What is your favourite song lyric..............?

topcattim

Got to be the lines from Squeeze's Up the Junction

I got a job with Stanley
He said I'd come in handy
And started me on Monday
So I had a bath on Sunday

topcattim

Toshmund wrote:

Apologies for being boring, but another Smiths classic

"And in a darkened underpass I thought my chance had come at last - but then a strange fear gripped me and I just could not ask"

Worries passengers the bit about 10 ton trucks/double decker buses

And while we're doing Morrissey lyrics, here are two brilliant ones from the "You are the Quarry" album

From "How could anyone possibly know how I feel":
She told me she loved me, Which means, She must be insane
I've had my face dragged in , Fifteen miles of shit, And I do not, And I do not, And I do not like it

(worth mentioning that Morrissey said something a bit more earthy than "shoot" in the line above!)

From "The First of the Gang to Die":
You have never been in love, Until you have seen the stars, reflect in the reservoirs
And you have never been in love, Until you have seen the dawn rise, behind the home for the blind

idaviesmoore

topcattim wrote:

Got to be the lines from Squeeze's Up the Junction

I got a job with Stanley
He said I'd come in handy
And started me on Monday
So I had a bath on Sunday

'I'd beg for her forgivness, but begging's not my business.'

ChrisLS

The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face

Dylan

unclemalc

Gotta be 'Frank's Wild Years' by Tom Waits....

Well Frank settled down in the Valley
and hung his wild years
on a nail that he drove through
his wife's forehead.
He sold used office furniture
out there on San Fernando Road
and assumed a $30,000 loan
at 15 1/4 % and put down payment
on a little two bedroom place.
His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash,
made good Bloody Marys,
kept her mouth shut most of the time -
had a little Chihuahua named Carlos
that had some kind of skin disease
and was totally blind.
They had a thoroughly modern kitchen,
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit).
Frank drove a little sedan.

They were so happy

One night Frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the liquor store,
picked up a couple 'Mickey's Big Mouths' -
drank 'em in the car on his way
to the Shell station.
He got a gallon of gas in a can, drove home,
doused everything in the house: torched it -
Parked across the street, laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
orange and chimmeny red.
Then Frank put on a top forty station,
got on the Hollywood Freeway,headed north

Never could stand that dog

Ever felt like any of that????

homercles

"Come on baby, now throw me a right to the chin,
Just one sign that would show me that you give a sh**."

Ben Folds Five: Selfless, Cold and Composed

TinyTed

You see I never thought I'd understand til that bike took me by the hand
Now I ride...
Ride...
Ride...

They Might Be Giants - Dirt Bike

ColinJ

I watched T.I.S.T. again recently so (for one week only)...



Big Bottom

The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'
That's what I said
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day
You know what I mean
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day
You know what I mean

My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
Big game is waiting there inside her tights, yeah

Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo

Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?

hisoka

I apologise in advance...

"No, no... no, no, no, no... no, no, no,no... no no there's no limit"

No limit, 2 unlimited

I'll get my coat.

idaviesmoore

hisoka wrote:

I apologise in advance...

"No, no... no, no, no, no... no, no, no,no... no no there's no limit"

No limit, 2 unlimited

I'll get my coat.

Best you do, son......best you do :shock:

DavidBelcher

hisoka wrote:

I apologise in advance...

"No, no... no, no, no, no... no, no, no,no... no no there's no limit"

No limit, 2 unlimited

I'll get my coat.

....also nicknamed '2 Untalented' by at least one of my mates

David

stfc1

SmellTheGlove wrote:

"How can you lie there and think of England when you don't even know who's in the team"

Perhaps his finest lyric, and that's saying something. See also: "One minute she says she's gone to get the cat in, The next thing I know she's mumbling in Latin."

Personally, I don't think it gets any better than this. It's nearly always the song that comes in to my head if I'm out on a solo ride as well:

"The screen door slams
Mary's dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
Hey that's me and I want you only
Don't turn me home again
I just can't face myself alone again
Don't run back inside
darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
Oh and that's alright with me

You can hide 'neath your covers
And study your pain
Make crosses from your lovers
Throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain
For a savior to rise from these streets
Well now I'm no hero
That's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl
Is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back
Heaven's waiting on down the tracks
Oh oh come take my hand
Riding out tonight to case the promised land
Oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road
oh Thunder Road
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
Oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold
Thunder Road

Well I got this guitar
And I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back
If you're ready to take that long walk
From your front porch to my front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And I know you're lonely
For words that I ain't spoken
But tonight we'll be free
All the promises'll be broken
There were ghosts in the eyes
Of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets

They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
And in the lonely cool before dawn
You hear their engines roaring on
But when you get to the porch they're gone
On the wind, so Mary climb in
It's a town full of losers
And I'm pulling out of here to win."

heavymental

And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

attica

I went home, I was feeling so alone.
I know I've been late, It was my mistake.
I went in my room, and I sat there in the gloom.
I know I've been bad, I know he'll be mad.

And I hear him coming, down the hall.
And there's nowhere to go, nowhere at all.
I've been had. It was my mistake.
He opens the door, and his eyes are full of hate.

DAD NO! DAD, LEAVE ME ALONE! DAD LET ME GO, PLEASE?! PLEASE!
DAD NO! DAD, LEAVE ME ALONE! OH MY GOD! NO!! NO!!!!

My mom comes rushing in, she cries "Oh, Please don't hurt him."
Dad gives her a kick, and he slaps her around a bit.
He says; "SHUT UP, YA BITCH! SHUT UP YA BITCH!
OR I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! SHUT UP, OR I'LL KILL YOU!

