Favorite Lines from Favorite Songs

Sundrop · Mar 23, 2015

I was born in the mountains, out where the snakes have legs
Where the hoot owls speak in English, and the roosters lay square eggs.....
I shaved my beard and moustache the mornin' I was born
That night I beat up my old man, and I drank his rye and corn....

Grandpa · Mar 23, 2015

And like some angel's haloed brow, you reek of purity.

"Conquistador" by Procol Harum. Love the song.

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We'd both gotten what we'd asked for such a long, long time ago. Y'see, she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights; I took off to find the skies. And here, she's acting happy inside her handsome home. And me? I'm flying in my taxi, taking tips and getting stoned. I go flying soooo high...... when I'm stoned.

"Taxi," Harry Chapin

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Took a bead down the northern plains, and just rolled that power on.
later......
Stood alone on a mountaintop, staring out at the Great Divide. I could go east; I could go west. It was all up to me to decide.

"Roll Me Away," Bob Seger - my favorite motorcycle song.

Spideyman · Mar 23, 2015

You raise me up so I can stand on mountains
You raise me up to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am on your shoulders
You raise me up to more than I can be

You Raise Me Up-- Josh Groban

Touching you
So warm and tender
Lord, I feel such a sweet surrender
Beautiful is the dream that makes you mine

Mmm
Rock me gently
Rock me slowly
Take it easy
Don't you know
That I have never been loved like this before

Rocky Me Gently -- Andy Kim

carrie's younger brother · Mar 23, 2015

"Giant ants from space
Snuff the human race
Then they eat your face
Never leave a trace
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la"

Attack of the Giant Ants by Blondie

I dedicate this song to SK and Revival. ;;D

carrie's younger brother · Mar 23, 2015

"I can't promise that I'll grow those wings
or keep this tarnished halo shined
but I'll never betray your trust
angel mine."

Angel Mine by Cowboy Junkies

Someday when my husband and I renew our vows and have an actual wedding (not a 5-minute "quickie" at city hall like we did) I want to say this to him as part of my wedding vows. I think it is just so honest and pretty much how I've lived our relationship these 21 years.

KingAHolic · Mar 23, 2015

If it makes you happy
It can't be that bad
If it makes you happy
Then why the hell are you so sad

(If It Makes You Happy - Sheryl Crow)

KingAHolic · Mar 24, 2015

I was standing at the counter
I was waiting for the change
When I heard that old familiar music start
It was like a lighted match had been tossed into my soul
It was like a dam had broken in my heart
After taking every detour
Gettin' lost and losin' track
So that even if I wanted I could not find my way back
After driving out the memory
Of the way things might have been
After I'd forgotten all about us
The song remembers when

(The Song Remembers When - Trisha Yearwood)

blunthead · Mar 24, 2015

Be it sight, sound, the smell, the touch.
There's something,
Inside that we need so much,
The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
The wonder of flowers, to be covered, and then to burst up,
Thru tarmack, to the sun again,
Or to fly to the sun without burning a wing,
To lie in the meadow and hear the grass sing,
To have all these things in our memories hoard,
And to use them,
To help us,
To find...
God...

- "Departure" (Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord)

Walter Oobleck · Mar 24, 2015

I went to the Animals Fair...the birds and the beasts were there
The big baboon!
By the light of the moon
was coming his auburn hair.
the monkey he got drunk
he bit the elephant's trunk
the elephant sneezed
and fell on his knees
and that was the end of the monk!

blunthead · Mar 24, 2015

There's a leafless tree in Asia
Under the sun there's a homeless man
There's a forest fire in the valley
Where the story all began

What will be our last thought?
Do you think it's coming soon?
Will it be a comfort
Or the pain of a burning wound?

All we are trying to say
Is we are all we've got
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop

You're an ocean full of faces
And you know that we believe
We're just a wave that drifts around you
Singing all our hopes and dreams
We look around in wonder
At the work that has been done
By the visions of our father
Touched by his loving son

All we are trying to say
Is we are all we've got
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop
All we are trying to say
Is we are all we've got
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, never stop
You and me just cannot fail
If we never, ever, never, ever stop...

