The White Stripes... Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground... A Perfect Lyric

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A Perfect Lyric

I love this entire album!

This one tune though

is by far THE coolest

"love letter"

to any girl... eva!!

It doesn't sound lovey dovey but yet...

it is!

It's really one of my favorite songs

and albums as well!

From start to finish...

brilliant!

And this one lyric... wow!

If you do not feel this way

about YOUR chick...

then she's NOT the right girl for you!!!

The White Stripes

White Blood Cells

Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground

Dead Leaves and the dirty ground

When I know you're not around

Shiny tops and soda pops

When I hear your lips make a sound

When I hear your lips make a sound

Thirty notes in the mailbox

Will tell you that I'm coming home

And I think I'm gonna stick around

For a while so you're not alone

For a while so you're not alone

If you can hear a piano fall

You can hear me coming down the hall

If I could just hear your pretty voice

I don't think I need to see at all

Don't think I need to see at all

Soft hair and a velvet tongue

I wanna give you what'cha give to me

And every breath that is in your lungs

Is a tiny little gift to me

Is a tiny little gift to me

I didn't feel so bad till the sun went down

Then I come home

No one to wrap my arms around

Wrap my arms around

Well any man with a microphone

Can tell you what he loves the most

And you know why you love at all

If you're thinking of the Holy Ghost

If you're thinking of the Holy Ghost

The Doors... Summer's Almost Gone... A Perfect Lyric

 

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A Perfect Lyric

I recently purchased and received an

amazing collection of mostly unpublished

writings by the man himself...

Jim Morrison!

His family came forward with many

notebooks that Jim had used over the years...

for poetry... lyrics...

and general ramblings.

It's a must have for ANY Doors fan for sure!

Anyways...

it got me to break out my Doors cd's...

and then I suddenly popped in

Waiting For The Sun

and as I was singing a song...

that I've probably sung 689 times

in my silly life...

I was just transformed

to another place and time.

It just made me feel like I was

a kid again listening to this album

for the very first time.

So fuckin' cool!

Absolutely love the entire album,

and while "Love Street"

is my favorite of the album...

this song... was the one...

to capture ALL of my attention...

Summer's Almost Gone

It's certainly one of their

lesser known songs... but when you sing,

and let that lyric sink into your brain...

wow... it's simply perfection!

It just rolls right off of your tongue.

It's so visual!

Morrison will always live with my friend

and me within the trip we took

to Paris France to drink with our

rock 'n roll hero.

May 4th, 1983

the day Billy & myself

partied with Jim Morrison!

Summer's Almost Gone

Summer's almost gone

Summer's almost gone

Almost gone

Yeah... it's almost gone

Where will we be

When the summer's gone

Morning found us calmly unaware

Noon burned gold into our hair

At night we swam the laughin' sea

When summer's gone

Where will we be

Where will we be

Where will we be

Summer's almost gone

Where will we be

Summer's almost gone

Summer's almost gone

We had some good times

But they're gone

The winter's coming on

Summer's almost gone

The Eagles... Already Gone... A Perfect Lyric

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I heard this song on the radio

while driving back home today...

fuckin' AWESOME!

STILL!!

At first I was listening to

Aerosmith's "Live Bootleg" cd...

love that muthafuckin album!

Right after the last notes to

"Train Kept A Rollin'"...

and the fading of the crowd noise...

I switched over to the radio

and the song was right at the part

of these most perfect lyrics...

that I've heard, AND sang,

a million times over mind you but...

... for some reason, this time around,

they just hit me over the head

like a ton of fucking perfection.

Profound reality

is truly a wonderful thing isn't it!!

The song I'm talking about,

is performed by

The Eagles...

I made the switch to the radio

and this... is what I heard...

"Well I know it wasn't you

who held me down

Heaven knows it wasn't you

who set me free

So often times it happens

that we live our lives in chains

And we never even know

we have the key"

Already Gone

WOW!

That whole verse is amazing but...

it's the second line that just

fuckin' resonated with me SO much

at that very moment.

To realize that it's YOU...

who is the one that's holding YOU...

back...

from being everything

and doing everything...

that your little heart desires

is such a fucking wake up call

I have to tell ya... LoL

wow!!


And that fucking amazing dirty guitar
at the 2:36 point of the song
right after the word "free"...
just kicks my ass...
every time...
still!!

It was written by two guys

Jack Tempchin & Robb Strandlund

and was on the Eagles 1974 release...

