Favourite lyrics

[Heathcliff]

Post your favourite lyrics. (Have I done this before?)

ELVIS COSTELLO- JACKSONS, MONK AND ROWE

SisterS four and brothers three,
Hanging off the family tree,
Practicing for getting old,
Do you want your fortune told?
They're looking for you high and low.
Now there's nowhere for you to go.
So you'll just have to come out and face the music,
Jackson's, Monk and Rowe.

Long ago when we were kids

and we cut your hair to bits
As we carried off like spoils

the heads we'd smash right off your dolls
But the wind is changing you know...
Are you sure of your friends and your foe?
Have you got what it takes to carry it off?
Jackson's, Monk and Rowe.

As the sun beats down and life

begins to complicate
Will we both incinerate
If we touch that brass name-plate?

Messrs. all, noble sirs
Highly paid solicitors
Find enclosed my signed divorce
Sad proceedings you endorse.
The burden of pity will show
In the people we used to know
Have you got enough strength to carry it off?
Jackson's, Monk and Rowe.

[Heathcliff]

I should say, extra points for a link to the song:

 

 

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[Guest]

 Oh my God, I absolutely LOVE the lyrics of the song "Gorillaz - Amarillo", this song is just beautiful <3

 Gorillaz - Amarillo:

  The mountains are waiting
The full moon has come

I got lost on highways
But don't ask me where I've been
Or what I've done

Oh Lord send me transmission
Forgive me for what I've become

The Sun is gonna save me
Put a little love into my lonely soul

The Sun is gonna save me
Put a little love into my lonely soul

Oh don't you know I need her loving you
It's no desire

 

 

 

 I totally recommend this song, is just... So sentimental.

[March Hare]

Almost everything by Stephen Sondheim, but most especially this. From Into The Woods, Little Red's post-wolf song:

"And take extra care with strangers
Even flowers have their dangers
And though scary is exciting,
Nice is different than good!"

[Heathcliff]

Almost everything by Stephen Sondheim, but most especially this. From Into The Woods, Little Red's post-wolf song:

"And take extra care with strangers
Even flowers have their dangers
And though scary is exciting,
Nice is different than good!"

Oh yes indeed. Wonderful.

[gingerdean]

Great topic- so hard to choose, though! There are soooo many. It just depends what mood I'm in

 

Name-Goo Goo Dolls

And even though the moment passed me by
I still can't turn away
'Cause all the dreams you never thought you'd lose
Get tossed along the way
And letters that you never meant to send
Get lost or thrown away

And now we're grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame

If you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name

And scars are souvenirs you never lose
The past is never far
Did you lose yourself somewhere out there
Did you get to be a star
And don't it make you sad to know that life
Is more than who we are

We grew up way too fast
Now there's nothing to believe
And reruns all become our history

A tired song keeps playing on a tired radio
And I won't tell no one your name
And I won't tell 'em your name

I think about you all the time
But I don't need the same
It's lonely where you are, come back down
And I won't tell 'em your name

Here's the video (although just about everybody knows this one )

 

 

And then I'll go with a happier one:

Drift Away- Dobie Gray/Uncle Cracker

Day after day I'm more confused
Yet I look for the light through the pouring rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
And I'm feeling the strain
Ain't it a shame

Give me the beat boys, and free my soul
I want to get lost in your rock and roll
And drift away

Beginning to think that I'm wasting time
I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
And I'm counting on you
You can carry me through

And when my mind is free, you know a melody can move me

And when I'm feeling blue, the guitar's coming through to soothe me

Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know that I believe in your song
Rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You help me along
Oh, you're makin' me strong

 

 

I hope more people post here, I like this topic

[Selene]

This part in "Our Velocity" by Maximo Park:

Love is a lie, which means I've been lied to
Love is a lie, which means I've been lying too

Seems like any old statement at first, but if you really think about it, it sums up so much truth and wisdom about human life and relationships in just two lines.

And even though it has been around for ten years already, I still think it's a great song

Edited to include the lyrics for the entire song, in case you are interested:

I'm not a man, I'm a machine
Chisel me down until I am clean
I buy books I never read
And then I'll tell you some more about me

Beneath the concrete there's a sound
A muffled cry below the ground
There is a poison in the air
A mix of chemicals and fear

manners are just hunches
I'm not sure what they mean
You're asking for commitment
When I'm somewhere inbetween

Never never try to gauge temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed
It's our velocity
Is it cold where you are this time of the year?
You didn't leave a scar

A stream of numbers hit a screen
And you're expected to know what they mean
Throughout the conflict, I was serene
I can't outrun the sadness I've seen

Are you willing to resist
The people you've never met?
The devil's wheel revolves
But it needs to be reset

Never never try to gauge temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed

It's our velocity
Please tell me is it cold where you are this time of the year?
You didn't leave a scar

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore
I'm just alone with these thoughts

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore
I'm just alone with my thoughts

I watched a film to change my feelings
Strong enough to bear a burden
If everyone became this sensitive
I wouldn't have to be so sensitive

If everyone became so sensitive
Perhaps I wouldn't be so sensitive

Love is a lie, which means I've been lied to
Love is a lie, which means I've been lying too
Love is a lie, which means I've been lied to
Love is a lie

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore
I'm just alone with these thoughts

I've got no-one to call in the middle of the night anymore
I'm just alone with my thoughts

Never never try to guage temperature
When you tend to travel at such speed
It's our velocity

 

[MeForever]

The one song that pops into my head immidiatly is Wrong by Cimorelli. I highly recomend this song, actually the whole album, it's so good. This song is my whole life in a song.

 

I wait before I call you
I don't text back right away
I try to look like I have got a life
I make sure I look perfect
I make sure that you see
I'm just trying to be something you like

I don't always want to smile
I don't always want to pout
I'd love someone to come figure me out

But I sit here by the sidelines
And they always turn me down
So I change myself and go another round

[Chorus]
I'm just trying to be something that makes you happy
I'm just trying to be something you want
I just want to feel your eyes looking at me
I'm just tired of always being wrong
Ooohh (x2)

[Verse 2]
I rearrange my schedule
I make sure that I'm free
If I don't try, we'll never hang out
I'm sure there are people
Who would like to catch me
But I'm too busy chasing to turn around

 

 

I know I can't be perfect
But one day I'll be close
And thats when someone will love me the most
So I'll just keep on trying
I'll do the best I can
I can't compete just being who I am

[Chorus]
I'm just trying to be something that makes you happy
I'm just trying to be something you want
I just want to feel your eyes looking at me
I'm just tired of always being wrong
Ooohh (x2)

[Bridge]
I try so hard
I change so much
I put on a mask
I hide all of my feelings so well

But everytime they fall for it, it's all just a lie
'Cause I know that I'm not being myself

[Chorus]
I'm just trying to be something that makes you happy
I'm just trying to be something you want
I just want to feel your eyes looking at me
I'm just tired of always being wrong
Ooohh (x6)