Rock Lyrics That Could Be Poetry

[LouLit01]

Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here

Songwriters: David Gilmour / Roger Waters

[BeatleloverKT]

Rhiannon by the Mac

"Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and

 Wouldn't you love to love her?

Takes to the sky like a bird in flight 

Who will be her lover?"......

[Raynyky]

Wondering Aloud-Jethro Tull

Wondering aloud
How we feel today
Last night sipped the sunset
My hand in her hair
We are our own saviours
As we start both our hearts beating life
Into each other

Wondering aloud
Will the years treat us well
As she floats in the kitchen,
I'm tasting the smell
Of toast as the butter runs
Then she comes, spilling crumbs on the bed
And I shake my head
And it's only the giving
That makes you what you are

[BeatleloverKT]

Everything that touches you by the Association 

"In my most secure moments I still can't believe

I'm spending those moments with you

And the ground that I'm walking, the air that I breathe

Are shared at those moments with you"......

[LouLit01]

Welcome back, my friends
To the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come inside! Come inside

There behind a glass
Stands a real blade of grass
Be careful as you pass
Move along! Move along

Soon the Gypsy Queen
In a glaze of Vaseline
Will perform on guillotine
What a scene! What a scene

Performing on a stool
We've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule
Keep it cool. Keep it cool

We would like it to be known
The exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively our own
All our own. All our own

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

[BeatleloverKT]

Dreams by the Mac

"Now here you go again, you say

You want your freedom

Well who am I to keep you down

It's only right that you should

Play the way you feel it 

But listen carefully to the sound

Of your lonliness

Like a heartbeat drives you mad

In the stillness of remembering what you had

And what you lost, and what you had, 

and what you lost"......

[LouLit01]

Raven hair and ruby lips
Sparks fly from her fingertips
Echoed voices in the night
She's a restless spirit on an endless flight

Woo hoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

She held me spellbound in the night
Dancing shadows and firelight
Crazy laughter in another room
And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon

Well, I know you want a lover
Let me tell you, brother
She's been sleeping in the devil's bed
And there's some rumours going round, someone's underground
She can rock you in the night-time 'til your skin turns red

Woo hoo, witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo, witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye

Eagles

[LouLit01]

Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray
They built you a temple and locked you away
Aw, but they never told you the price that you pay
For things that you might have done
Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young

You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
We ain't too pretty we ain't too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
Aw but that never hurt no one

Well your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
Aw she never cared for me
But did she ever say a prayer for me? oh woah woah

Come out come out come out Virginia don't let 'em wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Oh sooner or later it comes down to faith
Oh I might as well be the one
You know that only the good die young

Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffles in
There's an old man sitting next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin

He says, "Son, can you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes"

La la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Sing us a song, you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we're all in the mood for a melody
And you've got us feelin' alright

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
He says, "Bill, I believe this is killing me"
As the smile ran away from his face
"Well I'm sure that I could be a movie star
If I could get out of this place"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Now Paul is a real estate novelist
Who never had time for a wife
And he's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the Navy
And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics
As the businessmen slowly get stoned
Yes, they're sharing a drink they call loneliness
But it's better than drinkin' alone

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright

It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
And the manager gives me a smile
'Cause he knows that it's me they've been comin' to see
To forget about life for a while
And the piano, it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say, "Man, what are you doin' here?"

Oh, la la la, di da da
La la, di da da da dum

Sing us a song you're the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well we're all in the mood for a melody
And you got us feeling alright

[1968Hoya46]

Against The Wind: Bob Seger (it's as if he wrote a poem and then wrote the music).

[BeatleloverKT]

Stars by Simply Red

"Anyone who ever held you

Would tell you the way I'm feeling

Anyone who ever wanted you 

Would try to tell you what I feel inside

The only thing I ever wanted

Was the feeling that you ain't faking

The only one you ever thought about

Wait a minute can't you see"......

[nyadrn]

---

@BeatleloverKT wrote:

Stars by Simply Red

"Anyone who ever held you

Would tell you the way I'm feeling

Anyone who ever wanted you 

Would try to tell you what I feel inside

The only thing I ever wanted

Was the feeling that you ain't faking

The only one you ever thought about

Wait a minute can't you see"......

