Lyrics of the Year

15. The Rolling Stones - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
You can't always get what you want

14. INXS - "Pretty Vegas"
Falling asleep at the wheel again baby
You're drifting over the line
Your hands are tight but you're losing grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs?
Thumbin' your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreamin of the other side
Save your tears and laughter
Because it doesn't matter what you find
It ain't pretty after the show
It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go


13. Fountains of Wayne - "Seatbacks and Traytables"
Customs a massive expanse
And I'm digging into my pants
Is this Oklahoma?
I remember this place

Trade one town for another
Delayed now why did we bother?
An X on the calendar square
New city, same stuff

Seatbacks and traytables up.

12. The Jayhawks - "Blue"
Never thought that I'd miss you
That I'd miss you so much
You brought me through
And you made me feel so blue

11. Franz Ferdinand - "Jacqueline"
It's always better on holiday
So much better on holiday
That's why we only work when we need the money

10. Oasis - "Underneath the Sky"
Underneath the sky of red
Is a storyteller sleeping alone
He has no face and he has no name
And his whereabouts are sort of unknown

All he needs is his life ln a suitcase
It belongs to a friend of a friend
And as we drink to ourselves
We'll amuse ourselves
Underneath the sky, underneath the sky again
Underneath the sky again

So wish me away to an unknown place
Am I living in a land with no name
I'll be making a start with a brand new heart
Stop me making sense again

All we need is our lives in a suitcase
They belong to a friend of a friend's
And as we drink to ourselves
We'll amuse ourselves
Underneath the sky, underneath the sky again
Underneath the sky again

9. Gabe Dixon Band - "All Will Be Well"
The new day dawns
And I am practicing my purpose once again
It is fresh and it is fruitful if I win
But if I lose, I don't know
I'll be tired but I will turn and I will go
Only guessing till I get there then I'll know
I will know

8. Tom Petty - "Time to Move On"
It's time to move on
It's time to get going
What lies ahead I have no way of knowing

7. Cornershop - "Good To Be On The Road Back Home"
Drinking to my friends
And drinking to my foes
For both keep a young heart moving.
It’s good to be on the trail
From where my heart set sail
Puttin anchor down
For friends and good beer
So I’ll have another one
Then I'll be moving on.
It’s good to be on the road back home again. Again.

6. Van Morrison - "Dweller On The Threshold"
I'm a dweller on the threshold
And I'm waiting at the door
And I'm standing in the darkness
I don't want to wait no more

5. Jimmy Buffett - "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"
Reading departure signs in some big airport
Reminds me of the places I've been
Visions of good times that brought so much pleasure
Makes me want to go back again
If it suddenly ended tomorrow
I could somehow adjust to the fall
Good times and riches and son of a bitches
I've seen more than I can recall

These changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
Through all of the islands and all of the highlands
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane

4. Queen - "I Want To Break Free"
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know its for real
I've fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows I've fallen in love

It's strange but its true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free

3. Fleetwood Mac - "Gypsy"
So I'm back, to the velvet underground
Back to the floor, that I love
To a room with some lace and paper flowers
Back to the gypsy that I was

2. Bob Dylan - "Isis"
I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold
I was thinking about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
I was thinking about Isis...

1. Steely Dan, "Do It Again"
Now you swear and kick and beg us
That you're not a gambling man
Then you find you're back in Vegas
With a handle in your hand
Your black cards can make you money
So you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey
You must put them on the table

You go back, jack, do it again