[Officer M168]

Was listening to 106.1 Rock Radio and a few songs came on today which made me me smile listening to the lyrics.
So what's your favourite lyrics ?
A few off the top of my head

• Metallica - Nothing Else Matters "So close, no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are and nothing else matters"

• The Kinks - Lola "Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy,
  but when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine"

[s70rmp]

Bruce Springsteen - "Take 'em as they come"


Last night I dreamed we was running through the outlands
Tears streaming, your pretty face all a wreck
(I held your daddy's gun in my tremblin' hands
And down the highway another stranger comes
You gotta take 'em baby when they come.

[systemsdead]

I can't seem to face up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous and I
Can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause my bed's on fire
Don't touch me I'm a real live wire

[edwardtickle]

I was actually gonna come on here and put the Nothing Else Matters lyrics too, fantastic song

[Matt_C]

"Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.
Whoever cannot take care of themself without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I live, I will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven."
Such is the Rule of Honor"

- Randy Blyth (Lamb Of God)
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"If There Was A Single Day I Could Live,
A Single Breath I Could Take,
I'd Trade All The Others Away"

- Randy Blyth (Lamb Of God)
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"You make me smash the clock and feel
I'd rather die behind the wheel
Time was never on my side
So on I wait my whole lifetime"

- James Hetfield (Metallica)
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"Tell me, does your sun still shine? Come squeeze the world and drip it down my throat again..."

- James Hetfield (Metallica)

[LukeGriffiths]

i pretty much adore each lyric in this, "Arizona" by Kings of Leon

That taste
All I ever needed
All I ever wanted
Too dumb to surrender

She shakes
Like the morning railway
Ch-ch-checking me out
Someone on a shoulder

The lamp
Flickers in the bedroom
She must feel as awkward
Whorehouse Arizona

Now go
Stand up to a giant
Say that I'm a fighter
Too drunk to remember
Too drunk to...

Shake hands
My face is laying on the pavement
Tasting something awful
I hate when that happens

She wades
In and out of sexy
She must be plum crazy
I kinda think I like her
I kinda think I do

[smelly]

You are the only thing in any room you're ever in (Starlings - Elbow)

Assuming that all things are equal,
Who'd want to be men of the people
When there's people like you? (Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys)

'Perfect' by TheThe;

People trot around with unseeing eyes
They're looking for something that doesn't exist
The world we once knew is being eaten up by rust
No-one has time for the past but still in God they trust
The future is now, but it's all going wrong
Bodies queue for nothing for it is to nothing they belong
People say their prayers and some work hard
If you give them all your money, they'll give you their hearts
This town ain't getting like a ghost town
It's getting like hell

Oh what a perfect day to think about myself
My feet are firmly screwed to the floor
What is there to fear from such a regular world?

'This is the Day' by TheThe;

You could've done anything If you'd wanted
And all your friends and family think that you're lucky
But the side of you they'll never see
Is when you're left alone with the memories
That hold your life together ... like glue

'Uncertain Smile' by TheThe;

I've got you under my skin
Where the rain can't get in
But if the sweat pours out, just shout
I'll try to swim and pull you out


Pretty much the whole of 'Soul Mining' really.

[smelly]

Originally Posted by Whisper

'Uncertain Smile' by TheThe;

I've got you under my skin
Where the rain can't get in
But if the sweat pours out, just shout
I'll try to swim and pull you out


Pretty much the whole of 'Soul Mining' really.

Fantastic song...

[deadtotheworld]

I dont believe King for a Day Fool for a lifetime is Faith No More's best album, but there are alot of great lines on that album. They make me laugh everytime I hear them. Mike Patton is a sick little puppy.

'What a day, what a day when you can look me in the face and hold your vomit'
'I deserve a reward, cos Im the best **** that you ever had'
'Its always funny until someone gets hurt, then its just hilarious'
'I know how Piggy feels, he starves without missing a meal, dont look at me Im ugly in the morning'
They are just a few lines of the top of my head that make me chuckle, but obviously they are funnier within the context of the song.

