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What is your Favorite Romantic Song Lyric?
Posted by Stillthinking • 2/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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My favorite romantic song lyric is from "Northern Sky" by Nick Drake.
It's been a long time that I'm waiting
Been a long time that I'm blown
been a long time that I've wandered
Through the people I have known
Oh, if you would and you could
Straighten my new mind's eye.
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Climax Blues Band - Love You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TaU5MxrIE8
When I was younger man I hadn't a care
Foolin' around, hitting the town, growing my hair
You came along and stole my heart when you entered my life
Ooh babe you got what it takes so I made you my wife
Since then I never looked back
It's almost like living a dream
And ooh I love you
You came along from far away and found me here
I was playin' around, feeling down, hittin' the beer
You picked me up from off the floor and gave me a smile
You said you're much too young, your life ain't begun, let's walk for awhile
And as my head was spinnin' 'round
I gazed into your eyes
And thought ooh I want you
Thank you babe for being a friend
And shinin' your light in my life
'cause ooh I need you
As my head was comin' round
I gazed into your eyes
And thought ooh I want you
Thanks again for being my friend
And straightenin' out my life
'cause ooh I need you
Since then I never looked back
It's almost like livin' a dream
Ooh I got you
If ever a man had it all
It would have to be me
And ooh I love you -
BTW: Don't Know if you would consider this Romantic... But it is so SPOT ON!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP0CP37zKc0
"Little Moments"
Well I'll never forget the first time that I heard
That pretty mouth say that dirty word
And I can't even remember now what she backed my truck into
But she covered her mouth and her face got red
And she just looked so darn cute
That I couldn't even act like I was mad
Yeah I live for little moments like that
Well that's just like last year on my birthday
She lost all track of time and burnt the cake
And every smoke detector in the house was goin' off
And she was just about to cry until I took her in my arms
And I tried not to let her see me laugh
Yeah I live for little moments like that
I know she's not perfect but she tries so hard for me
And I thank god that she isn't 'cause how boring would that be
It's the little imperfections it's the sudden change in plans
When she misreads the directions and we're lost but holdin' hands
Yeah I live for little moments like that
When she's layin' on my shoulder on the sofa in the dark
And about the time she falls asleep so does my right arm
And I want so bad to move it 'cause it's tinglin' and it's numb
But she looks so much like an angel that I don't wanna wake her up
Yeah I live for little moments
When she steals my heart again and doesn't even know it
Yeah I live for little moments like that -
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Hate to be a thread hog - but
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uVzo1tIe8
Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you're so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
Now I'm trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I'll be giving it my bestest
And nothing's going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it's again my turn to win some or learn some
I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I'm yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find love love love love
Listen to the music of the moment babay sing with me
We're just one big family
And It's our God-forsaken right to be loved love loved love loved
So I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm sure
There's no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I'm yours
Scooch on over closer dear
And i will nibble your ear
I've been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and laughed
I guess what I'm be saying is there ain't no better reason
To rid yourself of vanity and just go with the seasons
It's what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue
But I won't hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait I'm yours
Well open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and damn you're free
Look into your heart and you'll find that the sky is yours
Please don't, please don't, please don't
There's no need to complicate
Cause our time is short
This oh this this is out fate, I'm yours!-
Think - if I had to chose one - it would be this for the wedding day...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TaU5MxrIE8
Let ya'll know
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Moondance by Van Morrison would be up there for me. I'm already starting to sing it.... Good job there's no sound on this
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I have to say Into the Mystic by Van Morrison is my favorite from his wonderful collection of songs.
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
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There are many good songs with good romantic lyrics. Four of my favorites:
Kingdom Come (Coldplay)
Please Forgive Me (David Gray)
Joga (Bjork)
Have I told you Lately (Van Morrison) -
The Rose Bette Midler
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR6okRuOLc8
Some say 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 dying that never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky 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
and another
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Roberta Flack
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI7gzXz1cHo
The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.
The first time ever I kissed your mouth
And felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
That was there at my command.
