Lyrics that you think are great.

[MDS]

There is a site called amiright.com where they list misheard lyrics.

My all-time favorite was told to me by a friend. His young cousin was over and they were listening to AC/DC and the kid was singing 'Dirty Jeans in a Jungle Jeep'.

 

[LOUMFSG]

Without a doubt, one of my all-time favorite lines comes from the Squeeze song "If I Didn't Love You":

Singles remind me of kisses
Albums remind me of plans

I came across an excerpt from an interview with Chris Difford:

Chris: "It came from one particular line: 'Singles remind me of kisses, albums remind me of plans." that line I wrote first because I was going out with a Swedish girl at the time and I was finding it very difficult to make love with her. I found it very hard going, if you'll excuse the pun. So I put on a Todd Rundgren album, SOMETHING ANYTHING, that had a very long side to it, 28 minutes I think it is. I used to play that because I knew I had 28 minutes to get it on with this girl. And that led me to write that line. And the rest of it followed on from there." (from a 1992 Song Talk interview by Paul Zollo)

 

[Geno]

From Harry Nilsson's "You're Breakin' my Heart" :

You're breakin' my heart, you're tearin' it apart, so F*** You!

 

[Shadow_Ferret]

There is a site called amiright.com where they list misheard lyrics.

My all-time favorite was told to me by a friend. His young cousin was over and they were listening to AC/DC and the kid was singing 'Dirty Jeans in a Jungle Jeep'.

Last night in the car a Steve Winwood song came on and I'm singing "Call on me, call on me, call on me, I'm the same boy I used to be..." and my wife said, the song was "Valarie" not "Call on me."

Oh.

 

[MDS]

Last night in the car a Steve Winwood song came on and I'm singing "Call on me, call on me, call on me, I'm the same boy I used to be..." and my wife said, the song was "Valarie" not "Call on me."

Oh.

You are both right. The song is titled Valerie, but the chorus does say 'Valerie, call on me, call on me, Valerie...I'm the same boy I used to be.'.

 

[Tomorrow]

These lyrics are great, peeps! Most took me down a delightful memory lane. Others I've bookmarked for puchase!!

These could be split into categories, ya know...rock, pop, country, humor, etc. Fer instance, how 'bout something from my old Doo Wop era...like Randy and the Rainbows....

Dooo waaaahhhhh
dooooooooo wahh
O yeah yeah yeah
wote wote do doooooooooooo



And imagine what fun we could have with (c)rap!

Good cheer.

 

[aspaceintime]

How 'bout this... "Watch out where the huskies go, don't you eat that yellow snow" Frank Zappa

 

[3beanlimit]

We're like two lost souls..

Swimming in a fish bowl..

Year after year...

 

[fluffdrk]

I was always fond of the group TheThe, and the song "Kingdom of Rain" sung in duet with Sinead O'Connor

You were the boy I wanted to cry with
You were the boy I wanted to die with
You've moved further from my side, year by year,
While still making love dutifully sincere
But as silent as the car lights that move across this room
As cold as our bodies silhouetted by the moon
And I would lie awake and wonder
Is it just me or this the way love is supposed to be?
Tell me what you told him baby
My heart's beating out of time with my mind
And I know something's going wrong in our lives
I just wanted somebody to caress, this damsel in distress
I just wanted somebody to undress, this damsel in distress
I just wanted somebody to bless, this damsel in distress
I just wanted somebody to possess, this young girl
Our bed is empty, the fire is out
And all the love we've got to give has all spurted out
There's no more blood and no more pain
In our kingdom of rain

 

[Brandst]

Almost anything by Dream Theater.

Take the Time

Just let me catch my breath...
I've heard the promises
I've seen the mistakes
I've had my fair share of tough breaks
I need a new voice, a new law, a new way
Take the time, reevaluate
It's time to pick up the pieces,
Go back to square one
I think it's time for a change

There is something that I feel
To be something that is real
I feel the heat within my mind
And craft new changes with my eyes
Giving freely wandering promises
A place with decisions I'll fashion
I won't waste another breath

You can feel the waves coming on
(It's time to take the time)
Let them destroy you or carry you on
(It's time to take the time)
You're fighting the weight of the world
But no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all you need in your mind

The unbroken spirit
Obscured and disquiet
Finds clearness this trial demands
And at the end of this day sighs an anxious relief
For the fortune lies still in his hands

If there's pensive fear, a wasted year
A man must learn to cope
If his obsession's real,
Suppression that he feels must turn to hope

Life is no more assuring than love
(It's time to take the time)
There are no answers from voices above
(It's time to take the time)
You're fighting the weight of the world
And no one can save you this time
Close your eyes
You can find all you need in your mind

