rocketman Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I like John Lennon, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan, but my favorite is Neil Peart. The Trees There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their please. The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made. And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade. There is trouble in the forest, And the creatures all have fled, As the maples scream "Oppression!" And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "The oaks are just too greedy; We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Chuck... Do you feel what I feel, see what I see, hear what I hear There is a line you must draw between your dream world and reality Do you live my life or share the breath I breathe Lies feed your judgment of others Behold how the blind lead each other The philosopher You know so much about nothing at all Ideas that fall under shadows of theories that stand tall Thoughts that grow narrow upon being verbally released Your mind is not your own, What sounds more mentally stimulating is how you make your choice So you preach about how I'm supposed to be, yet you don't know your Own sexuality Lies feed your judgment of others Behold how the blind lead each other The philosopher You know so much about nothing at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Chuck... Do you feel what I feel' date=' see what I see, hear what I hear There is a line you must draw between your dream world and reality Do you live my life or share the breath I breathe Lies feed your judgment of others Behold how the blind lead each other The philosopher You know so much about nothing at all Ideas that fall under shadows of theories that stand tall Thoughts that grow narrow upon being verbally released Your mind is not your own, What sounds more mentally stimulating is how you make your choice So you preach about how I'm supposed to be, yet you don't know your Own sexuality Lies feed your judgment of others Behold how the blind lead each other The philosopher You know so much about nothing at all [/quote'] I'm surprised, dem00n! You listen to Death? I never would've guessed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we dado it in the road? Why don't we do it in the roooad? Why don't we do it in the ro-oh-od? No one will be watching us Why don't we do it in the road! Lennon and Mccartney 1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Alice Cooper[cool] If there's a tear on my face It makes me shiver to the bone ya it shakes me babe It's just a heartache that got caught in my eye and you know I never cry I never cry Sometimes I drink more than I need Until the T.V.'s dead and gone I may be lonely but I'm never alone and the night may pass me by but I'll never cry Take away take away my eyes Sometimes I'd rather be blind Break a heart break a heart of stone Open it up but don't you leave it alone 'Cause that's all I've got give to you believe me babe it ain't been used My heart's a virgin it ain't never been tried and you know I'll never cry Break a heart break a heart of stone Open it up but don't you leave it alone 'Cause that's all I've got give to you believe me babe it ain't been used My heart's a virgin it ain't never been tried and you know I'll never cry and you know I'll never cry and you know you know you know you know I'll never cry, I'll never cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Robert Hunter Wharf rat down way down down, down by the docks of the city, Blind and dirty asked me for a dime-- dime for a cup of coffee I got no dime but I got time to hear his story: My name is August West and I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine ...more than My wine more than my maker though he's no friend of mine Everyone said I'd come to no good I knew I would Pearly believed them Half of my life I spent doin' time for some other ****er's crime Other half found me stumbling around drunk on burgundy wine But I'll get back on my feet someday The good Lord willing if He says I may 'cause I know the life I'm living's no good I'll get a new start live the life I should I'll get up and fly away I'll get up and fly away... ...fly away Pearly's been true true to me, true to my dying day he said I said to him: I'm sure she's been I said to him: I'm sure she's been true to you I got up and wandered Wandered downtown nowhere to go just to hang around I got a girl named Bonny Lee I know that girl's been true to me I know she's been I'm sure she's been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscott Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Keith Reid - Procol Harum. Pick any song!