I heard this by chance earlier this week and it stuck with me. The song is For These Times, Martina Mcbride:
And freedom is a word
Some cry out and some whisper
And freedom is a word
Some cry out and some whisper
Best lines in a song
There has been a long-running thread here of 'Best quotes' but maybe it would be interesting to find out folks' favorite lines from songs. To keep it on some sort of track, let's have a few ground rules.
- Attribution is required, who sang it (or wrote it) and where can we hear it?
- Shorter is better, four lines maximum, a verse. These should be words of wisdom that can be summoned for inspiration in social emergencies.
- If you're an opera fan, you're welcome to post in Italian, just don't expect many high fives from the monolingual among us.
I'll throw out a couple for starters:
When you're rockin' and a rollin' you can't hear your momma call.
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun.
All I want in this life and time is some hit and run.
Little Feat - Fat Man in the Bathtub
- Attribution is required, who sang it (or wrote it) and where can we hear it?
- Shorter is better, four lines maximum, a verse. These should be words of wisdom that can be summoned for inspiration in social emergencies.
- If you're an opera fan, you're welcome to post in Italian, just don't expect many high fives from the monolingual among us.
I'll throw out a couple for starters:
When you're rockin' and a rollin' you can't hear your momma call.
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun.
All I want in this life and time is some hit and run.
Little Feat - Fat Man in the Bathtub
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"See me, feel me, touch me, heal me" THE WHO / WE'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT "A little indian brave before he was ten, Played wargames in the woods with his indian friends And he built up a dream that when he grew up He would be a fearless warrior indian chief Many moons past and more the dream grew strong until Tomorrow he would sing his first warsong and fight his first battle But something went wrong, surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night And so castles made of sand melts into the sea, eventually" JIMI HENDRIX / CASTLES MADE OF SAND |
- Pull into the driveway, toss it in park Stare out of the windshield, out into the world It was all for the love of a wayward girl Who left you with a second-place smile and a broken heart Theres nothing, really, that you can do Put your hands in your pockets and try to get through the distance between the daylight and the dark Mary Gauthier - Between Daylight and the Dark - |
"So I open my door to my enemies And I ask could we wipe the slate clean But they tell me to please go fuck myself You know you just can't win" Pink Floyd - Lost For Words "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a sun in somebody else's sky, But why, why, why can't it be, can't it be mine?" Pearl Jam - Black "Your daddy works in porno Now that mommy's not around She used to love her heroin But now she's underground So you stay out late at night And you do your coke for free Drivin' your friends crazy With your life's insanity" GnR - My Michelle |
You are the promised kiss of springtime That makes the lonely winter seem long You are the breathless hush of evening That trembles on the brink of a lovely song. You are the angel glow that lights a star The dearest things I know are what you are Some day my happy arms will hold you And some day I'll know that moment divine When all the things you are, are mine. "All The Things You Are" Song composed by Jerome Kern; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Regards, -- Al |
T Bone Burnett, Hefner and Disney 1983 Somewhere between Never Neverland and Wonderland In a land called Never Wonderland There lived a beautiful wealthy young divorcee' With a checkered past and a bad memory Who should probably remain nameless And men traveled from far and wide and try to win her hand And she took in stragglers from all over the known world Her newest guests were as her mother called them "The latest Russians to defect" One's name was Hefner the other's name was Disney Disney smoked a pipe and was very philosophical He was constantly surrounded by go go girls He used to take pictures of them without any clothes on And sell them to the neighborhood children Hefner on the other hand was not so introspective He loved a good story just like anybody else In fact he loved the myths of Never Wonderland so much That he made elaborate molded plastic sculptures Of the characters in the myths And then he'd set them out in the garden Until he had built a whole 'nother land in Never Wonderland Which he called Hefnerland The neighborhood children loved them They had lots of fun playing in Hefnerland And looking at all Disney's go go pictures Because they didn't know any better And they didn't know any worse But the beautiful, wealthy, young divorce thought That they were only after her money Sometimes she even wished they would go back to Russia But between you and me they were really dupes of the Wicked King Who wanted to rob the children of their dreams Read more: T Bone Burnett - Hefner And Disney Lyrics | MetroLyrics |
Mwheelerk- It's a great song, but the actual lyric is: "I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school" And from the same songwriter, one of my other favorites (that always breaks my heart): Some of them were angry At the way the earth was abused By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power And they struggled to protect her from them Only to be confused By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour And when the sand was gone and the time arrived In the naked dawn only a few survived And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge |
believe that (D) cold cold beer Tastes better on a barstool than it does anywhere I believe hard (D) work really makes the man But everyone should wet a line every now and then I believe it''s (G) best to pay with cash And I believe that (C) Jesus is coming (G) back Before she does (D) Repeat Chorus I believe she (D) was a real good thing Can you believe I let a girl like that get away I believe (G) she meant it the night she packed And said that (C) Jesus is coming (G) back Before she (D) does Before she does (D) |
06-09-08: Somec59 Well I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel Jim Morrison Somec59...from "Roadhouse Blue", the lines I love are.. "A keep you eyes on the road, you hands upon the wheel; Keep you eyes on the road, you hands upon the wheel. Yea - we're goin' to the roadhouse; gonna have a real good time. [ ]... "Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer. The future's uncertain and the end is always near." [ ]... "Yikes!" The Doors on "Morrison Hotel" |
Axl Rose, Guns N' Roses, has written some great lines. For me it's not just about a great line or two, but following an idea through an entire verse. A few verses from two songs... From Breakdown: Just like children hiding in a closet Can't tell what's going on outside Sometimes we're so far off the beaten track We get taken for a ride By a parlour trick or some words of wit A hidden hand up a sleeve To think that the one you love Could hurt you now Is a little hard to believe But everybody darling sometimes Bites the hand that feeds I've come to know the cold I think of it as home When there ain't enough of me To go around I'd rather be left alone But if I call you out of habit I'm out of love and I gotta have it Would you give it to me If I fit your needs Like when we both knew we had it But now the damage's done And we're back out on the run Funny how everything was roses When we held on to the guns Just because you're winning Don't mean you're the lucky one From Don't Damn Me Be it a song or a casual conversation To hold my tongue speaks of quiet reservations Your words once heard They can place you in a faction My words may disturb But at least there's a reaction Sometimes I want to kill Sometimes I want to die Sometimes I want to destroy Sometimes I want to cry Sometimes I could get even Sometimes I could give up Sometimes I could give Sometimes I never give a f**k It's only for a while I hope you understand I never wanted this to happen Didn't want to be a man So I hid inside my world I took what I could find I cried when I was lonely I fell down when I was blind But now I've got to smile I hope you comprehend For this man can say it happened 'Cause this child has been condemned So I stepped into your world I kicked you in the mind And I'm the only witness To the nature of my crime Don't hail me And don't idolize the ink Or I've failed in my intentions Can you find the missing link Your only validation is living your own life Vicarious existence is a f**king waste of time So I send this song to the offended I said what I meant and I've never pretended As so many others do intending just to please If I damned your point of view Could you turn the other cheek |
From "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" by Roxy Music, there is a poignant description of a man's love for his inflatable doll: I bought you mail order My plain wrapper baby Your skin is like vinyl The perfect companion You float in my new pool Deluxe and delightful Inflatable doll My role is to serve you Disposable darling Can't throw you away now Immortal and life size My breath is inside you I'll dress you up daily And keep you till death sighs Inflatable doll Lover ungrateful I blew up your body... But you blew my mind |