Greatest song lyrics ever

[inlemur]

The Future - Leonard Cohen

Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it's lonely here,
there's no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that's an order!

Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that's left
stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I've seen the future, brother:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won't be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant.

You don't know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I'm the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I've seen the nations rise and fall
I've heard their stories, heard them all
but love's the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It's over, it ain't going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil's riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder.

Things are going to slide ...

There'll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
The private life will suddenly explode
There'll be phantoms
There'll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing
You'll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin' to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin'.

Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don't like children anyhow
I've seen the future, baby:
it is murder.

Maybe these aren't the best lyrics ever, but whatever the best lyrics ever are, Leonard Cohen wrote them.

[Cumulonimbus]

I would have to agree with:

Lynyrd Skynard- Tuesday's Gone
Leonard Cohen- (insert song)

Whoa. Do you think if I name my kid Leonard that he'll someday write beautiful lyrics?

[Lestat]

Once I had.. this little game

I liked to crawl.. back in my brain

I think you know.. the game I mean

I mean the game.. called go insane

[BradleyT]

BATMAN

Thought you were smart, you bought a whore.
Then came Batman through the door.
Instead of f*cking that stupid s1ut,
you got 8 inches up your butt.
Batman!
Thought you were smart, you bought a whore.
Then came Batman through the door.
Instead of f*cking that stupid s1ut,
you got 8 stitches up your butt.
Batman! Batman the Buttripper, use your butt like a can-opener,
Batman the Buttripper, use your butt like a can-opener, man.

[TimM]

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Anything by A.C.

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AC/DC?

She gave me the Queen
She gave me the King
She was wheelin' and dealin'
Just doin' her thing
She was holdin' a pair
But I had to try
Her Deuce was wild
But my Ace was high
But how was I to know
That she'd been dealt with before
Said she'd never had a Full House
But I should have known
From the tattoo on her left leg
And the garter on her right
She'd have the card to bring me down
If she played it right

She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
She's got the Jack

Poker face was her name
Poker face was her nature
Poker straight was her game
If she knew she could get you
She play'd 'em fast
And she play'd 'em hard
She could close her eyes
And feel every card
But how was I to know
That she'd been shuffled before
Said she'd never had a Royal Flush
But I should have known
That all the cards were comin'
From the bottom of the pack
And if I'd known what she was dealin' out
I'd have dealt it back

She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, And who knows what else?
She's got the Jack, yeah, yeah
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, Ooh, was a bad deal, Jack
She gave me the Jack hey
She's got the Jack, She's got the Jack, She's got the Jack
Ooh, can't ya tell?
She's got the Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
She's got the Jack, She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, She's got the Jack
You Never know! She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, and it hurts!
She's got the Jack
She's got the Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack, Jack
She's got the Jack
AAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Oooooh!
Thank you, thank you, Thank you people, Thank you, Thank you
I'm glad you like the show, yes, thank you very much folks.
Good night and God bless!

[battschr]

Lungs by Townes Van Zandt

Well, won't you lend your lungs to me?
Mine are collapsing
Plant my feet and bitterly breathe
Up the time that's passing.
Breath I'll take and breath I'll give
Pray the day ain't poison
Stand among the ones that live
In lonely indecision.

Fingers walk the darkness down
Mind is on the midnight
Gather up the gold you've found
You fool, it's only moonlight.
If you try to take it home
Your hands will turn to butter
You better leave this dream alone
Try to find another.

Salvation sat and crossed herself
Called the devil partner
Wisdom burned upon a shelf
Who'll kill the raging cancer
Seal the river at its mouth
Take the water prisoner
Fill the sky with screams and cries
Bathe in fiery answers

Jesus was an only son
And love his only concept
Strangers cry in foreign tongues
And dirty up the doorstep
And I for one, and you for two
Ai'nt got the time for outside
Just keep your injured looks to you
We'll tell the world we tried

[whiskeytown]

I play this song solo acoustic sometimes, more of a yell then the soft way he does it - it WAS my fav. TVZ song.

Then I heard Rake. It never gets the exposure other songs do - I've only heard it live, actually - it was on Delta Momma Blues -

those last four lines of the 2nd verse - if that doesn't describe the life of an alcoholic, nothing does.

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I used to wake and run with the moon
I lived like a rake and a young man
I covered my lovers with flowers and wounds
my laughter the devil would frighten
The sun she would come and beat me back down
but every cruel day had its nightfall
I'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars
full of fire and forgetful

My body was sharp the dark air clean
and outrage my joyful companion
whisperin' women how sweet did they seem
kneelin' for me to command them
And time was like water but I was the sea
I'd have never noticed it passin'
except for the turnin' of night into day
and the turnin' of day into cursin'

You look at me now, and don't think I don't know
what all your eyes are a sayin'
Does he want us to believe these ravings and lies
they're just tricks that his brains been a playin'?
A lover of women he can't hardly stand
he trembles he's bent and he's broken
I've fallen it's true but I say unto you
hold your tongues until after I've spoken

I was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known
I laughed and thought I'd be forgiven
but my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and
said my friend, we're holdin' a wedding
I buried my face but it spoke once again
the night to the day we're a bindin'
and now the dark air is like fire on my skin
and even the moonlight is blinding

[thepuppet]

poop poop everywhere, and not a drop to eat

[whiskeytown]

I used to use a marker in the mid 90's in these punk/pop shows my band was playing, and I'd write Love and Fear on my knuckles as a bit of a homage to this song.

RB

[MrWookie47]

I've got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumbs,
I got something 'tween my legs that'll make a dead man come,

Oh daddy, baby won't you shave 'em dry
When you hear me hollar baby come on shavem dry.

Well I [censored] all night and all day baby,
And I feel just like I wanna [censored] some more.

Oh daddy, want you to shave 'em dry,
Oh great God daddy, if you can't shave 'em baby how I want you to try.

I'm gon' turn back my mattress, and let you oil my springs,
I want you to grind me daddy, 'til the bells do ring.

Oh daddy, want you to shave 'em dry,
Oh great God daddy, if you can't shave 'em baby won't you try?

Now if [censored] was the one thing, that would take me to heaven,
I'd be [censored] all night, until the clock struck seven,

Oh daddy, want you to shave 'em dry,
Oh great God daddy, shave'em dry.

[Instrumental]

Now your nuts hang down like a damn bell pepper,
And your dick stands up like a steeple,
Your goddam ass-hole stands open like a church door,
And the crabs walks in like people.

Oh great God, Oh, shave 'em dry,
Please now baby, come on shave 'em dry.

A big sow gets fat from eating corn,
And a pig gets fat from sucking,
When you're sweetest as pork, fat like I am,
Great God, I got fat from [censored].

Oh great God, Oh, shave 'em dry,
Please now daddy, shave 'em dry.

My back is made of whalebone,
And your cock is made of brass,
And my [censored]' was made for workin' men's two dogs[?],
Great God, round to kiss my ass.