What do you think some of the best song lyrics are?

I don't mean funny, i mean like witty or poetic and meaningful.

What do you think some of the best song lyrics are?
Have You Forgotten?


by daryl worley


I hear people saying we don't need this war


I say there's some things worth fighting for


What about our freedom and this piece of ground


We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down


They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in


Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend





Have you forgotten how it felt that day?


To see your homeland under fire


And her people blown away


Have you forgotten when those towers fell?


We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell


And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden


Have you forgotten?





They took all the footage off my T.V.


Said it's too disturbing for you and me


It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say


If it was up to me I'd show it everyday


Some say this country's just out looking for a fight


After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right





Have you forgotten how it felt that day?


To see your homeland under fire


And her people blown away


Have you forgotten when those towers fell?


We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell


And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden


Have you forgotten?





I've been there with the soldiers


Who've gone away to war


And you can bet that they remember


Just what they're fighting for





Have you forgotten how it felt that day?


To see your homeland under fire


And her people blown away


Have you forgotten when those towers fell?


We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell


And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden


Have you forgotten?





Have you forgotten all the people killed?


Some went down like heros in that Pennsylvania field


Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?


All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on


Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden


Have you forgotten?





Have you forgotten?


Have you forgotten?
Reply:"Blinded in Chains," by Avenged Sevenfold.


Really good lyrics by an awesome REPUBLICAN metal band, the song is about the philosophical war between Republicans and Democrats.
Reply:uuummm that new chris brown song
Reply:I Wanna Know What Love Is by Foreigner
Reply:i tear my heart open


i sow myself shut


my weakness is that i don't know much
Reply:The Dance (Garth Brooks)


anything by Billy Joel, great way with words


The Innocent Age (Dan Fogelberg), also beautiful language use


The Rose (Bette Midler)


Love Is (Brian McKnight %26amp; Vanessa Williams)


The Wedding Song (Paul Skokie)


Love Don't Live Here Any More (Michael McDonald)


I'm With You (Avril Lavigne)


A Thousand Years %26amp; All this Time (Sting)
Reply:check out bob dylan...he is quite a poet...
Reply:I still think Sting made a brilliant observation with his "politicians, they all look like game show hosts to me" lyric.
Reply:We Did Not Start The Fire - Billy Joel


Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles


Imagine - John Lennon


In The Year 2525 - Zager %26amp; Evans





are 4 good examples, in my view, of lyrical truth and meaning.
Reply:Operator, can you help me place this call


You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded


She's living in L.A. With my best old ex-friend Ray


A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated





Isn't that the way they say it goes but let's forget about that


Give me the number if you can find it


So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show


I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well


I only wish my words would just convince myself that it just wasn't real


But that's not the way it feels





Operator, could you help me place this call


Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me


There's something in my eyes


You know it happens every time


I think about a love that I thought would save me





Operator, let's forget about this call


There's no one there I really wanted to talk to


Thank you for your time


Cause you been so much more than kind


And you can keep the dime.





Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels) by Jim Croce
Reply:Television the drug of the nation


Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation
Reply:Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Reply:When it comes to witty, poetic and meaningful lyrics, I'd defy anybody to do better than the Rainmakers. Among my favourites are Spite, which is on the first link, and includes this little note:


I seen dreams die, seen folks hated


seen the devil's slogans spray-painted


seen figures of authority saying bad is good


I seen the 6 o'clock news in my own neighborhood


in spite of everything


it's pretty good to be alive





And Siamese Twins, which is on the second link and includes this passage:


This is the story of siamese twins


How a man can be two places at once


When he's home with his lover he's away


Viewing through a two-way mirror


Everything's skewing into distorted visions


Of women-for-men


Coke-bottle lenses for the siamese twins





The third link gives connection to a whole load more of their lyrics. Check out Two Many Twenties on the "Skin" album, and "The Wages of Sin" on "Tornado".





Enjoy!
Reply:robbie williams and angels
Reply:well i really like "To the End" by My Chemical Romance" and of couse "the emo song"(but that is funny even though it does kind of mean somthing)
Reply:Manic Street Preachers - "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".


Gary Moore - "all men are equal till the victory is won"; "no colour or religion ever stopped a bullet from a gun". (from the song Out In The Fields).
Reply:'if u wanna be my lover


u gotta get with my friends'





'ziggazigaaa'





Quality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:KNIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN


NEVER REACHING THE END


LOVE THAT SONG.
Reply:"What if God were one of us? Just a stranger on a bus?!" etc. Joan Osborne? Have forgotten her name, but loved the song.


Another favourite of mine is "Cabaret". Love the whole song, but won't bore you with all the lyrics here. I'll choose the ending. You probably know it anyway. It is from memory, so forgive me if I have made any mistake!


"I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie,


With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea.


She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower -


As a matter of fact, she rented by the hour.


The day she died the neighbours came to snicker


"Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liqour!"


But when I saw her laid out like a Queen,


She was the Happiest corpse I'd ever seen!





I think of Elsie to this very day,


I remember how she'd smile at me and say ...





What good is sitting all alone in your room?


Come! Here the music play!


Life iS a Cabaret old chum!


So, come to the Cabaret!


And as for me, and as for me,


I made my mind up, back in Chelsea,


When I goooooooooo,


I'm going like Elsie!





Start by admitting from cradle to tomb,


It isn't that long a stay!


Life is a Cabaret old chum.


It's only a Cabaret old chum!


And I love A CABARET"





oops got carried away there! Was singing it in time to my typing. Have to find the CD and put it on, right now!


When I goooooooooooo -


I'm going like Elsie!


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Reply:artic monkeys
Reply:Charlotte Church - "even God can't change the past"





Celine Dion " Near, Far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go one"
Reply:Hotel California by the Eagles
Reply:Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd





The Rose - Bette Midler
Reply:I will sing of your love forever.....





Over the mountains and the sea,


Your river runs with love for me,


and I will open up my heart


and let the Healer set me free.
Reply:I'm a Royalist....


God save our gracious Queen
Reply:Alanis Morissette. that I would be good.
Reply:i drive a rolls royce


cos its good for my voice





marc bolan rip