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1974cookie Thu 23-Aug-18 19:18:13

I recently bought an album by the group 'Madness' and heard a song called " Shut Up "
It included one of the funniest lines that I have heard for a long time:

" I'm as honest as the day is long.
The longer the daylight , the less I do wrong".

So Gransnetters, the ball is now in your court. ??.

KatyK Sat 25-Aug-18 10:37:52

It always brings a tear to my eye annep

annep Sat 25-Aug-18 10:25:48

Dogsmother LC my favourite singer/singwriter followed by S&G. I also like the lines

After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same.

KatyK pushing my like button for Living Years.

gillybob Sat 25-Aug-18 09:49:37

I could have wrote you post from yesterday 10.01 vickya. I too adore KK and have seen him in concert a few times . The Highwaymen concert was amazing and if my memory serves me well they did sing “Me and Bobby McGee* . You’ve got me singing now ! smile

KatyK Sat 25-Aug-18 09:43:59

I wasn't there that morning
When my father passed away.
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say.
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year.
I think I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears.
I just wish I could have told him
In the living years

Also

A certain smile
A certain face
Can lead an unsuspecting heart
On a merry chase
A fleeting glance
Can say so many lovely things
Suddenly I know why my heart sings smile

dogsmother Sat 25-Aug-18 09:36:52

Love this thread, Leonard Cohen all the way ? but....

Still crazy after all these years.
This must be a single line attributed to my life ?

annep Sat 25-Aug-18 07:38:27

I know what you mean DanniRae. It never goes away.x
There are so many songs I must listen to from this thread. We need a like button.

DanniRae Sat 25-Aug-18 07:23:06

I can not listen to Adele singing "A Million Years Ago" without crying...........it's the line "I miss my mother". Because I do so much even though she died in 2007 sad

absent Sat 25-Aug-18 07:07:38

Gillybob I love Jim Croce and that is one of my forever favourites too.

Willow500 Sat 25-Aug-18 06:17:58

Some great choices on here - we currently have Gold on all the time whilst decorating and so many memories come flooding back. More modern but this makes me cry every time I hear it

If they say
Who cares if one more light goes out?
In a sky of a million stars
It flickers, flickers
Who cares when someone's time runs out?
If a moment is all we are
We're quicker, quicker
Who cares if one more light goes out?
Well I do

One More Light Linkin Park

and an oldie Up the Junction - Squeeze - always makes me smile

I got a job with Stanley
He said I'd come in handy
And started me on Monday
So I had a bath on Sunday
I worked eleven hours
And bought the girl some flowers
She said she'd seen a doctor
And nothing now could stop her

Greengage Sat 25-Aug-18 02:01:06

Should add this happened to me a couple of years ago - a man walked into the room I was in, and I have been hooked ever since!

Greengage Sat 25-Aug-18 01:56:51

Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger,
you may see a stranger
Across a crowded room
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see her
Again and again.

Jangran99 Sat 25-Aug-18 01:53:47

Lean on me, when you're not strong,
I'll be your friend ,I'll help you carry on,
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on.

twiglet77 Sat 25-Aug-18 01:18:47

In the jingle jangle morning I'll come following you

annep Sat 25-Aug-18 01:14:49

I have to go listen to Jim Croce and Joni Mitchell. My husband has some of her albums. Never heard of Jim Croce. Songs play such an important part in our lives whatever mood we are in.

nanalounet Sat 25-Aug-18 00:31:14

Pretty Maids all in a row antiamp1 brilliant

annep Sat 25-Aug-18 00:03:54

Funny song.... You Just Stomped on my Heart.John Denver

Saddest song... Goodnight My Angel ..Billy Joel

annep Fri 24-Aug-18 23:58:51

Love Willie Nelson singing that Jalima best version. Makes me cry though.

MissAdventure Fri 24-Aug-18 23:47:08

I have 4music on the tv, and they're playing this, which deserves a mention, considering how long it was number 1 for..

Look into your heart
You will find
There's nothin' there to hide
Take me as I am
Take my life
I would give it all, I would sacrifice
Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it, there's nothin' I want more
You know it's true
Everything I do
I do it for you

MissAdventure Fri 24-Aug-18 23:40:58

Thank you, annp I'm off to have a listen. smile

MissAdventure Fri 24-Aug-18 23:39:03

Moma lovely! smile

Jalima1108 Fri 24-Aug-18 23:25:28

Lovely song, KatyK

Jalima1108 Fri 24-Aug-18 23:23:50

Calling occupants of interplanetary, most extraordinary craft

KatyK Fri 24-Aug-18 23:23:46

I would give everything I own
Give up my life, my heart, my home
Just to have you back again.
Just to talk with you once again.
(Bread)

janeainsworth Fri 24-Aug-18 23:22:23

I used to be good looking
In my younger days
Now I’m old and feeble
I still got my younger ways
wink

Jalima1108 Fri 24-Aug-18 23:20:58

This used to make the DC laugh:
Every time you go away
You take a piece of me with you

Then there would be a discussion about which piece she was taking this time