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- Thread starter lasvegan
- Start date
But two o'clock has come again
It's time to leave this paradise
Hope the chip shop isn't closed
Cos' their pies are really nice
I'll eat it the taxi queue
Standing in someone else's spew
Wish I had lipstick on my shirt
Instead of piss stains on my shoes.
It's time to leave this paradise
Hope the chip shop isn't closed
Cos' their pies are really nice
I'll eat it the taxi queue
Standing in someone else's spew
Wish I had lipstick on my shirt
Instead of piss stains on my shoes.
Regret? 
Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true
You were turning 'round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes
Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
Although for a while, our path did seem to climb
When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past
I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you
There's this loneliness springing up from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright
Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a little more
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true
You were turning 'round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes
Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
Although for a while, our path did seem to climb
When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past
I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you
There's this loneliness springing up from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Everyone I've ever known has wished me well
Anyway that's how it seems, it's hard to tell
Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'Cause that's easier than letting on how little they could care
But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere
Suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear
Anyway that's how it seems, it's hard to tell
Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'Cause that's easier than letting on how little they could care
But when you know that you've got a real friend somewhere
Suddenly all the others are so much easier to bear
I read the news today, oh boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream
I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
I saw the photograph
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
A crowd of people stood and stared
They'd seen his face before
Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords
I saw a film today, oh boy
The English Army had just won the war
A crowd of people turned away
But I just had to look
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Made my way upstairs and had a smoke
And everybody spoke and I went into a dream
I read the news today, oh boy
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
And though the holes were rather small
They had to count them all
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you
daveinplzen
New member
- Aug 31, 2018
- 2,846
in the reggae world, theres many inspiring lyrics, but for me, the lyrics for Freddie McGregor's tune 'wine & violence' verge on poetry.
'Let not mercy and truth forsake thee now, bind them about thy neck, write them up on the tables of thy heart'
Always loved the tune.
'Let not mercy and truth forsake thee now, bind them about thy neck, write them up on the tables of thy heart'
Always loved the tune.
CliveWalkerWingWizard
Well-known member
Some single liners....
Breathe out so I can breathe you in
And I forget how to move when my mouth is this dry and my eyes are bursting hearts in a bloodstained sky
And a 2 liner
If the sun refused to shine I would still be loving you
If the mountains fall into the see there will still be you an me
How about a whole song
Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls
I guess I've got everything I need
I wouldn't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born
And I need a good woman
To make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but…but I would be if I could
I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love
Breathe out so I can breathe you in
And I forget how to move when my mouth is this dry and my eyes are bursting hearts in a bloodstained sky
And a 2 liner
If the sun refused to shine I would still be loving you
If the mountains fall into the see there will still be you an me
How about a whole song
Shall I tell you about my life
They say I'm a man of the world
I've flown across every tide
And I've seen lots of pretty girls
I guess I've got everything I need
I wouldn't ask for more
And there's no one I'd rather be
But I just wish that I'd never been born
And I need a good woman
To make me feel like a good man should
I don't say I'm a good man
Oh, but…but I would be if I could
I could tell you about my life
And keep you amused I'm sure
About all the times I've cried
And how I don't want to be sad anymore
And how I wish I was in love
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
Pure poetry from Croydon's finest grime artist .
Should replace Mozart in schools , study says .
https://news.sky.com/story/stormzy-should-replace-mozart-in-uk-music-classrooms-study-says-11725859
No Way
Stormzy
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
Run me bitch I dogged that
Run me bitch I dog slap
Smokin' on my loud pack
Like I smoke Ammi, y'all smoke Ace
I feel it all day
Pussy get your money straight
Rob me? That's no ****in' way
'Cause I fo' real get you touched
Look that's my bro he does that
Touch me, that's no ****in' way
I got riders, they insane
Like touch me we go ****in' cray
We might run up in your place
Like I sip gravy lemonade
Bitch I get money everyday
I've gotta get it, man you know this (man you know this)
Ice for my bro, he told me that he broke down a whole brick
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
Young nigga mood that dope (move that dope, move that dope)
You old niggas look so broke (you look so broke)
Stay with the fam yeah, that's all of my bros
Used to get paid from half of a brick
Now I get paid from all of my shows
Now I got a cup full of Goose and I'm zonin' (I'm zonin')
Black shades and a suit and I'm rollin' (I'm rollin')
Roll back to the booth then I'm bowlin' (I'm bowlin')
Gonna drive that whip like it's stolen
Eyes on me (all eyes on me)
And niggas talk but nobody gon' rat on me (don't rat on me)
You niggas ain't gonna do nothing
All that talk man I know that you bluffin' (yeah)
Mans send shots 'cause they know we're above them (yeah)
I can't trust my friends but I love 'em
It's my time and I know that it's comin'
Take two shots then I'm wavy
(Take two shots then I'm wavy, take two shots then I'm wavy)
Couple close friends turned pagan
(Couple close friends turned pink, couple close friends turned pink)
But it's all blessed though
Might bring Yung Fume to my next show (yeah)
Might bring a bad bitch 'till it get low
Niggas talk 'bout P's but they dead broke
Low key man you know how it gets bro
See, this is the life that we chose (life that we chose, life that we chose)
We ****in' these bitches, you niggas be wifin' these hoes
These niggas don't like me I know
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
Should replace Mozart in schools , study says .
