Hey I have to pick some lyrics for a project im doing and i wanted some ideas. see what everybody likes
Could work Bob Marleys "Get Up Stand Up" into a nice long one about music having social impact, and impowering people to act for change.
He's a drug store truck drivin man He's a head of the Ku Klux Klan When summer rolls around He'll be lucky if he's not in town Well he's got him a house on the hill He plays country records till you've had your fill He's a fireman's friend, he's an all night DJ But he sure does think different from the records he plays He's a drug store truck drivin man He's a head of the Ku Klux Klan When summer rolls around He'll be lucky if he's not in town Well he don't like the young folks I know He told me one night on his radio show He's got him a medal he won in the war Weighs five hundred pounds and sleeps on his floor He's a drug store truck drivin man He's a head of the Ku Klux Klan When summer rolls around He'll be lucky if he's not in town He's been like a father to me He's the only DJ you can hear after three I'm an all night musician in a rock 'n' roll band And why he don't like me, I can't understand He's a drug store truck drivin man He's a head of the Ku Klux Klan When summer rolls around He'll be lucky if he's not in town
my favorite lyrics at the moment are from "Sad Song" Sing a sad song In a lonely place Try to put a word in for me It’s been so long Since I found this place You better put in two or three We as people, are just walking ’round Our heads are firmly fixed in the ground What we don’t see Well it can’t be real What we don’t touch we cannot feel Where we’re living in this town The sun is coming up and it’s going down But it’s all just the same at the end of the day And we cheat and we lie Nobody says it’s wrong So we don’t ask why Cause it’s all just the same at the end of the day We’re throwing it all away We’re throwing it all away We’re throwing it all away at the end of the day If you need it Something I can give I know I’d help you if I can If your honest and you say that you did You know that I would give you my hand Or a sad song In a lonely place I’ll try to put a word in for you Need a shoulder? well if that’s the case You know there’s nothing I wouldn’t do Where we’re living in this town The sun is coming up and it’s going down But it’s all just the same at the end of the day When we cheat and we lie Nobody says it’s wrong So we don’t ask why Cause it’s all just the same at the end of the day Don’t throw it all away Don’t throw it all away Don’t throw it all away Don’t throw it all away Throwing it all away Throwing it all away Throwing it all away Throwing it all away Throwing it all away You’re throwing it all away at the end of the day Dunno if that could help you, but hey, what the hell..
Some of my favourites: Black Sabbath - Children of the grave Revolution in their minds The children start to march Against the world in which they have to live And all the hate that's in their hearts They're tired of being pushed around And told just what to do They'll fight the world until they've won And love comes flowing through. Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today Will the sunrise of tomorrow bringing peace in any way Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear? So you children of the world, listen to what I say If you want a better place to live in spread the word today Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave Or you children of today are children of the grave. And Orange Goblin - Lunarville 7, Airlock 3 At Lunarville 7, down at Airlock 3 There lives the old magician called Infinity Sweet father of illusion, child of the stone The Astral Wizard Master in a cosmic home The Dragon Lord of Jupiter and Spaceblock One The crimson void inertia and the seventh sun Rider of the starchild unicorn, he saves Children of eternity in astral graves At Lunarville 7, down at Airlock 3 There dwells the evil spacewitch called Eternity The Equinox of Saturn, Queen of Fire and Ice Princess nocturnal demon, mistress of the night She sails upon a meteoric butterfly Through poison clouds of acid in a nitrate sky Her quest for domination of the galaxy She rids the universe of all infinity Heaven in a nitrate sky Beyond imagination's eye Take my hand, with me you'll fly Man you've never been this high It's heaven in a nitrate sky Beyond imagination's eye Take my hand, with me you'll fly Man you've never been this high At Lunarville 7, down at Airlock 3 There's mountains made of crystal and a sonic sea A psychedelic sunrise at the dawn of time Electric moons that hum the tunes that blow your mind Infinity the Wizard rides the starchild skies And gathers rainbow diamonds for the Star Queen's eyes Eternity the Spacewitch on her butterfly Spreads dark and evil magic where the wizard rides Heaven in a nitrate sky Beyond imagination's eye Take my hand, with me you'll fly Man you've never been this high
There was a time I thought I knew That my whole life should be spending loving you My heart told me what to say and what to do But I never really figured out just what was bugging you And then I heard people say That loving just aint loving when you give too much away People tried to teach me and I tried to change my ways But I don't think that I've grown much since my wicked good old days Its a hard love Its so hard to love you but I do I can't wait( I can't wait) I can't wait( I can't wait) I wish I could remember I wish I could remember to forget about you Its a late nite goddamn make you feel so cold When everything you felt right back at your soul Its got you running, its got you jumping, and climbing up the walls It sure gets complicated when its got you by the balls Well I tried to say I'm sorry For the things Ive said and done But I thought that I was winning When I found out that you had won I thank you for my freedom now And baby thats a fact You finally got me moving And there aint no turning back Its a hard love Its so hard to love you but I do I can't wait( I can't wait) I can't wait( I can't wait) I wish I could remember I wish I could remember to forget about you There arent many people who dont think I'm crazy When I talk about the way that I would like things to be But at the point of confusion lies at just being lazy About all the future that you are willing to see And its a hard hard, hard hard, hard hard love!! Hard Love - Max Creek
I'm surprised no one mentioned "Imagine" by John Lennon. Imagine 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 isnt hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... Imagine no possesions, 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 Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.
To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time to build up,a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time of love, a time of hate A time of war, a time of peace A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven A time to gain, a time to lose A time to rend, a time to sew A time to love, a time to hate A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late
Now this is a story all about how My life got flipped, turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute--just sit right there-- To tell you how I became the Prince of a term called Bel Air (need I continue?)
