All lies in jest until a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
Paul Simon |
Fishboat, that's B.B. King. |
So welcome to the free for all, the smash and grab, the freeloaders ball
Where everything is here for us if we scream, shout, make a fuss
There's nothing that we can't afford with a poisoned tongue and a sharpened sword
Spoilt children in a row - no one dares to tell them no
New Model Army- Great Expections. The whole song has great lyrics. |
'don't sing this song'-Jimmy Webb...the song is p.f. sloan |
"A soap impression of his wife which he ate and donated to the National Trust" (Lennon)
"And if you love him
Oh be proud of him
Cause after all he's just a man"
One of the most unappreciated indictments of an entire gender in popular music |
"you dont get something for nothing you cant have freedom for free, you wont get wise with the sleep still in your eyes no matter what your dream might be" 2112 RUSH |
"...and the poets 'round here don't write noth'in at all, they just stand back and let it all be."
Jungleland, Springsteen |
Richard Buckner:
"I shot my insides out, with grief and Mr. Kessler, all holed up in my room."
From the indispensable "Bloomed."
jmd |
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century.
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burnin' coal
Pourin' off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
Tangled up in blue.
Dylan |
The ashtray says
You were up all night
When you went to bed
With your darkest mind
Your pillow wept
And covered your eyes
And you finally slept
Wilco - A Shot in the Arm from Summerteeth |
They don't make Jews no more like they did when they made Jesus-
Kinky Freedman and the Texas Jewboys |
"You got a lota nerve, to say you are my friend. When i was down you just sat there grining."
...that Dylan guy.... |
I pity all you working stiffs, living wondering what if, what if someday I were free?
Barenaked Ladies |
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you might find
You get what you need
Another way of describing this crazy hobby...
JC |
What God wants
God gets, God help us all.
And pretty much all of the other lyrics to Roger Waters 'Amused to Death' album. |
I got a letter from the government
The other day
I opened and read it
It said they were suckers
Public Enemy
"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
The mention of B.B. King made me remember these lines by the late Steve Goodman:
My baby came to me this morning
And said I'm kinda confused
She said, "If me and B.B. King was both drownin',
Which one would you choose?"
I said, "Oh, baby,"
I said, "Oh, baby,"
I said, "Oh, baby,
Baby, I ain't never heard you play no blues!"
. |
Queensryche, f/ Anybody listening . . . "Think for yourself and feel the walls become sand beneath your feet."
Queensryche, f/ Jet City Woman . . . "Fortunes are lost on the women Ive seen, but without you I cant breathe!"
and the piece de la resistance . . drum roll please :)) . .
Keb Mo, f/ Give me what you got . . . "I thought I found love a year ago with a check-out girl at the grocery store
She was just lookin' for a millionaire And I was loookin' at her derierre" |
"Won't you scratch my itch, sweet Annie Rich and welcome me back to town?" Graham Parsons. |
I guess every port of refuge has its price. Lyin Eyes. The Eagles. |
"and if it takes shit to make bliss, then i feel pretty blissfully" -modest mouse |
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolour in the rain
Al Stewart-Year of the Cat |
When you ain't got nothin', you got nothin' to lose
Bob Dylan
or, as Kristofferson put it (and Janis sang it best):
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose |
Woke up this morning........got myself a Gun....
A3 - Sopranos theme |
once youve seen beyond yourself you will find peace of mind |
"Tied to a whipping post...oh Lord i feel like I'm dying"
Allman Brothers |
"Running into to you like this without warning...
Is like catching a sniff of tequila in the morning."
