Great lyrics in songs.

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Lucazade, Jan 25, 2014.

  1. dead on time, queen jazz.
    cant remember the track right now but apparently Roger Taylor has a (hardon comming up that can relay knock a hole in a wall) hit you from behind make you feel 10ft tall.
    modern time rock and roll
     
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  2. " Don't cry for my old Cortina " from Evita
     
  3. surely that was "don't cry for me Marge and Tina"?
     
  4. This loneliness won't leave me alone.

    Otis Redding; Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
     
  5. James - Laid. All of the lyrics are great..... She only comes when she's on top......;-)
     
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  6. Flight leader, this is "Combat" your forward end controller
    I have three targets for you
    Your first target is a blockhouse, target number 11 at the north-east corner of the combat zone, request: Napalm
    Rodger, flight leader, the identity of your request is, eh, batch of Napalm on the blockhouse in the north-east corner of the target area
    Flight leader, understand, 30 seconds
    White flag, this is "Combat", we have you in sight
    Roll on to the west, call to confirm you have target area, a'ight


    Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia


    Six o'clock in the morning and I'm the last person in this plane still awake
    Y'know I can almost smell the blood washing against the shores of this land that can't forget it's past
    Oh the wind that carries this plane is the wind of change, heaven sent and hell bent
    Over the mountain tops we go, just like all the other GI Joe's, adios
    This is your captain calling (With an urgent warning), we're above the gulf of Arabia (Our altitude is falling)
    And I can't hold her up (There's no time for thinking), all hands on deck (This bird is sinking)
    Across the beaches and cranes, rivers and trains, all the money I've made, bodies I've maimed
    Time was when I seemed to know, just like any other GI Joe
    Should I cry like a baby, or die like a man while all the planets little wars start joining hands?
    Oh what a heaven, what a hell, y'know there's nothing could be done in this whole wide world


    Arabia


    I don't know what's wrong or right, I'm just a regular guy with bottled up insides
    I ain't ever been to church or believed in Jesus Christ but I'm praying that gods with you when you die
    This is your captain calling (With an urgent warning), we're above the gulf of Arabia (Our altitude is falling)
    And I can't hold her up (There's no time for thinking), all hands on deck (This bird is sinking)
    Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia, Arabia
     
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  7. Is that a song or what?
     
  8. (Editors Note: Come on. Sing it out loud. You know you want to)


    Love, exciting and new
    Come Aboard. We're expecting you.
    Love, life's sweetest reward.
    Let it flow, it floats back to you.

    Love Boat soon will be making another run
    The Love Boat promises something for everyone
    Set a course for adventure,
    Your mind on a new romance.

    Love won't hurt anymore
    It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
    Yes LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (hey-ah!)

    Love Boat soon will be making another run
    The Love Boat promises something for everyone
    Set a course for adventure,
    Your mind on a new romance.

    Love won't hurt anymore
    It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
    It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's
    LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
    It's the Love Boat-ah! It's the Love Boat-ah!

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  9. Good old Matt Johnson.
     
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  10. there are so many to choose from :) :-
    The Indians send signals
    From the rocks above the pass
    The cowboys take positions
    In the bushes and the grass
    The squaw is with the Corporal
    She is tied against the tree
    She doesn't mind the language
    It's the beating she don't need
    She lets loose all the horses
    When the Corporal is asleep
    And he wakes to find the fire's dead
    And arrows in his hats
    And Davy Crockett rides around
    And says it's cool for cats
    The Sweeney's doing ninety
    'Cos they've got the word to go
    They get a gang of villains
    In a shed up at Heathrow
    They're counting out the fivers
    When the handcuffs lock again
    In and out of Wandsworth
    With the numbers on their names
    It's funny how their missus'
    Always look the bleeding same
    And meanwhile at the station
    There's a couple of likely lads
    Who swear like how's your father
    And they're very cool for cats
    They're cool for cats