On The Boarder

Elton John... I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues... A Perfect Lyric

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" Wait on me girl
cry in the night... if it helps

But more than ever...

I simply love you...
more than I love...
life... itself "

When I finally figured out

just what the heck Elton was saying

here with this line...

I welled up like a muthafuckin' baby... LoL


And no...
it wasn't the whole divorce,
sick of dating thing either.
It was just a much bigger picture type thing!

I was stopped dead in my tracks

and was completely overtaken
by an tsunami of emotion!

I'll never forget it!

So simple a thought.
Until you realize that you don't have...
that feeling inside of you!


Holy crap...
what an amazing observation!


And... what an amazing thought!


It's a thought that I've kind of lost track of...
which is of course...
the thought of once again
having that feeling
filling me up
giving me the strength
of a thousand men!!


But does that feeling...
that "you"...
have to be about...

a person ??
a god ??
a philosophy ??


I wonder if we can make that "you"...
mean absolutely ANYTHING
we damn well want it to mean ??



Wow... too neat!



Too Low For Zero

(Elton John, Bernie Taupin, Davey Johnstone 1983)

I Guess That's Why
They Call It The Blues
(Song with Official video included)

Lik'em or not...
you just have to admit
that he's one talented muthafucka
with a tremendous resiliency.
I've been hearing his voice
coming through my speakers,
crooning creative tunes,
ever since I was a kid!!

Ozzy Osbourne... Road to Nowhere... A Perfect Lyric

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A Perfect Lyric


Plain 'n simple...

this song AND lyric

combine to create my favorite

"feel sorry for myself"

song!

Hey... we ALL need one!
AND... we ALL have one!

And if you say you don't...

you're a fuckin' liar...

and are now banned

from ever reading my blog again!!

"No soup for you...
2 months!!!"

Okay okay you can stay.

Ya know,
since I'm a big fat liar as well and all... LoL

He's not everyone's cup off tea...

but take away all of the silly public displays,

reality shows and such...

and it's impossible not to love the lyrics

and that fucking haunting voice!


Ozzy Osbourne

My favorite "aarrr... poor tommy" lyric
comes from the song
Road To Nowhere

from the 1991 album
No More Tears

"The wreckage of my past
keeps haunting me...

it just won't leave me alone.
I still find it all a mystery
could it be a dream...
the road to nowhere...
leads to me!"


Dont'cha just wanna fuckin' cry... LoL


Sometimes a cry like this
is just as stress-relieving
as a wet... sloppy 'n swallowed
orally enhanced experience!


NOW...
you can order the lobster babygirl!!


Oh be quiet...
that was funny 'n you know it!

THE WHO ( Pete Townshend )... A Perfect Lyric

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A Perfect Lyric

This is just another category

I've been meaning to start up,

posting some of my favorite lyrics

that I've heard and been singing

most of my life.

We all have certain words,

sayings, and of course song lyrics

that stick to us like glue!

Some of them cause you to cry,
to perhaps wonder why.
While some of them
most certainly inspire you to heights
you've never ever thought possible.
Even if it's for but a split second,
those words can transform
your entire being!!


Just like I wrote about in the
Rock 'n Roll Bookmarks
post.

That feeling of being transformed

to another place 'n time by a song,

a note, and of course a lyric

is an undeniable force of human nature!


That's just too neat isn't it!?

Well this first lyric that will begin
this brand new category

comes to mind whenever I'm in that

"zone"...
in that creative wilderness,
pulling thoughts and emotions
out of my head and onto paper.


Thinking of this single lyric
just inspires the crap outta me,
and helps me to somehow focus.

This could be, and maybe is...
my most favorite single lyric of all time.
I know, there's SO many to choose from.
But there's just something about these words

that flow,

that ignites the flame
of creativity inside of me.

And I always end up laughing as well.

Because I've been writing things down,

thoughts, passions, disappointments

and so on for many many...

many years now.

And I don't think I've ever approached,

or even come close

to matching the perfection

of these simple words!

Pete Townshend is the man for sure.

The lyric comes from the song
Bell Boy

from my most favorite "go to" album to date... Quadrophenia

"A beach is a place
where a man can feel...
he's the only soul
in the world that's real!"

How awesome is that!!

There will be others from Pete

AND this album

as time goes by, so many others!

But for now,
this simple string of words, rule the day!

You have a favorite lyric???


Well... lemme hear it will ya!