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Media Center>Lyrically speaking.... what are some of the best song lyrics?
Coochie liquor 02:51 PM 10-14-2016
What are some of the best lyrically written songs that you listen too? Great lyrics are just as big a part as good music to go along with it. Put them both together in a song and you've done something pretty damn awesome. Here are my first 2 entries, both songs are by Mike Pinto. He's an amazing lyricist, and his songs kick ass. Ok CP, what ya got?


Knocked up

Betty got knocked up,
while the husband was locked up,
baby was unplanned,
and the papa was a mailman.
it was a special delivery,
with no signs of chivalry,
a knock at the door,
and Betty got what she was looking for,
on the bathroom floor.
Spread her legs as her husband served a 5-to-10,
even embezzling money form the government,
well fuck the government.
Shes a sucker for a man in uniform,
hes a mother-fucker lyin' called her beautiful,
both were good and ready,
Betty got sweaty,
you could cut the tension with a dull machete.
Oh, Betty got locked up,
husband was locked up,
answers to the name of Xavier,
tryin' his best to get out on good behavior.
Meanwhile, Bettys got a child inside her,
no man, no man could be her provider, or stand beside her

The mailman ain't convinced one bit,
he just thinks that Betty needs a man around to babysit.
Well it was cool when he was all up in her,
but hes stickin' around cooking no ones dinner, well its
too bad, the love that they had
faded to fast, you know the mailman couldn't last too long
too long, so here I go with another fucking love song.
Well Betty thinks its time to go to court,
cuz she could really use the child support,
but from the start you know that Betty had the case won,
the mailman's gonna need a second occupation
OoOoh
Betty got knocked up, husband was locked up
baby was unplanned, papa was a mailman
special delivery, HA,
no signs of chivalry, HA,
knock at the door and Betty got what she was looking for,
Looking back at all these things in retrospect
shes wonder when her heart? Xavier's gonna wring her neck.
He's gonna wring her neck,
her neck, her neck! Ooh!
And late one night she got a call on the telephone,
thought it was Xavier with the news he was coming home
but no, it was the mailman on the Coastal Highway
he went postal, shot somebody!
He said goodbye and he drove his car into the ocean,
she shed no tear cuz in her heart she was hopin'
to pay a visit to her lover in stripes,
"Ya know the babys got the mailmans eyes?"
Ooh! Betty got knocked up!
Betty got knocked up, YEA! YEA! YEA!
Yes she did, yes she did, yes she did.
Ooh, Betty got knocked up.


Tricky Nicki

Tricky Nicky always ran around town
She’s the type of girl who'll turn your frown upside-down
Five fucking minutes in the sack and you’ll return
With a dozen roses and some weed to burn
Shit you think I’m babbling but Nicky’s always dabbling
With coke she’ll smoke your grass, toss your ass like a javelin
Before you get thrown here’s advice of my own
You better take out a mother-fucking loan

And it goes...

Tricky Nicky’s gonna spread her disease
Don’t bother to play the father. She can’t have no babies
She’ll take your money and she’ll take your Benz
And for a tab of ecstasy she’ll do you and a friend
What a shame, what a shame Tricky Nicky’s not the same
As she was before she got sucked in the cocaine game
The coke she’d steal would make her feel good for an hour or two
‘Til she woke up with her throat cut in a hospital room

Oh you’ll have to forgive me I have spoke too much
You see as my pen hits the paper my lips hit the Dutch
Well you know how that goes but lets continue to flow about
Poor old Tricky Nicky’s scenario

It was an emergency as she went under the knife
As doctors urgently tried to save Nicky’s life
There was a burglary and she was too high to fight
Cause she was staying with a dealer that she met that night
Woah...

[Solo]

Tricky Nicky always ran around town
She’s the type of bitch who'll turn your frown upside-down
Five fucking minutes in the sack and you’ll return
With a dozen roses and some weed to burn
Shit you think I’m lying but Nicky didn’t die
And the scar on her neck would only reflect the pain she keeps inside
So pass the story right on through
'Cause that is all that you can do
'Cause Tricky Nicky’s coming to a town near you
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PhillyChiefFan 12:48 PM 11-04-2016
Extremely painful/beautiful for anyone that's lost someone to cancer or an illness.

