Lenny Cohen - Sisters of Mercy.
"And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song"
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 6 April 2018 10:45 (six years ago) link
I posted that one right at the beginning of this thread. He also does it again in "ballad of the absent mare"
― scotti pruitti (wins), Friday, 6 April 2018 11:10 (six years ago) link
I searched and everything! Bah.
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 6 April 2018 11:11 (six years ago) link
Dreams are for those who sleepLife is for us to keepAnd if you're wondering what this song is leading to,I want to make it with you
― mick signals, Friday, 13 April 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
Barry & the Bookbinders - 'This Song'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXwba5xApwo
― Dethloaf LLC (Old Lunch), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:37 (six years ago) link
I forgot one of my favorites:
"My slow descentinto alcoholismit wentsomething like this song"
https://youtu.be/WtZDxzlGbN4
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:43 (six years ago) link
This songs just six words long
― after party for the apocalypse (Ross), Friday, 13 April 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
(Hey) all the blood that I will bleed(Ho) I don't know where I belong(Hey) I don't know where I went wrong(Ho) but I can write a song (hey)
One of the most egregious examples.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Saturday, 14 April 2018 22:01 (six years ago) link
Hiss Golden Messenger - O Little Light
A blue sky bends for meNo master, I am freeRiding 'round in the rainWith this song I'm singing
― The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums (Chinaski), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:12 (six years ago) link
I was 21 years when I wrote this song, I'm 22 now but I won't be for long.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
oh dammit how's life beat me to it
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 27 April 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
Brainstorm, take me away from the norm'I've got to tell you somethingThis phenomenon, I had to put it in a songAnd it goes likeWhoa, amber is the color of your energyWhoa, shades of gold display naturally
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 15:40 (six years ago) link
and i'll know my song well before i start singingand it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard rain that's gonna fall
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 9 May 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
If you wonder how long I'll be faithfulWell, just listen to how this song endsI'm gonna love youForever and everForever and ever, amen
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 12 May 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link
As the moon beats yellow, the clouds they settleto this our favourite song...
But I hate this room, and I hate this tune...
― softspool, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 04:33 (six years ago) link
Lee Hazlewood - I'll Live Yesterdays
Seems we’re always doing something to hurt each otherBut you know, you never really hurt me until the fourth verse of this song
Kanye West - Touch the Sky
I'm tryin' to right my wrongsBut it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song
― vanjie wail (qiqing), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 04:41 (six years ago) link
mother do you think they'll like this song?
― reggie (qualmsley), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 04:57 (six years ago) link
Elton John welcomes you to his Christmas song, Step Into Christmas, in its first line.
― comesayhey, Tuesday, 15 May 2018 04:57 (six years ago) link
GusGus goes extra meta in "Add This Song"
Add this song to your listPlay it til it no more exist
Through the pain of the snowIs there nowhere to goLike I'm stuck in the stateOf no state at all
As I wandered alone in the darkest nightHeard this song at the raveAnd it saved my life
(i did add it to my list)
― scanner darkly, Monday, 21 December 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
Back to the opening post, "It's hard to say the meaning of this song" in Ambulance Blues is the thesis statement for the entire On the Beach album!
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 21 December 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
Edward Bear, “Last Song”It's the last song I'll ever write for youIt's the last time that I'll tell you Just how much I really careThis is the last song I'll ever sing for youYou'll come looking for the light And it won't be thereBut I love youOh yes I doYes I doAlso on this similar thread: songs that are about themselves
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 00:27 (three years ago) link
John Prine, "Leave the Lights On"
This is just a long song, it ain't no poemLeave the lights on till your baby gets home
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 04:33 (three years ago) link
Brinsley Schwarz, “Love Song”This here is a love songI gotta get back to my baby's heart againThis here is a love songAnd I'm gonna sing it till I get back home
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 04:41 (three years ago) link
Which is also mentioned on this similar thread: Songs that are aware of themselves
― Whamagideon Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 22 December 2020 04:45 (three years ago) link
Barenaked Ladies, "What A Good Boy"
I couldn't tell youI was wrongChickened out grabbed a pen and a paperSat down and I wrote this song
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 22 December 2020 04:49 (three years ago) link
Tom Waits, "Hold On"
Down by the Riverside motelIt's ten below and fallingBy a ninety-nine cent storeShe closed her eyes and started swayingBut it's so hard to dance that wayWhen it's cold and there's no musicOh, your old hometown's so far awayBut inside your head there's a record that's playingA song called "Hold On"
― Lily Dale, Friday, 1 January 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link