Greatest song lyrics of all time....

[windycityguy 1]

Lets hear your thoughts.

 

Listened to this today for the first time in a while. Reminded me how much I love this line

 

Hike up your skirt a little more

And show your world to me

[SUXBNME 1,503]

Anything by Buffalo Blonde

[gutterslut 1]

Anything by Buffalo Blonde

 

 

 

Good grief man, don't make it so obvious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No these two aren't the same queer.

 

[wiffleball 4,790]

Unskinny bop

Just blows me away

Unskinny bop, bop

All night and day

Unskinny bop, bop, bop, bop

She just loves to play

Unskinny bop nothin more to say

[Yer mom 2]

:GiantsFan: Hey little girl is your daddy home, or did he leave you home all alone

[pimptastic69 0]

Bill: "All we are........is dust in the wind."

 

[wiffleball 4,790]

Tell me GiantsFan didn't write this:

 

You know I like my girls a little bit older

I just wanna use your love tonight

I don't wanna lose your love tonight

 

I ain't got many friends left to talk to

No-one's around when I'm in trouble

 

It's like his own personal credo.

[TAS 2]

Lets hear your thoughts.

 

Listened to this today for the first time in a while. Reminded me how much I love this line

 

Hike up your skirt a little more

And show your world to me

Just heard Crash about a minute ago.

[FeelingMN 273]

Growing up, I hated You Can Call Me Al......actually, stll don't like it musically, but have an appreciation for the lyrics:

 

A man walks down the street

It's a street in a strange world

Maybe it's the Third World

Maybe it's his first time around

He doesn't speak the language

He holds no currency

He is a foreign man

He is surrounded by the sound

The sound

Cattle in the marketplace

Scatterlings and orphanages

He looks around, around

He sees angels in the architecture

Spinning in infinity

He says Amen! and Hallelujah!

[wiffleball 4,790]

Growing up, I hated You Can Call Me Al......actually, stll don't like it musically, but have an appreciation for the lyrics:

 

A man walks down the street

It's a street in a strange world

Maybe it's the Third World

Maybe it's his first time around

He doesn't speak the language

He holds no currency

He is a foreign man

He is surrounded by the sound

The sound

Cattle in the marketplace

Scatterlings and orphanages

He looks around, around

He sees angels in the architecture

Spinning in infinity

He says Amen! and Hallelujah!

[GettnHuge 2]

Standing in between extinction in the cold

and explosive radiating growth

So the warm blood flows

Through the large four-chambered heart

Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

 

Mammal, mammal

Their names are called

They raise a paw

The bat, the cat

Dolphin and dog

Koala bear and hog

 

One of us might lose his hair

But you're reminded that it once was there

From the embryonic whale to the monkey with no tail

So the warm blood flows

with the red blood cells lacking nuclei

Through the large four-chambered heart

Maintaining the very high metabolism rate they have

 

Mammal, mammal

Their names are called

They raise a paw

The bat, the cat

Dolphin and dog

Koala bear and hog

 

Placental the sister of her brother Marsupial

Their cousin called Monotreme

Dead uncle Allotheria

 

Mammal, mammal

Their names are called

They raise a paw

The bat, the cat

Dolphin and dog

Koala bear and hog

The fox, the ox

Giraffe and shrew

Echidna, caribou

 

[wiffleball 4,790]

All kidding aside - and I know it's long, but God Part 2 has some of the most personally compelling lyrics of any song I've heard.

 

Don't believe the devil

I don't believe his book

But the truth is not the same

Without the lies he made up

 

Don't believe in excess

Success is to give

Don't believe in riches

But you should see where I live

I...I believe in love

 

Don't believe in forced entry

Don't believe in rape

But every time she passes by

Wild thoughts escape

I don't believe in death row

Skid row or the gangs

Don't believe in the Uzi

It just went off in my hand

I...I believe in love

 

Don't believe in Goldman (Sachs)

His type like a curse

Instant karma's going to get him

If I don't get him first

Don't believe in rock 'n' roll

Can really change the world

As it spins in revolution

It spirals and turns

I...I believe in love

 

Don't believe in the 60's

The golden age of pop

You glorify the past

When the future dries up

Heard a singer on the radio late last night

He says he's gonna kick the darkness

'til it bleeds daylight

I...I believe in love

[Yer mom 2]

