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08 May 07 - 05:40 PM (#2046452) Subject: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: oldhippie Everyone has favorite song lyrics. Is there a particular lyric you wish you had written? such as: "life is a rainstorm, but love is the ark" (David Mallett) |
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08 May 07 - 05:41 PM (#2046453) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Jim Lad Nope! |
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08 May 07 - 05:49 PM (#2046459) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: dick greenhaus Happy Birthday to you! I'd retire rich. |
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08 May 07 - 06:45 PM (#2046499) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Peace "Thunder makes the noise, boy, but the lightning does the work." |
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08 May 07 - 07:29 PM (#2046535) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST "And I heard her say it was far and away The most beautiful place she'd found As the moon rose up and the sun went down Over Huddersfield Town" Roger Davies |
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08 May 07 - 07:39 PM (#2046548) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: The Fooles Troupe "We love the moon, cause it is close to us"... |
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08 May 07 - 07:44 PM (#2046553) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Ebbie "And the moon came up, so quiet in the sky" |
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08 May 07 - 08:01 PM (#2046567) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Peace "Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,Evergreen - PM Date: 08 May 07 - 07:45 PM Can the posts deleted from this thread be restored please? And if not - can some indication be given where this deletion has taken place? Thank you." Check will Roger Gall. He will give you the lowdown. |
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08 May 07 - 10:05 PM (#2046646) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: PoppaGator What happened anyway ~ some offensive lyrics get posted? Rugby songs maybe? It looks to me lkike only lyrics about the moon wsere deemed acceptable. Oh well, at least none of them rhyme with "June." |
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09 May 07 - 08:43 PM (#2047470) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: AWG "..two all beef patties, special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun"...a classic. Or "..I'd like to buy the world a Coke..." Either one will do. |
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09 May 07 - 08:54 PM (#2047479) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Joe_F If I am forsaken, I'll not be forsworn, And he's surely mistaken if he thinks that I'll mourn. I'll get myself up in some right high degree And pass as light by him as he can by me. |
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09 May 07 - 10:45 PM (#2047537) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Bill D "Since it is no better, I'm glad that it is no worse. Brandy in my bottle, and money in my purse" from I've Rambled This Country, Both Earlye & Late |
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09 May 07 - 11:10 PM (#2047552) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,Art Thieme The entire lyric of the song OLD COYOTE by the late Al Grierson. Art Thieme |
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10 May 07 - 09:15 AM (#2047960) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Mark H. "Der Geist der Liebe erfuellt den Kosmos, und der das All zusammenhaelt kennt jeden Laut. Der Geist steht auf und seine Feine zerstieben, und die ihn hassen fliehen vor seinem Angesicht. Sende aus Deinen Geist und Leben entsteht; und also komm, Geist, und erfuelle die herzen Deiner Menschen, und entzuende in jedem das Feuer Deines ewigen Lebens." (Tangerine Dream, "Alpha Centauri", ?author.) They just don't write 'em like that any more. Wish I'd written: "I'm satisfied, satisfied, I got my boodle-am shaker sittin' by my side" (You May Leave, Memphis Jug Band, 1930) |
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10 May 07 - 09:26 AM (#2047976) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Muskratpete I ain't gonna repeat what I've said anymore, While I'm breathin' air that ain't been breathed before. Johnny Cash/Understand Your Man or The barefoot boy came wandering slowly down the street His pants were full of pockets and his shoes were full of feet. author unknown |
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10 May 07 - 09:30 AM (#2047985) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Georgiansilver Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe..and to love you! |
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10 May 07 - 11:11 AM (#2048085) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Tunesmith I've always admired Jackson Browne's "Before the Deluge". The song is about the difficulties of trying to opt out of main-stream society and live a "back to the garden" hippy, counter-culture life style. Many have tried but often their resolve weakens, and Jackson captures this with the lines, "In the ended they traded their tired wings for the resignation that living brings, exchanged love's bright and fragile glow for the glitter and the rouge". |
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10 May 07 - 11:23 AM (#2048098) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,edthefolkie "Says Red Molly to James, that's a fine motorbike"......etc. |
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10 May 07 - 11:30 AM (#2048109) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: frogprince I could come up with quite a list; but try these from Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues": I loved you from the git go I'll love you till I die I loved you on the Spanish steps The day you said goodbye I have seen the David; I've seen the Mona Lisa, too; And I have heard Doc Watson play Columbus Stockade Blues. |
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10 May 07 - 03:43 PM (#2048331) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: fat B****rd "The pump don't work 'cos the vandals took the handles" |
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10 May 07 - 04:57 PM (#2048401) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Shaneo And hunger stole our honour like a thief [Jim Larkin,,Pete StJohn] |
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10 May 07 - 05:40 PM (#2048435) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,van lingle "The dust that Pancho bit down south, Ended up in Lefty's mouth." Townes Van Zandt |
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11 May 07 - 04:26 AM (#2048952) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Folkiedave Graham Miles,probably one of the finest songwriters ever - writing about "The Young Engineer" - who serves his apprenticeship working on the building of the Forth Road Bridge - surrounded by people from all over Great Britain. "As the men from the South and the men from the North, Will meet and complete the bridge over the Forth". |
