Lyrical Vocabulary, Volume I

You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute/
I wanna tell her that I love her but the point is probably moot
—"Jessie's Girl," Rick Springfield

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me/
But I just keep on coming back incessantly
—"Heartbreaker," Mariah Carey

I don't need permission/
Make my own decisions oh/
That's my prerogative (It's my prerogative)
—"My Prerogative," Bobby Brown

Tears on the mausoleum floor/
Blood stains the coliseum doors
—"No Church in the Wild," Kanye West and Jay Z

You stick around I'll make it worth your while/
Like numbers beyond what you can dial/
Maybe it's because we're so versatile
—"Intergalactic," Beastie Boys

Pining away every hour in your room/
Rolling with the motion, waiting 'til it's opportune/
Sitting there watching time fly past you/
Why do tomorrow/
What you could never do
—"Troubled Times," Fountains of Wayne

I may be vile and pernicious/
But you can't look away/
I make you think I'm delicious/
With the stuff that I say
—"I am the Slime," Frank Zappa

Among gods creatures man must be./
The most slimy and slippery now./
There stands the naked ape in a monkey suit./
Behind a little mustache he grew, the shifty brute
—"All Men Are Liars," Nick Lowe

Come on baby let's get away/
Lets save your troubles for another day/
Come go with me weve got it made/
Let me take you on an escapade (lets go)
—"Escapade," Janet Jackson

There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb/
(That's my soul up there)/
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web/
(That's my soul up there)
—"King of Pain," The Police