You let me violate you, you let me desecrate you

You let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you

Help me I broke apart my insides, help me I’ve got no soul to sell

Help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself

I want to ###### you like an animal

I want to feel you from the inside

I want to ###### you like an animal

My whole existence is flawed

You get me closer to god

You can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings

You can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything

Help me tear down my reason, help me its' your sex I can smell

Help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else

I want to ###### you like an animal

I want to feel you from the inside

I want to ###### you like an animal

My whole existence is flawed

You get me closer to god

 

Through every forest, above the trees

Within my stomach, scraped off my knees

I drink the honey inside your hive

You are the reason I stay alive

[BLS 314]

"Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars,

Oak tree, you're in my way."

 

 

[jgcrawfish 232]

There is unrest in the forest,

there is trouble with the trees

For the maples want more sunlight

and the oaks ignore their pleas

 

The trouble with the maples,

and they're quite convinced they're right,

They say the oaks are just too lofty,

and they grab up all the light.

But the oaks can't help their feelings

if they like the way they're made.

And they wonder why the maples

can't be happy in their shade?

 

There is trouble in the forest

And the creatures all have fled

As the maples scream "oppression!"

And the oaks, just shake their heads

 

So the maples formed a union

And demanded equal rights

"the oaks are just too greedy

We will make them give us light"

Now there's no more oak oppression

For they passed a noble law

And the trees are all kept equal

By hatchet,

Axe,

And saw ...

[jgcrawfish 232]

And for a country song...

 

 

He was an old time cowboy don't you understand

His eyes were sharp as razor blades his face was leather tent

His toes were pointed inward from a hangin' on a horse

He was an old philosopher of course.

 

He was so thin I swear you could have used him for a whip

He had to drink the beer to keep his breeches on his hips

I knew I had to ask him about the mysteries of life

He spat between his boots and he replied.

 

It's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

 

He smiled and his teets were covered with tabacco stains

He said it don't do man no good to pray for peace and rain

Peace and rain is just a way to say prosperity

And buffalo chips is all that means to me/

 

I told him I was a poet I was lookin' for the truth

I do not care for horses whiskey women or other loot

I said I was a writer my soul was all on fire

He looked at me and he said you are a liar.

 

Son it's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

 

Well, I was disillusioned if I say the least

I grabbed him by the collar and I jerked him to his feet

There was somethin' cold and shiny laying in my head

So I started to believe the things he said.

 

Well, my poet days're over and I'm back to bein' me

As I enjoy the peace and comfort of reality

If my boy ever asks me what it is that I have learned

I think that I will readilly affirm.

 

Son it's faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

Faster horses, younger women, older whiskey, more money.

It's faster horsesm younger women, older whiskey, more money...

[Thornton Melon 620]

How do your pistol and your Bible and your

Sleeping pills go?

Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?

[posty 2,700]

Alright!

 

Break me down

You got a lovely face

We're going to your place

And now you got to freak me out

Scream so loud

Getting ###### laid

You want me to stay

But I got to make my way

 

Chorus:

Hey!

You're crazy ######

But you ###### so good I'm on top of it

When I dream

I'm doing you all night

Scratches all down my back to keep me right on

 

(Repeat Chorus)

 

Take it all

The paper is your game

You jump in bed with fame

Another one night payed in full

You're so fine

It won't be a loss

Cashing in the rocks

Just to get you face to face

 

(Chorus x2)

 

Get the video

###### you so good

Get the video

###### you so good

 

Crazy ######

Crazy ######

Crazy... ######

 

(Chorus)

 

Hey

You're crazy ######

But you ###### so good I'm on top of it

When I dream

I'm doing you all night

Scratches all down my back

Come on!

 

Baby girl

You want it all

To be a star you'll have to go down

Take it off

No need to talk

You're crazy but I like the way you ###### me!

 

(Chorus x2)

 

You keep me right on

You're crazy but I like the way you ###### me!

[titans&bucs&bearsohmy! 2,745]

Remember when I moved in you

and the holy dove was moving too,

And every breath we drew was hallelujah?

[SUXBNME 1,503]

"Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars,

Oak tree, you're in my way."

[Yer mom 2]

But for real...

