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I realize, lately, how often I quote song lyric(s?) did we ever figure that out? that fit certain situations. It could be a song that I have recently heard, or an old standard that says what I feel in my heart. I just wondered if I am alone in this, or is this a common occurrence? What kind of music stirs your soul? What songs bring tears to your eyes? A romantic love song? A patriotic song? The song you first danced to or fell in love with? Is there something that makes the words stronger because of the melody behind them? Is there a song you would like to share?
This is a thread for sharing your musical words.
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Ever since songwriters started writing songs,
They have written songs about the rose.
Red roses, blue roses, old roses, new roses,
Roses from the south and east and west,
But here is the rose song that I love the best.
Show me a rose,
And I'll show you a girl who cares.
Show me a rose,
Or leave me alone.
Show me a rose,
And I'll show you a stag at bay.
Show me a rose,
Or leave me alone.
She taught me how to do the tango,
Down where the palm trees sway.
I called her Rose-a-mir,
And she called a spade a spade.
Show me a rose,
And I'll show you a storm at sea.
Show me a rose,
Or leave me alone.
One night in Bixby, Mississippi,
We watched the clouds roll by.
I said "My dear, how are you?"
And she whispered "So am I"
Show me a rose,
And I'll show you a girl named Sam.
Show me a rose,
Or leave me alone.
Show me a rose,
A fragrant rose.
Make believe that you don't know me,
Until you show me
A rose.
-G. Marx
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REFUGE OF THE ROADS
I met a friend of spirit
He drank and womanized
And I sat before his sanity
I was holding back from crying
He saw my complications
And he mirrored me back simplified
And we laughed how our perfection
Would always be denied
"Heart and humor and humility"
He said "Will lighten up your heavy load"
I left him for the refuge of the roads
I fell in with some drifters
Cast upon a beachtown
Winn Dixie cold cuts and highway hand me downs
And I wound up fixing dinner
For them and Boston Jim
I well up with affection
Thinking back down the roads to then
The nets were overflowing
In the Gulf of Mexico
They were overflowing in the refuge of the roads
There was spring along the ditches
There were good times in the cities
Oh, radiant happiness
It was all so light and easy
Till I started analyzing
And I brought on my old ways
A thunderhead of judgment was
Gathering in my gaze
And it made most people nervous
They just didn't want to know
What I was seeing in the refuge of the roads
I pulled off into a forest
Crickets clicking in the ferns
Like a wheel of fortune
I heard my fate turn, turn turn
And I went running down a white sand road
I was running like a white-assed deer
Running to lose the blues
To the innocence in here
These are the clouds of Michelangelo
Muscular with gods and sungold
Shine on your witness in the refuge of the roads
In a highway service station
Over the month of June
Was a photograph of the earth
Taken coming back from the moon
And you couldn't see a city
On that marbled bowling ball
Or a forest or a highway
Or me here least of all
You couldn't see these cold water restrooms
Or this baggage overload
Westbound and rolling taking refuge in the roads
-Joni Mitchell
@1976 Crazy Crow Music BMI
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My ex-mother-in-law was a wonder at pulling out a phrase from a song at the least pause in a conversation. She would take the last word you said and sing the phrase. I am still in awe of her ability.
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On the same path, walking in the night,
That I came here, I came for you;
Holding hands and gazing at the stars
And my heart beats, it beats for you.
She was so determined to make her way
Diff'rent though they were, she moved him so
That his heart didn't have a chance
But to let her go, on with her own dance.
Watching leaves drifting in the air
Let the wind blow, it blows for you;
Sleeping softly, dreaming in the night
That the world turns, it turns for you.
She was so determined to make her way
Diff'rent though they were, she moved him so
That his heart didn't have a chance
But to let her go, on with her own dance.
See you standing, waving in the train;
And I wait here, I wait for you;
See you leaving, moving out of sight,
And my heart breaks, it breaks for you.
She was so determined to make her way
Diff'rent though they were, she moved him so
That his heart didn't have a chance
But to let her go, on with her own dance. by Mark Doggett and Jacqulyn Fulner (performed by M.D.)