And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time my love
It would last till the end of time my love
The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
your face, your face -
How about this one...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBfcBVt6Etk
she's got eyes that cut you like a
Knife and
Lips that taste like sweet red wine
And pretty legs go to heaven every time
She got a gentle way that puts me at ease
When she walks in the room i can hardly breathe
Got a devastating smile knock a grown man to his knees
She's got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything i wanted to say to a woman
But couldn't find the words to say
She's got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Because every time i try and tell her how i feel
It comes out "i love you"
You got whatever it is
You know i've never been the type that would ever want to
Stay
Bring 'em home at night and they're gone the next day
But that all changed when she walked into my life
People ask me what it is
I tell them i don't know
Just something about the woman makes my heart go haywire
She's gonna be my wife
She's got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything i wanted to say to a woman
But couldn't find the words to say
She's got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Because every time i try and tell her how i feel
It comes out "i love you"
You got whatever it is
When she loves me
Girl that's how i feel
When she loves me i'm on top of the world
Because when she loves me i can live forever
When she loves me i am untouchable
She's got whatever it is
It blows me away
She's everything i wanted to say to a woman
But couldn't find the words to say
She's got whatever it is
I don't know what to do
Because every time i try and tell her how i feel
It comes out "i love you"
You got whatever it is -
I have two more - but for now...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgDwJ2d7BpM&feature=related
I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
make you believe
make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire in the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
I miss the sound of your voice
The loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet
Perfect words that you said
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
make you believe
make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
I miss the pull of your heart
I taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils
And God, when you come on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Sing sha la la la
Sing sha la la la la
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me, drown me in love
So wrong, so wrong,
so right
So come on, get higher
Come on, get higher
'Cause everything works, love
Everything works in your arms -
You are such a romantic! All of your posts have been wonderful.
It's funny, I love romantic songs and I am a huge sap. But I have had dates where men have tried to sing me romantic songs or read me poetry and it always makes me twitch a little. I think you need to have great history or share a great love to make romantic songs truly meaningful.-
I can tell you - that these songs and a hand few more have a tremendous meaning... And you are very right - It is not so much the great history as the great "in love" - "soul mate" thing - where songs hold the EXACT meaning to the two people - all of those songs hold identical meanings for the two who have brought them to each other
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I will try to let Benny be the thread hog, lol... and will attempt to refrain from offering too many, but my gosh... I certainly understand where he's coming from! There are so many great ones. That being said, I have to just randomly pick a few for now...
Billy Joel: Shameless
Well I'm shameless when it comes to loving you
I'd do anything you want me to
I'd do anything at all
And I'm standing here for all the world to see
There ain't that much left of me
That has very far to fall
You know I'm not a man who has ever been
Insecure about the world I've been living in
I don't break easy, I have my pride
But if you need to be satisfied
I'm shameless, baby I don't have a prayer
Anytime I see you standing there
I go down upon my knees
And I'm changing, I swore I'd never compromise
But you convinced me otherwise
I'll do anything you please
You see in all my life I've never found
What I couldn't resist, what I couldn't turn down
I could walk away from anyone I ever knew
But I can't walk away from you
I have never let anything have this much control over me
Cause I worked too hard to call me life my own
Yes I made myself a world and it worked so perfectly
But it's your world now, I can't refuse
I never had so much to lose
I'm shameless...shameless
You know it should be easy for a man who's strong
To say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong
I've never lost anything I ever missed
But I've never been in love like this...
It's out of my hands
I'm shameless, I don't have the power now
But I don't want it anyhow
So I've got to let it go
I'm shameless, shameless as a man can be
You can make a total fool of me
I just wanted you to know
I am shameless
Shameless...
Shameless... -
And one more by him...To make you feel my love
When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong
I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
There's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love
The storms are raging on the rollin' sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
Siiiigh. Now THAT'S love.-
Yes, it's definitely longing. I can see your point in that.
But to me, it's more like 'longing' for her to KNOW JUST HOW MUCH he truly does love her. We say 'I love you' all the time. But sometimes ya need to let someone know... 'No, seriously... I REALLY REALLY do! And I wish you could only know how much you mean to me.'
I guess it's in the line... 'I know you haven't made your mind up yet...'
The meaning it has to me is that when it's hard to love or trust, it helps to know the extent of someones feelings. So he's just wanting to let her know in a way that she can have no doubts. Not so much that she doesn't love him back... she may very well feel the same, she's just unsure of HIS feelings.
Oh.. I dunno. Love is complicated!
