Write the first song lyric that comes into your head

[Wolfpack]

"Your music's shite, it keeps me up all night." - Oasis, "Married with Children"

[tapehead]

I'm on the drug, I'm on the drug
I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix

I saw his body thrashing 'round
I saw his pulse rate going down
I saw him in compulsive throws
I said "I'll have one of those"

Hilary had, Hilary had
Hilary had it in his veins

Hilary had Everest in his veins
Armstrong did moon, was not the same
Heroes explore to give us hope
River pushed back the envelope

Drank the slab, drank the slab
Drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk

I drank the slab that Bon Scott drunk
I injected some of Hendrix's junk
I booked a seat on Lynyrd Skynyrd's plane
Mama Cass' sandwich? I ate the same

Now I'm bored, now I'm bored
Now I'm bored and there's no stoppin'

Now I'm bored and there's no stoppin'
I need another celeb to fill a coffin
Where will I get my next drug action?
Odds on it'll be Michael Jackson

I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix
I'm on the drug

T.I.S.M. (He'll Never Be An) Old Man River

I've had this song in my head all day...

[LaDracul]

Considering what happened yesterday...

"I heard the news today, oh boy..."-The Beatles, A Day in the Life

[DennisMM]

Don't give up
cause you have friends
Don't give up
You're not the only one
Don't give up
No reason to be ashamed
Don't give up
You still have us
Don't give up now
We're proud of who you are
Don't give up
You know it's never been easy
Don't give up
cause I believe there's a place
There's a place where we belong

- Peter Gabriel

[junesquad]

Smokey Mountain rain keeps of falling
I keep on calling... her name.

Smokey Mountain rain I'll keep on searching
I can't go on hurtin' this way.

She's somewhere in the Smokey Mountain Rain

Smokey Mountain Rain - Ronnie Milsap

[DennisMM]

One in the a.m. and I'm crying:



You and I
Tempted by the promise of a different life
Time has fled
There's a constant battle running through my head
And I don't know what to do
'cause I still believe
After all the foolish things that we've been through
I will always be a man who's open to
Persuasion

-Tim Finn, "Persuasion"

[Chilli]

I don't believe ittttt......

The Girl Is Mine (McCartney/Jackson)

Funny because, well, I don't believe those two would ever have fought over a girl. Licensing rights, maybe. But a girl? HAH.

[DennisMM]

They couldn't have cared much about the girl. The only adjective they found to describe her was "doggone."

[Spifftacular SquirrelGirl]

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could STALL me
And then came the rush of the flood
The stars at night turned DEEP to dust


Cat Power "The Greatest"

[Chilli]

They couldn't have cared much about the girl. The only adjective they found to describe her was "doggone."

heh.

[junesquad]

Hard to remember,
Summer or winter,
When she hasn't been there for me...
A friend and companion,
I can always depend on,
My mother, that's who I need...

Taken for granted,
Seeds that she planted,
She's always behind everything...
A teacher, a seeker,
I'd go far to reach her,
My mother, that's who I need...

Wish I could slow down
The hands of time...
Keep things the way
They are...
If she said so,
I would give her the world if I could,
I would...

My love and my laughter,
From here ever after,
Is all that she says that she needs...
A friend and companion,
I could always depend on,
My mother, that's who I need...
My mother, that's who I need...
That's who I need.

Artist: The Chipettes
Song: My Mother That's Who I Need

[Wolfpack]

Everything sounds like Coldplay now
Everything sounds like Coldplay now
No other sounds can be allowed,
Everything sounds like Coldplay now.

Everyone tries to sing like Chris
Plays the piano just like this
Very restrained, not too much row
Everything sounds like Coldplay now.

And if you do a high bit in the middle eight,
Then you have almost solved the riddle of just how
To sound like Coldplay now.

This could be Embrace, Keane or Snow Patrol,
Thirteen Senses sound like this as well I'm told
It could be anyone, it's so hard to say,
Maybe this is actually Coldplay.

'Cause everything sounds like Coldplay now.

-"Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now" - Mitch Benn & The Distractions

[thebostonlocksmith]

This is the return of the hip-hop-a-pottamus,
The hip hop hippo
They call me the Hiphopopotamus
My lyrics are bottomless...

