Jere's Fave Songs


"if i could only find the words i would write them all down. if i could only find a voice i would speak"
- "Read 'Em and Weep" by Meat Loaf

This page will be for fave song quotes from various singers. i could even put up a whole song or two depending on how long the song is. most aren't too big, some are small. This page will be updated on occasion(spell it right?), so please keep coming back to this page often.

Current Songs:

  • Sounds Of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel
  • Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
  • Objects in the Rear View mirror may appear closer than they are by Meat Loaf
  • Surf's Up by Meat Loaf
  • Not A Dry Eye by Meat Loaf
  • We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

    Sound of Silence


    Hello darkness my old friend
    I've come to talk to you again
    Because a vision softly creeping
    Left its seed while i was sleeping
    And the vision that was planted in my brain
    Still remains within the sound of silence

    In restless dreams i walked alone
    Narrow streets of cobblestone
    'Neath the halo of a street lamp
    I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
    That split the night, and touched the sound of silence

    And in the naked light i saw People talking without speaking
    People hearing without listening
    People writing songs that voices never share
    And no one dared disturb the sound of silence

    "Fools" said i, "you do not know
    Silence like a cancer grows
    Hear my words that i might teach you
    Take my arms that i might reach you"
    But my words, like silent raindrops fell
    And echoed in the wells of silence

    And the people bowed and prayed
    To the neon god they made
    And the sign flashed out its warning
    In the words that it was forming
    And the signs said the words of the prophets
    are written on the subway walls, and tenement halls
    and whisper'd in the sounds, of silence

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    Bridge Over Troubled Water


    When you're feeling weary, feeling small
    When tears are in your eyes, i will dry them all
    I'm on your side. and when times get rough
    And friends just cant be found,
    Like a bridge over troubled water, i will lay me down
    Like a bridge over troubled water, i will lay me down
    When you're down and out, when you're on the street
    When evening falls, so hard i will comfort you
    I'll take your part
    When darkness comes, and pain is all around
    Like a bridge over troubled water, i will lay me down
    Like a bridge over troubled water, i will lay me down
    Sail on silvergirl. Sail on by
    Your time has come to shine. All your dreams are on their way
    See how they shine?
    If you need a friend, i'm sailing right behind.
    Like a bridge over troubled water, i will ease your mind
    Like a bridge over troubled water, i will ease your mind

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    Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are


    The skies were pure and the fields were green And the sun was brighter than its ever been
    When i grew up with my best friend kenny we were as any brothers that you've ever knew
    It was always summer and the future called We were ready for adventures and we wanted them all
    There was so much left to dream, so much time to make it real
    But i can still recall the sting of all the tears when he was gone
    They say he crashed and burned I know i'll never know why anyboy should die so young
    We were racing we were soldiers of fortune We got in trouble but we sure got around
    There are times i think i see him peeling out of the dark
    I think he's right behind me now and he's gaining ground
    But it was long ago and it was far away oh god it seems so very far
    And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are

    And when the sun descended and the night arouse I heard my father cursing everyone he knows
    He was dangerous and drunken and defeated and corroded by failure and envy and hate
    There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze No where to hide and no leaves on the trees
    And my father's eyes were blank as he hit me again and again and again
    I know i still believe he'd never let me leave, i had to run away alone
    So many threats and fears so many wasted years before my life became my own!
    And though the nightmares should be over, some of the terrors are still intact!
    I'll hear that ugly coarse and violent voice and then he grabs me from behind and then he pulls me back But it was long ago and it was far away oh god it seems so very far
    And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are

    There was a beauty living on the edge of town She always put the top up and the hammer down
    And she taught me everything i'll ever know About the mystery and the muscle of love
    Stars would glimmer and the moon would glow I was in the backseat with my julie like a romeo
    And the signs along the highway all read "caution! kids at play"
    Those were the rites of spring we did everything There was salvation every night
    We got our dreams reborn and upholestry torn but everything we tried was right!!
    She used her body just like a bandage, she used my body just like a wound
    I'll probably never know where she disappeared, but i can see her rising up out of the backseat now
    Like an angel rising up from a tomb
    But it was long ago and it was far away oh god it seems so very far
    And if life is just a highway, then the soul is just a car
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are....