    To change the mood a little
    I've been posing down the pub
    On seeing my reflection
    I'm looking slightly rough
    I fancy this, I fancy that
    I wanna be so flash
    I give a little muscle
    And I spend a little cash
    But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash
    And by the time I'm sober
    I've forgotten what I've had
    And ev'rybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat
    Cool for cats

    Shake up at the disco
    And I think I've got a pull
    I ask her lots of questions
    And she hangs on to the wall
    I kiss her for the first time
    And then I take her home
    I'm invited in for coffee
    And I give the dog a bone
    She likes to go to discos
    But she's never on her own
    I said I'll see you later
    And I give her some old chat
    But it's not like that on the TV
    When it's cool for cats
    It's cool for cats
     
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  11. Anything by Ian Dury.
     
  12. The festival was over and the boys were all planning for a fall
    The cabaret was quiet except for the drilling in the wall
    The curfew had been lifted and the gambling wheel shut down
    Anyone with any sense had already left town
    He was standing in the doorway looking like the Jack of Hearts.

    He moved across the mirrored room "Set it up for everyone" he said
    Then everyone commenced to do what they were doin' before he turned their heads
    Then he walked up to a stranger and he asked him with a grin
    "Could you kindly tell me friend what time the show begins ?"
    Then he moved into the corner face down like the Jack of Hearts.

    Backstage the girls were playing five card stud by the stairs
    Lily had two queens she was hoping for a third to match her pair
    Outside the streets were filling up, the window was open wide
    A gentle breeze was blowing, you could feel it from inside
    Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.

    Big Jim was no one's fool, he owned the town's only diamond mine
    He made his usual entrance looking so dandy and so fine
    With his bodyguards and silver cane and every hair in place
    He took whatever he wanted to and he laid it all to waste
    But his bodyguards and silver cane were no match for the Jack of Hearts.

    Rosemary combed her hair and took a carriage into town
    She slipped in through the side door looking like a queen without a crown
    She fluttered her false eyelashes and whispered in his ear
    "Sorry darling, that I'm late", but he didn't seem to hear
    He was staring into space over at the Jack of Hearts.

    "I know I've seen that face somewhere" Big Jim was thinking to himself
    "Maybe down in Mexico or a picture up on somebody's shelf"
    But then the crowd began to stamp their feet and the house lights did dim
    And in the darkness of the room there was only Jim and him
    Staring at the butterfly who just drew the Jack of Hearts.

    Lily was a princess she was fair-skinned and precious as a child
    She did whatever she had to do she had that certain flash every time she smiled
    She'd come away from a broken home had lots of strange affairs
    With men in every walk of life which took her everywhere
    But she'd never met anyone quite like the Jack of Hearts.
    The hanging judge came in unnoticed and was being wined and dined
    The drilling in the wall kept up but no one seemed to pay it any mind
    It was known all around that Lily had Jim's ring
    And nothing would ever come between Lily and the king
    No nothing ever would except maybe the Jack of Hearts.

    Rosemary started drinking hard and seeing her reflection in the knife
    She was tired of the attention tired of playing the role of Big Jim's wife
    She had done a lot of bad things even once tried suicide
    Was looking to do just one good deed before she died
    She was gazing to the future riding on the Jack of Hearts.

    Lily took her dress off and buried it away
    "Has your luck run out?" she laughed at him.
    "Well I guess you must have known it would someday
    Be careful not to touch the wall there's a brand new coat of paint
    I'm glad to see you're still alive you're looking like a saint"
    Down the hallway footsteps were coming for the Jack of Hearts.

    The backstage manager was pacing all around by his chair
    "There's something funny going on" he said " I can just feel it in the air"
    He went to get the hanging judge but the hanging judge was drunk
    As the leading actor hurried by in the costume of a monk
    There was no actor anywhere better than the Jack of Hearts.

    No one knew the circumstance, but they say it happened pretty quick
    The door to the dressing room burst open a Colt revolver clicked
    And big Jim was standing there you couldn't say surprised
    Rosemary right beside him studying her eyes
    She was with big Jim but she was leaning to the Jack of Hearts.

