# Your favorite songs - from the lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 18, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088 "2010-07-18T02:52:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/21 "2010-07-21T14:39:44Z")
[No Language in Our Lungs](http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_Language.html#lyrics) - XTC [Off He Goes](http://www.pearljam.com/song/he-goes) - Pearl Jam [Better Angels of Our Nature](http://www.lyricspond.com/artist-monks-of-doom/lyrics-the-better-angels-of-our-nature) - Monks of Doom [What a Good Boy](http://www.answers.com/topic/what-a-good-boy) - Barenaked Ladies [Everlong](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/2271/) - Foo Fighters [Pain Lies on the Riverside](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/62810/) - Live ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/22 "2010-07-21T15:28:27Z")
There’s [Atmosphere](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0We9d5J3BLQ) by Joy Division, [There Is a Light That Never Goes Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtW1MAZ32M) by the Smiths [Spirit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPO11YX7Cdk) by Bauhaus [Moths](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J43k7lUetA8)by Jethro Tull [Stockton Gala Days](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BebGaEhMmCs) by 10,000 Maniacs [Thank You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgTbL-pbDCc)by Dido ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/23 "2010-07-21T17:45:28Z")
Dylan’s [Talkin’ WW III Blues.](http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/1103/) Every after the war cliche skewered, verse by verse > [@](#): > > I lit a cigarette on a parking meter > And walked on down the road. > It was a normal day. And then ending with the brilliant > [@](#): > > ‘I’ll let you be in my dream if I can be in yours.’ > I said that. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/24 "2010-07-21T19:24:16Z")
Well, in a different vein, I nominate Flight Of The Conchords. Specifically: [Carol Brown](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGoDns8wTA) [Business Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqZcYPEszN8) [The Most Beautiful Girl In The Room](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmDTSQtK20c) ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/25 "2010-07-21T19:28:23Z")
[The Living Years](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGDA0Hecw1k) by Mike and the Mechanics. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/26 "2010-07-22T05:51:04Z")
> [@Sam\_A.Robrin](#): > > Do I have to stop at five? I don’t think it was one of my parameters. so, if you have more, please share! I’ve been waiting for the thread to build a bit before adding more of my own personal favorites, and many, in the meantime, have been mentioned. Songs with good lyrics are amazing. I could probably just write “Sting” and be comfortable with that. The man is an incredible lyricist. But I’ll pick out a few of my favorites instead of just referencing his entire body of work. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/27 "2010-07-22T14:08:36Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [There Is a Light That Never Goes Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRtW1MAZ32M) by the Smiths the pleasure, the privilege is mine… ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/28 "2010-07-22T14:30:06Z")
Sympathy for the Devil-Rolling Stones’ The New York Mining Disaster-Bee Gees Born in the U.S.A. -B. Springsteen. Eleanor Rigby-The Beatles ---
**Author:** ![FrigidLizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@FrigidLizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrigidLizard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/29 "2010-07-22T23:59:54Z")
I’ve always adored the lyrics to Joni Mitchell’s “Marcie”, but the melody is soooo drawn-out. I’ve had to adopt my own melody for it in order to enjoy singing it to myself around the house. ---
**Author:** ![from\_a\_to\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5fc32e/32.png) [@from\_a\_to\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/from_a_to_z)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/30 "2010-07-23T12:27:17Z")
Preceded by many excellent examples, this post can quickly become lost and forgotten, perhaps rediscovered ten years from now. I offer “Lamento boliviano” by Dimi Bass (Raúl Federico Gómez) y Natalio Faingold ([SADAIC](http://www.sadaic.org.ar/obras.query.php?titulo=Lamento%20Boliviano&nro_obra=&autor=&tipo=precisa)). Dimi Bass was with Alcohol Etílico (Ethyl Alcohol, [official site](http://www.alcoholetilico.com/)) in 1986 when he co-wrote it. One section in particular of the lyrics caught my ear: “Nena no te peines en la cama, que los viajantes se van a atrasar” – like “Girl don’t comb your hair in bed, because the traveling salesmen are going to lose time / be delayed”. Like, the guy is drunk and crazy (borracho y loco) while inside him is a volcano that soon will erupt. [ul] [li] [a lyrics page](http://www.musica.com/letras.asp?letra=59987)[/li][li] [wiki, however trustworthy, for an interpretation of the lyrics](http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamento_boliviano)[/li][li] [Lamento boliviano, Enanitos Verdes live](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEBeN2PkKDk); (Little Green Men, [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Enanitos_Verdes))[/li][li] [Lamento boliviano, Toke D Keda](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPfnuOlhUKI)[/li][/ul] If the lyrics are too evocative, at least the song has a very danceable rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088/31 "2010-07-23T16:03:43Z")
Always on my Mind - Willie Nelson What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole (Braddah Iz), Eva Cassidy In My Life - The Beatles American Tune - Paul Simon Kathy’s Song - Simon and Garfunkel (specifically for the phrase: “There, but for the grace of you, go I”) Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen, Allison Crowe (When I list more than one version, its because I like both, or all) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-songs-from-the-lyrics/547088.md?page=1)