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Which song lyrics are the most poignant to you? Why?

"Then you'll understand why I long for the touch of your hand"

"If I could dance with my father again"

"Dust in the wind. All we are is dust in the wind"

"I hate to grow older all by myself"

"One day soon we all will be together if the fates allow"

A few that are very poignant to me.

Posted - August 23, 2016

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    well, this is a real 'oldie' but here goes..

    One of my favorite songs is "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'........the part of the lyric I love best is:

    .they said someday you'll find

    all who love are  blind

    so I smile and say

    when a lovely flame dies

    smoke gets in your eyes......

    the other song I love is "What's New?"....

    What's new?

    how is the world treating you.

    we haven't met since then

    gee but it's nice to see you again..

    what's new....

    probably I'm boring you

    of course you couldn't know

    I haven't changed

    I still love you so..........

    wow...........

    HOWEVER...on an odd note, there is ONE song I CANNOT LISTEN TO ALL THE WAY THROUGH, NO MATTER HOW I TRY.

    It's "you were always on my mind" by Willie Nelson........SOMETHING about this song gets me all the time........don't know if it's the melody, or the lyric, but certainly the lyric is, to me, heartbreaking to listen to!!!

    I've tried many times over the years to listen to it all the way thru, as in on the radio, etc. and I JUST CANNOT DO IT.......tears in my eyes every time..........

    pretty extreme, but just me, I guess!!!!!!!!!!!!

      August 23, 2016 8:42 AM MDT
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  • 23577
    " . . . everyone is humming a song that I don't understand."


    ~ from "I Wanted To Be Wrong" R.E.M.





    " . . .  a distant ship smoke on the horizon . . .

    " , , , When I was a child I caught a fleeting glimpse
             Out of the corner of my eye
             I turned to look but it was gone
             I cannot put a finger on it now
             The child is grown
             The dream is gone
             And I have become
             Comfortably Numb."

    ~ from "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd




    "I've been thinking too much. Help me."

    ~ from "Ride" by Twenty One Pilots



    Why? For reasons that would take more words than the quotes themselves. I'll let the lyrics speak.


    :)
    :)


      November 23, 2016 8:00 PM MST
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