See the stone set in your eyes, see the thorn twist in your side.
I wait for you.
Slight of hand and twist fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait.
And I wait without you.
U2, With or Without You
If we’re allowed the first stanza,
Like anyone, I knew a “Dave”
Drove a Plymouth shallow grave
Said “My girl don’t just walks; she unfurls.”
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
“I know a girl from a lonely street; cold as ice cream, but still as sweet.”
- Blondie, “Sunday Girl”
It was in Pittsburgh, late one night
I lost my hat, got into a fight
So may lovely lyrics. My first thought was the opening to Thunder Road as well.
When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there’s a backwards old town that’s often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.
— Paradise, John Prine
I can see very well
There’s a boat on the reef with a broken back
And I can see it very well
— Madman Across the Water, Elton John
Well the first days are the hardest days, don’t you worry any more,
Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door.
— Uncle John’s Band, The Grateful Dead
*I was gonna get up off that bar stool
Just as soon as I could figure it out * - John Hiatt, Paper Thin
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
Wearin’ yesterday’s misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
Which he spent like they was goin’ outta style
And he keeps right on a’changin’ for the better or the worse,
Searchin’ for a shrine he’s never found
Never knowin’ if believin’ is a blessin’ or a curse,
Or if the goin’ up was worth the comin’ down. - Kris Kristofferson
Half a mile from the county fair
And the rain keep pourin’ down
Me and Billy standin’ there
With a silver half a crown
More from another Neil:
There is freedom within, there is freedom without
Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup
She came all the way from America
Had a blind date with destiny
And the sound of Te Awamutu
Had a truly sacred ring
Love can make you weep
Can make you run for cover
Four seasons in one day
Lying in the depths of your imagination
Once upon a time, my advice to you
Would have been go out
And find yourself a whore
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile…
I wish I was in Austin, down at the chili parlor bar
Drinking Mad Dog margaritas, and not caring where you are.
Guy Clark Dublin Blues
Well, it’s one for the money
Two for the show
Opening lyrics which inspired another.
I am he as
you are he as
you are me and
we are all together
(The Beatles)
which inspired
I know you know
what you know but
You should know by now
that you’re not me*
(The Rutles)
Why me lord
What did I ever do…
Kris Kristofferson
“Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face… with stars to fill my dreams…” Led Zeppelin
“Well a person can work up a mean, mean thirst after a hard day of nothing much at all.” The Replacements
“See these eyes so green… I can stare for a thousand years…” Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey.
“Ask the stars above, and ask the Earth below, why I’m so in love and why I love you so…”
The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload (“I Don’t Like Mondays”, Boomtown Rats)
Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go
But all I’ve got is a photograph, and I realize you’re not coming back any more (“Photograph”, Ringo Starr)
As I walk through this wicked world
Searching for light in the darkness of insanity
I ask myself, is all hope lost?
Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? (“What’s So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding?”, Nick Lowe)
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday
The Regular crowd shuffles in.
Those two lines set the scene for the rest of it.
“Good and Evil does not exist”
Skinny Puppy - Curcible