Best opening lyric in a song...

Apologies for putting the whole song down but it needs to be seen in complete form!

Franks Wild years by Tom Waits:

"Frank settled down in the Valley,
and he hung his wild years on a
nail that he drove through his
wife's forehead.

He sold used office furniture out
there on San Fernando Road and
assumed a $30,000 loan at
15 1/4 % and put a down payment
on a little two bedroom place.

His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
Made good bloody-marys, kept her mouth
shut most of the time, had a little Chihuahua
named Carlos that had some kind of skin
disease and was totally blind.

They had a thoroughly modern kitchen;
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
Frank drove a little sedan.
They were so happy.

One night Frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the liquor store,
picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouth’s.
Drank 'em in the car on his way to the
Shell station; he got a gallon of gas in a can.

Drove home, doused everything in
the house, torched it.
Parked across the street laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
orange and chimney red.

Frank put on a top forty station,
got on the Hollywood Freeway
headed North.

Never could stand that dog."

Tricky, but a quaint Ian Dury ditty has allways stuck in my mind:-
"Ar@"$%^&s, Ba!|()>s, Fu""ing Cu%ts and Pricks"
Cant remember the title though.
Neil

quote:

Originally posted by JoeH:
'There was one of the gang
Who had Scalextric
And because of that
He thought he was better than you'

'My Uncle Charlie is a cynical man
And his wife's a touch sceptical too
They've got one of those stickers
In the back of their car
It says 'We've seen the prices at the zoo'.

The second song mentioned also has the best ever last lines:

'There is nothing better in life
Than writing on the sole of your slipper with a Biro'

Now that's what I call classy lyrics - but tell me is it true that Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets ... anyway I've always liked the open lyric that went

Draggin my guitar 'round maternity ward
I was in search of the umbilical chord
But it was all in vain
So I jumped on a train
And when I reached my home, the kids were on the patio, looking quite upset
So I asked them what was wrong, and they said 'In there'
There's an Albert Hammond bootleg in the house
In there - an Albert Hammond bootleg in the house
Some man, who introduced himself as Stanley Rouse
Came in, and left this Albert Hammond bootleg in the house

quote:

Originally posted by Van_The_Man:
Tricky, but a quaint Ian Dury ditty has allways stuck in my mind:-
"Ar@"$%^&s, Ba!|()>s, Fu""ing Cu%ts and Pricks"
Cant remember the title though.
Neil

I think it is Billericay Dicky

You ask Joyce and Vicky
Who's their favourite bricky
I ain't a another thicky
I'm Billericay Dicky
And I'm doing very well

or something like that ... can't remember exactly - perhaps Clever Trevor can help out ..

quote:

Originally posted by ROTF:
Now that's what I call classy lyrics - but tell me is it true that Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets ... anyway I've always liked the open lyric that went

Draggin my guitar 'round maternity ward
I was in search of the umbilical chord
But it was all in vain
So I jumped on a train
And when I reached my home, the kids were on the patio, looking quite upset
So I asked them what was wrong, and they said 'In there'
There's an Albert Hammond bootleg in the house
In there - an Albert Hammond bootleg in the house
Some man, who introduced himself as Stanley Rouse
Came in, and left this Albert Hammond bootleg in the house

Ah, they're all great.

Outside Goldsmith's coughing up blood
Turner Prize judge says 'Christ that's good'
Leave it as it is it'll get first place
We'll call it 'A Full Shift at the Coal-face'
'Well you're neither a Stuckist nor a YBA
And you're no longer a miner as of today'.

quote:

Originally posted by Sloop John B:

Look out, mama, theres a white boat coming up the river

I should have come up with Powderfinger! It's one of my favourite NY songs

Arab Strap - Packs of Three.

Just can't bring myself to type out the words - maybe someone else will oblige!

Nicholas

"She came in through the bathroom window..."

"Oh the snot has caked against my pants, it has turned to crystal"

Ah chayro you bet me to it.
She came in thru a bathroom window, protected by a silver spoon.

or

Here come on flat top he come groovin up slowly
he got ju ju eyeballs
he want holy roller
he got hair down to his knee
got to be a joker he just do what he please.

he wear no shoe shine
he got toe jam foot ball
he got walking finger
he shoot coka cola
he said I know you, you know me.
one thing I can tell you ins you got to be free

come together right now, over me.

