““Son” he said, “Grab your things, I’ve come to take you home”” Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel #lyrics #songwords #petergabriel

“Ten times my age One-tenth my height Our city hobgoblins!” City Hobgoblins -The Fall #lyrics #songwords #thefall #markesmith #mes

“I need to start a garden I need to start a garden I need to start a garden! I need to start a garden!” Oom Sha La La - Haley Heynderickx #lyrics #songwords #HaleyHeynderickx

“Women he has taken grow old too soon He tilts their tired faces Gently to the spoon” Edith And The Kingpin - Joni Mitchell #lyrics #songwords #jonimitchel

“Her husband of nineteen years Danced madly at her feet” Juno - Throwing Muses #lyrics #songwords #throwingmuses #kristenhersh @throwingmuses.bsky.social

“Go tell it to the morning, it don't take no shit. Not like the night” Nancy - Tindersticks #lyrics #tindersticks #StuartAStaples @tindersticks.bsky.social

“Soaked in banana cologne No wonder you're all alone” Rock Hard In A Funky Place - Prince #lyrics #prince #princetheblackalbum #theblackalbum

“Arm yourself says Uncle Morris, Meet me in the fields at night, Bring along the Constitution, Teach the children how to fight!” Uncle Morris - Hamell On Trial #lyrics #songwords #hamellontrial #EdwardJamesHamell

“She took me down to a secret place In the bayou of her blankets, She offered to share her bourbon, I thanked her then I drank it” Dixie Drug Store - Grant Lee Buffalo #lyrics #grantleephillips #grantleebuffalo @grantleephillips.bsky.social

“She's the puzzle piece behind the couch, made the sky complete” Alison’s Starting To Happen - The Lemonheads #lyrics #songwords #evandando #thelemonheads

“I’m not uncomfortable feeling weird” Sam Of Sam - Elliott Smith #lyrics #songwords #elliottsmith

“Sometimes there's a change in the ocean, Sometimes there's a change in the sea, Sometimes there's a change in my one true love, But never, no change in me.” Goodnight Irene - Huddie Leadbetter, Gussie Lord Davies #lyrics #leadbelly #huddieleadbetter

“They say things are done for the majority, Don't believe the half of what you see and none of what you hear, It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me, "Stick a fork in their ass and turn 'em over, they're done"” Last Great American Whale - Lou Reed #lyrics #loureed

“The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark It scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark” I Want You - Elvis Costello & The Attractions #lyrics #elviscostello #dpamacmanus

“Well, now when she says ‘no’ It comes out smooth as silk She don't act like no bad breakfast cereal Waiting to wilt in the milk” The Girl Stands Up To Me Now - Jonathan Richman #lyrics #songwords #jonathanrichman

“I wanna start from before the beginning Loot wine, be mine And then let's stay out for the night Ride via Parkside, semi-perilous lives Jeer the lights in the windows Of all safe and stable homes But wondering then Well what could peace of mind be like?” Maladjusted - Morrissey #lyrics #morrissey

“They were all out of red So I got me a blue one, Baby you're always using mine, Why don’t you get you one?” All The Time - Tom Waits #lyrics #songwords #tomwaits

“Out on tour with The Smashing Pumpkins, Nature kids, they don't have no function, I don't understand what they mean, And I could really give a fuck” Range Life - Pavement #lyrics #StephenMalkmus #pavementband @pavementband.bsky.social

“When the devil came He was not red He was chrome and he said Come with me You must go So I went Where everything was clean So precise and towering I was welcomed With open arms I received so much help in every way I felt no fear” Hell is Chrome - Wilco #jefftweedy #Jorgensen @wilcohq.bsky.social

“Empty glasses There's just ice cubes Where's the waitress?! Where's my other shoe?!” Empty Glasses - The Amps #lyrics #theamps #kimdeal @kimdeal.bsky.social

“Out-of-body experience, I flew around the hospital room once, On intravenous Demerol, It weren't supernatural” Supernatural - Vic Chesnutt #lyrics #songwords #vicchesnutt

“So there He was on a water-bed, Drinking a cola of a mystery brand, Reading an airport novelette Listening to Andrew Lloyd-Webber's "Requiem". He said, before it had really begun, "I prefer the one about my son” God’s Comic - Elvis Costello #lyrics #elviscostello @elviscostellomusic.bsky.social

“It's sad when you try and manipulate me, It's sad 'cause I don't love you that way anymore, You're worried if you remembered to use bleach on a needle, Well so what? So what? So what? So what?” Mission Rock Resort - Mark Eitzel #sondwords #lyrics #markeitzel @markeitzel.bsky.social

“'Cause he ain't the dumb grin on an empty cup We both took him for when he showed up” Low Light Buddy of Mine - Iron & Wine #lyrics #iron&wine #sambeam

“How do I play this? Jealous lover, self-defence Protective brother, chemical dependence I'll consult the i-ching, I'll consult the TV Ouija, oblique strategies I'll consult the law books for precedents Can I charm the jury?” Diminished - R.E.M. #lyrics #michaelstipe #rem @michaelstipe.bsky.social

"What the hell'd you let them break your spirit for? You know, their lives ran in circles so small, Ah, they thought they'd seen it all, And they could not make a place for a girl who'd seen the ocean” Memories of East Texas - Michelle Shocked #michelleshocked #lyrics @michelleshocked.bsky.social

“I've placed the Gods In a zip-lok bag I've put them in a drawer They've refused my prayers For the umpteenth time So I'm evening up the score” Small Metal Gods - David Sylvian #davidsylvian #songwords #lyrics @davidsylvian.bsky.social

“Check your lucky numbers How much money could drag you under? What's the point in being rich If you can't think what to do with it? 'Cause you're so bleeding thick” Mis-shapes - Pulp #pulp #jarviscocker #lyrics

“I've never included a name in a song But I'm changing my ways for you, Jonathan I need you to know I need you to know That I'm real life” Real Life - Joan As Police Woman #joanaspolicewoman #joanwasser @joanaspolicewoman.bsky.social

“When they make the movie of your life They're going to have to ask you To do your own stunts Because nobody nobody nobody Could pull off the same shit as you And still come out alright” Feather By Feather - Smog #smog #billcallahan #songlyrics