Great Lyrics

12/06/07 | Phil.K

[Jakarta ex-pat]

I'm not really after songs like The Death of The Edmund Fitzgerald or cat's in the Cradle. (although great songs)

[Jakarta ex-pat]

Hope there's someone Who'll take care of me When I die, will I go

Hope there's someone Who'll set my heart free Nice to hold when I'm tired

There's a ghost on the horizon When I go to bed How can I fall asleep at night How will I rest my head

Oh I'm scared of the middle place Between light and nowhere I don't want to be the one Left in there, left in there

There's a man on the horizon Wish that I'd go to bed If I fall to his feet tonight Will allow rest my head

So here's hoping I will not drown Or paralyze in light And godsend I don't want to go To the seal's watershed

Hope there's someone Who'll take care of me When I die, Will I go

Hope there's someone Who'll set my heart free Nice to hold when I'm tired

By Anthony and the Johnsons.

[Clam Digger]

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on when in bed I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can’t understand just what does he say?

I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican - whoah - radio

I dial it in and tune the station
They talk about the U.S. inflation
I understand just a little
No comprende, it’s a riddle

I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican, whoa-Oh, radio
I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican, whoa-Oh, radio

I wish I was in Tijuana
Eating barbequed iguana
I’d take requests on the telephone
I’m on a wavelength far from home
I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
I dial it in from south of the border
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can’t understand just what does he say?

I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican, whoa-Oh, radio
I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican, whoa-Oh, radio

Radio radio... Radio radio... Radio radio...
I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican, whoa-Oh, radio
I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican, whoa-Oh, radio
Radio radio... What does he say ?

[weegee]

“Only time will tell if we’ll stand the test of time” - Van Hagar.

[caver]

“Snot is running down his nose......”

[Chi-townChief]

I’ve flown around the world in a plane
I’ve settled revolutions in Spain
and The North Pole I have charted
still I can’t get started with you.

On the golf course, I’m under par
and Metro goldwyn has asked me to star
I’ve got a house, a showcase
still I can’t get no place with you.

‘cause you’re so supreme
lyrics I write of you,
I dream, dream night and day of you
and I scheme just for one sight of you.
Baby, what good does it do?

I’ve been consulted by Franklin D,
and Greta Garbo has had me to tea,
still I’m broken hearted
cause I can’t get started with you.

Gershwin/Duke

[stainlessbanner]

y’all sing

[cyclotic]

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook’s
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein
Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Werewolves of London

He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim
I’d like to meet his tailor
Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s
His hair was perfect
Werewolves of London
Draw blood

Warren Zevon

[Tijeras_Slim]

Bitchin’ Camaro, Bitchin’ Camaro!
I ran over my neighbors
Bitchin’ Camaro, Bitchin’ Camaro!
Now I’m in all the papers

My folks bought me a bitchin’ Camaro
With no insurance to match
So if I happen to run you down
Please don’t leave a scratch

I ran over some old lady
One night at the county fair
And I didn’t get arrested
Because my dad’s the mayor

Bitchin’ Camaro, Bitchin’ Camaro!
Donuts on your lawn
Bitchin’ Camaro, Bitchin’ Camaro!
Tony Orlando and Dawn

When I drive past the kids
They all spit and cuss
Cause I’ve got a bitchin’ Camaro
And they have to ride the bus

So you’d better get out of my way
When I come through your yard
Cause I’ve got a bitchin’ Camaro
And an Exxon credit card

Bitchin’ Camaro, Bitchin’ Camaro!
Hey man where ya headed?
Bitchin’ Camaro, Bitchin’ Camaro!
I’m drunk on unleaded!

[RedRover]

I know that one! “Aqualung”, right?

[Constitution Day]

That is so mean. LOL

[stainlessbanner]

like that one

[Clam Digger]

‘I left my wallet in El Segundo.’

Now, those are some deep lyrics.

[caver]

“I know that one! “Aqualung”, right?”

I think everyone knows that one!

[dfwgator]

Garden of Love - Benny Hill

The sun and the rain fell from up above
And landed on the earth below
In my garden of love

Now there’s a rose for the way my spirits rose when we met
A forget-me-not to remind me to remember not to forget
A pine tree for the way I pined over you
And an ash for the day I ashed you to be true

(Chorus) And the sun….

Now there’s a palm tree that we planted when we had our first date
A turnip for the way you always used to turnip late
Your mother and your cousin, Chris, they often used to come
So, in their honour, I have raised a nice chris-an’-the-mum

(Chorus) And the sun….

Now there’s a beetroot for the day you said that you’d beetroot to me
A sweet pea for the sweet way you always smiled at me
But you had friends who needed you
There was Ferdy, there was Liza
So, just for them, I put down a load of ferdy-liza

(Chorus) And the sun….

But Gus the gardener’s left now and you went with him, too
The fungus there reminds me of the fun Gus is having with you
Now the rockery’s a mockery, with weeds it’s overgrown
The fuchsia’s gone, I couldn’t face the fuchsia all alone

And my tears fell like raindrops from the sky above
And poisoned all the flowers in my garden of love

[Constitution Day]

Classic, but how about “Takin’ Retards to the Zoo”?

[gate2wire]

Strokin'
When I start makin´ love
I don´t just make love...
I be strokin´
That´s what I be doin´, huh
I be strokin´

I stroke it to the east
And I stroke it to the west
And I stroke it to the woman that I love the best
I be strokin´

´Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter, Clarence Carter Clarence Carter, ooooh $$$$, Clarence Carter´

I can't really post the rest...

[JRios1968]

TIME STAND STILL

I turn my back to the wind
To catch my breath,
Before I start off again
Driven on,
Without a moment to spend
To pass an evening
With a drink and a friend

I let my skin get too thin
I’d like to pause,
No matter what I pretend
Like some pilgrim —
Who learns to transcend —
Learns to live
As if each step was the end

(Time stand still)
I’m not looking back
But I want to look around me now
(Time stand still)
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now

Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away...Experience slips away...

I turn my face to the sun
Close my eyes,
Let my defenses down —
All those wounds
That I can’t get unwound

I let my past go too fast
No time to pause —
If I could slow it all down
Like some captain,
Whose ship runs aground —
I can wait until the tide
Comes around

(Time stand still)
I’m not looking back
But I want to look around me now
(Time stand still)
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now

Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger

Make each impression
A little bit stronger
Freeze this motion
A little bit longer
The innocence slips away...The innocence slips away...
Time stand still

(musical interlude)

I’m not looking back
But I want to look around me now
See more of the people
And the places that surround me now
Time stand still

Summer’s going fast —
Night’s growing colder
Children growing up —
Old friends growing older
Freeze this moment
A little bit longer
Make each sensation
A little bit stronger
Experience slips away...Experience slips away...
Experience slips away...

(words by Neil Peart, music by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, parts in parentheses sung by Aimee Mann)

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

From the ice-age to the dole-age
There is but one concern
I have just discovered :

Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers

Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers

As Anthony said to Cleopatra
As he opened a crate of ale :

Oh, I say :
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers

Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls are bigger than others
Some girls mothers are bigger than
Other girls mothers

[RedRover]

Darn it. I thought I was hip.

[drjimmy]

I’m on a mexican radio. I’m on a Mexican - whoah - radio

I got a kick out of hearing that song in a Seinfeld episode.