What are your favourite SONG LYRICS?

[moose eater]

Hitch-hiking, traveling, heart-ache and contemplation, and partying music

Hitch-hiking, traveling, heart-ache and contemplation, and partying music

Music that seemingly never lost its place in ranking of beauty and significance.


The Allman Brothers Band Lyrics
"Melissa"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFJ20eNspzo


Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast

Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
But back home he'll always run
To sweet Melissa... mmm...

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the Gypsy's name

No one hears his lonely sighs,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the Gypsy flies
with sweet Melissa... mmm...

Again the morning's come,
Again he's on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and Gypsy roll on, roll on.

Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (Lord, Lord)
Will you hide the dead man's ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
or will his spirit float away?

But I know that he won't stay without Melissa.

Yes I know that he won't stay without Melissa.

 

[rpk420]

Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

She's got a smile it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
She takes me away to that special place
And if I'd stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry

Oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

Oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet love of mine

Oh, oh, oh, oh
Sweet child o' mine
Oh,
Sweet love of mine

Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, oh
Where do we go?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh, (sweet child)
Where do we go now?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
Oh,
Where do we go?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
Oh,
Where do we go?
Where do we go now?
Where do we go?
Oh,
Where do we go now?
No, no, no, no, no, no
Sweet child,
Sweet child of mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4

 

[BakedBandit]

Did you hear what I just heard?

 

[moose eater]

J.P.'s bitter-sweet, humored (Agnostic's?) restrospective?

J.P.'s bitter-sweet, humored (Agnostic's?) restrospective?

Johnny Prine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G487EDeXadA

Fish And Whistle

I been thinking lately
About the people I meet
The carwash on the corner
And the hole in the street
The way my ankles hurt
With shoes on my feet
And I'm wondering
If I'm gonna see tomorrow.

Father forgive us
For what we must do
You forgive us
We'll forgive you
We'll forgive each other
Till we both turn blue
Then we'll whistle and go fishing
In heaven.

I was in the army
But I never dug a trench
I used to bust my knuckles
On a monkey wrench
Then I'd go to town and drink
And give the girls a pinch
But I don't think
They ever even noticed me.

Fish and whistle
Whistle and fish
Eat everything
That they put on your dish
And when we get through
We'll make a big wish
That we never have
To do this again
Again? again????

On my very first job
I said thank you and please
They made me scrub a parking lot
Down on my knees
Then I got fired
For being scared of bees
And they only give me
Fifty cents an hour.

 

[moose eater]

John Prine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAl1R-gcq4Q

"That's The Way That The World Goes 'Round"
I know a guy that's got a lot to lose.
He's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.
Got muscles in his head, ain't never been used.
Thinks he owns half of this town.

Starts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.
Beats his old lady with a rubber hose,
Then he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

That's the way that the world goes 'round.
You're up one day and the next you're down.
It's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

I was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,
When the radiator broke, water all froze.
I got stuck in the ice without my clothes,
Naked as the eyes of a clown.

I was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,
When the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.
I stood up and laughed thought it was a joke
That's the way that the world goes 'round.

 

[red rider]

Hair of the dog

Hair of the dog

Red hot mama
Low light charmer
Time's come to pay your due's

 

[Dog Star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1QDl505ZKM

Morrissey: Spent the day in bed






[Verse 1]
Spent the day in bed
Very happy I did, yes
I spent the day in bed
As the workers stay enslaved
I spent the day in bed
I'm not my type, but
I love my bed
And I recommend that you

[Chorus]
Stop watching the news!
Because the news contrives to frighten you
To make you feel small and alone
To make you feel that your mind isn't your own

[Verse 2]
I spent the day in bed
It's a consolation
When all my dreams
Are perfectly legal
In sheets for which I paid
I am now laid
And I recommend to all of my friends that they

[Chorus]
Stop watching the news!
Because the news contrives to frighten you
To make you feel small and alone
To make you feel that your mind isn't your own

[Bridge]
Oh time, do as I wish
Time, do as I wish
Oh time, do as I wish
Time, do as I wish
Oh time, do as I wish
Time, do as I wish
Oh time, do as I wish
Do as I wish

[Verse 3]
I spent the day in bed
You can please yourself
But, I spent the day in bed
Pillows like pillars
Life ends in death
So, there's nothing wrong with
Being good to yourself
Be good to yourself for once!

