I get a lot of song lyrics lodged in my head. Lately I've been singing "Paper Planes" by M.I.A. (including the gunshot parts). Just in my head, mind you. You would not want me singing audibly. Trust me on that one.
I'm not much of a poet myself, but like most English majors I do love poetry. So maybe that is why certain song lyrics appeal to me so much. I have a little repository of them that I store in my brain. That particular mental filing cabinet is in trouble, though. Ever since I became responsible for another human life, it seems like when one piece of information lands with a thud inside my cerebellum, another tidbit of information bounces out.
Here are a few song lyrics I dig. Who else has some good ones stuck in their head?
Freedom has a scent
Like the top of a newborn baby's head
U2 - Miracle Drug
There's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey, you're alright
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer
Can I take you to a restaurant that's got glass tables
You can watch yourself while you are eating
The English Beat - Mirror in the Bathroom
You pour yourself over me
Like the sun through the blinds
Peter Murphy - Cuts You Up
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
You better stand aside
Why you wanna walk
Don't you want to ride ride ride ride
Fountains of Wayne - Survival Car
Breathe out
So I could breathe you in
Hold you in
Foo Fighters - Everlong
You don't really love that guy you make it with now do you?
Trust me when I say I know the pathway to your heart
REM - Superman
My therapist said not to see you no more
She said you’re like a disease without any cure
She said I’m so obsessed that I’m becoming a bore, oh no
Ah, you think you’re so pretty
James - Laid
Hot tears flow
As she recounts
Her favorite worded token
Forgive me please for hurting so
Don't go away heartbroken, no
Peter Murphy - Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem