more
I'm tired of waking up on the floor
No thank you please it only makes me sneeze
And then it makes it hard to find the door...
Ringo
Jack
"All you need is love, love...love is all you need."
"All you need is love, love...love is all you need."
I don't know why, but these lyrics have always stuck with me since I first heard them:
If I could only find the words then I would write them all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
But it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight
C'Mon and look at me and read 'em and weep
Meat Loaf
If I could only find the words then I would write them all down
If I could only find a voice I would speak
But it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight
C'Mon and look at me and read 'em and weep
Meat Loaf
"Mr. Pibb + Red Vines = Crazy Delicious" 
-Lazy Sunday sketch, SNL
Never had either but ever since I heard this lyric I have been determined to test the veracity of the claim.
-Lazy Sunday sketch, SNL
Never had either but ever since I heard this lyric I have been determined to test the veracity of the claim.
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"On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back the time
You go strolling through the park like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime"
Year of the Cat -- Al Stewart
"Da Do Do Do, Da Daa Daa Da
Is all I want to say to you ..."
Da Do Do Do -- The Police
"Darkness sharpens, heightens each sensation."
The Music of The Night (from The Phantom of the Opera)-- Lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe
"(Get you kicks) On Route 66"
Route 66 -- Bobby Troup
"So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood."
Norwegian Wood -- Lennon & McCartney
Lots of others, just don't have time to add them at the moment.
In a country where they turn back the time
You go strolling through the park like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime"
Year of the Cat -- Al Stewart
"Da Do Do Do, Da Daa Daa Da
Is all I want to say to you ..."
Da Do Do Do -- The Police
"Darkness sharpens, heightens each sensation."
The Music of The Night (from The Phantom of the Opera)-- Lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe
"(Get you kicks) On Route 66"
Route 66 -- Bobby Troup
"So I lit a fire, isn't it good, norwegian wood."
Norwegian Wood -- Lennon & McCartney
Lots of others, just don't have time to add them at the moment.
Joe Pernice's lyrics are most always brilliant. Here's just one example:
"In the green East River where no water lilies grow, I prayed for hope to spring eternal, even if the trickle’s slow."
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Texas pop-rock wunderkind Ben Kweller has a knack for quirky lyrics:
"So sue me; it's up to me if I decide to be what I think is right. And don't bother me when I am watching 'Planet of the Apes' on T.V. That's right. That's how it should be. (Sha sha. Sha doo.)"
"If I was in your shoes, I wouldn't walk all over you. So please don't walk all over me."
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Aimee Mann has a great gift for rendering vivid personae in just a few lines:
Now that I've met you
Would you object to
Never seeing each other again.
'Cause I can't afford to
Climb aboard you
No one's got that much ego to spend.
So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enough.
No, don't pick on me
When an act of kindness could be
Deathly
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Doug
"In the green East River where no water lilies grow, I prayed for hope to spring eternal, even if the trickle’s slow."
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Texas pop-rock wunderkind Ben Kweller has a knack for quirky lyrics:
"So sue me; it's up to me if I decide to be what I think is right. And don't bother me when I am watching 'Planet of the Apes' on T.V. That's right. That's how it should be. (Sha sha. Sha doo.)"
"If I was in your shoes, I wouldn't walk all over you. So please don't walk all over me."
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Aimee Mann has a great gift for rendering vivid personae in just a few lines:
Now that I've met you
Would you object to
Never seeing each other again.
'Cause I can't afford to
Climb aboard you
No one's got that much ego to spend.
So don't work your stuff
Because I've got troubles enough.
No, don't pick on me
When an act of kindness could be
Deathly
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Doug
Chorus:
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum,
and rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
Struck by the sounds before the sun,
I knew the night had gone.
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
Against the drums of dawn.
Chorus
The ocean wild like an organ played,
The seaweed's wove its strands.
The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sands.
Chorus
I stood unwound beneath the skies
And clouds unbound by laws.
The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang
And asked for no applause.
Chorus
The last of leaves fell from the trees
And clung to a new love's breast.
The branches bare like a banjo played
To the winds that listened best.
I gazed down in the river's mirror
And watched its winding strum.
The water smooth ran like a hymn
And like a harp did hum.
Chorus
Dylan
Lay down your weary tune, lay down
Lay down the song you strum,
and rest yourself 'neath the strength of strings
No voice can hope to hum
Struck by the sounds before the sun,
I knew the night had gone.
The morning breeze like a bugle blew
Against the drums of dawn.
Chorus
The ocean wild like an organ played,
The seaweed's wove its strands.
The crashin' waves like cymbals clashed
Against the rocks and sands.
Chorus
I stood unwound beneath the skies
And clouds unbound by laws.
The cryin' rain like a trumpet sang
And asked for no applause.
Chorus
The last of leaves fell from the trees
And clung to a new love's breast.
The branches bare like a banjo played
To the winds that listened best.
I gazed down in the river's mirror
And watched its winding strum.
The water smooth ran like a hymn
And like a harp did hum.
Chorus
Dylan