[Dony]

U2 - You gotta cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice.

Pink Floyd - We're just 2 lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year.


and many more.

Originally Posted by smelly

Fantastic song...

One of the best - ever . Plus the version with Jools on piano is brilliant. If you do get the album 'Soul Mining' (or indeed own it) make sure it is the one with 'Perfect' on it .

[smelly]

Originally Posted by Whisper

One of the best - ever . Plus the version with Jools on piano is brilliant. If you do get the album 'Soul Mining' (or indeed own it) make sure it is the one with 'Perfect' on it .

Have the one with Jools on piano (tingles down the spine listening to that) but have itunes version - no Perfect

[jdinho]

Leonard Cohen - Closing Time

Yeah we're drinking and we're dancing
but there's nothing really happening
and the place is dead as Heaven on a Saturday night

[drummerjohn]

The The - Armageddon Days

They're 5 miles high as the crow flies
leavin' vapour trails against a blood red sky
Movin' in from the East toward the West
with Balaclava helmets over their heads, yes!

But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey you've got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who's hi-jacked his name
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave

Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds

It's war, she cried, It's war, she cried, this is war
Drop your possessions, all you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes
You will thank the good lord for raising the union jack
You'll watch the ships out of harbour
and the bodies come floating back

If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart
But God didn't build himself that throne
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome
God belong to the yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
God doesn't even go to church
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn
No, God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown

The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
Armageddon days are here again

[s70rmp]

still makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck this one....


"See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait....without you"

[Curly99]

Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello, prefer the Robert Wyatt version though

Is it worth it
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boys birthday
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
By the women and children
Soon well be shipbuilding
Well I ask you
The boy said dad theyre going to take me to task
But Ill be back by christmas
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in
The result of this shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls
Its just a rumour that was spread around town
A telegram or a picture postcard
Within weeks theyll be re-opening the shipyards
And notifying the next of kin
Once again
Its all were skilled in
We will be shipbuilding
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls


also a like some of the Badly Drawn boy songs/lyrics

Curly

[Dave Weystoner]

Why does it hurt when I pee?
Why does it hurt when I pee?
I don't want no doctor
To stick no needle in me
Why does it hurt when I pee?
I got it from the toilet seat
I got it from the toilet seat
It jumped right up
'N' grabbed my meat
Got it from the toilet seat
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
Oh God I probably got the
Gon-o-ka-ka-khackus!
My balls feel like a pair of maracas
Ai-ee-ai-ee-ahhhh!
Why does it
Why does it
Why does it
Why does it hurt...when I
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?

FZ, Joe's Garage. Still makes me want to cross my legs

Dave

[shb367]

The FZ one is brilliant -

i have always liked forgotten sons by Marillion. They performed a classic version of it on Whistle Test once - sheer class

[huwg]

Pink Floyd - The Gunners Dream

Floating down through the clouds
Memories come rushing up to meet me now.
In the space between the heavens
and in the corner of some foreign field
I had a dream.
I had a dream.
Good-bye Max.
Good-bye Ma.
After the service when you're walking slowly to the car
And the silver in her hair shines in the cold November air
You hear the tolling bell
And touch the silk in your lapel
And as the tear drops rise to meet the comfort of the band
You take her frail hand
And hold on to the dream.

A place to stay
Enough to eat
Somewhere old heroes shuffle safely down the street
Where you can speak out loud
About your doubts and fears
And what's more no-one ever disappears
You never hear their standard issue kicking in your door.
You can relax on both sides of the tracks
And maniacs don't blow holes in bandsmen by remote control
And everyone has recourse to the law
And no-one kills the children anymore.
And no one kills the children anymore.

