Best Song Lyric You've Ever Heard

[northepaul]

I'd never heard of it so I looked it up. Excuse me whilst I go and cut my own throat.

Told you its not to everyone's taste

[FionaH]

My Old Man by Joni Mitchel

My old man
He's a singer in the park
He's a walker in the rain
He's a dancer in the dark
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
My old man
Keeping away my blues

He's my sunshine in the morning
He's my fireworks at the end of the day
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
My old man
Keeping away my blues

But when he's gone
Me and them lonesome blues collide
The bed's too big
The frying pan's too wide

Then he comes home
And he takes me in his loving arms
And he tells me all his troubles
And he tells me all my charms
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
No, my old man
Keeping away my blues

But when he's gone
Me and them lonesome blues collide
The bed's too big
The frying pan's too wide

My old man
He's a singer in the park
He's a walker in the rain
He's a dancer in the dark
We don't need no piece of paper
From the city hall
Keeping us tied and true
No, my old man
Keeping away my lonesome blues

How I feel about MrH, on a good day This IS a good one 'cos its our anniversary today

[Florence Fennel]

You fill up my senses like a night in a forest
Like a mountain in spring time, like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses, come fill me again ..........

John Denver, Annie's Song

and

Starry, starry night, paint your palace blue and grey ... Vincent

Oh and

The Day the Music Died

[OllieMartin]

Chickity China the Chinese Chicken,
Have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'

Bare Naked Ladies - One Week

[Rhona]

I'll be loving you, always
with a love that's true, always.
When the thing you've planned
needs my helping hand,
I will understand,
Always

The days may not be fair, always
But that's when I'll be there, always
Not for just a second,
or a minute,
or an hour,
Not for just a weekend
and a shake down in the shower,
Not for just the summer
and the winter going sour,
But always.


Leonard Cohen natch

[sarraceniac]

As far as oddly wonderful lyrics go,there's a Turkish song that I'm trying to think of.I think by a chap called Mustafa Sandal?
From what I remember it was about how he'd found the woman of his drems and he was going to make her love him and knit him a cardi!It's going to bug me now all afternoon.

Oh. I see. He's got a sandal but the weather forecast is 'changeable' so he wants a cardi to be on the safe side?

[Rhona]

Actually my random 'ability' is to be able to remember the lyrics of any song, as soon as I've heard it. Totally photographic, but can't apply to any other thing, just lyrics of songs. It's also slightly embarrassing when you find yourself singing a really cr*p song word-perfect, as everyone assumes you love it. I also never forget a single word and can summon up any song immediately.

I've been able to do it since I was about four, and is freakish, but utterly, utterly pointless...

[DarkCrow]

Any part of "Goodnight Girl" Wet wet wet

[Florence Fennel]

I'd never heard of it so I looked it up. Excuse me whilst I go and cut my own throat.

I think I'll join you! Wow that's an incredible lyric.

[OllieMartin]

I think I'll join you! Wow that's an incredible lyric.

That had better be to a fantastic melody, otherwise it's the most disturbed thing I've ever read

[zazen999]

Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and grey ... Vincent

Of course, if you paint your palette blue then you might get taken to court these days.

- CHEP Home

[OllieMartin]

Of course, if you paint your palette blue then you might get taken to court these days.

- CHEP Home

Very smart

[HeyWayne]

That had better be to a fantastic melody, otherwise it's the most disturbed thing I've ever read

Can I sit with you Ollie.

[Pete C]

First time I shot her,
I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died.

Deliah's Gone - Johnny Cash

[OverWyreGrower]

This is a very annoying thread!

I have lots of favourite songs, but when I've gone and looked up the actual lyrics (not the words I always sing), they aren't very inspiring....