by Mr. McClister on November 12th, 2006

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What is the greatest lyric of all time?

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  • by Sunblynd 5.0 on November 12th, 2006

    Sunblynd 5.0

    IMAGINE by John Lennon

    Imagine there's no Heaven
    It's easy if you try
    No hell below us
    Above us only sky
    Imagine all the people
    Living for today

    Imagine there's no countries
    It isn't hard to do
    Nothing to kill or die for
    And no religion too <------(my favorite line)
    Imagine all the people
    Living life in peace

    You may say that I'm a dreamer
    But I'm not the only one
    I hope someday you'll join us
    And the world will be as one

    Imagine no possessions
    I wonder if you can
    No need for greed or hunger
    A brotherhood of man
    Imagine all the people
    Sharing all the world

    You may say that I'm a dreamer
    But I'm not the only one
    I hope someday you'll join us
    And the world will live as one

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  • by Metacoola on November 12th, 2006

    Metacoola

    So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
    blue skies from pain.
    Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
    Do you think you can tell?

    And did they get you trade your heroes for ghosts?
    Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?
    Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange
    a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

    How I wish, how I wish you were here.
    We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
    year after year,
    running over the same old ground. What have we found?
    The same old fears,
    wish you were here.

    Wish you were Here ~Pink Floyd

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  • by TheAnswerer on November 12th, 2006

    TheAnswerer

    White and Nerdy- Weird Al

    They see me mowin'... my front lawn
    I know they're all thinkin' I'm so white & nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    Can't ya see I'm white & nerdy?
    Look at me, I'm white & nerdy
    I wanna roll with... the gangstas

    But so far they all think I'm too white and nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    I'm just too white & nerdy
    Really, really white & nerdy

    First in my class there at MIT
    Got skills, I'm a champion at D&D
    MC Escher, that's my favorite MC
    Keep your 40, I'll just have an Earl Grey tea
    My rims never spin - to the contrary
    You'll find that they're quite stationary
    All of my action figures are cherry

    Stephen Hawking's in my library
    My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
    Got people beggin' for my Top 8 spaces
    Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
    Ain't got no grills, but I still wear braces

    I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise
    I'm a whiz at Minesweeper, I could play for days
    Once you see my sweet moves, you're gonna stay amazed
    My fingers movin' so fast, I'll set the place ablaze
    There's no killer app I haven't run

    At Pascal, well, I'm number one
    Do vector calculus just for fun
    I ain't got a gat but I got a soldering gun
    "Happy Days" is my favorite theme song
    I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
    I'll ace any trivia quiz you bring on

    I'm fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon
    Here's the part I sing on...

    They see me roll on... my Segway
    I know in my heart they think I'm white & nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    [ these lyrics found on completealbumlyrics.com ]
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    Can't ya see I'm white & nerdy?
    Look at me, I'm white & nerdy
    I'd like to roll with... the gangstas
    Although it's apparent I'm too white and nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    I'm just too white & nerdy
    How'd I get so white & nerdy?

    I've been browsin', inspectin'
    X-Men comics, you know I collect 'em
    The pens in my pocket, I must protect 'em
    My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
    Shoppin' online for deals on some writable media
    I edit, Wikipedia

    I memorized "Holy Grail" really well
    I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL
    I got a business doin' web sites

    When my friends need some code, who do they call?
    I do HTML for 'em all
    Even made a home page for my dog
    Yo, I got myself a fanny pack
    They were havin' a sale down at The Gap
    Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
    Pop pop, hope no one sees me... gettin' freaky
    I'm nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream
    I was in A/V Club and Glee Club and even the chess team
    Only question I ever thought was hard
    Was, do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?
    Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Faire
    Got my name on my underwear

    They see me strollin'... they laughin'
    And rollin' their eyes 'cause I'm so white & nerdy
    Just because I'm white & nerdy
    Just because I'm white & nerdy
    All because I'm white & nerdy
    Holy cow, I'm white & nerdy

    I wanna bowl with... the gangstas
    But oh well, it's obvious I'm white and nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    Think I'm just too white & nerdy
    I'm just too white & nerdy
    Look a' me, I'm white & nerdy

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  • by AB-Rich on November 13th, 2006

    AB-Rich

    Greatest of all time who can say, but in the tiny, tiny sample of what I've heard, this is right up there:


    Chris Smither -- I am the Ride

    Forms are loosely fitting
    Juries still are sitting
    A sense of duty keeps us all in motion
    Prison sirens wailing that security is failing
    Do not inspire a lifetime of devotion
    No one will sympathize
    No one really tries
    They need a faith that leads them like a drum
    I can hear it pounding down among the ruins
    Sad to say I don’t think I'm the only one

