Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My Favorite Lines From Various Songs in My iTunes Library

"I mean, she even cooks me pancakes, and Alka Seltzer when my tummy aches. If that ain't love, then I don't know what love is." -Cupid's Chokehold, Gym Class Heroes
"Sheisters live from scheme to scheme, but my fourth quarter pipe dreams are seeming more and more worth fighting for." -Loose Lips, Kimya Dawson
"And I can't believe that I'm your man, and I get to kiss you, baby, just because I can." -Everything, Michael Buble
"I have no problems dipping in my feet, but the trouble comes when I have to jump." -Sideways, Let's Go Sailing
"Come on, boo, gimme kiss." -Ride Wit Me, Nelly
"You look at me, but you're not quite sure: Am I it or could you get more? You learn cool from magazines, we all learned love from Charlie Sheen. But if you want me, let me know, and I promise that I won't say no." -Intuition, Jewel (XM Radio Sessions version)
"And the best is, no one knows who you are, just another girl alone at the bar." -Don't Trust Me, 3oh!3
"I read the news with all its angles bent, blame my confusion on designs of intelligence." -This Isn't Farm Life, The Essex Green
"I've been touched in places by very scary hands." -When I Say Go, The 1900s
"Well, I hate to be a bother, but it's you and there's no other, I do believe. You can call me naive, but I know me well at least as far as I can tell and I know what I need." -Life Less Ordinary, Carbon Leaf
and also, "If I could name you in this song, would it make you smile and sing along?" -Life Less Ordinary, Carbon Leaf
"Then maybe later, we'll get hot by the refrigerator, in the kitchen next to the pantry, you think that might be what you fancy?" -If You're Into It, Flight of the Conchords
"Bring your sister over here, let her dance with me just for the hell of it." -Chelsea Dagger, The Fratellis
"Said stick your toes all up in the air, 'Come on, it'll be fun!'" -The Party Punch, Oh No! Oh My!
"But for now we are young, let us lay in the sun, and count every beautiful thing we can see." -In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel
"I heard the Eskimos remove obstructions with tongues, dear. You missed my eye, I wonder why, I didn't complain. You missed my eye, I wonder why, please do it again." -Another Sunny Day, Belle and Sebastian
"If you knew that love can't break your heart, when you're down so low you cannot fall, would you change?" -Change, Tracy Chapman
"My salsa makes all the pretty girls want to dance and take off their underpants." -My Band, D12
"Do you remember when we first moved in together, the piano took up the living room? You played me boogie woogie, I played you love songs. You'd say we're playing house, now you still say we are." -Do You Remember, Jack Johnson
"What's with these homies dissin' my girl?" -Buddy Holly, Weezer
"We're not living the good life unless we're fighting the good fight, you and me just trying to get it right." -You, Me, and the Bourgeoisie, The Submarines
"And I think that I just fell in love with you." I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You, Tom Waits
"Steven A. Douglas was a great debater, but Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator." -Decatur, Sufjan Stevens
"Everyone's a superhero, everyone's a Captain Kirk." -99 Red Balloons, Siobhan DuVall
"True, that he's no Prince Charming, but there's something in him that I simply didn't see." -Something There, Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson (from Beauty and the Beast)
"I hope I become a ghost and make sure the future turns out fine." -I Hope I Become a Ghost, The Deadly Syndrome
"She had eyes so blue, they looked like weather." -It'll All Work Out, Tom Petty
"I won't be warm until I'm lying in your arms." -Gotta Have You, The Weepies
"We sure are cute for two ugly people." -Anyone Else But You, The Moldy Peaches
"My lips are unhappy without you." -Lips Are Unhappy, Lucky Soul
"And I want to know if you've ever felt the same way too, throwing up your hands and putting down all the things that you were supposed to do." -Sun Down, Nik Frietas
"I'd be lost forever if you slipped away. Blue eyes, you're the reason for my change." -Blue Eyes, Timmy Curran
"Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all; keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all." -Ain't No Reason, Brett Dennen
"Does he walk around all day at school, with his feet inside your shoes? Looking down every few steps to pretend he walks with you?" -The Calendar Hung Itself, Bright Eyes
"Take only what you need from me." -Kids, MGMT
"I threw my money in a wishing well, but nothing got better and I'm slightly wetter." -Wishing Well, Love is All
"She's a symbol of resistance and she's holding onto my heart like a hand grenade." -She's a Rebel, Green Day
"And it's magic if the music is groovy, it makes you feel happy like an old time movie." -Do You Believe In Magic, The Lovin' Spoonful

1 comment:

  1. "We live on front porches and swing life away
    We get by just fine here on minimum wage
    If love is a labor I'll slave 'til the end
    I won't cross these streets until you hold my hand " swing life away-rise against

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