My Favorite Song Quotes

I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone’s shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
As least I did, as I believe
Whitney Houston

Everybody’s searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs…
A lonely place to be,
And so I learned to depend on me
Whitney Houston Greatest Love of All

If you know me so well,
Then tell me which hand I use.
Tori Amos Yes, Anastasia

Well, you’re never gonna get it
Who needs sleep?
Tell me what’s that for?
Who needs sleep?
Be happy with what you’re getting
There’s a guy who’s been awake since the Second World War.
Barenaked Ladies Who needs sleep? 

When you ain’t got nothin’, you’ve got nothin’ to lose. ~ Bob Dylan

I was thinking that I might fly today
Just to disprove all the things that you say
It doesn’t take a talent to be mean
Your words can crush things that are unseen, so
Please be careful with me,
I’m sensitive
And I’d like to stay that way.
Jewel I’m Sensitive 

All you need is love. ~ John Lennon

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. ~ Semisonic Closing Time 

Today is the greatest day I’ve ever known,
Can’t live for tomorrow might not live that long.
Smashing Pumpkins

As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change
Come whatever
We will still be friends forever
Vitamin C Graduation  

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought this would never end
And suddenly it’s like we’re women and men
Will the past be a shadow that will follow us round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town?
I keep thinking that it’s not goodbye
Keep on thinking it’s our time to fly.
Vitamin C Graduation

What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride / from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I / sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I / try to catch them red – handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness,
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can’t hold on / when I’m stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I’m lost within
I put on my daily façade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself [myself]
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can’t rely on myself
chorus:
I can’t hold on
To what I want when I’m stretched so thin
It’s all too much to take in
I can’t hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I
Turn my back I’m defenseless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on / then they’ll
Take from me ‘till everything is gone
If I let them go I’ll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I’ll be outrun
If I’m killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I’ll be buried in the silence of the answer
[by myself]
How do you think / I’ve lost so much
I’m so afraid / I’m out of touch
How do you expect / I will know what to do
When all I know / Is what you tell me to
Don’t you know
I can’t tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do, how hard I try
I can’t seem to convince myself why
I’m stuck on the outside
Linkin Park By Myself

Never win first place, I don't support the team
I can't take direction, and my socks are never clean
Teachers dated me, my parents hated me
I was always in a fight cuz I can't do nothin' right

Everyday I fight a war against the mirror
I can't take the person starin' back at me
I'm a hazard to myself

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

I wanna be somebody else, yeah

LA told me, "You'll be a pop star,
All you have to change is everything you are."
Tired of being compared to damn Britney Spears
She's so pretty, that just ain't me

Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe somethin'
A day in the life of someone else?
Cuz I'm a hazard to myself

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else

Doctor, doctor won't you please prescribe somethin'
A day in the life of someone else?
Don't let me get me

Don't let me get me
I'm my own worst enemy
Its bad when you annoy yourself
So irritating
Don't wanna be my friend no more
I wanna be somebody else
Pink Don’t Let Me Get Me

How many times can a man turn his head,
And pretend that he just doesn’t see?
Bob Dylan Blowing in the Wind

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I’ve forgotten if they’re green or they’re blue
Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes, I’ve ever seen.
Elton John/ Bernie Taupin Your Song

Yesterday all my troubles seemed do far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
The Beatles Yesterday

Late at night when all the world is sleeping, I stay up and think of you.  And I wish on a star, that somewhere you are thinking of me to.  ~ Selena Dreaming of You

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
About us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
No religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
John Lennon Imagine

Some day love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower,
And you it’s only seed.

