Music - Fav Lyrics

Hey, heres one to get us all knowing people each other a bit better (or not, up to you)

Whats your favorite song lyrics?

Dosnt have to be a reason, but if there is and you wanna share it, go ahead!

Here's mine:

From Iron Maiden's Hallow'd Be Thy Name:

As I walk my life drifts before me,
Though the end is near I'm not sorry.
Catch my soul, it's willing to fly away.

Mark my words believe my soul lives on.
Don't worry now that I have gone.
I've gone beyond to see the truth.

When you know that your time is close at hand.
Maybe then you'll begin to understand,
Life down here is just a strange illusion

Hallowed Be Thy Name


When sung live by bruce dickinson, with the might of the band behind him its awsome, trust.

Matt

Swordfishtrombone, by Tom Waits.

"He got twenty years for lovin’ her from some Oklahoma governor"... I mean, how can I resist.

Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head
And a modified Brougham DeVille
And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings
And a mad dog that wouldn’t sit still
He went and took up with a Salvation Army Band girl
Who played dirty water from a swordfishtrombone
He went to sleep at the bottom of Tenkiller Lake
He said, ‘Gee, but it’s great to be home’

Well, he came home from the war with a party in his head
And an idea for a fireworks display
And he knew that he’d be ready with a stainless steel machete
And a half a pint of Ballantine’s each day
And he holed up in room above a hardware store
Cryin’ nothin’ there but Hollywood tears
And he put a spell on some poor little Crutchfield girl
And he stayed like that for twenty-seven years

He packed up all his expectations, he lit out for California
With a flyswatter banjo on his knee
With Lucky Tiger in his angel hair, and Benzedrine for getting there
They found him in a eucalyptus tree
Lieutenant got him a canary bird, and skanked her head with every word
And Chesterfielded moonbeams in a song
He got twenty years for lovin’ her from some Oklahoma governor
Said everything this doughboy does is wrong

Now some say he’s doin’ the obituary mambo
Now some say that he’s hangin’ on the wall
Perhaps this yarn is the only thing that holds this man together
Some say that he was never here at all

Some say they saw him down in Birmingham
Sleepin’ in a boxcar goin’ by
And if you think that you can tell a bigger tale
I swear to God you’d have to tell a lie

"And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings "

So it only happens in warm weather?

Matt

How about this then?

When I was a lad I served a term
As office boy to an Attorney's firm.
I cleaned the windows and I swept the floor,
And I polished up the handle of the big front door.
I polished up that handle so carefullee
That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navee!

Something someone said earlier today set me off ...

well you tried it just for once found it all right for kicks.
but now you found out that it's a habit that sticks.
and you're an orgasm addict.
you're an orgasm addict.
sneaking in the back door with dirty magazines.
now your mother wants to know what all those stains on your jeans.
and you're an orgasm addict.
you're an orgasm addict.
uh huh, uh huh, uhhhhh, uhhhhh etc, etc

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

"And a pair of legs that opened up like butterfly wings "

So it only happens in warm weather?

Matt

The places Mr Waits goes in his songs... I mean, if he is not playing pool with a midget in Singapore, he is looking for a hooker with big tits and bad teeth, or talking about rubbing sailors down with gasoline, till their arms are hard and lean.

Absolutely outstanding stuff altogether

Read my signature.....

Otherwise:

The north star always guides me, When winter skies are gray
And I wait for the sun when all ate one
I shall not betray
Calling at me, I'm waiting when all are led astray

Carry On my sons forever, Carry On when I am gone
Carry On for when the day is long
Forever Carry On
For as long as we together, Then forever Carry On

Darkness all around us, We don't close our eyes
No one's gonna ground us, We were born to fly
Comin' at us no stopping, Born to amplify

Carry On my sons forever, Carry On when I am gone
Carry On for when the day is long
Forever Carry On
For as long as we together, Then forever Carry On

Yea, be my brother, Fight to stay alive
All the world can't change us, With all their burned-out jive
Come get us now we're waiting
We won't ride and hide

Carry On my sons forever, Carry On when I am gone
Carry On for when the day is long
Forever Carry On
For as long as we together, Then forever Carry On

Now we're all together, Let's sing a fighting song
One hundred thousand riders, We can't all be wrong
Comin' at us no stopping
Always Carry On

Carry On my sons forever, Carry On when I am gone
Carry On for when the day is long
Forever Carry On
For as long as we together, Then forever Carry On

Also young Jarvis:

You see you should take me seriously.
Very seriously indeed.
Cause I've been sleeping with your wife for the past sixteen weeks,
smoking your cigarettes,
drinking your brandy,
messing up the bed that you chose together.
And in all that time I just wanted you to come home unexpectedly one afternoon,
and catch us at it in the front room.


Again, exceptionally high levels of filthyness.

philipMac

Awsome stuff

Matt

Has to be from the song Taking Everything from Bob Mould's album Last Dog & Pony Show, just cos the last line is a little odd:

"This fever on my mind/I'm burning down inside
My luck may never change/Or so it seems that way
I know in seven years/This curse will disappear
Where has my ladder gone?/I feel like I've been robbed"