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I have my heroes, but no one knows their names
They never asked for recognition, they never wanted fame
My Granddad fought the second World War
When he was just eighteen
He spent four months as a prisoner
To give me the American dream
In my eyes he's everything, all I hope to be
And I won't forget that day he said he was proud of me
Chorus:
So I'll take that one day and figure out what I did right
I'll do it the same way for the rest of my life
Yeah, I'll take that one day and figure out what I did right
I'll do it the same way for the rest of my life
What I did right
I have my good friends, they have a place inside my heart
But my best friend, well she holds the biggest part
She finds the good in me
She knows just what it takes
And she loves the man in me
Through all of my mistakes
In my eyes she's everthing, evertyhing to me
And I won't forget that day she said,
"You're all I need...You're all I need..."
Repeat Chorus
And as I hold my newborn baby
To give her comfort while she cries
In this moment I feel helpless
'Til she looks into my eyes, her tears subside
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Chorus
What I Did Right
by the Sons of the Desert
CD Change
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Who cares if the sky
Cares to fall in the sea?
Who cares what banks fail in Yonkers
Long as you've got a kiss that conquers?
Why should I care?
Life is one long jubilee
As long as I care for you
And you care for me.
Ira Gershwin
What makes this depression-era ditty so appealing to me? Maybe it's the lyricist's gift of creating poetry out of so many one-syllable words.
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There will never come a day
You will ever hear me say
That I want, or need to be without you
I want to give my all
Baby just hold me
Simply control me
Because your arms
They keep away the lonelies
When I look into your eyes
Then I realize
All I need is you in my life
All I need is you in my life
Cause i never felt this way about loving
No, never felt so good
Baby, never felt this way about love and it feels so good
Never Felt So Good
sung by Alicia Keys on the CD Songs in A minor
written by Buffalo, NY native, Brian McKnight and Brandon Barnes
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Thank you so much for posting this - I had been thinking of it myself. Now I don't have to (unless I want to YART! but I've had enough of that for now.....  ). I keep thinking of not only lines from songs, but also lines from movies and poems, as relevant to my life at specific moments in time. These days I'm playing Bruce Cockburn's excellent Charity of Night CD in the car and different lines keep on appealing to me. In particular at the moment these lines resonate for me: Some will run and some will stand Everything is bullshit but the open hand as do the lines in Jewel's song "Only Kindness Matters" (think that's what it's called?): In the end, only kindness matters Songwriters and poets have a way of distilling the most important things in life, to get the very essence of those things, which they present to us in all their concentrated, powerful, intoxicating form. I also really like Bruce's song "Pacing the Cage" - let me see if I can remember it without having to trek out to the car in the dark to get the liner notes.... Sunset is an angel weeping Holding out a bloody sword No matter how I squint I cannot Make out what it's pointing toward Sometimes you feel like you've lived too long Days drip slowly on the page You catch yourself pacing the cage I've proven who I am so many times The magnetic strip's worn thin And each time I was someone else And everyone was taken in Powers chatter in high places Stir up eddies in the dust of rage Set me to pacing the cage I never knew what you all wanted So I gave you everything All that I could pillage All the spells that I could sing It's as if the thing were written In the constitution of the age Sooner or later you'll wind up Pacing the cage Sometimes the best map will not guide you You can't see what's round the bend Sometimes the road leads through dark places Sometimes the darkness is your friend Today these eyes scan bleached-out land For the coming of the outbound stage Pacing the cage Pacing the cage damn, had to go out to the car after all! but remembered most of it.....All of Bruce's songs are enhanced by the instrumentals that accompany them.
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I keep thinking of not only lines from songs, but also lines from movies and poems, as relevant to my life at specific moments in time.
Whenever I'm in a play, I'm amazed at how relevant the lines become to my life (even if they are 400 years old) - it's fun when you're with the other actors, but probably irritating as hell to non-cast members (who don't get the allusions).
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by Mark Doggett and Jacqulyn FulnerJackie! You've been hiding your light! That's lovely.
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Thank you. It's mostly his. I got an idea, sent it to him, and he ended up using it as the chorus. But I'm still thrilled to death! Um--since you are where you are, let me ask you about something I just heard on TV: a detective from up there was on, and I could have sworn I heard him say "Sire-accuse", for the place I've always thought of as "Seer (rhymes with beer)- accuse". Did I hear right, do you think?
