Single Greatest Song Of All Time

David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes

David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes



FYI, this is essentially about his heroin addiction. How can we strive high, when our instincts bring us low, low, low ...

"Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song
I've heard a rumor from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message from the Action Man
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too
I've loved all I've needed to love
Sordid details following"

The shrieking of nothing is killing
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
Ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet it's glowing

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light but no smoking pistol

I never done good things I never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh
Want an axe to break the ice
Wanna come down right now

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

My mother said to get things done
You'd better not mess with Major Tom"

 

The Suffers - Make Some Room

The Suffers - Make Some Room



[Verse 1]
I know how to love
And I know who I am
Come on let me love you a little
And help me understand
Tell me bout your loss
And tell me 'bout your gains
I will be everything that you need in
In just one little frame
Come on let me cook for you baby
Just relax cuz I'm cleaning too
I love you like I've known you forever
I just need you to make some room
Come on let me cook for you baby
Just relax, cause I'm cleaning too
I love you like I've known you forever
I just need you to make some room
Cause ooh, honey ooh, darling I do love you

[Chorus]
Can't you see?
(Can't you see)
How wonderful this love could be?
If you just spend it with me
We could be
(We could be)
The happiness we both do need
If you just need it with me

[Verse 2]
You can show me off
To everyone you know
You can trust that I'll act like a lady
Until you take me home
Tell me 'bout your loss
And tell me bout your gains
I could be everything that you need in
In just one little frame
Come on let me cook for you baby
Just relax cause I'm cleaning too
I'll love you like I've known you forever
I just need you to make some room
Come on let me cook for you baby
Just relax cause I'm cleaning too
I'll love you like I've known you forever
I just need you to make some room
Cause ooh, honey ooh, oh darling I do love you

[Chorus]
Can't you see?
(Can't you see)
How wonderful this love could be?
If you just spend it with me
We could be
(We could be)
Something happy we both do need
If you just need it with me
This could be
(This could be)
Something wonderful we both do need
If you just need it with me
We could be
(We could be)
Something happy we both could be
If you just be it with me

[Bridge]
Cause honey I, I, I
Oh I do love you
Yes honey, I, I, I
Oh I do love you
Do you want a sandwich?
I'll make one for you
You want a michelada
I'll mix one for you
Do you want some loving baby?
I'll give that to you
Cause honey I, I, I
Oh I do love you
Yes honey, I, I, I
Oh I do
Yes honey, I, I, I
Oh I do love you

 

LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great



Someone Great
LCD Soundsystem

I wish that we could talk about it
But there, that's the problem
With someone new I couldn't start it
Too late, for beginnings
The little things that made me nervous
Are gone, in a moment
I miss the way we used to argue
Locked, in your basement
I wake up and the phone is ringing
Surprised, as it's early
And that should be the perfect warning
That something's, a problem
To tell the truth I saw it coming
The way, you were breathing
But nothing can prepare you for it
The voice, on the other, end
The worst is all the lovely weather
I'm stunned, it's not raining
The coffee isn't even bitter
Because, what's the difference?
There's all the work that needs to be done
It's late, for revision
There's all the time and all the planning
And songs, to be finished

 

ZZ Top - La Grange

ZZ Top - La Grange

This is a song about the whorehouse that used to exist on the road between Houston and Austin.



Rumour spreadin' a-'round in that Texas town
'bout that shack outside La Grange
and you know what I'm talkin' about.
Just let me know if you wanna go
to that home out on the range.
They gotta lotta nice girls.
Have mercy.
A haw, haw, haw, haw, a haw.
A haw, haw, haw.
Well, I hear it's fine if you got the time
and the ten to get yourself in.
A hmm, hmm.
And I hear it's tight most ev'ry night,
but now I might be mistaken.
hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
Have mercy.

 

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song

Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song



It is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know
You are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before.
It isn't hard to feel me glowing - I watched the fire that grew so low.

It is the summer of my smiles - flee from me Keepers of the Gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes. It is to you I give this tune.
Ain't so hard to recognize - These things are clear to all from time to time.

Talk, talk, talk, talk - I've felt the coldness of my winter
I never thought it would ever go. I cursed the gloom that set upon us, 'pon us, 'pon us...
But I know that I love you so. But I know that I love you so

These are the seasons of emotion and like the wind they rise and fall
This is the wonder of devotion - I see the torch we all must hold.
This is the mystery of the quotient, quotient - Upon us all, upon us all a little rain must fall.
It's just a little rain oh yeah

 

Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better

Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better



"Should Have Known Better"

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud
Frightened by my feelings
I only wanna be a relief

No, I’m not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I wanna believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should have wrote a letter
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

 

Aha - Take On Me

Aha - Take On Me



"Take On Me"

Talking away
I don't know what I'm to say
I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?

Take on me (take on me),
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two

So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But I'm me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me,
"It's no better to be safe than sorry."

Take on me (take on me),
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day or two

Oh, things that you say, yeah—
Is it life or just to play my worries away?
You're all the things I've got to remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway

Take on me (take on me),
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day

Take on me (take on me),
Take me on (take on me)
I'll be gone
In a day

 

Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity

Sufjan Stevens - Death With Dignity



"Death With Dignity"

Spirit of my silence I can hear you, but I'm afraid to be near you
And I don't know where to begin
And I don't know where to begin

Somewhere in the desert there's a forest, and an acre before us
But I don't know where to begin
But I don't know where to begin

Again I lost my strength completely, oh, be near me, tired old mare
With the wind in your hair

Amethyst and flowers on the table, is it real or a fable?
Well, I suppose a friend is a friend
And we all know how this will end

Chimney swift that finds me be my keeper,
Silhouette of the cedar
What is that song you sing for the dead?
What is that song you sing for the dead?

I see the signal searchlight strike me in the window of my room
Well, I got nothing to prove
Well, I got nothing to prove

I forgive you, mother, I can hear you,
And I long to be near you
But every road leads to an end
Yes, every road leads to an end

Your apparition passes through me in the willows and five red hens
You'll never see us again
You'll never see us again

 

Prince - When Doves Cry

Prince - When Doves Cry



Dig if you will the picture
Of you and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can you my darling
Can you picture this?
Dream if you can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and you
How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)
Maybe I'm just too demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father too bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry
Touch if you will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
You've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase you
Even doves have pride

 

Aphex Twin - On

Aphex Twin - On