    Two doors down the boys finally made it through the wall
    And cleaned out the bank safe it's said that they got off with quite a haul
    In the darkness by the riverbed they waited on the ground
    For one more member who had business back in town
    But they couldn't go no further without the Jack of Hearts.

    The next day was hanging day the sky was overcast and black
    Big Jim lay covered up killed by a penknife in the back
    And Rosemary on the gallows she didn't even blink
    The hanging judge was sober he hadn't had a drink
    The only person on the scene missing was the Jack of Hearts.
    The cabaret was empty now a sign said. "Closed for repair"
    Lily had already taken all of the dye out of her hair
    She was thinking about her father who she very rarely saw
    Thinking about Rosemary and thinking about the law
    But most of all she was thinking about the Jack of Hearts.
     
  13. I don't want a pickle
    Just want to ride on my motorcycle
    And I don't want a tickle
    I'd rather ride on my motorcycle
    And I don't want to die
    Just want to ride on my motorcy-cle
     
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  14. I love David Byrne' lyrics which are often very clever, deeply ironic and repay careful study. Here's his take on Middle America in "The Big Country" from Talking Heads' "More Songs About Buildings And Food"

    I see the shapes,
    I remember from maps.
    I see the shoreline.
    I see the whitecaps.
    A baseball diamond, nice weather down there.
    I see the school and the houses where the kids are.
    Places to park by the fac'tries and buildings.
    Restaunts and bar for later in the evening.
    Then we come to the farmlands, and the undeveloped areas.
    And I have learned how these things work together.
    I see the parkway that passes through them all.
    And I have learned how to look at these things and I say,

    (CHORUS)

    I wouldn't live there if you paid me.
    I couldn't live like that, no siree!
    I couldn't do the things the way those people do.
    I couldn't live there if you paid me to.

    I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean.
    I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends.
    Look at that kitchen and all of that food.
    Look at them eat it' guess it tastes real good.

    They grow it in the farmlands
    And they take it to the stores
    They put it in the car trunk
    And they bring it back home
    And I say ...

    (CHORUS)

    I say, I wouldn't live there if you paid me.
    I couldn't live like that, no siree!
    I couldn't do the things the way those people do.
    I wouldn't live there if you paid me to.

    I'm tired of looking out the windows of the airplane
    I'm tired of travelling, I want to be somewhere.
    It's not even worth talking
    About those people down there.

    Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga
    Goo Goo Ga Ga Ga

     
    #15 gliddofglood, Jan 25, 2014
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  15. You know you're over the hill when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill.

    Old Folks Boogie, Little Feat
     
  16. Cautious Man - YouTube


    Bill Horton was a cautious man of the road
    He walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code
    When something caught his eye he'd measure his need
    And then very carefully he'd proceed

    Billy met a young girl in the early days of May
    It was there in her arms he let his cautiousness slip away
    In their lovers twilight as the evening sky grew dim
    He'd lay back in her arms and laugh at what had happened to him

    On his right hand Billy'd tattooed the word love and on his left hand was the word fear
    And in which hand he held his fate was never clear
    Come Indian summer he took his young lover for his bride
    And with his own hands built her a great house down by the riverside

    Now Billy was an honest man he wanted to do what was right
    He worked hard to fill their lives with happy days and loving night
    Alone on his knees in the darkness for steadiness he'd pray
    For he knew in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay

    One night Billy awoke from a terrible dream callin' his wife's name
    She lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep, a thousand miles away
    He got dressed in the moonlight and down to the highway he strode
    When he got there he didn't find nothing but road

    Billy felt a coldness rise up inside him that he couldn't name
    Just as the words tattooed 'cross his knuckles he knew would always remain
    At their bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's face as the moon shone on her skin so white
    Filling their room in the beauty of God's fallen light
     
  17. Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise (Original) 1988 - YouTube


    I hold you in my arms as the band plays
    What are those words whispered baby just as you turn away
    I saw you last night out on the edge of town
    I wanna read your mind and know just what Ive got in this new thing Ive found
    So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes
    Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise

