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re: Song lyrics that resonate with you
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:27 am to Mottleduk
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:27 am to Mottleduk
There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
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
Best political song ever penned. The Trees - Rush.
There is trouble with the trees
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas
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
Best political song ever penned. The Trees - Rush.
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Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:28 am to Mottleduk
lots of more obscure songs and deep pulls that i like for various reasons, but if i had to pick one single line from one single song that probably EVERYONE knows, it's from Mamas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, written by the late, great Ed Bruce, famously performed by Willie and Waylon -
"Them that dont know him wont like him, and them that do sometimes wont know how to take him"
"Them that dont know him wont like him, and them that do sometimes wont know how to take him"
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:34 am to Will Cover
Invincible by Tool
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:35 am to Will Cover
Adam's Song saved my life.
I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest, who'd have known?
I trace the cord back to the wall
No wonder it was never plugged in at all
I took my time, I hurried up
The choice was mine, I didn't think enough
I'm too depressed to go on
You'll be sorry when I'm gone
I never conquered, rarely came
Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over, we'd survived
I couldn't wait 'til I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never thought I'd die alone
Another six months I'll be unknown
Give all my things to all my friends
You'll never step foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time that I spilled the cup
Of apple juice in the hall
Please tell mom this is not her fault
I never conquered, rarely came
Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over, we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I can't wait to get outside
The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I've survived
I can't wait 'til I get home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never thought I'd die alone
I laughed the loudest, who'd have known?
I trace the cord back to the wall
No wonder it was never plugged in at all
I took my time, I hurried up
The choice was mine, I didn't think enough
I'm too depressed to go on
You'll be sorry when I'm gone
I never conquered, rarely came
Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over, we'd survived
I couldn't wait 'til I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never thought I'd die alone
Another six months I'll be unknown
Give all my things to all my friends
You'll never step foot in my room again
You'll close it off, board it up
Remember the time that I spilled the cup
Of apple juice in the hall
Please tell mom this is not her fault
I never conquered, rarely came
Sixteen just held such better days
Days when I still felt alive
We couldn't wait to get outside
The world was wide, too late to try
The tour was over, we'd survived
I couldn't wait till I got home
To pass the time in my room alone
I never conquered, rarely came
Tomorrow holds such better days
Days when I can still feel alive
When I can't wait to get outside
The world is wide, the time goes by
The tour is over, I've survived
I can't wait 'til I get home
To pass the time in my room alone
This post was edited on 8/29/23 at 10:37 am
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:37 am to Will Cover
I could while away the hours, conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
Consultin' with the rain.
And my head I'd be scratchin' while my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:37 am to Will Cover
Sammy Johns
Chevy Van
I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired as her mind was draggin'
I said get some sleep and dream of rock and roll
There will never be anything again like the seventies and that's a damn shame.
Chevy Van
I gave a girl a ride in my wagon
She crawled in and took control
She was tired as her mind was draggin'
I said get some sleep and dream of rock and roll
There will never be anything again like the seventies and that's a damn shame.
This post was edited on 8/29/23 at 10:38 am
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:40 am to Byron Bojangles III
You’re the hidden cost and the thing lost in everything I do
And I’ll never stop looking for you
In the sunlight and the shadows
And in the faces on the avenue
That’s the way love is
Sky blue and black.
And I’ll never stop looking for you
In the sunlight and the shadows
And in the faces on the avenue
That’s the way love is
Sky blue and black.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:41 am to SFVtiger
There's a house on my block that's abandoned and cold
The folks moved out of it a long time ago
And they took all their things and they never came back
It looks like it's haunted with the windows all cracked
Everyone calls it the house
The house where nobody lives
Once it held laughter
Once it held dreams, did they throw it away, did they know what it means?
Did someone's heart break
Or did someone do somebody wrong?
Well, the paint is all cracked, it was peeled off of the wood
The papers were stacked on the porch where I stood
And the weeds had grown up just as high as the door
There were birds in the chimney and an old chest of drawers
Looks like no one will ever come back
To the house where nobody lives
Oh, and once it held laughter
Once it held dreams, did they throw it away, did they know what it means?
Did someone's heart break
Or did someone do somebody wrong?
