Favorite Song Lyrics

Secret 'O Life - James Taylor

The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride
The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'Cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
We might as well show some style
Give us a smile
Isn't it a lovely ride?
Sliding down, gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's a lovely ride
Isn't it a lovely ride?
Sliding down, I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
Ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride
 

Song, Affirmation - Band - Savage Garden - 1999

I believe the sun should never set upon an argument
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for you
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone

I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned
I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burned
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye

I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy
I believe that your most attractive features are your heart and soul
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold
I believe the struggle for financial freedom isn't fair
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires

I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed
I believe that God does not endorse TV evangelists
I believe in love surviving death into eternity
 
"Souvenirs" by John Prine


All the snow has turned to water
Christmas days have come and gone
Broken toys and faded colors
Are all that's left to linger on
I hate graveyards and old pawn shops
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they rob me
Of my childhood souvenirs

Memories they can't be boughten
They can't be won at carnivals for free
Well it took me years
To get those souvenirs
And I don't know how they slipped away from me

Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see
That's why last night and this mornin'
Always look the same to me

I hate reading old love letters
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they rob me
Of my sweetheart's souvenirs

Memories they can't be boughten
They can't be won at carnivals for free
Well it took me years
To get those souvenirs
And I don't know how they slipped away from me
 

Pirates and Poets - Bertie Higgins:

Pirates and poets and me you see
Are one of a kind
Searching for a treasure like you
And finding the perfect rhyme

Pirates and poets and me believe
In love only when it's true
And the buccaneer and Shakespeare inside of me
Believe that we're in love with you

Pirates have their silver swords
They can steal your heart away
Poets have their golden words
They can win you with what they say

Never knew I had any hero in me
Never found much worth fighting for
Never knew the beauty of poetry
But I'd never loved you before
 
@Nemo2

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When Dark Side of the Moon was released I enjoyed the sound of this song but really didn't think about the lyrics too much. 49 years later the lyrics really hit home for me.

Pink Floyd Time
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long, and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
 
Groan..... I must be really ancient.

I only recognised two lyrics that have been posted, 'Unchained Melody', thank you, Gaer, and 'Phantom of the Opera', thank you, Lara.

Here my two penneth....

A very precious love
Is what you are to me
A stairway to a star
A night in Shangrila of ecstasy
Lanterns of gold
Lanterns of blue
Twinkle in the shadows
While I dance with you
An acho in the wind
Across the summer lake
Is saying you should know
That lanterns lose their glow
And hearts can break
So hold me close my darling
Then kiss me tenderly
And give your precious love
Your very precious love to me
So hold me close my darling
And kiss me tenderly
And give your precious love
Your very precious love to me

and then there is this super song.....

I got a feelin' you're foolin'
I got a feelin' you're havin' fun
I'll get a go by when you are done
Foolin' with me
I got a feelin' you're foolin'
I got a notion it's, "make believe"
I think you're laughin' right up your sleeve
Foolin' with me
Life is worth living while you are giving
Moments of paradise
You're such a stand out, but when you hand out
The hocus pocus from your eyes
I got a feelin' you're foolin'
I got a feelin' it's all the same
It's just the well known old army game
Foolin' with You
(I got a feelin' you're foolin'
I got a feelin' you're havin' fun)
I'll get a go by when you are done
Foolin' with me
{I got a feelin' you're foolin'
I got a notion it's, "make believe"}
I think you're laughin' right up your sleeve
Foolin' with me
Life is worth living while you are giving
Moments of paradise
You're such a stand out, but when you hand out
The hocus pocus from your eyes
I got a feelin' that you're foolin'
I got a feelin' it's all the same
It's just the well known old army game
Foolin' with You
I got a feelin'
A feelin' you're foolin'
Foolin' with me
 
Commander Cody and his lost planet Airmen... Devil and me.

If you wanna know
What's going on inside of me
In the battle for my soul
The devil won

Cause it's a long way to heaven
When you're heading down
It's a hard road to travel
To turn your life around
It's a long way to heaven
If your soul ain't free
But it's a quick trip to nowhere
For the devil and me
 
You're the why - Robbie Williams tribute to Ian Dury.

I shuffled through the modes of bad behaviour
And hankered for the desolated dawn
I couldn't cope with yet another saviour
To steer me from the way that I was born

Then like a ton of bricks the dawn descended
Recalcitrance was hurtled to the floor
The citadel lay breached and undefended
You brought a love I'd never known before

Chorus:
I'll want you till the seasons lose their mystery
I'll need you till the birds forget to fly
I'll love you more than anyone in history
Wherever there's a wherefore you're the why
 
Wrong side of Heaven - 5-finger death punch.

I spoke to God today and She said that She's ashamed
What have I become?
What have I done?
I spoke to the devil today and he swears he's not to blame
And I understood 'cause I feel the same
Arms wide open
I stand alone
I'm no hero and I'm not made of stone
Right or wrong
I can hardly tell
I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of hell
The wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side
The righteous side of hell
I heard from God today and She sounded just like me
What have I done, and who have I become?
I saw the devil today and he looked a lot like me
I looked away, I turned away
Arms wide open
I stand alone
I'm no hero and I'm not made of stone
Right or wrong
I can hardly tell
I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of hell
The wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side
The righteous side of hell
I'm not defending
Downward descending
Falling further and further away
Getting closer every day
I'm getting closer every day
To the end, to the end, the end, the end
I'm getting closer every day
Arms wide open
I stand alone
I'm no hero
And I'm not made of stone
Right or wrong
I can hardly tell
I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of hell
I'm on the wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side of hell
The wrong side of Heaven and the righteous side
Righteous side of hell
 
Don't know why I didn't think of this one before! My Fave!

The Eagles:

I turn on the tube and what do I see?
A whole lot of people crying, "Don't blame me"
They point their crooked little fingers at everybody else
Spend all their time feeling sorry for themselves
Victim of this, victim of that
Your mamma's too thin and your daddy's too fat

Get over it
Get over it
All this whining and crying and pitching a fit
Get over it, get over it

You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crash
But you might feel better if I gave you some cash
The more I think about it, Old Billy was right
Let's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight
You don't want to work, you want to live like a king
But the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing

Get over it
Get over it
If you don’t wanna play then you might as well quit
Get over it, get over it

It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak
You're making the most of your losing streak
Some call it sick, but I call it weak
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, you drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt, you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringing everybody down
You bitch about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass

Get over it
Get over it
All this bitching and moaning and pitching a fit
Get over it, get over it

Get over it
Get over it
It's gotta stop sometime, so why don't you quit?
Get over it, get over it
 
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One of my very favorite! "Unchained Melody"

"Lonely Rivers flow to the sea, to the sea,
to the open arms of the sea.
Lonely rivers sigh, "Wait for me ,wait for me
I'll be coming home, Wait for me."

"Whoa, my love,
My Darling,
I've hungered for your touch
a long, lonely time.
and time goes by so slowly,
and time can do so much
Are you still mine?

I need your love.
I need your love.
God speed your love to me."
 
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Ah, sweet mystery of life
At last I've found thee
Ah! I know at last the secret of it all;
All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting, yearning
The burning hopes, the joy and idle tears that fall.

For 'tis love, and love alone, the world is seeking,
And 'tis love, and love alone, that can repay!
'Tis the answer, 'tis the end and all of living
For it is love alone that rules for aye!
 

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