Ten of Top 100 Song Lines and Lyrics Part II

Ten of Top 100 Song Lines and Lyrics Part II by Roxanne McDonald

And who by fire, who by water/who in the sunshine, who in the night time/who by high ordeal, who by common trial/who in your merry merry month of May/who by very slow decay/and who shall I say is calling? “Who by Fire;” Leonard Cohen; New Skin for the Old Ceremony

11. No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue/I could not foresee this thing happening to you/If I look hard enough into the settin’ sun/My love will laugh with me before the mornin’ comes…. I see my red door and I want it painted black/No colors anymore I want them to turn black.
“Paint it Black;” Rolling Stones; Hot Rocks

12. I’ve been loving you too long to stop now….
“I’ve Been Lovin’ You Too Long;” Otis Redding; The Ultimate Otis Redding

13. There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold/And she’s buying a stairway to heaven/When she gets there she knows if the stores are closed/With a word she can get what she came for/There’s a sign on the wall, but she wants to be sure/‘Cause you know sometimes words have
Two meanings….
“Stairway to Heaven;” Led Zeppelin; Led Zeppelin IV

14. I can’t believe the news today/Oh, I can’t close my eyes/And make it go away/How long…/How long must we sing this song?
“Sunday Bloody Sunday”; U2; War

15. His sister’s black but she is sho’nuff pretty/Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy/To walk to school she’s got to get up early/Her clothes are old but never are they dirty/Living just enough, just enough for the city.
“Living for the City;” Stevie Wonder; Innervisions

16. The people sipped their wine/And what with God there, they asked him questions/Like: do you have to eat/Or get your hair cut in heaven?/And if your eye got poked out in this life/Would it be waiting up in heaven with your wife?
“God Shuffled His Feet;” Crash Test Dummies; God Shuffled His Feet

17. The Poet and the Painter casting shadows on the water as the sun plays on the infantry returning from the sea. The do-er and the thinker: no allowance for the other/as the failing light illuminates the mercenary’s creed. The home fire burning, the kettle almost boiling, but the master of the house is far away. The horses stamping, their warm breath clouding in the sharp and frosty morning of the day. And the poet lifts his pen while the soldier sheaths his sword.
“Thick as a Brick;” Jethro Tull; Thick as a Brick

18. How do you think it feels to be speeding and lonely?
“How Do You Think it Feels?” Lou Reed; Berlin

19. What shall we use/To fill the empty spaces/Where we used to talk?/How shall I fill/The final places?/How should I complete the wall…?
“Empty Spaces;” Pink Floyd; The Wall

20. Anything that’s rock ‘n roll is fine. “Anything that’s Rock ‘n Roll;” Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers; Greatest Hits

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