Favorite Song Lyrics (Snippets)

[touch]

Any time, any day
You can hear the people say
That love is blind
Well, I don't know but I say love is kind

Do do do, do do do do do
Do do do, do do do do do

Soldier boy kisses girl
Leaves behind a tragic world
But he won't mind, he's in love
And he says love is fine

Do do do, do do do do do
Do do do, do do do do do

Oh yes, indeed we know
That people will find a way to go
No matter what the man said
And love is fine for all we know
For all we know, our love will grow
That's what the man said
So won't you listen to what the man said
He said

 

Songwriters: Linda McCartney / Paul McCartney

[dashanks]

Shake, shake, shake

shake, shake, shake

shake your booty

ohhhhhh

shake, shake, shake

shake, shake, shake

shake your booty

[JungleJimbo]

 

 

[ThinkingPlus]

Who's breathless now? Who only hyperventilates?
Who'd die for you? Who's dying inside anyways?
Which one of us is sunshine and which one's growing dim?
While two men dream of you at night, do you just dream of him?

 

The wrong man was convicted, you know I did the deed
I thought that you would wait for me, your wants I needn't heed
The wrong man lies beside you and waits for you to wake
And all because I lacked conviction, the judgement's my mistake

 

The Wrong Man was Convicted

Barenaked Ladies

[mshills]

No more time to tell how.

This is the season of what.
Now is the time of returning with our thought.

 

Jewels polished and gleaming.
Now is the time past believing.

The child has relinquished the reign.
Now is the test of the boomerang

Tossed in the night of redeeming.

 

Seven faced marble eyed transitory dream doll,
Six proud walkers on the jingle bell rainbow,
Five men writing with fingers of gold!
Four men tracking down the great white sperm whale,
Three girls waiting in a foreign dominion
Riding in the whalebelly, fade away in moonlight,
Sink beneath the waters to the coral sands below

 

Grateful Dead, The Eleven

 

Nope, the lyrics make no sense at all.  I wonder what possibly could have inspired them?  😄  😄  😄  

 

[Argonne69]

This is for all the lonely people
Thinkin' that life has passed them by
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
And ride that highway in the sky

This is for all the single people
Thinkin' that love has left them dry
Don't give up until you drink from the silver cup
You never know until you try

Well, I'm on my way
Yes, I'm back to stay
Well, I'm on my way back home
(Hit it)

- America 

 

[touch]

Oh I can't take another heartache
Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wit's end
You say your love is bonafide, but that don't coincide
With the things that you do
And when I ask you to be nice, you say

You've gotta be cruel to be kind, in the right measure
Cruel to be kind, it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind, means that I love you, baby
(You've gotta be cruel)
You gotta be cruel to be kind

 

 

Songwriters: Ian Gomm / Nick Lowe

[touch]

I was writing to tell you
That my feelings tonight
Are a stain on my notebook
That rings your goodbye

 

 

Now she's gone
And I'm back on the beat
A stain on my notebook
Says nothing to me
Now she's gone
And I'm out with a friend
With lips full of passion
And coffee in bed

 

 

Squeeze 1982

Songwriters: Christopher Difford / Glenn Tilbrook

 

[Triple Lindy]

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
 

- Bob Seger

[touch]

It's like I told you
Only the lonely can play

 

So hold on here we go
Hold on to nothin' we know
I feel so lonely
Way up here

 

You mention the time we were together
So long ago well I don't remember
All I know is it makes me feel good now

It's like I told you only the lonely can play
Only the lonely only the lonely can play

 

The Motels 1982

Songwriter: Martha Davis

[Triple Lindy]

And I never lost one minute of sleep 

Worrying about the way things might have been.

 

- Credence Clearwater Revival 

[mshills]

Trini gladiator, anti-hesitater
Shaheed push the fader, from here to Grenada
Mr. Energetic, who me sound pathetic?
When's the last time you heard a funky diabetic?

 

-Phife Dawg (R.I.P. 😥)

 

[Argonne69]

When the day is long
And the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life, well hang on

Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (Hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (Hold on)
If you think you've had too much
Of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts
Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts
Don't throw your hand, oh no

If you're on your own in this life
The days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes

 

- R.E.M.

 

[iBanesto]

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

 

...

