Lyrical Vocabulary, Volume II

It's a shame to be/
So euphoric and weak/
when you smile at me
—"Heartbreaker," Mariah Carey

Many is the time I've been mistaken/
and many times confused/
Yes'n I've often felt forsaken/
and certainly misused
—"American Tune," Paul Simon

There's fire in the canyon/
Rain on the plain/
And an eerie kind of sadness/
On the highway today
—"Fire in the Canyon," Fountains of Wayne

Only a river of changing faces/
Looking for an ocean/
They trickle through your leaky plans/
Another dream over the dam
—"Trouble Child," Joni Mitchell

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box/
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
—"Across the Universe," The Beatles

Charged with insults and flattery/
Her body moves with malice/
Do you have to be so cruel to be callous
—"Beyond Belief," Elvis Costello

escape is never the safest path/
A dissident is here
—"Dissident," Pearl Jam

Love is always scampering or cowering or fawning/
You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning
—"Man out of Time," Elvis Costello

Love is always scampering or cowering or fawning/
You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning
—"Man out of Time," Elvis Costello

And as I watch the drops of rain/
Weave their weary paths and die/
I know that I am like the rain/
There but for the grace of you go I.
—"Kathy's Song," Simon and Garfunkel