Favorite Song Lyrics (Snippets)

[DArnie]

Hey!

And she was lying in the grass
And she could hear the highway breathing
And she could see a nearby factory
She's making sure she is not dreaming

See the lights of a neighbor's house
Now she's starting to rise
Take a minute to concentrate
And she opens up her eyes

The world was moving she was right there with it and she was
The world was moving she was floating above it and she was
And she was

[DArnie]

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
For a heart of gold

I've been in my mind
It's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
For a heart of gold

And I'm getting old
Keeps me searching
For a heart of gold
And I'm getting old

[touch]

I met my be-bop baby at the Union Hall
She cold dance all night and shake the paint off the walls.
But when I saw her smile across a crowded room
Well I knew we'd have to leave the party soon
As the band began to play out of tune.

 

And we danced like a wave on the ocean, romanced
We were liars in love and we danced
Swept away for a moment by chance
And we danced and danced danced.

 

 

The Hooters  1985

Songwriters: Eric Bazilian / Eric M. Bazilian / Rob Hyman / Robert Andrew Hyman

[touch]

Well, I do my best to understand, dear
But you still mystify and I want to know why
I pick myself up off the ground
To have you knock me back down again and again
And when I ask you to explain, well, you say

You gotta be
Cruel to be kind in the right measure
Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign
Cruel to be kind means that I love you
Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

 

 

Nick Lowe  1979 

Songwriters  Nick Lowe and  Ian Gomm 

[touch]

I'm goin' back to a place that's far away, how 'bout you?
Have you got a place to stay?
Why should I care when I'm just trying to get along
We were friends and now it's the end of our love song

 

So let's leave it alone 'cause we can't see eye to eye
There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me and we just disagree
Ooh ooh ooh, oh oh oh

 

 

 

 

Dave Mason 1977 

Songwriter:  Jim Krueger

[touch]

 

Some girl to thrill me and then go away
(I need a lover that won't drive me crazy)
Some girl that knows the meaning of ah-
Hey hit the highway!

 

 

 John Mellencamp 1978   Songwriter: John Mellencamp

[PeterJP]

These should be in the 'vintage' section, the lyrical equivalent of hickories and persimmon, but for me there's nothing like the Great American Songbook (and what the jazz greats could do with them): 

 

I've flown around the world in a plane

I've settled revolutions in Spain 

The North Pole I have charted, but I can't get started with you

 

Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven
Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven
You'll find your fortune's fallin' all over the town
Be sure that your umbrella is upside down
 

 

 

Edited November 8, 2024 by PeterJP

[aloha b.]

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!

 

Aquarius - The 5th Dimension

[aloha b.]

Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies

And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
You know I'm tryin' to please to the calling
Of your heartstrings that play soft and low

You know the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
You know the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush

Can I just have one more moondance with you, my love?
Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love?

 

Van Morrison - Moondance

[aloha b.]

When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all

I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

 

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, aloha b. said:

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
The Age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!

 

Aquarius - The 5th Dimension

 

thanks for the earworm... paying it forward.

 

 

[Argonne69]

When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing
The blues, ah, ah

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
Ah, ah

 

- Bernard J. P. Taupin / Elton John

 

[touch]

cheers Argonne69 

 

Never realized the passing hours of evening showers
Slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
I'm strangled by your haunted social scene
Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen
It's four o'clock in the morning
Damn it listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time
Thank God my music is still alive
(aah-aah-aah-aah-aah...)

 

And someone saved my life tonight
Sugar bear
(sugar bear sugar bear...)
You almost had your hooks in me
Didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar bound hypnotized sweet freedom
Whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away
High away
Bye bye
(ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh)

 

Elton John 1975

Songwriters: Elton John / Bernie Taupin

Edited November 16, 2024 by touch

[TiScape]

[aloha b.]

Well, no one told me about her, the way she lied
Well, no one told me about her, how many people cried
But it's too late to say you're sorry
How would I know, why should I care?
Please don't bother tryin' to find her
She's not there

Well, let me tell you 'bout the way she looked
The way she'd act and the colour of her hair
Her voice was soft and cool
Her eyes were clear and bright
But she's not there

 

She's not there - Zombies

[touch]

Nothin' you can't handle

Nothin' you ain't got

Put your money on the table

And drive it off the lot

Turn on that old lovelight

And turn a maybe to a yes

Same old schoolboy game

Got you into this mess

Hey son

You better get on back to town

Face the sad old truth

The dirty lowdown

 

(Oooh oooh I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)

Put those ideas in your head

(Oooh oooh I wonder wonder wonder wonder who)

 

 

Boz Scaggs  1976

co-written by Boz Scaggs and David Paich 

Edited November 24, 2024 by touch

[aloha b.]

When you're weary
Feeling small
When tears are in your eyes
I will dry them all

I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you

I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

 

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

[touch]

… Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
New York City is the place where they said

 

… "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side"
I said, "Hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side"

 

… Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Looking for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should've seen him go, go, go

 

… They said, "Hey sugar, take a walk on the wild side"
I said, "Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side"
Alright, huh

 

Lou Reed 1972

Songwriter: Lou Reed

Edited November 28, 2024 by touch

[aloha b.]

