Lyrics That Matter

[Hopeful Sinner]

Dylan (Subterranean Homesick Blues, 1965):

"Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the DA
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try, 'No Doz'
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows."

Here's that song with the piece of Subterranean Homesick Blues in the break down...

Terrell - Shoutin' Ground

Enjoy!

 

[Aahzz]

This song leveled me after my divorce. It was a song I had heard 100 time prior - but heard it again, for the first time, when it applied to me.

It's amazing how music can hit you during something as traumatic as a divorce. This song helped me survive mine:

We've been avoiding this for so long,
Luxury is temporary than it's gone.
I thought that we would happen,
I guess I'm wrong.
We'll say hi on the street,
Then we'll move along.
I know this will be awkward,
But not for long.
Cause soon you'll have a new boy,
To sing you songs.

(Chorus)
I will not forgive you,
Nor will I accept the blame.
I will see you on Good Friday,
On Good Friday...
I'm sorry I couldn't do this yesterday,
And tomorrow I am busy and what
It is I can't say.
And Saturday's no good is no good,
We got a show.
So it has to be Good Friday,
Then it's so long...

I will not forgive you,
Nor will I accept the blame.
I will see you on Good Friday,
On Good Friday...

You, You come and go when you please,
I know unfulfilled needs
I know you do too
Oh But I, you know I never see
Things through,
I didn't paid attention to you
But honey I tried...

I will not forgive you,
Nor will I accept the blame.
I will see you on Good Friday,
On Good Friday
On Good Friday
On Good Friday...

 

[Aahzz]

A lovestruck romeo sings the street a serenade
Laying everybody low with me a lovesong that he made

Onew of my all-time favorites, but it moves me so much that I have a hard time listening to it. Powerful stuff!

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

I used to sing to her
it used to make her smile
and she knew all the words
for a while

 

[Goldfixer]

A lot of incredible lyrics have been posted in this thread... yet no one has posted the deep insight of John Mayer

"Say what you mean to say
Say what you mean to say
Say what you mean to say
Say what you mean to say"
repeat until nausea sets in...then repeat again and again

 

[Goldtop]

This song leveled me after my divorce. It was a song I had heard 100 time prior - but heard it again, for the first time, when it applied to me.

Thanks very much for this one, Mr. Henley.

This is a big one for me too Hans. For slightly different reasons maybe, but still. One of my favorite albums ever.

Years ago back when I was married, my wife and I took a day trip in a new/used car she had, sort of a 'let's go somewhere and test it out' kind of thing. The cassette I grabbed on the way out the door was one I had burned of this album. That whole day I was thinking to myself that things had changed to the point where we were never going back, and I just couldn't bring myself to say it. I now know that she didn't feel the same way I did then, but eventually she would.

Thanks for posting this. Lloyd

 

[Mikegarveyblues]

Songwriters: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL

In penny lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to have known.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mack
In the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back

In penny lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And tho' she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

In penny lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back.
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
Penny lane.

Sort of reminds me of being a teenager and warm sunny days, though I wasn't into the Beatles when I was younger.

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Another Beatles one with powerful lyrics that I can relate to is Yesterday:

Songwriters: LENNON, JOHN / MCCARTNEY, PAUL

Yesterday,
All my troubles seemed so far away,
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she
Had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said,
Something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
Love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm.

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And the Lennon song that has some meaning perhaps...

I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control
I didn't mean to hurt you
Im sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
Im just a jealous guy

I was feeling insecure
You might not love me anymore
I was shivering inside
I was shivering inside

I didn't mean to hurt you
Im sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
Im just a jealous guy

I didn't mean to hurt you
Im sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
Im just a jealous guy

I was trying to catch your eyes
Thought that you was trying to hide
I was swallowing my pain
I was swallowing my pain

I didn't mean to hurt you
Im sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn't want to hurt you
Im just a jealous guy, watch out
Im just a jealous guy, look out babe
Im just a jealous guy

 

[Goldtop]

This may fall under the the heading of TMI, so please forgive me if it does. Here is another song that really speaks to me, and it has since the first time I heard it. At this point in my life, I'm pretty comfortable with who and what I am, but there was a time when I was painfully uncomfortable with myself. I've always felt like an outsider, and I still do. But the difference now is that I accept it as a simple fact. For whatever reason, it's just the way life is for me.