 

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows

 

--- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

[JungleJimbo]

20 minutes ago, iBanesto said:

Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

 

...

 

Nothing really matters, anyone can see
Nothing really matters
Nothing really matters to me
Any way the wind blows

 

--- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

 

 

 

Edited January 24 by JungleJimbo

[Triple Lindy]

Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and dry
 

- The Police

[Argonne69]

2 hours ago, Triple Lindy said:

Temptation, frustration
So bad it makes him cry
Wet bus stop, she's waiting
His car is warm and dry
 

- The Police

 

Hey, would you mind not standing so close? 

 

[Triple Lindy]

Just now, Argonne69 said:

 

Hey, would you mind not standing so close? 

 

Definitely a dark subject matter. But still a great song!

[billyhandsomeface]

And I watch those jet trails carving up that big blue sky,

coast to coasters, watch em go,

and I dont blame em one damn bit if they never look down on this,

not much down here they want to know

 

Levelland by James McMurtry

[touch]

If you'll be my Dixie chicken, I'll be your Tennessee lamb
And we can walk together down in Dixieland
Down in Dixieland

 

 

 

 

Little Feat

Songwriters: Martin  Kibbee / Lowell T George

 

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you

Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the

Most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you

So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

 

- Tears for Fears 

 

[JungleJimbo]

30 minutes ago, Argonne69 said:

Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you

Acting on your best behaviour
Turn your back on Mother Nature
Everybody wants to rule the world

It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the

Most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world

There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do, I'll be right behind you

So glad we've almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world

 

- Tears for Fears 

 

 

For years... i thought this Tears for Fears music video featured a Tupolev long-winged bomber... today i learned it was 'just' a single-occupant hobby airplane.

 

 

Better 1080p video (compiled concerts/archive footage):

 

[dashanks]

Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us

Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us

Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
Why don't we do it, do it in the road?
Why don't we do it in the road?
No one will be watching us
Why don't we do it in the road

 

Beatles

[touch]

Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray
It might come true
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
Oh, we could be married (oh, we could be married)
And then we'd be happy (and then we'd be happy)
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?

You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?

Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby
Goodnight, my baby
Sleep tight, my baby

 

Beach Boys

Writer(s): Brian Douglas Wilson, Mike E. Love, Tony Asher

Edited January 28 by touch

[Argonne69]

Every time when I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It went by, like dusk to dawn
Isn't that the way
Everybody's got the dues in life to pay

I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it's everybody sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life's in books, written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know it's true, oh
All the things come back to you

Sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tear
Sing with me, if it's just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Dream on, dream on, dream on
Dream until your dreams come true

 

- Aerosmith 

 

[touch]

Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(You should see why)
Trapped in the state of imaginary grace
(You should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
(You should see why)
Never comprehending the race had long gone by

I'll stop the world and melt with you
(Let's stop the world)
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
(Let's stop the world)
There's nothing you and I won't do
(Let's stop the world)
I'll stop the world and melt with you

 

 

Modern English   

Songwriters: Gary  McDowell / Michael  Conroy / Richard  Brown / Robert Grey / Stephen Walker

 

 

[touch]

Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gamblin' man
Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand
Your black cards can make you money so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey, you must put them on the table

You go back, Jack, do it again, wheels turnin' 'round and 'round
You go back, Jack, do it again

 

 

Steely Dan

Songwriters: Donald  Fagen / Walter Becker

[Argonne69]

Not every song needs to be a classical rock standard. Heard this the other day, and brought back happy childhood memories. 

 

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

 

- Judy Garland 

 

[touch]

Give me the ring on your finger
Let me see the lines of your hand
I can see me a tall dark stranger
Giving you what you hadn't planned
I drank the potion she offered me
I found myself on the floor
Then I looked in those big green eyes
And I wondered what I came there for

She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you
She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind.

 

 

Cliff Richard

Songwriters: Christine Hodgson / Terry Britten

Edited February 1 by touch

[touch]

2 hours ago, Argonne69 said:

Not every song needs to be a classical rock standard. Heard this the other day, and brought back happy childhood memories. 

 

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

 

- Judy Garland 

 

 

 

Well said. 

 

Thanks again @Argonne69 for starting this thread that so many of us greatly enjoy.  

Edited February 1 by touch