    I heard somebody call your name from underneath our willow
    I saw something tucked in shame underneath your pillow
    Well Ive tried so hard baby but I just can't see
    What a woman like you is doing with me
    So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes
    Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise

    Now look at me baby struggling to do everything right
    And then it all falls apart when out go the lights
    Im just a lonely pilgrim I walk this world in wealth
    I want to know if it's you I don't trust cause I damn sure don't trust
    Myself

    Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man
    But just don't look too close into the palm of my hand
    We stood at the alter the gypsy swore our future was right
    But come the wee wee hours maybe baby the gypsy lied
    So when you look at me you better look hard and look twice
    Is that me baby or just a brilliant disguise

    Tonight our bed is cold
    Im lost in the darkness of our love
    God have mercy on the man
    Who doubts what he's sure of
     
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  18. Dennis is a menace
    With his 'Anyone for tennis?'
    And he'd beseech me to come keep the score
    And Maude said, "Oh Lord, I'm so terribly bored"
    I really can't stand it anymore

    I'm going out to dinner
    With a gorgeous singer
    To a little place I know
    Down by the quay

    Her name is Patricia
    She calls herself Delicia
    And the reason isn't
    Very hard to see

    She said, God made her a sinner
    Just to keep those fat men thinner
    As they tumble down in heaps
    Before her feet

    They hang around in groups
    Like battle weary troops
    One can often see the
    Queue right down the street

    Because Patricia or Delicia
    Not only is a singer
    She also removes all her clothing
    For Patricia
    Is the best stripper in town

    And with a swing of her hips
    She started to strip
    To tremendous applause
    She took of her drawers

    And with a lick of her lips
    She undid all her clips
    Threw it all in the air
    And everyone stared

    And as the last piece of clothing
    Fell to the floor
    The police were banging on the door
    On a Saturday night in 1924

    Take it away boys
    Well, Patricia was arrested
    And everyone detested
    The terrible manner in which
    She was exposed

    Later on in court
    Where everyone thought
    A summer's run in jail
    Would be proposed

    But the judge said
    "Patricia or may I say Delicia
    The facts of this case lie before me
    (Knock, knock, knock)
    Case dismissed, this girl was in her working clothes

    And with a swing of her hips
    She started to strip
    To tremendous applause
    She took off her drawers

    And with a lick of her lips
    She undid all her clips
    Threw it all in the air
    And everyone stared

    And as the last piece of clothing
    Fell to the floor
    The police were yelling out for more
    (More)
    On a Saturday night in 1924
     
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  19. You came twice last year like a Sears catalog,Cause your last boyfriend makes love like Boss Hogg,
    Well now you're seeing me but soon I'll have you seeing God,
    Cause girl I'll get you panting like you're Pavlov's dog,
    Like a DC-10: guaranteed to go down,
    But baby your black box is the one that I found,
    I'll give you the gift that keeps on givin' it won't cost you any money,
    Then she grabbed me by the ears and said kiss me where it smells funny.


    So down I go like I'm 2000 Flushes,
    I can tell I'm doing something right by the way that she blushes,
    She's one that's speechless, I'm the one that's tongue tied,
    She's thinking holy mackerel I'm thinking tuna on the side,
    There must be something wrong with Al Pacino's nose,
    Cause the scent of a woman is like rotten tomatoes,
    Yeah I'm snorkeling for clams and it doesn't matter if I wanna be,
    Don't come up for air until you kiss me where it smells funny.


    Drop my face below her waist and stay on third base,
    I can tell that the cherry's ripe by the way it tastes,
    Yeah I could make a lot of wine with the yeast I find inside her panties,
    And then drink it while eating out down at the Seafood Shanty,
    Drop my face below her waist and stay on third base,
    I can tell that the cherry's ripe by the way it tastes,
    Yeah I could make a lot of wine with the yeast I find inside her panties,
    And then drink it while eating out down at the Seafood Shanty.
     
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