With a boulder on my shoulder,
feelin' kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round

With this very unpleasin',
sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground

Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Actually written by Bruce Springsteen.

Brezhnev took Afghanistan.
Begin took Beirut.
Galtieri took the Union Jack.
And Maggie, over lunch one day,
Took a cruiser with all hands.
Apparently, to make him give it back

From Pink Floyd's the final cut
Song is Filthy hands

know you know someone that has a negative vibe,
and if you're trying to make it they only push you aside.
They really don't have, nowhere to go.
Ask them where they're going, they don't know.
But we won't let nothin' hold us back,
we're gonna put our selves together,
we're gonna polish up our act!
And if you've ever been held down before,
I know you'll refuse to be held down anymore!



Aint No Stopping Us Now,, McFadden and Whitehead

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.

Pink Floyd

Yeah I want your body, I need your body.
Long as you got me, you won't need nobody.
You want it, I got it. Go get it, I'll buy it.
Tell them other broke nikka be quiet.

Dedicated to a silent one on here:

Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone
They'll stone you when you are walking home
They'll stone you and then say you are brave
They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned.

Rainy Day Woman 12 & 35

You're every line
You're every word
You're everything

Michael Buble

Living at home is such a drag
And your Ma threw away your best porno mag.
Beasties, shear poetry

I don't believe in superstars
Organic food and foreign cars
I don't believe the price of gold
The certainty of growing old
That right is right and left is wrong
That north and south can't get along
That east is east and west is west
And bein' first is always best.

But I believe in love
I believe in babies
I believe in mom and dad
And I believe in you.

"I believe in you "~ Don Williams

Lines from songs sometimes ring through our minds and is largely what makes a thread like this fun. You hear or remember a song, and then get to share a memory of who wrote the words.

I have always been a big fan of Bob Dylan. I punched up the a website that had his lyrics and was amazed at how many of the songs he wrote were made famous by others. The level of his poetry talent is outstanding!

May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
May your heart always be joyful
And may your song always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young.

Interestingly, The Rod Stewart version borrows heavily from Dylan's lyrics but is a song credited to Rod Stewart. That's music for ya!

I lost count of how many modern artists have recorded their versions of this song... shades of the Beatles' "Yesterday".

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

Pogues, Fairytale of New york

People tried to take my soul away.
But I don't hear the rap that they all make. They try to tell us that we don't belong. That's all right. Were millions strong. This is my music . It makes me proud. These are my people, and this is my crowd, these are crazy crazy crazy crazy nights..........
Crazy Nights KISS (88)

Hello.. Here I am, here we are, we are one, I've been waiting for this night to come, so get up... Now it's time for me to take my place...... The makeup running down my face, were exiles from the human race, your in the pscyyyyyyyyy...
Your in the Pscycho Circus

Last night the word came down
Ten dead in Chinatown
Innocent, Their only crime was
being in the wrong place at the wrong time
To bad people say..what's wrong with the kids today?
Tell you right now they got nothing to lose
Their building Empire...

Whisper three words and I'll come running

MJ

And all I do is miss you
The way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat
In rock'n'roll company
And all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of a ryhme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you
Anytime

Romeo and Juliet, Dire Straits, Alchemy live

Pretty, pretty please if you ever, ever feel
Like you're less than, less than perfect
Pretty, pretty please if you ever, ever feel
Like you're nothing, you are ****ing perfect to me

****in' Perfect by Pink

Just think of all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need.

Is this the world we created
What did we do it for
Is this the world we invaded
Against the law
So it seems in the end
Is this what we're all living for today
The world that we created.

You know that everyday a helpless child is born
Who needs some loving care inside a happy home
Somewhere a wealthy man is sitting on his throne
Waiting for life to go by.

Is this the world we created, we made it on our own
Is this the world we devasted, right to the bone
If there's a God in the sky looking down
What can he think of what we've done
To the world that He created.

Queen 1984. Yep I know its a full song but still Poignant even more so today

It's cliche - but you can't always get what you want but if your try sometimes just you just might find you get want you need

I know you know someone that has a negative vibe
and when you try to make it they only push you aside
they really don't have nowhere to go
ask them where they're going,,,,they don't know


--Aint no stopping us now,,, McFadden and whitehead