I am somewhere in this city /I am climbing up a fire escape /I have got to save my baby /From the mess this world has made
--M.Ward

I’m so tired of being alone /I’m so tired of on-my-own /Won’t you help me girl/ Soon as you can
--Al Green

It’s the longest bridge in the world /It’s the longest cement turd in the world
--Dash Rip Rock

Thinking about how to stay out /Out of troubles way and /Flying to fall away from you all /It’s over division day /Beautiful division day
--Elliott Smith

The carpet crawlers heed their callers: /"We’ve got to get in to get out, /We’ve got to get in to get out.”
--Genesis

Pulling out jives and jamboree handouts /Two turntables and a microphone /Bottles and cans just clap your hands, just clap your hands /Where it’s at! (Where it’s at!)
--Beck

Más y más dentro de mi /Entrarás /Tú más y más /Tú más y más /Susurrándome
--Robi Draco Rosa

Will this song live on long after we do? /Can I graduate? /Can I look into the faces that I meet? /Can I get my punk-ass off the street? /Won’t die on the vine, I want to knock it all down
--Third Eye Blind

Insanity laughs /Under pressure we’re cracking /Can’t we give ourselves one more chance? /Why can’t we give love that one more chance? /Why can’t we give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love, give love?
--Queen and David Bowie

I’ve done no harm, I keep to myself /There’s nothing wrong with my state of mental health /I like it here with my childhood friend /Here they come, those feelings again! /Who can it be now? /Who can it be now?
--Men at Work

Whenever you’re near, I hear a symphony /A tender melody, pulling me closer /Closer to your arms
--Holland-Dozier-Holland

Wee-ooh, I look just like Buddy Holly /Oh-Oh, and you’re Mary Tyler Moore /I don’t care what they say about us anyway /I don’t care ‘bout that.
--Weezer

Ev’rythin’s up to date in Kansas City /They’ve gone about as fur as they c’n go /They got a big theayter they call a burleekew /Fer 50 cents you c’n see a dandy show
--Oscar Hammerstein

Well,I’m not the world’s most masculine man /But I know what I am and I’m glad I’m a man /And so is Lola
--Kinks

What you doin’ on your back? /Ahh! /What you doin’ on your back? /Ahh! /You should be dancing, yeah /Dancing, yeah /You should be dancing, yeah /Dancing, yeah
--Bee Gees

No blind spots in the leopard’s eyes /Can only help to jeopardize /The lives of lambs, the shepherd cries /An afterlife for a silverfish /Eternal dust less ticklish /Than the clean room, a houseguest’s wish
--Wire

Stuck here out of gas /Out here on the Gaza Strip /From driving in too fast /Let’s ride the tire down river Euphrates
--Pixies

My cherie amour, pretty little one that I adore /You’re the only girl my heart beats for /How I wish that you were mine
--Stevie Wonder

These aren’t tears of sadness because you’re leaving me /I’ve just been cutting onions /I’m making a lasagna… for one
--Flight of the Conchords

You were the first explosion, turned out to be corrosion /You were the first for me /But you turned me out, baby /You dropped a bomb on me, baby
--Gap Band

Cigarettes and chocolate milk /These are just a couple of my cravings /Everything it seems I like’s a little bit stronger /A little bit thicker, a little bit harmful for me
--Rufus Wainwright

If you have ghosts /Then you have everything! /If you have ghosts /Then you have everything!
--Roky Erickson

People all over the world (everybody) /Join hands (join) /Start a love train, love train
--O’Jays

And the whole damn complicated /Situation could’ve been /Avoided if I’d only shut the window
--Old 97s

Hello, How are you? /Have you been alright? /Through all those lonely lonely lonely lonely nights? /That’s what I’d say /I’d tell you everything /If you’d pick up that telephone.
--Electric Light Orchestra

Hmm-mmm, you’re a working girl now /Hmm-mmm, you’ve got money of your own /The meeting place /The meeting place
--XTC

Hello darkness, my old friend /I’ve come to talk with you again
--Paul Simon

If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now /It’s just a spring clean for the May queen
--Led Zeppelin

Dig, if you will, the picture /Of you and I engaged in a kiss /The sweat of your body covers me /Can you, my darling?  /Can you picture this?
--Prince

I took a drive today /Time to emancipate /I guess it was the beatings made me wise /But I’m not about to give thanks or apologize
--Pearl Jam