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It's SER uh kyoose. Some folks might pronounce it differently when they're telling poeple how they pronounce it than they do when they're actually pronouncing it. This was made evident a few years back when Skaneateles, NY had its fifteen minutes and the mayor carefully told the nation it was pronounced Skay nee atlas and then, a few minutes later, pronounced it Skinny atlas the way it's supposed to be pronounced.
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...the way it's supposed to be pronounced.
Supposed? Now we're gettin' *somewhere!
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SER uh kyoose.
SER rhyming with sir, or with air, please? Also--I take it the end is an s sound and not a z sound?
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TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS
by Danoff, Nivert, and Denver
Almost heaven west Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah river
Life is old there older than the trees
Younger than the mountains blowin' like a breeze
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads
All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eyes
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads
I hear a voice in the morning how she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road I get a feelin'
That I should been home yesterday yesterday
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads
Country roads take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia mountain momma
Take me home country roads
Take me home country roads
Take me home country roads
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John Denver! Ooh, a big KISS to you, FF!
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Yep...Jackie's a recorded songwriter! She's just too modest to start signin' autographs! I'm still waitin' for mine...preferably on a tape or CD of the song Here's a song that's had a deep impact on me: THE LONELY ONE
by Dave Mason
There've been moments of despair,
There've been times I couldn't care.
I was the lonely one.
Then you showed myself to me,
And I found I needn't be
Another lonely one.
Chorus
Running in the wilderness and dreaming in
the sun,
And crying to the sky at night
For God's eternal son.
Through the truth and through the lies
There is really no disuise to hide the lonely
ones.
You can find them on a card,
Being matched with other hearts,
The really lonely ones.
Chorus
Running in the wilderness and dreaming in
the sun,
And crying to the sky at night
For God's eternal son.
Inside your rooms, behind your walls.
I see your face, you know
I hear your calls.
Is this some madness that's been left unchecked,
Or will there always be just promises.
Chorus
Running in the wilderness and dreaming in
the sun,
And crying to the sky at night
For God's eternal son.
There are men that hold the key
To set everybody free
But they are the lonely ones.
And, if the day should come
When they all can work as one,
There'll be a destiny.
Yes, I know...
Chorus
Running in the wilderness and dreaming in
the sun,
And crying to the sky at night
For God's eternal son. © 1973 INDABA ENTERPRISES CORP. (Dave Mason) All rights reserved
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Though I too enjoy the song, I should point out that only about five percent of the length of the Shenandoah River is actually in West Virgina. All of the rest is in Virginia.
Sorry, Jackie.
TEd
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Well, TEd...let dead men lie.
I love this song and John Denver, but I couldn't resist sneaking a half-decent pun in on TEd...forgive me John
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Fly the airline of the stars:
Carole Lombard, Grand Ole Opry, Buddy Holley, Ricky Nelson, Lynyrd Skynryrd, John Donver. Oh, and don't forget Will Rogers.
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This, only a very recent addition to my faves (as is the entire new album) but this has some nice things to say, and relevant to our environment here. Enjoy.
Utopia - Alanis Morissette
we'd gather around all in a room fasten our belts engage in dialogue
we'd all slow down rest without guilt not lie without fear disagree sans judgement
we would stay and respond and expand and include and allow and forgive and
enjoy and evolve and discern and inquire and accept and admit and divulge and
open and reach out and speak up
This is utopia this is my utopia
This is my ideal my end in sight
Utopia this is my utopia
This is my nirvana
My ultimate
we'd open our arms we'd all jump in we'd all coast down into safety nets
we would share and listen and support and welcome be propelled by passion not
invest in outcomes we would breathe and be charmed and amused by difference
be gentle and make room for every emotion
we'd provide forums we'd all speak out we'd all be heard we'd all feel seen
we'd rise post-obstacle more defined more grateful we would heal be humbled
and be unstoppable we'd hold close and let go and know when to do which we'd
release and disarm and stand up and feel safe
this is utopia this is my utopia
this is my ideal my end in sight
utopia this is my utopia
this is my nirvana
my ultimate
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Thanks, Hev. Nice words. I hadn't heard it yet, but you are right. They could very well apply here.
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I'm looking forward to hearing her new album - have heard part of one song on the radio and that's all so far....