[Outro]
And no bus, no boss, no rain, no train
No bus, no boss, no rain, no train
No bus, no boss, no rain, no train
No emasculation, no castration
No highway, freeway, motorway
No bus, no boss, no rain, no train
No bus, no boss, no rain, no train
No bus, no boss, no rain, no train

 

[Badfishy1]

Mexican Blackbird

Mexican Blackbird

If you're down in Acuna and you ain't up to being alone
don't spend all your money on just any honey that's grown.
Go find the Mexican blackbird and send all your troubles back home.

They all call her her "puta" 'cause no one really knows her name.
She works the cantina, dancin' and a-lovin's her trade.
Her mama was Mez'can and her daddy was the ace of spades.

Oh, let's drive that old Chrysler down to Mexico, boy.
Said, keep your hands on the wheel there.
Oh, it sure is fine, ain't it?
Now, ya got it! Hand me another one of them brews from back there.
Oh, this is gonna be so good.

Mm, she's hot as a pepper but smooth as a Mexican brew.
So head for the border and put in an order or two.
The wings of the blackbird will spread like an eagle for you.

Oh, one more time,
can you roll me another Bull Durham, please?
Can't you do it with one hand, boy?

 

[Betterhaff]

Gettin' By

Gettin' By

Gettin’ By
Jerry Jeff Walker

Ahhh buckaroos, Scamp Walker time again
I'm trying to slide one by you once more
Don't matter how you do it
Just do it like you know it
I've been down that road once or twice before

Just gettin' by on gettin' bys my stock in trade
Living it day to day
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
Just letting it roll, letting the high times carry the low
I'm just living my life easy come, easy go

Last week I was thinking, its record time again
And I could see Mike Maitland pacing the floor
Ah Mike, don't you worry, something's bound to come out
Besides, I've been down this road once before

Just gettin' by on gettin' bys my stock in trade
Living it day to day
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
Just letting it roll, letting the high times carry the low
Just living my life easy come, easy go

Income tax is overdue, and I think she is too
Been busted and I'll probably get busted some more
But I'll catch it all later, can't let em stop me now
I've been down this road once or twice before

Just gettin' by on gettin' bys my stock in trade
Living it day to day
Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall
Just letting it roll, letting the high times carry the low
Just living my life easy come, easy go

Living my life easy come, easy go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o26HgKCcT0

 

[Water-]

LUNGS
Townes Van Zandt

Well, won't you lend your lungs to me?
Mine are collapsing
Plant my feet and bitterly breathe
Up the time that's passing.
Breath I'll take and breath I'll give
Pray the day ain't poison
Stand among the ones that live
In lonely indecision.

Fingers walk the darkness down
Mind is on the midnight
Gather up the gold you've found
You fool, it's only moonlight.
If you try to take it home
Your hands will turn to butter
You better leave this dream alone
Try to find another.

Salvation sat and crossed herself
Called the devil partner
Wisdom burned upon a shelf
Who'll kill the raging cancer
Seal the river at its mouth
Take the water prisoner
Fill the sky with screams and cries
Bathe in fiery answers

Jesus was an only son
And love his only concept
Strangers cry in foreign tongues
And dirty up the doorstep
And I for one, and you for two
Ai'nt got the time for outside
Just keep your injured looks to you
We'll tell the world we tried

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtExSE2oOZs

 

[NBE One !]

So many silly lyrics ! (Like... a Transplant DoctoR ! ?&$#")The sounds what matters sonnie jim (-:
No copying mind! . ...Oh really,well that's a Fantastic idea
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Ode To My Family
The Cranberries
Lyrics

Understand the things I say
Don't turn away from me
Because
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Understand what I've become I t is more than my design

 

[TNTBudSticker]

"Sober" By Tool

There's a shadow just behind me,
Shrouding every step I take,
Making every promise empty,
Pointing every finger at me.
Waiting like a stalking butler
Who upon the finger rests.
Murder now the path of "must we"
Just because the son has come.

Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past is done?
Jesus, won't you fucking whistle
Something but the past is done?

Why can't we not be sober?
I just want to start this over.
Why can't we drink forever?
I just want to start this over.

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
I will work to elevate you
Just enough to bring you down.

Mother Mary won't you whisper
Something but the past is done?
Mother Mary won't you whisper
Something but the past is done?

Why can't we not be sober?
Just want to start this over.
Why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over.

I am just a worthless liar.
I am just an imbecile.
I will only complicate you.
Trust in me and fall as well.
I will find a center in you.
I will chew it up and leave,
Trust me [5x]

Why can't we not be sober?
Just want to start things over.
Why can't we sleep forever?
I just want to start this over.

I want what I want [4x]

 

[rpk420]

A Perfect Circle - Judith

You're such an inspiration for the ways
That I'll never ever choose to be
Oh so many ways for me to show you
How the savior has abandoned you
Fuck your God
Your Lord and your Christ
He did this
Took all you had and
Left you this way
Still you pray, you never stray
Never taste of the fruit
You never thought to question why

It's not like you killed someone
It's not like you drove a hateful spear into his side
Praise the one who left you
Broken down and paralyzed
He did it all for you
He did it all for you

Oh so many many ways for me to show you
How your dogma has abandoned you
Pray to your Christ, to your God
Never taste of the fruit
Never stray, never break
Never---choke on a lie
Even though he's the one who did this to you
You never thought to question why

Not like you killed someone
It's Not like you drove a spiteful spear into his side
Talk to Jesus Christ
As if he knows the reasons why
He did it all for you
Did it all for you
He did it all for you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTgKRCXybSM

 

[Water-]

best reefer song ever

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

by Louis Armstrong


I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
But they're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, and I watched them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xoMhCT-7A

 

[moose eater]

Almost 24 years ago, my daughter was born in a small community hospital in rural Alaska, after 41 hours of labor, during which Satchmo played nearly non-stop on an auto-reverse cassette, titled after that tune, with that tune prominently featured during the stay.

We're not talking at the moment, and may not again ever; my expectations for people, including family, being fairly stout. But that was, and is, her song, and she always knew that.

In other settings, it highlights the contrast between the beauty and ugliness that human kind can bring with it, and puts it all into some hopeful framework.

Nice.

best reefer song ever

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

by Louis Armstrong


I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
But they're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, and I watched them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xoMhCT-7A

 

[rpk420]

moose eater, your post made me think of this song...

Live - Lightning Crashes

Lightning crashes a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor
The angel opens her eyes
The confusion sets in
Before the doctor can even close the door

Lightning crashes an old mother dies
Her intentions fall to the floor
The angel closes her eyes
The confusion that was hers
Belongs now to the baby down the hall

Oh now feel it, comin' back again
Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from
The center of the earth again
I can feel it.

Lightning crashes a new mother cries
This moment she's been waiting for
The angel opens her eyes
Pale blue colored iris
Presents the circle
And puts the glory out to hide, hide

Oh now feel it, comin' back again
Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from
The center of the earth again
I can feel it.

Oh now feel it, comin' back again
Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from
The center of the earth again
I can feel it.

Oh now feel it, comin' back again
Like a rollin', thunder chasing the wind
Forces pullin' from
The center of the earth again
I can feel it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJ4O-nSveg

 

[moose eater]

Alejandro Escovedo 'Down in the Bowery'

Alejandro Escovedo 'Down in the Bowery'

The first time I heard/saw Alejandro Escovedo, he and his band played this tune, and it caught me hard. He wrote it for his son. At that time my oldest son and I weren’t close, by any means. We’re still working on that end of things, but much better today..

My kids were raised through many years of sometimes-conflictual political activism on my part, with all that entailed; stress at home related to the walk that ‘subversives’ experience (especially with a crop going), other parents not letting their kids play with mine because of my politics, surveillance at events, people who’d helped to derail my career fearing my kids wanted to play with theirs as some sort of set-up for pay-back (paranoid consciences I guess).

