100 songs which rhyme FYE-ya and diz-EYE-ya.

23. Electric Boys - Mary in the Mystery World (from Groovus Maximus)

Mary in the mystery world
She sets my soul on fire
Mary's such a mystery girl
And no one takes me higher
Mary is my desire

McAuley-Schenker Group - Anytime (from Save Yourself)

Can't stop this fire, lost control over my desire
It burns for you like it always used to do

Pronounced more like FYE/Dez-EYE in this case

Good god there was a lot of this couplet in hard rock/glam; I'm stopping myself here.

oops that was 22, natch

U2 did songs called "Fire" and "Desire". One of them does the rhyme, the other does not.

"Fire"
"'Fire' was not a very good song. I always had this faith that we could make it up as we went along, but sometimes we couldn't, and that was a case in point. When you are in a place like Nassau, you don't really want to go in and work. You realize why all these great groups make crap records when they go to record there - who wants to go to the Bahamas and sit in a studio?" - Bono, U2

Whereas "Desire", does.

Then again, they also did "The Unforgettable Fire", which doesn't mention Fire or Desire, let alone rhyme them. Maybe they forgot?

21. Modern Talking You're My Heart, You're My Soul

First single of their cliche-ridden career, opening line:

Deep in my heart there's a fire, a burning heart
Deep in my heart there's desire for a start

20. kevin ayers - rheinhardt & geraldine

19. Journey - "Only The Young"

Only the young can say
They're here to fly away
Sharing the same diz-EYE-ya
Burning like wildFYE-ya

(Actually it's more like desaaaaah / wildfaaaaah but whatever)

Drake might've been reading this thread - he did Fire & Desire last year but the rhyme only features in the title, not in the actual lyrics.

18. Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph

Play my position in the game of life standing firm
On foreign land jump the gun out the frying pan into the fire
Transform into the Ghost Rider
A six-pack and A Streetcar Named Desire

lol nice piece by Marc Spitz on this http://www.salon.com/2015/08/15/this_is_the_laziest_rhyme_in_all_of_songwriting_history_and_great_artists_use_it_all_the_time/

Hey there! I've been keeping a list of fire/desire songs for a while now. I made a Spotify playlist with the stuff I found, plus songs from this forum - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GI37lxNyGHPrFgGsf26dD?si=HRtXCGGNQ8W2WzJF8pPnpA

It seems like it's been a while since folks have posted here... but hopefully someone will enjoy this!