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Johnny Mercer "Lyricist, composer and singer Johnny Mercer was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1909. He had hit songs with Bing Crosby in the late 1930s, with Jo Stafford ("Candy') and on his own, especially "Accentuate the Positive." On the radio he sang with Benny Goodman and had his own shows, including "Johnny Mercer's Music Shop." Greatly admired in the music industry both personally and for his intelligent, optimistic lyrics, he wrote or co-wrote over 1,100 songs, including "Blues in the Night," "That Old Black Magic," "One For My Baby, "Come Rain or Come Shine" (all with Harold Arlen); "Lazy Bones" and "Skylark" with Hoagy Carmichael; "I'm a Old Cowhand," "I Remember You," "P.S. I Love You," "Jeepers Creepers," "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby," "When a Woman Loves a Man," "Too Marvelous for Words," and "Fools Rush In." He won Academy Awards for "The Atchison, Topeka and The Santa Fe" (1946, with Harry Warren), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (1951, with Hoagy Carmichael), "Moon River' (1961, with Henry Mancini) and "Days of Wine an Roses" (1962, with Mancini). As president and co-founder of Capitol Records, Mercer was instrumental in the early recording careers of such musicians as Peggy Lee and Nat King Cole. He died in Los Angeles in 1976." (exerpted from http://www.johnnymercer.com/johnny_mercer.htm) One of my favorites: "One For My Baby" Its quarter to three, There's no one in the place cept you and me So set em up joe I got a little story I think you oughtta know Were drinking my friend To the end of a brief episode So make it one for my baby And one more for the road I know the routine Put another nickel in that there machine Im feeling so bad Wont you make the music easy and sad I could tell you a lot But you gotta to be true to your code So make it one for my baby And one more for the road Youd never know it But buddy Im a kind of poet And Ive got a lot of things I wanna say And if Im gloomy, please listen to me Till it's all, all talked away Well, that's how it goes And joe I know you're gettin anxious to close So thanks for the cheer I hope you didn't mind My bending your ear But this torch that I found Its gotta be drowned Or it soon might explode So make it one for my baby And one more for the road Great song written about the ending of an affair he was having with Judy Garland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Woody Guthrie had some good ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Johnny Mercer!!!! Awesome pick, L5 Ani DiFranco "Bodily" You broke me bodily The heart ain't the half of it And I'll never learn to laugh at it In my good natured way In fact I'm laughing less in general But I learned a lot at my own funeral And I knew you'd be the death of me So I guess that's the price I pay I'm trying to make new memories In cities where we fell in love My head just barely above The darkest water I've ever known You had me in that cage You had me jumpin through those hoops for you Still, I think I'd stoop for you Stoop for your eyes alone From that bomb shell moon in yet another lovely dress To the deep mahogany sheen of a roach I am trying to take an appreciative approach To life in your wake I focus on the quiet now And occasionally I'll fall asleep somehow And emptiness has its solace In that there's nothing left to take Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowdown Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Dylan/Henley/Petty/MacCartney/Lennon/Lynott/Mercury/Young/Taupin/DiFranco/Zappa/Buckley/Zander-Neilson/Roth(yeh I love his tongue-in-cheek commentary)etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 It might sound wierd here, but Billy Joel writes some of the best lyrics IMO. Very mature, adult subject matter, but doesn't sound "old" to me. Even his love songs are much more complex than generic stuff like "Baby I love you, do you love me too" type songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevef Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Beatles (Norwegian Wood and after), Moody Blues. Dylan. Warren Zevon. And.... [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ssRppY2b4&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 So many, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Robbie Robertson, I could go on and on. EDIT: Do'h I forgot Neil Young As a side note, I dont think Hendrix gets enough credit for lyrics, some of them make me think deepley, maybe it's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Ike Turner, Johnny Rivers, Lemmy, Lux Interior... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witmer Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Of all time? Geeze... I don't know. But contemporary is a bit easier: Jon Foreman everyone dies everyone loves a fight nothing is sound nothing is right side right the evening comes when the sun goes down in red nothing is new when will all the fighting end? when will all the fighting end? happy is a yuppie word nothing in the world could fail me now as empty as an argument running down the life that won't cash out...cash out everything fails everything'll run its course a time and a place for all of this nothing war everything buys everything's got a price nothing is new when will all us failures rise when will all the failures rise, rise happy is a yuppie word nothing in the world can fail me now as empty as an argument running down a life that won't cash out everything is meaningless i want more than simple cash can buy happy is a yuppie word, word i'm looking for an orphanage i'm looking for a bridge i can't burn down i don't believe in emptiness i'm looking for the kingdom coming down everything is meaningless i want more than simple cash can buy