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11 May 07 - 04:32 AM (#2048957) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,old git "The priest was sprinkling prayers and holy water in the rain" ("The man in the cap".....Colum Sands) |
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11 May 07 - 03:49 PM (#2049452) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Cool Beans When you see a gent Paying all kinds of rent For a flat That would flatten the Taj Mahal.. Frank Loesser, "Guys and Dolls" |
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11 May 07 - 04:51 PM (#2049482) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,mg like someone pointed out before..if it weren't for the alligators I'd sleep out in the woods.. rifle to rifle and horse against horse entire song..town I loved so well.but modified a bit.. my heart's in the highlands my heart is not here....stalking the white dear and following the roe...?? Well, I have never been so dissapointed to finally hear the tune to a set of great lyrics..maybe there is a false tune out there I heard and the right is a beauty... all the songs where he rolls her in his plaidy.. Fundy's long and Fundy's wide Fundy's rain and fog and tide.. don't put him on soft turnips put him out on your green lawn Jolene Jolene etc. mg |
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11 May 07 - 05:08 PM (#2049495) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Micca "On Raglan Road on an August day I saw her first and knew that her dark hair might weave a snare that I might one day rue I saw the danger yet I walked along the enchanted way and I said let grief be a fallen leaf at the dawning of the day" How much more evocative, sublime and expressive do you want?! |
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11 May 07 - 07:14 PM (#2049558) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Herga Kitty If I had the wings of a dove, I would walk, 'cause you can't trust the fumes in the air - John Denny, "Me and my overcoat". Kitty |
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11 May 07 - 07:38 PM (#2049575) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: melodeonboy "White Horse in her hip pocket, and wolfhound at her feet" (Richard Thompson - Beeswing) "Oh, you should have seen the punch up when I brought my bleedin' lunch up" (Brian Damage - Torresmolinos) "Well, her jeans they get like a wet saddle blanket, And her boots are like you'd figure, and her car is full of hay, Horses, humans, if she had to rank it, You'd bet on them that canter and them that need fly spray" (Jonathan Richman - Since She Started To Ride) By the way, to make sense, the subject of this thread should be "Songs you wish you'd written". Watch those subjunctives! Yours pedantically, Melodeonboy |
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11 May 07 - 08:06 PM (#2049593) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Amos "You, who are on the road, Must have a code, that you can live by...." CSNY |
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11 May 07 - 10:44 PM (#2049667) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Dave'sWife "Love is hot, truth is molten" Donovan. |
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12 May 07 - 04:18 AM (#2049741) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Big Al Whittle The streets of town were paved with stars It was such a romantic affair Angels were dining at the Ritz And a nightingale sang in Berkely Square |
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12 May 07 - 04:51 AM (#2049759) Subject: Lyr Add: MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT From: John MacKenzie Yup Melodeon Boy, the title's been bugging me from the get go too! Some of my favourite lyrics are contained in this song, I particularly like the image of the telegraph cables singing down the highway. Pennies in a stream Falling leaves, a sycamore Moonlight in Vermont Icy finger-waves Ski trails on a mountainside Snowlight in Vermont Telegraph cables, they sing down the highway And travel each bend in the road People who meet in this romantic setting Are so hypnotized by the lovely... Ev'ning summer breeze Warbling of a meadowlark Moonlight in Vermont Telegraph cables, how they sing down the highway And they travel each bend in the road People who meet in this romantic setting Are so hypnotized by the lovely... Ev'ning summer breeze The warbling of a meadowlark Moonlight in Vermont Moonlight in Vermont Moonlight in Vermont Giok |
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12 May 07 - 10:15 AM (#2049937) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: fat B****rd All of "These Foolish Things" |
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12 May 07 - 12:22 PM (#2050014) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Georgiansilver She bid me adieu with her face full of scorn, And parted through the fields, her hands trailing the corn. |
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12 May 07 - 12:25 PM (#2050017) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: John MacKenzie I Wish I Were In Love Again Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart Music by: Richard Rodgers From the Show: Babes In Arms 1937 (S) The sleepless nights - the daily fights The quick toboggan - when you reach the heights I miss the kisses - and I miss the bites I wish I were in love again The broken dates - the endless waits The lovely loving - and the hateful hates The conversation - with the flying plates I wish I were in love again No more pain - no more strain Now I'm sane - but I would rather be punched - drunk The pulled out fur - of cat and cur The fine mismating - of a him and her I've learned my lesson - but I wish I were In love again The furtive sigh - the blackened eye The words: "I love you - 'til the day I day" The self deception - that believes the lie I wish I were in love again When love congeals - it soon reveals The faint aroma - of performing seals The double-crossing - of a pair of heals I wish I were in love again No, no more care - no, no despair Now I'm all there - but I'd rather be punch drunk Believe me sir - I much prefer The classic battle - of a him and her I don't like quiet - and I wish I were In love again - in love again - in love again They don't write them like that anymore ¦¬] G. |
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12 May 07 - 12:26 PM (#2050019) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: GUEST,cmt49 And then leaning on your windowsill one day he'll say you caused his will to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter. And then taking from his pocket an old schedule of trains he'll say I told you when I came I was a stranger. Leonard Cohen |
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12 May 07 - 12:32 PM (#2050023) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: Georgiansilver And he'll meet you at the bridge or someplace later. And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind You'll find he didn't leave you very much not even shelter |
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14 May 07 - 06:44 AM (#2051319) Subject: RE: Lyrics you wish you wrote From: mrmoe good morning today yes it's kind of you to climb in through my window happy to say I found the time to scratch a rhyme for you in my window.... Paul MacNeil |