Friday OT - Best Advice from Lyrics

[Cyclonepride]

Another one I like (John Mellencamp, Minutes to Memories)

Through the hills of Kentucky 'cross the Ohio river
The old man kept talking 'bout his life and his times
He fell asleep with his head against the window
He said an honest man's pillow is his peace of mind
This world offers riches and riches will grow wings
I don't take stock in those uncertain things
Days turn to minutes
And minutes to memories
Life sweeps away the dreams
That we have planned
You are young and you are the future
So suck it up and tough it out
And be the best you can

 

[Cyclonepride]

This one might fall under "cautionary life advice", but it's one of my favorite lyrics of all time (Savatage, When the crowds are gone)

When the crowds are gone
And I'm all alone
Playing a final song
Now that the lights are gone
Turn them on again
One more time for me my friend
Turn them on again
I never wanted to know
Never wanted to see
I wasted my time till time wasted me
Never wanted to go
Always wanted to stay
Cause the person I am are the parts that I play
So I play and I plan
And hope and I scheme
To the lure of a night
Filled with unfinished dreams
And I'm holding on tight
To a world gone astray

As they charge me for years
I can no longer pay

 

[cykee05]

"Been going like nothing can wait
I gotta get my priorities straight
I need to live a little, have some fun
Take some time, waste it on number one
Find a girl that brings my whole world to a stop
Live a little, love a lot"

Live A Little - Kenny Chesney

 

[jdcyclone19]

I tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter. - Linkin Park

 

[srjclone]

Baby you're a lost cause

 

[Angie]

Baby you're a lost cause

Leave you here wearing your wounds.

 

[srjclone]

Leave you here wearing your wounds.

waving your guns at someone new
. . .
This town is crazy, and noone seems to care.

 

[mb7299]

Trying to decide in which is more valuable.
Dude looks like a lady (I mean who hasnt had the problem at some point am I right lol).
or
I know You're able and I know You can
Save through the fire with Your mighty hand
But even if You don't
My hope is You alone

 

[Angie]

waving your guns at someone new
. . .
This town is crazy, and noone seems to care.

I just love that song. I was showing the video to our three year old the other day (the floating robot entranced him), but did think halfway through that maybe the lyrics are a little morose for a toddler.

 

[HGoat]

Just hoe your own row and raise your own babies
Smoke your own smoke and grow your own daisies
Mend your own fences and own your own crazy
Mind your own biscuits and life will be gravy

Kacey Musgraves "Biscuits"

 

[Pat]

Don't whiz on the electric fence.

 

[Doc]

"Cook him up, squash his head, put him in the pot"

- Radiohead, "Knives Out"

Isn't that a song about cannibalism?

 

[harimad]

Well I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down

 

[Gunnerclone]

Smoke weed everyday

-Nate Dogg (RIP) from the track “The Next Episode” on the Dr Dre album Chronic 2001

 

[KnappShack]

It's such a drag when you live in the past

Tom Petty

 

[Doc]

Not the best band for advice, but here's a good one.

There are plenty of things that are worth dying for
but you'll never know until you open that door.
And reasons for living are seldom and few
and if you see one you better stick to it like glue, yes it's true, it is true.

Titus Andronicus - To Old Friends and New

 

[baller21]

Yeah you don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off the old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with slim

Jim Croce

 

[Cybone]

Everybody Wang Chung Tonight - Wang Chung

 

[cyrocksmypants]

Things that we say, is this life or just to play our worries away, slowly learning like is okay. Say after me, "it's no better to be safe than sorry."

 

[CivEFootball]

Here's one of my favorite life lyrics:

All that I wanted the dreams I had before
All that I needed I've never needed more
All of my questions are answers to my sins
All of my endings waiting to begin