Anyway, this isn't a forum about therapy - although it is very theraputic to me in a wonderful way - so I'll leave it at that. This is by Boston, and if I'm not mistaken, it was written by Tom Scholz.

Lloyd

If I said what's on my mind
You'd turn and walk away
Disappearing way back in your dreams
It's so hard to be unkind
So easy just to say
That everything is just the way it seems

You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you see
A man I'll never be

If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
It's getting harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see
A man I'll never be

I can't get any stronger
And I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied

You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you still see
A man I'll never be

If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it gets harder every day for me
To hide behind this dream you see

I can't get any stronger
I can't climb any higher
You'll never know just how hard I've tried
Cry a little longer
And hold a little tighter
Emotions can't be satisfied

You look up at me
And somewhere in your mind you still see
A man I'll never be

If only I could find a way
I'd feel like I'm the man you believe I am
And it gets harder every day for me
I can't keep hidin' this feeling

 

[11top]

STARS by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

I lit a fire with the love you left behind,
And it burned wild and crept up the mountainside.
I followed your ashes into outer space
I can't look out the window,
I can't look at this place,

I can't look at the stars,
They make me wonder where you are
Stars,
Up on heaven's boulevard
And if I know you at all,
I know you've gone too far
So I, I can't look at the stars

All those times we looked up at the sky,
Looking out so far,
We felt like we could fly.
And now I'm all alone in the dark of night,
The moon is shining,
But I can't see the light,
And I can't look at the

Stars,
They make me wonder where you are
Stars,
Up on heaven's boulevard
And if I know you at all,
I know you've gone too far
So I, I can't look at the stars

Stars,
Stars,
They make me wonder where you are
Stars,
Up on heaven's boulevard
And if I know you at all,
I know you've gone too far
So I can't look at the stars.

 

[Goldtop]

A little different approach... These are lines from various writers and performers.

Goldtop

'I'd like to believe we could reconcile the past
Resurrect those bridges with an ancient glance'

'Try to find a woman who's never, never, never been born'

'I am just a red brassiere to all the boys in town
Put this bus in top gear; get me out of here'

'Politicians kissing babies for good luck
TV preachers sell salvation for a buck'

'I have no reason to be over-optimistic
But somehow, when you smile, I can brave bad weather'

'I'm still lookin' for the answer
God, I guess I haven't learned a thing'

'If we make it through December
Everything's gonna be alright I know'

'Don't change for you
Don't change a thing for me'

 

[]-[@n$0Ma☩!©]

Where are the dreams that we once had?
This is the time to bring them back
What were the promises
caught on the tips of our tongues?

Do we forget or forgive?
There's a whole other life waiting to be lived when...
One day we're brave enough
To talk with Conviction of the Heart.

And down your streets I've walked alone,
As if my feet were not my own
Such is the path I chose
doors I have opened and closed

I'm tired of living this life,
Fooling myself
believing we're right, when...
I've never given love
With any Conviction of the Heart

One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
I believe we'll survive
If we only try...

How long must we all wait to change
This world bound in chains that we live in
To know what it is to forgive,
And be forgiven?

too many years of taking now.
Isn't it time to stop somehow?
Air that's too angry to breathe
water our children can't drink

You've heard it hundreds of times
You say your aware, believe, and you care, but...
Do you care enough
Where's your conviction of the Heart?​

 

[Goldtop]

"Angie" by Jagger/Richards

Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied

But Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried
Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said good-bye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear:
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?

Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said good-bye?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied

But Angie, I still love you, baby
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on Baby, dry your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie, they can't say we never tried

 

[11top]

Hans:
Maybe my favorite Loggin's song, and I also like that Bryan White song.:top:

 

[Mikegarveyblues]

"Angie" by Jagger/Richards

Angie, Angie, when will those clouds all disappear?
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied

But Angie, Angie, you can't say we never tried
Angie, you're beautiful, but ain't it time we said good-bye?
Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried?
All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear:
Angie, Angie, where will it lead us from here?

