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[Music] Best lyrics in a song
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
The whole of "Stan"
Arthritic Toe
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In all the vast volumes of stunning Paul Simon lyrics, I wouldn't have expected that one
I love the way the first line ends with 'masses' and Geezer cunningly got this to rhyme with . . . . 'masses'.
If you think Black Sabbath had good lyrics I may be tempted to post some Hocico, Suicide Commando, Velvet acid Christ, Pulse Legion and Diary of Dreams
sydney
tinky ****in winky
sydney
tinky ****in winky
was gonna puts on the jury thread but it warrants a place in probably the best written track of its era......the guy was a ****ing genius and his band were the bollocks......saw them at glastonbury in 86 , amsterdam 87 and again in 87 in a shitty pub in Hackney ....the white hart i think.....genius.
I love the way the first line ends with 'masses' and Geezer cunningly got this to rhyme with . . . . 'masses'.
If you think Black Sabbath had good lyrics I may be tempted to post some Hocico, Suicide Commando, Velvet acid Christ, Pulse Legion and Diary of Dreams
What I like about War Pigs was it's significance to the times of when it was released. The anti war movement never acknowledged what was probably the best anti war song at the time.
Norman Potting
Well-known member
Some great stuff - shame the tunes aren't named on some of them
....and from the genius that was the goons...."Ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong iddle I po......"
....and from the genius that was the goons...."Ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong ying tong iddle I po......"
bobbysmith01
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- Feb 6, 2015
- 785
Neil Young Rocking In the free world
I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away, and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life, and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool.
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I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away, and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life, and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool.
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Norman Potting
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"But as I travel around this big old world, There's one thing that I most fear, It's a white man in a golf shirt With a cell phone in his ear.."
Tom Russell - "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall" from 2007 but strangely prophetic.
Tom Russell - "Who's Gonna Build Your Wall" from 2007 but strangely prophetic.
Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
- 10,736
Scroobius Pip wrote some superb lyrics, this being probably his most famous track. Read it. It's pure poetry.
Thou shalt not steal if there is a direct victim.
Thou shalt not worship Pop Idols or follow Lostprophets.
Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Dekker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barrett in vain.
Thou shalt not think any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a paedophile. Some people are just nice.
Thou shalt not read NME.
Thou shalt not stop liking a band just because they've become popular.
Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.
Thou shalt not judge a book by its cover.
Thou shalt not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover.
Thou shalt not buy Coca-Cola products.
Thou shalt not buy Nestlé products.
Thou shalt not go into the woods with your boyfriend's best friend, take drugs and cheat on him.
Thou shalt not fall in love so easily.
Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls' pants. Use it to get into their heads.
Thou shalt not watch Hollyoaks.
Thou shalt not attend an open mic and leave as soon as you've done your shitty little poem or song you self-righteous prick.
Thou shalt not return to the same club or bar week in, week out just 'cause you once saw a girl there that you fancied that you're never gonna ****ing talk to.
Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.
The Beatles: Were just a band.
Led Zepplin: Just a band.
The Beach Boys: Just a band.
The Sex Pistols: Just a band.
The Clash: Just a band.
Crass: Just a band.
Minor Threat: Just a band.
The Cure: Were just a band.
The Smiths: Just a band.
Nirvana: Just a band.
The Pixies: Just a band.
Oasis: Just a band.
Radiohead: Just a band.
Bloc Party: Just a band.
The Arctic Monkeys: Just a band.
The next big thing... Just a band.
Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-English speaking countries as to those that occur in English speaking countries.
Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be.
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music.
Thou shalt not pimp my ride.
Thou shalt not scream if you wanna go faster.
Thou shalt not move to the sound of the wickedness.
Thou shalt not make some noise for Detroit.
When I say "Hey" thou shalt not say "Ho".
When I say "Hip" thou shalt not say "Hop".
When I say, he say, she say, we say, make some noise - kill me.
Ah, I forgot where I was, hang on
Thou shalt not quote me happy.
Thou shalt not shake it like a Polaroid picture.
Thou shalt not wish your girlfriend was a freak like me.
Thou shalt spell the word "Pheonix" P-H-E-O-N-I-X, not P-H-O-E-N-I-X, regardless of what the Oxford English Dictionary tells you.
Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at a club last night by saying "Izzit".
Thou shalt think for yourselves.
And thou shalt always...
Thou shalt always kill!
Thou shalt not steal if there is a direct victim.
Thou shalt not worship Pop Idols or follow Lostprophets.
Thou shalt not take the names of Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer, Johnny Hartman, Desmond Dekker, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix or Syd Barrett in vain.
Thou shalt not think any male over the age of 30 that plays with a child that is not their own is a paedophile. Some people are just nice.
Thou shalt not read NME.
Thou shalt not stop liking a band just because they've become popular.
Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry.
Thou shalt not judge a book by its cover.
Thou shalt not judge Lethal Weapon by Danny Glover.
Thou shalt not buy Coca-Cola products.
