Steel2Velvet Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 I just posted a poem I wrote about rhyming and non-rhyming poems and realized that like poetry, not all song lyrics carry an obvious rhyming pattern. Care to share a few songs that come to mind that do not have a traditional rhyme scheme ... or ... no rhyme at all. First song of this nature that comes to my mind is "The Boxer" by Simon and Garfunkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hmm, how about this one from Joanna Newsom. I don't know what you would call this "rhyme" sceheme", but it doesn't seem to follow any traditional structure. I shall be back with more Good topic! "En Gallop" This place is damp and ghostly I am already gone. And the halls were lined with the disembodied and dustly wings, which fell from flesh gasplessly. And I go where the trees go, and I walk from a higher education (for now, for hire) And it beats me, but I do not know. Palaces and stormclouds the rough, straggly sage, and the smoke and the way it will all come together (in quietness, in time) And you laws of property you free economy you unending afterthoughts, you could've told me before - Never get so attached to a poem you forget truth that lacks lyricism; never draw so close to the heat that you forget that you must eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Maybe this is cheating but: EIGHT LINE POEM - Album: Hunky Dory - Lyrics and music by David Bowie The tactful cactus by your window Surveys the prairie of your room Mobile spins to its collision Clara puts her head between her paws They've opened shops down West side Will all the cacti find a home But the key to the city Is in the sun that pins the branches to the sky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 All I Wanna Do Sheryl Crow Hit it! This ain't no disco It ain't no country club either This is la! All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die, Says the man next to me out of nowhere It's apropos Of nothing He says his name's William but I'm sure, He's Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy And he's plain ugly to me And I wonder if he's ever had a day of fun in his whole Life We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday In a bar that faces a giant car wash The good people of the world are washing their cars On their lunch break, hosing and scrubbing As best they can in skirts in suits They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks Back to the phone company, the record store too Well, they're nothing like Billy and me, cause [chorus] All I wanna do is have some fun I got a feeling I'm not the only one All I wanna do is have some fun I got a feeling I'm not the only one All I wanna do is have some fun Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard I like a good beer buzz early in the morning And Billy likes to peel the labels From his bottles of bud He shreds them on the bar Then he lights every match in an oversized pack Letting each one burn down to his thick fingers Before blowing and cursing them out And he's watching the bottles of Bud as they spin on The floor And a happy couple enters the bar Dangerously close to one another The bartender looks up from his want ads Chorus Otherwise the bar is ours, The day and the night and the car wash too The matches and the buds and the clean and dirty Cars The sun and the moon but... The chorus rhymes, but nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Richey James wrote a lot of non-rhyming lyrics for the Manic Street Preachers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 The Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care" always annoys me. Roy sings: I'm so tired of being lonely I still have some love to give Won't you tell me that you really care Why didn't they use "share" instead of "give" ? This puts the Universe out of balance for me whenever I hear it. It's non symmetrical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 It's non symmetrical. Ooooh, and we wouldn't want that would we? JG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Maybe it is just me, but this one has an unusual rhyming pattern (some lines do, others don't) Foolish games - Jewel You took your coat off and stood in the rain You were always crazy like that I watched from my window Always felt I was outside looking in on you You were always the mysterious one with dark eyes and careless hair You were fashionably sensitive, but too cool to care Then you stood in my doorway, with nothing to say Besides some comment on the weather Well in case you failed to notice, in case you failed to see This is my heart bleeding before you, this is me down on my knees These foolish games are tearing me apart Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart You were always brilliant in morning Smoking your cigarettes and talking over coffee You philosophies on art, Baroque moved you You loved Mozart and you'd speak of your loved ones As I clumsily strummed my guitar You'd teach me of honest things Things that were daring, things that were clean Things that knew what an honest dollar did mean So I hid my soiled hands behind my back Somewhere along the line I must've gone off track with you Excuse me, think I've mistaken you for somebody else Somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself These foolish games are tearing me apart You're tearing me, tearing me, tearing me apart Your thoughtless words are breaking my heart You're breaking my heart You took off your coat and stood in the rain You were always crazy like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 (edited) Ooooh, and we wouldn't want that would we? JG My whole post was supposed to be a joke Mate. Looks like you didn't get it. Edited January 6, 2006 by Guest My friend Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleEye0 Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Anything by Frank Zappa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 "Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses" nice rhyming, Ozzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas You know he knows just exactly what the facts is He ain't gonna let those two escape justice He makes his livin' off of the people's taxes... thought this was an interesting rhyming verse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 i can't think of anything that does actually rhyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 i can't think of anything that does actually rhyme "School's out for summer...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyguitar Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 But if this ever changing world in which we live in, Thanks Sir Paul, this line just does my head in every time I hear it...'in which we live in'...?....in...in..in...aaaargh! and it doesn't rhyme with anything else in the song so why mangle the language to this extent to make it scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Johnny, I agree, but I prefer "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight" by Spinal Tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazooka Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Favorite lines from James Taylor's Suite For 20G : When I go to sleep at night, Wanna hear a slide guitar. When I'm feeling loose and right, Riding in my automobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 how about Arlo Guthrie, "I don't want a pickle, I just wanna ride my motorcickle." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible_r Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 "School's out for summer...." ok, but still, i think lyrics dont tend to rhyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Spread your love - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Spread your love like a fever And don't you ever come down Spread your love like a fever And don't you ever come down I spread my love like a fever I ain't ever coming down She gave me love like a big fire I only saw it once She spread her love like a fever She's bad, but not enough (I'm so low) Spread your love like a fever (I'm so low) And don't you ever come down (I'm so low) Spread your love like a fever (I'm so low) And don't you ever come down I spread my love like a fever I ain't ever coming down She spread her love like a big fire I only saw it once She gave me love like a sister She's bad, but not enough (I'm so low) Spread your love like a fever (I'm so low) And don't you ever come down (I'm so low) Spread your love like a fever (I'm so low) And don't you ever come down I spread my love like a fever I ain't ever coming down Spread your love like a fever And don't you ever come down Spread your love like a fever And don't you ever come down Spread your love like a fever Spread your love like a fever Spread your love like a fever Spread your love like a fever Well, unless you count rhyming 'fever' with 'fever' and 'down' with 'down' in every instance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 ok, but still, i think lyrics dont tend to rhyme I just thought your statement reminded me of the line in Schools Out "We can't even think of a word that rhymes...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES Crosby, Stills & Nash 1) It's getting to the point where I am no fun anymore, I am sorry Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, ‘I am lonely' I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, You make it hard Remember what we've said, and done, and felt about each other, oh babe, have mercy. Don't let the past, remind us of what we are not now. I am not dreaming. I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are. And you make it hard Tearing yourself away from me now, you are free, I am crying. This does not mean I don't love you, I do, That's forever, yes and for always I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, You make it hard Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret. Are you still listening? Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart and I love you. I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are. And you make it hard. And you make it hard. Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon. What have you got to lose? Tuesday morning, please be gone I'm tired of you. What have you got to lose? Can I tell it like it is. Listen to me baby It's my heart that's a suffering and that's what I have to lose. I've got an answer. I'm going to fly away What have I got to lose? Will you come see me. Thursdays and Saturdays? What have you got to lose. Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow, Sing a song, don't be long. Thrill me to the marrow. Voices of the angels, ring around the moonlight Asking me, said she so free, how can you catch the sparrow. Lacy, lilting lyrics, losing love lamenting Change by life, make it right, be my lady. Do do do do do do ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 That was originally conceived as three different songs, so it counts thrice. For what it's worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 ^ Did he just say thrice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Just once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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