You know the day destroys the night
Night divides the day
Night divides the day
Best Line in a Song
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Well, I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain, and the end is always near
(Kinda foreshadowed our current times a bit...)
The future's uncertain, and the end is always near
(Kinda foreshadowed our current times a bit...)
Warren Zevon's got a million of 'em:
From Desperados Under The Eaves:
Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
From Splendid Isolation:
Michael Jackson in Disneyland
Don't have to share it with nobody else
Lock the gates, Goofy take my hand
And lead me through the World of Self
From Mr. Bad Example:
Of course I went to law school and took a law degree
And counseled all my clients to plead insanity
Then worked in hair replacement, swindling the bald
From Porcelain Monkey (about Elvis)
Left behind by the latest trends
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends
From Disorder in the House:
Even the Lhasa Apso seems to be ashamed
And finally:
If you won't leave me I'll find somebody who will
And he has so many more that really must be read in context of the entire song.
From Desperados Under The Eaves:
Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
From Splendid Isolation:
Michael Jackson in Disneyland
Don't have to share it with nobody else
Lock the gates, Goofy take my hand
And lead me through the World of Self
From Mr. Bad Example:
Of course I went to law school and took a law degree
And counseled all my clients to plead insanity
Then worked in hair replacement, swindling the bald
From Porcelain Monkey (about Elvis)
Left behind by the latest trends
Eating fried chicken with his regicidal friends
From Disorder in the House:
Even the Lhasa Apso seems to be ashamed
And finally:
If you won't leave me I'll find somebody who will
And he has so many more that really must be read in context of the entire song.
I can’t say for certain what my favorite line may be, there may be as many as days in the calendar. However my favorite John Prine:
“If dreams were lightning
And thunder were desire
This old house would've burned down
A long time ago”
I'll tell you right now
Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find
Everybody's hustlin' just to have a little scene
When I say we'll be cool I think that you know what I mean
We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when?
I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
- Donovan
Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find
Everybody's hustlin' just to have a little scene
When I say we'll be cool I think that you know what I mean
We stood on a beach at sunset, do you remember when?
I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
- Donovan
There ain't no more
You've taken everything
From my belief in Mother Earth
Can you ignore
My faith in everything?
'Cause I know what faith is and what it's worth
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
You've taken everything
From my belief in Mother Earth
Can you ignore
My faith in everything?
'Cause I know what faith is and what it's worth
- Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
- The Stones
To get your prescription filled
I was standing in line with Mr. Jimmy
And man, did he look pretty ill
We decided that we would have a soda
My favorite flavor, cherry red
I sung my song to Mr. Jimmy
Yeah, and he said one word to me, and that was "dead"
- The Stones
It really didn't matter when she said it was over... I didn't have to bother... the thing that hurt was when she looked at me.. said I'd never be as good as my father
Kenny Rogers
Kenny Rogers
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County... down by the green river where paradise lay? Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking... Mr Peabody's coal train has hauled it away...
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become...
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become...
You may not have a car at all
But remember brothers and sisters
You can still stand tall
Just be thankful for what you've got
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean
- Curtis Mayfield
But remember brothers and sisters
You can still stand tall
Just be thankful for what you've got
Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac
Diamond in the back, sunroof top, diggin' the scene with a gangsta lean
- Curtis Mayfield
I've hated these lyrics for decades. They are the worst lyrics off all time. Not only do they not make sense, but they almost break every rule of English.
You see I've been through the desert
On a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
...would probably make a good Pfish song.
It's a little known fact that many of these musicians were imbibing in recreational drug use.
You see I've been through the desert
On a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert, you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
...would probably make a good Pfish song.
It's a little known fact that many of these musicians were imbibing in recreational drug use.
A comic one:
"Old Dick Potter was a Chicken plucker
Plucked them chickens night and day
Old Dick Potter was a chicken plucker
Plucked his life away"
From "Old Dick Potter" as sung by Vern and Ray/
"Old Dick Potter was a Chicken plucker
Plucked them chickens night and day
Old Dick Potter was a chicken plucker
Plucked his life away"
From "Old Dick Potter" as sung by Vern and Ray/
cosmic cosmic what a freak, he drives his wife to drink, in pinto with a glued on mercedes logo.
hey you never said it couldn't be a song we just wrote for this thread.
hey you never said it couldn't be a song we just wrote for this thread.
John Prine:
Make me an angel
that flies out of Montgomery,
make me a poster
of an old rodeo.
Make me an angel
that flies out of Montgomery,
make me a poster
of an old rodeo.
John Prine, on when he gets to heaven:
Gonna have a cocktail, vodka and ginger ale,
Gonna smoke a cigarette nine miles long,
Gonna kiss the pretty girl on the tiltawhirl,
This old man's going to town.
Gonna have a cocktail, vodka and ginger ale,
Gonna smoke a cigarette nine miles long,
Gonna kiss the pretty girl on the tiltawhirl,
This old man's going to town.
In many ways, she's a lot like me
She don't give a damn 'bout society
Might be little rich girl, she might be poor
Might be a married woman that needs a little more
She don't give a damn 'bout society
Might be little rich girl, she might be poor
Might be a married woman that needs a little more
Buying bread from a man in Brussels... He was six foot four and full of muscle...
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich...
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich...
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