    I awoke and someone spoke
    And asked me in a whisper
    If all my dreams and visions had been answered
    I don't know what to say
    I never even pray
    I just feel the pulse of universal dancers
    They'll waltz me til I die
    And never tell me why
    I've never thought to ask them where we're going
    The holy and profane
    All helplessly the same
    Wishful, hopeful
    But never really knowin

    They ask if I believe
    And do the angels really grieve
    Or is it all a comforting invention
    It's like gravity, I said
    It's not a product of my head
    It doesn't speak but nonetheless commands attention
    I don't care what it means
    Who decorates the scenes
    The problem is more with a sense of pride
    That keeps me thinking me
    Instead of what it is to be
    I'm not a passenger
    I am the ride
    I'm not a passenger
    I am the ride

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  • by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on November 12th, 2006

    Mirage V2.0 AWOL

    Either Amazing Grace, a spiritual that seems to have wide appeal. Or, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. Both are great. But so many of Bob Dylan's tunes have to be consider too.

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  • by snakesncrocks on November 12th, 2006

    snakesncrocks

    hit me baby one more time ! !
    come on being relaistic it's the most famous of them all

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  • by Anonymous on November 12th, 2006

    Anonymous

    "Santa Claus is coming to town"!

    Just ask any child.

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  • by Mr. McClister on November 12th, 2006

    Mr. McClister

    The truth is you could slit my throat and with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt

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  • by baconlover on November 13th, 2006

    baconlover

    FREEBIRD!!!!!

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  • by bigkado69 on November 26th, 2006

    bigkado69

    pretty much any tool song ...anything from prison sex to bein abducted by aliens ..my favs pushit,bottom..vicarious and rosetta stoned..all those and lots of other tool songs.

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  • by Ezzy on November 15th, 2006

    Ezzy

    This is my opinion just remember that!
    But I really like this song....



    Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel
    Will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still
    Will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall
    Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all
    I can only imagine

    I can only imagine
    When that day comes
    And I find myself
    Standing in the Son

    I can only imagine
    When all I will do
    Is forever
    Forever worship You
    I can only imagine

    it makes me feeel all happy ;)

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  • by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on November 15th, 2006

    Mirage V2.0 AWOL

    A little background. Four Outlaw Country singers, known as the Highwaymen, performed two very popular albums in the mid 80's.
    This was the theme song about re-incarnation.
    Each singer took a verse, singing a different character. A very unique piece, deserving of an Honorable Mention at least.

    The Highwaymen were a country supergroup comprising four musicians well-known for, among other things, their involvement and pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson.

    LYRICS
    I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
    With sword and pistol by my side
    Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
    Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
    The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
    But I am still alive.

    I was a sailor. I was born upon the tide
    And with the sea I did abide.
    I sailed a schooner round the Horn to Mexico
    I went aloft and furled the mainsail in a blow
    And when the yards broke off they said that I got killed
    But I am living still.

    I was a dam builder across the river deep and wide
    Where steel and water did collide
    A place called Boulder on the wild Colorado
    I slipped and fell into the wet concrete below
    They buried me in that great tomb that knows no sound
    But I am still around..I'll always be around..and around and around and
    around and around

    I fly a starship across the Universe divide
    And when I reach the other side
    I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can
    Perhaps I may become a highwayman again
    Or I may simply be a single drop of rain
    But I will remain
    And I'll be back again, and again and again and again and again..

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  • by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on November 13th, 2006

    Mirage V2.0 AWOL

    Bohemian Rhapsody, you gotta sing it to love it......

    Words and music by freddie mercury

    Is this the real life-
    Is this just fantasy-
    Caught in a landslide-
    No escape from reality-
    Open your eyes
    Look up to the skies and see-
    Im just a poor boy,i need no sympathy-
    Because Im easy come,easy go,
    A little high,little low,
    Anyway the wind blows,doesnt really matter to me,
    To me

    Mama,just killed a man,
    Put a gun against his head,
    Pulled my trigger,now hes dead,
    Mama,life had just begun,
    But now Ive gone and thrown it all away-
    Mama ooo,
    Didnt mean to make you cry-
    If Im not back again this time tomorrow-
    Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters-

    Too late,my time has come,
    Sends shivers down my spine-
    Bodys aching all the time,
    Goodbye everybody-Ive got to go-
    Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
    Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
    I dont want to die,
    I sometimes wish Id never been born at all-