Wherever you go, we’re gonna go there one better (one better) /Whatever you do, we’re gonna do ya one better (one better)
--Supagroup

And the sight of it all makes me sad and ill /That’s when I want /Some weird sin just to relax with /Yeah, some dumb weird sin /For a while anyway
--Iggy Pop

I turned 21 in prison doing life without parole /No one could steer me right but Mama tried, Mama tried
--Merle Haggard

Please please tell me now /Is there something I should know? /Is there something I should say /That would make you come my way? /Do you feel the same cuz you don’t let it show?
--Duran Duran

Everybody’s moving /Everybody’s moving /Everything is moving /Moving, moving, moving
--Fugazi

Don’t you throw my pride aside besides /What’s real and make believe /Baby Jane’s in Acapulco /We are flying down to Rio
--Roxy Music

Wish I was ocean-size /They cannot move you
--Jane’s Addiction

As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent /You asked for the latest party
--Bowie

Que brillan mis ojos hoy /Y es por ti /Que he vuelto a hablar de amor /Y es por ti
--Juanes

Mr Narrator, this is Bob Dylan to me /My story could be his songs /I’m his soldier child /Our band is scientist rock
--Minutemen

I’ve done everything for you /You’ve done nothing for me /I’ve done everything for you /You’ve done nothing for me
--Rick Springfield

I try to say goodbye and I choke /I try to walk away and I stumble /Though I try to hide it it’s clear /My world crumbles when you are not near
--Macy Gray

I try to see /Well, I guess that I’m blind /It’s fine with me /Cuz I’m going to keep trying /And I’ve made disappointment my very best friend
--Brian Jonestown Massacre

Oh, Lord, it’s hard to be humble /When you’re perfect in every way
--Mac Davis

Just get me to the airport, put me on a plane /Hurry hurry hurry, before I go insane /I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my brain /Oh no, oh-oh oh-oh
--Ramones

I feel the pain of everyone /Then I feel nothing
--Dinosaur Jr

Don’t want to wake up with no one beside me /Don’t want to take up with nobody new /Don’t want nobody coming by without calling first /Don’t want nothing to do with you
--Warren Zevon

Don’t, don’t you want me? /You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me
--Human League

Heaven, I’m in heaven /And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak /And I seem to find the happiness I seek /When we’re out together dancing cheek to cheek
--Irving Berlin

I can see the billboards in the distance /Writing is on every wall /I don’t wanna know about your business /Sooner or later, friend, you’ve got to fall
--Husker Du

“Show me, show me, show me how you do that trick /The one that makes me scream,” she said /"The one that makes me laugh,” she said /And threw her arms around my neck /"Show me how you do it, and I promise you /I promise that I’ll run away with you”
--Cure

They say that you play too loud /Well, baby, that’s tough
--AC/DC

California, you’re such a wonder that I think I’ll stay in bed /So much to plunder that I think I’ll sleep instead /You’re such a wonder that I think I’ll stay in bed
--Rufus Wainwright

Come on, chemicals! /Come on, chemicals!
--Of Montreal

Better stop dreaming of the quiet life cuz it’s the one we’ll never know /And quit running for that runaway bus cuz those rosey days are few /And stop apologising for the things you’ve never done /Cuz time is short and life is cruel /And it’s up to us to change this town called malice
--The Jam

You’re the kind of girl that fits in with my world /I’ll give you anything, everything /If you want things.
--Pink Floyd

Bass! How low can you go? /Death row. What a brother knows. /Once again, back is the incredible /The rhyme animal, the incredible D
--Public Enemy

Am I gonna be lonely for the rest of my life? /I’m gonna be lonely for the rest of my life /Unless you come around /So, come around
--Rhett Miller

But the judges and the saints and the textbook committee /Decided you should be left out, not even mentioned /But I believed you /No need for further questioning
--Guided By Voices

I’m a street walking cheater with a hand full of napalm /I’m a runaway son of a nuclear A-bomb /I am the world’s forgotten boy /The one who searches and destroys
--Stooges

Gold! /Always believe in your soul /You’ve got the power to know /You’re indestructable /Always believe in
--Spandau Ballet

You’re strong, you’re stubborn now /In an endless symbolic war /Brave or bored, either/or
--Elliott Smith

Your mommy’s all right /Your daddy’s all right /They just seem a little weird /Surrender, surrender /But don’t give yourself away
--Cheap Trick