[The Vicar]

Demented New York athletes staggering round the block.
Deformed Chicanos pour in Chicago's rolling stock.
Digital bathrooms drilling for furs,
surgical stockings marked his and hers.
Guggenheim attitudes back to back
with Jewish Baroque

No way street
No way street
Happy to see you, have a nice day!

Defecting Russian dancers dance into Hockney prints.
Exclusive to Bloomingdales, gift-wrapped in red
from the land of blue rinse.
They boggle at menus in Olde English verse.
Ode to burger by Keats at his worst.
The hissing of omelettes the breaking of legs.
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eggs.
The pink fillet mignon looks black on the negs.


Strange apparatus
You've never seen
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme
Street alligators
Big Anglophile
Will navigate us through a change of style


I came, I saw, what manner of beast is this?
New York, you talk a little bit left of centre.
I scream, I shout,
New York is throwing its weight about.

Walk tall, walk straight, spit the world right in the eye.
The stronger the wood the straighter the arrow

Dismembered hopeful My-Lai veterans queuing for sleaze.
Sorry no dogs, no fags, no shriners, and no amputees.
Sexual athlete applies for audition,
willing to make it in any position.
Just one of the extras with blood on their faces,
in Snow-White and the Seven Basket Cases.
I'm happy and dopey and dirty in places.

No way street
No way street
Lock up your daughters, Avon crawling!


Devoted collectors of paraphernalia out walking the rock.
Battle and bitch for the ultimate kitch
of a crucifix clock.
Two miniature romans, running on rails,
appear every hour and bang in the nails.
Oh I've got to have it, Christ, I gotta be
the first on our block.


Disturbing facts about Nazi splinter groups seen on the news.
They're picketing synagogues and claiming that
Hitler was King of the Jews.
Caught in the tunnel an ambulance howls.
A men's room attendant is flapping his jowls.
Ssshh, Howard Johnson is moving his bowels.


Strange apparatus.
You've never seen.
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme.
Street alligators.
Big Anglophile.
Will navigate us through a change of style.
Strange apparatus.
You've never seen.
Strange apparatus, even stranger theme.

Walk straight, walk tall, spit the world right in the eye.
The stronger the wood, the straighter the arrow.


No way street
No way street


- An Englishman in New York
10cc

[junesquad]

Midnight, I'm drunk,
I don't give a fuck
Wanna dance
By myself
Guess you're outta luck
Don't touch
Back up
I'm not the one
Uh buh-bye
Listen up it's just not happening
You can say what you want to your boyfriends
Just let me have my fun tonight

A'ight

Cause I'm not here for your entertainment
You don't really want to mess with me tonight
Just stop and take a second
I was fine before you walked into my life
Cause you know it's over
Before it begins
Keep your drink just give me the money
its just you and your hand tonight

Artist: Pink
Song: U + Ur Hand

[darkjedijaina]

If you want to play it like a game
Well, come on, come on, let's play
Cause I'd rather waste my life pretending
Than have to forget you for one whole minute

Nothing compares to a quiet evening alone
Just the one two of us who's counting on
That never happens
I guess I'm dreaming again
Let's be more than this now

Rock and roll, baby
Don't you know that we're all alone now?
I need something to sing about
Rock and roll, hey
Don't you know, baby, we're all alone now?
I need something to sing about
Rock and roll, hey
Don't you know, baby, we're all alone now?
Give me something to sing about

crushcrushcrush - paramore

[justcheckin]

"She's My Ride Home"

We talked
Together sharpening the knife
Like killing partners for a life
Hey we can hide the bodies on the ride home

Now here we are
We're licking skin to wipe us clean
Strike a match, pour gasoline
Ditch the scene and watch this city burn
Asleep, my life will be a pillow steering wheel turn

Blue October... who else, I'm addicted!

