Your Favorite Song Lyrics?

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   Jeff Berndtposted 14 years ago

   Post some of your favorite song lyrics. They can be profound, clever, silly, or they just caught you the right way one time, who cares? What are your favorites?
   
   Two of mine:
   
   Form Jethro Tull's "Wind Up:"
   
   "So I asked this God a question
   and by way of firm reply,
   He said -- I'm not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays."
   
   And from Weird Al Yankovic's "One More Minute"
   
   "I guess I might seem kinda bitter
   You've got me feeling down in the dumps
   'Cos I'm stranded all alone
   In the gas station of love
   And I have to use the self-service pumps"
   
   What are some of yours?

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   moondiveposted 14 years ago

   I like Yngwie Malmsteen Prisoner of your love
   
   My heart
   fell into the palms of your hands
   this love
   made me understand
   I've waited all my life for you
   thought i'd live and die alone
   enraptured by the beauty
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   enslaved by the passion
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   I'm wrapped around your finger
   like the ring on your hand
   I'm trapped
   by your love i'm yours, please understand
   I've waited all my life for you
   thought i'd live and die alone
   enraptured by the beauty
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   enslaved by the passion
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   enraptured by the beauty
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   enslaved by the passion
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   enraptured by the beauty
   I'm a prisoner of your love
   enslaved by the passion
   I'm a prisoner of your love.

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   rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

   don't get me started.. I have many. stairway to heaven has to be one of my top favorites, here's part of it. I like it so much I even have part of it on my profile.
   
   Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
   There's still time to change the road you're on.
   And it makes me wonder.
   
   Your head is humming and it won’t go,
   In case you don’t know:
   The pipers calling you to join him.
   
   Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
   And did you know:
   Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
   
   And as we wind on down the road,
   Our shadows taller than our soul,
   There walks a lady we all know.
   Who shines white light and wants to show…
   How everything still turns to gold.
   And if you listen very hard the tune will come to you at last.
   When all are one and one is all, yeah, to be a rock and not to roll.
   
   And she’s buying a stairway… to heaven.
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niLOyhCd5g&aia=true

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   rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

   here's my other top favorite, I promise I won't take over your thread.
   
   Imagine there's no Heaven
   It's easy if you try
   No hell below us
   Above us only sky
   Imagine all the people
   Living for today
   
   Imagine there's no countries
   It isn't hard to do
   Nothing to kill or die for
   And no religion too
   Imagine all the people
   Living life in peace
   
   You may say that I'm a dreamer
   But I'm not the only one
   I hope someday you'll join us
   And the world will be as one
   
   Imagine no possessions
   I wonder if you can
   No need for greed or hunger
   A brotherhood of man
   Imagine all the people
   Sharing all the world
   
   You may say that I'm a dreamer
   But I'm not the only one
   I hope someday you'll join us
   And the world will live as one
   
   
   John Lennon
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tOgRD4EqY

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      lou16posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      One of my favorites too.

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         EmpressFelicityposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Sorry to be a party pooper but John Lennon's "Imagine" does my head in!  I don't believe for a second that Mr Lennon would ever have given up his possessions/lifestyle, as he advocates in the song.

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   Rafiniposted 14 years ago

   I can give a line here and there, from a song lyric I like.  Here's one:
   
   Don't stop believin'    Journey

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      Rafiniposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Don't stop thinking about tomorrow    Fleetwood Mac (took some time to remember this title, too lol)

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   getmybackposted 14 years ago

   She never mentions the word addiction
   In certain company
   Yes, she'll tell you she's an orphan
   After you meet her family
   
   She paints her eyes as black as night, now
   Pulls those shades down tight
   Yeah, she gives a smile when the pain comes,
   The pain's gonna make everything alright
   
   Says she talks to angels,
   They call her out by her name
   Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
   Says they call her out by her name
   
   She keeps a lock of hair in her pocket
   She wears a cross around her neck
   Yes, the hair is from a little boy
   And the cross is someone she has not met, not yet
   
   Says she talks to angels,
   Says they all know her name
   Oh yeah, she talks to angels,
   Says they call her out by her name
   
   She don't know no lover,
   None that I ever seen
   Yeah, to her that ain't nothing
   But to me, yeah me,
   It means everything
   
   She paints her eyes as black as night now
   She pulls those shades down tight
   Oh yeah, there's a smile when the pain comes,
   The pain's gonna make everything alright, alright yeah
   
   She talks to angels,
   Says they call her out by her name
   Oh yeah-eah-eah, angels
   Call her out by her name
   Oh-ooh-oh-oh angels
   They call her out by her name
   Oh-oh, she talks to angels
   They call her out
   Yeah-eah-eah, they call her out
   Don't you know that they call her out by her name?
   
   Black Crowes

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   Daniel Carterposted 14 years ago

   There are too many songs for me to list that I really love, being a songwriter. However, growing up in the sage brush of Idaho, there was a song in my childhood that I have never forgotten. It made me laugh and always brought a good feeling with it. It's called "Plastic Jesus." One of the best performances is from "Cool Hand Luke" by Paul Newman. Here is the link:
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHf7TD4qwjk
   
   You can google the lyrics, and it's been added to way too much. Billy Idol did a version which I don't like at all because I'm stuck on the simplicity of the original tune.

