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DarcyFarrow
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May 2, 2020

Songs with Clever Lines

  • May 2, 2020
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So which lines jump out at you as especially clever or well written?

 

To start:  "We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies" ("Synchronicity II," the Police)

              "Is her power all in her club sandwich?" ("Waitress," Tori Amos)

 

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    BeatleloverKT
    Community Champion ⭐⭐
    October 25, 2020

    Missionary Man, 1986    Eurythmics 

     

    Oh, the missionary man, he’s got God on his side

    He’s got the saints and apostles backin’ up

    from behind

    Black eyed looks from those bible books

    He’s a man with a mission, got a serious mind

    DarcyFarrow
    Community Champion ⭐
    October 26, 2020

    Foxfire Suite (John Denver)

    "A little less than nothin' is a heavy load"

    DarcyFarrow
    Community Champion ⭐
    October 27, 2020

    Sentimental Lady (Bob Welch)

     

    "Cause we live in a time

    When meaning falls in splinters from our lives"

    MaVolta
    Community Champion ⭐⭐
    October 29, 2020
    Child in Time  -  Deep Purple (lyrics by Ian Gillan)
     
    See the blind man
    Shooting at the world
    Bullets flying
    Ohh taking toll
    If you've been bad
    Oh Lord I bet you have
    And you've not been hit
    Oh by flying lead
    You'd better close your eyes
    Ooohhhh bow your head
    Wait for the ricochet
     
    “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
    Loulit
    Conversationalist ⭐
    October 30, 2020

    Welcome back, my friends

    To the show that never ends

    We're so glad you could attend

    Come inside, come inside

     

    There behind the glass

    stands a single blade of grass

    Be careful as you pass

    move along, move along

     

    Soon the gypsy queen

    In a glaze of Vaseline

    Will perform on guillotine

    What a scene, what a scene

     

     

    Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression, Pt. 2

    Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

    Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
    Loulit
    Conversationalist ⭐
    October 30, 2020

    Johnny take a walk
    With your sister the moon
    Let her pale light in
    To fill up your room
    You've been living underground
    Eating from a can
    You've been running away
    From what you don't understand
    Love

     

    Johnny take a dive
    With your sister in the rain
    Let her talk about the things
    You can't explain
    To touch is to heal
    To hurt is to steal
    If you want to kiss the sky
    Better learn how to kneel (on your knees boy!)
    She's the wave
    She turns the tide
    She sees the man inside the child, yeah
     
    Mysterious Ways
    U2
    Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
    nahchoo
    Community Champion ⭐
    October 31, 2020

    Dancin’ Fool - Frank Zappa

     

    I don't know much about dancin'
    That's why I got this song
    One of my legs is shorter than the other
    And both my feet's too long
    'Course now right along with 'em
    I got no natural rhythm
    But I go dancin' every night
    Hopin' one day I might get it right
    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I hear that beat
    I jump outta my seat
    But I can't compete
    'Cause I'm a
    Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool

    The disco folks all dressed up
    Like they's fit to kill
    I walk on in 'n see 'em there
    Gonna give them all a thrill
    When they see me comin'
    They all steps aside
    They has a fit while I commit
    My social suicide

    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool
    I'm a Dancin' fool

    The beat goes on
    And I'm so wrong
    (Ahhhhhh)
    The beat goes on
    And I'm so wrong
    (Ahhhhhh)
    The beat goes on
    And I'm so wrong
    (Ahhhhhh)

    The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
    The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
    The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
    The beat goes on and I'm so wrong
    I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
    Dancin' fool,
    I may be totally wrong, but I'm a
    Dancin' fool

    Yowsa, yowsa, yowsa

    I've got it all together now
    With my very own disco clothes, hey!
    My shirt's half open, to show you my chain
    And the spoon for up my nose
    I am-a really something
    That's what you'd probably say
    So smoke your little smoke
    Drink your little drink
    While I dance the night away

    I'm a
    Dancin' fool
    I'm a
    Dancin' fool
    I'm a
    Dancin' fool
    I'm a
    Dancin' fool
    He's a
    Dancin' fool

    I may be totally wrong but I'm a
    I may be totally wrong but I'm a
    I may be totally wrong but I'm a
    I May Be Totally wrong but I'm a FOOL, yeah! Uh!

    Hey, darlin'... can I buy ya a couple 'a drinks, Hmm?
    Lookin' for Mister Goodbar?
    Here he is...
    Wait a minute...
    I've got it... you're an Italian!
    Huh?
    Yer Jewish?
    Love your nails ...
    You must be a Libra... Your place or mine?
    Heh heh heh yeah...

     

    It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.
    Loulit
    Conversationalist ⭐
    October 31, 2020

    I am a moron and this is my wife

    She's frosting a cake with a paper knife

    All that we got here's American made

    It's a little bit cheesy but it's nicely displayed

     

    Zappa LOL

     

     

     

     

     

    Thank you so much, covfefe, and good night! -- Anna Kendrick
    DarcyFarrow
    Community Champion ⭐
    October 31, 2020

    Winter (Tori Amos):

     

    "But I only can see myself
    Skating around the truth who I am
    But I know, dad, the ice is getting thin"

    Community Champion ⭐
    November 1, 2020

    If I listened long enough to you

     

    I’d find a way to believe that it’s all true

     

    Knowing that you lied straight-faced while I cried

     

    Still I look to find a reason to believe.

     

    ”Reason To Believe”, Tim Hardin