# What's your favorite song lyric written in the first person? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-lyric-written-in-the-first-person/224582 "2004-01-15T14:59:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-lyric-written-in-the-first-person/224582/41 "2004-01-17T12:28:10Z")
Well, since \*Iris \* by the Goo Goo Dolls was already taken, how about Roy Orbison’s _Crying_: I was all right for a while I could smile for a while Until I saw you last night You held my hand so tight as you stopped to say hello On a completely different note, the first song that came to my mind written in the first person (though one I couldn’t stand to be perfectly clear) was Charlene’s _I’ve Never Been To Me_ that was played incessantly on the radio in the early 80s. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-lyric-written-in-the-first-person/224582/42 "2004-01-17T13:54:14Z")
I’ve got 2: * * * Kansas - The Wall \*\*\* I’m woven in a fantasy I can’t believe the things I see The path that I have chosen now Has led me to a wall And with each passing day I feel a little more like something dear was lost It rises now before me A dark and silent barrier between All I am, and all that I would ever want be It’s just a travesty Towering, marking off the boundaries my spirit Would erase To pass beyond is what I seek I fear that I may be too weak And those are few who’ve seen it Through to glimpse the other side, The promised land is waiting like a maiden that is soon to be a bride The moment is a masterpiece, The weight of indecision’s in the air It’s standing there, the symbol and the sum of all that’s me It’s just a travesty Towering, blocking out the light and blinding me I want to see Gold and diamonds cast a spell It’s not for me I know it well The riches that I seek Are waiting on the other side There’s more that I can measure in the treasure of the love that I can find And though it’s always been with me I must tear down the Wall and let it be All I am, and all that I was ever meant to be, in harmony Shining true and smiling back at all who wait to cross There is no loss \* **Styx, Crystal Ball** \* I used to like to walk the straight and narrow line I used to think that everything was fine Sometimes I’d like to sit and gaze for days through sleepless dreams All alone and trapped in time All alone and trapped in time I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me Or am i even in it’s mind at all Perhaps I’ll get a chance to look ahead and see Soon as I find myself a crystal ball Soon as I find myself a crystal ball Tell me, tell me where I’m going I don’t know where I’ve been Tell me, tell me, won’t you tell me And then tell me again My heart is breaking, my body’s aching And I don’t know where to go Tell me, tell me, won’t you tell me I’ve just got to know Crystal ball There’s so many things I need to know Crystal ball There’s so many things I’ve got to know Crystal ball [“extra verse” used occasionally live] If you should see me walking Through your dreams at night Would you please direct me Where I ought to be I’ve been looking for a crystal ball To shed the light To find a future in me… To find a future in me… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-song-lyric-written-in-the-first-person/224582.md?page=2)