Words and music to live by...


"Call someplace Paradise, kiss it goodbye..." -- "The Last Resort", The Eagles

"Took him minutes, took her nowhere, Heaven knows she'd have taken anything..." -- "Young Americans", David Bowie

"You're just sittin' around in circles, head in the air, But that's alright, baby, I really couldn't care...You do what you wanna do, honey my bag ain't right for you..." -- "Sittin' in Circles", Electric Flag

"25 years of my life and still, tryin' to get up this great big hill of hope...for a destination..." -- "What's Up", 4 Non-Blondes

"Someone told me there was a girl out there, with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair..." -- "Goin' to California", Led Zeppelin

"Well she's walkin'...through the clouds, with a circus mind that's running round...butterflies and zebras, the moonbeams the fairy tales, that's all she ever thinks about...ridin' with the wind...It's alright she said, it's alright, take anything you want from me, anything..." -- "Little Wing", Jimi Hendrix

"I woke up in your arms, and almost immediately I felt sorry, 'cause I didn't think this would happen again, no matter what I could dor or say, just that I didn't think this would happen again, with or without my best intentions..." -- "Fuck and Run", Liz Phair

"I was driving home, early Sunday mornin', through Bakersfield, California,listenin' to gospel music on the colored radio station, and the preacher said, 'Ya know you allllways got the Lord by your side...' and I was so pleased to be informed of this, I ran twenty red lights in His honor...Thank you Jesus! Thank you Lord!" -- "Faraway Eyes", Rolling Stones

"Why do you, why do you look so sad...and forsaken...don't you know when one door is closed, many more is open..." -- "Coming in from the Cold", Bob Marley

"Night time is only the other side of day time, but if you've ever waited for the sun, you know what it's like, to wish daytime would come, And don't it seem like a long time..." -- "Seems Like a Long Time", Rod Stewart

"I do the things we did before, I walk Haight Street to the store, and they say 'Where's that crazy girl, You don't get drunk on red wine, and fight no more...'" -- "The Background", Third Eye Blind

"Old man, look at my life, 24 and there's so much more, live alone in a paradise, that makes me think of two, Love lost, such a cost, give me things that don't get lost, like a coin that won't get tossed, rolling home to you...Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you, I need someone to love me the whole day through...Ah, one look in my eyes and you could tell that's true..." -- "Old Man", Neil Young

"If you're feeling sinister go off and see a minister, He'll try in vain to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever..." -- "If you're feeling sinister", Belle and Sebastian

"...into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown, like a dog without a bone, an actor out alone..." -- "Riders on the Storm", The Doors

"Mercy, mercy me, things ain't what they used to be, Where did all the blue skies go..." -- "Mercy, mercy me (the ecology)", Marvin Gaye

"We were born before the wind, Oh so younger than the sun..." -- "Into the Mystic", Van Morrison

"How many special people change, How many lives are living strange, Where were you while we were getting high?" -- "Champagne Supernova", Oasis

"Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place, something like a circus or a sewer, and just remember different people have peculiar tast, and the glory of love...might see you through..." -- "Coney Island Baby", Lou Reed

"All this talk of gettin' old, it's gettin' me down my Lord, like a cat in a bag waiting to drown, this time I'm coming down...And I hope you're thinkin' of me, as you lay down on your side, now the drugs don't work, they just make you worse, but I know I'll see your face again..." -- "The Drugs Don't Work", The Verve

"Blackbird singing in the dead of night, take these broken wings and learn to fly, All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise..." -- "Blackbird", The Beatles

"I remember running through the wet grass, fallin' a step behind, both of us never tiring, desperately wanting..." -- "Desperately Wanting", Better than Ezra

"Can someone get me a glass of water?...Last time I was here I got a glass of water..." -- Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison and San Quentin

"Took my love and I took it down, climbed a mountain and turned around, And I saw my reflection in a snow-covered hill, till the landslide brought me down...Oh mirror in the sky, what is love? Can the child within this heart rise above? Can I sail through the changing ocean tide? Can I handle the seasons of my life?...I don't know..." -- "Landslide", Fleetwood Mac

"I've got to keep on movin' and groovin', I've got to keep my mind clear, For the devils and the demons I will not fear..." -- "On the Run", OMC

"And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun..." -- "Time", Pink Floyd

"Have another hit...of sweet California sunshine..." -- "Fresh Air", Quicksilver Messenger Service

"I know a place not far from here, where life's sweet perfume fills the air, and if you want I'll take you there..." -- "Country", Paul Weller

"Walk along the river, sweet lullabye, it just keeps on flowin', it don't worry 'bout where it's goin'..." -- "Blue Sky", Allman Brothers

"There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, And if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone..." -- "Ripple", Grateful Dead

"May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others, And let others do for you, May you build a ladder to the starts, And climb on every rung, And may you stay forever young..." -- "Forever Young", Bob Dylan

"Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning, just find someone who's turning, and you will come around..." -- "Don't let it bring you down", Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

"...on my way to better things, distant roads are calling me, I found myself some wings..." -- "No Time", The Guess Who

"Goin' back to Houston, do the hot dog dance, goin' back to Houston, to get me some pants..." -- "Lord Only Knows", Beck

Back to KCLifelogues