 

 

 

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people

Living for today...

 

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace...

 

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

 

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world...

 

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will live as one

[wiffleball 4,790]

Imagine

 

[CantTouchThis 23]

Theres a lady whos sure

All that glitters is gold

And shes buying a stairway to heaven.

When she gets there she knows

If the stores are all closed

With a word she can get what she came for.

Ooh, ooh, and shes buying a stairway to heaven.

 

Theres a sign on the wall

But she wants to be sure

cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.

In a tree

by the brook

Theres a songbird who sings,

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.

Ooh, it makes me wonder,

Ooh, it makes me wonder.

 

Theres a feeling I get

When I look to the west,

And my spirit is crying for leaving.

In my thoughts I have seen

Rings of smoke through the trees

,

And the voices of those who standing looking.

Ooh, it makes me wonder,

Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

 

And its whispered that soon

If we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason.

And a new day will dawn

For those who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter.

 

If theres a bustle in your hedgerow

Dont be alarmed now,

Its just a spring clean for the may queen.

Yes, there are two paths you can go by

But in the long run

Theres still time to change the road youre on.

And it makes me wonder.

 

Your head is humming and it wont go

In case you don't know,

The pipers calling you to join him,

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

 

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul.

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold.

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last.

When all are one and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll.

 

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Can't really narrow it to just one amazing verse, they are all incredible

[cbfalcon 825]

Will you?

Will you now?

Would you die for me?

Don't you fuckin' lie.

(Don't you step out of line! 3x)

Don't you fuckin lie.

 

You've claimed all this time

that you would die for me.

Why then are you so surprised

when hear your own eulogy?

(He had alot to say.

He had alot of nothing to say. 2x)

 

[SUXBNME 1,503]

And the meek shall inheret the earth

 

 

... the massive grey walls of the temples rise from the

Heart of every federation city. I have always been awed

By them, to think that every single facet of every life is

Regulated and directed from within! our books, our music,

Our work and play are all looked after by the benevolent

Wisdom of the priests...

 

Weve taken care of everything

The words you hear the songs you sing

The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes

Its one for all and all for one

We work together common sons

Never need to wonder how or why

 

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx

All the gifts of life are held within our walls

 

Look around this world we made

Equality our stock in trade

Come and join the brotherhood of man

Oh what a nice contented world

Let the banners be unfurled

Hold the red star proudly high in hand

 

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx

Our great computers fill the hallowed halls.

We are the priests of the temples of syrinx

All the gifts of life are held within our walls.

 

Iii. discovery

Words by neil peart, music by alex lifeson

 

... behind my beloved waterfall, in the little room that was

Hidden beneath the cave, I found it. I brushed away the

Dust of the years, and picked it up, holding it reverently in

My hands. I had no idea what it might be, but it was

Beautiful ...

... I learned to lay my fingers across the wires, and to turn

The keys to make them sound differently. as I struck the

Wires with my other hand, I produced my first harmonious

Sounds, and soon my own music! how different it could

Be from the music of the temples! I cant wait to tell the

Priests about it! ...

 

What can this strange device be?

When I touch it, it gives forth a sound

Its got wires that vibrate and give music

What can this thing be that I found?

 

See how it sings like a sad heart

And joyously screams out its pain

Sounds that build high like a mountain

Or notes that fall gently like rain

 

I cant wait to share this new wonder

The people will all see its light

Let them all make their own music

The priests praise my name on this night

 

Iv. presentation

Words by neil peart, music by alex lifeson

 

... in the sudden silence as I finished playing, I looked up

To a circle of grim, expressionless faces. father brown

Rose to his feet, and his somnolent voice echoed

Throughout the silent temple hall. ...

... instead of the grateful joy that I expected, they were

Words of quiet rejection! instead of praise, sullen

Dismissal. I watched in shock and horror as father brown

Ground my precious instrument to splinters beneath his

Feet...

 

I know its most unusual

To come before you so

But Ive found an ancient miracle

I thought that you should know

 

Listen to my music

And hear what it can do

Theres something here as strong as life

I know that it will reach you

 

Yes, we know its nothing new

Its just a waste of time

We have no need for ancient ways

The world is doing fine

 

Another toy will help destroy

The elder race of man

Forget about your silly whim

It doesnt fit the plan

 

I cant believe youre saying

These things just cant be true

Our world could use this beauty

Just think what we might do

 

Listen to my music

And hear what it can do

Theres something here as strong as life

I know that it will reach you

 

Dont annoy us further

We have our work to do

Just think about the average

What use have they for you?

 

Another toy will help destroy

The elder race of man

Forget about your silly whim

It doesnt fit the plan

 

V. oracle: the dream

Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

 

... I guess it was a dream, but even now it all seems so

Vivid to me. clearly yet I see the beckoning hand of the

Oracle as he stood at the summit of the staircase ...

... I see still the incredible beauty of the sculptured cities

And the pure spirit of man revealed in the lives and works

Of this world. I was overwhelmed by both wonder and

Understanding as I saw a completely different way to life,

A way that had been crushed by the federation long ago. i

Saw now how meaningless life had become with the loss

Of all these things ...

 

I wandered home though silent streets

And fell into a fitful sleep

Escape to realms beyond the night

Dream cant you show me the light?

 

I stand atop a spiral stair

An oracle confronts me there

He leads me on light years away

Through astral nights, galactic days

 

I see the works of gifted hands

That grace this strange and wondrous land

I see the hand of man arise

With hungry mind and open eyes

 

They left the planets long ago

The elder race still learn and grow

Their power grows with purpose strong

To claim the home where they belong

Home, to tear the temples down...

Home, to change..

 

Vi. soliloquy

Words by neil peart, music by geddy lee and alex lifeson

 

... I have not left this cave for days now, it has become

My last refuge in my total despair. I have only the music of

The waterfall to comfort me now. I can no longer live

Under the control of the federation, but there is no other

Place to go. my last hope is that with my death I may pass

Into the world of my dream, and know peace at last.

 

The sleep is still in my eyes

The dream is still in my head

I heave a sigh and sadly smile

And lie a while in bed

I wish that it might come to pass

Not fade like all my dreams

 

Just think of what my life might be

In a world like I have seen

I dont think I can carry on

Carry on this cold and empty life

Oh...noo!

 

My spirits are low in the depths of despair

My lifeblood spills over..

 

Attention all planets of the solar federation

Attention all planets of the solar federation

Attention all planets of the solar federation

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

We have assumed control.

[ZeroTolerance 584]

Off the top of my head...

 

 

Words you say never seem

To live up to the ones inside your head

The lives we make never seem

To ever get us anywhere but dead

 

 

Oh, I walked the line, when you held me in that night

Oh, I walked the line, when you held my hand that night

Oh, I walked the line, when you held me close that night

Oh, I paid the price, never held you in real life

 

 

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and

Fuck all his clones.

Fuck all those gun-toting

Hip gangster wannabes.

 

 

And one line I always liked:

 

"Bleeding through a tourniquet smile"

[Jeff Garcia 8]

You can blame it on the rain

Cos the rain don't mind

And the rain don't care

You got to blame it on something

(Blame it on the rain)

(Blame it on the stars)

Whatever you do don't put the blame on you

Blame it on the rain yeah, yeah

You can blame it on the rain

Girl

[ZeroTolerance 584]

Growing up, I hated You Can Call Me Al......actually, stll don't like it musically, but have an appreciation for the lyrics:

And an all-time music video.

[rallo 136]

i don't know about best lyrics of all time... but i'm been partial to ryan adams lately and his lyrics are usually pretty good

 

Loaded like a sailor

Tumbling off a ferry boat

I was at the bar till three

Oh Lord, and I wasn't ready to go

I'm never ready to go

Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina where they're gonna bury me

And I ain't ready to go

I'm never ready to go

Let it ride let it ride easy down the road

 

or

 

 

See how she moves through the door

How she loses her keys

How she loses her cool

Watching blackbirds scatter through the trees

How she flips from the back to the front

Reading magazines

Oh, my God, I miss those things

And it's a hard way to fall

And this ain't the easy way down

And it's a hard thing to love anyone, anyhow

[Me_2006 14]

Shush, girl. Shut your lips. Do the Helen Keller, and talk with your hips.

 

 

also, there are way more.