Lies, lies, lies, yeah!
--Thompson Twins

Take my hand, come with me /I see the lights so brightly /And we fall as if we never really mattered /Cuz you will never have the time /I would love to change your mind /It was there /And it was good in the beginning
--Pete Yorn

You’re the real thing /Even better than the real thing
--U2

When the routine bites hard /And ambitions are low /And the resentment rides high /But emotions won’t grow /And were changing our ways /Taking different roads /Then love, love will tear us apart again
--Joy Division

I’m all lost in the supermarket /I can no longer shop happily /I came in here for that special offer /A guaranteed personality
--The Clash

The alphabet of nations! /Algeria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Dominica, Egypt, France, the Gambia /Hungary, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Libya and Mongolia /Norway, Oman, Pakistan /Qatar, Russia, Suriname /Turkey, Uruguay, Vietnam /West Xylophone, Yemen, Zimbabwe
--They Might Be Giants

I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good /I wish I was the full moon shining off a Camaro’s hood
--Pearl Jam

Once I had a love and it was a gas /Soon turned out, I had a heart of glass /Seemed like the real thing, only to find /Much of mistrust, love’s gone behind
--Blondie

14 cheerleader cold front /Point your nose beyond /Creeping boys in alleys /Find them when you’re gone
--Guided by Voices

I lost some hours thinking of it /I need the strength to go and get what I want /I lost a lifetime thinking of it /And lost an era daydreaming like I do
--The Jam

Love talkin’ is all very fine, yeah /Jive talkin’ just isn’t a crime /And if there’s somebody you’ll love till you die /Then all that jive talking’ /Just gets in your eye.
--Bee Gees

The moment I wake up /Before I put on my makeup /I say a little prayer for you /While combing my hair, now /And wonder what dress to wear, now /I say a little prayer for you
--Burt Bacharach and Hal David

I had a budgie, but it died… /Woe-oh-woe, I like pie! /Leggy, Leggy, Leggy, Leggy /Leggy, Leggy, Leggy, Leggy /Blondie, Blondie, Blondie, Blondie /Blondie, Blondie, Blondie, Blondie
--Flight of the Conchords

White line fever /A sickness born down deep within my soul /White line fever /The years keep flying by like the highline poles
--Merle Haggard

Well, I’m just a modern guy /Of course, I’ve had it in the ear before /Well, I’ve a lust for life /Cuz I’ve a lust for life
--Iggy Pop

I said, baby don’t waste your time /I know what’s on your mind /I may be qualified 4 a one night stand /But I could never take the place of your man
--Prince

Up all night /Ooh za za /Ooh, staying up all night /Say it ain’t so, Joe /Say it ain’t so-oh-oh, Joe-oh-oh
--Boomtown Rats

She’s a brick house /She’s mighty mighty just lettin’ it all hang out! /She’s a brick house /I like a lady stacked and that’s a fact /Ain’t holding nothing back.
--Commodores

People all over the world /Join hands /Start a love train, love train
--Gamble-Huff

Yes, sir /No, sir /Permission to speak, sir /Permission to breathe, sir /What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say /Doesn’t matter who you are /You’re there and there you are /Everything is in its place /Authority must be maintained
--Kinks

If I could talk to the animals, just imagine it /Chatting with a chimp in chimpanzee /Imagine talking to a tiger, chatting with a cheetah What a neat achievement it would be!
--Leslie Bricusse

Fire! /The way you walk and talk really sets me off /To a full alarm, child, yes, it does, uh /The way you squeeze and tease, knocks to me my knees /‘Cause I’m smokin’, baby, baby
--Ohio Players

Breaking the law, breaking the law! / Breaking the law, breaking the law!
--Judas Priest

Sometimes, I feel I gotta get away /Bells chime, I know I gotta get away /And I know if I don’t, I’ll go out of my mind /Better leave her behind with the kids, they’re alright /The kids are alright
--The Who

A E I O U, sometimes Y! /A E I O U, sometimes Y!
--EBN-OZN

I went on down to dee Audubon Zoo /An day all axt fuh you /Day all axt fuh you (fuh who?) /Well, day even inquired about chuh’
--Meters

Manhattan’s sinking like a rock /Into the filthy Hudson—what a shock /They wrote a book about it /They said it was like ancient Rome
--Lou Reed