Great Song Lyrics (post your favorites)

I have always found the words to the following song extremely moving ......

Since most of the song is played in minor chords,
the words when coupled with the melody, create a sad and haunting mood.
The melody is actually softly playing in the background of a current TV ad.



Anniversary Song
Words & Music by Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin
Recorded by Al Jolson, 1946


Oh, how we danced on the night we were wed;
We vowed our true love though a word wasn't said.
The world was in bloom, there were stars in the skies,
Except for the few that were there in your eyes.

Dear, as I held you so close in my arms, .......... Angels were singing a hymn to your charms,
Two hearts gently beating were murmuring low, ........................ "My darling, I love you so."

The night seemed to fade into blossoming dawn;
The sun shone anew, but the dance lingered on.
Could we but relive that sweet moment sublime,
We'd find that our love is unaltered by time.




Feel free to add some of your favorite song lyrics.

Rick

A rocking song by Alice Cooper from the album "From The Inside" - Heck of a story.

Nurse Rozetta

I'm a shepherd for the pentecost, I got my scriptures and my wires crossed
I got no kids and I got no home, They want us holy men to live alone

Since I've been here for a little stay, I see Rozetta day by day
She turns my head makes me cough, I want to tear my collar off

I just can't sleep at night, Rozetta dressed in white
She's got the Devil's light, Shining in her eyes

Screamed my sermon damning sin and vice, When underneath I was a regular guy
My pulpit melted like a block of ice, When a bolt of lightning hit me from the sky

From my stretcher when they wheeled me in, I stared directly in the eyes of sin
Nurse Rozetta standing over me, And I was helpless as a man of God could be

Nurse Rozetta I won't let her
Catch me peering down her sweater
Fantasizing silk suspender on her thighs
Nurse Rozetta make me better
Secretly my eyes undress her
Let me feel your tongue depressor

I'm suddenly twice my size, My pants are all wet inside

She's so creative with a bar of soap, And so inventive with a stethoscope
To check my pulse she gotta hold my hand, I blow the fuse on the encephalogram

Satan sent her from the bowels of hell, I should have recognized old Jezbel
I surrendered to the urges felt, She popped the buckle on my bible belt

I just can't sleep at night, Rozetta dressed in white
She's got the Devil's light, Shining in her eyes

I'd lick her nylon seams
Like a hungry cat with cream
Oh what a vivid seam
And I can't hold back no more

"Homo Erectus"
(Kinky Friedman & Panama Red)

I left barber college
Searchin' for knowledge,
Went to the university.
I must confess, sir
This lady professor
She turned me on to anthropology.

Now I'm a Homo Erectus
Got to connect this
Bone that I discovered yesterday.
Tyrannosaurus
Lived in the forest,
Died because it's heart got in the way.

Dear Doctor Howard
Come down from your tower
And join me for lunch at the "Y".
Although you're thirty
I still think you're purty.
Let's give it that good ole college try.

Because I'm a Homo Erectus
Got to connect this
Bone that I discovered yesterday.
Tyrannosaurus
Lived in the forest,
Died because it's heart got in the way.

Hey Jomo Kenyatta
No, no, you're not a
Australopithecine boogieman.
It's took us a jillion
But we're all still here, been
Boogeyin', since boogeyin' began.

And I'm a Homo Erectus
Got to connect this
Bone that I discovered yesterday.
Tyrannosaurus
Lived in the forest,
Died because it's heart got in the way.

If you like to gamble
I tell you I'm your man
You win some, lose some
It's all the same to me

The pleasure is to play
It makes no difference what you say
I don't share your greed
the only card I need is

The ace of spades
The ace of spades

Playing for the high one
Dancing with the devil
Going with the flow
It's all a game to me

Seven or eleven
Snake eyes watching you
Double up or quit
Double stakes or split

The ace of spades
The ace of spades

You know I'm born to lose and gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it baby
I don't want to live forever
And don't forget the joker

Pushing up the ante
I know you want to see me
Read'em and weep
The dead man's hand again

I see it in your eyes
Take one look and die
The only thing you see
You know it's gonna be

The ace of spades
The ace of spades

"Ace of Spades" - Motorhead

Having lived in Florida since 1958 this one is near and dear to me.

Migration
By: Jimmy Buffett
1974

Whoa, lookin' back at my background
Tryin' to figure out how I ever got here
Some things are still a mystery to me
While others are much too clear
I'm just livin' in the sunshine
Stay contented most of the time
Yeah listenin' to Murphy, Walker, and Willie
Sing me their Texas rhymes

Most of the people who retire in Florida
Are wrinkled and they lean on a crutch
And mobile homes are smotherin' my Keys
I hate those bastards so much
I wish a summer squall would blow them all
The way up to fantasy land
Yeah they're ugly and square, they don't belong here
They looked a lot better as beer cans

Chorus:
Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me
Why some people live like they do
So many nice things happenin' out there
They never even seen the clues
Whoa but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme
I know we been doin' our part
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control
And some Texas hidden here in my heart

