Favorite quotes from classic Rock n Roll songs

[red_zr24x4]

Oh, the games people play now
Every night and everyday now
Never meanin' what they say now
Never sayin' what they mean

While they while away the hours
In their ivory towers
To be covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine

Oh, we made one another cry
Break our hearts when we say goodbye
Cross our hearts, say we hope to die
'Cept the other one's to blame

Neither one will ever give in
So we gaze at an 8 by 10
Thinkin' 'bout things that might have been
Ow, it's a dirty rotten shame

Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play

People walkin' up a-to ya
Singin' Glory Hallelujah
Sayin' what the hell's it to ya
If I do it in the name of the Lord

Gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your fate
Brother, I'm gonna elevate
Come on, let's get on board

Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play

[Solo]

Look around, tell me what you see
What's happenin' to you and me
God grant me my serenity
To remember who I am
'Cause you're givin up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity
Ow, when you don't give a damn
Not a damn
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' bout everybody
Talkin' bout you
Ah, you and me
You and me
I'm a talkin 'bout the games
The games we all play
Latten da Latten da da da (La da da)
Latten da Latten da da de (Latten da da de)
Oh the games
Talkin' 'bout the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de

Love this version by Tesla
Already told Mama, when the time comes I want this played

 

[foszoe]

Yeah, mama and papa told me
I was crazy to stay
I was gay in New York
Just a fag in L.A.
So I saved my money
And I took a plane
Wherever I go they treat me the same
When the whip comes down

 

[DadSmith]

Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

"I Won't Back Down" - Tom Petty

 

[KARP]

" You can make the mountains sing or make the angels cry" "Everybody get together " By the Youngbloods

 

[fjw2]

Well I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer
The future’s uncertain and the end is always near

 

[flyingsquirrel]

I got a rocket in my pocket and my finger in the socket. Little Feat

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Little rooster crowin' must have somethin' on his mind. Robert Zimmerman

 

[Doug]

And I remember what she said to me,
How she swore that it never would end.
I remember how she held me oh so tight.
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

"Against the Wind," Bob Seeger

 

[mbkintner]

Oh, the games people play now
Every night and everyday now
Never meanin' what they say now
Never sayin' what they mean

While they while away the hours
In their ivory towers
To be covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine

Oh, we made one another cry
Break our hearts when we say goodbye
Cross our hearts, say we hope to die
'Cept the other one's to blame

Neither one will ever give in
So we gaze at an 8 by 10
Thinkin' 'bout things that might have been
Ow, it's a dirty rotten shame

Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play

People walkin' up a-to ya
Singin' Glory Hallelujah
Sayin' what the hell's it to ya
If I do it in the name of the Lord

Gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your fate
Brother, I'm gonna elevate
Come on, let's get on board

Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play

[Solo]

Look around, tell me what you see
What's happenin' to you and me
God grant me my serenity
To remember who I am
'Cause you're givin up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity
Ow, when you don't give a damn
Not a damn
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' 'bout you and me
And the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de
Talkin' bout everybody
Talkin' bout you
Ah, you and me
You and me
I'm a talkin 'bout the games
The games we all play
Latten da Latten da da da (La da da)
Latten da Latten da da de (Latten da da de)
Oh the games
Talkin' 'bout the games people play
Latten da latten da da da
Latten da latten da da de

Love this version by Tesla
Already told Mama, when the time comes I want this played

Going to see Tesla in Anderson in a couple weeks.

 

[Route 45]

You can choose a ready guide
In some celestial voice
If you choose not to decide
You still have made a choice
You can choose from phantom fears
And kindness that can kill
I will choose a path that’s clear
I will choose free will.

"Freewill" by Rush

 

[tmschuller]

Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I’d like to find your inner child and kick it’s little ass
Eagles : get over it

 

[spencer rifle]

"You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, you just might find
You get what you need"
I quote this FREQUENTLY.


"Only yesterday
When I was sad and I was lonely
You showed me the way to leave the past and all it's tears behind me
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Since I threw my sadness away
Only yesterday."
For SWMBO

"I wasn't there that morning
When my father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's newborn tears
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years."
For my father

 

[Jaybird1980]

She said I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job
Said I seen you today you was standin' on a corner
Leaning up against a post
I said but I'm tired, I've been walkin' all day

The "leaning up against a post" and "but I'm tired" always made me laugh that it was actually in a song.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I don't know if it's a "classic rock 'n roll song", but I still like the lyrics.

"When the years have done irreparable harm
I can see us walking slowly arm in arm,
Just like that couple on the corner do
Cause girl I will always be in love with you
When I look in your eyes, I still see that spark
Until the shadows fall, until the room grows dark

Then when I leave this earth I'll be with the angels standing
I'll be out there waiting for my true companion
Just for my true companion
True companion
True companion"

Marc Cohn, "True Companion"

 

[DoggyDaddy]

"You thought God was an architect, but now you know
He's something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that's all for show
Goes up in flames
In 24 frames."

Jason Isbell "24 Frames"

 

[Expat]

Ah! Ah!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

Ah! Ah!
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

How soft your fields so green
Can whisper tales of gore
Of how we calmed the tides of war
We are your overlords

On we sweep with threshing oar
Our only goal will be the western shore

So now you'd better stop
And rebuild all your ruins
For peace and trust can win the day
Despite of all your losing

 

[Snapdragon]

"Only yesterday
When I was sad and I was lonely
You showed me the way to leave the past and all it's tears behind me
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Since I threw my sadness away
Only yesterday."
For SWMBO

Not everyone who reads this will recognize that these badass lyrics are actually from a Carpenters song. Nice choice.

 

[04FXSTS]

"Freedom's just another word for nuthin left to lose."

 

[Bugzilla]

Mental wounds not healing. Ozzy, 1980, Blizzard of Oz

and from the same

I've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you live the role

and again from the same

Heirs of a cold war, that's what we've become
Inheriting troubles, I'm mentally numb
Crazy, I just cannot bear
I'm living with something that just isn't fair.

Somewhat prophetic, could have been written for today’s World!

 

[efd1295]

“I need a lover that won’t drive me crazy”

-Mellencamp