Thou shalt not buy Nestlé products.
Thou shalt not go into the woods with your boyfriend's best friend, take drugs and cheat on him.
Thou shalt not fall in love so easily.
Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls' pants. Use it to get into their heads.
Thou shalt not watch Hollyoaks.
Thou shalt not attend an open mic and leave as soon as you've done your shitty little poem or song you self-righteous prick.
Thou shalt not return to the same club or bar week in, week out just 'cause you once saw a girl there that you fancied that you're never gonna ****ing talk to.
Thou shalt not put musicians and recording artists on ridiculous pedestals no matter how great they are or were.
The Beatles: Were just a band.
Led Zepplin: Just a band.
The Beach Boys: Just a band.
The Sex Pistols: Just a band.
The Clash: Just a band.
Crass: Just a band.
Minor Threat: Just a band.
The Cure: Were just a band.
The Smiths: Just a band.
Nirvana: Just a band.
The Pixies: Just a band.
Oasis: Just a band.
Radiohead: Just a band.
Bloc Party: Just a band.
The Arctic Monkeys: Just a band.
The next big thing... Just a band.
Thou shalt give equal worth to tragedies that occur in non-English speaking countries as to those that occur in English speaking countries.
Thou shalt remember that guns, bitches and bling were never part of the four elements and never will be.
Thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music, thou shalt not make repetitive generic music.
Thou shalt not pimp my ride.
Thou shalt not scream if you wanna go faster.
Thou shalt not move to the sound of the wickedness.
Thou shalt not make some noise for Detroit.
When I say "Hey" thou shalt not say "Ho".
When I say "Hip" thou shalt not say "Hop".
When I say, he say, she say, we say, make some noise - kill me.
Ah, I forgot where I was, hang on
Thou shalt not quote me happy.
Thou shalt not shake it like a Polaroid picture.
Thou shalt not wish your girlfriend was a freak like me.
Thou shalt spell the word "Pheonix" P-H-E-O-N-I-X, not P-H-O-E-N-I-X, regardless of what the Oxford English Dictionary tells you.
Thou shalt not express your shock at the fact that Sharon got off with Brad at a club last night by saying "Izzit".
Thou shalt think for yourselves.
And thou shalt always...
Thou shalt always kill!
Worried Man Blues
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it's a god awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair...................He's a horse drawn man till his dying day.............
maffew
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Stand or fall
Hmm.
Good thread will have a think
Hmm.
Good thread will have a think
Nobby
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- Sep 29, 2007
- 2,611
Woke up this morning, hit the high water mark
of being tired of living in the fog and in the dark
I didn’t go to work, I couldn’t handle the jive
I gotta find better reasons for staying alive
Gonna gas up the Caddy, gonna hit the high road
I’m gonna get outta’ town ‘for my conscience explodes
I’m gonna find the lost highway, I know it’s out there somewhere
And get back to the garden on two fins and a prayer
Jump in the Caddy drive up to the stars
Go and find out what Spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
of being tired of living in the fog and in the dark
I didn’t go to work, I couldn’t handle the jive
I gotta find better reasons for staying alive
Gonna gas up the Caddy, gonna hit the high road
I’m gonna get outta’ town ‘for my conscience explodes
I’m gonna find the lost highway, I know it’s out there somewhere
And get back to the garden on two fins and a prayer
Jump in the Caddy drive up to the stars
Go and find out what Spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt and got syph down in Cologne
And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone
Frank Ryan brought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid
And you decked some fxxxg blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids
And you heard the rattling death trains as you lay there all alone
Frank Ryan brought you whiskey in a brothel in Madrid
And you decked some fxxxg blackshirt who was cursing all the Yids
Drought makes the workers dream
Muscles and fields of green
Shovel the last few crumbs
Of generosity
Open hearts, open mind, open mouth, open vein
Drain
Someday the rains will come
My blistered hands tell me
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
Bite, bite, bite
Cry
Smaller and smaller and smaller (I'll keep coming back)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (squash me)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (under the charity)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (under the topsoil)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (under the fingernail)
Smaller and smaller and smaller
Small becomes all becomes all
Bite, bite, bite
Cry
Hey-nonna-hey-hey, hey-nonna-hey-hey
Drain, drain
Bite, bite (cry)
Shovel the last few crumbs of generosity
Muscles and fields of green
Shovel the last few crumbs
Of generosity
Open hearts, open mind, open mouth, open vein
Drain
Someday the rains will come
My blistered hands tell me
Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow
Bite, bite, bite
Cry
Smaller and smaller and smaller (I'll keep coming back)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (squash me)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (under the charity)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (under the topsoil)
Smaller and smaller and smaller (under the fingernail)
Smaller and smaller and smaller
Small becomes all becomes all
Bite, bite, bite
Cry
Hey-nonna-hey-hey, hey-nonna-hey-hey
Drain, drain
Bite, bite (cry)
Shovel the last few crumbs of generosity