"You And Me" (Seventh Sojourn - Moody Blues)

Grandpa · Mar 24, 2015

Ah, the Moodies. So many things.

"And the sounds we make together is the music to the story in your eyes. It's been shining down upon me now, I realize."

blunthead · Mar 24, 2015

Grandpa said:
Ah, the Moodies. So many things.

"And the sounds we make together is the music to the story in your eyes. It's been shining down upon me now, I realize."

Moody Blues. Some of the most profoundly gorgeous rock n roll of all time...

My boat sails stormy seas
Battles oceans filled with tears
At last my port's in view
Now that I've discovered you

Oh I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle lady
Give it freely and completely
To my lady

As life goes drifting by
Like a breeze she'll gently sigh
And slowly bow her head
Then you'll hear her softly cry.

Oh I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle lady
Give it freely and completely
To my lady

Words that you say when we're alone
Though actions speak louder than words
But all I can say is I love you so
To drive away all my hurt

Oh I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle lady
Give it freely and completely
To my lady

Set sail before the sun
Feel the warmth that's just begun
Share each and every dream
They belong to everyone.

Oh I'd give my life so lightly
For my gentle lady
Give it freely and completely
To my lady

"For My Lady" (Seventh Sojourn - Moody Blues)

KingAHolic · Mar 24, 2015

continuing on the Moody Blues theme:

And how many words have I got to say
And how many times will it be this way
With your arms around the future
And your back up against the past
You're already falling it's calling you
On to face the music

(The Voice)

blunthead · Mar 24, 2015

Well I've had dreams enough for one
And I've got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday...

Where is this place that we have found
Nobody knows where we are bound
I long to hear, I need to see
Cos I've shed tears too many for me

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday...

On the wind soaring free
Spread your wings
I'm beginning to see
Out of mind far from view
Beyond the reach of a nightmare come true

Well I've had dreams enough for one
And I got love enough for three
I have my hopes to comfort me
I got my new horizons out to sea

But I'm never going to lose your precious gift
It will always be that way
Cos I know I'm going to find my own peace of mind
Someday...
Someway...

"New Horizons" (Seventh Sojourn - Moody Blues)

HollyGolightly · Mar 24, 2015

GNTLGNT said:
...Ms. Simon denies to this day, that any of the men popularly bandied about as the subject of "Vain", are the REAL man or men...even after 40 plus years, she is still being coy...

I thought she finally admitted it was Gordon Lightfoot? Did I dream that? Maybe so.

Sarah25 · Mar 24, 2015

"Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin'
That there was a little more to life somewhere else"

Tom Petty-American Girl

"You're an accident, waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass left there on the beach
Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to
Then you leave me just out of reach"

U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

"Laughin' and a-runnin', hey hey
Skippin' and a-jumpin'
In the misty mornin' fog
With our, our hearts a-thumpin'

And you, my brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl"

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl

swiftdog2.0 · Mar 25, 2015

At night I walk this stinkin' street
Past the crazies on my block
And I see the same old faces
And I hear that same old talk
And I'm searching for the latest thing
A break in this routine
I'm talkin' some new kicks
Ones like you ain't never seen

Mean Street- Van Halen

One of the few Roth era VH songs with good lyrics. Dave was a great performer but a lazy vocalist and lyricist. Sammy kicks his a** in that department.

swiftdog2.0 · Mar 25, 2015

I sell my soul like a whore. What I got?

Never Satisfied- Living Colour

swiftdog2.0 · Mar 25, 2015

You don't want me anymore
So I walked right out that door
I play the game right from the start
I trust you, you use me, now my life's all torn apart

Sailin' On- Bad Brains

Great band. Best live show I've ever been to was Living Colour and Bad Brains at the Orpheum in Boston in '93.

KingAHolic · Mar 25, 2015

But tell me, did you sail across the sun?
Did you make it to the Milky Way to see the lights all faded
And that heaven is overrated?
Tell me, did you fall for a shooting star -
One without a permanent scar?
And did you miss me while you were looking for yourself out there?

(Drops of Jupiter - Train)

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