What song lyric strikes a deep truth for you ?

[moosedog]

Cat's in the Cradle does it for me.

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[GypsmJim]

Lots of good choices here. I could easily pick #2 or #3 or #4. But #1 stands out above all......

Simon & Garfunkel.....HOMEWARD BOUND.

 

[BC38]

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then...

We were young and restless and bored, living by the sword

She was a dark-haired beauty, with big dark eyes, and points all her own, sittin' way up high...

Always reminds me of my first real girlfriend...

 

[jimbo728]

Old Friend.... Allman Brothers.
The whole song.
Jim
Ya know hard times, just an old friend to me.
tell me now old friend. when you gonna let me be.

 

[Pointblank2U]

Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son Lyrics - YouTube

 

[lihpster]

"I ain't lookin' for no trouble but nobody dogs me round."

 

[venomballistics]

Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails wrote this but Johnny made it his.

Poignant.

Johnny Cash - Hurt - YouTube

Good old Johnny had one written for him by Glen Danzig as well.
It's not often you hear of a legend of that magnitude giving props to those across the fence as Cash did. But then, that's probably part of what made him a legend.

 

[venomballistics]

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You can't have Dylan without this one.

 

[venomballistics]

Rusty ... as a fellow musician, this one isn't necessarily a lyrically potent piece, but it has an interesting aesthetic.
It's quite the eye opener when deconstructed.
Back in the day, some serious blood sweat and tears even went into the bubble gum pop.
I'm not sure if I've ever seen a progression so convoluted as this in any genre.
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[Rustyt1953]

True lyricists spin tales that quickly grab you and stay long after the telling is done. They are poets/artists that paint with carefully chosen words.

Try to imagine where Elton would be without Bernie.

 

[Kitgun]

Sometimes life just seems this way.
DEAD SKUNK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD - LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III - YouTube

 

[jeffrefrig]

Just lyrics...
R.Nelson "There'll never be anyone else but you for me."
Alvin Lee. "I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do."
J.Morrison "No one here gets out alive."
Song...
Our wedding dance song, Buddy Holly "True Love Ways." (Always gets my wife to kiss me!)

 

[peterGun]

True lyricists spin tales that quickly grab you and stay long after the telling is done. They are poets/artists that paint with carefully chosen words.

Try to imagine where Elton would be without Bernie.

Yep but it's gotta have a hook to make it memorable


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[bigmtnman]

Wow !! ... I thank EVERYONE for your great contributions. Some songs/lyrics are old friends I have not visited in a while. Some are NEW friends of which I was not really aware. Many strike that same emotional chord for me as they do for you ......

"Ah, but then one night in some empty room
Where no curtains ever hung
Like a miracle some golden words
Rolled off of someone's tongue"


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[venomballistics]

Dan Fogelberg ~ Same Old Lang Syne (v1) ~ Dan Fogelberg - YouTube
This one could leave a mark

 

[lihpster]

There ain't no good guy
There ain't no bad guy
There's only you and me
And we just disagree

 

[venomballistics]

Judas Priest - Night Comes Down (Official Audio) - YouTube
And a bit of this

 

[lihpster]

You know the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems.

 

[schutz5]

"Polly wolly doodle all day"

 

[JohnHL]

Memories/moods can make me recall the poignancy in various verses.

Although I can be just as easily moved by an instrumental passage.


Lately, the tragedy in Maui has "The Last Resort" by the Eagles looping in my brain.

John