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Stitch Groover
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When you stop and listen to some songs, you realise that some of them have some weird lyrics. Eg

We built this city -

Who counts the money underneath the bar
Who rides the wreaking ball into our guitars
Don't tell us you need us, 'cos we're just simple fools
Looking for America, coming through your schools

The Reflex -

The Reflex is an only child
Who's waiting by the park
The Reflex is in charge of finding
Treasure in the dark
And watching over lucky clover
Isn't that bizarre
Every little thing The Reflex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark

You guys got any more?

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Pretty much anything by Funeral For A Friend

Example:

Tied to the testing of wills, where my heart breaks and spills
Left to the sight of the sky, in your arms i'm defined
I'm Thrown to the wolves in the minds of your enemies (in the minds of your enemies)
And I'm stone in the eyes of your foolishness

Well, if this is what I'm meant for, no longer interesting
Fall forward to even the score
Just a thought to you

Tied to the testing of wills, where my heart breaks and spills
Left to the sight of the sky, in your arms i'm defined
I'm Thrown to the wolves in the minds of your enemies (in the minds of your enemies)
And I'm stone in the eyes of your foolishness


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Dexter Motley Morgan
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Alot of Fear Factory's lyrics make me go "huh" but in a good way...


Slave Labor

Machines are paper thin, and they're welded with ink
Sealed inside a legal trap, so tight with a leak
A contract with the devil for a life of distain
Seeping in the limelight at attention, slave!

I blame myself

God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
Help me pour this gas on me

God help me pour this gas on me [x4]

Chocking on the product for the mass to consume
The flocks of mindless sheep that have been corporately groomed
Ignorance through apathy like drones in the hive
A slave on the trail, a willing conformed disguise

I blame myself

God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
Help me pour this gas on me

I sold my soul [x11]

God, help me pour this gas on me
I need to drown in flames to be free
Help me pour this gas on me
Help me pour, this gas on me

God help me pour this gas on me [x4]

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Stitch Groover
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I always liked Nenah Cherry's "Heart" -

You took my man and didn't mean it
But you did it to hurt my feelings
What I should do is slap you in your face
You left me here with a pain below my waste
You lose a guy you move into the larder
You got no style, why don't you try a little harder
Chocolates, bananas, doughnuts and salami
Aint gonna fit coz you're full of boloni

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EMINENCE FRONT by THE WHO. We could never tell what the Hell this song was called because we didnt know what he was saying : "Living in a bus????" What IS an "eminence front" anyway???
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I've been waiting a long time for an opportunity to post what I think is the one of most strangest set of lyrics from an 80's song! [Smile]

The song was written by The Who's Pete Townsend, and sung by Roger Daltrey (as a solo effort). It's "After The Fire".

Part of it goes like this:

"I saw Matt Dillon in black and white
There ain't no colour in memories
He rode his brother's Harley across the TV
While I was laughing at Dom deLuise."


Townsend is one of my all-time favorite songwriters, but what the hell is this?

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Rock stars always get the best drugs would be my explanation
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Secret Lovers by Atlantic Starr 1986

The lamest "We're cheating on our partners" song!

Here we are the two of us together
Taking this crazy chance to be all alone
We both know that we should not be together
Because if they found out it could mess up both of our happy homes

I'd hate to think about all of us meeting up together
because as soon as I look at you it would show on my face
Then they'll know that we've been loving each other
We can't let them know
We can't leave a trail

Sitting at home, I do nothing all day
But think about you and hope that you're okay
Hoping you'll call before anyone gets home
I wait anxiously alone by the phone

How could something so wrong be so right
I wish we didn't have to keep our love out of sight
Living two lives just aint easy at all
But we gotta hang on in there

Secret lovers, that's what we are
Trying so hard to hide the way we feel
We both belong to someone else
but we can't let go because what we feel is oh so real

You and me, are we fair, is this cruel
or do we care
Can they tell what's in our minds
Maybe they have secret loves all of the time [Roll Eyes] (Stupidest line in the song!)

In the middle of making love we notice the time
We both get nervous cause it's way after 9
Even though we hate it, we know it's time we should go
We got to be careful so that no one will know

[ 05. March 2006, 12:34: Message edited by: BabyLove19781999 ]

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THE WHO is a good example:
"You're dog keeps licking my nose and chewing up all my letters, saying You Better!
You Better You Better You Bet"

That musta been some good s*** they were taking!

Didn't Stevie Wonder have a song called "Do I Do"? I remember my cousin and me used to make fun of it cuz it went something like this:
Do I do
what you do
when I do
my love for you
Yes I got some chocolate chippin' kisses fulla love..........for you

something like that

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