What are your favourite SONG LYRICS?

[Genghis Kush]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t5Iy_hsWtc
Long Shadow
written by Joe Strummer for Johnny Cash


Well, Ill tell you one thing that I know
You dont face your demons down
You got to grab 'em jack
And pin 'em to the ground

The Devil may care and maybe God he won't
Better make sure, you check on the 'Dos' and the 'Donts'

Crawl up the mountain
To reach where the eagles fly
Sure you can glimpse from the mountaintop
Where the soul of the muse might rise

And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast
A long shadow on the ground

Then one day, I could tell my tracks
By the holes in the soles of my shoes
And that the day I said
Im gonna make the news

And falling back in the garden
Of days so long ago
Somewhere in the memory
The sun shines on you boy

Playing in the Arroyos
Where the American rivers flow
From the Appalachians
Down to the Delta Roads

A man can't think so long
His brain could well explode
Theres trains running through the junctions
A King comes down the road

And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast
A long shadow on the ground

Listen to the Country 'The Night Jar and the Bell'
Listen to the Night Streamliner
Sounding like the wolves of Hell
Head for the water, the water of the cleansing spell

It was always our destination
On the express of the Neer Do Wells
And we rock through Madison City
And we didn't even know she was there

And when we hit the Buffers in Memphis
And Beale street didn't have no prayer
I hear punks talk of anarchy, I hear hobos on the railroad
I hear mutterings on the chain-gangs
It was those men who built the roads

And if you put it all together
You didn't even once relent
You cast a long shadow
And that is your testament

Somewhere in my soul, there's always rock and roll

 

[Gypsy Nirvana]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG0fS4DoGUc

Johnny Cash - 'Folsom Prison Blues'.

I hear the train a comin'
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
And I ain't seen the sunshine,
Since, I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison,
And time keeps draggin' on,
But that train keeps a-rollin',
On down to San Antone.
When I was just a baby,
My Mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy,
Don't ever play with guns,"
But I shot a man in Reno,
Just to watch him die,
When I hear that whistle blowin',
I hang my head and cry.
I bet there's rich folks eatin',
In a fancy dining car,
They're probably drinkin' coffee,
And smokin' big cigars,
But I know I had it comin',
I know I can't be free,
But those people keep a-movin',
And that's what tortures me.
Well, if they freed me from this prison,
If that railroad train was mine,
I bet I'd move out over a little,
Farther down the line,
Far from Folsom Prison,
That's where I want to stay,
And I'd let that lonesome whistle,
Blow my Blues away.

 

[Hermanthegerman]

I go down on my knees

Edith Piaf-non je ne regrette rien

Non, rien de rien, non, je ne regrette rien
Ni le bien qu`on m`a fait, ni le mal
Tout ça m`est bien égal
Non, rien de rien, non, je ne regrette rien
C`est paye, balaye, oublie, je me fous do passe
Avec mes souvenirs j`ai allume le feu
Mes chagrins, mes plaisirs,
Je n`ai plus besoin d`eux
Balaye les amours avec leurs trémolos
Balaye pour toujours
Je réparas a zéro
Non, rien…

The Video

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

 

[MrBungle]

BECK LYRICS
"Rowboat"

Rowboat, row me to the shore
She don't wanna be my friend no more
She dug a hole in the bottom of my soul
She don't wanna be my friend no more

Pick me up, gimme some food to eat
In your truck, goin' no place
I'll be home, talkin' to nobody
You'll be strange, you'll be far away

Big fat moon
And my body's out of tune
With the burnin' waves
She's a billion years away
Dog food on the floor
And I been like this before
She is all
And everything else is small

Pick me up, gimme some alcohol
In your truck, playin' the radio
I'll be home with the gasoline
You'll be stoned, you'll be far away

Rowboat, row me to the shore
She don't wanna be my friend no more
She dug a hole in the bottom of my soul
She is all and everything else is small


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl8mOT07T90

 

[Hermanthegerman]

A wonderfull german band with very good lyrics is Kettcar.

Der deutsche Text

Kettcar -R.I.P.

R.I.P.
Die Stille im Haus, das Schweigen zum Schluss
Haare im Kissen und Haare im Abfluss
gemeinsame Zukunft, das Leben danach
die Materialschlacht
Die Hoffnung, der Stolz, das wahre Gesicht
der eiserne Wille und wie er zerbricht
die Kämpfe, die Ohnmacht, der stechende Schmerz
und das stolpernde Herz
Das ständige Aufstehen, das ständige Umfallen
und wenn der letzte Satz nichts kann
denkt der Gegensatz:
mach Platz, jetzt bin ich dran
Das Glück und die Verfolger
und einer ruft von hinten:
wenn das der Frieden ist
musst du den Krieg nicht noch erfinden
Die schlechten Verlierer, die schlechten Gewinner
die Grenze des Schlimmen und immer noch schlimmer
ein Strohhalm im Angebot
Katze Spaß, Maus tot
Die haushohen Wellen, die Schlösser auf Sand
die Schere im Kopf und der Rücken zur Wand
feuchte Augen, die sich rot verfärben
sie wollen nur leben vorm Sterben
Das ständige Umfallen, das ständige Aufstehen
und wenn der letzte Schlag nichts kann
denkt der Gegenschlag:
mach Platz, jetzt bin ich dran
Ich wollte nicht ertrinken
ich fing langsam an zu sinken
mit meinen Schwimmflügeln aus Blei
und alles Leichte schwamm vorbei
Das Glück und die Verfolger
und der eine rief nach hinten:
wenn das der Frieden ist
musst du den Krieg nicht noch erfinden
wenn das der Frieden ist,
lass niemals Krieg sein