    She used her body just like a bandage, she used my body just like a wound
    I'll probably never know where she disappeared, but i can see her rising up out of the backseat now
    like an angel rising up from a tomb
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    Surf's Up



    The waves are pounding on the sand tonight i wanna take your hand and make it feel so right
    I know i'm ready and i'll never be like this again
    And the sky is trembling and the moon is pale we're on the edge of forever and we're never gonna fail
    I know you're ready and we're running on the back of the wind
    And my body is burning like a naked wire i wanna turn on the juice i wanna fall in the fire
    I'm gonna drown in the ocean in a bottomless sea
    I'm gonna give ya what i'm hoping you'll be giving to me
    And when the waves are poundin' on the sand tonight i wanna take your hand and make it good make it right
    And now the sky is trembling on the moon is pale we're on the edge of forever and we're never gonna fail

    How hard
    How hard
    How hard do i gotta try?
    I want all of your love
    Surf's up
    I need it so bad
    Surf's up
    I need it so bad
    Surf's up, and so am i
    I gotta give you some love
    Surf's up, and so am i...

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    Not A Dry Eye



    Not a dry eye in the house after love's curtain comes down
    Listen and you'll hear the sound, hear the sound of a heart breaking
    I can still see you standing there, midnite wind blowing thru your hair remember?
    Kisses sweet in the salty air when love was forever
    Turn the page and we fade to blue scene has changed now i'm without you
    Well you just walked away when the act was thru and the dream was over
    It was almost like a movie, the way you said goodbye, you must've spent a lot of time
    Rehearsing each and every line

    Now there's not a dry eye in the house after love's curtain comes down
    Listen and you'll hear the sound, hear the sound of a heart breaking, breaking
    Not a smile left on my face, the endings just too sad too take
    And there's not a dry eye, not a dry eye in the house

    The greatest story was you and me, we had it all we had everything
    But now the story's done its just history the last act is over
    Your everyline had the sweetest sound your every touch turned my world around
    But then the light came up and my world crashed down
    End of show it's over
    It was almost like a movie the night we touched the stars
    Time stood still for you and I now it's sad enough to make you cry

    And there's not a dry eye in the house after love's curtain comes down
    Listen and you'll hear the sound hear the sound of a heart breaking breaking
    Not a smile left on my face the ending's just too sad to take
    And there's not a dry eye, not a dry eye in the house

    Act one - the story's just begun
    Act two - i fell in love with you
    Act three - knew it was meant to be
    Act four - you dont love me no more

    And there's not a dry eye in the house after love's curtain comes down
    Listen and you'll hear the sound hear the sound of a heart breaking breaking
    Not a smile left on my face the ending's just too sad to take
    And there's not a dry eye not a dry eye not a dry eye in the house
    After love's curtain comes down listen and you'll hear the sound hear the sound
    Hear the sound of a heart breaking breaking
    Not a dry eye in the house
    Not a dry eye in the house
    Not a dry eye in the house
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    We Didn't Start the Fire



    Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
    South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

    Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television
    North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe

    Rosembergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
    Brando, The King and I, and the Cather in the Rye

    Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
    Marciano, Liberace, Santayana Goodbye

    We didnt start the fire
    It was always burning since the world's been turning
    We didnt start the fire
    No we didnt light it but we tried to fight it

    Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
    Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

    Ray Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
    Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock around the clock

    Einstein, James Dean, Brooklynn's got a winning team
    Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Prestley, Disneyland

    Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev
    Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

    We didnt start the fire
    It was always burning since the world was turning
    We didnt start the fire
    No we didnt light it but we tried to fight it

    Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac
    Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge on the river Kwai

    Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball
    Starkweather, homicide, Children of Thalidomide

    Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia
    Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go

    U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy
    Chubby Checker, Pyscho, Belgians in the Congo

    We didnt start the fire
    It was always burning since the world was turning
    We didnt start the fire
    No we didnt light it but we tried to fight it

    Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land
    Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

    Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania, Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

    Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician Sex
    JFK blown away, what else do i have to say

    We didnt start the fire
    It was always burning since the world was turning
    We didnt start the fire
    No we didnt light it but we tried to fight it

    Birth Control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again
    Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, Punk Rock
    Begin, Regan, Palestine, Terror on the airline
    Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

    Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, Heavy metal, suicide
    Foreign Debts, Homeless Vets, AIDS, crack, Bernie Goetz
    Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law, Rock and Roller Cola Wars,
    I cant take it anymore

    We didnt start the fire
    It was always burning since the world's been turning
    We didnt start the fire
    But when we are gone
    Will it still burn on, and on, and on, and on....

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