Favorite quotes from classic Rock n Roll songs

[two70]

Does any one know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?

"Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

The Tim Hawkins version is not as poetic but gets to the point a little quicker-

The story lives on
how the ship she went down
and the people all drowned...
bummer!

 

[ghuns]

I can see her lying back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess

Sundown/Gordon Lightfoot

 

[flyingsquirrel]

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

Also frank zappa

Hard to believe that song is 50+ years old and so true today as it was then. He was just a seer ahead of his time.

 

[snapping turtle]

Hard to believe that song is 50+ years old and so true today as it was then. He was just a seer ahead of his time.

Yes frank zappa was outspoken and the George CARLIN of musicians.
most people remember the sillier songs but it only took watching him live a few times to understand he was always attempting to wake people up to the world around them.

a CARLIN zappa RUNNFOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE NATION could have done wonders.

 

[n9tkf]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeet Emooooooooooootion

Aerosmith

 

[two70]

Half your life you struggle
Half your life you fly
Spend half your life making trouble
Spend half your life making it right
One day I'm the exception
Most days I'm just like most
Some days I'm headed in the right direction
Some days I ain't even close

I always loved the highway
I just don't run it as fast
I still go wherever the wind blows me
But I always find my way back
I still don't get it right sometimes
I just don't get it as wrong
I still go a little crazy sometimes
Yeah, but now I don't stay near as long





Where the sun comes up about 10 in the morning
And the sun goes down about 10 in the day
You fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking
And you spend your life trying to get away
And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave

 

[CindyE]

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell 'ya they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two
If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

"Rainy Day People" Gordon Lightfoot

 

[Lost Californian]

Please don't judas me
Treat me as you like to be treated
Please don't blacklist me
Leave me as you'd wish to find me

Nazareth/Please don't Judas me

Get your feet to the floor, everybody rock and roll
You've got nothing to lose just the rhythm and blues, that's all, yeah
We're gonna feel okay
We'll get you up and take you away
Get down tonight

Boston/Smokin'

Not rock, sorry-

Well I woke up Sunday mornin', with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more, for dessert
Then I fumbled through my closet, for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt
And I shaved my face and combed my hair and, stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

Kris Kristofferson/Sunday Morning Coming Down

and the whole song, once again not rock n roll -

I walked through a county courthouse square
On a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.
I said, "Your old court house is kinda run down,
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".
I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,
And that's a ragged old flag you got hangin' on it".
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down,
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town"
I said, "I think it is"
He said "I don't like to brag, but we're kinda proud of
That Ragged Old Flag

"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there,
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
and It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it,
writing "Say Can You See"
It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson
tugging at its seams.
and It almost fell at the Alamo
beside the Texas flag,
But she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on
That Ragged Old Flag

"On Flanders Field in World War I,
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun,
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp, and low, a time or two,
She was in Korea, Vietnam, She went where she was sent
by her Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships upon the briny foam
and now they've about quit wavin' back here at home
in her own good land here She's been abused,
She's been burned, dishonored, denied an' refused,
And the government for which she stands
Has been scandalized throughout out the land.
And she's getting thread bare, and she's wearin' thin,
But she's in good shape, for the shape she's in.
Cause she's been through the fire before
and i believe she can take a whole lot more.

"So we raise her up every morning
And we bring her down slow every night,
We don't let her touch the ground,
And we fold her up right.
On second thought
I *do* like to brag
Cause I'm mighty proud of
That Ragged Old Flag"

Johnny Cash/Ragged Old Flag

 

[marvin02]

Blood, Sweat & Tears

"I Can't Quit Her"

I can't quit her
She's got a hold on me
She got her hand on my soul
I can't quit her

"Without Her"
(originally by Harry Nilsson)

I spend the night in a chair
Thinking' she'll be there
But she never comes
And I wake up and wipe
The sleep from my eyes
And I rise, to spend another day
Without her

"I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know"

I'm not tryin' to be any kind of man
I'm tryin' to be somebody you can love, trust and understand
I know that I can dream, yeah
A part of you that no one else could see
I just gotta hear, hear you say: 'It's all right, yeah, yeah, yeah

All songs from the Al Kooper version of BS&T.

 

[flyingsquirrel]

Teach your children well. CSNY

 

[actaeon277]

When you reach the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail


"If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot.

 

[Ingomike]

You can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave...

Eagles/Hotel California

 

[Dirty Steve]

Sit'in on my van at track.
B@ng'in my baaaaaaaaby on the luggage rack...........

Snake Pit Dave

Dirty Steve

 

[yepthatsme]

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

The Who - Won't get Fooled Again

 

[churchmouse]

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

OK o am usually on top of these but who did the original please.

 

[ghuns]

OK o am usually on top of these but who did the original please.

Joe South

 

[red_zr24x4]

In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man
Now that I've reached that age
I've tried to do all those things the best I can

Led Zeppelin

 

[MrMunster]

Surprised there aren't more JCM references here...(in spite of his politics)

Oh Yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.


Now off to speak to talk with SWMBO about her Bobby Brooks...

 

[tmkr]

Chocolate on my fingers
Icing on my lips
Sugar diabetes and blubber on my hips
I keep a night light in the kitchen baby
So I can go downstairs and cruise
I got them oreo creme sandwich,chocolate covered creme filled cookie blues

Stevie Ray Vaughn

 

[Reddog317]

Alice in Chains-No Excuses = You my friend I will defend and if we change I'll love you anyway. Heavy statement!