Lyrics that are poetry

[ChevronB19]

Preferably lyrics from bands you wouldn’t expect it from.

I’ll start with Slade ‘how does it feel’.

Go for it…

[ChevronB19]

I’ll hurriedly follow up with most of the output of Billy Bragg and Half Man Half Biscuit…

[Doofus]

Songs sre poems put to music.

HTH

[Getragdogleg]

The second part of Marillion, white Russian, pace slows and the lyrics start "we buy fresh bagels from corner stores..."

Lyrical excellence.

[Gecko1978]

Kenickie "The people we want" opening line

She's eating lipstick and drinking champagne

[Mr Tidy]

Queen - Let them eat cake she said, just like Marie Antoinette. Brilliant!

The Stranglers - Walking on the beaches looking at the peaches.

Pink Floyd - I'm in the first class travelling set and I think I need a Lear jet.

I'm sure there will be loads more!

[AW111]

The Angels

Drop the morning overdose the day has just begun
Look in the looking glass and see
Your broken teeth and bleeding gums

Edited by AW111 on Thursday 5th August 03:47

[extraT]

“Now the body of the one soul I adore wants to die.”

[MikeT66]

"It's funny how I could never cry
Until tonight and you pass by
Hand in hand with another guy
You're dressed to kill and guess who's dying?"

"Oh the way you look
Makes my starry eyes shiver
Then I look away
Too much for one day
One thing we share
Is an ideal of beauty
Treasure so rare
That even devils might care
Your swimming-pool eyes
In sea breezes they flutter
The coconut tears
Heavy-lidded they shed
Swaying palms at your feet....

All of my hope, and my inspiration
I drew from you
Our life's pattern's drawn in sand
But the winds could not erase
The memory of your face
Deep in the night
Plying very strange cargo
Our soul-ships pass by
Solo trips to the stars, in the sky
Gliding so far
That the eye cannot follow
Where do they go
We'll never know."

"I bought you mail order
My plain wrapper baby
Your skin is like vinyl
The perfect companion
You float my new pool
De luxe and delightful
Inflatable doll
My role is to serve you
Disposable darling
Can't throw you away now
Immortal and life size
My breath is inside you
I'll dress you up daily
And keep you till death sighs
Inflatable doll
Lover ungrateful
I blew up your body
But you blew my mind..."

Lots of stuff by Bryan Ferry was just excellent.

[tight fart]

Cheddar cheese and pickle,the Vincent motorcycle.

[Voldemort]

Tank fly
Boss walk
Jam nitty gritty

[DFLR]

I've no excuse, I just want you to use me.
Take me and abuse me.
I got no taboos, I'll make a trade with you.
Do anything you want me to.

[Dal3D]

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here has some crackers:

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war
For a leading role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

[CubanPete]

Mother Nature, Father Time
Used to be good friends of mine.
But now we've put them in a home
Filed under Uses Unknown.

PWEI - No Pop, No Style

[gazza285]

tight fart said:

Cheddar cheese and pickle,the Vincent motorcycle.

amongst many many others.

[ChrisPackit]

"Son, I'm 30.... I only went with your mother cos she's dirty"

The lyrical tongue of Shaun Ryder!

[rjfp1962]

Joy Division - Atmosphere

Walk in silence
Don't walk away, in silence
See the danger
Always danger
Endless talking
Life rebuilding
Don't walk away
Walk in silence
Don't turn away, in silence
Your confusion
My illusion
Worn like a mask of self-hate
Confronts and then dies
Don't walk away
People like you find it easy
Naked to see
Walking on air
Hunting by the rivers, through the streets, every corner
Abandoned too soon
Set down with due care
Don't walk away in silence
Don't walk away

Edited by rjfp1962 on Thursday 5th August 09:26

[Gooseberry]

XTC, Yacht Dance

We will skate across the surface of the storm as if we're wheeling sea birds

[nessiemac]

Always loved this.

Alaskan pipeline by James

You might as well surrender now
You'll never hold that stance
With all my words
I can't find one
To help you understand

It's not too late
Take up the cup
Put down your weapons and choose
But you say life's so unfair
All you say is life's so unfair.

Oh you can ill afford to hold to these views
Oh you need something to blame
But it's you, yes it's you
It's your truth

Someone made you
I don't know if you're sick
I comfort, you run away
My sympathy, you twist it.
Your reflex gets in the way.
You mother me, I son you.
You act up, I can't get through
.
These footsteps so ancient.
In your eyes I'm your infant.
You're ancient, full circle.
In my eyes you're my infant.
Dead ball in our court
We've got a dead fall in our court.

You just say life's so unfair
You just say life's so unfair
You need something to blame
But it's you, yes it's you
It's your truth

[nikaiyo2]

Anti-nowhere League So What

Or maybe not :P

Really Joan Baez- Love Song To A Stranger

Don't tell me of love everlasting and other sad dreams
I don't want to hear
Just tell me of passionate strangers who rescue each other
From a lifetime of cares
Because if love means forever, expecting nothing returned
Then I hope I'll be given another whole lifetime to learn