But Hev's post reminded me of some more fave lines, also Alanis, from Hand in Pocket - mostly just the chorus, when she keeps saying, "Everything is just fine fine fine" and "It's quite all right." People have accused Jagged Little Pill of being a depressing and angry album. I'm wondering if those people even LISTENED to it?! it has some of the most positive, upbeat songs I've ever heard.
Can't resist adding more lines, but these are from Dar Williams:
And I look up to the people who are less bought than I,
You can show them what you're selling,
and they'll only ask you why.
Their paycheques don't have lots of zeros,
They're my friends and they're my heroes.
And the tv sets are angry cause they just can't make them pay
But I like the way these people read the signs and walk away.
(from Bought and Sold)
Dammit, I just can't write all the lyrics of hers that I love here - I'd never get to bed! If anyone is interested, check out her album End of the Summer - especially the songs If I Wrote You, My Friends, What Do You Hear In These Sounds, Are You Out There, Party Generation, It's a War In There, and Road Buddy. (The first three I listed are my faves but the whole album is excellent - such a thoughtful songwriter.)
I luuuurrrrve this thread - have been enjoying reading other people's choices as well as posting my own! [blissful-e]
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I absolutely had to put this one--sorry to take up more than my fair share. I bought this CD by Jessica Simpson right after my incredible friend's body gave up, and when this song came on I had to pull into the nearest parking lot and just sit there till the tears stopped. Yi, I'm tearing up just reading these...
Artist: Jessica Simpson
Album: Sweet Kisses
Title: Where You Are
Ohhhhhhhh ohhhh
Oohh ohhhh
There are times
I swear I know you're here
I forget about my fears
Feelin you my dear
Watchin over me
My hope sees
What the future will bring
When you wrap your wings
And take me where you are
Where you and I will be together
Once again, we'll be dancin in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
And you'll be smilin back at me
Only then will I be free
When I can be, where you are
And I can see your face
Your kiss I still can taste
Not a memory erased
Oh, how I see your star
Shinin down on me
And I'd do anything
If I could just, be right there where you are
Where you and I will breathe together
Once again we'll be dancin in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
And you'll be smilin back at me (you'll be smilin back at me)
Only then will I be free
Then I will be free, so take me where you are
Now baby there are times when selfishly
I wishin that you were here with me
So I can wipe the tears from your eyes and make you see
That every night when you are dreamin
I'm here to guard you from afar
And anytime I feel in love
I'll close my eyes and dream of where you are
where you are
Where you and I will breathe together
Once again we'll be dancin in the moonlight
Just like we used to do
And you'll be smilin back at me (you'll be smilin back at me)
Only then will I be free
Then I will be free,
Baby I still believe
Oh I gotta believe
I still believe
I will touch you that sweet day
That you take me there
Where you are (where you are)
I still believe
Whoooooa, I gotta believe
I still believe
I will touch you that sweet day
That you take me there
Where you are, oh where you are!
I still believe
I gotta believe
I still believe
I'll always be waiting here
That sweet day (that sweet day, yeah!)
I still believe......I still believe....
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In a clearing stands a boxer
and a fighter by his trade,
and he carries the reminders
of every glove that laid him down
or cut him, till he cried out
in his anger and his pain,
'I am leaving, I am leaving.'
But the fighter still remains.
Lai la lai, lai la lai lai lai la lai,
Lai la lai, lai la lai lai lai lai lai,
Lai la lai lai lai.
- last verse of The Boxer, Simon & Garfunkel
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Lucky that my lips not only mumble
They spill kisses like a fountain
Lucky that my breasts are small and humble
So you don't confuse them with mountains
First half of verse 2, "Whenever, Wherever" - Shakira
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He who knows the pride and pleasure
Of a friendship firm and strong.
He who has a wife to treasure,
Let him swell our mighty song!
If there is a single being
Who can call a heart his own,
And denies it—then, unseeing,
Let him go and weep alone.
Joy is drunk by all God’s creatures
Straight from earth’s abundant breast,
Good and bad, all things are Nature’s,
And with blameless joy are blessed.
Joy gives love and wine; her gladness
Makes the universe her zone,
From the worm that feels spring’s madness
To the angels near God’s throne.
-- Music: Beethoven, Ninth Symphony (chorale)
-- Words: Schiller, Ode to Joy (Untermeyer translation)
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