Side/Sides

NOT compound words. Not sidestep or besides or inside or those. Just "side" and "sides."



31 comments:

Margaret said...

Abort your mission, let's just say you tried
Before you glimpse I have a darker darker side
I say, why in heaven's name do you come on these trips
Only to freeze in a total eclipse
Don't need another satellite

XTC, another satellite

Clarissa said...

I'm on your side, ohhh, when you need a friend

"Bridge Over Troubled Water," Simon & Garfunkel

Holly said...

Mysterious as the dark side of the moon


From Mulan

(I love you Donny Osmond!)

Margaret said...

There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side too

"Keep on the sunny side of life"

Anonymous said...

We ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ragged and funny
But we travel along
Singing a song
Side by side.


(Woods/Kahn)

Sylvia said...

the general sat and the lines on the map
moved from side to side

Us And Them ~ Pink Floyd

Deborah in IL said...

Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
She's sleeping here, right by my side

Silver Dagger
(as sung by Joan Baez)

Sarah said...

And I knew that things had gone awry
Just as soon as she dropped me off on the side of the road
And she let that gravel fly

Clint Black

Deborah in IL said...

I've looked at life from both sides now

Joni Mitchell

Margaret said...

Always look on the bright side of life

Monty Python

Sarah said...

Run your car off the side of the road

Tracy Lawerence
"Find out who your friends are"

Shanona Ryder said...

I said hey babe
take a walk on the wild side...

---Lou Reed

Deborah in IL said...

And he don't know...
That I dug my key into the side
of his pretty little souped up four wheel drive

Before He Cheats
Carrie Underwood

Holly said...

On my own I cried alone
and scratched your name on the side of a bullet


Nickelback

Margaret said...

Get your coat, Grab your hat
Leave your worries at the doorstep
And just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street

Louis Armstrong sang it well

Clarissa said...

Don't scab for the bosses
Don't listen to their lies
Us poor folks haven't got a chance
Unless we organize
Which side are you on?

"Which Side Are You On?" union song about coal miners

Sarah said...

My old man's backhand used to land hard on the side of my head
I just learned to stay out of his way

Montgomery Gentry

Margaret said...

With you by my side I can do anything

Velvet Underground, "I'm sticking with you"

Cap'n Franko said...

And you never ask questions
When God's on your side.

With God on Our Side - Bob Dylan

Sarah said...

Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on piano keyboard
Oh Lord why can't we?

Gunwaldt said...

And the jester
on the sideline
in a cast

"American Pie"
Don McClean

Sandra Dodd said...

Break on through to the other side
Break on through to the other side

(I don't know any more of the words, but it was by The Doors.)

Sandra Dodd said...

You're standing there with two swords by your side
And me not as much as a knife, knife...

Matty Grove

Sylvia said...

Even tho I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and stand at the shore,
I try to cross to the opposite side so I can finally find what I've been looking for

River of Dreams ~ Billy Joel

Anonymous said...

Isn't it warm?
Isn't it rosy?
Side by side by side
Ports in a storm
Comfy and cozy
Side by side by side

(Sondheim, "Side by Side")

Sandra Dodd said...

Welcome back, baby,
to the poor side of town

Johnny Rivers

Sandra Dodd said...

Then quickly he turned 'round
And he swam to the port side
And up unto his messmates
Full bitterly he cried...

The Golden Vanity

Robin B. said...

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

ps pirro said...

Be on my side
I'll be on your side

Down by the River
Neil Young

Meghan said...

Well, time is on my side, yes it is.
Time is on my side, yes it is.

Rolling Stones

HoosierNan said...

But he knows where she's goin'
When she's leavin';
She's headed for the cheatin' side of town.

--"Lying Eyes," The Eagles.