    I see a little silhouetto of a man,
    Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango-
    Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me-
    Galileo,galileo,
    Galileo galileo
    Galileo figaro-magnifico-
    But Im just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
    Hes just a poor boy from a poor family-
    Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
    Easy come easy go-,will you let me go-
    Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go-
    Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go
    Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go
    Will not let you go-let me go
    Will not let you go let me go
    No,no,no,no,no,no,no-
    Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go-
    Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me-

    So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-
    So you think you can love me and leave me to die-
    Oh baby-cant do this to me baby-
    Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here-

    Nothing really matters,
    Anyone can see,
    Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me,

    Any way the wind blows....

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  • by Anonymous on November 13th, 2006

    Anonymous

    2nd answer: "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast".

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  • by SalientAlien on November 12th, 2006

    SalientAlien

    Hail and Kill by Manowar:

    Brothers I am calling from the valley of the kings
    With nothing to atone
    A dark march lies ahead, together we will ride like
    Thunder from the sky
    May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her
    Pride
    Hold your hammers high

    Blood and death are waiting like a raven in the sky
    I was born to die
    Hear me while I live
    As I look into your eyes
    None shall hear a lie
    Power and dominion are taken by the will
    By divine right hail and kill

    Hail, hail, hail and kill, hail and kill
    Hail, hail, hail and kill, hail and kill

    My father was a wolf
    Im a kinsman of the slain
    Sworn to rise again
    I will bring salvation, punishment and pain
    The hammer of hate is our faith
    Power and dominion are taken by the will
    By divine right hail and kill

    Hail, hail, hail and kill, hail and kill
    Hail, hail, hail and kill, hail and kill

    Rip their flesh
    Burn their hearts
    Stab them in the eyes
    Rape their women as they cry
    Kill their servants
    Burn their homes
    Till theres no blood left to spill
    Hail and kill
    Power and dominion are taken by the will
    By divine right hail and kill

    Hail, hail, hail and kill, hail and kill

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  • by RFlagg on November 12th, 2006

    RFlagg

    She gave herself to Jesus, gave it all to him, I can't take it anymore, life is to damn grim.
    She tore it all to pieces, swept it in a pile, lit it with a kitchen match, praying all the while.
    We could get up early, get into my car, drive it out to trestle 8 it is'nt all that far.
    You jump from the left side, I jump from the right, last one to the bottom has to buy the beer tonight.
    She was my sunshine
    My uncloudy day.
    Standing out on a highway,
    pants around my knees,
    I'd right your name out on the road, but I can't piss Denise.
    She gave herself to Jesus, gave it all to him.
    I can't take it anymore, life's just to damn grim.
    She was my sunshine
    My uncloudy day.
    My last high hope.
    Why'd she have to go?

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  • by smdrummer on May 21st, 2008

    smdrummer

    I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky, but why can't it be mine?

    Black - Pearl Jam

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  • by FreshApples on November 26th, 2006

    FreshApples

    i lied. it's life after death and taxes by relient-or In love with the 80's [pink tux to prom]

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  • by BenjaminMiller on November 20th, 2006

    BenjaminMiller

    From 50 Cent's 21 Questions - "I love you like a fat kid loves cake."

    It's sweet and funny at the same time.

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  • by lizvelrene on November 20th, 2006

    lizvelrene

    My favorite single line/couplet is:

    "I dreamt about you last night / and I fell out of bed twice..."

    -The Smiths, "Reel Around the Fountain"

    For a full song I'd have to go with this one.
    It's almost scary how timely it is right now even though it was written over 40 years ago!
    (I'm sorry it's so long)

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    "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding"
    by Bob Dylan

    Darkness at the break of noon
    Shadows even the silver spoon
    The handmade blade, the child's balloon
    Eclipses both the sun and moon
    To understand you know too soon
    There is no sense in trying.

    Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
    Suicide remarks are torn
    From the fool's gold mouthpiece
    The hollow horn plays wasted words
    Proves to warn
    That he not busy being born
    Is busy dying.

    Temptation's page flies out the door
    You follow, find yourself at war
    Watch waterfalls of pity roar
    You feel to moan but unlike before
    You discover
    That you'd just be
    One more person crying.

    So don't fear if you hear
    A foreign sound to your ear
    It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing.

    As some warn victory, some downfall
    Private reasons great or small
    Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
    To make all that should be killed to crawl
    While others say don't hate nothing at all
    Except hatred.