Night after night
Going round and round my brain
His dream is driving me insane.
In the corner of some foreign field
The gunner sleeps tonight.
What's done is done.
We cannot just write off his final scene.
Take heed of his dream.
Take heed.


A couple of Spinal Tap ones...

Sex Farm
Working on a sex farm
Trying to raise some hard love
Getting out my pitch fork
Poking your hay

Scratching in your hen house
Sniffing at your feedbag
Slipping out your back door
Leaving my spray

Sex farm woman, I'm gonna mow you down
Sex farm woman, I'll rake and hoe you down
Sex farm woman, don't you see my silo rising high?

Working on a sex farm
Hosing down your barn door
Bothering you livestock
They know what I need

Working up a hot sweat
Crouching in your pea patch
Plowing through your bean field
Planting my seed

Sex farm woman, I'll be your hired hand
Sex farm woman, I'll let my offer stand
Sex farm woman, don't you hear my tractor rumbling by?

Working on a sex farm
Trying to raise some hard love
Getting out my pitch fork
Poking your hay

Big Bottom
The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'
That's what I said
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day
You know what I mean
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day
You know what I mean

My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
Big game is waiting there inside her tights, yeah

Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

[ba' heid]

Ian Dury and the Blockheads

Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill
Of do it yourself dexterity and double glazing skill
Came home to find another gentlemans kipper in the grill
So he sanded of his winkle with his Black and Decker drill

Ouch!

Noel Coward

Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington
don't put your daughter on the stage

She's a bit of an ugly duckling
You must honestly confess

And the width of her seat is bound to defeat
her chances of success

The Kinks

I like my football.. on a Saturday
roast beef on Sunday's.. allright

I go to blackpool.. on my holidays
sit in the open.. sunlight

The Who

My name is Bill and I'm a head case
They practice makin up on my face
Yeah, I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
Spend evenings taking hairpins from my hair

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my Ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but if I say I am I get IT!

The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice, in a church, where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for

Tom Waits

If you want money in your pocket
And a top hat on your head
A hot meal on your table
And a blanket on your bed
Well today is grey skies
Tomorrow is tears
You'll have to wait til yesterday is here

[Dave Weystoner]

On a more sombre note, both of these have reduced me to tears:

Stephen Stills:

Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,
the son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor and he wasn't into selling door to door
and he worked like the devil to be more.

A different kind of poverty now upsets my soul
Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know- why am I so alone?
Where is my woman can I bring her home? Have I driven her away? Is she gone?

Morning comes to sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many colored beast. I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?
And I find myself just wishing that my life would simply cease

Bono, singing about his late father's last days:

Tough, you think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough

You don't have to put up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of the punches
For you tonight

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone

[systemsdead]

I like beans i like sauce i like sexual intercourse
Barney Rubble- Beans

Have you seen the butterfly on the window sill John?
the one I squashed last night with my fingernail John?
I squashed its little head
Its blood was green and not red
So i left him
where you leave him ?
I left him on the widow sill John
And he went lalalalala

Splodge- the butterfly song

[whiskyboozer]

'The State I am In' - Belle and Sebastian

Iwas surprised, I was happy for a day in 1975
I was puzzled by a dream, it stayed with me all day in 1995
My brother had confessed he was gay
It took the he at off me for a while
He stood up with a sailor friend
Made it known upon my sisters wedding day

I got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported
Now she's in love
I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches
From my crippled friend
She was not impressed cause I cured her on the Sabbath
I went to confess
When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride
To whisky and gin
To whisky and gin

The priest in the booth had a photographic memory
For all he had heard
And he took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called
"The State I Am In"

And so I gave myself to God
There was a pregnant pause before he said ok
Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's
They don't seem to mind

I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to Providence
And I've been there and back again
The state that I am in

I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to Providence
And I've been there and back again
The state that I am in

Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me
Cause I'm stupid and blind
Oh and desperation is the Devil's work, it is the folly of a boy's empty mind
Now I'm feeling dangerous, riding on city buses for a hobby is sad
Why don't you lead me to a living end
I promised that I'd entertain my crippled friend
My crippled friend

