Songs with Clever Lines

First to fall over when the atmosphere is less than perfect
Your sensibilities are shaken by the slightest defect
You live you life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

You say you want to spend the winter in Firenza
You're so afraid to catch a dose of influenza
You live your life like a canary in a coalmine
You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line

Canary in a Coal Mine

The Police

Handle with care    Traveling Wilburys

I’ve been fobbed off and I’ve been fooled

I’ve been robbed and ridiculed

In daycare centers and night school

Handle me with care

I’m on fire   Springsteen

Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife,

baby, edgy and dull

And cut a six inch valley through the

middle of my skull

At night, I wake up with the sheets 

soakin’ wet

And a freight train runnin’ through the

middle of my head

Only you can cool my desire

Gold Dust Woman (Stevie Nicks)

“Rulers make bad lovers/You’d better put your kingdom up for sale.”

Against The Wind: Bob Seger (Every line has a purpose, like in a poem; a life story told in a song).

I Wanted to Cry (But the Tears Wouldn't Come)  -  Scorpions

Well here comes my baby
She's dressed oh so cute
She looks a little crazy
In her Hollywood shoes
Well baby loves driving
In my hot brand new car
She thinks less than flying
Is not fast enough
But when you turn upside down
Life ain't too much fun
I wanted to cry
But the tears wouldn't come

Here comes my baby
She's the one I adore
Well she's a lucky lady
Born in a Gucci store
With gold cards in motion
And the platinum too
She jets across the ocean
A little faster than you
But when it rains in St. Barth
Life ain't too much fun
I wanted to cry
But the tears wouldn't come

Well here comes my baby
With a Brad Pitt lookalike
Right through immigration
And straight out of my life
Well it seems the friendly skies
Are pretty good fun
I wanted to cry
But the tears wouldn't come

Lyrics by Klaus Meine.

Woodsmoke in the Wind (M. M. Murphey)

"I'm gonna get so lost, I'll find myself again"

“Are you really exclusive or just miserly?

You spend every sentence as if it was marked currency,”

--"Talk to Me," Joni Mitchell

O Superman (Laurie Anderson)

"'Cause when love is gone, there's always justice.
And when justive is gone, there's always force.
And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom!"