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I thought having a thread for people's favourite song lyrics might be a good idea. Here's a few of mine to get things going. Please remember any lyrics will do, short, long, even your own, Enjoy!
"Only humans carry their past around" The Fall
"Let it be" The Beatles
"Who's pushin' the pedals on the season cycle?" XTC
"Between thought and expression lies a lifetime" The Velvet Underground
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People on the streets
in the need are they
Under pressure
(Bowie and Freddie M)
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They are dancing in the streets
Bowie and Mick J
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Here's one awesome one from Bryan Adams and I've highlighted some particularly excellent parts in it:
Victim Of Love
Livin' on your own can be a lonely game
A face in the crowd - no one knows your name
It’s a table for one and a broken heart to go
She's the kind of lover that you always dreamed
Would come to stay and never wanna leave
But that's all changed - she's dealt the final blow
Heaven knows what you were thinkin' of
Don't blame yourself you're just a victim of love
It doesn't matter who was right or wrong
When the fire is over - when the magic's gone
You pick up the pieces and do the best you can
It knocks you down but you try it again
You get a little older it's a cryin' shame
Sometimes things don't work out like you plan
Who's gonna help when you've had enough
It ain't no secret you're a victim of love
Heaven knows what you were thinkin' of
Don't blame yourself you're just a victim of love
One goodbye was really all it took
Now you thumb through the pages of your little black book
But somehow all the numbers look the same
You've been thinkin' how to get around it
But there ain't nothin' you can do about it
Nothin' ventured - nothin' gained
Ain't nothin' you can't rise above
Call it what you want but you're a victim of love
Who's gonna help you when you've had enough
Ain't no secret you're a victim of love
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Here are some more entertaining lyrics. Enjoy!
Time takes a cigarette and puts it in your mouth - David Bowie
MY Way (selection)
Regrets, I've had a few;
But then again, too few to mention.
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption.
I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man
Just a mortal with potential of a superman, I'm living on - David Bowie
If you can learn to forgive others, you can learn to forgive yourself,
Take a holiday away from hatred, you will find...
That when you forgive others, you're really forgiving each other,
You'll have a better sleep at night and a brighter life (x2)
Ted "Moondog" Baxter
As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, you asked for the latest party
David Bowie
Desperate for entertainment
So I turn the TV on
There's people jumping up and down
Then they have the panel on
And they talk a lot of wind
They talk a lot of wind
The Fall
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It's my life, it's now or never
I ain't gonna live forever
I just wanna live while I'm alive
It's my life.
Bon Jovi
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Well I won't back down, no I won't back down
You could stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down
Gonna stand my ground, won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground and I won't back down
Tom Petty
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(Love this thread TMB!)
I'm not crazy, I'm just a little unwell
I know right now you can't tell
But stay a while and maybe then you'll see
A different side of me
Matchbox Twenty
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What's it like inside the bubble?
Does your head ever give you trouble?
(Little River Band- Hang On)
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"Fill Your Heart"
Fill your heart with love today
Don't play the game of tact
Things that happened in the past
Only happened in your Mind
Only in your Mind-Forget your Mind
And you'll be free-yea'
The writing's on the wall
Free-yea'. And you can know it all
If you choose. Just remember
Lovers never lose
'Cause they are Free of thoughts unpure [sic]
And of thoughts unkind
Gentleness clears the soul
Love cleans the mind
And makes it Free.
David Bowie
Rattlesnakes
Jodie wears a hat although it hasn't rained for six days
She says a girl needs a gun these days
Hey on account of all the rattlesnakes
She looks like Eve Marie saint in on the waterfront
She reads Simone de Beauvoir in her American circumstance
She's less than sure if her heart has come to stay in San Jose
And her never-born child still haunts her
As she speeds down the freeway
As she tries her luck with the traffic police
Out of boredom more than spite
She never finds no trouble, she tries too hard
She's obvious despite herself
She looks like Eve Marie Saint in on the waterfront
She says all she needs is therapy, yeah
All you need is, love is all you need
LLOYD COLE (& The Commotions)
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DARE : Gorillaz
It's coming up It's coming up It's coming up
It's DARE
It's DARE
You've got to press it on you
You just think it
That's what you do baby
Hold it down DARE
Jump with the moon and move it
Jump back and forth
And feel like you were there yourself
Work it out.
Never did no harm Never did no harm
It's DARE
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"Anywhere I Lay My Head"
My head is spinning round
My heart is in my shoes
I went and set the Thames on fire
Now I must come back down
She's laughing in her sleeve at me
I can feel it in my bones
But anywhere I'm gonna
Lay my head, boys
I will call my home
Well I see that
The world is upside down
My pockets were filled up with gold
Now the clouds have covered o'er
And the wind is blowing cold
I don't need anybody
Because I learned to be alone
And anywhere
I lay my head, boys
I will call my home
Tom Waits