Favorite Song Lyrics Thread

[Jack Scorpion]

There's a favorite poets/poems thread that I'm not educated enough to read. I do have a couple favorite verses of contemporary song lyrics that I particularly enjoy, though. What about y'all?

Ive heard a man in crisis
Falls back on what he knows best,
A murderer to murder
A thief to theft
And I dont want you to think
That this is some kind of deathbed confession
But run is what I did when put to the test
--Cowboy Junkies, First Recollection

This is her dress that I loved best
With the blue quilted violets across the breast
And these are my many letters
Torn to pieces by her long-fingered hand
I was her cruel-hearted man
And though I've tried to lay her ghost down
She's moving through me, even now
I don't know why and I don't know how
But she's nobody's baby now
--Nick Cave, Nobody's Baby Now

Grandma's hands
Used to hand me piece of candy
Grandma's hands
Picked me up each time I fell
Grandma's hands
Boy, they really came in handy
She'd say, "Matty don' you whip that boy
What you want to spank him for?
He didn' drop no apple core"
But I don't have Grandma anymore
If I get to Heaven I'll look for
Grandma's hands
--Bill Withers, Grandma's Hands

 

[Gilbey]

You Make Me Feel So Young
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uoczc_lY1kA&mode=related&search=

Written by: Mack Gordon

Written by: Josef Myrow

Arranged by: Nelson Riddle – Quincy Jones and Billy Byers – Quincy Jones

From the Album: Songs For Swingin' Lovers (1956)

Lyrics:

Ya make me feel so young.

You make me feel so "Spring has sprung",

And every time I see you grin

I'm such a happy individual.



The moment that you speak

I wanna go play hide-and-seek.

I wanna go and bounce the moon

Just like a toy balloon.



You and I are just like a couple of tots

Runnin' across the meadow

Pickin' up lots of forget-me-nots.



You make me feel so young.

You make me feel there are songs to be sung,

Bells to be rung, and a wonderful fling to be flung,

And even when I'm old and gray

I'm gonna feel the way I do today

'Cause you make me feel so young.



You make me feel so young.

You make me feel so "Spring has sprung",

And every time I see you grin

I'm such a happy individual.



The moment that you speak

I want to go and play hide-and-seek.

I want to go and bounce the moon

Just like a toy balloon.



You and I are just like a couple of tots

Runnin' across the meadow

Pickin' up lots of forget-me-nots.



You make me feel so young.

You make me feel there are songs to be sung,

Bells to be rung, wonderful fling to be flung.

And even when I'm old and gray

I'm gonna feel the way I do today

'Cause you - you make me feel so young.



You make me feel so young.

You make me feel so young.

Ooo - you make me feel so young.

 

[LolitaHaze]

Too Late - No Doubt

My favourite lyrics come from the song "Too Late" off of No Doubt's Return to Saturn album.

...like a butterfly cupped in my hands
I peek in to see beauty trapped
confined it flutters then
it leaves behind colorful dust
to remind me of the special times we spent
but of course it has to leave my clutch
but enough's never enough to make a dent

 

[Mocheman]

Wild Country
by Chris Whitley

Breaking rocks all day on the avenue
It's hard to unearth anything that's true
Soon I'm gonna loose these rags and run
Returning to the wild where I'm from

There's miles of stone, jack hammer in my hand
There's compromises I can't comprehend
Soon I'm gonna drop this jack and run
Returning to the wild where I'm from
Returning to the wild where I'm from

Between the bricks you'll hear the children play
The calluses get harder day by day
Between the cracks you'll notice where I've gone
Returning to the wild where I belong

Soon I'm going to loose these rags and run
Returning to the wild where I'm from

 

[Novella]

You can call us Aaron Burr from the way we’re droppin’ Hamiltons
-Lazy Sunday, Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg (pretty much the entire song really)

And my time is a piece of wax, fallen on a termite
That’s choking on the splinters
-Loser, Beck

The kids couldn’t hurt Jack
They tried and tried and tried
They dropped things on his back
They lied and lied and lied and lied and lied
They couldn’t stop Jack or the waters lapping
And they couldn’t prevent Jack from being happy
-Happy Jack, The Who

Even though we ain’t got money
I’m so in love with you honey
And everything will bring a chain of love
In the morning when I rise
You’re bringing tear and joy to my eyes
And tell me everything’s gonna be alright
-Danny's Song, Loggins & Messina