I close my eyes
And feel the water rise around me
Drown the bead of time
Let my senses fall away
I can see much clearer now, I'm blind

Find all you need in your mind
If you take the time

My favorite off the Images and Words album, Surrounded

Morning comes too early
and nighttime falls too late
And sometimes all I want to do is wait
The shadow I've been hiding in
has fled from me today

I know it's easier to walk away
than look it in the eye
But I will raise a shelter to the sky
and here beneath this star tonight I'll lie
She will slowly yield the light
As I awaken from the longest night

Dreams are shaking
Set sirens waking up tired eyes
With the light the memories
all rush into his head

By a candle stands a mirror
Of his heart and soul she dances
She was dancing thru the night above his bed

And walking to the window
he throws the shutters out against the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let light surround you"

It's been a long, long time
He's had a while to think it over
In the end he only sees the change
Light to dark
Dark to light
Light to dark
Dark to light

Heaven must be more than this
When angels waken with a kiss
Sacred hearts won't take the pain
But mine will never be the same

He stands before the window
His shadow slowly fading from the wall
And from an ivory tower hears her call
"Let the light surround you"

Once lost but I was found
When I heard the stained glass shatter all around me
I sent the spirits tumbling down the hill
But I will hold this one on high above me still
She whispers words to clear my mind
I once could see but now at last I'm blind

I know it's easier to walk away
than look it in the eye
But I had given all that I could take
And now I've only habits left to break
Tonight I'll still be lying here
Surrounded in all the light

The biggest reason I love the song is the way they start it nice and slow like a ballad for the first stanza then jam it into high gear then drop back to a slow ballad at the end. The whole thing just meshes together as a single song, no breaks, it just feels natural to hear the slow piano and guitar jump into a full blown hard rock song then slow back down at the end. Their rock operas; Scenes From a Memory: Metropolis Part II and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulance are also great albums. One of the most technical progressive bands out there currently.

Steve

 

[LCA]

Silver Jews
"Black and Brown Blues" from The Natural Bridge

When I go downtown
I always wear a corduroy suit
cause it's made of a hundred gutters
that the rain can run right through
but a lonely man can't make a move
if he can't even bring himself to choose
between a pair of black and a pair of brown shoes

 

[Gov]

Many songs by Billy Joel have great lyrics...
Angry Young Man
Lullabye
Captain Jack
Miami 2017
And So It Goes



And then there's early Genesis (from the '70s).

YES!! let's not forget about "Just the way you are"!! Great lyrics!

 

[Sheep]

I suppose its time to update this list.

There are a couple different songs I know that have outstanding lyrics.

First is Death Cab For Cutie - I will follow you into the dark.

Love of mine, some day you will die,
But I'll be close behind,
I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light, or tunnels to gates of white,
Just our hands clasped so tight,
Waiting for the hint of a spark,
If heaven and hell decide,
That they both are satisfied,
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks,
Then I'll follow you into the dark

Next, is Billy Talent. The song is called "Worker Bees"

March on, worker bees!
Know your enemy!

We take our orders given by the queen
We're not the killers, we're the worker bees
If you resist us you will feel our sting
Surrender now before the swarm sets in

Protect the hive from enemies!
Protect the hive from enemies!
Follow the herd mentality!
Can we fight to save our souls?

March on, worker bees!
Know your enemy!

A pollination coming from the west,
And in a flash we will invade your nest
Supply of honey flowing bottomless
Play by our rules or you'll be powerless

Protect the hive from enemies!
Protect the hive from enemies!
Follow the herd mentality!
Can we fight to save our souls?
And we'll march... along, with our blindfolds on
And we'll ride... the rails, with our pistols drawn
Can the Lord... above, forgive what we've done?
Can we fight to save our souls?

And we'll march... along, with our blindfolds on
And we'll ride... the rails, with our pistols drawn
Can the Lord... above, forgive what we've done?
Can we fight to save our souls?

Can we fight to save our souls?
Will we die to save our home?

Sorry, had to put it all in, to good to leave out.

And lastly, to make EVERYONE confused, some blood brothers. This song is called "Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy". I'm going to post the whole thing, cause it won't make sense unless its in full. If you have the song (Duffinator) read along, see if you can make it out.

Mr. Howell: The dinner was fine until she opened her mouth.
Oh, Candy! Oh, Candy! Behind her teeth 15 rats started screaming and sobbing. Candy girl! Candy girl!

When we were kissing in the car
those rodents smoked cigars in her throat, blowing smoke.
(You turn on the lights and look a bit closer... there's shutters on her eyes, there's a door on her thigh.)

Candy: These rats are not living inside my hotel face.
They're just sick and they need a bed lined with fine lace.

Mr. Howell: You know that pity's got an ugly price tag.