everything is meaningless happy is a yuppie word happy is a yuppie word happy is a yuppie... nothing is sound! nothing is sound!... happy is a yuppie word happy is a yuppie word nothing in the world can fail me now happy is a yuppie word, word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Leonard Cohen Kris Kristofferson Roger Waters Paul Simon Willie Nelson T-Bone Walker Carly Simon Carole King Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jameswithesg Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 robert hunter and john barlow (grateful dead lyricists) neil young greg allman townes van zandt robbie robertson (the band) and cant forget morrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Not the greatest guitarist nor singer, I think Pete Townsend is the best song writer ever. Tommy and Quadrophenia is testimony to this. Putting aside his politics, Eddie Vedder lyrics are very deep and thoughtful. Like Pete, Eddie puts a lot of thought into his words. Check out Better Man, this song is a great example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 How could I forget Junior Brown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPguitarman Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I like John Lennon' date=' Bob Marley and Bob Dylan, but my favorite is Neil Peart. The Trees There is unrest in the forest, There is trouble with the trees, For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their please. The trouble with the maples, (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light. But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made. And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade. There is trouble in the forest, And the creatures all have fled, As the maples scream "Oppression!" And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights. "The oaks are just too greedy; We will make them give us light." Now there's no more oak oppression, For they passed a noble law, And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw....[/quote'] Neil Peart is also my favorite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Robbie Robertson (the Band) The war was over and the spirit was broken The hills were smokin' as the men withhdrew We stood on the cliffs Oh, and watched the ships Slowly sinking to their rendezvous They signed a treaty and our homes were taken Loved ones forsaken They didn't give a damn Try'n' to raise a family End up the enemy Over what went down on the plains of Abraham Acadian driftwood Gypsy tail wind They call my home the land of snow Canadian cold front movin' in What a way to ride Oh, what a way to go Then some returned to the motherland The high command had them cast away And some stayed on to finish what they started They never parted They're just built that way We had kin livin' south of the border They're a little older and they've been around They wrote a letter life is a whole lot better So pull up your stakes, children and come on down Fifteen under zero when the day became a threat My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone Been out ice fishing, too much repetition Make a man wanna leave the only home he's known Sailing out of the gulf headin' for Saint Pierre Nothin' to declare All we had was gone Broke down along the coast But what hurt the most When the people there said "You better keep movin' on" Everlasting summer filled with ill-content This government had us walkin' in chains This isn't my turf This ain't my season Can't think of one good reason to remain I've worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans It was ever green up until the floods You could call it an omen Points ya where you're goin' Set my compass north I got winter in my blood Acadian driftwood Gypsy tail wind They call my home the land of snow Canadian cold front movin' in What a way to ride Ah, what a way to go Sais tu, A-ca-di-e j'ai le mal du pays Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle ooh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 And Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth). The lyrics are inspired by the works of Philip K. ****. Stretch me to the point where i stop run ten thousand miles and then think of me i think you know the place we should meet don't worry if it's dark and i'm late run me out a thin wire help me to kill this love i'll join you tonight at the bottom of the well feel around in the dark until you get the idea i'm not moving doesn't mean i can't flame on in my head my best friend sucked his wife's blood and shriveled up he was mistaken for sane we move and groove and cut loose from fear we should kill time, we'll shut it down i've got a pipeline straight to the heart of you opening in my head bright glass on a chain being wound around us the toiling of idle hands dripping with guilt a secret form of punishment axes through skulls shadow of futility endless revolt the shifting of light and shadows no-one is right nothing is solid nothing can be held in my hands for long we should kill time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVeeWee Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Morrissey:-k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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