What do you think some of the best song lyrics are?

Question

I don't mean funny, i mean like witty or poetic and meaningful.

Answer 1

Have You Forgotten?
by daryl worley
I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start your preaching let me ask you this my friend

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it everyday
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for

Have you forgotten how it felt that day?
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside going thru a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Some went down like heros in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost and those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry about bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

Answer 2

When it comes to witty, poetic and meaningful lyrics, I'd defy anybody to do better than the Rainmakers. Among my favourites are Spite, which is on the first link, and includes this little note:
I seen dreams die, seen folks hated
seen the devil's slogans spray-painted
seen figures of authority saying bad is good
I seen the 6 o'clock news in my own neighborhood
in spite of everything
it's pretty good to be alive

And Siamese Twins, which is on the second link and includes this passage:
This is the story of siamese twins
How a man can be two places at once
When he's home with his lover he's away
Viewing through a two-way mirror
Everything's skewing into distorted visions
Of women-for-men
Coke-bottle lenses for the siamese twins

The third link gives connection to a whole load more of their lyrics. Check out Two Many Twenties on the "Skin" album, and "The Wages of Sin" on "Tornado".

Enjoy!

Answer 3

Operator, can you help me place this call
You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A. With my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Isn't that the way they say it goes but let's forget about that
Give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words would just convince myself that it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Operator, could you help me place this call
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eyes
You know it happens every time
I think about a love that I thought would save me

Operator, let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
Thank you for your time
Cause you been so much more than kind
And you can keep the dime.

Operator (That's Not the Way it Feels) by Jim Croce

Answer 4

The Dance (Garth Brooks)
anything by Billy Joel, great way with words
The Innocent Age (Dan Fogelberg), also beautiful language use
The Rose (Bette Midler)
Love Is (Brian McKnight & Vanessa Williams)
The Wedding Song (Paul Skokie)
Love Don't Live Here Any More (Michael McDonald)
I'm With You (Avril Lavigne)
A Thousand Years & All this Time (Sting)

Answer 5

"What if God were one of us? Just a stranger on a bus?!" etc. Joan Osborne? Have forgotten her name, but loved the song.
Another favourite of mine is "Cabaret". Love the whole song, but won't bore you with all the lyrics here. I'll choose the ending. You probably know it anyway. It is from memory, so forgive me if I have made any mistake!
"I used to have this girlfriend known as Elsie,
With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea.
She wasn't what you'd call a blushing flower -
As a matter of fact, she rented by the hour.
The day she died the neighbours came to snicker
"Well, that's what comes from too much pills and liqour!"
But when I saw her laid out like a Queen,
She was the Happiest corpse I'd ever seen!

I think of Elsie to this very day,
I remember how she'd smile at me and say ...

What good is sitting all alone in your room?
Come! Here the music play!
Life iS a Cabaret old chum!
So, come to the Cabaret!
And as for me, and as for me,
I made my mind up, back in Chelsea,
When I goooooooooo,
I'm going like Elsie!

Start by admitting from cradle to tomb,
It isn't that long a stay!
Life is a Cabaret old chum.
It's only a Cabaret old chum!
And I love A CABARET"

oops got carried away there! Was singing it in time to my typing. Have to find the CD and put it on, right now!
When I goooooooooooo -
I'm going like Elsie!
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Answer 6

We Did Not Start The Fire - Billy Joel
Can't Buy Me Love - Beatles
Imagine - John Lennon
In The Year 2525 - Zager & Evans

are 4 good examples, in my view, of lyrical truth and meaning.

Answer 7

Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

The Rose - Bette Midler

Answer 8

My famous music (remarkable now) is hollow In My Pocket via Sheryl Crow you could tell me the international is around and that i will practice to you it rather is sq. you could keep your feet on the floor, yet i would be walking on air you're exceedingly sturdy at waiting at the same time as i pass working around nicely, it rather is in basic terms the way it rather is, you recognize I have been given a hollow in my pocket You supply me love and that i drop it i assume I threw it away I have been given a hollow in my pocket You supply me love and that i drop it i assume i will throw it away I have been given a 4 leaf clover i will throw it over my shoulder i'm gonna want it sometime o while issues do no longer pass remarkable you lead me Torn up and tied---you loose me while existence is unusual you're taking me via each and every exchange, you on no account wreck me to procure a feeling there's a wall which you will on no account climb i attempt to be there the place you're, i attempt to be on time yet I lose my way oops... very practically the entire music... they are my famous aspects, in spite of the undeniable fact that. i assume i admire the entire music.

Answer 9

Hotel California by the Eagles

Answer 10

Manic Street Preachers - "If you tolerate this, then your children will be next".
Gary Moore - "all men are equal till the victory is won"; "no colour or religion ever stopped a bullet from a gun". (from the song Out In The Fields).