---

Love Simply Red❤️

[nyadrn]

Father Figure. George Michael

That's all I wanted
Something special, someone sacred in your eyes
For just one moment
To be bold and naked at your side
Sometimes I think that you'll never understand me
Maybe this time is forever, say it can be, whoa

That's all you wanted
Somethin' special, someone sacred in your life
Just for one moment, to be warm and naked at my side
Sometimes I think that you'll never understand me
But somethin' tells me together, we'd be happy, whoa baby

I will be your father figure
Put your tiny hand in mine
I will be your preacher teacher
Anything you have in mind
I will be your father figure
I have had enough of crime
I will be the one who loves you
'Til the end of time

That's all I wanted
But sometimes love can be mistaken for a crime
That's all I wanted
Just to see my baby's blue eyes shine
This time I think that my lover understands me
If we have faith in each other then we can be strong

If you are the desert, I'll be the sea
If you ever hunger, hunger for me
Whatever you ask for, that's what I'll be
So when you remember the ones who have lied
Who said that they cared but then
Laughed as you cried
Beautiful darling, don't think of me
Because all I ever wanted
It's in your eyes baby (baby)
And love c...
Greet me with the eyes of a child
My love is always tellin' me so
Heaven is a kiss and a smile
Just hold on, hold on
I won't let you go, my baby

(Chorus)

I will be your father (I will be your)
I will be your (father) preacher teacher
I will be your (I'll be your daddy, oh)
I will be the one who loves you
'Til the end of time

[ik307]

This was to be my wedding song. We broke up (thank you!) but if it ever does happen this will still be my choice. If he doesn't understand then he's not for me.

   TODAY by Jefferson Airplane, written by Marty Balin

Today, I feel like pleasing you more than before

Today, I know what I wanna do but I don't know what for

To be living for you is all I want to do

To be loving you it'll all be there when my dreams come true

Today, you'll make me say that I somehow have changed

Today, you'll look into my eyes I'm just not the same

To be anymore than all I am would be a lie

I'm so full of love I could burst apart and start to cry

Today, everything you want I swear it all will come true

Today, I realize how much I'm in love with you

With you standing here I could tell the world what it means to love

To go on from here, I can't use words they don't say enough

Please, please listen to me

It's taken so long to come true

And it's all for you, all for you

[BeatleloverKT]

The longest time by Billy Joel

"Once I thought my innocence was gone

Now I know that happiness goes on

That's where you found me

When you put your arms around me

I haven't been there for the longest time"......

[Raynyky]

Sometimes in Winter-Blood, Sweat and Tears

Sometimes in Winter
I gaze into the streets
And walk through snow and city sleet
Behind your room
Sometimes in Winter
Forgotten memories
Remember you behind the trees
With leaves that cried
By the window once I waited for you
Laughing slightly you would run
Trees alone would shield us in the meadow
Makin' love in the evening sun
Now you're gone girl
And the lamp posts call your name
I can hear, them
In the spring of frozen rain
Now you're gone girl
And the time's slowed down till dawn
It's a cold room and the walls ask
Where you've gone
Sometimes In Winter
I love you when the good times
Seem like mem'ries int he spring
That never came
Sometimes In Winter
I wish the empty streets
Would fill with laughter from the tears
That ease my pain

[BeatleloverKT]

In your eyes by Peter Gabriel 

"Love, I get so lost, sometimes

Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart

When I want to run away

I drive off in my car

But whichever way I go

I come back to the place you are"......

[BeatleloverKT]

Heard this today in my car and can't get it out of my head. They are a perfect example of poetry in song in every way 

Helplessly Hoping by Crosby, Stills&Nash

"Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers nearby

Awaiting a word

Gasping at glimpses of gentle true spirit he runs

Wishing he could fly

Only to trip at the sound of goodbye".......

[cw8749]

THE LOAD OUT/STAY by JACKSON BROWNE

Now roll them cases out and lift them amps

Hall them trusses down and get 'em up them ramps

Cuz when it comes to moving me

You guys are the champs

But when the last guitar's been packed away

You know I still want to play

So just make sure you got it all set to go

Before you come for my piano...

[BeatleloverKT]

Light my fire by the Doors

"You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire

Come on baby, light my fire

Try to set the night on fire"......