So if you find someone
Someone to have, someone to hold, don't trade it for silver
Oh, don't trade it for gold
'Cause I have all of life's treasures and they're fine and they're good
They remind me that houses are just made of wood
What makes a house grand, oh, it ain't the roof or the doors
If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure
But without love it ain't nothin' but a house
A house where nobody lives
But without love
It ain't nothin' but a house, a house where nobody lives
Tom Waits-House Where Nobody Lives
The folks moved out of it a long time ago
And they took all their things and they never came back
It looks like it's haunted with the windows all cracked
Everyone calls it the house
The house where nobody lives
Once it held laughter
Once it held dreams, did they throw it away, did they know what it means?
Did someone's heart break
Or did someone do somebody wrong?
Well, the paint is all cracked, it was peeled off of the wood
The papers were stacked on the porch where I stood
And the weeds had grown up just as high as the door
There were birds in the chimney and an old chest of drawers
Looks like no one will ever come back
To the house where nobody lives
Oh, and once it held laughter
Once it held dreams, did they throw it away, did they know what it means?
Did someone's heart break
Or did someone do somebody wrong?
So if you find someone
Someone to have, someone to hold, don't trade it for silver
Oh, don't trade it for gold
'Cause I have all of life's treasures and they're fine and they're good
They remind me that houses are just made of wood
What makes a house grand, oh, it ain't the roof or the doors
If there's love in a house, it's a palace for sure
But without love it ain't nothin' but a house
A house where nobody lives
But without love
It ain't nothin' but a house, a house where nobody lives
Tom Waits-House Where Nobody Lives
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:48 am to Will Cover
…….does anyone know where the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours……… Gordon Lightfoot “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:51 am to Will Cover
Billy Joe Shaver:
You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please, try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead 'em safely to the light
When this old world is blown asunder
And all the stars fall from the sky
Remember, someone really loves you
We'll live forever, you and I
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow, now
Green Day:
Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again Becoming who we are
As my memory rests But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
The Band:
Without your love, I'm nothing at all
Like an empty hall, it's a lonely fall
Since you've gone it's a losing battle
Stampeding cattle, they rattle the walls
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Bruce:
Some girls, they want a handsome Dan
Or some good-lookin' Joe on their arm
Some girls like a sweet-talkin' Romeo
Well, round here, baby
I learned you get what you can get
So if you're rough enough for love
Honey, I'm tougher than the rest
You fathers and you mothers
Be good to one another
Please, try to raise your children right
Don't let the darkness take 'em
Don't make 'em feel forsaken
Just lead 'em safely to the light
When this old world is blown asunder
And all the stars fall from the sky
Remember, someone really loves you
We'll live forever, you and I
I'm gonna live forever
I'm gonna cross that river
I'm gonna catch tomorrow, now
Green Day:
Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again Becoming who we are
As my memory rests But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
The Band:
Without your love, I'm nothing at all
Like an empty hall, it's a lonely fall
Since you've gone it's a losing battle
Stampeding cattle, they rattle the walls
And the sun don't shine anymore
And the rains fall down on my door
Bruce:
Some girls, they want a handsome Dan
Or some good-lookin' Joe on their arm
Some girls like a sweet-talkin' Romeo
Well, round here, baby
I learned you get what you can get
So if you're rough enough for love
Honey, I'm tougher than the rest
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:53 am to StrongOffer
Eddie Vedder
"On a weelan, ona
wissitonawayeaa, ani
cownansay
nannawowasay ani collah
agaiii"
"On a weelan, ona
wissitonawayeaa, ani
cownansay
nannawowasay ani collah
agaiii"
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:57 am to Saint Alfonzo
James McMurtry
Honey, don't you be yelling at me when I'm cleaning my gun
I'll wash the blood off the tailgate when deer season's done
We got one more weekend to go
And I'd like to kill one more doe
So I'll shovel the sidewalk again 'cause you're still in a stew
I bet the bridge tender's widow won't mind that I can't please you
She's sure got the run of the men
Out here where the pickin's are thin and there's not much to do
I woke up last night in the grip of a fright scared to breathe for I might make a noise