[wharto]

Oh the awful title belies the quality
Of this unusual comedy
It's the same for you and me
And the days and nights you remembered me
The walls I never seen
Come to me
It's an awful tragedy

Fifty million reasons
Loving in the seasons
Fifty million lovers
Sitting at the doubles
Fifty million reasons
Loving in the seasons
When you cry it pulls me through

And you know the times we crossed the street
We'd rather laugh than greet
Honestly, it's a forgone comedy
And you know the walls we tried and made
You know it's never changed
Honestly, it's a long-lost comedy

Fifty million reasons
Loving in the seasons
Fifty million lovers
Sitting at the doubles
Fifty million reasons
Loving in the seasons
When you cry it pulls me through

Oh the awful title belies the quality
Of this unusual comedy
It's the same for you and me
And the days and nights you remembered me
The walls I never seen
Honestly, it's a long lost comedy

Fifty million reasons
Loving in the seasons
Fifty million lovers
Sitting at the doubles
Fifty million reasons
Loving in the seasons
When you cry it pulls me through

[darkjedijaina]

Complication Is My Claim To Fame
I Can’t Believe There’s Another, Constantly Just Another
Can’t Avoid What I Can’t Control
I’m Losing Ground, Still I Can’t Stand Down
I Know, Yea I Know…

I Know You Stay True When My World Is False
Everything Around’s Breaking Down To Chaos
I Always See You When My Sight Is Lost,
Everything Around’s Breaking Down To Chaos

It’s Hard To Trust Anyone Again
After All The Let Downs I’ve Been Through,
Haunted By What I’ve Been Through.
Air’s Still Trapped, While I Still Can’t Breathe,
And I’m Screaming Out, Give Me Help Somehow.
I Know, Yea I Know…

I Know You Stay True When My World Is False
Everything Around’s Breaking Down To Chaos
I Always See You When My Sight Is Lost,
Everything Around’s Breaking Down To Chaos

Mute Math - Chaos

[dablunt89]

Turn arooound
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely when I see that fuckin look in your eyes
Turn aroound bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
I fuckin need you more then ever

[King Of Nowhere]

Turn arooound
Every now and then I get a little bit lonely when I see that fuckin look in your eyes
Turn aroound bright eyes
Every now and then I fall apart
And I need you now tonight
I fuckin need you more then ever

Im guessing that's the karaoke version?

[Zarles]

War at 33 1/3
Not really live
I'd rather do it at 45

Went west in my quest
for intelligence
Climbed the fence took the teacher on
Ain't seen him since

PE, "War at 33 1/3"

[St. Alphonzo]

She said you remind me of Rod Stewart when he was young.
You've got passion, you think that you're sexy,
And all the punks think that you're dumb.
The guys around the lockers got a story about the stomach pump,
And the guys behind the theater found a body in the garbage dump.

Hold Steady - "Stevie Nix"

[Zarles]

So if you at a show
in the front row
I'mma call you a bitch
or a dirty-ass ho!

NWA, "Straight Outta Compton"

[Spandau Belly]

Sometimes its like someone took a knife baby
Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley
Through the middle of my soul

At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the
Middle of my head
Only you can cool my desire
I'm on fire

The Boss "I'm On Fire"

[Zarles]

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaaaaack...

- "Welcome Back, Kotter"

[Peven]

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz
my friends all drive Porches
I must make amends
worked hard all my lifetime
no help from my friends
so, oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz

-Janis

[Tyrone_Shoelaces]

Big green monkey
Everyone's a junkie

-Our Lady Peace

[caruso_stalker217]

I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know
And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies just to get one studly boy's asshole

Nick Cave - "Stagger Lee"

Best song lyric ever.

[DennisMM]

Chances are, 'cause I wear a silly grin
The moment you come into view
Chances are you think
That I'm in love with you

-Johnny Mathis

[The Vicar]

If anyone recognizes the author of this ( below in wee print )
I will be surpreezed.
Peter Hammill, ex-Van Der Graff Generator front man

I'm a pretty big VDGG fan, as well as a fan of some his solo stuff (Over makes me want to never get married. And This Side of the Looking Glass, which you quoted, has to be one of the most touching songs ever written).

Apparently, Johnny Rotten was also into them as well.

You ask me, their best album is The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome, because of the excellence of the two tracks Lizard Play and Cats Eye/Yellow Fever. Most of their stuff is pretty great, though.

EDIT: Here's a magisterial live rendition of This Side of The Looking Glass. It's pretty awful quality, but if I were in the audience that day, I'd dehydrate myself from bawling so much. What a singer! He has the kind of voice that you could imagine getting a little grating after a while, but, when applied to the right material, it's perfect!