[MaVolta]

Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot

(and pretty much everything else he has written, this is one of my favorites)

Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
He is wild but he is mellow
He is strong but he is weak
He is cruel but he is gentle
He is wise but he is meek

Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a battered book into his hand
Standing like a prophet bold
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Till he can shout no more

I have come o'er moor and mountain
Like the hawk upon the wing
I was once a shining knight
Who was the guardian of a king
I have searched the whole world over
Looking for a place to sleep
I have seen the strong survive
And I have seen the lean grown weak

See the children of the earth
Who wake to find the table bare
See the gentry in the country
Riding off to take the air

Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a rusty sword into his hand
Then striking up a knightly pose
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Till he can shout no more

See the jailor with his key
Who locks away all trace of sin
See the judge upon the bench
Who tries the case as best he can
See the wise and wicked ones
Who feed upon life's sacred fire
See the soldier with his gun
Who must be dead to be admired

See the man who tips the needle
See the man who buys and sells
See the man who puts the collar
On the ones who dare not tell
See the drunkard in the tavern
Stemming gold to make ends meet
See the youth in ghetto black
Condemned to life upon the street

Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a tarnished cross into his hand
Then standing like a preacher now
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves
He gallops off across the dusty plain
In vain to search again
Where no one will hear

Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be
He is wild but he is mellow
He is strong but he is weak
He is cruel but he is gentle
He is wise but he is meek

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Gordon Lightfoot

Don Quixote lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc

[BeatleloverKT]

Ditto on Gords Poetry! 
This is one of my favs by him called

"The circle is small"

"I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips

I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this

I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die

I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes"......

[BeatleloverKT]

It ain't me babe by Dylan, Turtles

"Go away from my window

Leave at your own chosen speed

I'm not the one you want, babe

I'm not the one you need

You say you're lookin' for someone

Who's never weak but always strong

To protect you and defend you

Whether you are right or wrong

Someone to open each and every door

But it ain't me babe".......

[MaVolta]

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
I have run I have crawled
I have scaled these city walls
These city walls
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in the fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil
It was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
I believe in the Kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes, I'm still running
You broke the bonds
and you loosened chains
carried the cross of my shame, of my shame
You know I believe it
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For as written by Adam Clayton, Dave Evans, Paul David Hewson, Larry Mullen and Victor Reina.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group

[BeatleloverKT]

Witch Queen of New Orleans by Redbone

"I'm gonna tell you a story

Strange as it now seems

Of zombie voodoo gris gris 

And the witch Queen of New Orleans

She lived in a magic possessed

By the devils skew

From a shack near the swamp lands

Made of mud be brick

Marie stirred her witches brew"......

[BeatleloverKT]

Sister golden hair by America

"Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, sister golden hair surprise

And I just can't live without you, can't you see it in my eyes?

Now I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find

But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind"......

[MaVolta]

Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt

Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but there's no one at my side
And time washes clean love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me but I don't know what it means

'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near
And I never drew one response from you
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me for a long long time

Wait for the day
You'll go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay
And life's full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory of a love that never was
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and change your mind
And I think I'm gonna miss you for a long long time
'Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Gary B. White

Long Long Time lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Songtrust Ave, BMG Rights Management

[BeatleloverKT]

The long and winding road by the Fab 4️⃣

"The long and winding road that leads to your door

Will never disappear, I've seen that road before

It always leads me here

Lead me to your door"......

[MaVolta]

Breathe - Pink Floyd

Breathe, breathe in the air
Don't be afraid to care
Leave but don't leave me
Look around, choose your own ground
For long you live and high you fly
And smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry
And all your touch and all you see
Is all your life will ever be

Run, rabbit run
Dig that hole, forget the sun
And when at last the work is done
Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one
For long you live and high you fly
But only if you ride the tide
And balanced on the biggest wave
You race towards an early grave

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: David Jon Gilmour / Richard Wright / Roger Waters

Breathe lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Royalty Network

[BeatleloverKT]

Peace Train by Cat Stevens

"Now I've been happy lately

Thinking about the good things to come

And I believe it could be

Something good has begun

Oh, I've been smiling lately

Dreaming about the world as one

And I believe it could be

Someday it's going to come"......

[cw8749]

HOTEL CALIFORNIA-EAGLES

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
'This could be heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here

[cw8749]

Teach Your Children Well by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

( or pretty much anything in their catalog)

You who are on the road

Must have a code that you can live by

And so become yourself

Because the past is just a good bye

Teach your children well

Their father's hell did slowly go by

And feed them on your dreams

The ones they picked, the ones you'll know by