Topic: Great Opening Lyrics

[classycarra]

Once I thought I saw you in a crowded hazy bar
Dancing on the light from star to star
Far across the moonbeam I know that’s who you are
I saw your brown eyes turn once to fire

Not even knowing the words to that song well, the tune instantly played out in my head along with his distinctive voice. Amazing song, and one I find quite evocative for reasons I couldn't explain

It's one of Robert's happier tunes to be fair.

[So… Howard Philips]

So you think you’re having a good time
With the boy that you just met
Kicking sand from beach to beach
Your clothes are soaking wet
But if you look around and see
A shadow on the run
Don’t be too upset
It’s just a paper sun

[oojason]

The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold

[Hazell]

The future teaches you to be alone
The present to be afraid and cold

It's one of James' happier tunes to be fair.

[classycarra]

It's one of James' happier tunes to be fair.

Wrong band but I enjoyed it

Class song too, lyrics are pretty timeless

[Crosby Nick]

Wrong band but I enjoyed it

Class song too, lyrics are pretty timeless

Is he not naming the lyricist? Although think that might be Nicky Wire and James does the music.

[rawcusk8]

Not sure it’s been posted but;

Tupac Hit em up

I aint got no motherf**in friends
That’s why I f**** your b**ch you fat motherf***r

[Mumm-Ra]

Not sure it’s been posted but;

Tupac Hit em up

I aint got no motherf**in friends
That’s why I f**** your b**ch you fat motherf***r

Yeah we've had that already. Never knew that it was actually a cover of a Cliff Richard original

[classycarra]

Is he not naming the lyricist? Although think that might be Nicky Wire and James does the music.

Ah shit, yeah, messed that one up. Looks like I might be ok on a technicaliteh

[oojason]

It's one of James' happier tunes to be fair.

Libraries gave us power
Then work came and made us free
What price now for a shallow piece of dignity

[Hazell]

Is he not naming the lyricist? Although think that might be Nicky Wire and James does the music.

Ah shit, yeah, messed that one up. Looks like I might be ok on a technicaliteh

Yeah, though I wasn't aware Nicky Wire was the main lyricist for them.

[Crosby Nick]

Yeah, though I wasn't aware Nicky Wire was the main lyricist for them.

Libraries gave us power
And I get a book a week out, me

[So… Howard Philips]

I used to live in New York City
Everything there was dark and dirty
Outside my window was a steeple
With a clock that always said twelve thirty

[Red Ol]

I'm a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm
I'm a runaway son of a nuclear A-bomb

[TipTopKop]

They say "No man's an island" but I tend to disagree
I guess they've never seen my island,
And where it lies at sea

[Stubbins]

With a nod to last night.


''I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour.

But heaven knows I'm miserable now''

[Perham]

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?

[Dubred]

No one would have believed
In the last years of the nineteenth century
That human affairs were being watched
From the timeless worlds of space

[bradders1011]

No one would have believed
In the last years of the nineteenth century
That human affairs were being watched
From the timeless worlds of space

[Zeppelin]

Finished with my woman 'cause
She couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because
I am frowning all the time

[KillieRed]

As I went out one morning
To breathe the air around Tom Paine's
I spied the fairest damsel
That ever did walk in chains

[So… Howard Philips]

Well I’ll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that’s not unusual
It’s just that the moon is full

[amir87]

Love a bit of Cliff Richard.

[blert596]

Tequila

[classycarra]

Well I’ll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that’s not unusual
It’s just that the moon is full

Absolutely perfect song (and really hits as it's so meaningful)



Onto Bob:

Your breath is sweet
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
On the pillow where you lie
I don't sense affection
Nor no gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me but to the stars above

[rubber soul]

Now I've got a cousin named Kevin
He's sure to go to heaven

[ToneLa]

Well, where are you coming from?
Well, I don't like the way the country's ran, don't you know

[Slick_Beef]

Well Jimmy played harmonica in the pub where I was born

[Dubred]

Livin' easy
Lovin' free
Season ticket on a one way ride

[Ciara (with a capital "C")]

I don’t have the best memory, so I tend to only be able to recall stuff like this if it’s in my current consciousness but the first ones that came to my mind were:

Somewhere deep inside, somethings got a hold on you
And it’s pushing me aside, see it stretch on forever

—

I drive a car that doesn’t work; I shop at Target for my shirts. And when I pay my rent it hurts.
But I got invited to this thing so, I think I’m going out tonight; I’m getting off my shitty couch - ready to fuck my bank account
And I’m not myself but at least I look cool
At some house in Malibu, taking pictures my the pool. Doing things I’d never do, but at least I look cool. 

—

I think I am really drawn to music by the lyrics and the story they tell. With those songs I just feel instantly like I know where the storyteller is emotionally.

EDIT: Looking back maybe the second one is more of a verse.

[liverbloke]

Son, I'm 30
I only went with your mother 'cause she's dirty
And I don't have a decent bone in me
What you get is just what you see, yeah

[Ray K]

Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadillac, yeah
She's broken down on freeway nine,
I take a look and her engine started,
I leave her purring and I roll on by, bye bye

[Andy @ Allerton!]

We skipped the light Fandango
Turned cartwheels cross the floor
I was feeling kind of seasick
But the crowd called out for more

[Crosby Nick]

Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadillac, yeah
She's broken down on freeway nine,
I take a look and her engine started,
I leave her purring and I roll on by, bye bye

[Hazell]

Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadillac, yeah
She's broken down on freeway nine,
I take a look and her engine started,
I leave her purring and I roll on by, bye bye

[joe buck]

Fuck rock'n’roll
Fuck losing your soul
Fuck digging a hole
Fuck being stuck in a fishbowl

Fuck Hollywood
Fuck being misunderstood
Fuck your mood
Fuck your mood

And now for your lyrics 

[kavah]

One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain

[ToneLa]

Hello, hello. Hello, hello. Hello, hello
You never listened to a word that I said

[shy_talk]

[#prescient]

Out of the ruins, out from the wreckage, can't make the same mistake this time

[AndyMuller]

I love you from the bottom, of my pencil case.