Favorite Song Lyrics (Snippets)

[Soloman1]

But it's all right now,

I learned my lesson well

You see, ya can't please everyone,

so ya got to please yourself 

 

- Ricky Nelson

[RainShadow]

 

In my early years i hid my tears
And passed my days alone
Adrift on an ocean of loneliness
My dreams like nets were thrown
To catch the love that I'd heard of
In books and films and songs
Now there's a world of illusion and fantasy
In the place where the real world belongs

Still i look for the beauty in songs
To fill my head and lead me on
Though my dreams have come up torn and empty
As many times as love has come and gone

To those gentle ones my memory runs
To the laughter we shared at the meals
I filled their kitchens and living rooms
With my schemes and my broken wheels
It was never clear how far or near
The gates to my citadel lay
They were cutting from stone some dreams of their own
But they listened to mine anyway

I'm not sure what i'm trying to say
It could be i've lost my way
Though i keep a watch over the distance
Heaven's no closer than it was yesterday

And the angels are older
They know not to wait up for the sun
They look over my shoulder
At the maps and the drawings of the journey I've begun

Now the distance leads me farther on
Though the reasons i once had are gone
I keep thinking I'll find what I'm looking for
In the sand beneath the dawn

But the angels are older
They can see that the sun's setting fast
They look over my shoulder
At the vision of paradise contained in the light of the past
And they lay down behind me
To sleep beside the road till the morning has come
Where they know they will find me
With my maps and my faith in the distance
Moving farther on

 

Jackson Browne - Farther On
 

 

 

[Argonne69]

And all you create
And all you destroy
And all that you do
And all that you say

And all that you eat
And everyone you meet
And all that you slight
And everyone you fight

And all that is now
And all that is gone
And all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon

 

- Pink Floyd

 

[nitram]

Mountains rough this time of year
Close the highway down
They don't warn the town

And I've been fighting second gear
For fifteen miles or so
Trying to beat the angry snow

And I know every town worth passing through
But what good does knowing do
With no one to show it to

 

And I've grown tired of traveling alone
Tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone
Won't you ride with me?

I've grown tired of traveling alone
Tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone
Won't you ride with me?

Won't you ride?
Won't you ride?

 

I quit talking to myself
Listening to the radio
Long, long time ago
Damn near strangled by my appetite
Ybor City on a Friday night
Couldn't even stand up right

So high the street girls wouldn't take my pay
They said come see me on a better day
She just danced away

And I've grown tired of traveling alone
Tired of traveling alone
I've grown tired of traveling alone
Won't you ride with me?

 

-Jason Isbell

[nitram]

A heart on the run
Keeps a hand on a gun
Can't trust anyone
I was so sure
What I needed was more
Tried to shoot out the sun
The days when we raged, we flew off the page
Such damage was done
But I made it through, 'cause somebody knew
I was meant for someone

 

So, girl, leave your boots by the bed
We ain't leaving this room
'Til someone needs medical help
Or the magnolias bloom
It's cold in this house and I ain't going out to chop wood
So cover me up and know you're enough
To use me for good

 

I put your faith to the test
When I tore off your dress
In Richmond on high
I sobered up, I swore off that stuff
Forever this time
And the old lover's sing
"I thought it'd be me who helped him get home"
But home was a dream
One that I'd never seen 'til you came along

 

So, girl, hang your dress out to dry
We ain't leaving this room
'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide
And the river runs through
And carries this house on its stones
Like a piece of driftwood
So, cover me up and know you're enough
To use me for good

 

- Jason Isbell

[MtlJeff]

Horsepower, horsepower so much polo owned i got horsepower

pound of this cost 4000

I make it rain, she want more showers

Rain....pouring....All my cars is foreign

 

--2 chainz / Kanye ---Mercy

[touch]

All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
It's early morn
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

 

John Denver

[touch]

There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works layin' whiskey down
They say, Brandy, fetch another round
She serves them whiskey and wine

The sailors say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"

 

Looking Glass

Songwriter: Elliot Lurie

[touch]

She ain't got no money
Her clothes are kinda funny
Her hair is kinda wild and free
Oh, but Love grows where my Rosemary goes
And nobody knows like me

She talks kinda lazy
And people say she she's crazy
And her life's a mystery
Oh, but Love grows where my Rosemary goes
And nobody knows like me

There's something about her hand holding mine
It's a feeling that's fine
And I just gotta say
She's really got a magical spell
And it's working so well
That I can't get away

 

Edison Lighthouse

Songwriters: Roger Frederick Cook / Roger John Reginald Greenaway

Edited May 11, 2023 by touch

[Argonne69]

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing
I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
Purple rain, purple rain
I only want to see you bathing in the purple rain
 

- Prince 

 

[DArnie]

She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her "baby"
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
'Cause she walks dowtown with a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a mysterious dark-haired man

Tanya Tucker

[aenemated]

Now never trust a scarecrow wearin' shades after dark

Be careful of that old bow tie he wears

It takes a sweet little bullet from a pretty blue gun

To put those scarlet ribbons in your hair

 

- Tom Waits

[touch]

You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
You can rely on the old man's money
You can rely on the old man's money
It's a b**** girl but it's gone too far
'Cause you know it don't matter anyway
Say money, but it won't get you too far
Get you too far

And don't you know, don't you know
That it's wrong to take what is given you
So far gone, on your own
You could get along if you try to be strong
But you'll never be strong 'cause

 

Songwriter: Daryl Hall

[Argonne69]

Lol. Spaces in between.