Dad keeps hitting her face, and there's blood all over the place.
I said "Please Dad, please, it was my mistake."
I'm the one that's bad! I'm the one that's bad!
No, don't hit her Dad. Don't hit her, Dad!

DAD NO! DAD, LEAVE MOM ALONE! DAD LET HER GO, PLEASE?! PLEASE!
DAD NO! DAD, LEAVE MOM ALONE! OH MY GOD! NO!! NO!!!!

He went into my sister's room, and he locked the door.
He said "I hate you, but I love you more.
I heard her crying, as the lights went out.
I heard her scream, I had to shout.

DAD NO! DAD, LEAVE HER ALONE! DAD LET HER GO, PLEASE?! PLEASE!
DAD NO! DAD, LEAVE HER ALONE! OH MY GOD! NO!! NO!!!!

I'm seriously considering leaving home.

Nomeansno: Dad

My home life was never like this, but I love these lyrics.

mitchymitch

O E O RR ding dang walla walla bing bang

benmatthews90

And it came again, like tears for a long lost friend
Tears that find their rest
Amidst words too sordid to comprehend

And it came bearing gifts
Of pain, frankincense, and her
None had a home here, none but the pain

Feel the fervor growing but the hate is stronger
My heart was whole with you
But the pain was mine, come twisted flowers
Come blistered soul, torturing disdain
And the wholeness that is only found in you
Feel the fervor growing but the hate is stronger
My heart was whole with you
But the pain was mine

And it came bearing gifts
Of pain, frankincense, and her
None had a home here, none but the pain

And it left once, alone amidst my words I stood
Uninviting of its presence, this time it's left for good
Feel the fervor growing but the hate is stronger
My heart was whole with you

But the pain was mine, come twisted flowers
Come blistered soul, torturing disdain

And the wholeness that is only found in you
Feel the fervor growing but the hate is stronger
My heart was whole with you
But the pain was mine
And when it's gone forever, a better hand is dealt
And when it's left forever, only then can i find myself

jellybellywmb

Hey boy they shout - have you got any money?
And I said - I've a little money and a take away curry,
I'm on my way home to my wife.
She'll be lining up the cutlery,
You know she's expecting me
Polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight

toshmund

Surprised no one has done any Beautiful South yet...

She's a perfect 10, but she wears a 12
Baby keep a little 2 for me
She could be sweet 16, bustin' out at the seams
It's still love in the first degree

For the rest, I am far too bashful :oops: nervously

bornagain

I couldn't believe the size of her bum - she used to play for Wigan at the back of the scrum...

wiffachip

MIsterGoof wrote:

Doo wah diddy dum diddy do

i do believe you're a diddy short of a full lyric

wiffachip

markos1963 wrote:

God save the Queen

I don't want a holiday in the sun.

I am the anti-christ, I am an anachist.

don't know how old you are, but given you're location and choice of lyric, I don't suppose you frequented the West Runton Pavilion ?

wiffachip

there's just so many, most by the Ramones

KKK took my baby away

I don't wanna be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for

All across the town, all across the night
Everybody's driving with full headlights
Black or white turn it on, face the new religion
Everybody's sitting 'round watching television!
( not the Ramones !)

shockedsoshocked

boybiker wrote:

Oh well I am a radiohead fan so I have millions of morbid and depressing lyrics to choose from which I won't depress you with now. Sometimes they do seem quite apt when you read about some of the galloping psychopaths who seem to walking our streets at will.

You wanna try some Joy Division. Makes Radiohead sound like the Birdie Song.

Excellent choice jellybellywmb by the way. That part of the song makes the hairs stand on end.

My favourite lyrics come from Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody).

" I'm just an animal looking for a home and,
Share the same space for a minute or two,

And you love me till my heart stops.
Love me till I'm dead"

The lyrics written down don't do it justice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGa52pQ-z4E

shockedsoshocked

oops

shockedsoshocked

my bad

feersumendjinn

Reise, Reise; Rammstein.

Auch auf den Wellen wird gefochten
Wo Fisch und Fleisch zur See geflochten
Der eine sticht die Lanz' im Heer
Der andere wirft sie in das Meer

Ahoi

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Jeder tut's auf seine Weise
Der eine stößt den Speer zum Mann
Der andere zum Fische dann

Reise, Reise Seemann Reise
Und die Wellen weinen leise
In ihrem Blute steckt ein Speer
Bluten leise in das Meer
etc etc

Yes its about fishermen & odd stuff, but, for some reason it makes me go faster on the bike

gumball3000

bornagain wrote:

I couldn't believe the size of her bum - she used to play for Wigan at the back of the scrum...

Good god man....

If you are quoting Macc Lads..

From More Tea Vicar:

"My bird rang up just the other day and said, "Get round fast, cos me folks have gone away. They've booked two weeks in Toremelinos." I was round in a flash with a rock hard Pen1s."

Childish, but you have to hand it to them!

damage36

The monkeys stand for honesty,
Giraffes are insincere,
And the elephants are kindly but
Theyre dumb.
Orangutans are skeptical
Of changes in their cages,
And the zookeeper is very fond of rum.

Simon & Garfunkel - At The Zoo

Alain Quay

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful
wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?

Garry H

wiffachip wrote:

there's just so many, most by the Ramones

KKK took my baby away

I don't wanna be a pinhead no more
I just met a nurse that I could go for

All across the town, all across the night
Everybody's driving with full headlights
Black or white turn it on, face the new religion
Everybody's sitting 'round watching television!
( not the Ramones !)

Ahhh, the Clash!!!


For comedy value:

I hate to tell you
But with all due respect
Take her to the doctor
'cos her front b*m's wrecked

GLC - "You're mother's got a pen15"