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Topic: Your Favourite Lyrics

I've just been listening to my playlist on my Ipod and I was listening to a load of lyrics and thought Id ask what some peoples favourite sections of lyrics are. Whether it be 1 line, a verse, a chorus, if it made you chuckle, brings back a memory etc. Let me and everyone else know your favourites. I'll start with a few of my favourites:-

"Steppin' where you fear to tread, Stop, drop and roll - you were DEAD FROM THE GIT-GO!" - From Slipknot's "Spit It Out". however an alternative lyric (as I and my friends interpret it) is "Steppin' where you fear to tread, Stop, drop and roll - you were dead from the Dick Up!" - Makes us chuckle more.

"You're Daddy works in porno, now that mommy's not around" - from Guns n Roses' "My Michelle"

"Crazy, but that's how it goes, Millions of people, living as foes" - from Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train". I think that lyric is quite poignant of the world today, all the war and crime etc.

"Please tell me, please tell me why, the car is in the front yard, and i'm, sleeping with my clothes on, came in through the window, last night, and your gone, gone" - from Lit's "My own worst enemy" which just reminds me of my days in medical training and our drunken nights out and visits to the beach, spending all day on the beach, drinking beer with friends, messing around, throwing the girls in the sea (and duly getting slapped for it) and a BBQ on the beach when it got dark before the tide came in. Happy days when I listen to that song.

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

"Ain't it hard to discover the world ain't what you thought it would be,
when your best laid plans hit the wall of reality.
But all in all its a good life, though it sure can be painful right now
Sometimes love is a river of tears
so pick up the oars and row."

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

"There are ghosts in the eyes
of all the boys you sent away,
They haunt this dusty beach road
in the skeleton frames of burned-out Chevrolets.'
They scream your name at night in the street,
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet..."
--Thunder Road, by Bruce Springsteen

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

some of my favourites are

She looks as lovely as she's ever going to get.... living colour, love rears it ugly head

I know a mouse and he hasnt got a house I dont know why I call him gerald, he getting rather old but he's a good mouse.    Pink floyd.... The bike

regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention.... I dont have to tell anyone what this song is do i?


loads more but these three wil ldo just now

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

'Some high society lady said 'Is you're horse outside?', No maam he's between my legs but your too fat to ride' - American Way by Hank Williams Jr.

'And your headed somewhere, but I've been to somewhere, and found it was nowhere at all.' - A Couple More Years on You by Willie Nelson

'When you're heroes turn out to be assholes, and the light in the tunnel, that your chasin' is a train...' The Song Is Slipping Away by Shooter Jennings



Just a few I like....

And then of course, there is what in my opinion was probly the greatest country song written in the last 20 years (sorry David Allen Coe but I think he just really hit the nail on the head with this one).....

"I like Charlie Daniels, and I love big John Cash. I think Waylon Jennings is a table thumpin' smash. Playin' with Marshall Tucker Band was as good as smokin' grass.... but anybody that don't like Hank Williams, they can kiss our ass."

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

Here are three of my all time favourites:

"If My Heart Had Wings" by Amy Sky

"Let Them Be Little" by Billy Dean

"One Of These Days" by James McCormick

In each case the whole song has to be heard to appreciate the lyrics.

Roger

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

just thought of another great few lines...from the jam.... down in the tubestation at mightnight

for those that dont know, the song is about a guy getting mugged and beaten up while down the tubestation at midnight, one of the last verses goes;

the last thing that I saw as I lay there on the floor
was a jesus saves painting by an atheist nutter
and a british rail poster read have an away day
a cheap holiday, do it today
dont want to go down in the tubestaion at midnight
the wine will be flat and the curry's gone cold

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending
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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

'I was just a little lad
Never knew no good from bad
But I knew life before I left my nursury'........Queen

'Crabs walk sideways and lobsters walk straight
and we won't let you take 'er for your mate'........Smothers Brothers
(My sister and I would play 'air guitar' to these guys when we were little, still sing this song when we get together!)

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People say I'm no good crazy as a loon,
cause I get stoned in the mornin get drunk in the afternoon.
"Longhaired Country Boy"  Charlie Daniels

There"s A hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose. "Sam Stone , John Prine

You come home late and you come home early,you come home big when you're feelin small
you come home straight and you come home curly sometimes you don't come home at all.
"speed of the sound of loneliness " John Prine

Blow up Your Tv through away your paper,move to the country, build you a home,plant alittle
garden, eat alot of peaches,try and find Jesus on your own.
"Spanish Pipe Dream " John Prine

You may see me tonite with an Illegal smile it don't cost very much but it lasts a long while,won't you please tell the Man I didnt kill anyone, no I was just tryin to have me some fun,well done,hotdog fun, my sisters a nun...John Prine

He was born in Oklahoma,his wife's name is Betty Lou Thelma Liz, he's not responsible for what
he's doing cause his Mother made him what he is."Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother. "
Ray Wiley Hubard

I could go on and on! Too many good ones

Wayne

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

When I think of memorable lyrics I think of two songs: "American Pie" and "Alice's Restuarant".

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

There are a ton of classic and memorable lines posted here. A couple of my favorites and 1 is quite a bit more obscure:

"He can't be a man because he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me!" - Everyone should know this one. This song may have the best rock-n-roll lyrics ever written, (even though I much prefer The Who).

"I want the doctor to take your picture , So I can look at you from inside as well" - A wonderfull one hit wonder song that I'm not giving up quite yet - you'll have to look it up.  smile

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

I thought about beginning a similiar thread a couple of weeks ago, but was concerned it may turn into trouble. So, just as a reminder, this is a message from the song request forum:

Chordie does not host songs. It is a search engine that formats songs it finds on the internet. There are several reasons for this (most of them legal).

