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The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · Jun 22

“The roads never lead where they're supposed to go
They just twist 'round and 'round the flame”
#Calexico - Drenched
#JoeyBurns

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · Jun 15

“Out on my skateboard
The night is just hummin'
And the gum smacks are the pulse
I'll follow if my walkman fades
But I've got absolutely no one,
No one but myself to blame
Don't worry, we're in no hurry
School's out, what did you expect”
#StephenMalkmus - Range Life
#Pavement

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · Jun 12

“The stars and the moon
Aren't where they're supposed to be
For the strange electric light
It falls so close to me
Love I come to the ride
I'm not sea sick, rolling wave
And you know that I am
Just trying to get out
#MarkLanegan - One Way Street

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 28

“I'm not present
I'm a drug that makes you dream
I'm an aerostar
I'm a cutlass supreme
In the wrong lane
Trying to turn against the flow
I'm the ocean
I'm the giant undertow”
#NeilYoung - I’m the Ocean

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 27

“There are places I'll remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life, I've loved them all”
#JohnLennon - In my life

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 20

“Oh honey, you turn me on
I'm a radio
I'm a country station
I'm a little bit corny
I'm a Wildwood flower
Waving for you
Broadcasting tower
Waving for you”
#JoniMitchell - You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 19

“Blues on the ceiling
Over my head
Running down the walls
Across the floor
And over my bed
Blue lights across the street
Blinkin' off and on
It's so lonely now she's gone
I'll never get out of these blues alive
I'll never get out of this crazy blues alive”
#FredNeil - Blues on the Ceiling #TimHardin

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 19

“The people cry and the people moan
Look for a dry place to call their home
Try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils try to make their own”
#MeatPuppets - Lake of Fire
#CurtisKirkwood
#Nirvana
#KurtCobain

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 18

“And I feel them drown my name
So easy to know and forget with this kiss
I'm not afraid to go, but it goes so slow”
#JeffBuckley - Grace

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 18

“Whomsoever I've cured, I've sickened now
And whomsoever I've cradled, I've put you down
I'm a search light soul they say
But I can't see it in the night
I'm only faking when I get it right
When I get it right
'Cause I fell on black days
I fell on black days”
#ChrisCornell - Fell on Black Days

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 18

“I put my hand in, into the bush
Finding the sweetest, sweetest rose
I pricked my finger deep to the line
And left the sweetest rose, sweetest rose behind
Don't you break my heart
Don't you break my heart”
#BonnyLightHorseman - Deep in Love

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 17

“You're the one I talk about
You're the one I think about
Everywhere I go
And sometimes honey
In the mornin'
Lord, I miss you so
That's how I know I found a home
That's how I know I found a home”
#TimBuckley - Buzzin’ Fly

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 13

“Babies in the backyard and made up languages
Ooh, the glory of
Leap like a lemur hurrying back to you
Ooh, the glory of my love for you
Comes rushing back to me
As I'm rushing back to you to you, ooh
Ooh, the glory of”
#FruitBats - The Glory Of
#EricDJohnson

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 11

“Now boys don't start to ramblin' round
On this road of sin, are you sorrow-bound?
Take my advice or you'll curse the day
You started rollin' down that lost highway”
#LeonPayne
#HankWilliams - Lost Highway

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 10

“And if I look back
I'll remember all the good times
Warm days filled with sunshine
And just a little bit of rain
And just a little bit of rain”
#FredNeil - Little Bit of Rain

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 10

“When you feel you just can't make it anymore,
With your head bowed down you're staring at the floor,
Search out to me with your weary eyes.
I'll sing a song for you,
That's what I'm here to do,
To sing for you.”
#Donovan - To Sing For You

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 9

“I almost called it a day so many times
Didn't know what it felt like to be alive
Until you been a friend to me
Like nobody else could be, mm-mm”
#MarkLanegan - Strange Religion

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 8

“Tender is the ghost, the ghost I love the most
Hiding from the sun, waiting for the night to come
Tender is my heart, I'm screwing up my life
Lord, I need to find someone who can heal my mind”
#Blur - Tender

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The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 8

“I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in the Beatles
I just believe in me, Yoko, and me, and that's reality”
#JohnLennon - God

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 5

“Hate a lot of things
But I love a few things
And you are one of them

Hard to believe
After all of these years
But you are one of them”
#Eels - Ant Farm
#MarkOliverEverett

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The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 4

“You load sixteen tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store”
#MerleTravis - Sixteen Tons

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 4

“I can't stand in line at the store
The mean little people are such a bore
But it's alright if you act like a turd
'Cause I like
Birds

If you're small and on a search
I've got a feeder for you to perch on”
#Eels - I Like Birds

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 4

“Well, if you need me, I'm right here
No matter what, I'm always near
Yeah, I've been through a lot
And you can't scare me
Now go on baby, if you just dare me
I'll break through any wall
Just give me a call
I'm a dynamiter
I'm a prizefighter”
#Eels - Prizefighter

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 4

“Sundown, yellow moon
I replay the past
I know every scene by heart
They all went by so fast
If she's passin' back this way
I'm not that hard to find
Tell her she can look me up
If she's got the time”
#BobDylan - If You See Her, Say Hello

The Lyricist @marneybarney.bsky.social · May 3

“Do I move you, are you willin'
Do I groove you, is it thrillin'
Do I soothe you, tell the truth now
Do I move you, are you loose now
The answer better be yes
That pleases me”
#NinaSimone - Do I move you?