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"If a double decker bus
Kills the both of us:
To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die
And if a 10 tonne truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side-
Thew pleasure, the privillege is mine
There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
The Smiths- There is a Light That Never Goes Out -
OK - Time for another...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xwq3X0CTjc
so we live in our old van
Travel all across this land
Me and you
We'll end up hand in hand
Somewhere down on the sand
Me and you
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Drive until the city lights
Dissolve into a country sky
Me and you
Lay underneath the georgia moon
Do all the things that lovers do
Just me and you
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Ever be
No we don't have a lot of money
No we don't have a lot of money
No we don't have a lot of money
All we need is love
Free as we'll ever be
Just as free
Free as we'll ever be
Ever be
So we live in our old van
Travel all across this land
Me and you -
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Ok, here's one I bet very few if any of you have heard. This has been probably one of my all time forever favorites since forever....
It's a beautifully sung sweet song by Sheena Easton: I wouldn't beg for water
I make friends, I make enemies, it doesn't matter all that much to me
I'm not the kind who deals behind the scenes
I won't sell my soul, I'd be nothing without some integrity
Chorus:
I wouldn't beg for water, I wouldn't beg for water
If my soul was on fire, that's the last thing I would ever do
I wouldn't beg for water, I wouldn't beg for water
If my soul was on fire, but I'd get down on my knees for you
I've got pride, it's not the foolish kind
Don't owe people favours, that's my peace of mind
I don't know why I deserve someone like you
But you're my one and only sole exception to all my rules
chorus
Real love is hard to find, as holding back the sands of time
And time can't change my life as much as you
I wouldn't beg for water, I wouldn't beg for water
If my soul was on fire, you know me well enough to know it's true
I wouldn't beg for water, I wouldn't beg for water
(If my soul was on fire), but I'd get down on my knees for you -
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The Elvis List
Always on my mind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI94AsuvUUA
The wonder of you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrQqmc5UT8&feature=related
Love me tender
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZBUb0ElnNY&feature=related
and for a different kind of love
Amazing Grace
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XdXEJEI4E&feature=related -
ah snippets of songs
The Beatles
"Why don't we do it in the road"
Had to add this
Slave to love Bryan Ferry
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSqGwOmKEwU -
Great choices! I love this tune, it reminds me of a love no one ever forgets...
"I try not to write a song so sad; when you gave all you had and still goes bad, as the Pen Just cries Away...." -Eric Roberson
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPFgztyHT-Q -
Tim Mcgraw: Don't Take The Girl
Don't Take The Girl lyrics
Johnny's daddy was taking him fishin'
When he was eight years old
A little girl came through the front gate holding a fishing pole
His dad looked down and smiled, said we can't leave her behind
Son, I know you don't want her to go but someday you'll change your mind
And Johnny said "Take Jimmy Johnson, take Tommy Thompson, take my best friend Bo
Take anybody that you want as long as she don't go
Take any boy in the world
Daddy, please don't take the girl
Same old boy
Same sweet girl
Ten years down the road
He held her tight and kissed her lips
In front of the picture show
Stranger came and pulled a gun
Grabbed her by the arm Said "If you do what I tell you to, there
won't be any harm" And Johnny said "Take my money, take my wallet, take my credit cards
Here's the watch that my grandpa gave me
Here's the key to my car
Mister give it a whirl
But please don't take the girl
Same old boy
Same sweet girl
Five years down the road
There's going to be a little one, and she says it's time to go
Doctor says the baby's fine but you'll have to leave
'Cause his momma's fading fast and Johnny hit his knees
And there he prayed
Take the very breath you gave me
Take the heart from my chest
I'll gladly take her place if you'll let me
Make this my last request
Take me out of this world
God, please don't take the girl -
Tim McGraw: My Best Friend
I never had no one that I could count on
I've been let down so many times
I was tired of hurtin'
So tired of searchin'
Til you walked into my life
It was a feelin' I'd never known
And for the first time, I didn't feel alone
You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh, we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Everytime I look at you
I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend, oh yeah
You stand by me
And you believe in me
Like nobody ever has
When my world goes crazy
You're right there to save me
You make me see how much I have
And I still tremble when we touch
And oh the look in your eyes
When we make love
You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh, we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Everytime I look at you
I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh, we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Everytime I look at you
I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend
You're my best friend -
Woman - John Lennon
Woman, I can hardly express.
My mixed emotions at my thoughtlessness
After all I'm forever in your debt.
And woman, I will try to express,
My inner feelings and my thankfulness
For showing me the meaning of success...
Woman, I know you understand
The little child inside your man.
Please remember my life is in your hands.
And woman, hold me close to your heart.
How ever distance will keep us apart.
After all it is written in the stars...