Well now I might have joined the Merchant Marine
If I hadn't learned how to sing
And on top of all that I got married too early
'Cost me much more than a ring
But now those crazy days are over
Just gotta learn from the wrong things you done
I came off the rebound, started lookin' around
Figured out it's time to have a little fun

Chorus:
Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me
Why some people live like they do
So many nice things happenin' out there
They never even seen the clues
Whoa but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme
I know we been doin' our part
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control
And some Texas hidden here in my heart

Well now if I ever live to be an old man
I'm gonna sail down to Martinique
I'm gonna buy me a sweat-stained Bogart suit
And an African parakeet
And then I'll sit him on my shoulder
And open up my trusty old mind
I gonna teach him how to cuss, teach him how to fuss
And pull the cork out of a bottle of wine

Chorus:
Yeah, and that's why it's still a mystery to me
Why some people live like they do
So many nice things happenin' out there
They never even seen the clues
Yeah but we're doin' fine, we can travel and rhyme
I know we been doin' our part
Got a Caribbean soul I can barely control
And some Texas hidden here in my heart

Coda:
Yeah, got a Caribbean soul I can barely control
And some Texas hidden here in my heart (yodelling...)

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I heard this song for the first time while sitting in the Paris casino and thought it was kind of sexy cool song for Vegas...now everytime I hear it I get that same feeling.

(removed the: Oh, oh, oh, oh Mum mum mum mah.... Text to save room)


I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas please
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart


I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me I love it)
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love if its not rough it isn't fun, fun


I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunning
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand cause I'm marvelous


Mum mum mum mah

Red Solo Cup....

Now a red solo cup is the best receptacle
For barbecues tailgates fairs and festivals
And you sir do not have a pair of testicles
If you prefer drinking from glass

A red solo cup is cheap and disposable
And in 14 years they are decomposable
And unlike my home they are not foreclosable
Freddie-Mac can kiss my ass woo

Red solo cup I fill you up
Lets have a party lets have a party
I love you red solo cup I lift you up
Proceed to party proceed to party

Now I really love how you're easy to stack
But I really hate how you're easy to crack
Cuz when beer runs down the front of my back
Well that my friends is quite yucky

But I have to admit the ladies get smitten
Admiring how sharply my first name is written
On you with a sharpie when I get to hittin'
on them to help me get lucky

Red solo cup I fill you up
Lets have a party lets have a party
I love you red solo cup I lift you up
Proceed to party proceed to party

Now I've seen you in blue and I've seen you in yellow
But only you in red will do for this fellow
Cuz you are my Abbot to my Costello
And you are the fruit to my loom

Red solo cup your more than just plastic
You're more than amazing you're more than fantastic
And believe me when i'm not the least bit sarcastic
when i look at you and say:

"Red solo cup, your not just a cup. You're my, you're my friend. (life long) Thank you, for being my friend.

Red solo cup I fill you up
Lets have a party lets have a party
I love you red solo cup I lift you up
Proceed to party proceed to party

"Everybody Wang-Chung tonight."
- Wang Chung

(Shake, Shake, Shake)Shake Your Booty
[Intro]
AahEverybody, get on the floor, let's dance!
Don't fight the feelin', give yourself a chance!

Shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
Shake your booty! Shake your booty!
Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
Shake your booty! Shake your booty.

Aah, You can, you can do it very well.
You're the best in the world, I can tell.

Oh, Shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
Shake your booty! Shake your booty!
Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
Shake your booty! Shake your booty.
(WoWohoo,Yeah!)
Shake shake, shake shake!

Aah, Shake shake, shake shake!
Aah, Shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
Shake your booty! Shake your booty!
Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake,
Shake your booty! Shake your booty.

Aah, Shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!
Aah, don't fight the feeling.
Shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!
Aah, give yourself a chane.
Shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!
You can do it! do it!
Shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!
(Come home with momma now!)
Shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!
WoooHOOOOHoooo!
Shake shake, shake shake, shake your booty!
Aah, BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
Shake shake(come on), shake shake(come on), on your booty!
Aah! do your duty. Aah haa!
[Fade out:] Shake shake(come on), shake shake(come on), on your booty!

And "The Theme from the Bridge Over The River Kwai"

Several snippets from my favorite band Crowded House.......
Don't dream it's Over (Hey now hey now)
Distant Sun
Recurring Dream
Kare Kare

"There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead, many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me"


"You're still so young to travel so far. Old enough to know who you are
Wise enough to carry the scars Without any blame, there's no one to blame
It's easy to forget what you learned
Waiting for the thrill to return
Feeling your desire burn
You're drawn to the flame"

"Within myself
There are a million things
Spilling over, into a silent stream
Feel the warm wind touch me
Hear the waters crashing
See my windows wiping clean
It's my recurring dream"

"I was standing on a wave, then I made the drop
I was lying in a cave in the solid rock
I was feeling pretty brave 'til the lights went off

Sleep by no means comes too soon
In a valley lit by the moon"

Great melodies.