Bittersweet - Zac Brown Band

Can't tell where the sky begins and the water ends
No clouds to hide the sun
Waves playing me a symphony upon the sand
I lay drifting on the ocean with this bottle in my hand

Sat down on the boardwalk for a little while
Your memory my company
Something about this place had a way to make you smile
You always loved the sound of the waves.

The wind whistling across my bottle still can't blow away the sorrow
That tomorrow you won't be here with me
So I raise it up and toast the day we met
I won't forget the way you love me, the amazing way you love me

It's bittersweet, you see
You're not here but I can feel you
Every memory is on the tip of my tongue
Close my eyes, see your face, hold on tight to yesterday
Praying when I wake, it was just a dream
It's bittersweet

Doctor said there's nothing we can do
Took my hand said take me home
To the only place with half a chance to take the pain away
Make me feel alive before I go

You said life is only borrowed
So let's wash away our sorrow
That tomorrow I won't be here with you
Go and live your life with no regrets and don't forget how much I love you
I love you

It's bittersweet, you see
You're not here but I can feel you
Every memory is on the tip of my tongue
Close my eyes, see your face, hold on tight to yesterday
Praying when I wake, it was just a dream
It's bittersweet

I brought you back just like you wanted
So you don't ever have to leave
And when I poured you across the southern sky, I couldn't help but to cry
I know you finally got your wings
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Clyde Frog 04:43 PM 11-05-2016
Anything by Notorious Big

One of my favorites, lyrics wise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6df0rha_Opw
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eDave 05:34 PM 11-05-2016
Look up here, I’m in heaven
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen
I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen
Everybody knows me now

Look up here, man, I’m in danger
I’ve got nothing left to lose
I’m so high it makes my brain whirl
Dropped my cell phone down below

Ain’t that just like me

By the time I got to New York
I was living like a king
Then I used up all my money
I was looking for your ass

This way or no way
You know, I’ll be free
Just like that bluebird
Now ain’t that just like me

Oh I’ll be free
Just like that bluebird
Oh I’ll be free
Ain’t that just like me

Lazarus - David Bowie. Written as he was dying of cancer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oad...el=FancyLyrics
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hometeam 07:24 PM 11-05-2016
Originally Posted by vailpass:
Little Dicky, We Tan Clan, Kiss, Katy Perry are among those listed here as some of the best song lyrics of all time.
LMFAO.
Some of the posts are jokes but dont be sleepin on LD
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Rasputin 09:07 PM 11-06-2016
Hmm best song lyrics well if there is best song lyrics then we should have a worst song lyrics thread.

I'd go with ~Have you ever seen the rain?

Of course I've seen the rain, who hasn't seen the rain? I mean it's raining right now as it's rained about every month this year rain rain rain. Did the writer live in the Sahara?

That song really annoys the hell out of me.
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Radar Chief 03:03 PM 11-07-2016

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MarkDavis'Haircut 01:36 PM 01-21-2022
"The Bird Hunters" by the Turnpike Troubadours

"It is light enough still/at the edge of the hill/we can kick up a single or two."
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Raiderhater 02:28 PM 01-21-2022
A Pirate Looks At Forty by Jimmy Buffett

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall
You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you switch from sails to steam
And in your belly you hold the treasures few have ever seen
Most of them dream, most of them dream

Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late

I've done a bit of smuggling, I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last

And I have been drunk now for over two weeks
I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks
But I got to stop wishing, got to go fishing, down to rock bottom again
Just a few friends, just a few friends

I go for younger women, lived with several a while
Though I ran them away, they'd come back one day
Still could manage to smile
Just takes a while, just takes a while

Mother, mother ocean, after all the years I've found
My occupational hazard being my occupation's just not around
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
I feel like I've drowned, gonna head uptown
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listopencil 02:45 PM 01-21-2022
Originally Posted by Rasputin:
Hmm best song lyrics well if there is best song lyrics then we should have a worst song lyrics thread.

I'd go with ~Have you ever seen the rain?

Of course I've seen the rain, who hasn't seen the rain? I mean it's raining right now as it's rained about every month this year rain rain rain. Did the writer live in the Sahara?

