Lyrics

These are quotations from song lyrics, especially from musicians who are unlikely to have their own quote articles, sorted by band name and artist last name.

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 * 'Cause now again I've found myself So far down, away from the sun That shines into the darkest place
 * 3 Doors Down, "Away From The Sun", Away From The Sun (2002)

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 * He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
 * Avenged Sevenfold, 'Bat Country', City of Evil (2005)


 * She's a dwelling place for demons She's a cage for every unclean spirit, Every filthy bird and makes us drink The poisoned wine to fornicating with our kings Fallen now is Babylon the Great
 * Avenged Sevenfold, 'Beast and the Harlot', City of Evil (2005)


 * Here's a story about the boys at the altar Some of them came between me and my halter But I don't think the good lord would mind I was callin' his name the whole time!
 * Avenue D, Slut? (2004 single)


 * Cuz I'm a freaky streaker like Winnie the Pooh / T-shirt and no pants and I dance the boogaloo!
 * The Beastie Boys, To The 5 Boroughs(2005)


 * I never thought missing children could be so sexy. Did I say that out loud?
 * The Bloodhound Gang, "A Lapdance is So Much Better When the Stripper is Crying", Hooray for Boobies (2000)


 * These are the words you wish you wrote down
 * Brand New, "Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't", Deja Entendu (2003)


 * I swam across, I jumped across for you.
 * Coldplay, "Yellow", Parachutes (2002)


 * You've got that rainbow feel, but the rainbow has a beard
 * Cream, "SWLABR" (an abbreviation for "She Was (or Walks) Like A Bearded Rainbow"), Disraeli Gears (1967)


 * I'll wait in this place, where the shadows run from themselves.
 * Cream, "White Room", Wheels of Fire (1968)


 * And I'm standing at the crossroads, believe I'm sinking down.
 * Cream, "Crossroads", Wheels of Fire (1968)


 * He was high on intellectualism. I've never been there, but the brochure looks nice.
 * Sheryl Crow, "Every Day is a Winding Road", from Sheryl Crow (1996)


 * If it makes you happy, it can't be that bad. If it makes you happy, then why the hell are you so sad?
 * Sheryl Crow, "If It Makes You Happy", Sheryl Crow (1996)


 * It's not getting what you want It's wanting what you've got
 * Sheryl Crow, "Soak Up the Sun", from C'mon, C'mon (2002)


 * Tell your daughters, "Do not walk the streets alone tonight!
 * The Decemberists, "Shanty For The Arethusa", from Her Majesty The Decemberists (2005)


 * Look for me when the sun-bright swallow Sings upon the birch bough high.
 * The Decemberists, "Yankee Bayonet", from The Crane Wife (2006)


 * Meet me on my vast veranda My sweet untouched Miranda
 * The Decemberists, "We Both Go Down Together", from Picaresque (2005)


 * You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
 * The Eagles, "Hotel California", Hotel California (1976)


 * You can spend all your time making love/You can spend all your love making time
 * Eagles, "Take It to the Limit", ''One of These Nights" (1975)


 * He can't even run his own life, I'll be damned if he'll run mine.
 * Jonathan Edwards, "Sunshine", from Jonathan Edwards (1971)

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 * I love it when you call, I love it when you call/I love it when you call but you never call at all
 * The Feeling, "Love It When You Call", Twelve Stops and Home (2006)


 * [to "American Tune" by Paul Simon&thinsp;] This pretty tune was written by Hans Leo Hassler In 1599. I wrote some words and changed about three notes. Now ASCAP says it's mine.
 * John Forster, "Fusion", Entering Marion (1993)


 * [to a tune similar to "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon] I'm well aware that there's an element you could call exploitation In the way that I appropriate the cultures of these peoples for my own commercial purposes. Mmm, but everyone who works for me gets credit And royalties And Grammys And a chance to ride to stardom on my coattails, neh-nyah neh-nyah. But hey, let's just remember who's the genius here!
 * John Forster, "Fusion", Entering Marion (1993)


 * Between the lines of fear and blame, You begin to wonder why you came. Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend Somewhere along in the bitterness. And I would have stayed up with you all night, Had I known how to save a life.
 * The Fray, "How to Save a Life", How to Save a Life (2005)


 * I said, "Hi!" She said, "Yeah, I guess I am."
 * Dean Friedman, "Ariel", from Dean Friedman (1977)


 * Wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended? And wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind? I have always said all the rules are made for bendin' And if I let my hair down, would that be such a crime?
 * Great Big Sea, "Consequence Free", from Turn (1999)


 * Won't you die tonight for love? Baby join me in death. Won't you die?
 * HIM, "Join Me in Death", from Razorblade Romance (2000)


 * All in, all in a day A day it changes everything
 * Isis, Weight, from Oceanic
 * It's just a ride, it's just a ride No need to run, no need to hide It'll take you round and round Sometimes you're up, sometimes you're down It's just a ride, it's just a ride Don't be scared, don't hide your eyes It may feel so real inside But don't forget it's just a ride
 * Jem, "Just a Ride", from Finally Woken (2004)

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 * He's washing dishes and baby clothes He's so ambitious, he even sews But don't forget, folks, that's what you get, folks For makin' whoopee
 * "Makin' Whoopee", lyrics by Gus Kahn, popularized by Eddie Cantor in the 1928 musical ''Whoopee!