It’s the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It’s the one, who won’t be taken,
Who cannot seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dyin’
That never learns to live  

When the night had been too lonely
And the road had been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the luck and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose
Bette Midler The Rose

Here’s to the nights we felt alive
Here’s to the tears you knew you’d cry
Here’s to goodbye
Tomorrow’s gonna come to soon
Eve 6 Here’s to the Night

Here I go again, I promised myself I wouldn’t think of you today.  It’s been seven months and counting.  You moved on, I feel exactly the same.  It’s just that everywhere I go all the buildings know your name. ~ Savage Garden

It won’t rain all the time
The sky won’t fall forever
And though the night seems long
Your tears won’t fall forever
Jane Siberry It Can’t Rain All the Time

Why is it so easy to feel, but so hard to say? ~ The House Jacks Don't Turn Away

Dreams last for so long even after you're gone. ~ Jewel

You don't know what you have 'til your everything is gone. ~ Blessed Union of Souls

And I have the sense to recognize, that I don't know how to let you go.
Deep within I'm shaken by the violence of existing for only you. 
I know I can't be with you.  I do what I have to do. 
But I have the sense to recognize that I don't know how to let you go.
Sarah McLachlan Do What You Have to Do

If I could tell the world just one thing
it would be that we're all o.k.
And not to worry
cause worry is wasteful
And useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I wont be idled with dispair
I will gather myself around my faith
for light does the darkness most fear
Jewel

So if you're mad get mad, Don't hold it all inside, Come on and talk
to me now. Hey, What you got to hide? I get angry to,
But I'm a lot like you....I'll stand by you. 
The Pretenders

And I'd give up forever to touch you, 'cause I know that you feel me
somehow. You're the closest to heaven that I' ve ever been
and I don't want to go home right now. 
The Goo Goo Dolls

Smile when your heart is aching, smile even though it's breaking. 
When there are clouds in the sky you'll get by if you smile through
your fear and sorrow, smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life
is still worth while if you just smile. 
Nat King Cole Smile

Excuse me, guess I've mistaken you for somebody else,
somebody who gave a damn, someone more like myself.
Jewel Foolish Games

And its me who is my enemy, me who beats me up,
me who makes the monsters, me who strips my confidence,
and its me who is too weak, and its me who is too shy,
to ask for the thing I love. 
Paula Cole

I will remember you, will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by.
Weep not for the memories.
Sarah McLachlan

I don’t care who you are or where you’re from, what you did,
as long as you love me. 
The Backstreet Boys

I don't care what they think
I don't care what they say
What do they know about this love anyway?
Melissa Etheridge

Don’t say what you’re about to say.  Look back before you leave my life.
Be sure before you close that door.  Before you roll those dice--think twice.
Celine Dion Think Twice

The stars and planets taking shape, a stolen kiss has come too late. ~ Savage Garden Carry On Dancing

And when you looked into my eyes felt a sudden sense of urgency. Fascination casts a spell and you became more than just a mystery and I think about you all the time. Is this fate is it my destiny?  ~ Savage Garden Chained to You

So what's a girl like me to do drowning, drowning in you? Who's to save me from the blue? Carry, carry me through. ~ The Corrs Give Me A Reason

You've got a way it seems, you gave me faith to find my dreams. You'll never know just what that means, can't you see... you got a way with me. ~ Shania Twain You've Got a Way

So this is my new freedom? It's funny I don't remember being chained. ~ Savage Garden Lover After Me

Love don't leave me because I console myself that Hallmark cards are true, I really do. ~ Savage Garden Gunning Down Romance

And the one eyed furry toy that lies upon the bed has often heard her cry. Heard her whisper out a name long forgiven, but not forgotten. ~The Corrs  Forgiven Not Forgotten

Looking back on the memory
of the dance we shared,
beneath the stars above,
for a moment all the world was right.
How was I to know
that you'd ever say goodbye?
And now I'm glad I didn't know
the way it all would end,
the way it all would go.
Our lives are better left to chance.
I could have missed the pain,
but I'd have had to miss the dance.
Garth Brooks, The Dance

Sleep will not come to this tired body now.
Peace will not come to this lonely heart.
There are some things I'll live without
but I want you to know that I need you right now.
I need you tonight.
Smashing Pumpkins In the Arms of Sleep

And it may take some time to patch me up inside, 
but I can't take it so I run away & hide. 
And may I find in time that you were always right, 
you're always right."
Vertical Horizon Best I Ever Had

Every now and then we find a special friend who never lets us down, who understands it all, reaches out each time I fall.  You are the best friend that I found.  I know you can't stay, but part of you will never go away.  I'll make a wish for you and hope it will come true, that life will be kind to such a gentle mind.  And if you lose your way, think back on yesterday.  Remember me this way. ~ Remember me this Way