Woman please let me explain,
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain.
So let me tell you again and again and again,
I love you... now and forever... -
Howie Day : Collide
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you, yeah
I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find you and I collide
I'm quiet you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find you and I collide
Don't stop here
I lost my place
I'm close behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find you and I collide
You finally find you and I collide
You finally find you and I collide
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I love this song! Also like Jason Mraz "I'm yours" and "You and I both" -
I just love that song by Lionel Richie :
I've been alone with you inside my mind
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
You're all I've ever wanted, (and) my arms are open wide
'Cause you know just what to say
And you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much, I love you ...
I long to see the sunlight in your hair
And tell you time and time again how much I care
Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow
Hello, I've just got to let you know
'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely, or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying, I love you ...
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
'Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven't got a clue
But let me start by saying ... I love you -
Oh, and You Remain, Willie (and I'm more of an alt fan!)
What do you do with the sands of time
When they carve out lines around your eyes
I can close my fists up good and tight
But I cant hold back the sands of time
What do you do with a memory
That just hangs around and stares at me
I can tear that frame down off the wall
But it wont erase the things I saw
Night and day
Night and day
You remain
You remain
What do you do with old regrets
Theres a box full underneath the bed
Just close enough not to forget
But do what do you do with old regrets
Theres old house key in a kitchen drawer
To the door I cant unlock no more
Sometimes I hold that key real tight
But what do you do after goodbye
Night and day
Night and day
You remain
You remain -
I happen to like this brief aria:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty7uYNX5geg
O Dieu de quelle ivresses embrases tu mon âme?
Comme un concert divin ta voix me pénêtre;
D'un feu doux et brulant mon être est dévoré;
Tes regards dans les miens ont épanché leur flamme
Comme des astres radieux
Et je seus, ô mon bien aimée,
Passer ton haleine embaumée
Sur mes lèvres et sur mes yeux.
Translation:
Oh God, with what rapture my soul is burning?
Your voice has penetrated me like divine music,
My being is devoured with a gently burning fire,
Your eyes have poured their flames into mine,
like radiant stars.
And I feel, my beloved
Your perfumed breath caressing
Over my lips and my eyes. -
I have to mention my favorite song in the whole world, it is in Spanish but I wrote a (bad) translation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhvy56lZkQ8
Miguel Bosé: Te amaré
Con la paz de las montañas te amaré
con locura y equilibrio te amaré,
con la rabia de mis años, como me enseñaste a ser
con un grito en carne viva te amaré.
En secreto y en silencio te amaré
arriesgando en lo prohibido te amaré
en lo falso y en lo cierto, con el corazón abierto
por ser algo no perfecto te amaré.
Te amaré, te amaré
como no está permitido
te amaré, te amaré
como nunca se ha sabido...
porque así lo he decidido te amaré.
Por ponerte algún ejemplo te diré
que aunque tengas manos frías te amaré
con tu mala ortografía y tu no saber perder
con defectos y manías te amaré.
Te amaré, te amaré
porque fuiste algo importante
te amaré, te amaré
cuando ya no estés presente...
seguirá siendo costumbre y te amaré.
Al caer de cada noche esperaré
a que seas luna llena y te amaré
y aunque queden pocos restos en señal de lo que fue
seguirás cerca y muy dentro, te amaré.
Te amaré, te amaré
a golpe de recuerdo
te amaré, te amaré
hasta el último momento...
a pesar de todo siempre te amaré.
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Translation:
With the peace of the mountains
I will love you
with craziness and balance
I will love you
with the rage of my years, how you thought me to be
with a scream in bare flesh
I will love you
In secret and in silence
I will love you
in the edge of the forbidden
I will love you
in lies and truth, with my heart open
because you are something imperfect,
I will love you
I will love you, I will love you
because is not allowed,
I will love you, I will love you
like no-one has ever done it,
because I decided so, I will love you
As an example, I will tell you,
that even if you have cold hands, I will love you
with your bad orthography and your "I-never-lose"
with your defects and manias, I will love you
I will love you, I will love you
because you were important,
I will love you, I will love you
even after you are gone,
it will still be a habit, I will love you
Every nightfall I will wait,
until you are a full moon and
I will love you.
Even if there is very little left,
as a sign of what it was,
you will be still close and deep inside
I will love you
I will love you, I will love you
as a punch of a memory,
I will love you, I will love you
until the very last moment,
despite everything, I will love you
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