Song Lyrics Thread

[redwhiteblue]

For our favourite lyrics..

This is from Baby Jane by Rod Stewart and these lyrics really resonate with me at the moment, apart from the Jane bit of course..I'm not that sort of girl..not that there is anything wrong with that..:

Go your own way donīt think twice about me
Cause Iīve got ideas and plans of my own
So long darlinī Iīll miss you believe me
The lesson learned was so hard to swallow
But I know that Iīll survive
Iīm gonna take a good look at myself and cry

When I give my heart again
I know itīs gonna last forever
No one tell me where or when
I know itīs gonna last forever
When I fall in love next time
I know itīs gonna last forever
I wonīt be that dumb again
I know itīll last forever

[theGman]

So true this one!!

[horrie hastings]

So true this one!!

There have been excellent versions of this song, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart but best is Keith Hampshire's. Have not heard Cats version for so long, very good.

[horrie hastings]

[theGman]

I like that version HH....the backing symphony gives it some oomph.

If you like Sheryl Crowe her version is sensational.

[redwhiteblue]

You beat me to it Gman. I love Sheryl's version. Don't forget to post your favourite lyrics as this is the point of the thread so we can read them..or sing along in my case...lol..:

I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And he's taking just all that I had
But if you wanna try to love again
Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

[Chorus]
The first cut is the deepest, baby, I know
The first cut is the deepest
But when it comes to being lucky, he's cursed
When it comes to lovin' me, he's worst

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
And if you wanna try to love again
Try,
Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

[Chorus]

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'Cause if you wanna try to love again
(Try to love again, try to love again)
Baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

[Chorus]

The first cut is the deepest, baby, I know
The first cut is the deepest
(Try to love again)

[Parkway_Drive]

I left the video out at first as it will take away from the impact of the lyrics

Hmmm...wonder why I have had two divorces..

Faster Pussycat Babylon

Livin' in L.A. is so much a fun
Boy you is ugly and your girlfriend weighs a ton
We was sittin' in our car in a traffic jam
And some tourist started screamin'
"Hey, ain't you that guy in Wham?"

No we won't shut up
We're just babblin' on and on babylon babblin' on and on
Shut up pussycat shut up

Man That hoochie-koochie made me dizzy Cowabunga
I said shut your face and take off what you got under
Went outside said your place not mine
Toss her panties on the couch and she smells like she might die

No we won't shut up
We're just babblin' on and on Babylon Babblin' on and on

Caught in a Bel-Air with Buffy and Biffy
Some homeboy says, "Hey guys Want some sniffy?"
On the trigger was a punch and we put a Spanish Fly
Biffy's without spot and buffy's on my thigh

No we won't shut up
We're just babblin' on and on Babylon Babblin' on and on
Pussycat shut up, pussycat shut up
Pussycat shut up, shut up, pussycat shut up

[redwhiteblue]

This one just breaks my heart. "Best Work" by Tim Freedman of The Whitlams, my all time favourite band. There is no clip to post from youtube but this one is the official video:

http://www.take40.com/artists/31/the...video_m=1894.3

After the fall, things will never be the same
How in the world can anyone love again?

Some of my best work was you
I wish you were here right now
But I still don't want to know
If you're moving on

I never dreamed about you
When we were never far apart
And now that I'm without you
You're here all through the night

Some of my best work was you
I wish you were here right now
I would ride the ups and downs
Be a man and get my feet back on the ground

Some of my best work
Some of my best work
My best work was you
But I still don't want to know
If you're moving on

There's no lovers up above
No lovers, only love

[horrie hastings]

I like that version HH....the backing symphony gives it some oomph.

If you like Sheryl Crowe her version is sensational.

Yep, how could I forget Sheryl Crowe's version, it is great. I always think about Cat, Rod's and Keith version because they were out back around in the 70's

[Parkway_Drive]

This one just breaks my heart. "Best Work" by Tim Freedman of The Whitlams, my all time favourite band. There is no clip to post from youtube but this one is the official video:

http://www.take40.com/artists/31/the...video_m=1894.3

After the fall, things will never be the same
How in the world can anyone love again?

