“Like anyone, I knew a Dave.”
- The Tragically Hip, “Everytime You Go.”
“Routine was the theme, he’d wake up and wash and pour himself into uniform…something he hadn’t imagined being.”
Sleight of Hand - Pearl Jam
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
Wow! I love it.
AArrrgghh! Leaffan beat me to it! That was from Year of the Cat, by Al Stewart
They say that these are not the best of times,
But they’re the only times I’ve ever known,
And I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.
Summer, Highland Falls
Billy Joel
Would you be upset if I told you we were dying,
and every cure they gave us was a lie?
“I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known.”
I guess you know it, Green Day’s Boulevard Of Broken Dreams.
Warren Zevon rightfully keeps popping up. Here are a few more of his:
Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo, snatched the glasses right off my face
Took the keys to my BMW, left me here to take his place
—Gorilla You’re a Desperado
Grandpa pissed his pants again, he don’t give a damn
—Play It All Night Long
Well, he went down to dinner in his Sunday best, excitable boy, they all said
And he rubbed the pot roast all over his chest, excitable boy, they all said
—Excitable Boy
mmm
Pretty women go walking with gorillas down my street. - Joe Jackson, Is She Really Going Out With Him?
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Popcorn Hot Butter.
“Lovin’ you…isn’t the right thing to do”
Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
Oh, the night came undone like a party dress
And fell at her feet in a beautiful mess.
- Gillian Welch, “Barroom Girls”
That’s a wonderful image right there.
O, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket–Tom Paxton (NOT John Denver)
A redneck nerd in a bowling shirt was a-guzzling Lonestone beer.
Talking religion and politics for all the world to hear–Kinky Friedman
It was Christmas Eve in the drunk tank. - the Pogues, Fairytale of New York
So many good ones! Mine’s some more Paul Simon:
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all – KodachromeThe Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar-- Graceland
I love you Dewey Dumpsters full.
(a love song I wrote for my wife in 1982. Still sing it to her now and then)
" I was born in a crossfire hurricane…"
“I cut my bangs with some rusty kitchen scissors.” Miranda Lambert, This Ain’t My Mama’s Broken Heart.
“In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.”~ The Silver Jews, Random Rules
“Suckin’ on my titties like you wantin’ me, calling me all the time like Blondie check out my Chrissy Be-Hynde it’s fine all of the time.” ~ Peaches, Fuck the Pain Away
One of these days I’m going to cut you into little pieces
One of These Days - Pink Floyd
Actually that’s all the lyrics to it.
I like your pants around your feet.