So the devil sings higher
Oh just look at what you’re doing!
Yeah, he’s joined by a choir
Of doctors and statesmen who plan their sorry lives
To the last day's end
But look at all the happy things that happen by accident...
I’m through with trying to fight the things I don’t understand
Accept my sweet surrender to the greater, better plan
It’s hard to explain
I don’t like hanging on to reins in my hands all the time
I’m running out of trails
Worn paths don’t lead to where I need to get to every time
-She Moves in Secret Ways, Polly Paulusma

 

[Diamondback]

I see life and it's passin' right before my eyes
And the past is the past don't regret it, time to realize
I need to walk on the wire just to catch my breath,
I don't know how or where but I'm goin' it's all that I have left

It don't matter where it takes me
Long as I can keep this feeling runnin' through, my soul

Never took this road before -- destination unknown
Oh oh oh ohohoh -- destination unknown
Won't be coming back this way gotta go it alone
Oh oh oh ohohoh -- destination unknown

Marietta, Destination Unknown (Top Gun graduation scene)

...
You know your days are numbered,
Count them one by one,
Like notches in the handle of an outlaw's gun.
You can outrun the devil, if you try,
But you'll never outrun the hands of time.

In time there surely, come a day
In time all things shall pass away,
In time you may come back some say.
To live once more, or die once more,
But in time, your time will be no more.

Mark Collie, In Time (The Punisher restaurant scene)

 

[MrNewportCustom]

Beautiful you do we
dance to the same drum?
Sample my love 'cause
there's more where that
came from too . . .
Am I falling in love with you?

Miserable me, such a
terrible loner
Very low mileage
and only one owner . . . true
Now I'm falling in love with you

Why is your heart
resurrected?
Just . . . just when you least
expect it?
How . . . how come it takes you by
surprise?
Then when you get used
to sadness
Free from the confusing
madness
Love . . . love hits you right
between the eyes

Hard to believe the blues
are stalling
Now I know why they call
it falling

Now I Know Why (They Call it Falling)
Micheal Franks (1985)

 

[MrNewportCustom]

And two from Chris DeBurgh

In the morning when I wake up she is there,
With her sleepy smile and a long night of windy hair,
And when I hold her close beside me,
Well it feels so good,
That I'd like to stay here all day long
If there's a way that I could;

And when we go downstairs and start off onto the day
Just one more cup of coffee and I'm on my way,
We may not have perfection, but we're halfway there,
And I know it's sentimental, but I just wanted to say,

That all the love I have inside me
is for you
All the love I have inside me
is for you
All the love I have inside me
is for you.

And when I've had a heavy day and
I'm going home,
She gives me time if she sees I want
to be alone,
Ah but when the evening's over,
and we go to bed,
Here comes that same old feeling,
It's like a song in my head,

Well all the love I have inside me
is for you,
All the love I have inside me
is for you
All the love I have inside me
is for you
Here's my song for you.

All the Love I have Inside me
Chris DeBurgh (1982)


Day by day they drink and dream,
Old men staring out to sea,
from the island, living on the island;

And down in the harbour, it's a show,
Watchng all the people as they come and go,
On the island, living on the island.

And up in the mountains, they're alright,
Tasting the first of the summer wine,
On the island, living on the island.

I wanna feel that sunshine in my heart
and let it blow my worries away,
I wanna spend a night in the ocean with her,
That little lady lover who's in love with me,
Prettiest little lady that I've ever seen,
On the island, living on the island . . .

Ooh, and when I finally sail away,
I know for sure I'll come back someday,
On the island, living on the island,
On the island, living on the island,

I wanna feel that sunshine on my back
On the island, living on the island,
On the island, we'll be living on the island,
I wanna feel that wind blow in my hair,
Living on the island. . . .