Rats: Our fur feels like it's on fire. There's thorns growing on our bones.
Our hunger is x-rated.
Oh, mother, we love you so!
(Candy invites you upstairs, you say it's getting awfully late, but she yanks your hand through the door. Her clothes fall off and she presses into you. But those rats have chewed a hole straight through her navel and nipple.)
Mr. Howell: Oh, Candy. I've got to go.


Candy: Oh, won't you stay the night with me Mr. Howell!

These rats are not living inside my hotel face.
They're just sick and need a bed lined with fine lace.
Mr. Howell: You know that pity's got an ugly price tag. [x2]

Rats: Our muscles have turned to cement.
We're coughing up needles and nails.
Our veins are flowing barbed wire.
Oh, mother, we are so frail! but wait!
We've got a trick for him.
We twist tears into **** eaten grins.

(When you wake up in the morning you find yourself alone in Candy's bed. And everything is gone: paintings, jewels, songs. Candy's blowing in the breeze; those rats devoured her up in her sleep. Her skin's tied to the bed post like a flag on a ship of ghosts. You read the letter on the dresser; the sick brown sun rubbing in your soul).

Reading letter: Oh, mother, you should have known.
You should have seen through our fake broken bones.
Our tears that we razor-sharpened were calculated to rob you blind.

Mr. Howell: Three weeks later from that day,
I saw those rats on a bicycle.
They crept by me and started balling,
their eyes turned to icicles.
Crying, "We need a vacancy!"



SheepStar

 

[Buckeyefan 1]

Sheep,

Are those religious rock bands?

 

[Sheep]

Sheep,

Are those religious rock bands?

Um, no I don't believe so. Why?

 

[Nick250]

Just about any Bob Dylan song before he switched from acoustic to electric guitars. My personal favorite:

"You don't need to be a weather man to know which way the wind blows."

Nick

 

[drunkmunk]

While I like alot of bands lyrics that I think have alot of depth and meaning (Tom Petty's lyrics are pretty under rated) I like some that are just flat out cool

Guns n Roses-Night Train

Well I'm a west coast struttin'
One bad mother
Got a rattlesnake suitcase
Under my arm
Said I'm a mean machine
Been drinkin' gasoline
And honey you can make my motor hum
Well I got one chance left
In a nine live cat
I got a dog eat dog sly smile
I got a Molotov cocktail with a match to go
I smoke my cigarette with style
An I can tell you honey
You can make my money tonight

GnR are my guilty pleasure butt rock band

 

[highfihoney]

From the Frank Zappa album (sheik yer booty)

song title,wild love.

Mama stroked daddy's dinger
Daddy got a stinky finger
In those days of long ago

Later in the evening
They'd refrain
She'd complain
He'd go home n hone his bone.

 

[kaltorak1964]

Mannfred Mann doing Springsteen

I have to admit I was impaired the first time I heard this in the 70's, but it affected me so much that I went out and got it the next day. Bruce's version is not as good as Manfred's.
The lyrics always hit me for some reason to this day.


Crazy Janey and her mission man
Were back in the alley trading hands
Along came Wild Billy with his friend Gee Man
All duded up for Saturday night
Billy slammed on his coaster brakes, said
Anybody wanna go to Greasy Lake
It's a mile down on the dark side of Route 88
I got a bottle of rosé let's try it
We'll pick up Hazy Davey and Killer Joe and
I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go
They're built like light and they dance like
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
In the night, all night
Stand right up and let them shoot through you

Wild Billy was a crazy cat
And he shook some dust out of his coon skin cap
He said try some of this it'll show you where you're at
Or at least it'll help you to feel it
By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake
My head was out the window
Janey's fingers were in the cake
I think I really dug her, I was too loose to fake
I said I'm hurt she said Honey let's heal it
And we danced all night to a soul fairy band
And she kissed me just right
Like only a lonely angel can
She felt so nice, just as soft as a
Spirit in the night, all night
Janey don't know what she do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
In the night, all night
Stand right up and let her shoot through me

Spirits in the night, in the night
Spirits in the night, all night
Spirits in the night, in the night
Spirits in the night, all night

How the night was bright and the stars threw light
On Billy and Davey dancing in the Moonlight
Down near the water in a stoned mud fight
Killer Joe passed out on the lawn
Hazy Davey got really hurt
He ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Davey making love in the dirt
Singing our birthday songs
Janey said it was time to go, so we closed our eyes
And said goodbye to gypsy angel row
Felt so right together we moved like
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
All night, all night
Stand right up and let them shoot through you
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
Spirits in the night
Spirits in the night

 

[rollinrocker]

I used to drink alot in those days you see,

ya, thats the way the wind blows

These days the only bar i ever see

has got lettuce and tomatoes



great line from john hiatts "stolen moments"