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, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you
living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Peace Cat Stevens

Two, one two three four
Ev'rybody's talking about
Bagism, Shagism, Dragism, Madism,
Ragism, Tagism
This-ism, that-ism, ism, ism, ism.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
Com'n
Ev'rybody's talking about ministers,
Sinister, Banister.
And canisters, Bishops, Fishops,
Rabbis, and Pop eyes, Bye bye, bye byes.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
Let me tell you now
Revolution, evolution, masturbation,
flagellation, regulation, integrations,
meditations, United Nations.
Congratulations.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
Ev'rybody's talking about
John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary,
Tommy Smothers, Bobby Dylan,
Tommy Cooper,
Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer,
Alan Ginsberg, Hare Krishna ,
Hare Krishna, Hare Hare Krishna.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
All we are saying is give peace a chance.
Give Peace A Chance The Beatles

A person can never get over a broken heart if they aren't willing to let go of all the pieces.  I don't want to live alone with my broken dreams of you. ~ Blink 182

It started off so well
They said we made the perfect pair
I clothed myself in your glory and your love
How I loved you
How I cried
The years of care and loyalty
Were nothing but a sham it seems
The years belie we lived the lie
"I love you 'til I die"

Save me Save me Save me
I can't face this life alone
Save me Save me Save me
I'm naked and I'm far from home

The slate will soon be clean
I'll erase the memories
To start again with somebody new
Was it all wasted
All that love ?
I hang my head and I advertise
A soul for sale or rent
I have no heart, I'm cold inside
I have no real intent

Save me Save me Save me
I can't face this life alone
Save me Save me
Oh I'm naked and I'm far from home

Each night I cry and still believe the lie
I love you 'til I die

Yea, yeah
Save me yeah Save me oh Save me
Don't let me face my life alone
Save me Save me
Oh I'm naked and I'm far from home
Save Me Queen

c'mon c'mon c'mon - we're gonna make it home tonight
c'mon c'mon c'mon - everything's gonna be alright
 
the nite is alive - the world is asleep
dreaming of promises they can't keep
we gotta be tough we gott a be strong
it's only love we've been waiting on

c'mon c'mon c'mon - we're gonna make it home tonight
c'mon c'mon c'mon - everything's gonna be alright
 
it's only a dream - it's all in your head
it's only some words somebody said
we can believe what we wanna believe
and you can believe in me
 
c'mon c'mon c'mon - we're gonna make it home tonight
c'mon c'mon c'mon - everything's gonna be alright
c'mon c'mon c'mon - we're gonna make it home tonight
c'mon c'mon c'mon - everything's gonna be alright
C'mon C'mon C'mon Bryan Adams

On a day like today - the whole world could change
the sun's gonna shine - shine thru the rain
on a day like today - no one complains
free to be pure - free to be sane
on a day like today
ya never wanna see the sun go down
ya never wanna see the sun go down
On a Day Like Today Bryan Adams

I've been wandering around the house all night
Wondering what the hell to do
I'm trying to concentrate but all i can think of is you
Well the phone don't ring cuz my friends ain't home
I'm tired of being all alone
Got the tv on cuz the radio's playing songs that remind me of you

baby when you're gone - i realize i'm in love
the days go on and on - and the nights just seem so long
even food don't taste that good - drink ain't doing what it should
things just feel so wrong - baby when you're gone
 
i've been driving up and down these streets
trying to find somewhere to go
ya i'm lookin' for a familiar face but there's no one i know

this is torture - this is pain - it feels like i'm gonna go insane
i hope you're coming back real soon -cuz i don't know what to do
When You're Gone  Bryan Adams

well i'm wrapped around your finger
i'm never letting go
you know i'm happy just to linger
and let the feeling flow

This must be an illusion
i know this can't be real
but right here and right now
this is paradise i feel

i never thought i'd find someone to move me
someone who could see right thru me
you found your way into my head
where even angels fear to tread
 
don't wanna go out walkin
don't wanna take a drive
don't wanna move from this sweet spot baby
while this feelin's still alive
 
the way we fit together
it's like we're meant to be
and right here and right now
this is paradise to me
Where Angels Fear to Tread  Bryan Adams

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