https://news.sky.com/story/stormzy-should-replace-mozart-in-uk-music-classrooms-study-says-11725859
No Way
Stormzy
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
Run me bitch I dogged that
Run me bitch I dog slap
Smokin' on my loud pack
Like I smoke Ammi, y'all smoke Ace
I feel it all day
Pussy get your money straight
Rob me? That's no ****in' way
'Cause I fo' real get you touched
Look that's my bro he does that
Touch me, that's no ****in' way
I got riders, they insane
Like touch me we go ****in' cray
We might run up in your place
Like I sip gravy lemonade
Bitch I get money everyday
I've gotta get it, man you know this (man you know this)
Ice for my bro, he told me that he broke down a whole brick
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
Young nigga mood that dope (move that dope, move that dope)
You old niggas look so broke (you look so broke)
Stay with the fam yeah, that's all of my bros
Used to get paid from half of a brick
Now I get paid from all of my shows
Now I got a cup full of Goose and I'm zonin' (I'm zonin')
Black shades and a suit and I'm rollin' (I'm rollin')
Roll back to the booth then I'm bowlin' (I'm bowlin')
Gonna drive that whip like it's stolen
Eyes on me (all eyes on me)
And niggas talk but nobody gon' rat on me (don't rat on me)
You niggas ain't gonna do nothing
All that talk man I know that you bluffin' (yeah)
Mans send shots 'cause they know we're above them (yeah)
I can't trust my friends but I love 'em
It's my time and I know that it's comin'
Take two shots then I'm wavy
(Take two shots then I'm wavy, take two shots then I'm wavy)
Couple close friends turned pagan
(Couple close friends turned pink, couple close friends turned pink)
But it's all blessed though
Might bring Yung Fume to my next show (yeah)
Might bring a bad bitch 'till it get low
Niggas talk 'bout P's but they dead broke
Low key man you know how it gets bro
See, this is the life that we chose (life that we chose, life that we chose)
We ****in' these bitches, you niggas be wifin' these hoes
These niggas don't like me I know
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
We a bunch of bad niggas (bad niggas)
So is Jennifer with them bad bitches (bad bitches)
Like we pour up man, we got cash nigga
Like I get money, **** what you have nigga
I'm so made (I'm so made)
No niggas can't **** with me, no way (niggas can't **** with me, no way)
Ain't gon take off'a me no way (ain't gon take off'a me no way)
No niggas can't do it like me, no way (niggas can't do it like me, no way)
Like everyday I get paid (like every day)
No way, no way
boik
Well-known member
I have a book of Mark Kozelek lyrics that I could fill this thread with, but how about some short, but no so sweet Kristin Hersh....
I wanted you to sleep with her and hate yourself instead of me.
I wanted you to sleep with her and hate yourself instead of me.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
And rightly so. Its appalling on every level.
I'm so tired
Of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just
Give me a reason
To love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just want to be a woman
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room, yeah
Give me a reason
To love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just want to be a woman
So don't you stop
Being a man
Just take a little look
From outside when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason
To love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just want to be a woman
It's all I want to be
Is all woman
For this is the beginning
Of forever
And ever
It's time to move over
It's all I wanna be
I'm so tired
Of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just
Give me a reason, to love you
Of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just
Give me a reason
To love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just want to be a woman
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Through this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room, yeah
Give me a reason
To love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just want to be a woman
So don't you stop
Being a man
Just take a little look
From outside when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason
To love you
Give me a reason to be
A woman
I just want to be a woman
It's all I want to be
Is all woman
For this is the beginning
Of forever
And ever
It's time to move over
It's all I wanna be
I'm so tired
Of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For I've been a temptress too long
Just
Give me a reason, to love you
- Thread starter
- #94
John Prine is another lyrical wizard. A couple of favourites...
There’s a hole in daddy’s arm, where all the money goes...
Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage, and perhaps, catch a few fish
Whatever came first...
There’s a hole in daddy’s arm, where all the money goes...
Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage, and perhaps, catch a few fish
Whatever came first...
Gritt23
New member
I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad,
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.
Gritt23
New member
A truly unbelievable, yet strangely iconic, line. Once heard, never forgotten.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
To think they must've sat there racking their brains thinking "hmmm. What rhymes with dancer...what rhymes with dancer ?"
"Ummmm.....cancer ?"
"Yeah but surely we can't, can we ? Ahh bollocks, lets go with it".
Generals gathered in their masses
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes
Yeah!
Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!
Just like witches at black masses
Evil minds that plot destruction
Sorcerers of death's construction
In the fields the bodies burning
As the war machine keeps turning
Death and hatred to mankind
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Oh lord yeah!
Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor
Yeah
Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'till their judgment day comes
Yeah!
Now in darkness world stops turning
Ashes where the bodies burning
No more war pigs have the power
Hand of God has struck the hour
Day of judgment, God is calling
On their knees the war pig's crawling
Begging mercy for their sins
Satan laughing spreads his wings
Oh lord yeah!
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Can you read my mind can you see in the snow?
And fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door
Don't say you're easy on me you're about as easy as a nuclear war
And fiery demons all dance when you walk through that door
Don't say you're easy on me you're about as easy as a nuclear war