(Finished March 3rd, 2025) Part 1 of Great Lyrics From Amazing Songs

Hello,

All of these songs are great, but it’s the lyrics that are amazing. First the video and then the lyrics. Enjoy.

1) Rush “Limelight”:

Living in a fisheye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can’t pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend

2) Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)”:

Girlfriend, let me break it down for you again
You know I only say it ’cause I’m truly genuine
Don’t be a hard rock when you really are a gem
Baby girl, respect is just a minimum

3) John Parr “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man In Motion)”:

You broke the boy in me
But you won’t break the man

I call this the baggage song, it describes my dating perspective perfectly. From “Rent”: 4) “La Vie Boheme”:

Excuse me, did I do something wrong?
I get invited, then ignored all night long

I’ve been trying, I’m not lying
No one’s perfect, I’ve got baggage

Life’s too short, babe time is flying
I’m looking for baggage that goes with mine

5) Tori Amos “Silent All These Years”:

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What’s so amazing about really deep thoughts?
Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon
How’s that thought for you?

6) U2 “With or Without You”:

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait, without you

7) Lauryn Hill “I Used To Love Him”:

As I look at what I’ve done
The type of life that I’ve lived
How many things I pray the father will forgive
One situation involved a young man
He was the ocean and I was the sand
He stole my heart like a thief in the night
Dulled my senses blurred my sight

8) Whitesnake “Here I Go Again”:

And here I go again on my own
Goin’ down the only road i’ve ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
And I’ve made up my mind
I ain’t wasting no more time

9) Frank Sinatra “My Way”:

Yes, there were times, I’m sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew.
But through it all, when there was doubt,
I ate it up and spit it out.
I faced it all and I stood tall;
And did it my way.

10) Sixpence None The Richer “Kiss Me”:

Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand
Strike up the band
And make the fireflies dance
Silver moon’s sparkling
So kiss me

11) Green Day “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”:

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don’t know where it goes
But it’s home to me, and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I’m the only one, and I walk alone

12) Sufjan Stevens “Casimir Pulaski Day”:

In the morning, through the window shade
When the light pressed up against your shoulder blade
I could see what you were reading
All the glory that the Lord has made
And the complications you could do without
When I kissed you on the mouth

13) Lucy Thomas “Hallelujah”:

Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don’t really care for music, do you?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
The minor falls, the major lifts
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

14) U2 “Until The End of The World”:

Haven’t seen you in quite a while
I was down the hold just passing time
Last time we met was a low-lit room
We were as close together as a bride and groom
We ate the food, we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time
Except you
You were talking about the end of the world

15) Styx “The Best of Times”:

The headlines read “These are the worst of times”
I do believe it’s true
I feel so helpless like a boat against the tide
I wish this summer wind could bring back Paradise
But I know, if the world turned upside down
Baby, I know you’d always be around, my my

The best of times
Are when I’m alone with you
Some rain some shine
We’ll make this a world for two

themusicaddict