That song really annoys the hell out of me.
Really?
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ModSocks 02:47 PM 01-21-2022
22gz: Suburban, Pt 2

Not full lyrics, just my favorite part:

We don't do the jumping, shotgun start the pumping
See him slipping, I'm a dump it
Kill a nigga then we dump 'em
Throw his body in a dumpster
Spin through like, ay
He moving or walk, he get shot in the face
I heard they dropping the rakes
Well we got the addy and we on the way
Swerving, lurking, slip then murk 'em
Purge with burners, it's a murder
Hearse him, put him in the dirt
They got his face prints on a shirt
Hop out, strap drawn, head tap
Tryna run, he ain't get that far
Spin through, two shooters, one driver
We gon' kill that boy
We gon' bend that block, we gon'
You gon' hear that noise (you gon' here that shit)
All we know is dead opps, no attempts at leg shots
Hit him in his head top
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displacedinMN 07:44 PM 01-21-2022
Pink Floyd

Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl.



Anything on the dark side of the moon album. Drugs will do that to you.
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KS Smitty 07:59 PM 01-21-2022
[Verse 1]
The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight
There's a man in the shadows with a gun in his eye
And a blade shining oh so bright
There's evil in the air and there's thunder in sky
And a killer's on the bloodshot streets
Oh and down in the tunnel where the deadly are rising
Oh, I swear I saw a young boy down in the gutter
He was starting to foam in the heat

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world
That's pure and good and right
And wherever you are and wherever you go
There's always gonna be some light
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now
Before the final crack of dawn
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
When it's over, you know we'll both be so alone

[Chorus]
Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes
Oh, when the night is over
Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone gone gone
Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes
But when the day is done and the sun goes down
And the moonlight's shining through
Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you
[Verse 2]
I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram
On a silver black phantom bike
When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry
And we're all about to see the light
Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole
Everything is stunted and lost
And nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls
And nothing's ever worth the cost
And I know that I'm damned if I never get out
And maybe I'm damned if I do
But with every other beat I've got left in my heart
You know I'd rather be damned with you
If I gotta be damned, you know I wanna be damned
Dancing through the night with you
Well If I gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned (gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned)
Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned (gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned)
Gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned (gotta be damned you know I wanna be damned)
Dancing through the night (dancing through the night)
Dancing through the night (dancing through the night)
Dancing through the night with you (dancing through the night)

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, baby you're the only thing in this whole world
That's pure and good and right
And wherever you are and wherever you go
There's always gonna be some light
But I gotta get out, I gotta break it out now
Before the final crack of dawn
So we gotta make the most of our one night together
When it's over, you know we'll both be so alone
[Chorus]
Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes
When the night is over
Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone, gone, gone
Like a bat out of hell
I'll be gone when the morning comes
But when the day is done and the sun goes down
And the moonlight's shining through (Oo-oo-ooh)
Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you
Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven
I'll come crawling on back to you

[Bridge]
Oh, I can see myself tearing up the road
Faster than any other boy has ever gone
And my skin is raw, but my soul is ripe
And no one's gonna stop me now
I'm gonna make my escape
But I can't stop thinking of you
And I never see the sudden curve 'til it's way too late
And I never see the sudden curve 'til it's way too late

[Outro]
Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun (ooh)
Torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike (ooh)
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell (aah)
And the last thing I see is my heart still beating
I'm breaking out of my body and flying away
Like a bat out of hell
Then I'm dying at the bottom of a pit in the blazing sun
Oh, torn and twisted at the foot of a burning bike
And I think somebody somewhere must be tolling a bell (ooh)
And the last thing I see is my heart still beating, still beating
I'm breaking out of my body and flying away
Like a bat out of hell
Oh, like a bat out of hell
Oh, like a bat out of hell
Oh, like a bat out of hell (I'll be gone when the morning comes)
Like a bat out of hell (I'll be gone when the morning comes)
Like a bat out of hell (ooh, ooh)
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MTG#10 08:20 PM 01-21-2022
Alright then, picture this if you will:
10 to 2 am, X, Yogi DMT
And a box of Krispy Kremes
In my "need to know" pose, just outside of Area 51
Contemplating the whole "Chosen People" thing when just a flaming
Stealth banana split the sky like one would hope
But never really expect to see in a place like this
Cutting right angle donuts on a dime and
Stopping right at my Birkenstocks, and me yelping...
"Holy ****ing shit!"