The Video and after it the english Translation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyIhuv0YDb4

R.I.P.
The silence in the house, the silence at the end
Hair in the pillow and hair in the drain
A future together, the life afterwards
the attrition warfare
*
The hope, the pride, the true face
the iron will and how it breaks
the stuggles, the faint, the stabbing pain
and the stumbling heart
*
The constant getting up, the constant falling down
and if the last sentence can't do anything
the contrary things:
Get out of the way, now it's my turn
*
The luck and the followers
and one calls from behind:
If this is the peace
you don't have to invent the war
*
The bad losers, the bad winners
the limit of the worse and still worse
a straw in supply
Cat fun, mouse dead
*
The towering waves, the castles on sand
the scissors in the head and the back to the wall
wet eyes turning read
they just want to live before they die
*
The constant getting up, the constant falling down
and if the last stroke can't do anything
the contrary things:
Get out of the way, now it's my turn
*
I didn't want to drown
I slowly began to sink
with my water wings made of lead
and everything light swam past
*
The luck and the followers
and one calls to behind:
If this is the peace
you don't have to invent the war
*
if this is the peace,
never let there be war
*

 

[Genghis Kush]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXsSXmk_XrI&list=PLRS_kOElLK0z-7eEKXrwqcbg2WiPpK_2O&index=5




Sleepwalk



Matchbooks of lonely places I'll never find
Clocks on wall spaces, some piece of mind
I'll never find
What good would it be
What good would it be
If you could change every river
That ran through your life and mine?
'Coz from here to the country line
Counts one hundred and ninety-nine
Oh the Scarsdale will be on time
You know shoe shine costs a dime
Hootenanny Annie had a party in the yard
You could smell the barby out on Ocean Boulevard
Where I went to find, some piece of mind
What good would it be
What good would it be
If you could change every heartache
That ran though your life and mine?
Coz from here to the country line
Counts one hundred and ninety-nine
Oh the Scarsdale will be on time
You know shoe shine costs a dime
With the washroom lights of a bowling alley in your face
You know your car and your plates are really out of place
That goes for your soul
Some holy rock 'n' roll
What good would it be
What good would it be,
If you could change every heartache
That ran though your life and mine?


Joe Strummer

 

[#1cheesebuds]

Here's my favorite lyrics: Its by Marilyn Manson: I'm not a slave to a GOD that doesn't exist I'm not a slave to a world that doesn't give a shit!

 

[luposolitario]

Caruso by Lucio Dalla /http://youtu.be/JqtSuL3H2xs

Caruso by Lucio Dalla /http://youtu.be/JqtSuL3H2xs

Here, where the sea shines and where the wind howls,
on the old terrace infront of the Gulf of Sorrento,
a man embraces a girl after she has cried
then he clears his voice and continues the song:
I love you very much,
very, very much, you know
it is a chain by now
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know
He saw the lights in the middle of the sea, thought of the nights there in America,
but they were only the fishermens lamps and the white wake of a propeller (stern)
He felt the pain in the music and got up from the piano,
but when he saw the moon emerging from a cloud
also the death seemed sweeter to him.
He looked in girls eyes, those eyes as green as the sea,
then suddenly a tear fell and he believed he was drowning.
I love you very much,
very, very much, you know,
it is a chain by now
that melts the blood inside the vein you know
The power of lyric, where every drama is fake
with a little make-up and with mime you can become someone else.
But two eyes that look at you so close and real
makes you to forget the words and confuse the thoughts
So everything became small, even the nights in America
You turn and you see your life like a wake of a propeller (stern)
Yeah, it's life that ends, but he didn't think too much about it
on the opposite, he felt already happy and began again to sing
I love you very much
very very much, you know
it's become a chain
that melts the blood inside the veins, you know...