    Disillusioned words like bullets bark
    As human gods aim for their mark
    Made everything from toy guns that spark
    To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
    It's easy to see without looking too far
    That not much
    Is really sacred.

    While preachers preach of evil fates
    Teachers teach that knowledge waits
    Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
    Goodness hides behind its gates
    But even the president of the United States
    Sometimes must have
    To stand naked.

    An' though the rules of the road have been lodged
    It's only people's games that you got to dodge
    And it's alright, Ma, I can make it.

    Advertising signs that con you
    Into thinking you're the one
    That can do what's never been done
    That can win what's never been won
    Meantime life outside goes on
    All around you.

    You lose yourself, you reappear
    You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
    Alone you stand with nobody near
    When a trembling distant voice, unclear
    Startles your sleeping ears to hear
    That somebody thinks
    They really found you.

    A question in your nerves is lit
    Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
    Insure you not to quit
    To keep it in your mind and not fergit
    That it is not he or she or them or it
    That you belong to.

    Although the masters make the rules
    For the wise men and the fools
    I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.

    For them that must obey authority
    That they do not respect in any degree
    Who despise their jobs, their destinies
    Speak jealously of them that are free
    Cultivate their flowers to be
    Nothing more than something
    They invest in.

    While some on principles baptized
    To strict party platform ties
    Social clubs in drag disguise
    Outsiders they can freely criticize
    Tell nothing except who to idolize
    And then say God bless him.

    While one who sings with his tongue on fire
    Gargles in the rat race choir
    Bent out of shape from society's pliers
    Cares not to come up any higher
    But rather get you down in the hole
    That he's in.

    But I mean no harm nor put fault
    On anyone that lives in a vault
    But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him.

    Old lady judges watch people in pairs
    Limited in sex, they dare
    To push fake morals, insult and stare
    While money doesn't talk, it swears
    Obscenity, who really cares
    Propaganda, all is phony.

    While them that defend what they cannot see
    With a killer's pride, security
    It blows the minds most bitterly
    For them that think death's honesty
    Won't fall upon them naturally
    Life sometimes
    Must get lonely.

    My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
    False gods, I scuff
    At pettiness which plays so rough
    Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
    Kick my legs to crash it off
    Say okay, I have had enough
    What else can you show me?

    And if my thought-dreams could be seen
    They'd probably put my head in a guillotine
    But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only.

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  • by carracarra on November 20th, 2006

    carracarra

    Don Williams: But I believe in love
    I believe in babies
    I believe in Mom and Dad
    And I believe in you

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  • by lightfly on November 17th, 2006

    lightfly

    I think you mean just a few lines so here:

    there was staring and seclusion,
    A fine tuned way of motion,
    A face wrapped for a suitor...

    New Found Glory- "It's Not Your Fault"

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  • by Roger Kovaciny on November 13th, 2006

    Roger Kovaciny

    "Kicks" by Paul Revere and the Raiders.

    http://www.lyricsbox.com/paul-revere-and-the-raiders-lyrics-kicks-s6b5qcg.html

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  • by OverRate_504 on November 27th, 2006

    OverRate_504

    I wouldn't say these are the greatest but i think they're pretty powerful and profund if you think about it...

    The best verse I think is, "I hope you still feel small When you stand beside the ocean"


    Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance


    I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
    You get your fill to eat
    But always keep that hunger
    May you never take one single breath for granted
    God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
    I hope you still feel small
    When you stand beside the ocean
    Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
    Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

    And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
    I hope you dance
    I hope you dance

    I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
    Never settle for the path of least resistance
    Living might mean taking chances
    But they're worth taking
    Lovin' might be a mistake
    But it's worth making
    Don't let some hell bent heart
    Leave you bitter
    When you come close to selling out
    Reconsider
    Give the heavens above
    More than just a passing glance

    And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
    I hope you dance
    (Time is a real and constant motion always)
    I hope you dance
    (Rolling us along)
    I hope you dance
    (Tell me who)
    I hope you dance
    (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
    (Where those years have gone)

    I hope you still feel small
    When you stand beside the ocean
    Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
    Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

    And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
    Dance
    I hope you dance
    I hope you dance
    (Time is a real and constant motion always)
    I hope you dance
    (Rolling us along)
    I hope you dance
    (Tell me who)
    (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
    I hope you dance
    (Where those years have gone)

    (Tell me who)
    I hope you dance
    (Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
    (Where those years have gone)

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  • by OverRate_504 on November 27th, 2006

    OverRate_504

    "I'll teach you how to dance
    Inside the funny farm." Red Hot Chili Peppers "Don't Forget Me".

