What are YOUR favorite lyrics?

At the moment...

Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before

I've got this light
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall

Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...

I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know

I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before

Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground

sachinc wrote:

Almost all the Into the wild lyrics are awesome.
That man's got a gift.

True . The second set of lyrics that came to mind were these. That man also got a gift

Whatsoever Ive feared has come to life
Whatsoever Ive fought off became my life
Just when everyday seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
And now Im doing time
Cause I fell on black days

Whomsoever Ive cured Ive sickened now
Whomsoever Ive cradled Ive put you down
Im a search light soul they say
But I cant see it in the night
Im only faking when I get it right
Cause I fell on black days
How would I know
That this could be my fate

So what you wanted to see good has made you blind
And what you wanted to be yours has made it mine
So dont you lock up something that you wanted to see fly
Hands are for shaking
No, not tying
No, not tying

I sure dont mind a change
But I fell on black days
How would I know
That this could be my fate

Spotcheck Billy got down on his hands and knees
He said "Hey momma, hey let me check your oil all right?"
She said "No, no honey, not tonight
Comeback Monday, comeback Tuesday, then I might"

I said Juanita, my sweet Juanita, what are you up to?
My Juanita
I said Juanita, my sweet taquita, what are you up to?
My Juanita

Don't want nobody who won't dive for dimes
Don't want no speedballs 'cause I might die trying
Throw me a line, throw me a line
'Cause there's a fat man in the bathtub with the blues
I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan

Billy got so sad, dejected, put on his hat and start to run
Runnin' down the street yelling at the top of his lungs
All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun
All I want in this life and time is some hit and run

I said Juanita, my sweet Juanita, what are you up to?
My Juanita
I said Jaunita, my sweet taquito, what are you up to?
My Juanita

Put my money in your meter baby so it won't run down
But you caught me in the squeeze play on the cheesy side of town
Throw me a dime, throw me a line
'Cause there's a fat man in the bathtub with the blues
I hear you moan, I hear you moan, I hear you moan

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5Qdw9wumkc

You'll just have to listen to the words.

ty fins

RIP Kevin

Porch...

Hear my name
Take a good look
This could be the day
Hold my hand
Lie beside me
I just need to say
What can I take?
I just want to be
I know that i would not ever touch you
Hold you
Feel you
Ever hold
Never again

Sweet Euphoria mine is the heart you own
You lost the grace of the hands that harmed you
In the daze of a thousand yawns
Lost my love, as it is I'm truly gone
In your morning I will sleep
Fire on an open palm
Death for Jesus and plastic armies
Wouldn't bring me back again
Sweet as ether eyes I'm blind to them

Gone are your dandelions falling like mine
Falling on land-mine pillows
tired angels save my love for the lasting one

Sweet Euphoria mine is the heart you stole
Touched and broken are the things you love
Using start to light your candles
Warms my face but I can't remember yours
Gone are your dandelions falling like mine
Falling like daydream mangos

This is a question that's impossible for me to answer - i would start out with few & then get lost pondering.....so many.....many....many.

fowls wrote:

Elliott Smith has so many great lyrics, but I think Angeles is probably the understated genius (closely followed by King's Crossing and Miss Misery).

Elliott Smith - Angeles
Someone's always coming around here trailing some new kill
Says I seen your picture on a hundred dollar bill
And what's a game of chance to you, to him is one
Of real skill
So glad to meet you, Angeles

Picking up the ticket shows there's money to be made
Go on and lose the gamble that's the history of the trade
Did you add up all the cards left to play to zero
And sign up with evil, Angeles

Don't start me trying now
uh-huh uh-huh uh-huuuh
Cos I'm all over it, Angeles

I could make you satisfied in everything you do
All your 'secret wishes' could right now be coming true
And be forever with my broken arms around you
No one's gonna fool around with us
No one's gonna fool around with us
So glad to meet you, Angeles

thats a great one. i fucking love that song...and album...and elliott smith. true poet.

How could I forget this one, "Mona, Where's My Trousers", also by Kevin Coyne? This song was recorded in stereo, with the sung part in one channel, and the spoken part in the other, simultaneously. It's deeply moving, to me:

(Sung) Mona, where's me trousers, they're right upstairs
Mona, where's me trousers, they're right upstairs
Under the meat safe there's a place
Where your father keeps his face
He gives it lots of steam and heat
But on a Saturday night his face is in his feet
Mona, where's me trousers, they're upstairs
Mona, where's me trousers, they're upstairs
La la la la who's that singing that song?
La la la la he must be barmy or something
La la la la your father's gone away
La la la la he's gone away on a ship, he's gone away on a ship
Mona, where's me trousers, they're right upstairs
Mona, where's me trousers, they're right upstairs
They're right upstairs
They're right upstairs
And now Denis is going to school now
And his face is just the same as his Dad's
His face is angry and bitter
When he hides it under the fridge
But on a Saturday night he's different
When he's had beer, he's had beer
La la la la who's that singing that song?
La la la la who's that singing that song?
La la la la he must be barmy, he's gone wrong
La la la la who's that singing that song?

(Spoken) It didn't really matter because he didn't really mean to hurt me, he didn't mean to upset me, I mean, when he smacked me, it was quite... it was quite alright because that's his right, really, he is my father and he didn't really mean to hurt me but it was when he took me outside and he took me wellingtons off my wellingtons, he took my wellies off and then he took my shoes and threw 'em in the garden and then I felt ever so unhappy but there was really no point in crying because when I cry he just laughs at me and well, after some time, I do lie sometimes, I know but anyway I went to school and Miss Baxter, Miss Baxter said I was being a good boy and that I didn't deserve to be punished but there you are, I didn't deserve to be punished but anyway I didn't mean to lose that coat, no I... I left it in the cloak room, it was there when I left but afterwards it seems to have gone, it was a new, it was a new duffle coat and I went down... I went down by the docks and I was, I was watching this man in a rowing boat and the boat was sinking, and the boat was sinking and then there was this silly man who kept calling me names, he took away me sweets cause I spend four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, four pence on sweets, that's a lot of money but then again I didn't mean to do it and he smacked me, he smacked me like... he smacked me, he smacked me, I didn't mean to do it, I didn't, I didn't mean to do it, I didn't mean to do it, I'm sorry Dad, I didn't mean to do it, sorry Dad, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it, I'm sorry, didn't mean to do it, didn't mean to do it, didn't mean to do it