Thanks john it was just so outrageous at the time. We miss yu desperately

let it rain

lord, let it rain
I can't stand the lie of a blue sky
one more day
can't you make that pitter, patter
sweet teardrop splatter
against my windowpane
c'mon, bring down the sky
let those clouds and me have a good cry
let it rain

lord let it rain
take away the glare of the empty
shape of the day
can't you make that liquid fly, bubbles rise,
heatwave die,
that water slip and slide me away
your sun make me feel like a fool
god your weather just don't match my
mood
let it rain

Patricia Barber / moderncool

I'll never forget
The first day I met you
That September morning was clear and fresh
The way you spoke, and laughed at my jokes
And the way you rubbed yourself against the edge of my desk.

Billy Bragg, of course.

quote:

Originally posted by ROTF:

quote:

Originally posted by Van_The_Man:
Tricky, but a quaint Ian Dury ditty has allways stuck in my mind:-
"Ar@"$%^&s, Ba!|()>s, Fu""ing Cu%ts and Pricks"
Cant remember the title though.
Neil

I think it is Billericay Dicky

You ask Joyce and Vicky
Who's their favourite bricky
I ain't a another thicky
I'm Billericay Dicky
And I'm doing very well

or something like that ... can't remember exactly - perhaps Clever Trevor can help out ..

Wrong. Its "Plaistow Patricia" and I prefer "Wake Up and Make Love to Me" with the immortal opener:

"I come awake with
the gift for womankind
You're still asleep
but the gift don't seem to mind
Rise on this occasion
Halfway up your back
Sliding down your body
Touching your behind"

Very influential on a 14 year old at the time.

Jono

quote:

Originally posted by Jono 13:

quote:

Originally posted by ROTF:

I think it is Billericay Dicky

Wrong. Its "Plaistow Patricia" ......

Jono

Thanks for the correction (thankfully not with a Rhythm Stick) - I have only heard the Ian Dury album a couple of times and that was many years ago, many many years .... I can't even remember how Plaistow Patricia goes, I must be getting old ....

Good evening, I'm from Essex
In case you couldn't tell
My given name is Dickie
I come from Billericay
And I'm doing very well

Had a love affair with Nina
In the back of my cortina
A seasoned-up hyena
Could not have been more obscener
She took me to the cleaners
And other misdemeanours
But I got right up between her
Rum and her Ribena

Well, you ask Joyce and Vicky
If candy-floss is sticky
I'm not a blinking thicky
I'm Billericay Dickie
And I'm doing very well

Two gems from Billy Bragg (1st Little Time Bomb, 2nd Accident Waiting To Happen)

"One of em's off his food,
and the other one's off his head,
and both of them are off down the boozer."

"I've always been impressed with a girl
Who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well"

ROTF,

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Enjoy.

Jono

quote:

Originally posted by Jono 13:
ROTF,

check out http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/370352/New_Boots_And_Panties/Product.html



or http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/553478/Do_It_Yourself_D...Edition/Product.html

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Enjoy.

Jono

Think I'll order that - pretty good VFM.

Only recordings I have of Mr D are What A Waste and Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll

Sitting on a park bench --
eyeing ittle girls with bad intent.

Cats foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoias poison door.
Twenty first century schizoid man.

I'll never forget the smell of the sweat from under your armpits
The night that we kissed, when grandma got pissed and spewed on the carpet

Magic moments, mem'ries we've been sharin'
Magic moments, when two hearts are carin'
Time can't erase the memory of
These magic moments filled with love

thisisforoldiessorryperrythatsthecockneyversion

Almost cut my hair,
It happened just the other day....

What drama..!

Stephen Stills, or David Crosby - never can remember which one..

quote:

Originally posted by Steveandkate:
Almost cut my hair,
It happened just the other day....

What drama..!

Stephen Stills, or David Crosby - never can remember which one..

David Crosby, drama queen.

How about:-

Half a mile from the county fair
And the rain keep pourin down
Me and billy standin there
With a silver half a crown
Hands are full of a fishin rod
And the tackle on our backs
We just stood there gettin wet
With our backs against the fence

Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Hope it dont rain all day

quote:

Originally posted by Steveandkate:
Almost cut my hair,
It happened just the other day....

What drama..!

Stephen Stills, or David Crosby - never can remember which one..

David Crosby

Big A, little A, bouncing B
The system might have got you but it won't get me

or

One - Two - Three - Go
I've got an ego
It won't let me go
What am I gonna do?

A - B - C - D
Paranoia's killing me
I'm dying on my aching feet
What a way to go

quote:

Originally posted by Steveandkate:
Almost cut my hair,
It happened just the other day....

What drama..!

Stephen Stills, or David Crosby - never can remember which one..

I forgot about this one, It's great. Love this song written by David Crosby from the CSN&Y album Deja Vu.