 * If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So for my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you
 * Kid Creole and the Coconuts, "If You Wanna Be Happy", Doppelganger, (1983)


 * I know what you must be saying to yourselves. If that's the way she feels about it, why doesn't she just end it all? Oh, no, not me. I'm not ready for that final disappointment. 'Cause I know, just as well as I'm standing here talking to you, That when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my last breath, I'll be saying to myself… Is that all there is?
 * Peggy Lee, "Is That All There Is?" (written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller), from Is That All There Is? (1969)


 * The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
 * Alan Jay Lerner, "The Rain in Spain", My Fair Lady (1956)
 * Often misquoted as "The rain in Spain falls mostly on the plain".


 * I swore I would love you till the end of time. So now, I'm prayin' for the end of time...
 * Meat Loaf, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light", from Bat out of Hell (1977)


 * I'll be thuggin forever, see I'ma fighter, not a lover I'm a hit-and-run-it, cold-blooded, motherfucka
 * Memphis Bleek, "Round Here", M.A.D.E. (2003) (featuring Trick Daddy Dollars)


 * Your life's an open book Don't close it fore it's done
 * Metallica, "Mama Said", ''Load, 1996


 * Staying awake to chase a dream
 * Muse, "Falling Away With You", ''Absolution, 2003


 * Sex is natural, sex is good; not everybody does it, but everybody should.
 * George Michael, I Want Your Sex, Faith, 1987


 * This is how we like to do it in the murder scene.
 * My Chemical Romance, "Give 'Em Hell, Kid", Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge (2004)


 * Becoming perfect as if they were sterling silver chainsaws going cascading...
 * My Chemical Romance, "Vampires Will Never Hurt You", I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love  (2002)


 * They're coming to take me away Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha To the funny farm Where life is beautiful all the time And I'll be happy to see Those nice young men in their clean white coats
 * Napoleon XIV, "They're Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa!" (1973 single)


 * I'll be back when I've calmed my fears And I'll see you around in a thousand years
 * Juice Newton, "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me", Quiet Lies (1982)


 * Talking is just masturbating without the mess.
 * Our Lady Peace, "Happiness and the Fish", Happiness... Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch (1999)


 * Scared the lights'll turn green You'll have to be seen You'll be like anybody else Scared the lights'll turn red You're stuck in your head You can't run it to even her How you gonna get through the year?
 * Liz Phair, "Red Light Fever", from Liz Phair (2003)


 * It's just fuck and run Fuck and run Ever since I was 17 Even when I was 12
 * Liz Phair, "Fuck and Run"


 * I want to be your Blowjob Queen
 * Liz Phair, "Flower"


 * In wine there's truth but in silence there's surrender.
 * Protest the Hero, "Heretics & Killers", Kezia (2005)


 * This is ourselves under pressure
 * Queen, "Under Pressure" (featuring David Bowie), from the album Hot Space (1981)


 * You're still searching for these answers They're not inside your wrist
 * Rise Against,"Heaven Knows", Revolutions Per Minute

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 * I never wanted to know Never wanted to see I wasted my time Till time wasted me I never wanted to go I always wanted to stay 'Cause the persons I am Are the parts that I play So I plot and I plan And I hope and I scheme To the lure of a night Filled with unfinished dreams And I'm holding on tight To a world gone astray As they charge me for years I can't pay
 * Savatage, "Believe", Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)


 * I am the way I am the light I am the dark inside the night I hear your hopes I feel your dreams And in the dark I hear your screams Don't turn away Just take my hand And when you make your final stand I'll be right there, I'll never leave And all I ask of you is... Believe
 * Savatage, "Believe", Streets: A Rock Opera (1991)


 * I did it my way.
 * Frank Sinatra, "My Way" (lyrics by Paul Anka), My Way (1969)


 * If the kids are united they will never be divided.
 * Sham 69, "If the Kids Are United", The Adventures of Hersham Boys (1979)


 * There are things in Doris's life, but then there are in everyone's. She opens her little mouth, She sings her little song. Like a flag it folds out across the city, and it goes:  "The old man becomes an ice-skater... A maniac becomes a stepfather... I watch a policeman's mouth - out comes an honest word."  Miracles happen when Doris sings. Couples in love stop dead in their tracks. Dishes clatter to the ground unbroken. Politicians die.
 * Shellac, "Doris", Uranus EP (1993)


 * Be careful how you touch her, for she'll awaken, And sleep's the only freedom that she knows.
 * Skylark, "Wildflower", Skylark (1972)


 * I'm not your star... Isn't that what you said, what you thought this song meant?
 * Something Corporate, "Konstantine", Ready... Break (2003)


 * [If] you can't hide it, you might as well embrace it.
 * Sum 41, "In Too Deep


 * 'Cause we're all to blame We've gone too far From pride to shame, We're trying so hard, We're dying in vain, We want it all, Everyone, don't we all?
 * Sum 41, "We're All to Blame", Chuck (2004)


 * The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades.
 * Timbuk 3, "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades", from Greetings from Timbuk 3 (1986)


 * 'The whole thing I think is sick.'
 * Slipknot "742617000027" from "Slipknot"