 

Where I come from isn't all that great
My automobile is a piece of cr~p
My fashion sense is a little whack
And my friends are just as screwed as me

 

Look at all those movie stars
They're all so beautiful and clean
When the housemaids scrub the floors
They get the spaces in between

I wanna live a life like that
I wanna be just like a king
Take my picture by the pool
Cause I'm the next big thing

Beverly Hills, that's where I want to be
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills, rollin' like a celebrity
(Gimme gimme, gimme gimme)
Livin' in Beverly Hills

 

- Weezer

 

[nitram]

One by one they're turning out the lights
I've been feedin' that old jukebox just to hold you tight
Guess it's for the best, I just put in my last dime
Heard you whisper we'll meet again another place, another time

 

Chairs are stacked all over tables and it's closing time they say
I could wait right here forever if they'd only let me stay
Anywhere would be much better than that old lonely room of mine
And a sleepless night a waitin' for another place, another time

 

Won't that room of mine be a lonely place to be
After I've been holding you so close to me
And won't that old stairway be a little hard to climb
To a lonely room to wait for another place, another time
Won't that old stairway be a little hard to climb
To a lonely room to wait for another place, another time

 

- Jerry Chesnut & Jerry Lee Lewis

[aenemated]

A thing I realized a while back is the best words are written in struggle. I don't frequently listen to a lot of what I did 10 or 20 or 30 years ago.

 

These were most salient when everything with the former Mrs. aenemated was falling apart - mostly my doing. And every time I hear/read them I'm reminded of a drive from Hollywood down to Carlsbad for a weekend with a, shall we say, dalliance. 

 

Once upon a blue thing or two
Eyes in sight, the moon confused
We heard the sparks fly and we watched their lies
Some died in retreat, some in jealousy

You know boredom breeds temptation in its wake
But would you look at what temptation's done
The spirit's here in the hollow, a message at the bottom of the bottle
Oh, the sky tonight is gray, all the quiver and the quake

Reaching away goodbye rye
Been bled on down the road
But when the buzz was over, man
It was getting cold

...

The years are slow, so I lie alone
Do you want your name to burn away?
Oh, lies aside, honey, will I ride?
Along and through and over you

Sleep shame, Reno's low behind in flames
So with your misty mist and your low land frame
Won't you sleep shame?

 

Off Buckner's amazing "Devotion + Doubt." Strongly recommended album. 

Edited May 16, 2023 by aenemated

[Argonne69]

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the minds true liberation

 

- 5th Dimension 

 

[nitram]

Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name

And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

 

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whirlpool whirl and the baby's cry
I've got a song, I've got a song

And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

 

And I'm gonna go there free
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream

Oh, I know I could share it if you'd want me too
If you're going my way, I'll go with you

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

 

-Norman Gimbel / Charles Fox

 

(Jim Croce)

[nitram]

… And I wonder if I ever cross your mind

For me it happens all the time

… It's a quarter after one
I'm all alone and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control
And I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now

 

… Another shot of whisky
Can't stop looking at the door
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time

 

… It's a quarter after one
I'm a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control
And I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without

… I just need you now

 

-Charles Kelley / David Wesley Haywood / Hilary Scott (Lady Antebellum)

[Argonne69]

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

Nothing don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free, now now
And feeling good was easy Lord, when he sang the blues
You know feeling good was good enough for me
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

 

- Written by Kris Kristofferson 

 

[Argonne69]

I beg your pardon

I never promised you a rose garden

Along with the sunshine

There's gotta be a little rain some time

 

- Billy Joe Royal, Lynn Anderson 

 

[Argonne69]

When you were here before

Couldn't look you in the eye

You're just like an angel

Your skin makes me cry

 

You float like a feather

In a beautiful world

And I wish I was special

You're so f----' special

 

But I'm a creep,

I'm a weirdo.

What the h--- am I doing here?

I don't belong here.

 

- Radiohead 

 

Edited May 21, 2023 by Argonne69

[Sp4zRX]

“Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
And such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me”
 

 

Eagles ‘Take it Easy’ written by Glen Frey and Jackson Browne. This line was written by Jackson Browne. 

[JungleJimbo]

46 minutes ago, Sp4zRX said:

“Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
And such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me”
 

 

Eagles ‘Take it Easy’ written by Glen Frey and Jackson Browne. This line was written by Jackson Browne. 

 

 

 

 

 

[touch]

Look over yonder
What do you see?
The sun is a-rising
Most definitely

A new day is coming (ooh, ooh)
People are changing
Ain't it beautiful? (Ooh, ooh)
Crystal blue persuasion

Better get ready to see the light
Love, love is the answer (ooh, ooh)
And that's all right

So don't you give up now (ooh, ooh)
So easy to find
Just look to your soul (your soul)
And open your mind

Crystal blue persuasion, hmm, hmm
It's a new vibration
Crystal blue persuasion
Crystal
Blue persuasion

 

Songwriters: Eddie Morley Gray / Mike Vale / Tommy James

Tommy James 

[Argonne69]

Well, show me the way
To the next whisky bar
Oh, don't ask why
Oh, don't ask why

For if we don't find
The next whisky bar
I tell you we must die
I tell you we must die
I tell you, I tell you
I tell you we must die

Oh, moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We've lost our good old mama
And must have whisky, oh, you know why

 

- The Doors, Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 

 

[Argonne69]

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

It's not warm when she's away

Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

And she's always gone too long

Anytime she goes away

 

- Bill Withers 

 

[dave willie]

Oh, me oh my oh

Look at Miss Ohio

She's a running around with her rag top down

She says "I want to do right 

but not right now"

 

Gillian Welch

[DArnie]

Lean on me
When you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on...

For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow

For no one can fill
Those of your needs that you won't let show

You just call on me brother when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
 

Bill 
Withers

[DArnie]

Been away, haven't seen you in a while
How've you been, have you changed your style?
And do you think that we've grown up differently?
Don't seem the same, seems you've lost your feel for 

So let's leave it alone, 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree

 

Dave Mason