It's the singer, not the song,
that makes the music move along.
Won't you join together in the band?
-- The Who, "Join Together"

We hum the same old lines to a different crowd
And everybody wants to cheer it
We run on endless time to reach a higher cloud
But we never ever seem to get near it
-- The Who, "New Song"

The women in your scrapbook
whom you still praise and blame,
you say they chained you to your fingernails
and you climb the halls of fame.
Oh but here, right here,
between the peanuts and the cage,
between the darkness and the stage,
between the hour and the age,
once again, once again,
love calls you by your name
-- Leonard Cohen, "Love Calls You By Your Name"

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say?
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way.
-- Leonard Cohen, "Famous Blue Raincoat"

Sometimes I find I get to thinking of the past.
We swore to each other then that our love would surely last.
You kept right on loving, I went on a fast,
now I am too thin and your love is too vast.
-- Leonard Cohen, "Tonight Will Be Fine"

I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye.
-- Leonard Cohen, "That's No Way To Say Goodbye"

I stood there with my ear against the wall
I was not seized by jealousy at all
In fact a burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
-- Leonard Cohen, "Paper Thin Hotel"

I came so far for beauty
I left so much behind
My patience and my family
My masterpiece unsigned
-- Leonard Cohen, "I Came So Far For Beauty"

Maybe I'm still hurting
I can't turn the other cheek
But you know that I still love you
It's just that I can't speak
I looked for you in everyone
And they called me on that too
I lived alone but I was only
Coming back to you
-- Leonard Cohen, "Coming Back To You"

Ah you loved me as a loser, but now you're worried that I just might win
You know the way to stop me, but you don't have the discipline
How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
-- Leonard Cohen, "First We Take Manhattan"

I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the Great Beyond
They tied me to this table right here
In the Tower of Song
-- Leonard Cohen, "Tower of Song"

I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
We'll never have to lose it again
-- Leonard Cohen, "Tower of Song"

Oh, but now old friends they're acting strange,
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day.
-- Joni Mitchell, "Both Sides Now"

We have got to come together
How long can we stay apart?
You may get it maybe never
But it's coming from the heart.
-- Bob Dylan, "Coming From The Heart"

Some things last longer than you think they will
There are some kind of things you can never kill
-- Bob Dylan, "Cold Irons Bound"

Stick around, baby, we're not through,
Don't look for me, I'll see you
When the night comes falling from the sky.
-- Bob Dylan, "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky"

Won't you try just a little bit harder?
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?
Won't you try just a little bit harder?
Couldn't you try just a little bit more?

 

Round round robin run around
Gotta get back where you belong
Little bit harder, just a little bit more
Little bit farther than you than you've gone before

-- Grateful Dead, "The Wheel"

Built to last till time itself
Falls tumbling from the wall
Built to last till sunshine fails
And darkness moves on all
Built to last while years roll past
Like cloudscapes in the sky
Show me something built to last
Or something built to try
-- Grateful Dead, "Built to Last"

I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me
-- Grateful Dead, "Attics of My Life"

Never had such a good time
in my life before
I'd like to have it one time more
One good ride from start to end
I'd like to take that ride again

-- Grateful Dead, "Might as Well"

won't you come down where i am
words are hidden, understand
won't you come down
been away too long, i know i have

-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Come Down"

you're shouting to the world your joy
don't fade, you're staying here with me
don't fade, i need to know that someone still believes
-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Don't Fade"

take your cautionary tales
take your incremental gain
and all the sychophantic games
and throw 'em all away
-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Throw It All Away"

did we expect these things to change
by waking up and suddenly there they are
and all i need's a starting place
and nothing ever seemed so hard
-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Whatever I Fear"

pain is the healing and the tears sting like alcohol
just keep on there breathing
we'll bring you down the long, long road back home
-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Before You Were Born"

now don't ask me questions or i will retreat
fame is a cancer and ego its seed
now i wasn't looking for heaven or hell
just someone to listen to stories i tell
-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Stories I Tell"

subtle salvation in poems we know
hiding our heads in a shadow of home
now i wasn't looking for wreaths or for bells
just someone to listen to stories i tell
-- Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Stories I Tell"

On certain Sundays in November
When the weather bothers me
I empty drawers of other summers
Where my shadows used to be
-- Counting Crows, "Hard Candy"

We drove out to the desert just to lie down beneath this bowl of stars
We stand up in the Palace, like it's the last of the great pioneer town bars
Aw, we shout out these songs against the clang of electric guitars
Well, you can see a million miles tonight, but you can't get very far

-- Counting Crows, "Mrs Potter's Lullabye"

Now, the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly
I am older than I once was, but I'm younger than I'll be
That's not unusual
No, it isn't strange
After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes, we are more or less the same.
-- -- Paul Simon, "The Boxer"

On a tour of one night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
-- -- Paul Simon, "Homeward Bound"

Seasons change with the scenery, weaving time in a tapestry
Won't you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips while looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme
Drinking my vodka and lime
-- -- Paul Simon, "Hazy Shade of Winter"

Here is my song for the asking
Ask me and I will play
So sweetly, I'll make you smile
This is my tune for the taking
Take it, don't turn away
I've been waiting all my life
-- -- Paul Simon, "Song For the Asking"

And we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beer
Still crazy after all these years
-- -- Paul Simon, "Crazy After All These Years"

I am heading for a time of quiet
When my restlessness is past
And I can lie down on my blanket
And release my fists at last

-- Paul Simon, "Quiet"

Somewhere in a burst of glory
Sound becomes a song
I'm bound to tell a story
That's where I belong

-- Paul Simon, "That's Where I Belong"

You sit on top of the beat
You can lean on the side of the beat
You can hang fromt he bottom of the beat
But you gotta admit that the music is sweet
-- Paul Simon, "Ace in the Hole"

So we maybe gorgeous
So we maybe famous
Come back when we're getting old

Cover us in chocolate
Sell us to the neighbours
Frame us on a video

Clone us in a test tube
Sell us to the multitude
Guess that's the price of fame

-- James : Destiny Calling

Some fat cat's playing roulette with lives.
Forgot myself, we're all entwined
There's no straight lines.

Here we come this our destiny calling
We're freaks
This is our destiny calling
Unique
This is our destiny calling now

-- James : Destiny Calling

Through the years and miles between us
It's been a long and lonely ride
But if I got a call in the dead of the night
I'd be right by your side

-- Bon Jovi, "Blood on Blood"

I've been a player in the crowd scene,
A flicker on the big screen,
My soul embraces,
One more in a million faces,
High hopes and aspirations,
Ideas above my station,
Maybe, but all this time I've tried
To walk with dignity and pride
-- Chesney Hawkes - The One & Only

though nothing could keep us together
we could steal time just for one day
we could be heroes forever and ever
we could be heroes just for one day.
-- David Bowie, "Heroes"

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