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  • by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on November 27th, 2006

    Mirage V2.0 AWOL

    Love seeing all those Dylan tunes. He has influenced other performers for 40 years.

    Try something a little different below.
    It is a Time Rice song from the Musical, Jesus Christ, Superstar. Many rock singers performed this on Broadway over the years.

    No matter your religious beliefs, this was a great musical and thought provoking.
    Though controversial, there are many good tunes which are linked to the website at the bottom. We have inherited much from the Sixties.

    Artist: Lyrics
    Song: SUPERSTAR Lyrics
    VOICE OF JUDAS

    Every time I look at you I don't understand
    Why you let the things you did get so out of hand.
    You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned.
    Why'd you choose such a backward time in such a strange land?
    If you'd come today you could have reached a whole nation.
    Israel in 4 BC had no mass communication.
    Don't you get me wrong.
    I only want to know.

    CHOIR

    Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
    Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
    Jesus Christ Superstar,
    Do you think you're what they say you are?

    VOICE OF JUDAS

    Tell me what you think about your friends at the top.
    Who'd you think besides yourself's the pick of the crop?
    Buddha, was he where it's at? Is he where you are?
    Could Mohammed move a mountain, or was that just PR?
    Did you mean to die like that? Was that a mistake, or
    Did you know your messy death would be a record breaker?
    Don't you get me wrong.
    I only want to know.

    CHOIR

    Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ,
    Who are you? What have you sacrificed?
    Jesus Christ Superstar,
    Do you think you're what they say you are?
    (Repeat many times)

    http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/jesuschristsuperstar/superstar.htm

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  • by Halskiisaklink on November 27th, 2006

    Halskiisaklink

    There are a couple, but here's a great one:

    "Idiot Wind" by Bob Dylan

    Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
    Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
    They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
    She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
    I can't help it if I'm lucky.

    People see me all the time and they just can't remember how to act
    Their minds are filled with big ideas, images and distorted facts.
    Even you, yesterday you had to ask me where it was at,
    I couldn't believe after all these years, you didn't know me better than that
    Sweet lady.

    Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
    Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
    Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
    You're an idiot, babe.
    It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

    I ran into the fortune-teller, who said beware of lightning that might strike
    I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like.
    There's a lone soldier on the cross, smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door,
    You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars
    After losin' every battle.

    I woke up on the roadside, daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
    Visions of your chestnut mare shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars.
    You hurt the ones that I love best and cover up the truth with lies.
    One day you'll be in the ditch, flies buzzin' around your eyes,
    Blood on your saddle.

    Idiot wind, blowing through the flowers on your tomb,
    Blowing through the curtains in your room.
    Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
    You're an idiot, babe.
    It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

    It was gravity which pulled us down and destiny which broke us apart
    You tamed the lion in my cage but it just wasn't enough to change my heart.
    Now everything's a little upside down, as a matter of fact the wheels have stopped,
    What's good is bad, what's bad is good, you'll find out when you reach the top
    You're on the bottom.

    I noticed at the ceremony, your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
    I can't remember your face anymore, your mouth has changed, your eyes
    don't look into mine.
    The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building
    burned.
    I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime
    turned Slowly into autumn.

    Idiot wind, blowing like a circle around my skull,
    From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol.
    Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
    You're an idiot, babe.
    It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe.

    I can't feel you anymore, I can't even touch the books you've read
    Every time I crawl past your door, I been wishin' I was somebody else instead.
    Down the highway, down the tracks, down the road to ecstasy,
    I followed you beneath the stars, hounded by your memory
    And all your ragin' glory.

    I been double-crossed now for the very last time and now I'm finally free,
    I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me.
    You'll never know the hurt I suffered nor the pain I rise above,
    And I'll never know the same about you, your holiness or your kind of love,
    And it makes me feel so sorry.

    Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats,
    Blowing through the letters that we wrote.
    Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves,
    We're idiots, babe.
    It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves.

