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Take my advise,
don't listen to me.
- Neil Young
I was so much older then
I'm younger than that now.
- The Byrds
All we are is dust in the wind.
- Kansas
We're more than just ashes,
our spirits are more than just dust.
- Jefferson Starship
No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes
- The Who, "Behind Blue Eyes"
There's revolution
but they don't know what their fighting.
- Jethro Tull "Living in the Past"
I need some sentimental
hygiene.
- Warren Zevon
So often times it happens
that we live our lives in chains,
and we never even know we have the key.
- Eagles
Meet the new boss,
same as the old boss.
- The Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
We are the children
of Paradise
On our own now since the fall
All the things that are worth having
Are never ours to keep.
- Carole King "Come Down Easy"
We are all of us in
the gutter,
some of us are looking at the stars.
- The Pretenders, "Message of Love"
All I want is a Ring-dang-do.
- Sam the Sham and the Pharoes
There's a rose in the fisted glove
and the eagle flies with the dove
and if you can't be with the one you love, honey,
love the one your with.
There's a girl right next to you,
and she's just waiting for something to do.
-- CSNY
Don't you know it's a waste of the day
caught up in endless solutions
that have no meaning
just another hunch
based upon jumped conclusions.
-- Joe Walsh, "Life of Illusion"
It ain't me,
It ain't me
I ain't no Senator's son
It ain't me, it ain't me
I ain't no fortunate one.
-- Creedence Clearwater Revivial,
"Fortunate Son"
I was raised by the praise
of a fan who said I upset her.
- Buffalo Springfield
To keep in silence I resigned
my friends would think I was a nut,
Turning water into wine,
open doors would soon be shut.
- Peter Gabriel |
You can't run away forever,
but there's nothing wrong with getting a good head start.
- Jim Steinmen, "Rock and Roll Dreams"
Everybody hurts
sometimes.
- REM, "Everybody Hurts"
Big John's been drinkin'
since the river took Emmy Lou.
- Neil Young "Powderfinger"
Two gunslingers
walked out in the street and one said
I don't wanna fight no more
and the other gunslinger
thought about it
and he said, yea
what are we fighting for?
I'm taking control of my life.
- Tom Petty, "Two gunslingers"
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.
- Roger Miler, "King of the Road"
They will never forget
you
till somebody new comes along.
- The Eagles "New Kid in Town"
If you believe in forever, then life is just a one-night stand.
~Righteous Brothers, "Rock & Roll Heaven"
It's better to burn
out then to fade away.
- Neil Young, "My my, hey, hey"
I've got a smile for
everyone I meet
as long as you don't try dragging my bay
or dropping the bomb on my street.
- The Pretenders
You've got to stand for somethin'
or your gonna fall for anything.
- John Cougar Mellencamp
This is no social crisis
Just another tricky day for you.
- The Who
Even telepathic children
have to eat their vegetables.
- Jefferson Starship,"Wildeyes"
There are many here among us
who feel that life is but a joke.
But you and I have been through that,
and this is not our fate.
- Bob Dylan, "All along the watchtower"
I said: Hey baby, don't put my love on a shelf.
She said: Don't give me no lines,
and keep your hands to yourself.
- Georgia Satellites
People speak of love, don't know what they're thinking of
Wait around for the one who fits just like a glove
Speak in terms of belief and belonging
Try to fit some name to their longing.
- Jackson Brown, "In the Shape of a Heart"
What do you want from life
To kidnap an heiress
or threaten her with a knife
What do you want from life
To get cable TV
and watch it every night
- The Tubes, "What Do You Want From Life" |
I can't get no satisfaction.
- Rolling Stones
And if California slides
into the ocean,
like the mystics and statistics say it will.
I predict this motel will be standing,
until I pay my bill.
- Warren Zevon
Don't try to lay no Boogie-Woogie
On the king of Rock and Roll.
- Long John Baldry, "Conditional Discharge"
I felt so symbolic.
- Counting Crows, "Mr. Jones "
kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
- Bruce Cockburn, "Lovers in a Dangerous Time "
I can see by your coat my friend that you're from the other side
There's just one thing I got to know
Can you tell me please who won
- Jefferson Airplane, "Wooden Ships "
This is what love is
to be out of place.
- Wilco, "Impossible Germany"
Why am I soft in the middle
when the rest of my life is so hard?
- Paul Simon, "You can call me Al"
Talk about a dream,
try to make it real,
you wake up in the night
with a fear so real,
you spend your life waiting
for a moment that just don't come.
Don't waste your time waiting.
- Bruce Springsteen
Out on the road today,
I saw a deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
A little voice inside my head said,
Don't look back,
You can never look back.
Thought I knew what love was,
What did I know.
- Don Henley, "The Boys of Summer"
Silver the lightening that shattered the lock on my door.
- Jefferson Starship
I'm doing all right
getting good grades
The future's so bright
I gotta wear shades
- Timbuk 3
Why am I soft in the
middle
when the rest of my life is so hard
- Paul Simon
It takes a God to make man live,
and a bullet makes him dead.
- Brewer and Shipley, "Easy Rider"
Looks like it's me and you again
tonight, Rosie.
- Jackson Browne, "Rosie"
God is great, God is good
He guards your neighborhood
Though it's generally understood
Not quite the way you would.
- Jackson Browne, "Soldier of Plenty"
When you see through love's illusions,
there lies the danger,
and your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool,
so you go running off in search of a perfect stranger.
-- Jackson Brown, "Fountain of Sorrow"
While the future's there for anyone to change
Still you know, it seems it would be easier sometimes to change the past.
-- Jackson Brown, "Fountain of Sorrow" |