Lyrics I Like
Thank God That I'm As Good As Dead
Published by Toronto Mike on November 7, 2010 @ 15:13 in Lyrics I Like
"Ah, when the heroin is in my blood, and that blood is in my head, then thank God that I'm as good as dead."
~ The Velvet Underground's "Heroin" from The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Everybody Hurts Sometimes
Published by Toronto Mike on November 3, 2010 @ 12:29 in Lyrics I Like
"Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes."
~ REM's "Everybody Hurts" from Automatic for the People
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The Dead Leaves, They're On The Lawn
Published by Toronto Mike on October 27, 2010 @ 08:34 in Lyrics I Like
"To the outside: the dead leaves, they're on the lawn; For they don't have trees to hang their own."
~ Band of Horses' "The Funeral" from Everything All the Time
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You Can't Jump A Jet Plane, Like You Can A Freight Train
Published by Toronto Mike on October 19, 2010 @ 20:12 in Lyrics I Like
"You can’t jump a jet plane, like you can a freight train, so I’d best be on my way, in the early morning rain."
~ Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" from Lightfoot!
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The City She Loves Me
Published by Toronto Mike on October 14, 2010 @ 17:05 in Lyrics I Like
"The city she loves me, lonely as I am, together we cry."
~ Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Under The Bridge" from Blood Sugar Sex Magik
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Deep Greens and Blues are the Colors I Choose
Published by Toronto Mike on October 11, 2010 @ 19:38 in Lyrics I Like
"Goodnight, you moonlight ladies; Rockabye sweet baby James... Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose; Won't you let me go down in my dreams... And rockabye sweet baby James."
~ James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" from Sweet Baby James
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We're Building a New Wheel Instead of Fixing a Slow Leak
Published by Toronto Mike on October 10, 2010 @ 17:31 in Lyrics I Like
"We're building a new wheel instead of fixing a slow leak."
~ Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker's "Kit" (unreleased)
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I Want You To Notice When I'm Not Around
Published by Toronto Mike on October 9, 2010 @ 16:20 in Lyrics I Like
"I dont care if it hurts, I wanna have control, I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul, I want you to notice when I'm not around. you're so fuckin' special, I wish I was special, but I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here."
~ Radiohead's "Creep" from Pablo Honey
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And Now My Bitter Hands...
Published by Toronto Mike on October 8, 2010 @ 16:00 in Lyrics I Like
"And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds, of what was everything".
~ Pearl Jam's "Black" from Ten
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The Secret Rules of Engagement
Published by Toronto Mike on October 7, 2010 @ 20:39 in Lyrics I Like
"The secret rules of engagement, are hard to endorse".
~ The Tragically Hip's "Grace, Too" from Day For Night
This is the first in what will be a collection of my favourite lyrics. You can see the entire collection at http://www.torontomike.com/lyrics_i_like/.
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