Living on the Island
Chris DeBurgh (1982)


Lee
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I think Diamondback may like some of the songs on this CD: The Getaway, Revolution, Light a Fire, Liberty, Don't Pay the Ferryman (which I'm listening to as I type. )

 

[BJBAmerica]

"Be An Angel"

Sung by Dean Martin

Music & Lyrics: K. Frings/C. Anderson

Orchestration: Nelson Riddle Orchestra

Lyrics:

Be an angel, be an angel
And treat me real sweet
Be an angel and bless me with your love
Be an angel, be an angel
I kneel at your feet
Be an angel and touch me with your love


You're a joy and heaven on earth to me
You are all the poems in history
Be an angel, be an angel
And make life complete
Be an angel and bless me with your love


You're a joy and heaven on earth to me
You are all the poems in history
Be an angel, be an angel
And make life complete
Be an angel and bless me with your love

 

[Atomic Glee]

"Heroes and Villains" by Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks

I've been in this town so long that back in the city
I've been taken for a lost and gone and unknown for a long, long time.
Fell in love years ago with an innocent girl
from the Spanish and Indian home of the heroes and villains.

Once at night, Catillian squared the fight,
and she was right in the rain of the bullets that eventually brought her down,
but she's still dancing in the night, unafraid
of what a dude'll do in a town full of heroes and villains.

Heroes and villains, just see what you done done.
Heroes and villains, just see what you done done.
Na, na na na, na
Na, na na na, na

Stand or fall, I know there shall be peace in the valley,
and it's all an affair of my life of the heroes and villains.

In the cantina, Margarita keeps the spirit hight.
There I watched her, she spun around and round in the warmth,
her body fanned the flame of the dance.
Dance Margarita, don't you know that I love you?
Dance...
You're under arrest!

My children were raised, you know they suddenly rise,
they started slow, long ago, head to toe, healthy, wealthy, and wise.

I've been in this town so long, so long to the city.
I'm fit with the stuff to ride in the rough, and sunny down snuff I'm alright
by the heroes and...

Heroes and villains, just see what you done done.
Heroes and villains, just see what you done done.
Na, na na na, na
Na, na na na, na

 

[LadyStardust]

What else?

Must say, I love, love this thread. I will be a frequent visitor.

My first contribution:

And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart

You wander down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by


Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song

Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
A paradise where roses bloom
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love's refrain

 

[Twitch]

"Who put the bop in the bop shu bop de bop?
Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?"

Are almost as profound as,

"Oo ee oo ah ah, ting, tang, walla walla bing bang"

 

[Woland]

I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss!

Hi Folks.

Lately Ive rediscovered the British band The Beautiful South.
Irresistably hummable tunes with intelligent lyrics.
Thought Id share this one:

Good As Gold (Stupid As Mud)

Don't know what I'm doing here
I'll carry on regardless
Got enough money for one more beer
I'll carry on regardless

Good as gold, but stupid as mud
He'll carry on regardless
They'll bleed his heart 'til there's no more blood
But carry on regardless

Carry on with laugh
Carry on with cry
Carry on with brown under moonlit sky

I want my love, my joy, my laugh, my smile, my needs
Not in the star signs
Or the palm that she reads
I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss
Not in the next life
I want it in this
I want it in this

Got one note to last all week
I'll carry on regardless
The hill to happiness is far too steep
I'll carry on regardless

Dried his mouth in the Memphis sun
He carried on regardless
Tried to smile and he bit his tongue
But carry on regardless

Carry on with work
Carry on with love
Carry on with cheering
Anything above

I want my love, my joy, my laugh, my smile, my needs
Not in the star signs
Or the palm that she reads
I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss
Not in the next life
I'll have it in this
I'll have it in this

I don't want silver, I just want gold
Carry on regardless
Bronze is for the sick and the old
But carry on regardless

I want my love, my joy, my laugh, my smile, my needs
Not in the star signs
Or the palm that she reads
I want my sun-drenched, wind-swept Ingrid Bergman kiss
Not in the next life
I'll have it in this
I'll have it in this

 

[imoldfashioned]

Loads of Golden Age songs but the first three that popped into my head were:

Pulp;

TV Movie

Without you my life has become a hangover without end.
A movie made for tv:
Bad dialogue, bad acting, no interest.
Too long with no story and no sex.
Is it a kind of weakness to miss someone so much?
To wish the day would go away?
Like you did yesterday.
Just like you did yesterday.


Underwear

If fashion is your trade then when you're naked I guess you must be unemployed yeah.


