Topic: Great Opening Lyrics

[AndyMuller]

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back

[ToneLa]

If you ever get close to a human
And human behaviour
Be ready, be ready to get confused

[Baby Huey]

Couple in the next room bound to win a prize
They've been going at it all night long
Well, I'm tryin' to get some sleep
But these motel walls are cheap
Lincoln Duncan is my name
And here's my song, here's my song

[Baby Huey]

We people who are darker than blue
Are we gonna stand around this town
And let what others say come true?
We're just good for nothing, they all figure
A boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger
Now we can't hardly stand for that
Or is that really where it's at?

[Baby Huey]

Cold, cold eyes upon me they stare
People all around me and they're all in fear
They don't seem to want me but they won't admit
I must be some kind of creature up here having fits

[classycarra]

Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm
Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm mmmm
Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm
Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm mmmm. Hehmm

Enya - Boadicea

[Crosby Nick]

Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm
Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm mmmm
Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm
Mmmmhmm, mmmm hmmm mmmm. Hehmm

Enya - Boadicea

Thought that was Crash Test Dummies. Not the opening lyrics I guess.

[only6times]

Bidi bidi bong bong

Bidi bong bong

Bidi bong bong

Bidi Me'Hen

[only6times]

Beneath the old iron bridges, across the Victorian parks
And all the frightened people running home before dark
Past the Saturday morning cinema that lies crumbling to the ground
And the piss stinking shopping center in the new side of town
I've come to smell the seasons change and watch the city
As the sun goes down again...

just stumbled on this thread. You beat me with this rasper

[only6times]

My father told me, lying on his bed of death
"Boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your self
'Cause she's got something to make a man lay that money, uh, right in her hand
And the very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
The very thing that makes her rich will make you poor"
That's right!

[Terry de Niro]

Well, I'm a-running down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me
Two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine

[Black Bull Nova]

We people who are darker than blue
Are we gonna stand around this town
And let what others say come true?
We're just good for nothing, they all figure
A boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger
Now we can't hardly stand for that
Or is that really where it's at?

My goodness, what a great song, from a great album by a great musician

[thejbs]

I'm put together beautifully; big wet bottle in my fists, big wet rose in my teeth
I'm a perfect piece of ass like every Californian
So tall I take over the street, with high-beams shining on my back
A wingspan unbelievable, I'm a festival, I'm a parade

[rob1966]

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Hoo, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no

[rob1966]

So here I am once more
In the playground of the broken hearts
One more experience, one more entry
In a diary, self penned
Yet another emotional suicide
Overdosed on sentiments and pride

Too late to say I love you
Too late to restage the play
Abandoning the relics
In my playground of yesterday

I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts
I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts
Too much, too soon, too far to go
Too late to play the game is over
The game is over

[liversaint]

Where have you been, my blue eyed son
Where have you been, my darling young one

[BarryCrocker]

Gather 'round people, I'll tell you a story
An eight-year long story of power and pride
British Lord Vestey and Vincent Lingiari
Were opposite men on opposite sides

[Fortneef]

BBBRRRAAAIIINNNSSS!!!….

[Fortneef]

Cheap holidays in other peoples misery

[rob1966]

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio
Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

[only6times]

Momma loves her baby
And daddy loves you too.
And the sea may look warm to you babe
And the sky may look blue
But ooooh Baby
Ooooh baby Blue
Oooooh babe

[Black Bull Nova]

Well, the first thing I want to say is: Mandate my ass!
Because it seems as though we've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters, not even 26% of the American people, but 26% of the registered voters form a mandate or a landslide

[Baby Huey]

Well, the first thing I want to say is: Mandate my ass!
Because it seems as though we've been convinced that 26% of the registered voters, not even 26% of the American people, but 26% of the registered voters form a mandate or a landslide

I like you. First you dig Curtis and now Gil. You good people.

[Black Bull Nova]

I like you. First you dig Curtis and now Gil. You good people.

I saw him 4 times live in the 80s and early 90s, an absolute hero and way below where he should be viewed in terms of his importance, a real giant, fantastic messages and, shock horror, the music is great as well, especially with Brian.

[classycarra]

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper
Go to sleep, everything is alright

I close my eyes then I drift away
Into the magic night, I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you

In dreams - Roy Orbinson  (best enjoyed with its creepy/darker Lynchian association to Blue Velvet, and Dennis Hopper being deranged)

[Baby Huey]

I saw him 4 times live in the 80s and early 90s, an absolute hero and way below where he should be viewed in terms of his importance, a real giant, fantastic messages and, shock horror, the music is great as well, especially with Brian.

Gil was a genius, that simple. From Pieces Of A Man thru to I’m New Here.

People who know music know Gil. One of the most important performers in my lifetime. As relative today as he ever was. It’s a great pity he’s not around to chronicle America and the world.

And an influence on what’s probably the most popular music form right now, rap. Chuck D knows.

[rob1966]

I seem to recognise your face
Haunting, familiar yet
I can't seem to place it
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
Lifetimes are catching up with me

[Terry de Niro]

Sweet child in time
You'll see the line
The line that's drawn between
Good and bad
See the blind man
Shooting at the world
Bullets flying
Oh, taking toll

[So… Howard Philips]

On days like these when skies are blue and field's are green
I look around and think what might have been
And then I hear sweet music float around my head
As I recall all the sweet things we left unsaid

[Shankly998]

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

[AndyMuller]

I was working part time in a five-and-dime
My boss was Mr. McGee
He told me several times that he didn't like my kind
'Cause I was a bit too leisurely

[Terry de Niro]

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

[Musketeer Gripweed]

DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I'll have to break the news
That I got no mind to lose

[ToneLa]

Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow

[ToneLa]

Some folks are born made to wave the flag
Hoo, they're red, white and blue
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief"
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no senator's son, son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one, no

I see the bad moon a-risin
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin
I see bad times today

[Shankly998]

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And then you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

[Terry de Niro]

Hello? (Hello? Hello? Hello?)
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone home?

[only6times]

Look yonder comin', mercy me
Three wise men in a SUV
Corporate logo on the side
Air-conditioned quiet ride


That thing don't run on french fry grease
That thing don't run on love and peace
Takes gasoline to make that thing go
Now bring your hands up nice and slow

[only6times]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rGKqY7idkKE&pp=ygUgZ29kIGJsZXNzIGFtZXJpY2EgamFtZXMgbWNtdXJ0cnk%3D

[Terry de Niro]

There is freedom within
There is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup

There's a battle ahead
Many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me