(No More) The Sub Mariner - Peter Hammill
Quote:
Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell... crash!
I'm the last splash.
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song
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(No More) The Sub Mariner - Peter Hammill
Quote:
Spitting in a wishing well
Blown to hell... crash!
I'm the last splash.
I'll be your whatever you want
The bong in this reggae song
Oh, I love that song, Basil! Cannonball by the Breeders
Quote:
The blue pill opens your eyes
Is there a better way
A new religion prescribed
To those without the faith
The hero holding a knife
And blood is not enough
Better living through Chemistry - Queens of the stone Age
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand
Viva La Vida - Coldplay
And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain
And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape
No Rain - Blind Melon
I gotta be either dead or dreamin'
'Cause look at that pape with my face beamin'
Tomorrow they may wrap fishes in it
But I was a star for one whole minute
King of New York - from Newsies
Quote:
In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey
Butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Loser - Beck
"There's a little black spot on the sun today
It's the same old thing as yesterday"
King of Pain - The Police
He took Paulie and a couple of boys
and jacked the Coupe de Ville to Illinois.
King Of New York - Fun Lovin' Criminals
Quote:
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
We're happy as fish and gorgeous as geese
And wonderfully clean in the morning.
Willow Farm by Genesis. My brother was a huge Genesis fan when he was in high school, I, being 4 years younger, was unimpressed at the time but I still remember a lot of those songs.
Quote:
I keep reaching up
but they drag me back down
Wherever I try to hide
I will always be found
Dogs of Lust - The The
Quote:
Just a city boy
Born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin' anywhere
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (finally, one I knew without googling!)
Quote:
Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
I like you
I *had* to google this one... Another interesting lyric from Basil! :p
Drain You - Nirvana
We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole
And yeah, rock and roll is fun, but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
I like Giants - Kimya Dawson
Quote:
You be you and let me be me
No strings attached emotionally
I wanna get a little crazy
That's puttin' it plain
You got the medicine and I got the pain.
Open Invitation ~ Santana
Quote:
But anyone who ever had a heart
Oh, they wouldn't turn around and break it
And anyone who's ever played a part
Oh, they wouldn't turn around and hate it
Sweet Jane by......Cowboy Junkies (since it's you, Idril-anyone else and I'd put Velvet Underground ;))
Quote:
She set your goldfish free
And now she's sighing
Blew out your pilot light
And made a wish
I purposely picked lyrics that were in both versions so one could go either way. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Basil
And your song is Twisted by They Might Be Giants...and guess what?! I love that song!
Quote:
Saw at least a hundred schoolgirls sobbing
into hankerchiefs as one.
I don't believe they knew
I was a schoolboy.
Mother Goose
Jethro Tull
He sees his children jumping off
At the stations -- one by one.
His woman and his best friend --
In bed and having fun.
Locomotive Breath ~ Jethro Tull :D
Quote:
A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone
A mean idea to call my own
"King of Birds"- R.E.M.
"I read the news today oh, boy
About a lucky man who made the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, i just had to laugh"
A Day in the Life - The Beatles
Quote:
If you're havin' trouble with your high school head
He's givin' you the blues
You wanna graduate but not in 'is bed
Here's what you gotta do
Pick up the phone, I'm always home
Call me anytime
Just ring: three-six-two-four-three-six,
I lead a life of crime
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC (I love me some Bon Scott)
Quote:
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Down to the bits that I left uptown
I need a fix 'cause I'm going down
Happiness is A Warm Gun ~ the Beatles...The Breeders also do a very listenable cover
Quote:
Now that my role-model is
Gone gone
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Quote:
But, oh, to get involved in the exchange
Of human emotions
Is ever so, ever so satisfying
And there's no map
And a compass wouldn't help at all
Human Behavior by Bjork...I definitely needed to google that!
Quote:
The world was on fire and no one could save me but you.
It's strange what desire will make foolish people do.
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you.
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
Wicked Games - Chris Isaak
Quote:
I'm in shippin', if you're receivin'
'Cause what I see I ain't believin'
The longest legs in the shortest pants
You got me doin' a matin' dance
Hot Pants Explosion - The B-52's
Quote:
Baby would you dance with me to the night?
into the serious moonlight
brighter than the stars above you shine
and the loving feels alright
Dance D'amour' - The 69 Eyes (googled to revive the thread)
Next one:
Breaking my back just to know your name
Seventeen tracks and I've had it with this game
I'm breaking my back just to know your name
But heaven ain't close in a place like this
Anything goes but don't blink you might miss
Cause heaven ain't close in a place like this
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Edit: Changed the song since after a search I saw it had been done before :pQuote:
you could have a steam train
if you'd just lay down your tracks
you could have an aeroplane flying
if you bring your blue sky back
Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel
Quote:
I'm not the only soul who's accused of hit and run
Tire tracks all across your back
I can see you've had your fun
Crosstown Traffic by Jimi Hendrix
Quote:
Well you know just what you do to me
The way you move soft and slippery
Cut the night just like a razor
Rarely talk and that's the danger
The One Thing....INXS
"It's been three years since I'm knockin' on your door,
And I still can knock some more:
Ooh girl, ooh girl, is it feasible?
I wanna know now, for I to knock some more.
Ya see, in life I know there's lots of grief,
But your love is my relief:
Tears in my eyes burn - tears in my eyes burn
While I'm waiting - while I'm waiting for my turn,"
Waiting In Vain - Bob Marley (Good song :nod:)
BlueSky, you should know this one:
Quote:
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal 'till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man
"Paradise" by John Prine...some people refer to it as 'Muhlenberg County"
lyrics are soooo true.....thanks Basil..:nod:
"Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best."
Girl of the North ~ Bob Dylan. I knew it was Dylan but I had to search for the name of the song, I'm terrible about remembering song titles.
Quote:
In the quiet afternoon you left and went down into town
And I just watched the empty road behind you
Where the fog lies kissing the mountainside
You want to be sleeping, deep inside
Believing that the hungry world won't find you
How deep it Goes - Heart
Quote:
Kinda love you got
Knock me off my feet
Let it all hang out
Oh, let it all hang out.
And you know I'm so wired-up
Don't need no coffee in my cup
Jackie Wilson Said by Van Morrison (but the first time I heard this song, it was performed by Dexy's Midnight Runners on The Young Ones :nod:)
Quote:
Funky young kings, we sing of truth and soul
We're the modern day braves with one strong hold
Through the world of song our boldness is exposed
I'm talkin bout my buddies--funk it up Fishbone!
Good Time Boys - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Quote:
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how you look
Through other people's eyes
Pepper - Butthole Surfers (Love that song!!)
Quote:
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.