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  • by Anonymous on November 30th, 2006

    Anonymous

    Life- Royce da 5'9 feat. Amerie

    [Royce talking]
    Come here Royce

    [Royce talking over chorus]
    Come over here, sit down, let me talk to you
    Right here, over here
    Sit on daddy's lap
    I want to tell you something

    [Chorus: Amerie (Royce)]

    Life is a moment in space
    When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
    (This is life)
    Life is a moment in space
    When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place

    [Royce]
    Listen, yo
    Little Royce Nickel Nine, eyes wide with sight
    With a future as bright as the light in the eyes of Christ
    Ready to take on the world and whatever is in it
    Proof read, sign, and seal whatever you finish
    I can only lead you while you're on your quest for knowledge
    I'ma teach you to have sense and to respect the dollar
    Hope for the best, and you'll see, your world will be solid
    I'ma teach you the truth, even behind worldly logic
    This is life, cut and dry, days is bright, nights is dark
    Fights get sparked, it's almost like to get ahead
    You got to be twice as smart, the realities of life is harsh
    Just know that God's keeping you level
    He'll even speak through the ghetto to reach you
    Just to teach you that the streets is the devil
    Everybody's dishonest, different
    Which means that we're dying by livin'
    Oblivious to the time that we're given
    So you don't prepare for the death, you live for the life
    And live right like, do right by your kids and your wife
    Have fun as a child, yo them years is precious
    The future brings fear and stresses as the year progresses
    You're gonna turn a lot of them down, you're gonna feel rejection
    You're gonna tell a lot of lies and you're gonna hear confessions
    It's a two way street when you deal in his presence
    Only your life can show that everything is real in this message
    This is life

    [Chorus: Amerie (Royce)]

    Life is a moment in space
    When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
    (This is life)
    Life is a moment in space
    When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place

    [Royce]
    Yo, the whole world is upon you, the pressure is on
    And you can probably sum your life up the best when you're gone
    Upon the creation of all men, destiny's born
    For us to reproduce, so you can keep the legacy goin'
    I know you think I'm Superman, but I got weaknesses too
    I keep a firm leash on things by believing in you
    And after I'm gone I live on breathing through you
    And anything I had in this life, I leave it to you
    Aim for the sky and fly till you come back down
    I had you the baton and you run, till you come back 'round
    Let your heart tell your temper, "Put that gun back down!"
    Dry your tears up and turn that frown upside-down
    It'd be plenty to cry for, think life, not death
    You got much more to live for than to die for
    But you got to stay humble
    Cause just as hard as your work to get it
    There's people working harder to take it from you
    Cause life, something that people take for granted
    As time passes, you're gonna want something back
    But you won't get it cause history is made every second
    So you crave every lesson and save every blessin'
    No matter how you view the world yo, you never will get it
    The world will be the world through the eyes of whoever is in it
    But things ain't gonna always go right
    Look at it like, yo this ain't your day, but this your life, and live
    Life

    [Chorus: Amerie (Royce)]

    Life is a moment in space
    When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place
    (This is life)
    Life is a moment in space
    When the dream is gone, it's a lonelier place

    [Amerie]
    There will be trials and tribulations
    But don't let them, don't let them, don't let them bring you down
    I said you better keep going to your destination
    After your darkest hour the sun will come around

    [Royce talking]
    This is life
    Yo I don't care, I don't care if this song don't sell one copy
    That's not even what it's for
    It's for you, my boy
    This is life

    [Amerie singing in the background]
    You gotta keep going on, you gotta keep moving on
    Be strong, be strong, be strong
    Cause this is life

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  • by revela on August 20th, 2007

    revela

    Palcebo_ the crawl

    It takes the pain away
    that could not make you stay
    it's way to broke to fix
    no glue, no bag of tricks

    Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
    lay me down to crawl.

    Your smile would make me sneeze
    when we were Siamese
    Amazing grace in here
    I'd pay to have you near.

    Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
    lay me down to crawl.

    Don't go and lose your face
    at some stranger's place
    and don't forget to breathe
    and pay before you leave

    Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
    lay me down to crawl.
    Lay me down, the lie will unfurl
    lay me down to crawl.

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  • by Princess Garnet on November 10th, 2009

    Princess Garnet

    I can't there so too meany that are great!!! aaaa

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  • by Peterpantheinspired on February 10th, 2009

    Peterpantheinspired

    love minus zero/No limit by Bob dylan

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  • by HDev is living On tHE EdgE on May 21st, 2008

    HDev is living On tHE EdgE

    Words-- Boyzone
    To moon and back, Truly madly deeply --Savage Garden

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  • by slothmister on August 20th, 2007

    slothmister

    From Cypress Hill - Illusions
    .
    Some people tell me that I need help...
    Some people can F¤%$ off and go to hell!
    .
    .
    If you want a whole song then the unreleased Eminem track titles Canabis is a great one!

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  • by Anonymous on November 27th, 2006

    Anonymous

    "And all this science...I don't understand. Its just my job five days a week".

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