[Giants Fan 85]

Well cutting through the cane break, rattling the till

Thunder that the rain makes when the shadow tops the hill

Big light on the back street, hill to ever more

Backing down the ladder with the hammer to the floor

Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah

Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen the big black Ford

 

Well he's all boxed up on a red bell day

Hunted Black Charlie on a blind man's cane

A yellow bullet with a rag out in the wind

An old blind tiger, got an old bell Jewel

Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah

Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford

 

Sent to the skies on a Benny Jag Blue

Off to bed without his supper like a Linda brides do

He got through the story with the old widow Jones

God that wooden country boy's never coming home

Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah

Here come the Big Black Mariah, I seen that big black Ford

Cut through the canebrake, oh yeah

 

Well he's all boxed up on a red bell day

Flat Blue Charlie on a blind man's cane

A hundred yellow bullets shook a rag out in the wind

An old blind tiger, on a pair of new wings.

Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the Big Black Mariah

Here come the Big Black Mariah, here come the big black Ford

[locogrande 0]

too many ###'s to copy/paste. great song.

[ZeroTolerance 584]

too many ###'s to copy/paste. great song.

Woohoo, curse words!

[CantTouchThis 23]

CONTROL me FASTER!!!!!

OBEY your MASTER!!!!!!!!

[kutulu 1,676]

CONTROL me FASTER!!!!!

OBEY your MASTER!!!!!!!!

[ZeroTolerance 584]

CONTROL me FASTER!!!!!

OBEY your MASTER!!!!!!!!

Uhh...

[Q.T. 5]

I, man, am regal - a German am I

Never odd or even

If I had a hi-fi

Madam, I'm Adam

Too hot to hoot

No lemons, no melon

Too bad I hid a boot

Lisa Bonet ate no basil

Warsaw was raw

Was it a car or a cat I saw?

 

Rise to vote, sir

Do geese see God?

"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod

Rats live on no evil star

Won't lovers revolt now?

Race fast, safe car

Pa's a sap

Ma is as selfless as I am

May a moody baby doom a yam?

 

Ah, Satan sees Natasha

No devil lived on

Lonely Tylenol

Not a banana baton

No "x" in "Nixon"

O, stone, be not so

O Geronimo, no minor ego

"Naomi," I moan

"A Toyota's a Toyota"

A dog, a panic in a pagoda

 

Oh no! Don Ho!

Nurse, I spy gypsies - run!

Senile felines

Now I see bees I won

UFO tofu

We panic in a pew

Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo

God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!

Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog

[jets24 6]

"Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars,

Oak tree, you're in my way."

 

Oooooo....that smells.

[jets24 6]

Remember when I moved in you

and the holy dove was moving too,

And every breath we drew was hallelujah?

Great choice.

[SUXBNME 1,503]

This one's for peenie and her ilk...

(one of my all time favorites)

 

Rioting - the unbeatable high

Adrenalin shoots your nerves to the sky

Everyone knows this town is gonna blow

And it's all gonna blow right now...

 

Now you can smash all the windows that you want

All you need are some friends and a rock

Throwing a brick never felt so damn good

Smash some more glass

Scream with a laugh

And wallow with the crowd

Watch them kicking peoples' ass

 

 

But you get to the place

Where the real slavedrivers live

It's walled off by the riot squad

Aiming guns right at your head

So you turn right around

And play right into their hands

And set your own neighbourhood

Burning to the ground instead

 

 

(chorus)

Riot - the unbeatable high

Riot - shoots your nerves to the sky

Riot - playing into their hands

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

 

 

Get your kicks in quick

They're callin' the National Guard

Now could be your only chance

To torch a police car

 

 

Climb the roof, kick the siren in

And jump and yelp for joy

Quickly - dive back in the crowd

Slip away, now don't get caught

 

 

Let's loot the spiffy Hi-Fi Store

Grab as much as you can hold

Pray your arms won't fall off

Here comes the owner with a gun

 

 

(chorus)

 

 

The barricades spring up from nowhere

Cops in helmets line the lines

Shotguns prod into your bellies

The trigger fingers want an excuse

Now

 

 

The raging mob has lost its nerve

There's more of us but who goes first

No one dares to cross the line

The cops know that they've won

 

 

It's all over but not quite

The pigs have just begun to fight

They club your heads, kick your teeth

Police can riot all they please

 

 

(chorus)

 

 

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast.