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What's your favorite lyric from a song?

Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck
cd318
2,636 posts
 
James Taylor – Fire And Rain 

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
You've got to help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things
To come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now


slaw's avatar
slaw
22,070 posts
 
"Well I woke up Monday morning
wondered if Tuesday would be this bad,
yeah I woke up Monday morning
wondered if Tuesday would be this bad
Well I let that thing about last night
ohhhhh... the bad whiskey I had

Ants in the sugar bowl
weebles in the cornmeal
I got ants in the sugar bowl
weebles in the cornmeal,
My old lady said "let's sleep late"
I said "honey I believe I will"

"Stockholm Blues" Tony Joe White



ghosthouse's avatar
ghosthouse
4,319 posts
 

"...Clouds are stalking islands in the sun
I wish I could buy one
Out of season...."

Peter Frampton

@slaw - don't know that TJW song but I'm wondering if he's got weebles or WEEVILS in the cornmeal?
bdp24's avatar
bdp24
9,953 posts
 


The third verse of Iris Dement’s "No Time To Cry", one of my absolute favorite songs:


"I sit down on the sofa and I watch the evening news

There’s a half a dozen tragedies from which to pick and choose

The baby that was missing was found in a ditch today

And there’s bombs a’flying, and people dying, not so far away

And I take a beer from the ’fridgerator and go sit out in the yard

And with a cold one in my hand I’m gonna bite down and swallow hard

Because I’m older now, I’ve got no time to cry"


Reading the lyrics doesn’t come close to conveying the devastating heartbreak in Iris’ singing of them. The song has been recorded by two of my all-time favorite singers, Merle Haggard and Kasey Chambers, both of them also superior songwriters themselves. You can hear the song on You Tube, and then go buy the album it is on, Iris’ My Life. Not a single bad song on it, one of my "Perfect Albums".

ghosthouse's avatar
ghosthouse
4,319 posts
 
"I was sitting home alone one night in L.A.
Watching old Cronkite on the seven o'clock news
It seems there was an earthquake that
Left nothing but a Panama hat
And a pair of old Greek shoes
Didn't seem like much was happening
So I turned it off and went to grab another beer
Seems like every time you turn around
There's another hard-luck story that you're gonna hear
And there's really nothing anyone can say
And I never did plan to go anyway
To Black Diamond Bay"

Lyrics: Bob Dylan - Black Diamond Bay from Desire

Not to step on your post, bdp.  Couldn't resist posting based on the (slight) similarity.  Never heard the Iris Dement tune.  Guessing it conveys a less jaded attitude than what Bob conveys.   
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