My favourite lyrics

[Jerome]

Jokerman

Standing on the waters casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don’t show one
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

You’re a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds, you’re a dream twister
You’re going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care? Ain’t nobody there would want to marry your sister
Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michelangelo indeed could’ve carved out your features
Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

Well, the rifleman’s stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same, who’ll get there first is uncertain
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time ’til night comes steppin’ in

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

It’s a shadowy world, skies are slippery grey
A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
He’ll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat
Take the motherless children off the street
And place them at the feet of a harlot
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
Oh, Jokerman, you don’t show any response

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

[CRAZY-HORSE]

those Dylan lyrics are brilliant Jerome...Man Of Peace & Union Sundown from the same album are also brilliant

[Jerome]

I agree - my favourite BD album by far. Another classic is 'A Sweetheart Like You'. Particularly like the lines

'They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings, steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king'

[MotlieCruiseLover]

i hope u like my liriks:

my lief is a long traen of living in vain
the lonliey dais arnt away in the day
my only tiem in lifee is her today
and wen i live in the garden of aborshun

too much gangreen rappurs in my soup
i has wat it taeks to liv agin in the wurld
the legenery man haz a staf of powr in hand
liek me or dont im urs

oh long hard days and nights again
nevar gonna giv up agin
nevr gonna let down agin
never gonna make cry

tonite wooman we be drivin
down sebulbeduh with the
t top down
bcuz it is in darkness

[bjgeiger]

The last part of Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie is one of my favorite Dylan lyrics...
No but that ain't yer game, it ain't even yer race
You can't hear yer name, you can't see yer face
You gotta look some other place
And where do you look for this hope that yer seekin'
Where do you look for this lamp that's a-burnin'
Where do you look for this oil well gushin'
Where do you look for this candle that's glowin'
Where do you look for this hope that you know is there
And out there somewhere
And your feet can only walk down two kinds of roads
Your eyes can only look through two kinds of windows
Your nose can only smell two kinds of hallways
You can touch and twist
And turn two kinds of doorknobs
You can either go to the church of your choice
Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital
You'll find God in the church of your choice
You'll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital
And though it's only my opinion
I may be right or wrong
You'll find them both
In the Grand Canyon
At sundown

[clubrocker]

Sometimes... I find God in music, or the lyrics of music.
Dylan is one of my favorite writers because of his poetic lyrics and his genuine belief in what he sings about.

[Jerome]

Sometimes... I find God in music, or the lyrics of music.
Dylan is one of my favorite writers because of his poetic lyrics and his genuine belief in what he sings about.

Could not have put it better myself. Listen to 'Man of Peace' by Uncle Bob.

[anisha_astrologer]

my favorite lyrics are bryan adams' everything i do and please forgive me. may be its his voice that makes the lyrics sound more wonderful.

[diane21]

My favorite Songs Lyrics



Happiness is a drug
Happiness is a drug
Happiness don`t pull the rug on
Happiness has begun
Happiness that`s never undone

[mtthwibrahim]

Joanna Nesom's "Only Skin"; http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3...858550416/

Have the pleasures and pains of sex ever been expressed more vividly and beautifully? Really though, everything she's ever written has been a lyrical masterpiece. She could write about what she ate for dinner and make it into a wonderful lyrical tale full of allegory and symbolism. Easily my favorite lyricist of all time

another one would be Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse, "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" in particular; http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/32955/

Hell, there's too many lyricists I love to name. Sorry, Dylan isn't one of them