Finally caught up to a copy of this.
I hear what you admire.
Much more like one of Peter's solo efforts than the old organ and sax VDGG assault..
The remastered version is tasty.
As is the 2005 remaster of Pawnhearts, with the song Theme One ( on the original wax pressing, but not on the CD or tape ) returned. Pawnhearts was supposed to be a two disc offering, but the good folks at Charisma Records panicked. There are four other numbers that I'd never heard also tagging along, which would have been disc two.

I was able to download the album ( Quiet Zone) from Walmart.
Walmart.
Didn't see that one coming....

[Fried Gold]

This bottle, of Stevens, awakens ancient feelings.

[Lord Voldemoo]

Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'

[DennisMM]

You're breaking my heart
You're tearing it apart
So fuck you

- Harry Nilsson

[slumber party69]

splish splash
i was taking a bath
upon a saturday night
rub a dub relaxing
in the tub thinking
everything was alright

[DennisMM]

Come on, baby, let's do the twist
Come on, baby, let's do the twist
Take me by my little hand
And go like this

(This afternoon tornados demolished some dozens of homes and commercial buildings in a town ten miles from Fort Collins. We had to take shelter in the basement for about 40 minutes because a funnel cloud was seen quite close to town.)

[stereosforgeeks]

CHAMBER ROCK FROM BELGIUM?!!

Will have to check out soon.

I need to get more into old avan-garde/experimental/prog type stuff.

[Wolfpack]

My looney bun is fine, Benny Lava!
Minor bun engine made Benny Lava!
Anybody see this sign, Benny Lava!
You need a bun to bite Benny Lava!

Have you been high today?
I see the nuns are Dumbledore
My brother yelled to me,
I love you inside Ed!

My looney bun is fine, Benny Lava!
Minor bun engine made Benny Lava!
I told a high school girl,
I love you inside me!

I'd love to see you pee on us tonight!
I'd love to see you pee on us tonight!

You fill me up with doom
Quit looking up at me

You got a minute girl?
The puppy had a fee!

Don't think I do love her
We're looking in a pill
We're looking in a pill
All of them like the bun
Now poop on them Oliver

Ooo daddy
You say it
You know the hole to put it
Ooo daddy
You sing it
Your pundit got amor

And then it goes on

[travis-dane]

Can't touch this....

MC Hammer

[Peven]

due to what cd's are in my car stereo right now, when i see Bob's posts the line, "in the time of chimanzees I was a monkee,...." pops in my head

[justcheckin]

You spin me right round baby right round... like a record baby!!!!

[Chris a.k.a StuntMike]

"Rubbing my face with his fingers..........."

Shitty.

[no82]

"i wasnt born so much as i fell out, nobody seemed to notice me we had a hedge back home in the suburbs over wich i never could see"

[TonyWilson]

And marches alone can’t bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin’
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin’

And you tell me
Over and over and over again, my friend
Ah, you don’t believe
We’re on the eve
of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place
The poundin’ of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don’t leave a trace
Hate your next-door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace
And… tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don’t believe
We’re on the eve
Of destruction

[darkjedijaina]

I am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes
Are mirror images and
When we kiss they're perfectly aligned

And I have to speculate
That God himself did make us into
Corresponding shapes like puzzles pieces
From the clay

True, it may seem like a stretch
But it's thoughts like this
That catch my troubled head
When you're away, when I am missing you to death

When you were out there on the road
For several weeks of shows
And when you scan the radio
I hope this song will guide you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll stay

I've tried my best to leave
This all on your machine
But the persistent beat
Sounded thin upon listening

That frankly will not fly
You will hear the shrillest highs
And lowest lows with the windows down
When this is guiding you home

They will see us waving from such great heights
"Come down now," they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
"Come down now," but we'll say...

such great heights - iron & wine

[Bayouwolf]

Boy: on a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Girl: will he offer me his mouth?

Boy: yes

Girl: will he offer me his teeth?

Boy: yes

Girl: will he offer me his jaws?

Boy: yes

Girl: will he offer me his hunger?

Boy: yes

Girl: again, will he offer me his hunger?

Boy: yes!

Girl: and will he starve without me?

Boy: yes!

Girl: and does he love me?

Boy: yes

Girl: yes

Boy: on a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?

Girl: yes

Boy: i bet you to say that to all the boys.

