Thursday, August 27, 2009

Top Ten Greatest Lyrics Ever Penned ( a growing list in no order)

These are only numbered so that I stopped at ten.  Any of them could be the best.  My criteria for a great lyric is one that as soon as you hear it you wish you wrote it.  And here we go.

10. "Look both ways before you cross me, you're headed for a danger zone." -Jackson 5

9. "Built for comfort, not built for speed, got everything you good girls need."-Howlin' Wolf

8. "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!"- Rage Against The Machine

7. "There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes." -Johnny Cash

6. "I was born by the river, in a little tent, and just like that river I been running ever since."-Sam Cooke

5. "People all over the world, join in, form a Love Train!"- The OJ's

4. "One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain."-Bob Marley

3. "I got a crush on you, sweety pie, all the day and night time hear me sigh." -Frank Sinatra

2. "Got me a man named Doctor Feelgood, he takes care of all my pains and my ills."-Aretha Franklin

1. " See that my grave is kept clean."- Son House

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