Word

38 comments:

Margaret said...

Say the word and you'll be free
Say the word and be like me
It's the word I'm thinkin' of
And the only word is love

Beatles

Anonymous said...

I am sitting here doing
The Sunday Times crossword puzzle
Somehow the words won't come
I am staring at squares
And my eyes seldom focus
And my mind's feeling faintly numb

(Maltby/Shire)

Unknown said...

He spoke a word of flesh and blood
Flesh and blood that bled and died
Bled and died just to be heard
How could you not hear this word?
Why will you not hear this word?

Will You Not Listent?
Michael Card

Deborah in IL said...

I can still hear you saying those words that never were true

Words
The Monkees

Sandra Dodd said...

Where will the words come from
When I tell you I don't want you
I don't love you anymore

Gary Lewis and the Playboys

Deborah in IL said...

Bird bird bird
The bird is the word

Surfin' Bird
Trashmen (and Peter Griffin)

Sally said...

More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying, "I love you."

-90's ballad, not sure who wrote it

Deborah in IL said...

And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken

Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen

Sylvia said...

If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?

Bread

Sarah said...

Well then my four year old said a 4 letter word
It started with "S" and I was concerned

Rodney Atkins

Sylvia said...

It's only words, and words are all
I have to take your heart away

Words ~ Bee Gees

Sally said...

And I forgot the next verse.
Oh well, I guess it pays to rehearse.
The lyric sheets - so hard to find.
What are the words? Oh, never mind
Alone, alone, hello, oh no...

(or whatever it is they chant during that bit)

-"Smells Like Nirvana" by Weird Al

Deanne said...

Come on baby tell me what's the word,
Word up...

~Some 80's song?

Margaret said...

This song is just six words long
This song is just six words long

Weird Al (spoof of "I've got my mind set on you)

Deborah in IL said...

And sorry seems to be the hardest word

Bernie Taupin / Elton John
(8 words)

Lisa said...

Grease is the word
Grease is the word, is the word that you heard

Grease (I don't even like that movie! Lol)

Holly said...

I hear in my mind
all of these voices
I hear in my mind
all of these words


Regina Spektor

Deborah in IL said...

And I feel like I'm naked in front of the crowd
Cause these words are my diary screaming out loud
And I know that you'll use them however you want to

Breathe (2am)
Anna Nalick

Anonymous said...

You are so graceful
Have you wings?
You have a face full of nice things
You have no speaking voice, dear,
With every word, it sings:

Thou swell, thou witty
Thou sweet, thou grand
Wouldst kiss me, pretty?
Wouldst hold my hand?

(Rodgers/Hart, "Thou Swell")

Shanona Ryder said...

What are words for
when no one listens anymore
when no one listens
what are words for
when no one listens
it's no use talking at all...

---Missing Persons

Deborah in IL said...

Are you going away with no word of farewell?

The Last Thing on my Mind
Tom Paxton

Anonymous said...

Poets often use many words
To say a simple thing
It takes thought and time and rhyme
To make a poem sing
With music and words I've been playing
For you I have written a song
To be sure that you know what I'm saying
I'll translate as I go along:
Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what life is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, darling, kiss me.

(Bart Howard)

Sandra Dodd said...

So I held out my hand
And said those three little words
That I'd been holding for so long inside

DaVinci's Notebook, "Three Little Words"

Shanona Ryder said...

Yo man let's get outta here
word to your mother
ice ice baby too cold...

---Vanilla Ice

Deborah in IL said...

I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

Your Song
Bernie Taupin/Elton John

Sandra Dodd said...

That's a good one, Deb.

Words of love you whisper soft and true
Darling I love you oooohh

Beatles

Deborah in IL said...

Words of love so soft and tender won't win a girl's heart anymore

The Mamas and the Papas

Meghan said...

I go with the flow though the tempo varies.
So twist the cap and pop the cork.
My name's Adrock, made in New York.
Oh word?


Beastie Boys

Unknown said...

And to name the chord is important to some.
So they give a word, and the word is om.

Moody Blues, The Word

Deborah in IL said...
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Deborah in IL said...

We tried to talk it over
But the words come out too rough

Best of My Love
The Eagles

Anonymous said...

Hi, Margie!
Hi, Alice!
What's the story, morning glory?
What's the word, hummingbird?
Have you heard about Hugo and Kim?

("The Telephone Hour", from Bye Bye Birdie)

Margaret said...

At words poetic
I'm so pathetic
That I often have found it best
Instead of getting them off my chest
To let em rest
Unexpressed

Cole Porter (You're the Top)

Margaret said...

I didn't mean a word I said
And if I hurt you, I'm sorry

Ella Fitzgerald sings it

Anonymous said...

In this song of love
The stars above write the music--
The words are in my heart.

(Composer unknown, at least to this entrant!)

Sandra Dodd said...

The words should explain
But the words won't come

"I Love You," which was made famous in a cover by The People, but was originally by The Zombies

HoosierNan said...

You say you're not being nostalgic.
Then give me another word for it,
You who are so good with words,
And with keeping things vague.

--"Diamonds and Rust," Joan Baez

Jessica Snail said...

"the route of her tongue took the root of her word"

-betsy warland