It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning
There was fog crawling over the sand
When i listened to your heart i hear the whole world turning
I see the shooting stars
Falling through your trembling hands

You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining
I was dying just to ask for a taste
We were lying together in a silver lining
By the light of the moon
You know there's not another moment
Not another moment
Not another moment to waste

When you hold me so close that my knees grow weak
And my soul is flying high above the ground
I'm trying to speak but no matter what i do
I just can't seem to make any sound

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And i swear it's true
I was just about to say i love you

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh it must have been while you were kissing me
You took the words right out of my mouth
And i swear it's true
I was just about to say i love you

Now my body is shaking like a wave on the water
And i guess that i'm beginning to grin
Oooh, we're finally alone and we can do what we want to
The night is young
And ain't no one gonna know where you
No one gonna know where you
No one's gonna know where you've been

You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining
I was dying just to ask for a taste
We were lying together in a silver lining
By the light of the moon
You know there's not another moment
Not another moment
Not another moment to waste

And then you took the words right out of my mouth
Oh it must have been while you were kissing me

[TheBaxter]

i've got your picture
of me and you
you wrote "i love you"
i wrote "me too"
i sit there staring and there's nothing else to do
oh it's in color
your hair is brown
your eyes are hazel
and soft as clouds
i often kiss you when there's no one else around

i've got your picture
i've got your picture
i'd like a million of you all round my cell
i want a doctor to take your picture
so i can look at you from inside as well
you've got me turning up and turning down
i'm turning in, i'm turning round

i'm turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so

i've got your picture
i've got your picture
i'd like a million of you all round my cell
i want a doctor to take your picture
so i can look at you from inside as well
you've got me turning up and turning down
i'm turning in, i'm turning round

i'm turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so

no sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
everyone around me is a total stranger
everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger
everyone

that's why i'm turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so

[BuckyO'harre]

i've got your picture
of me and you
you wrote "i love you"
i wrote "me too"
i sit there staring and there's nothing else to do
oh it's in color
your hair is brown
your eyes are hazel
and soft as clouds
i often kiss you when there's no one else around

i've got your picture
i've got your picture
i'd like a million of you all round my cell
i want a doctor to take your picture
so i can look at you from inside as well
you've got me turning up and turning down
i'm turning in, i'm turning round

i'm turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so

i've got your picture
i've got your picture
i'd like a million of you all round my cell
i want a doctor to take your picture
so i can look at you from inside as well
you've got me turning up and turning down
i'm turning in, i'm turning round

i'm turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so

no sex, no drugs, no wine, no women
no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark
everyone around me is a total stranger
everyone avoids me like a cyclone ranger
everyone

that's why i'm turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so
turning japanese i think i'm turning japanese i really think so

Damn it Baxter.
The zone is a public place.


Stop masturbating.

[Peven]

you know that i care
for you
and i know that you care
for me too
as we zig zag our way
through the boredom and pain
occasionally glancing up through the rain
wondering, which of the brothers to blame
and watching
for pigs on the wing

[Bayouwolf]

Like walking into a dream, so unlike what you've seen
So unsure but it seems, ’cause we’ve been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

I see a distant light, but girl this can't be right
Such a surreal place to see so how did this come to be
Arrived too early

And when I think of all the places I just don't belong
I've come to grips with life and realize this is going too far

I don't belong here, we gotta move on dear
Escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on
Far away from here

A place of hope and no pain, perfect skies with no rain
Can leave this place but refrain, ’cause we've been waiting for you
Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste
Of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway

This peace on earth's not right (with my back against the wall)
No pain or sign of time (I’m much too young to fall)
So out of place don't wanna stay, I feel wrong and that's my sign
I've made up my mind

Give me your hand but realize I just wanna say goodbye
Please understand I have to leave and carry on my own life

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
far away from here


Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right

Loved ones back home all crying ’cause they're already missing me
I pray by the grace of God that there's somebody listening
Give me a chance to be that person I wanna be
(I am unbroken; I’m choking on this ecstasy)
Oh Lord I'll try so hard but you gotta let go of me
(Unbreak me, unchain me, I need another chance to live)

I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear
escape from this afterlife
’Cause this time I'm right to move on and on,
far away from here


Got nothing against you and surely I'll miss you
This place full of peace and light, and I’d hope you might
Take me back inside when the time is right

Afterlife
Avenged Sevenfold