I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to Providence
And I've been there and back again
The state that I am in

I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to Providence
And I've been there and back again
The state that I am in

I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to Providence
And I've been there and back again
The state that I am in

I gave myself to sin
I gave myself to Providence
And I've been there and back again
The state that I am in

I gave myself to sin
And I've been there and back again
Oh yeah

[signs]

I quite like all of this, very clever

(Its a bit "Erny the fastest milk man in the west" )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHbludojz44

[whiskyboozer]

'Fourth of July' - Galaxie 500

I wrote a poem on a dog biscuit
And your dog refused to look at it
So I got drunk and looked at the Empire State Building
It was no bigger than a nickel

[JUS]

Quite amazed by the number of The The lyrics. Soo many great songs with very strong lyrics. Just started to listen to them after a 20 year break...jeez I'm old

Out of the Blue

I'm a man without a soul...Honey---
Who lost it while parading it, in a town full of thieves--
Y'see I didn't wanna be with any people I know.
But god knows, I didn't wanna be alone--
So I showered down--left my little room
And jumped in my car for protection from hostility
Well it ain't easy to be bold--in an unknown city--
I was feeling strong mouthed, but weak willed.
When I ran into the cure...for my ills--

Don't tell me what your name is--
I want your body, not your mind,
I want a feeling, worth paying for before I say goodbye
But as I was talking, I couldn't look her in the eyes,
I just kept wondering,--
How many men unleashed their frustration between her thighs?

Well my adrenalin, was curdling like cream,
as I was being led by the hand.
through the sound of sirens--
and the distant noise of some drunken jazz band,
through the stench of disinfectant--

that "INFECTED" my head,
through the darkness of a corridor
and into a strangers bed.

Well I didn't wanna hurt your feelings, honey
but I couldn't suppress my own,
I had to pull myself outta this nosedive
by proving something to myself.

She was lying on her back
with her lips parted.
Squealing like a stuffed pig--
I was going through the motions
faking the emotions,
and wriggling around like lizard in a tin.

Trying so hard to cleanse myself,
I was turning into somebody else.
I was trying so hard to please myself,
I was turning into somebody else.
I was trying so hard to be myself
I was turning into somebody else.

Come my love--with your desire--
Out of the blue...and into the fire!!

[sdb123]

Some great words here....top stuff.

Here's some lyrics that always strike a chord with me:

Short and simple from my favourite band...

Radiohead - True Love Waits

I'm not living
I'm just killing time

So many great tracks to choose from however I'm sure many of us can relate to this song by Elbow.

Elbow - My Very Best

Give that girl my very best
Though it never made the grade
When it seems that it's just not enough to love
Then love lie down
And would you tell her
Not to talk as if I died
Though a tiny part just did
And would you tell her
I'm from a long line of survivors
And I'll be swinging with the kids

Keep your sympathy
Don't need the healing to start
You've gone
Gone and made a beautiful hole in my heart

In the corner of the room
In the room we used to love
Of the love we should say this
There were switches never flicked
Long away and far apart
That's how forest fires start
Start again it felt like this
Fresh and simple as a kiss
I bounce these feelings off the moon
The echoes don't come back

Keep your sympathy
Don't need the healing to start
You've gone
Gone and made a beautiful hole in my heart

I'll end with this section from my favourite U2 Track...

U2 - One

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
We hurt each other
Then we do it again

[Peridot]

Originally Posted by shb367

i have always liked forgotten sons by Marillion. They performed a classic version of it on Whistle Test once - sheer class

I remember it like it was yesterday

And it never made in on to any of the three 'best of' whistle test DVDs - criminal

[s70rmp]

Bruce Springsteen - Racing in The Streets.

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
Outside the Seven-Eleven store
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town
We only run for the money got no strings attached
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down