The concrete broke your fall
Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat
“Sweetness, I was only joking when I said/I’d like to smash every tooth in your head” – The Smiths. I’ve always loved the contrast between Marr’s melodies and Morrissey’s lyrics.
It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurkin’ in the dark
THRILLER!
I hear mariachi static on the radio and the tubes they glow in the dark - Warren Zevon
Wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy
Ke$ha, “TiK ToK”
“Hank was looking out his window, thinking of Bonnie and Clyde, dreaming of all that money, Faye Dunaway as his bride” - Eleventh Dream Day
“I am skin and bones, I am pointy nose” - Jane’s Addiction
“I had a dream I was a vigilante’s sidekick, my name is Tim, I’m a lesser known character” - Rancid
“Got me a movie, I want you to know, slicin up eyeballs, I want you know, God it’s so groovy, I want you to know” - Pixies
“The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves,
like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays…” (Springsteen, Thunder Road)
“Hello darkness my old friend…” (Paul Simon)
“It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good
we had turkey and pistols carved out of wood…” (John Prine)
mmm
“This is a public service announcement. With guitar!”
“Don’t really mind if you sit this one out.”
Thanks mmm for Thunder Road. That is the line that slammed into my head when I read the OP title.
I can add another great Springsteen opener
“I got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back”
It was long after midnight when we got to unconditional love
My favorite relationship song. It continues with:
She said, “Sure, my heart is boundless but don’t push my limits too far”
I said, “If love is so transcendent I don’t understand these boundaries”
She said, “Just don’t disappoint me you know how complex women are”
“Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla”
- Argh Fuck Kill by the Dayglo Abortions
“There she stood, in the street, smiling from her head to her feet.” — Free: “All Right Now”
“I lay my head on the railroad track, waiting for the Double E” — Warren Zevon: “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”
There are places I remember, all my life though some have changed.
And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steels across the meadows of my heart.
*Stardust
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I spent all of my money in a Mexican whore house, across the street from a Catholic church. Tom Waits - Mr. Seigel
“She turned her nightlight on and blew him a kiss, he stared back with his green Crayola eyes.” -Jellyfish Joining a Fanclub
I used to think if I could realize I’d die then I would be a lot nicer. Rilo Kiley - “Science Vs Romance”
Steve walks warily down the street, his brim pulled way down low