Songs with the Greatest lyrics...

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide - David Bowie

Covered End

PemburyAddick said:

"I wish you'd listen to me, no I don't want a cup of tea."

"Stick my fingers right up your nose"

"wish your 16 again"

three songs and three guesses? (bet Stonemuse gets em)

2 Something Better Change The Stranglers.

Covered End

1 Hurry up Harry Sham 69. 

Covered End

3 Sixteen Again The Buzzcocks ?

kafka

killerandflash said:

Though it has to be said that few song lyrics have the simple, yet devastating poetic lyricism that takes you back to a point of time where thousands were unified by a simple message, in harmony with one collective thought like a multi-consciousness gestalt 

Simon Jordan is a wanker, is a wanker.
Simon Jordan is a wanker, is a wanker.

To rival that;
oh, oh Roland, ooo aa  I wanna know why you’re such a cnut. 

LawrieAbrahams

Quicksand by David Bowie. 

Henry Irving

Real real gone
I got hit by a bow and arrow
Got me down to the very marrow
And I'm real, real gone

Real real gone
I can't stand up by myself
Don't you know I need your help
And I'm real, real gone

Some people say
You can make it on your own
Oh you can make it if you try
I know better now
You can't stand up alone
Oh baby that is why

I'm real, real gone

I can't stand up by myself
Don't you know I need your help
You're a friend of mine
And I'm real, real gone

And Sam Cooke is on the radio
And the night is filled with space
And your fingertips touch my face
You're a friend of mine
And I'm real, real gone

I'm real gone

Oh Lord I got hit by a bow and arrow
Got me down to the very marrow
You're a friend of mine
And I'm real, real gone
And I'm real, real gone
I'm real gone

Wilson Pickett said:
"In the midnight hour,
That's when my love comes tumbling down"
Solomon Burke said:
"If you need me, why don't you call me"
James Brown said:
"When you're tired of what you got, try me"
Gene Chandler said:
"There's a rainbow in my soul"

PemburyAddick

Covered End said:

3 Sixteen Again The Buzzcocks ?

Spot on all three!

JiMMy 85

JohnfromNorfolk said:

So many on here I could agree with but 'Its to late' by Carole King has to be the saddest song ever written.

For me, The Drugs Don’t Work is the saddest. If I’d written that about dad, there’s no way I’d be able to sing it in front of an audience!  

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

It's hard to keep from crying,
After all that we've been through.

Now that it's all over, now that you and I are free,
Now there's nothing left except the bit of property.
Started off with nothing, started off just you and me,
Now that it's all over you can keep the property.

And all the little gifts we thought we'd throw away,
The useless souvenirs bought on a holiday.
We put them on a shelf, now they're collecting dust.
We never needed them, but they outlasted us.

Property - The Kinks

SE_7EVEN

Eton Rifles
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
What chance do stand against a tie and a crest.

aliwibble

You may not agree with his politics, and his singing is an acquired taste, but Billy Bragg writes some bloody good lyrics. Personal favourite is probably "Must I Paint You A Picture", which starts off
"It's bad timing and me:
We find a lot of things out this way.
And there's you
a little black cloud in a dress.
The temptation to take the precious things we have apart to see how they work
must be resisted for they never fit together again."

Although as a football fan I've always been tickled by the bit in "Greetings to the New Brunette" that goes
"Sometimes when we're as close as this,
it's like we are in a dream.
How can you lie there and think of England
when you don't even know who's in the team?"

Sarrf_London

Latin Quarter. America for Beginners, No Rope as Long as Time.
Man in Black - Hurt
Ami Winehouse - Rehab
Furniture - Brilliant Mind
All Saints -Never Ever
Amy McDonald - This is the Life
UB40 - One in Ten
Mary Coughlan - Ice Cream Man
Nick Cave - Where the Wild Roses Grow.

JamesSeed

Ramones - Pinhead

LawrieAbrahams

Rhythm of cruelty by Magazine. 

Addick in SW16

Some personal faves:

As - Stevie Wonder
Little Green - Joni Mitchell
How? - John Lennon
A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
The Needle and The Damage Done - Neil Young

thickandthin63

Greenie said:

Donegal by Jack Harris even if it’s just for this one line.
”to a place where your lips kiss away a mans reason and sing all his tempers to sleep”

Must confess prior to involving myself on this subject,I new  nothing of Jack Harris,just watched him on u tube,what an artist,loved his music superb guitar player,just shows the wealth of talent that sits just below the surface of the major recording stars.

Fumbluff

They might be Giants - Birdhouse in your Soul
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock’n’Roll

I win

Shrew

The Song of Wandering Aengus penned by WB Yeats and sung by Christy Moore

stevexreeve

Great line in Hotel California which lots of people can identify with.

You can check out any time you like
But you can never leave.

(You can stop drinking but you're still an alcoholic)
(You can stop going to games but you still get pissed off when Charlton lose)
etc..  

Johnnysummers5

Fumbluff said:

They might be Giants - Birdhouse in your Soul
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock’n’Roll

I win

Who sang I win?

bobmunro

Johnnysummers5 said:

Fumbluff said:

They might be Giants - Birdhouse in your Soul
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock’n’Roll

I win

Who sang I win?

Lethal Bizzle ;-)

Henry Irving

Fumbluff said:

They might be Giants - Birdhouse in your Soul
Prefab Sprout - King of Rock’n’Roll

I win

Good shout

iainment

I think that Kris Kristofferson has written many, many songs with brilliant lyrics.
Sunday morning coming down and Loving her was easier than anything I’ll ever do being two of many wonderful examples.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

iainment said:

I think that Kris Kristofferson has written many, many songs with brilliant lyrics.
Sunday morning coming down and Loving her was easier than anything I’ll ever do being two of many wonderful examples.

Kris Kristofferson.
Wasn't he once married to Rita Ritacoolidge?
And he appeared with Bob Bobdylan in the film Pat Patgarrett and Billy the Billykid 

i_b_b_o_r_g

Henry Irving said:

"You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you"

Agree about "May you never"

"Born for a purpose" Dr Alimentado

"Forever Young" Dylan

Hal David was the genius, Bert just wrote some nice tunes.

For an extra point; who sang backing vocals on this?

i_b_b_o_r_g

Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

iainment said:

I think that Kris Kristofferson has written many, many songs with brilliant lyrics.
Sunday morning coming down and Loving her was easier than anything I’ll ever do being two of many wonderful examples.

Kris Kristofferson.
Wasn't he once married to Rita Ritacoolidge?
And he appeared with Bob Bobdylan in the film Pat Patgarrett and Billy the Billykid 

Was one of the Highwaymen and can't sing for toffee. Makes my ears bleed

i_b_b_o_r_g

Great lyrics in this -

https://youtu.be/cpeMZS2_6Xc

iainment

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

iainment said:

I think that Kris Kristofferson has written many, many songs with brilliant lyrics.
Sunday morning coming down and Loving her was easier than anything I’ll ever do being two of many wonderful examples.

Kris Kristofferson.
Wasn't he once married to Rita Ritacoolidge?
And he appeared with Bob Bobdylan in the film Pat Patgarrett and Billy the Billykid 

Was one of the Highwaymen and can't sing for toffee. Makes my ears bleed

It’s about lyrics though.

Rob7Lee

i_b_b_o_r_g said:

Henry Irving said:

"You're so vain
You probably think this song is about you"

Agree about "May you never"

"Born for a purpose" Dr Alimentado

"Forever Young" Dylan

Hal David was the genius, Bert just wrote some nice tunes.

For an extra point; who sang backing vocals on this?

A certain man from Dartford. Jagger.