Oh, Angie, don't you weep, all your kisses still taste sweet
I hate that sadness in your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it time we said good-bye?
With no loving in our souls and no money in our coats
You can't say we're satisfied

But Angie, I still love you, baby
Ev'rywhere I look I see your eyes
There ain't a woman that comes close to you
Come on Baby, dry your eyes
But Angie, Angie, ain't it good to be alive?
Angie, Angie, they can't say we never tried

Good tune!

 

[Goldtop]

I almost felt you touching me just now
I wish I knew which way to turn and go
I feel so good, and then then I feel so bad
I wonder what I ought to do

If I could only fly, if I could only fly
I'd bid this place goodbye, to come and be with you
But I can hardly stand, and I got no where to run
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night

The wind keeps blowing somewhere everyday
They tell me things get better somewhere up the way
Just dismal thinking on a dismal day
And sad songs for us to bear

If I could only fly
If we could only fly
If we could only fly
There'd be no more lonely nights

You know sometimes I write happy songs
Then some little thing goes wrong
I wish they all could make you smile

I'm coming home soon and I wanna stay
Maybe we can somehow get away
I wish you could come with me when I go again

 

[Rosewoodsteel]

Joni Mitchell, Lennon and McCartney, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Sting- The Masters.

 

[jfb]

The whole album hit me like a brick.

Ben Howard - Every Kingdom

Track 8 - Black Flies

Black flies on the windowsill
That we are
That we are
That we are to know
Winter stole summer's thrill
And the river's cracked and cold

See the sky is no man's land
A darkened plume to stay
Hope here needs a humble hand
Not a fox found in your place

And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone

Black flies on the windowsill
That we are
That we are
That we are to hold
Comfort came against my will
And every story must grow old

Still I'll be a traveler
A gypsy's reins to face
But the road is wearier
With that fool found in your place

And no man is an island, oh this I know
But can't you see, oh?
Maybe you were the ocean, when I was just a stone
[x2]

So here we are...

And I don't wanna beg your pardon
And I don't wanna ask you why
But if I was to go my own way
Would I have to pass you by?
[x2]

 

[Goldtop]

Here we are, again tonight, alone - just us two
Where the lights are dim and true love is coming through
There's no one else in this whole world as far as we're concerned
We built ourselves a fire so let it burn.

When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind - it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
Like you've had so many time and now
Loving you could never be better than it is right now

Tomorrow night we'll meet again to once more fan the flame
'Cause loving you the way I do stays the same
This love of ours is just as strong as any vow could be
And love could never be better for you and me

When you look at me like you do right now I go to pieces
Because I know what's on your mind it's just me
You've got that love-me-look in your eyes
Like you've had so many time and now
Loving you could never be better than it is right now

Loving you could never be better than it is right now

Lloyd​

 

[Goldtop]

"In The Garden" - Performed by Van Morrison

The streets are always wet with rain after a summer shower
When I saw you standin' in the garden
In the garden
Wet with rain

You wiped the teardrops from your eye in sorrow
As we watched the petals fall down to the ground
And as I sat beside you I felt the Great Sadness that day
In the garden

And then one day you came back home
You were a creature all in rapture
You had the key to your soul and you did open that day you came back
To the garden

The olden summer breeze was blowin' on your face
The light of God was shinin' on your countenance divine
And you were a violet colour as you sat beside your father and your mother
In the garden

The summer breeze was blowin' on your face
Within your violet your treasure your summery words
And as the shiver from my neck down to my spine ignited me in daylight and nature
In the garden

And you went into a trance
Your childlike vision became so fine
And we heard the bells inside the church we loved so much
And felt the presence of the youth of eternal summers
In the garden

And as I touched your cheeks so lightly
Born Again, you were and blushed
And we touched each other lightly
And we felt the presence of the Christ

And I turned to you and I said
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and The Father
In the garden

No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature
And the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost
In the garden

Wet with rain
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and the holy ghost
In the garden
In the garden

Wet with rain
No Guru, no method, no teacher
Just you and I and nature and The Father
In the garden

Goldtop

 

[crgtr]

No other song has stirred the emotion in me as this one.....

Well I heard there was a secret chord
that David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
Well it goes like this:
The fourth, the fifth,
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to her kitchen chair
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor (you know)
I used to live alone before I knew you
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
and love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do you?
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah...

Maybe there's a God above
all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah