What are the cleverest lyrics ever written?

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Roger Rettig Member From: NAPLES, FL	posted 12 July 2004 04:22 AM profile Joe Nichols' 'You ain't Heard Nothing Yet' (sorry, I don't know the writer) - clever. Too many James Taylor songs to mention, but check out 'Home By Another Way' and 'Junkie's Lament'.... RR
Theresa Galbraith Member From: Goodlettsville,Tn. USA	posted 12 July 2004 04:38 AM profile Brad & Allison's "Whiskey Lullabye" He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger, trying to erase her memory.... [This message was edited by Theresa Galbraith on 12 July 2004 at 04:42 AM.]
C Dixon Member From: Duluth, GA USA	posted 12 July 2004 10:08 AM profile Just thought of one great one (IMO). "I'll never get out of this world alive!"
Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA	posted 12 July 2004 10:22 AM profile "Is it cold in here, or is it just you?"
Ray Minich Member From: Limestone, New York, USA	posted 12 July 2004 12:54 PM profile "We grabbed an alligator and we powdered it's behind, And when we touched the powder off, the 'gator lost it's mind." From a Johnny Horton tune, "The Battle of New Orleans" I think.
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 12 July 2004 01:00 PM profile "What a fool I was to think I could get by with only these few million tears I've cried." haggard "you are the angel glow that lights a star the dearest things I know are what you are" kern "when you're lovin' your lover let blue skies be your coverlet" hart "I was sittin' with my pen in my hand Tryin' to write down a song And I recall thinkin' what's the point 'Cause you can write all you like But writin' won't right any wrongs All of this thinkin's got me drunker than drinkin' And I don't want to think anymore" mc knight more to come
Pat Burns Member From: Branchville, N.J. USA	posted 12 July 2004 01:28 PM profile ..a clever line comes to mind... "She said we must get together, but I knew it'd never be arranged, so she hands me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare, and says 'Harry, keep the change'"... ..followed by a better one.. "Well another man might have been angry, and another man might have been hurt, but another man never would have let her go...I stashed the bill in my shirt".... Harry Chapin, Taxi ...I don't know about clever, but here's one of the best written lines I've ever seen for poignantly describing an indescribable feeling... "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 has grown, the dream is gone"... Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb ...and last, a line which is neither clever nor poignant, just a great line from a great song.. "I've smuggled folks and smokes from Mexico, I get baked by the sun, every time I go to Mexico...but I'm willin'.. I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari, Tehachapi to Tonapah...I've driven every kind of rig that's ever been made...I even rode the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed...and if you give me weed, whites, and wine...and you show me a sign, then I'll be willin'...to be movin'.." Little Feat, Willin' [This message was edited by Pat Burns on 12 July 2004 at 01:39 PM.]
C Dixon Member From: Duluth, GA USA	posted 12 July 2004 01:50 PM profile And another. "I robbed another man's castle. Now someone just stole her from me"
Ben Slaughter Member From: Madera, California	posted 12 July 2004 01:55 PM profile Donna, that's Toby Keith, "Who's That Man" And check out this KILLER link for lyrics!! Just found it in a blind search. http://lyricisland.topcities.com/ And some more of my fav's: "B-double E-double Are You In?" -(Kim Williams/Amanda Williams/Keith Anderson/George Ducas/Kent Blazy), "Beer Run" "I was first in my class, To the bottom of a glass But it was killin' me I used to get loaded, But now I've been voted Most likely to succeed -(Michael Peterson/Michael Puryear/Buddy Brook)"I Finally Passed the Bar" "Well, thank you, could I drink you a buy? Oh, listen to me, what I mean is can I buy you a drink? Anything you please." -(Hank Cochran/Dean Dillion) "The Chair" "There's two feet of topsoil A little bit of bedrock, limestone in between A fossilized dinosaur, A little patch of crude oil A thousand feet of granite underneath Then there's me." -(Brad Paisley/Robert Arthur), "Two Feet of Topsoil"
Jan Nolie unregistered	posted 12 July 2004 02:23 PM BR-549's: Hum-dinger, you're a hum-dinger You're as plain as yeller' puddin' You're a hum-dinger You're hair is blonde, but the roots are black There's bugs a crawlin' on your back And the boys are chasin' you 'cause You're a hum-dinger You're teeth are good, but they look like corn You're pappy left when you were born I wish you'd be my girl You're a hum-dinger You're feet are wide and flat on the bottom And speakin' of feet, I'd say you got 'em Won't you be my gal You're a hum-dinger You're eyes are crossed and the color is pink And I know when you're lookin' at me, I think Oh, flower from the pasture You're a hum-dinger Hum-dinger, you're a hum-dinger You're as sweet as cactus candy You're a hum-dinger Well, you're hands are rough as an alligator They could squash a three-pound Irish potater But I love to sit and hold 'em You're a hum-dinger There's a bone stickin' out of your hip There's a mustache on your dainty lip Oh, darlin' little maiden You're a hum-dinger
Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA	posted 12 July 2004 03:43 PM profile Texas is a big state, north to south and east to west Alaska doesn't really count, we're bigger than the rest You can waltz across it, though, so grab your yellow rose And sing another song of Texas, this is how it goes One more stupid song about Texas For miles and miles it rambles on Biggest egos, biggest hair, biggest liars anywhere Let's sing another stupid Texas song By God we're so darn proud to be from Texas - yahoo! Even of our pride we're proud and we're proud of that pride, too Our pride about our home state is the proudest pride indeed And we're proud to be Americans, until we can secede One more stupid song about Texas You've heard it all before so sing along Biggest belt buckles and boasts, love that big old Texas toast Let's sing another stupid Texas song Our accents are the drawliest, our howdies are the y'alliest Our lone star flag's the waviest, our fried steak's the cream-graviest Our rattlesnakes the coiliest, our beaches are the oiliest Our politicians most corrupt, our stop signs most abrupt Our guitars are the twangiest, our guns are the kablangiest Our cattle the long-horniest, our yodels the forlorniest Our cookoffs are the chiliest, our Waylon is the Williest Our sausage is the smokiest, our neighbors are the Okiest From Texarkana to El Paso, Dalhart down to Orange Every spot in Texas has got what you're looking for Aren'cha glad that Texas put the stars up in the sky If heaven isn't Texas, pardner, I don't want to die One more stupid song about Texas Just 'cause we're braggin', that don't mean it's wrong Biggest heads and biggest hearts, biggest various body parts Let's sing another stupid Texas song Toss your hats into the air, we're obnoxious, we don't care Let's sing another stupid Texas song One more blusterin', bumptious, bald faced, brazen High flown, high-tone, dander-up, panderin' Pompous, puffed-up, snotty, swaggerin' Stupid Texas song! -- Austin Lounge Lizards
Bart Maloney Member From: Houston, Texas (from Tomball, TX)	posted 14 July 2004 08:01 AM profile "All the Indians, are dressing up like Cowboys And all the cowboys are putting leather and turqoise on." A local favorite of mine, Mr. Johnny Lee Song: Cherokee Fiddle
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 14 July 2004 09:18 AM profile quote: "B-double E-double Are You In?" -(Kim Williams/Amanda Williams/Keith Anderson/George Ducas/Kent Blazy), "Beer Run" I love that it took 5 people to write that....
Billy Murdoch Member From: Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.	posted 14 July 2004 12:14 PM profile Haggard,,,,Do'nt want no frien'ly Henry warmin' up my bed. Chuck Berry,,,,For a moment I took a notion and we went ito a dancin'motion. She nodded her head mucho gusto She said and we danced with more devotion.