There's that whole conflict of "fixing what's out there" when perhaps "fixing what's right here, at home" takes on a whole new opportunity for introspection, and questioning where priorities lay.

The will and wishes a parent has for their child, that survive even when closing off the care would be less painful, but the bond won’t permit it to be closed completely.

On the disc ‘Steet Songs of Love,’ where you can find this tune, Bruce Springsteen makes an appearance, doing a verse, and changing it up a little bit, to include hopes that ‘his son’ won’t just “forget half the stuff ‘they’ taught you,” but that his son will “forget half the stuff “I” taught you”; something I interpreted to reference the bullshit we sometimes teach our kids as a result of our own jaded view, perhaps unintentionally, potentially robbing them of their own exploration, growing, and wide-eyed view of the world anew.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wcIMIcJVs

Alejandro Escovedo

Down in the Bowery

Everybody's got to dance
With the blues sometimes
Everybody's got feel some things
They don't want to feel sometimes
I'd buy you a smile in a minute
But would you wear it?
If I had one moment in time
Would you com down and share it?

I want to see you out on the street
Makin' a scene for everybody
I want to hear your voice up above
The crowd and the noise
Down in the Bowery

I hope you live long enough to forget
Half the stuff they taught you
When it's all said and done I hope
You've got your own set of rules
To hang on to
I'd buy you a smile in a minute
But would you wear it?
If I had one moment of time
Would you come down and share it?

I want to see you out on the street
Makin' a scene for everybody
I want to hear your voice up above
The crowd and the noise
Down in the Bowery
I hope you live long enough to forget
Half the stuff they taught you
When it's all said and done I hope
You've got your own set of rules
To hang on to
I'd buy you a smile in a minute
But would you wear it?
If I had one moment of time
Would you come down and share it?

I want to see you out on the street
Makin' a scene for everybody
I want to hear your voice up above
The crowd and the noise
Down in the Bowery

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Yo!! Alejandro!!!

 

[AgentPothead]

El P - Run the Numbers

El P - Run the Numbers

Tragedy man Cassandra, actually raised by women
My father skated but he left me with latent addiction
One of the breed of bonkers, I wouldn't dare to lecture
I don't know how to lead, there's got to be somebody better
Weak in the kneesy species, dreaming of future faded
Seen where the suture stiches nitted, slipped? I'm with you baby
Lets get obnoxious with it, I wanna know what brave is
I'm tired of sitting here pretending I'm not fucking dangerous

Sitting on the front lines you can hear the soldiers say...

 

[slaveplanet]

technical weaponry
rhyme style
heavenly learn my pedigree
burn my effigy
spit my therapy
smoke my remedy
I'm passive aggressively
choke my enemy
invoke my rebelry
provoke my cavalry
bucket list trilogy
warporn industry
terminate assassinate with extreme bigotry
heavyweight armorplate
subatomic energy
necronomicon
triple hexagon
one level beyond
the devil's word is bond
put murder on a song
and the burner in your palm
3rd grade death toll
underwater death row
crocodile tearing
never loving God fearing
bio engineering
stem cell cloning
fillet with the bone
in international zoning
seven samurai all die by one Ronin


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPYc0_5oxMY

 

[Water-]

BUCKSKIN STALLION BLUES

by Townes Van Zandt

I heard her sing in tongues of silver
I heard her cry on a summer storm
I loved her, but she did not know it
so I don't think about her anymore
Now she's gone, and I can't believe it
so I don't think about her anymore


If three and four was seven only
where would that leave one and two?
If love can be and still be lonely
where does that leave me and you?
Time there was, and time there will be
where does that leave me and you?


If I had a buckskin stallion
I'd tame him down and ride away.
If I had a flyin' schooner
I'd sail into the light of day
If I had your love forever
sail into the light of day


Pretty songs and pretty places
places that I've never seen
pretty songs and pretty faces
tell me what their laughter means
some look like they'll cry forever
tell me what their laughter means.


If I had a buckskin stallion
I'd tame him down and ride away.
If I had a golden galleon
I'd sail into the light of day
If I had your love forever
sail into the light of day



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJN5W-EreVs