Please read FAQs on chordie's 'Resources' page for a longer explanation.

This also means that NO LYRICS can be posted in this forum.

You are however allowed to post links to songs on the internet, and you are allowed to post one-liners explaining how to play a song.

Any posting of lyrics may result in Chordie having to shut down! I will therefore automatically delete the account (and the songbook) of persons violating this rule, as well as ban their domain from accessing Chordie.

Please report any violation of this rule immediately!

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

Topdown-

Since when are the Vapors obscure?  "Turning Japanese" is one of my (many) favorite songs!

We'll have to agree to disagree about the lyrics to "Satisfaction," though.  See if you can find a recording of Steve Allen reading those lyrics as a poem, and you'll see what I mean...

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OK, well in light of Topdown's message, and considering that my account has been frozen yet, I guess what I put up above was not too much.  It is sung by Randy Travis on the "Passing Through" album.  The lyricist is Jamie O'Hara.

I will post two more, one I know is not a copyright problem because it belongs to a friend who gave me permission to use it, and the other is not really lyrics but a quote from an interview with Jim Croce.

First, by Ken "Dirty Ed" Willis in his song Rich Kid Doctor: "He told me what I could be riskin', but I don't trust a man who golfs instead of fishin'.  He might be smart - finished first in his class, but he can kiss a picture of my ***"

Jim Croce interview: "If you dig it, do it.  If you really dig it, do it twice."

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topdown wrote:

I thought about beginning a similiar thread a couple of weeks ago, but was concerned it may turn into trouble. So, just as a reminder, this is a message from the song request forum:

Chordie does not host songs. It is a search engine that formats songs it finds on the internet. There are several reasons for this (most of them legal).

Please read FAQs on chordie's 'Resources' page for a longer explanation.

This also means that NO LYRICS can be posted in this forum.

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Any posting of lyrics may result in Chordie having to shut down! I will therefore automatically delete the account (and the songbook) of persons violating this rule, as well as ban their domain from accessing Chordie.

Please report any violation of this rule immediately!

What's the decision then? Can we post if it's only a small amount of the lyrics (say, less than one verse) or not?

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Tibernius wrote:

What's the decision then? Can we post if it's only a small amount of the lyrics (say, less than one verse) or not?

My intent was not to end this great thread, just wanted to put out a warning and make everyone aware of the sticky note on the song request forum. IMO a line or two of the lyrics should be o.k. - if you want or need to post more, I would suggest providing a link to one of those lyric sites, or a link to the actual song here on chordie. I know, silly, right,  - damn lawyers.

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

topdown wrote:
Tibernius wrote:

What's the decision then? Can we post if it's only a small amount of the lyrics (say, less than one verse) or not?

My intent was not to end this great thread, just wanted to put out a warning and make everyone aware of the sticky note on the song request forum. IMO a line or two of the lyrics should be o.k. - if you want or need to post more, I would suggest providing a link to one of those lyric sites, or a link to the actual song here on chordie. I know, silly, right,  - damn lawyers.

I'll post a few of my favourite lines later then. wink

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

Here's my favourite:

"Got on the 47, transfered to the 89, left town east-bound past all the city signs." from 5 State Drive - Less Than Jake

"Waking up at 12, in my clothes again, felt my head explode from a night of gin." Just a Day - Feeder

"Sit down, remind me how, this is the same old story of growing up and getting lost." Help Save the Youth of America from Exploding - Less Than Jake

"Yesterday I lost my closest friend, yesterday I wanted time to end, I wonder if my heart will ever mend..." 4AM Forever - Lostprophets

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One of my favorite lyrics is: "If I could choose, a place to die, it would be in your arms." (Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton/Dominos.)

Another is: "If I could reach the stars, I'd pull one down for you, shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth." (Another by Eric Clapton-"Change the World."
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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

You done stomped on my heart, and mashed that sucker flat,
Baby you just sorta, stomped on my aorta.
You started steppin out with guys, I felt us drift apart,
And every step you took, was a stomp upon my heart.



If that doesn't bring tears to your eyes, nothing will.

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I've been flushed from the bathroom of your heart. - Johnny Cash, song of the same name

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upyerkilt wrote:

some of my favourites are

regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention.... I dont have to tell anyone what this song is do i?

Ken

That sounds like "My Way" by Frankie "Blue-eyes"?

One of my all-time favs :

" Take me disappearing thru the smokerings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, Far past the frozen leaves, The haunted frightened trees, Out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow"

Who wants to guess where this is from?

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mrjay wrote:
upyerkilt wrote:

some of my favourites are

regrets I've had a few but then again too few to mention.... I dont have to tell anyone what this song is do i?

Ken

That sounds like "My Way" by Frankie "Blue-eyes"?

One of my all-time favs :

" Take me disappearing thru the smokerings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, Far past the frozen leaves, The haunted frightened trees, Out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow"

Who wants to guess where this is from?

could it be mmmm    Bob Dylan...

.... Badeye.

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

Hmmm Bob Dylan or the Byrds!

Try

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway american dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines

etc, what a great set of lyrics!

also see '4th July, Asbury Park', Johnny 99, The River, Blinded by the Light...

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Re: Your Favourite Lyrics

Heart shaped box- "Hey, wait i've got a new complaint,forever in debt to your priceless advice.
Oh there are so many but it's hard for me to remember all of them.Any Hendrix lyrics.

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