 

[Genghis Kush]

Paul Simon

I Know What I Know

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTLpq2O8Zb0

She looked me over
And I guess she thought
I was all right
All right in a sort of a limited way
For an off-night
She said don't I know you
From the cinematographer's party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind
I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head

She said there's something about you
That really reminds me of money
She is the kind of a girl
Who could say things that
Weren't that funny
I said what does that mean
I really remind you of money
She said who am I
To blow against the wind

I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head

She moved so easily
All I could think of was sunlight
I said aren't you the women
Who was recently given a Fulbright
She said don't I know you
From the cinematographer's party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind

I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head







She looked me over
And I guess she thought
I was all right
All right in a sort of a limited way
For an off-night
She said don't I know you
From the cinematographer's party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind
I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head

She said there's something about you
That really reminds me of money
She is the kind of a girl
Who could say things that
Weren't that funny
I said what does that mean
I really remind you of money
She said who am I
To blow against the wind

I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head

She moved so easily
All I could think of was sunlight
I said aren't you the women
Who was recently given a Fulbright
She said don't I know you
From the cinematographer's party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind

I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head

 

[resin_lung]

Dylan "don't think twice it's alright"

Note: I thought this was a great song before I found out he was telling himself not to think twice and that it was alright! I always thought he was forgiving the girl. It works both ways, but he wasn't.


Well it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
Ifin' you don't know by now
An' it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It'll never do some how
When your rooster crows at the break a dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm trav'lin' on
Don't think twice, it's all right

And it ain't no use in a-turnin' on your light, babe
The light I never knowed
An' it ain't no use in turnin' on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin' anyway
But don't think twice, it's all right

No it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
Like you never done before
And it ain't no use in callin' out my name, gal
I can't hear ya any more
I'm a-thinkin' and a-wond'rin' wallkin' way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I am told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don't think twice, it's all right

So long honey babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Goodbye is too good a word, babe
So I just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

Written by Bob Dylan • Copyright © Bob Dylan Music Obo Special Rider Music

 

[Stan G.]

Well, they'll stone you when you're trying to be good
They'll stone you just like they said they would
They'll stone you when you're trying to go home
And they'll stone you when you're there all alone
Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde
Everybody must get stoned

 

[MrBungle]

Uriah Heep

"Circle Of Hands"

Circle of hands
Cold spirits plan
Searching my land for an enemy
Came across love's sweet cost
And in the face of beauty
Evil was lost

Sky full of eyes, minds full of lies
Black from their cold hearts, down to their graves
Murdered the dawn, spreading their scorn
Cursing the sun of which love was born

We must keep them away
Or pretty soon we'll pay
And count the cost in sorrow
Sacrifice, the future has its price
And today is only yesterday's tomorrow

We must keep them away
Or pretty soon we'll pay
And count the cost in sorrow
Sacrifice, the future has its price
And today is only yesterday's tomorrow, tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow
Tomorrow, tomorrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaDO3Yf5Lg

 

[LubdaNugs]

People Under The Stairs. Acid Raindrops.

When the stress burns my brain just like acid raindrops,
Mary Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop.
I let the music take over my soul, body and mind
To kick back relax one time and you goin' find
When the stress burns my brain just like acid raindrops,
Mary Jane is the only thing that makes the pain stop.
Just let the music take over my soul, body and mind
To kick back relax one time and you goin' find

 

[MrBungle]

One more for the extremely underrated

Uriah Heep

"The Wizard"

He was the wizard of a thousand kings
And I chanced to meet him one night wandering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kind of feeling fine

He had a cloak of gold
And eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of its fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again

Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts
'Cause then I know we'd find we're not so far apart
Everybody's got to be happy
Everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life
The peace that love can bring

So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million silver stars that guide me with their light

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

 

[Midnite Toker]

Behind Blue Eyes

Behind Blue Eyes

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

 

[stoned-trout]

What its like from everlast..Ain't no way I am writing it all out on my phone tho...Yeehaw......Everyone should listen to that song at least once......

 

[Midnite Toker]

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams, telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.

 

[m314]

Two steps forward, three steps back
Without warning, heart attack
He fell asleep in the snow
Never woke up, died alone

I don't wanna be me anymore

 

[Hermanthegerman]

"Guess Things Happen That Way"

Well you ask me if I'll forget my baby.
I guess I will, someday.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.
You ask me if I'll get along.
I guess I will, someway.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

God gave me that girl to lean on,
then he put me on my own.
Heaven help me be a man
and have the strength to stand alone.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

You ask me if I'll miss her kisses.
I guess I will, everyday.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.
You ask me if I'll find another.
I don't know. I can't say.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

God gave me that girl to lean on,
then he put me on my own.
Heaven help me be a man
and have the strength to stand alone.
I don't like it but I guess things happen that way.

 

[Hermanthegerman]

For my wife!


"True Love Ways"

Just you know why
Why you and I
Will bye and bye
Know true love ways

Sometimes we'll sigh,
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why just you and I know true love ways.

Though out the days, I'll true love ways.
Will bring us joys to share with those who really care.

Sometimes we'll sigh,
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why just you and I know true love ways.

Though out the days, I'll true love ways.
Will bring us joys to share with those who really care.

Sometimes we'll sigh,
sometimes we'll cry
and we'll know why just you and I know true love ways.