This life that we craved so little we saved between the grandparents graves and the grandchildren's toys
We grew up hard and our children don't know what that means
We turned into our parents before we were out of our teens
Through a series of Chevys and Fords
The occasional spin round the floor at the Copper Canteen
Now the big boxes out on the bypass are shaving us thin
I guess we'll hold on a couple more years 'til the pension kicks in
Then we'll sell all the stock in the store
Leave only the lock on the door
And wonder what then
When I wake up at night in the grip of a fright and you hold me so tight to your chest
Then your breath on my skin still pulls me back in 'til I'm weightless and then I can rest
So if Monsignor should pull you aside as you're leaving the church
And I'm out on the ice, dropping lines for the walleye and perch
Tell him it's not your job to bring me to the fold
And I'd rather stand out in the cold
And honey I know that the woodpile's low and you can't close the flue
So I'll split up a couple more cords 'fore the winter time's through
Hold on to your rosary beads
Leave me to my mischievous deeds like we always do
Honey, don't you be yelling at me when I'm cleaning my gun
I'll wash the blood off the tailgate when deer season's done
We got one more weekend to go
And I'd like to kill one more doe
So I'll shovel the sidewalk again 'cause you're still in a stew
I bet the bridge tender's widow won't mind that I can't please you
She's sure got the run of the men
Out here where the pickin's are thin and there's not much to do
I woke up last night in the grip of a fright scared to breathe for I might make a noise
This life that we craved so little we saved between the grandparents graves and the grandchildren's toys
We grew up hard and our children don't know what that means
We turned into our parents before we were out of our teens
Through a series of Chevys and Fords
The occasional spin round the floor at the Copper Canteen
Now the big boxes out on the bypass are shaving us thin
I guess we'll hold on a couple more years 'til the pension kicks in
Then we'll sell all the stock in the store
Leave only the lock on the door
And wonder what then
When I wake up at night in the grip of a fright and you hold me so tight to your chest
Then your breath on my skin still pulls me back in 'til I'm weightless and then I can rest
So if Monsignor should pull you aside as you're leaving the church
And I'm out on the ice, dropping lines for the walleye and perch
Tell him it's not your job to bring me to the fold
And I'd rather stand out in the cold
And honey I know that the woodpile's low and you can't close the flue
So I'll split up a couple more cords 'fore the winter time's through
Hold on to your rosary beads
Leave me to my mischievous deeds like we always do
Posted on 8/29/23 at 10:57 am to StrongOffer
Recent discovery for me, Around Forever by Randall King
You can't get back the sand in your glass
Gotta live it like it's now or never
We're lucky that we've got love in life
So don't hesitate to take time
Make the call when you can, take every little chance to get together
And we'll be around forever.
You can't get back the sand in your glass
Gotta live it like it's now or never
We're lucky that we've got love in life
So don't hesitate to take time
Make the call when you can, take every little chance to get together
And we'll be around forever.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 11:34 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Jason Aldean get s a lot of hate as not being real country, but this is the song about my youth and often how I feel when I return home.
Yeah I'm chilling on the dirt road
Laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones,
Smoke rollin' out the window,
An ice cold beer sittin' in the console
Memory lane up in the headlights
It's got me reminiscing on the good times
I'm turning off the real life, driving that truck
I'm hittin' easy street in mud tires
Back in the day Potts farm was the place to go
Load the truck up hit the dirt road,
Jump the barbwire spread the word
Light the bonfire then call the girls
King in the can and the Marlboro man
Jack and Jim were two good men
When we learned how to kiss and cuss and fight too
Better watch out for the boys in blue
And all this small town he said she said
Ain't it funny how rumors spread
Like I know something y'all don't know
Man that talk is getting old
You better mind your business man watch your mouth
Before I have to knock that loud mouth out
I'm tired of talkin' man y'all ain't listenin'
Them old dirt roads is what y'all missin'
Literally how I lived my teen years. Partying, parking, drinking down some random oil service road. No bonfire, cuz that's too much trouble. Sick of all the rumors and small town crap...so glad to get out! But when I go back...it's just weird how easy it would be to fall into the way they live, even though I always hated it.
