Routine was the theme
He’d wake up, wash and pour himself into uniform
Something he hadn’t imagined being
Sleight of Hand - Pearl Jam
I’ve always enjoyed “What I want, I want now” from Television’s “See No Evil.”
One of Arthur Brown’s other big hits “Nightmare”:
*
Dynamic explosions in my brain
Shattered me to drops of rain*
When I was 20 something:
“The world is a Vampire…”
For pure poetry I will agree with the poster above and say Thunder Road.
Gunter glieben glauten globen.
Hello hooray let the show begin, I’ve been ready…
I woke up alarmed…
mmm
Woke up this morning
Put on my slippers
Walked in the kitchen and died
mmm
I saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain.
Who’s the black private dick
That’s a sex machine to all the chicks
(serendipity - it came on the radio just as I opened this thread)
link lyrics start around 1:00
It was the third of September,
That day I’ll always remember
Yes I will
Cause that was the day
that my daddy died.
“By the last breath of the four winds that blow / I’ll have revenge upon Fortunato…” - Alan Parsons Project, “The Cask Of Amontillado”
“Virgil Caine is the name, and I served on the Danville train / 'til Stoneman’s cavalry came and tore up the tracks again…” - The Band, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
“I know I can’t take one more step towards you / 'cause all that’s waiting is regret…” - Christina Perri, “Jar of Hearts”
“Head under water, and they tell me to breathe easy for a while / the breathing gets harder, even I know that…” - Sara Bareilles, “Love Song”
“Nothing to do to save his life, call his wife in / nothing to say but what a day, how’s your boy been…?” - The Beatles, “Good Morning, Good Morning”
“Oh, God said to Abraham, ‘Kill me a son’ / Abe says, ‘Man, you must be puttin’ me on’…” - Bob Dylan, “Route 61 Revisited”
“Somebody told her that there was a place like heaven / across the water on a 747…” - Electric Light Orchestra, “Calling America”
“Hello there Ladies & Gentlemen! Hello there Ladies & Gents! Are you ready to rock? Are you ready or not?”
-Hello There, Cheap Trick
The bed is on fire with passionate love
The neighbors complain about the noises above
But she only cums when she’s on top
- James “Laid”
Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone:
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime
Didn’t you?
ELP, Tarkus/Battlefield:
Clear the battlefield and let me see
All the profit from our victory.
Bob Dylan, Tangled up in Blue:
Early one morning the sun was shining, I was laying in bed
Wondering if she’d changed at all, if her hair was still red.
Johnnie’s in the basement mixin’ up the medicine,
I’m on the pavement, thinkin’ 'bout the government. Subterranean Homesick Blues, Dylan.
Hollis Brown, he lived on the outside of town
With his wife and five children in a cabin broken down. Ballad of Hollis Brown, Dylan.
An’ my belly is craving, I got shakin’ in my head
I feel like I’m dyin’ an’ I wish I were dead
If I lived till tomorrow it’s gonna be a long time
For I’ll reel and I’ll fall and rise on codine… Cod’ine (codeine), Buffy Ste. Marie
I woke up in a Soho doorway
The policeman knew my name
He said, “You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away”
The Who-Who are you?
“The sirens are screaming, and the fires are howling
Way down in the valley tonight” - Bat out of Hell
“All I am is a man
I want the world in my hands” - Sweater Weather
Hey Charlie I’m pregnant and living on 9th Street
Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue
And I stopped takin dope and I quit drinkin whiskey
And my old man plays the trombone and works out at the track
Tom Waits, Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
The Pogues, Fairytale of New York
“When I think about all the crap I learned in high school”.
Stealing down an alley on a cold dark night
I see a halo in the rain around the street light
I stop and look, and listen to the sound
As the raindrops penetrate the silence all around
MC 900 Foot Jesus, “The City Sleeps”