I’ll start. Links to videos of the song are always helpful if the song may not be well-known.
You left me here on your way to paradise
You pulled the rug right out from under my life
you left me just when I needed you most
What bad things did you do ?
One with two "you"s:
“You always play your conga drums, you think you got the right
You wake up little Ricky in the middle of the night”
“You always burn the roast and you drop the dishes too
You iron my new shirt and you burn a hole right through”
You oughta know.
You think this song is about you
You walked into the party
Like you were walking onto a yacht (Carly Simon)
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn’t you? (Bob Dylan)
When you’re fixing your make-up
You know you take too long
And when you mix me a drink up
You know you mix it too strong (Joe Jackson, Mad at You)
You suck my blood like a leech
You break the law and you breach
Screw my brain till it hurts
You’ve taken all my money, and you want more (Queen, Death on Two Legs)
You’ve got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinnin’
You’ve got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend
You just want to be on the side that’s winnin’
You’ve been a’messin’ where you shouldn’t ‘ve been a’messin’
You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’
You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’
(Nancy Sinatra, who after being treated like shite is a gonna step on your toes)
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own
Are you happy are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat
You gave a promise to me, yeah
An’ you broke it, an’ you broke it
“These Eyes”
The Guess Who
Take my money, my cigarettes
I haven’t seen the worst of it yet
“Take Me To The River”
Talking Heads
I’m not sure if anything can outdo the graphic vitriol of Marianne Faithful’s “Why D’ya Do It?”
You never give me your money
You only give me your funny paper
And in the middle of negotiations
You break down
Why do you build me up (Build me up)
Buttercup, baby
Just to let me down? (Let me down)
And mess me around
And then, worst of all (Worst of all)
You never call, baby
When you say you will (Say you will)
Yesterday you
Broke my watch and
Drank my scotch and
Used my razor,
Burnt my blazer,
Incidentally
Wrecked my Bentley,
Then as I bled, you said,
“Sorry 'bout that.”
Probably ought to tag that one as NSFW - language.
But … having never heard it before … way to come out swinging for the bleachers !
Oops, thanks, yeah I shoulda NSFW’ed that.
(Heh - definitely didn’t wanna print out any lyrics!)
You ruined everything…
How do you sleep?
How do you last the night and keep the dogs at bay?
How do you feel when you close your eyes and try and drift away?
Does it feel any better now?
Does it mean anymore when the angel of death
Comes knock-knocking and banging at your door?
(How do you sleep by Stone Roses, the bad things are never actually specified, but they must have been very bad*)
If you had been on the square
And had treated me fair
And we’d not had a tiff
If you had not said
I should go and jump right off
The nearest cliff