From college I fondly remember Bust A Move

A chick walks by you wish you could sex her
But you're standin’ on the wall like you was Poindexter (which is one of my all time favorite rhymes)

Got no money and you got no car
Then you got no woman and there you are

 

[jdbenson]

Glow Worm

Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer.
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer.
Lead us lest too far we wander.
Love's sweet voice is calling yonder.

Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer.
Hey, there don't get dimmer, dimmer.
Light the path below, above.
And lead us on to love!

Glow little glow-worm, fly of fire.
Glow like an incandescent wire.
Glow for the female of the species.
Turn on the AC and the DC.

This night could use a little brightnin'.
Light up you little ol' bug of lightnin'.
When you gotta glow, you gotta glow.
Glow little glow-worm, glow.

Glow little glow-worm, glow and glimmer.
Swim through the sea of night, little swimmer.
Thou aeronautical boll weevil.
Illuminate yon woods primeval.

See how the shadows deepen, darken.
You and your chick should get to sparkin'.
I got a gal that I love so.
Glow little glow-worm, glow.

Glow little glow-worm, turn the key on.
You are equipped with taillight neon.
You got a cute vest-pocket master.
Which you can make both slow and faster.

I don't know who you took a shine to.
Or who you're out to make a sign to.
I got a gal that I love so.
Glow little glow-worm, glow.

as sung by the Mills Bros
English lyrics by Johny Mercer

 

[HadleyH]

Millions of favourite song lyrics...........one .......

It's Bad For Me.-

VERSE

Your words go through and through me
And leave me totally dazed
For they do such strange things to me
They nearly make me gloomy
For you dear are so clever
So obviously the top
I wish you'd go on forever
I wish even more you'd stop

REFRAIN

For it's bad for me, it's bad for me
This knowledge that you're going mad for me
I feel certain my friends would be glad for me
Still, it's bad for me
It's so good for me so new for me
To see someone in such a stew for me
And when you say you'd do all you could for me
it's good for me it's bad for me

I thought I'd been, till you met me
Completely put on the shelf
But since you started to pet me
I'm crazy about myself
Oh, it's sweet for me, it's swell for me
To know that you are going through hell for me
Yet no matter however appealing
I still have a feeling..........
It's bad for me.

 

[ViNtAgeDaDDy]

ridin around in my auto mobile!!!!

 

[HoosierDaddy]

The summer wind came blowin' in
From across the sea
It lingered there to touch your hair
And walk with me

All summer long
we sang a song
And then we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind

Like painted kites, those days and nights
They went flying by
The world was new beneath the blue
Umbrella sky

Then softer than a piper man
One day, it called to you
I lost you I lost you to
The summer wind

The autumn wind
And the winter winds
They have come and gone
And still those days
Those lonely days
They go on and on
And guess who’s sigh`s
His lullabies through nights that never end
My fickled friend,
The summer wind
The summer wind warm summer wind
Mmm the summer wind

 

[rumblefish]

Sometimes I think it's shame, when I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain. Gordon Lightfoot

And lately it's been;

Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart. She is only three years old and that's a real fine way to start. Led Zep

 

[Ada Veen]

aw, she has won my heart too, the sweetie!

At the moment, I am particularly enjoying the partisan by Leonard Cohen.


When they poured across the border
I was cautioned to surrender,
this I could not do;
I took my gun and vanished.

I have changed my name so often,
I've lost my wife and children
but I have many friends,
and some of them are with me.

An old woman gave us shelter,
kept us hidden in the garret,
then the soldiers came;
she died without a whisper.

There were three of us this morning
I'm the only one this evening
but I must go on;
the frontiers are my prison.

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.

Les Allemands e'taient chez moi, (The Germans were at my home)
ils me dirent, "Signe toi," (They said, "Sign yourself,")
mais je n'ai pas peur; (But I am not afraid)
j'ai repris mon arme. (I have retaken my weapon.)

J'ai change' cent fois de nom, (I have changed names a hundred times)
j'ai perdu femme et enfants (I have lost wife and children)
mais j'ai tant d'amis; (But I have so many friends)
j'ai la France entie`re. (I have all of France)

Un vieil homme dans un grenier (An old man, in an attic)
pour la nuit nous a cache', (Hid us for the night)
les Allemands l'ont pris; (The Germans captured him)
il est mort sans surprise. (He died without surprise.)

Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
through the graves the wind is blowing,
freedom soon will come;
then we'll come from the shadows.