When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
We’d hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
–Frank Sinatra
Red, red wine
Stay close to me
Dont let me be alone Its tearin` apart
My blue, blue heart – UB40
My heart is drenched in wine
But you’ll be on my mind
Forever
- Norah Jones
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind.
-Willie Nelson
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.
Well, the Georgia Patrol was a’makin’ their rounds
So he fired a shot just to flag 'em down
And a big-bellied sheriff got his gun and said “why’dya do it?”
– Vicki Lawrence
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town.
All of a sudden I see sheriff john brown
Aiming to shoot me down.
So I shot, I shot him down.
I say:
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.
(Bob Marley)
Shot
down in a blaze of glory
Take me now, but know the truth
I never drew first when I drew first blood
I’m the devil’s son
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gunshot
But just who shot who?
But Daniel was hot - he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner.
-The Beatles
I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
And he was barkin’ up at two men
Who were gamblin’ in the dark
It was Stagger Lee and Billy
Two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw seven,
Billy swore that he threw eight
The undercover cop was found face down in a field
The Monkeyman’s on the riverbridge using Tweeter as a shield
(Travelling Wilburys)
Sixteen military wives
Thirty-two softly focused brightly colored eyes
Staring at the natural tan
of thirty-two gently clenching wrinkled little hands
Seventeen company men
Out of which only twelve will make it back again
Sergeant sends a letter to five
Military wives, whose tears drip down through ten little eyes
–Decemberists
The letter said that he was a hero
She should be proud he died that way
I heard she threw that letter away
– Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
Send me a ticket for an airplane,
Ain’t got time to take a fast train
My lonely days are gone,
I’m a-goin’ home
My baby just wrote me a letter.
–The Boxtops
With silver wings across the sky vapor trails that wave goodbye
To those below who’ve got to stay at home
I wish that I had flown at night so I could take that champagne flight
Rid myself of every tear I own
– Susan Raye
Silver bird, fly my lady away,
Silver bird, take her over the bay,
Silver bird, give my lady a ride,
And let her go see what’s on the other side.
Silver bird, fly my lady away,
Pretty bird, today is the day.
-Mark Lindsay
Hold a chicken in the air
Stick a deckchair up your nose
Buy a jumbo jet
And then bury all your clothes
Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand
Whose wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine?
Must have been a dream I don’t believe where I’ve been
Come on - lets do it again
Do you, you feel like I do?
(Peter Frampton)
Feel like makin
Feel like makin love
Feel like makin love to you.
-Bad Company