You threw the bums a dime in your time, didn't you?
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Artist:Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Pink Martini, Iggy Pop, Ali G, Pulp, Tom Waits, Neil Finn, Tim Finn
I'm a smitty. It's no secret. I'm a word nerd. Lyrics are equally as important to me as the music. Bad lyrics can ruin a song. Good lyrics can make the music superfluous. Don't believe me? Try any cut from Songs of Leonard Cohen. Genius lyrics. With the exception of "Suzanne," which is tinkly and pretty, the music is repetitive and droney at best. And it just doesn't matter.Anyway, what follows is a brief assortment of lines that make me swoon.I've got hair on my chest, I look good without a shirt. - Tom Waits, Going Out WestThere's a wild thing in the woolshed and it's keeping me awake at night. - Neil & Tim Finn, Only Talking SenseTake what you have gathered from coincidence. - Bob Dylan, It's All Over Now, Baby BlueJe ne veux pas travaillerJe ne veux pas déjeunerJe veux seulement l'oublierEt puis je fume(I don't want to work/I don't want to lunch/I want only to forget him/And then I smoke.)- Pink Martini, SympathiqueSi es cuestión de confesarNo se preparar caféY no entiendo de futbol.(If it's a matter of confessing/I don't know how to make coffee/And I don't understand about soccer)-Shakira, InevitableI'm a street-walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm. - Iggy Pop, Search and DestroyHelp the mothafuckin aged. - Ali G, helping Jarvis out with Help the Aged.
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