““Son” he said, “Grab your things, I’ve come to take you home””
Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
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“Ten times my age
One-tenth my height
Our city hobgoblins!”
City Hobgoblins -The Fall
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“I need to start a garden
I need to start a garden
I need to start a garden!
I need to start a garden!”
Oom Sha La La - Haley Heynderickx
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“Women he has taken grow old too soon
He tilts their tired faces
Gently to the spoon”
Edith And The Kingpin - Joni Mitchell
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“Her husband of nineteen years
Danced madly at her feet”
Juno - Throwing Muses
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“Arm yourself says Uncle Morris,
Meet me in the fields at night,
Bring along the Constitution,
Teach the children how to fight!”
Uncle Morris - Hamell On Trial
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“She's the puzzle piece behind the couch, made the sky complete”
Alison’s Starting To Happen - The Lemonheads
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“I’m not uncomfortable feeling weird”
Sam Of Sam - Elliott Smith
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“Well, now when she says ‘no’
It comes out smooth as silk
She don't act like no bad breakfast cereal
Waiting to wilt in the milk”
The Girl Stands Up To Me Now - Jonathan Richman
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“They were all out of red
So I got me a blue one,
Baby you're always using mine,
Why don’t you get you one?”
All The Time - Tom Waits
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“Out-of-body experience,
I flew around the hospital room once,
On intravenous Demerol,
It weren't supernatural”
Supernatural - Vic Chesnutt
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“I've placed the Gods
In a zip-lok bag
I've put them in a drawer
They've refused my prayers
For the umpteenth time
So I'm evening up the score”
Small Metal Gods - David Sylvian
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