Great rhyming couplets from songs

Your friends have a shown a kink
In the single life
You've had too much to think,
Now you need a wife

Steady as she goes - Raconteurs
 
Gotta write a classic
Gotta write it in an attic
Baby, I'm an addict now
An addict for your love

Adrian Gurvitz 1982

;) :rolleyes:
 
Blame the ex for the drinking, blame the drinking on the ex
Lame the two for one tequilas for whatever happens next

Ain't my fault - The Brothers Osbourne
 
Thought you were smart when you took them on
But you didn't take a peep in their artillery room
All that rugby puts hairs on your chest
What chance have you got against a tie and a crest?
 
“A gypsy with a broken flag and a flashing ring,

said son this ain’t a dream no more, it’s the real thing”

Dylan, Senor
 
We've had Bragg, Weller, Tilbrook and Gifford, Cave, Costello

Paul Heaton is comfortably in that bracket, so I'll add the wonderfully dark

Well, he was very rarely drunk but very rarely sober
And he didn't think the problem was his drink
But he only knew his problem when he knocked her over
And when the rotting flesh began to stink

Woman in the Wall.
 
As fly to tarantula, as jugular to dracula
To me in my ford spectacular, you'll be drawn

The Trashcan Sinatra’s - The Safecracker.

Could quote many a lyric from this wonderful, lesser known band.
 
This song by the Arctic Monkeys

Your love is like a studded leather headlock
Your kiss it could put creases in the rain
You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock
And those other girls are just postmix lemonade
Suck it and see, you never know
Sit next to me before I go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me, 'cause I'm a fool for you
I poured my aching heart into a pop song
I couldn't get the hang of poetry
That's not a skirt girl, that's a sawn off shotgun
And I can only hope, you've got it aimed at me
Suck it and see, you never know
Sit next to me before I go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me, 'cause I'm a fool for...
Blue moon girls from once upon a shangri-la
How I often wonder where you are
You have got that face that just says
"Baby, I was made to break your heart"
Suck it and see, you never know
Sit next to me before I go
Go, go, go
Jigsaw women with horror movie shoes
Be cruel to me, 'cause I'm a fool for you 👍
 
Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there tryin' to fool the public
But when it comes down to foolin' you
Now honey that's quite a different subject
 
There's always the great Paddy McAloon, whose 'Moondog' imagines Elvis living on the moon, just waiting for the right song before making his comeback...

Cut to somewhere deep in space,
Beyond the Colonel's arms,
Handsome doggone rake -
Truly weightless!
 
HarryVegas said:
And from the utterly poisonous I Want You:

"Your fingernails go dragging down the wall,
Be careful darling, you might fall..."

Given the disturbing overall tone of the song, I get the distinct feeling he'll be the one pushing her.
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One of my fav tracks of all time. The words "disturbing" and "poisonous" are spot on.
(and a 2-note guitar solo as well)
 
Francis Macdonald & Harry Pye - Paul In Vauxhall


Included this just for the ability to rhyme peanuts with austerity cuts! (y)
 
One of the finest songs you are likely to hear and still as relevant as the day it was written.

Leon Rosselson wrote Palaces of Gold when the news came out about the pit heap disaster at Aberfan and feelings that had been floating around for a very long time overflowed.


Buttons would be pressed
Rules would be broken
Strings would be pulled
And magic words spoken
Invisible fingers would mould
Palaces of gold

Palaces of Gold - Leon Rosselson​


 
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