Then the X-Files being,
Looking like some kind of blue-green Jackie Chan with
Isabella Rossellini lips and
Breath that reeked of vanilla Chig Champa
Did a slow-mo Matrix descent out of the butt end of the banana vessel
And hovered above my bug-eyes, my gaping jaw,
And my sweaty L. Ron Hubbard upper lip and all I could think was:
"I hope Uncle Martin here doesn't
Notice that I pissed my ****in' pants."

So light in his way
Like an apparition
He had me crying out
"**** me
It's gotta be
Deadhead Chemistry
The blotter got right on top of me
Got me seein' E-mother****in'-T!"

And after calming me down with some
Orange slices and some fetal spooning
E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose
He said, "You are the Chosen One
The One who will deliver the message
A message of hope for those who choose to
Hear it and a warning for those who do not."
Me. The Chosen One?
They chose me!
And I didn't even graduate from ****in' high school

You better
You better
You better
You better listen

Then he looked right through me
With somniferous almond eyes
Don't even know what that means
Must remember to write it down
This is so real
Like the time Dave floated away
See my heart is pounding
'Cause this shit never happens to me
Can't breathe right now!

It was so real
Like I woke up in Wonderland
All sort of terrifying
And I don't wanna be all alone when I tell this story
And can anyone tell me why
You all sound like Peanut's parents?
Will I ever be coming down?
This is so real
Finally, it's my lucky day
See my heart is racing
'Cause this shit never happens to me
Can't breathe right now!

You believe me, don't you? Please believe what I just said
See, the Dead ain't tourin' and this wasn't all in my head
See they took me by the hand and invited me right in
Then they showed me something
I don't even know where to begin

Strapped down my bed. Feet cold and eyes red
I'm out of my head, am I alive or am I dead?
Can't remember what they said
Goddamn. Shit the bed!

Overwhelmed as one would be, placed in my position
Such a heavy burden now to be the One
Born to bear and read to all
The details of our ending
To write it down for all the world to see
But I forgot my pen
Shit the bed again
Typical

Strapped down in my bed. Feet cold and eyes red
I'm out of my head, am I alive or am I dead?
Sunkist and Sudafed, gyroscopes and infrared
Can't remember what they said
Goddamn. Shit the bed!

I can't remember what they said to me
Can't remember what they said to make me out to be a hero!
Can't remember what they said
Bob help me
Can't remember what they said
Don't know, won't know...
Goddamn shit the bed!
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Frazod 08:23 PM 01-21-2022
My first thought was Synchronicity II, from The Police's 1983 album Synchronicity, written by String. It's the story of a desperately unhappy white collar worker being pushed to the brink, told from the perspective of one of his children, interspersed with imagery of a monster rising from the depths of a distant lake approaching a nearby cottage. Thought it was brilliant when I was 17. Still think it's brilliant today.

Another suburban family morning.
Grandmother screaming at the wall.

We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies
We can't hear anything at all.
Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration,
But we know all her suicides are fake.

Daddy only stares into the distance
There's only so much more that he can take.
Many miles away something crawls from the slime
At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake.

Another industrial ugly morning
The factory belches filth into the sky.
He walks unhindered through the picket lines today,
He doesn't think to wonder why.
The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street,
But all he ever thinks to do is watch.
And every single meeting with his so-called superior
Is a humiliating kick in the crotch.
Many miles away something crawls to the surface
Of a dark Scottish loch.

Another working day has ended.
Only the rush hour hell to face.
Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes.
Contestants in a suicidal race.
Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance,
He knows that something somewhere has to break.
He sees the family home now looming in his headlights,
The pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache.
Many miles away there's a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake
Many miles away


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Frazod 09:36 PM 01-21-2022
Simon and Garfunkel also had some songs with amazing lyrics. The two that really stand out to me are Sound of Silence and The Boxer.

These clips are from a concert they did in 2009 that must have been damned near magical to experience in person. Paul and Art have known each other since they were kids and have famously annoyed the fuck out of each other for over half a century, but they truly seemed to enjoy themselves and each others' company on this night. Enjoy.




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