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[khyber]

or less.

I like reading lyrics but I can't power through a whole song without music.

So I wanna see some short snippets of lyrics that you like.

here are my two:

Baby Doll (Cat Power)
Turn out the lights
Set yourself on fire
Say goodnight


Crosses (Jose Gonzalez)
Darkness all over heavy on your should
Sirens in silence waiting to step forward
Disturbing silence darkness subsides
Cast some light and you'll be alright.

[Sine qua non]

Rock N Roll McDonald's
-Wesley Willis

"McDonalds is the place to rock.
It is a restaurant where they buy food to eat.
It is a good place to listen to the music.
People flock here to get down to the rock music."

[swetepete]

"The captain is a one-armed dwarf
He's throwing dice, along the wharf.
In the land of the blind,
the one-eyed man is king."
tom waits,
'Singapore'

[Hollywoodaction]

I only need one line.

"Now I wanna be your dog"

Iggy Pop, 1969.

Brilliant nihilistic response to the ethos of the hippie movement.

[JMO]

Well there are things
That have to die
So other things
Can stay alive
The fire burns,
It burns to give,
It has to burn, alive,
To live.

Maybe more than 4 lines, I'm not sure with the comma and all that. This is Sunset Rubdown and They Took a Vote and Said No.

[Doogie]

I love the lyrics of this whole song, but I'll keep it down to a few lines:

Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
With a chance to make it good somehow
Hey what else can we do now?
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, Heaven's waiting on down the tracks

Thunder Road......The Boss (Sorry, more than a few lines )

[RACETRAITOR]

[mithridates]

[stumptown]

[kermo]

Every jumbled pile of person
Has a thinking part that wonders
What the part that isn't thinking
Isn't thinking of.

--They Might Be Giants
I've never forgotten those lines. I could be here all day writing out more weird little gems The Johns have written, but that'll do for now.

[SuperFly]

Just four lines eh?

Pigs on the Wing part 1 (Waters) 1:23

**acoustic guitar strumming**
If you didn't care what happened to me - And I didn't care for you,
We would zig zag our way through the boredom and pain occasionally glancing up through the rain.
Wondering which of the buggars to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing.


Pigs on the Wing (Part Two) (Waters) 1:27

You know that I care what happens to you - and I know that you care for me.
So I don't feel alone or the weight of the stone - Now that I've found somewhere safe to bury my bone.
And any fool knows a dog needs a home,
A shelter from pigs on the wing.

[blynch]

im standing at the crossroad trying to read the sign to tell me which way i should go to find the answer...

... plant ur love and let it grow

[Woland]

My goodness - just to the collected works of Warren Zevon for great little four line snippets:

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't blind
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles
I'm gonna drink'em up

-- Desperadoes Under the Eaves

I'm sitting here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

-- Carmelita

Everybody's desperate; they're trying to make ends meet.
Work all day; still can't pay the price of gasoline and meat.
Alas, their lives are incomplete.
Don't it make you wanna rock 'n roll all night long?

-- Mohammed's Radio

You said you were an actress.
Yes, I believe you are.
I, I thought you would be a star
So I drank up all the money
Yes, I drank up all the money
WIth these phonies in this Hollywood bar
These friends of mine in this Hollywood bar

-- The French Inhaler (all of which is genius, by the way)

I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
SHe took me back to the Hyatt House
(Spoken) I don't wanna talk about it

-- Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me

After Appomattox, they was on the loose inside
So no amnesty was granted and as outlaws they did ride
They rode against the railroads and they rode against the banks
And they rode against the governor; never did they ask for a word of thanks

-- Frank and Jesse James

And that's all just from his first real album.

[Pligganease]

"When I met you last night baby
Before you opened up your gap
I had respect for ya lady
But now I take it all back"

-Nate Dogg

"Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None)"

[Kim Jong Jordan]

Shit, piss, *beep*, cunt, cocksucker, *beep*, *beep*, fart, turd and *beep*
I fucked your mom.

- Blink 182 "Shit, Piss, *beep*, Cunt, Cocksucker, *beep*, *beep*, Fart, Turd and *beep*."