Group: Crash Test Dummies
Album: God Shuffled His Feet |
And a thousand grandmothers,with there last breath,say thanks! |
You ain't nuthin'...but a Hownd Dogg!!! |
A friend in needs a friend indeed,
A friend with weed is better,
A friend with breasts and all the rest,
A friend who's dressed in leather,
PLACEBO, "Pure Morning"
And the devil in black dress watches over
My guardian angel walks away
Life is short and love is always over in the morning
Black wind come carry me far away
SISTERS OF MERCY, "Temple of Love"
Sunday morning when we go down to church
See the menfolk standin' in line
Dont say they come to pray to the Lord
When my little girl, looks so fine
In the evening when the sun is sinkin' low
Everybody's with the one they love
I walk the town, Keep a-searchin' all around
Lookin' for my street corner girl
LED ZEPPELIN, "Hey Hey What Can I Do" |
Johnny Cash, from American Recordings. I went up to Memphis And I met Delia there Found her in her parlor And I tied to her chair Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
She was low down and trifling And she was cold and mean Kind of evil make me want to Grab my sub machine Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
First time I shot her I shot her in the side Hard to watch her suffer But with the second shot she died Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone |
Ohh! She make's me weary...
Try a Little Tenderness- Otis Redding |
"Workin on mysteries without any clues." Bob Segar |
" Whiskey bottles + brand-new cars, Oak tree you're in my way" Skynyrd. |
"Last time I was sober, man I felt bad
Worst hangover that I ever had"
Dire Straits-Heavy Fuel |
She's a tongue twisting storm she will come to the show tonight praying to the light machine she wants my honey not my money she's a funky thigh collector layin on 'lectric dreams |
"Where do you come from, young man?"
"I come from The Bronx, your honor."
"I sentence you to 15 years!"
The Judge Sure is Funky--J. Geils Band
(And I'm originally from there, too....) |
"They'd like to make it
With my big black dog,
But they just
Don't know how to ask"
Baby Ice Dog--Blue Oyster Cult |
"Nobody ever REALLY dunn me. Really dunn me. She DUNN me GOOD!"
Lenon. |
"Never Blame the Rainbow for the Rain"
From "Never Blame the Rainbow for the Rain" by the Moody Blues |
Oh, and of course let's not forget:
"All You Need is Love"
by Mr. Lennon
Is there any other philosophical lyric in a song more concise and to the point than this? I'd like to know if so.
I think when John Lennon wrote this song and title, his destiny as a musical and cultural icon was sealed...... |
"Now I ain't what
You call a city slicker
My claim to fame's
To be a slitty licker"
"Pandora's Box"--Aerosmith |
"But ev'ry time Pandora comes my way
I get high, can't explain the sensation
To get it on I've got to watch what I say
Or I'll catch hell from womens' liberation"
"Pandora's Box" (continued)--Aerosmith |
"Well I called the TV doctor
He came over right away
He said to see what he could do he'd have to haul my tube away
I said 'No that will never do
If you don't get the picture
I'm gonna do some work on you!'"
TV Mama--Johnny Winter |
"I can't quit you baby
But I'm gonna have to put you down for a while"
"I Can't Quit You Baby" by Willie Dixon (and performed by probably every blues singer in the universe, including Willie himself, Otis Rush, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Led Zep |
I'm cheating a little by using an album title:
"You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw" by Spooky Tooth |
"When it's cold outside I like to sleep
With a blanket on my ass
Don't want to feel the wind blow
I don't want my face to chap"
"Rangers at Midnight"--Crack The Sky |
"My head is my only house when it rains." Captain Beefheart. Could very well have got that twisted up but that's how it works for me in memory. Actually not sure if it's a lyric or a song title. Either way - words to live by.
Jsonic - I second your choice of that lyric from Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue". |
Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief
Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief
Is there a hole for me to get sick in ?"
The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
Saying, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken."
- Bob Dylan, "Tombstone Blues" |
death and decay cadaverous smell
for us there is neither heaven nor is there a hell
and only the stigmata could be able to betray the sombre existence of the former days
after the dead lovers kiss, you fall into a dream,
and with your second birth, your a prince in our mournful realm
a day when a million suns are killing with their shine
the cold dark crypts are saving me and myne. me and myne. me and myne
Artist-Sopor Aeternus:
Track- Dead Souls
CD - "Es Reiten Die Toten So Schnell"
(or: The Vampyre sucking at his own Vein) |