I want some red roses for a blue lady
Mister florist take my order please
We had a silly quarrel the other day
Hope these pretty flowers chase her blues away

Wrap up some red roses for a blue lady
Send them to the sweetest gal in town
And if they do the trick
I'll hurry back to pick
Your best white orchid for her wedding gown

 

Wayne Newton, but many covered this song

[Argonne69]

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

 

- Harold Arlen / E.y. Harburg, Sung by Judy Garland 

 

[touch]

Folks said that I would change my mind
I'd straighten up and do just fine
Ahh, but I still love rock 'n' roll
And I keep on rollin' with the flow (keep on rollin' with the flow)

 

While guys my age are raising kids
I'm raisin' hell just like I did
I've got a lot of crazy friends
And they forgive me of my sins

 

Some might be callin' me a bum
But I'm still out there havin' fun
And Jesus loves me, yes, I know
So, I keep on rollin' with the flow (keep on rollin' with the flow)

 

Charlie Rich 1977

Songwriter: Jerry Hayes

 

 

[touch]

 

Maybe somewhere down the road aways (at the end of the line)
You'll think of me and wonder where I am these days (at the end of the line, of the line)
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (at the end of the line)
Purple haze

 

Well, it's all right even when push comes to shove
Well, it's all right if you got someone to love
Well, it's all right, everything'll work out fine
Well, it's all right, we're going to the end of the line

 

The Traveling Wilburys 1988

Songwriters: Tom Petty / George Harrison / Jeff Lynne / Bob Dylan / Roy Orbison

Edited December 4, 2024 by touch

[touch]

 

We got the message
I heard it on the airwaves
The politicians are now DJs
The broadcast was spreading
Station to station
Like an infection across the nation

 

Though you know you can't stop it
When they start to play, you gotta get out the way

 

The politics of dancing
The politics of, ooh, feeling good
The politics of moving, ah-ah
Is this message understood?

 

The politics of dancing
The politics of, ooh, feeling good
The politics of moving, ah-ah
Is this message understood?

 

Re-Flex  1983

Songwriter: Paul Fishman

Edited December 4, 2024 by touch

[2bGood]

Why am I so soft in the middle, when the rest of my life is so hard....

 

Paul Simon - you can call me Al. 

[Argonne69]

He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a Vodka drink
He drinks a Lager drink
He drinks a cider drink

He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times

Oh, Danny Boy
Danny Boy
Danny Boy

I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

 

- Chumbawamba, Tubthumping 

 

[JungleJimbo]

1 hour ago, Argonne69 said:

He drinks a whiskey drink
He drinks a Vodka drink
He drinks a Lager drink
He drinks a cider drink

He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times

Oh, Danny Boy
Danny Boy
Danny Boy

I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

 

- Chumbawamba, Tubthumping 

 

 

In recent times… “Chumbawumba” has become a catchphrase associated with Peter Crouch the 6ft7 ex-Liverpool footballer. 
 

… which brings to mind Peter Crouch’s famous response to this question  “what would you have been , if not a footballer?”

…Response: “ A virgin!”

 

(Rory McIlroy stole the same answer)

 

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by JungleJimbo

[touch]

 

I was down for the count
I was down, I was beat, I was crying
I was cornered and hurt
I was hiding my face, sitting there crying

 

I was so lonely until I met you
Told myself I'd get by without love
Drowning my sorrows, avoiding tomorrows
Kinda felt that I'd just had enough

 

And here I am
I'm back on my feet again
Here I am
I'm back on my feet again

 

The Babys  1980

Songwriters: Frank Musker / John Waite / Dominic King

[JungleJimbo]

3 hours ago, touch said:

 

I was down for the count
I was down, I was beat, I was crying
I was cornered and hurt
I was hiding my face, sitting there crying

 

I was so lonely until I met you
Told myself I'd get by without love
Drowning my sorrows, avoiding tomorrows
Kinda felt that I'd just had enough

 

And here I am
I'm back on my feet again
Here I am
I'm back on my feet again

 

The Babys  1980

Songwriters: Frank Musker / John Waite / Dominic King

@touch
hopefully no offence taken…

but your lyrics made me think of Michael Bolton’s version with same song title. 
 

 

[Argonne69]

Tis the season. Lol. 

 

You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch,
You really are a heel,
You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel, Mr. Grinch, 

You're a bad banana with a greasy black peel!

 

You're a monster, Mr. Grinch, 
Your heart's an empty hole,
Your brain is full of spiders, you have garlic in your soul, Mr. Grinch, 

I wouldn't touch you with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole! 

 

You're a foul one, Mr. Grinch,
You have termites in your smile,
You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch,

Given a choice between the two of you I'd take the seasick crocodile! 

 

You're a vile one, Mr. Grinch, 
You're a nasty wasty skunk,
Your heart is full of unwashed socks, your soul is full of gunk, Mr. Grinch,

The three words that best describe you are as follows, and I quote, 
"Stink, stank, stunk"! 

 

- Albert Hague

 

Edited December 5, 2024 by Argonne69

[jacob7071]

12 hours ago, JungleJimbo said:

@touch
hopefully no offence taken…

but your lyrics made me think of Michael Bolton’s version with same song title. 
 

 

 

This made me think of my favorite Michael Bolton song...

 

This is the tale of Captain Jack Sparrow

Pirate so brave on the seven seas

On a mythical quest to the Isle of Tortuga

His raven locks sway on the ocean breeze