cunningly enough this is going to be a page of a excerpts from the lyrics of loads of songs... i'll also put in links to complete lyrics of certain songs... basic criteria for good lyrics are: amusing, apposite, 'deep', pretty and a few others... the format with be the 'quote' and then the song and artist.

honesty is such a lonely word
honesty - billy joel

you may be right
i may be crazy
but it just may be a lunatic you're
looking for
you may be right - billy joel

i don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
go ahead with your own life and leave me alone
my life - billy joel

if you said goodbye to me tonight
there would still be music left to write
the longest time - billy joel

i'm only willing to hear you cry
because i am an innocent man
an innocent man - billy joel

don't be afraid
just knock on the door
the diary of horace wimp - elo

i am the blackman and you are the white
i am the diviant and you're always right
blackman - hazel o'connor

feeling all fingers and thumbs
i spill my tea
oh silly me
will you? - hazel o'connor

they give me all kinds of advice
designed to enlightenment
when i say i'm fine just watching shadows on the wall
watching the wheels - john lennon

sunshine, blue sky
please go away
i wish it would rain - marvin gaye

the british police are the best in the world
i don't believe one of these stories i've heard
glad to be gay - the tom robinson band

resisting arrest as their kicked on the ground
glad to be gay - the tom robinson band

molestors of children, corruptors of truth
it's there in the papers
it must be the truth
glad to be gay - the tom robinson band

not to put too fine a point on it
say i'm the only bee in your bonnet
birdhouse in your soul - they might be giants

i'm your only friend
i'm not your only friend
but i'm a little glowing friend
but really i'm not actually your friend
but i am
birdhouse in your soul - they might be giants

the only person talking about love now is the preacher
and seems the only one interesting in learning is the teacher
ball of confusion (that's what the world is today) - the temptations

two can make just about any place feel like being home
it takes two - marvin gaye and kim weston

like the size of the fish the man claims broke his reel
it's growing
it's growing - the temptations

i've got sunshine on a cloudy day
when it's cold outside
i've got the month of may
my girl - the temptations

she walks like she don't care
walking on imported air
maria - blondie

tommorow i will change
and today won't mean a thing
bitch - meridith brookes

i've got the dreamers' disease
you get what you give - the new radicals

"girl you better try to have fun no matter what you do"
well he's a fool
nothing compares 2 u - sinead o'connor

but it’s too late to say you’re sorry,
how would i know, why should i care.
she's not there - the zombies

you're my best friend,
with benefits
head over feet - alanis morrisette

i met a girl who sang the blues
and asked her for some happy news...
she just smiled and turned away.
american pie - don mclean