Yeah I'm chilling on the dirt road
Laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones,
Smoke rollin' out the window,
An ice cold beer sittin' in the console
Memory lane up in the headlights
It's got me reminiscing on the good times
I'm turning off the real life, driving that truck
I'm hittin' easy street in mud tires
(Kick it and enjoy the ride)
That's right
Yeah I'm chilling on the dirt road
Laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones,
Smoke rollin' out the window,
An ice cold beer sittin' in the console
Memory lane up in the headlights
It's got me reminiscing on the good times
I'm turning off the real life, driving that truck
I'm hittin' easy street in mud tires
Back in the day Potts farm was the place to go
Load the truck up hit the dirt road,
Jump the barbwire spread the word
Light the bonfire then call the girls
King in the can and the Marlboro man
Jack and Jim were two good men
When we learned how to kiss and cuss and fight too
Better watch out for the boys in blue
And all this small town he said she said
Ain't it funny how rumors spread
Like I know something y'all don't know
Man that talk is getting old
You better mind your business man watch your mouth
Before I have to knock that loud mouth out
I'm tired of talkin' man y'all ain't listenin'
Them old dirt roads is what y'all missin'
Literally how I lived my teen years. Partying, parking, drinking down some random oil service road. No bonfire, cuz that's too much trouble. Sick of all the rumors and small town crap...so glad to get out! But when I go back...it's just weird how easy it would be to fall into the way they live, even though I always hated it.
Yeah I'm chilling on the dirt road
Laid back swervin' like I'm George Jones,
Smoke rollin' out the window,
An ice cold beer sittin' in the console
Memory lane up in the headlights
It's got me reminiscing on the good times
I'm turning off the real life, driving that truck
I'm hittin' easy street in mud tires
(Kick it and enjoy the ride)
That's right
This post was edited on 8/29/23 at 11:59 am
Posted on 8/29/23 at 11:50 am to LaLadyinTx
Turnpike Troubadours-7&7
This snippet hits hard, really the whole song.
Ain’t it stange how well I knew you back when I was 17
Lovin you was easy babe but I was just a child
And these days you ain't nothin just an interstate daydream
Folks were sleepin and we were runnin wild
This snippet hits hard, really the whole song.
Ain’t it stange how well I knew you back when I was 17
Lovin you was easy babe but I was just a child
And these days you ain't nothin just an interstate daydream
Folks were sleepin and we were runnin wild
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:06 pm to sledgehammer
I love to look out at the sea
From the swing park here at Roome Bay beach
Today John Taylor starts his month away
On a boat, one 10 miles east of Aberdeen
A dozen men, thirty days with 24 hours in each
Of shattered boyhood dreams and not much sleep
I'd much rather be me
For once I'd much rather be me
A month at sea and then they'll surely sleep
With their heads still stuck on land
A month on land and they'll surely dream
Of girls they can afford but cannot have
And in a drunken haze they're on a rolling wave
Once again I'd much rather be me
I'd rather be me
Once again I'd much rather be me
For once again I'd much rather be me
From the swing park here at Roome Bay beach
Today John Taylor starts his month away
On a boat, one 10 miles east of Aberdeen
A dozen men, thirty days with 24 hours in each
Of shattered boyhood dreams and not much sleep
I'd much rather be me
For once I'd much rather be me
A month at sea and then they'll surely sleep
With their heads still stuck on land
A month on land and they'll surely dream
Of girls they can afford but cannot have
And in a drunken haze they're on a rolling wave
Once again I'd much rather be me
I'd rather be me
Once again I'd much rather be me
For once again I'd much rather be me
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:08 pm to Will Cover
Not a real religious guy but this one always hits hard (Video even harder):
I can't quote the book
The chapter or the verse
You can't tell me it all ends
In a slow ride in a hearse
You know I'm more and more convinced
The longer that I live
Yeah, this can't be (no, this can't be), no, this can't be (no, this can't be)
No, this can't be all there is
Lord, I raise my hands
Bow my head
Oh, I'm findin' more and more truth
In the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life
Than just what I can see (just what I can see), I believe
Brooks & Dunn
I can't quote the book
The chapter or the verse
You can't tell me it all ends
In a slow ride in a hearse
You know I'm more and more convinced
The longer that I live
Yeah, this can't be (no, this can't be), no, this can't be (no, this can't be)
No, this can't be all there is
Lord, I raise my hands
Bow my head
Oh, I'm findin' more and more truth
In the words written in red
They tell me that there's more to life
Than just what I can see (just what I can see), I believe
Brooks & Dunn
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:09 pm to Will Cover
Put you in this place to change your mind
Take away things that were your life
After they've made their example of you
Their fun is over and you are through
Take away things that were your life
After they've made their example of you
Their fun is over and you are through
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:09 pm to sledgehammer
Yep. This song and wrecked get me every time. The entire song for both of them.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:10 pm to Will Cover
A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
I’m worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
A mosquito, my libido
I’m worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
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