“Almost all poetry is a failure because it sounds like somebody saying, ‘Look, I have written a poem.’"
- Charles Bukowski
It's Friday and time to list some lyrics. Ones that make you go, “Boy, I wish I'd written that” or make you shake your head in awe at the power of just a handful of words. The ones that maybe showed up at just the right time when you needed them. The ones that stick in your head and never go away. The ones that always make you smile no matter how many times you've heard them…those. What have you got?
On my very first job I said thank you and please
They made me scrub a parking lot down on my knees
Then I got fired for bein' scared of bees
And they only gave me fifty cents an hour
- John Prine/Fish and Whistle
We'll sit on a cloud and cry out loud
Until tomorrow is yesterday
- Ozark Mountain Daredevils/Country Girl
I was talkin' to my girlfriend
I told her I was stressed
I said “I'm goin' off the deep-end”
She said “God, for once give it a rest”
We're all waitin' in the dugout
Thinkin' we should pitch
How you gonna throw a shutout
If all you do is bitch?
- Todd Snider/Can't Complain