words classic R&R http://www.keno.org/classic_rock/favoriterocklyrics.htm -------------- Keno's Classic Rock n Roll Web Site FAVORITE ROCK LYRICS Here are a few of my favorite rock lyrics. From..Lennon & McCartney's..Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Picture yourself on a boat in a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes & Newspaper taxies appear on the shores Waiting to take you away Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone From..Jagger/Richards'...Sympathy For The Devil I watched in glee as your Kings and Queens Fought for ten decades for the gods they made & I rode a tank, held a general's rank When the blitzkrieg raged And the bodies stank! (woo, woo, who, who!) From..Stevie Wonder's..Living For The City His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty He spends his life walking the streets of New York City He's almost dead from breathing in air pollution He tried to vote but to him there's no solution Living just enough, just enough for the city... yeah, yeah, yeah! From...Bob Dylan's..Mr Tambourine Man Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship, My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip, My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels To be wanderin'. From ..Lennon & McCartney's...Strawberry Fields Forever Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out It doesn't matter much to me & No one, I think, is in my tree I mean, it must be high or low That is, you can't, you know, tune in, but it's alright That is, I think it's not too bad From..Ray Davies'..Lola Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy But when she squeesed me tight she nearly broke my spine Oh my Lola, la la la la Lola & Well, we drank champagne and danced all night Under electric candlelight She picked me up and sat me on her knee She said, little boy won't you come home with me From ..Jagger/Richards'..Brown Sugar Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in a market down in New Orleans Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright Hear him whip the women just around midnight From..David Bowie's..Ziggy Stardust So where were the Spiders While the fly tried to break our balls With just the beer light to guide us So we bitched about his fans And should we crush his sweet hands & Making love with his ego Ziggy sucked up into his mind Like a leper messiah When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band From..Kris Kristofferson's..Me & Bobby McGee I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty, red bandana And I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine We sang every song that driver knew & Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose Nothin' don't mean nothin' if it ain't free From..Bob Dylan's..All I Really Want To Do I ain't lookin' to compete with you Beat or cheat or mistreat you Simplify you, classify you Deny, defy or crucify you All I really want to do Is baby be friends with you & I don't want to meet your kin Make you spin or do you in Or select you or dissect you Or inspect you or reject you All I really want to do Is baby be friends with you From..Rod Stewart's..Maggie Mae I guess I should unpack my book and get on back to school I'll steal my daddy's cue and make a living out of playing pool I'll find myself a rock n roll band, that needs a helping hand Oh Maggie I wish I've never seen your face From..John Lennon's..Give Me Some Truth I've had enough of reading things By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth From..Bob Dylan's..Like A Rolling Stone You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely But you know you only used to get juiced in it And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it From..Sylvester Stone's..Everyday People There is a longhair who doesn't like the short hair for being such a rich one that will not help the poor one. & There is a yellow one who won't accept the black one that won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one. Diffferent strokes for different folks, And so on and so on, and scooby dooby doo-bee, doo-sha-sha. We got to live together! I am everyday people! From..Don McLean's..American Pie Bye-bye, Miss American Pie Drove my chevy to the levee But the levee was dry And them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye Singin' this'll be the day that I die This'll be the day that I die From..Jagger/Richards'..Jumping Jack Flash I was born in a cross-fire hurricane And I howled at my ma in the driving rain From..Bruce/Cooper's..Desperado Your as stiff as my smokin' barrel You as dead as a desert night You're a notch and I'm a legend Your at peace and I must hide From..John Prine's..Sam Stone There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin I suppose & Sam Stone was alone When he popped his last balloon, Climbing walls while sitting in a chair. Well, he played his last request, While the room smelled just like death, With an overdose hovering in the air. From..Lou Reed's..Walk On The Wild Side Candy came from out on the Island In the back room she was everybody's darlin' But she never lost her head Even when she was givin' head She says hey babe, take a walk on the wild side & Jackie is just speedin' away Thought she was James Dean for a day Then I guess she had to crash Valium would've helped that bash She said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side From...Collins/VanZant's..Ballad of Curtis Loew Well, I used to wake the mornin' before the rooster crowed, Searchin' for soda bottles to get myself some dough. Run 'em down to the corner, down to the country store, Cash 'em in, and give my money to a man named Curtis Loew. & On the day old Curtis died, nobody came and prayed. Ol' preacher said some words, and they chucked him in the clay. Well, he lived a lifetime, playin' the black man's blues And on the day he lost his life, that's all he had to lose. From...Paul Simon's..Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard The Mama looked down and spit on the ground Every time my name gets mentioned The Papa says, oy, if I get that boy I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention From..George Harrison's..Piggies In their sty's with all their backing They don't care what goes on around In their eyes there's something lacking What they need's a damn good whacking. & Everywhere there's lots of piggies Living piggy lives You can see them out for dinner With their piggy wives Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon. From..Neil Young's ..Like A Hurricane You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye. And I'm gettin' blown away To somewhere safer where the feeling stays. I want to love you but I'm getting blown away. From..Jagger/Richards'..Honky Tonk Woman I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis, She tried to take me upstairs for a ride. She had to heave me right across her shoulder 'Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind. From..David Bowie's..Suffragette City Hey man, oh leave me alone you know Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta Hey man, I gotta straighten my face This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place From.Lou Reed's.I'm Waiting For The Man I'm waiting for the man Twenty six dollars in my hand Up to Lexington, One Two Five So sick and dirty, more dead than alive I'm waiting for the man & Hey white boy, what you doing uptown? Hey white boy, you're chasing all the women around Oh pardon me sir it's last thing on my mind I'm just looking for a very good friend of mine I'm waiting for the man From.Pete Townsend's..My Generation Why don't you all fade away And don't try to dig what we all sa-sa-say I'm not trying to cause a big sensation Just talkin' 'bout my generation & Hope I die before I get old!