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   Rafiniposted 14 years ago

   I don't believe in superstars
   Organic food and foreign cars
   I don't believe the price of gold
   The certainty of growing old
   That right is right and left is wrong
   That north and south cant get along
   That east is east and west is west
   And being first is always best
   But I believe in love
   I believe in babies
   I believe in mom and dad
   And I believe in you
   
   Well I don't believe that heaven waits
   For only those who congregate
   I like to think of god is love
   He's down below, He's up above
   He's watching people everywhere
   He knows who does and doesn't care
   And I'm an old and married man
   Sometimes I wonder who I am
   But I believe in love
   I believe in music
   I believe in magic
   And I believe in you
   
   I know with all my certainty
   What's going on with you and me
   Is a good thing
   It's true
   I believe in you
   
   I don't believe virginity
   Is as common as it used to be
   In working days and sleeping nights
   That black is black and white is white
   That Superman and Robin Hood
   Are still alive in Hollywood
   That gasoline's in short supply
   The rising cost of getting by
   But, I believe in love
   I believe in old folks
   I believe in children
   I believe in you
   I believe in love
   I believe in babies
   I believe in mom and dad
   And I believe in you
   
   By the Gentle Giant himself, Don Williams. (had to remember the song title & singer first!  lol)
   
   Makes me cry, but I love it anyway.  The message is simple and makes ya think:  What's really important out of life?
   
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0AfwJhIkRg

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      Rafiniposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      r u serious?  I chased everyone away again??    (sorry,)

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   Madison22posted 14 years ago

   Oh gosh, there are so many. But, this is the first that came to mind. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
   
   "So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
   blue skies from pain.
   Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
   A smile from a veil?
   Do you think you can tell?
   And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
   Hot ashes for trees?
   Hot air for a cool breeze?
   Cold comfort for change?
   And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
   How I wish, how I wish you were here.
   We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
   Running over the same old ground.
   What have you found? The same old fears.
   Wish you were here."

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    shonnadave16posted 14 years ago

    I really love this lyrics from the song "when there was me and you" by vanessa hudgens
    
    "...I can't believe that i could be so blind it's like you wee floating while i was falling and i didn't mind,.."
    
    Another is in the song..."right here waiting"
    
    "...wherever you go,whatever you do i will be right here waiting for you,whatever it takes on how my heart breaks I will be right here waiting for you..."
    
    ...it's nice...really heart warming...

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    Raven1001posted 14 years ago

    Like everyone else here, I just have many to count. If you've ever had a friend/family member in a bad relationship this song makes sense
    I never seem to find a reason
    To let you in again, or forgive you
    I'm sick of feeling like I need you
    Knowing I never did, but I miss you
    Taking and breaking and hating I
    Remember all you said
    Taking and breaking and hating my
    Memories are all stained, again
    
    Let me get inside your head
    Let me show you I'm prepared
    Let me stick my needles in
    And let me hurt you again
    
    I never seem to find a reason
    To let you in again, or forgive you
    I'm sick of feeling like I need you
    Knowing I never did, but I miss you
    Taking and breaking and hating I
    Remember all you said
    Taking and breaking and hating my
    Memories are all stained, again
    
    Let me get inside your head
    Let me show you I'm prepared
    Let me stick my needles in
    And let me hurt you again
    
    Fuck you for killing me,
    Me!
    Fuck you for killing me,
    Me!
    
    Yeah, Let me get inside your head
    Let me show you I'm prepared
    Let me stick my needles in
    And let me hurt you again!
    Again!
    
    You're fucking killing me!

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    habeeposted 14 years ago

    Just about anything by Dan Fogelberg!

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    The Best Manposted 14 years ago

    Rather than include a whole song I will include my favorite lines from a few songs.
    
    "the last of the rock stars, when hip hop drove the big cars"                   
    U2 Kite
    
    "and time won't leave me as I am, and time won't take the boy out of this man"         
    U2 City Of Blinding Lights
    
    "I believe in the kingdom come when all the colors will bleed into one"               
    U2 I Still Havent Found What I'm Looking For

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       Glenn S.posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Greatful Dead, Sugar Magnolia, especially the line "She pays my ticket when I speed".

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    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    here's another favorite, heard it this morning on FB. one of the all time greats.  'over now' alice in chains
    
    'Yeah, it's over now, but I can breathe somehow
    When it's all worn out, I'd rather go without
    
    You know it's been on my mind
    Could you stand right there
    Look me straight in the eye and say
    That it's over now
    
    We pay our debt sometime '
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3hqP29f … r_embedded
    
    RIP Layne

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    figmentposted 14 years ago

    I have so many favorite song lyrics but here's a classic
    
    "laid back with my mind on my money and my money on my mind"

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    sophsposted 14 years ago

    There's nothing you can do that can't be done.
    Nothing you can sing that can't be sung.
    Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
    It's easy.
    There's nothing you can make that can't be made.
    No one you can save that can't be saved.
    Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you
    in time - It's easy.
    
    All you need is love, all you need is love,
    All you need is love, love, love is all you need.

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    Justine76posted 14 years ago

    my song for today. 
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKBATzh9q1g

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    nahinsongsposted 8 years ago

    Here you find Arijit Singh all Bengali songs lyrics in one page. http://bengalilyrics24.blogspot.com/201 … singh.html

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    PaigSrposted 8 years ago

    Here are 4 songs that I would sing to my kid to help them fall asleep. And after 21 years I still know every word.
    
    Touch of the Masters Hand
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMrz6UjQ8Cg&t=
    Christmas in the Trenches
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0LgjBauf70&t=
    Waltzing With Bears
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2XPWjPbKY&t=
    Fields of Athenry
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLZRWNdGCUc&t=

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    Whispering Nightposted 7 years ago

    colors of the Wind by Vanessa Williams

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    Sustainable Sueposted 7 years ago

    So many, many, many! Here are a few:
    
    "I knew someday that you'd fly away, for love's the greatest healer to be found." Willy Nelson
    
    "I guess every refuge has its price . . . but there ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes." Eagles
    
    "Don't ever let another take her love from me, for I would surely die. . . But it was just my imagination, once again, runnin' away with me." Temptations
    
    "We all need somebody to lean on." Bill Withers
    
    "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." John Lennon

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