OK...this will be a 'perpetual' feature here, of cool, clever, and/or
poignant song lyrics from ANY genre (although Rock will be the dominant
one here...). I'll keep adding to the list over time, but
Y'ALL please
feel free to add ones you like as well - I'll note your contribution
when added to the list (please notice you CAN comment on the 'page'
feature). You can have one line, two, or even more, but typically the
briefer the better... hopefully the ones I start out with will give you
the 'gist' of the exercise.
The only other rule, as alluded to in
the 'Hi-Y'all' post, is - no profanity, please. or, at least please use
proper '***' for the offending word... Thanks, y'all.
OK, here goes...
January 13, 2012
"...But glittering prizes and endless compromises...shattered the illusion of integrity." (Spirit of Radio, Rush)
"...Sweet talkin' people, done ran me outta town...." (Gimme Back My Bullets, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
"...I'm a juvenile product of the working class..." (Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Elton John)
"...and I don't own the clothes I'm wearing...and the road goes on forever...." (Midnight Rider, The Allman Brothers Band)
"...Cause Calvin Klein ain't no friend of mine...Don't want nobody's name on my behind...." (Rock Box, Run-D.M.C.)
January 19, 2012
"...I don't know, but I've been told...a big-legged woman ain't got no soul...." (Black Dog, Led Zeppelin)
"...When the feeling calls, how we drown in stylistic audacity...." (Hold On, Yes)
"...Mama's in the graveyard, Papa's in the Pen...." (Papa Loved Mama, Garth Brooks)
"...I'm a roller in a steel mill...in downtown Birmingham...." (Birmingham, Randy Newman)
"...And it's raining, all over the world...Tonight, the longest night...." (Showdown, Electric Light Orchestra)
January 27, 2012
"...what can you do when your dreams come true...and it's not quite like you planned..." (After the Thrill Is Gone, Eagles)
"...Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife...." (Amanda, Waylon Jennings)
"...I'm taking my time but I don't know where..." (Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard, Paul Simon)
"...Strange but not a stranger...." (Burning Down the House, Talking Heads)
"...Hookin' up words and phrases and clauses..." (Conjunction Junction, Jack Sheldon of Schoolhouse Rock)
February 2, 2012
"...Reach down…between my legs….ease the seat back…" (Panama, Van Halen)
"...I
know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star...in
somebody else’s sky…but why, oh why…can’t it be mine…" (Black, Pearl Jam)
"...But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao – You ain’t gonna make it with anyone anyhow…" (Revolution, The Beatles)
"...I stand at your gate and the song that I sing is of moonlight…" (Moonlight Serenade, Glenn Miller Orchestra)
"...one's got a razor and the other's got a knife - but only one's gonna walk out alive…" (Down in the Track, The Doobie Brothers)
February 11, 2012
"...Don’t lean on me man, cause you can’t afford the ticket – I’m back from Suffragette City…" (Suffragette City, David Bowie)
"...But people from Missouri never incensed me…" (They All Laughed, George and Ira Gershwin (Ginger Rogers vocals))
"...Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe…" (I Am the Walrus, The Beatles)
"...Drowning in the Sea of Love…Where everyone would love to drown…" (Sara, Fleetwood Mac (Stevie Nicks))
"...You can't catch me, 'cause the rabbit done died…" (Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith)
