tinnitus photography Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 "bottomlands" doesn't work at all as a word for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 i've been on a big Silver Jews/David Berman kick lately. i could list a ton of examples from him.... one of the better lyricists of our (or anyone else's) time. Yeah, he always comes to mind when these sort of threads pop up: In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfectionSlowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 i've been on a big Silver Jews/David Berman kick lately. i could list a ton of examples from him.... one of the better lyricists of our (or anyone else's) time. I really have to be in the mood for them -- I need to pull out their stuff soon - it's been a while. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 We used to dance in this split-level ranch when moonlight flooded the room Now you're gone and the shades are all drawn in my air conditioned tomb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadhse ma Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Old enough now to change your nameWhen so many love you, is it the same?It's the woman in you that makes you wantTo play this game Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 If you're having girl troubles, I feel bad for you sonI got 99 problemsBut a bitch ain't one.Hit Me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 We made mad loveShadow loveRandom loveAnd abandoned loveAccidentally, like a martyrThe hurt gets worseAnd the heart gets harder Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Inside of Outside Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 ^Love this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Seconded. Since my favorites are mostly ancient stuff like that, here's something a little more current. Can't vouch for the accuracy, as I am pulling this off the internet: Shit shots countIf the table's tilted, just pay the man who levels the floorPride is what you charge a proud man for havingShame is what you sell to a whore. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Well, just goes to show Though people say we're an unlikely couple Doris Day, and Mott the Hopple Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 It's a dead man's worldLife is just a breakA time in between, before we finally get to takeThat long, long napAfter years of being awake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 They say love conquers allYou can't start it like a carYou can't stop it with a gun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chez Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 And I could find another dream, one that keeps me warm and cleanBut I ain't dreamin' anymore, I'm waking upSo I'll take two of what you're having and I'll take everything you gotTo kill this goddamn lonely, goddamm lonely love. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tinnitus photography Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 when was the first timeyou realized the next timewould be the last time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 The nurse adjusted her garters as I breathed my firstThe doctor grabbed my by the throat and yelled, "God's consolation prize!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 One day you're going to have to faceA deep dark truthful mirrorAnd it's going to tell you things that I still loveyou too much to say Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"?A poor little schoolboy who said, "We don't need no lessons"? Now you can't afford to takeAll the drugs your parents used to takeBecause of their mistakes you'd better be wide awake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skian Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Oooooh I wish I was your mother I wish I'd been your father 'n then I would have seen you Would have been you as a child Played houses with your sister And wrestled with all your brothers And then who knows I might have felt a family for a while Ian Hunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 I don't want to die in a Super 8 MotelJust because somebody's evening didn't go so well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I find it hard to believe you don't knowThe beauty that you areBut if you don't: let me be your eyesA hand in your darkness, so you won't be afraid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 You said you were an actressYes, I believe you are I thought you'd be a starSo I drank up all the money, yes I drank up all the moneyWith these phonies in this Hollywood barThese friends of mine in this Hollywood bar Loneliness and frustrationWe both came down with an acute caseWhen the lights came up at two I caught a glimpse of youAnd your face looked like somethingDeath brought with him in his suitcaseYour pretty face it looked so wastedAnother pretty face devastatedThe French inhaler he stamped and mailed herSo long, Norman she said, so long, Norman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ih8music Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Dreamed about killing you again last nightAnd it felt alright to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Feelin' good was easy, LordWhen Bobbi sang the blues Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 Bobbi weirBobbi McFerrinBobbi Brown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Well, I’m livin’ in a foreign country but I’m bound to cross the lineBeauty walks a razor’s edge, someday I’ll make it mineIf I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm” and from another song...Oh, the Union Central is pullin’ out and the orchids are in bloomI’ve only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfumeIn fourteen months I’ve only smiled once and I didn’t do it consciouslySomebody’s got to find your trail, I guess it must be up to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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