Pat Burns Member From: Branchville, N.J. USA	posted 14 July 2004 01:03 PM profile ..with a nod to Gordon Lightfoot, since he's currently on another topic here... "I can see her sittin' there in a satin dress, in a room where you're doin' what you don't confess"
Dave Van Allen Member From: Doylestown, PA , US , Earth	posted 22 July 2004 11:54 AM profile "I pulled the head off Elvis Filled Fred up to his pelvis Yabba-dabba-doo The King is Gone and so are you"
Donna Dodd Moderator From: Kennesaw, Georgia, USA	posted 24 July 2004 07:28 PM profile Just went to The Notorious Cherry Bombs(Vince and Rodney) link recommended by Mark Van Allen in a post about REAL country music. Ok, ready for this one????? quote: It's hard to kiss the lips at night, that chew your a$$ off all day long Nice and twangy, too!! How profound!!
Charles French Member From: Ms.	posted 25 July 2004 12:18 PM profile BEGGING TO YOU Marty Robbin I left you this morning...couldn't take any more... You laughed and dared me...to walk out the door... You said that I'd come back...you knew what I'd do... And you know you were right, 'cause I'm back here to-night Begging to you. I won't disappoint you...I'm beggin' to stay.... But that's what you wanted...to hear any way... It must make you happy...to make me so blue... What a pitiful sight I...must be tonight begging to you. You don't want my loving...but you let me stay 'round... I guess just to walk on...so you don't touch the ground... To you it don't matter...what you cause me to do... As long as you keep me...begging to you.
Tony Harris Member From: England	posted 02 August 2004 09:20 AM profile How about Dierks Bentley's new one? "I bought the golden band she wore, on the hand that closed the door, And I bought the shoes that just walked out on me"
Pookie Anselmi Member From: Galliano, Louisiana, USA	posted 02 August 2004 10:24 AM profile Heard this on a radio talk show. This line is also the title of the song. "I'd rather pass a kidney stone than another night with you". Pookie A.
Don Patterson Member From: Richmond, Ontario, Canada	posted 02 August 2004 05:12 PM profile "I was in Tulsa and didn't have anything goin'.... She LIVED in Tulsa and didn't have anything on" Tom T Hall "Tulsa Telephone Book" "Spent half my money on whiskey. half my money on women, and the other half I just threw away" Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel "Gone But Not Forgotten"
Don Joslin Member From: Trapped in Minnesota and longing for New Mexico	posted 02 August 2004 07:33 PM profile I always though that Junior Brown was as clever as they come at writing lyrics. Pretty clever guitar player too Here's a couple Junior lines that I especially like: "She's just venom wearin denim She's a nightmare not a dream" "I'm semi-crazy I gotta be half nuts to keep runnin' up and down the road in these semi trucks" "I gotta get up every mornin' just to say goodnight to you" Don ------------------ "When you come to a fork in the road, take it! ~ Yogi Berra
Neil Hilton Member From: Lexington, Kentucky	posted 03 August 2004 06:41 PM profile She said, don't bother coming home by the time you get here, I'll be long gone There's someone new and he sure ain't no rodeo man. I said, I'm sorry it's come down to this there's so much about you that I'm gonna miss But it's alright baby, if I hurry I can still make Cheyenne.
Chippy Wood Member From: Elgin, Scotland	posted 05 August 2004 03:10 PM profile I like Chet Atkins " I'm writing her name in the snow". ------------------ Ron (Chippy) Wood Emmons D10 Carter SD10
Joey Ace Sysop From: Southern Ontario, Canada	posted 05 August 2004 05:43 PM profile That's "I Still Write Your Name in the Snow", Chippy.
Don Patterson Member From: Richmond, Ontario, Canada	posted 07 August 2004 09:20 AM profile "There's more old drunks than there are old doctors, so I guess we'd better have another round". Willy Nelson
Don Joslin Member From: Trapped in Minnesota and longing for New Mexico	posted 07 August 2004 12:10 PM profile I got to thinkin' and in any discussion about lyrics it's hard to ignore Paul Simon (not country per se but genius) and Jimmy Webb. "And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time." - Webb Don ------------------ "When you come to a fork in the road, take it! ~ Yogi Berra

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