Some of my best work was you
I wish you were here right now
But I still don't want to know
If you're moving on

I never dreamed about you
When we were never far apart
And now that I'm without you
You're here all through the night

Some of my best work was you
I wish you were here right now
I would ride the ups and downs
Be a man and get my feet back on the ground

Some of my best work
Some of my best work
My best work was you
But I still don't want to know
If you're moving on

There's no lovers up above
No lovers, only love

Tim Freedman ...great songwriter. Cos there is no aphrodisiac like loneliness.....

[horrie hastings]

There's no formula for happiness, that's guaranteed to work
It all depends on how you treat your friends
And how much you've been hurt

But it's a start, when you open up your heart
And try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart

There's no dreamer who's ever dreamed, and seen it all come true
Takes a lot of time and breaks a lot of hearts, to see an idea through
And love's just a simple word, it's truth is eas'ly lost
And sorry's said so easily, nobody counts the cost

But it's a start, when you open up your heart
Give your love to others, they become your bro-o-other
You open up your heart, come on, make a start
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart

But it's a start, you open up your heart
Give your love to others, they become your bro-o-other
You open up your heart, come on, make a start
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart

There's no formula for happiness that's guaranteed to work
And no lover's ever been in love, and not been hurt
No dreamer's ever dreamed, and seen it all come true
In the end you find the things that count, a look to me and you

But it's a start, you open up your heart
Give your love to others, they become your bro-o-other
You open up your heart, come on, make a start
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart, look for another love
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide

[redwhiteblue]

There's no formula for happiness, that's guaranteed to work
It all depends on how you treat your friends
And how much you've been hurt

But it's a start, when you open up your heart
And try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart

There's no dreamer who's ever dreamed, and seen it all come true
Takes a lot of time and breaks a lot of hearts, to see an idea through
And love's just a simple word, it's truth is eas'ly lost
And sorry's said so easily, nobody counts the cost

But it's a start, when you open up your heart
Give your love to others, they become your bro-o-other
You open up your heart, come on, make a start
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart

But it's a start, you open up your heart
Give your love to others, they become your bro-o-other
You open up your heart, come on, make a start
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart

There's no formula for happiness that's guaranteed to work
And no lover's ever been in love, and not been hurt
No dreamer's ever dreamed, and seen it all come true
In the end you find the things that count, a look to me and you

But it's a start, you open up your heart
Give your love to others, they become your bro-o-other
You open up your heart, come on, make a start
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide
Just open up your heart, look for another love
Try not to hide, what you feel insi-i-ide

I have that one! That's from that All The Aussies set you have custody of now after I moved. I'm happy it went to a good home.

[redwhiteblue]

I never knew Carole King wrote this one. I knew the Everly Bros and Crystal Gayle versions but didn't realise Carole wrote it. Explains a lot then:

I'll never let you see
The way my broken heart is hurtin' me
I've got my pride and I know how to hide
All my sorrow and pain
I'll do my cryin' in the rain

If I wait for cloudy skies
You won't know the rain from the tears in my eyes
You'll never know that I still love you so
Though the heartaches remain
I'll do my cryin' in the rain

Rain drops fallin' from Heaven
Could never take away my misery
But since we're not together
I look for stormy weather
To hide these tears I hope you'll never see

Some day when my cryin's done
I'm gonna wear a smile and walk in the sun
I may be a fool but till then, darling
You'll never see me complain
I'll do my cryin' in the rain

I'll do my cryin' in the rain
I'll do my cryin' in the rain

[horrie hastings]

I have that one! That's from that All The Aussies set you have custody of now after I moved. I'm happy it went to a good home.

Yes thankyou, there are some absolute gems on there and this song is one my favourites

[horrie hastings]

My all time favourite song

Sailin' away on the crest of a wave
It's like magic
Rollin' and ridin' and slippin' & slidin'
It's magic


And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose.

Making believe this is what you've conceived
From your worst day,
Moving in line when you look back in time
To your first day

And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose


Takin' a dive 'cos you can't halt the slide
Floating downstream,
So let her go don't start spoiling the show
It's a bad dream

And you, and your sweet desire,
You took me, higher and higher
It's a livin' thing,
It's a terrible thing to lose
It's a given thing
What a terrible thing to lose