Probably done 1000 times before, but once again, Best Songs Lyrically?

I'm chucking my hat into the ring with:

Prince - Sign of the Times Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Radiohead - No Surprises The Aloof - One Night Stand

Damn...

I forgot 'Camouflage' by Stan Ridgeway.

Low Life by Public Image Let Down by Radiohead Bad Liver and a Broken Heart by Tom Waits NYC by Interpol

a new england by kirsty maccoll passionate kisses by mary chapin-carpenter a hard rain'a a gonna fall by bob dylan big brother by stevie wonder

So Said Kay - The Field Mice Masters Of War - Bob Dylan Irk The Purists - Half Man Half Biscuit Belle & Sebastian - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying

They're just a few that sprang to mind - but generally all 4 artists there have great lyrics...

Snorri xxx

AgentWood wrote: a new england by kirsty maccoll

she changed how many words form the original?

for me walk away renee by the same guy that wrote that one

Lover You Should have come over - Jeff Buckley

Song is pure poetry. Never heard another songthat relayed emotion into words so well.

JHC

1963 by....you know who (bit biased!)

Bang on the Ear by The Waterboys

Edelweiss from Sound of Music Soundtrack

...host of others

1963/New Order Jack the Lad/Pet Shop Boys Policy of Truth/Depeche Mode Idiot Country/Electronic

hibster wrote:

AgentWood wrote: a new england by kirsty maccoll

she changed how many words form the original?

for me walk away renee by the same guy that wrote that one

I'll go for Levi Stubbs Tears. Although the line "and then it happened, she cut her hair and I stopped loving her" nearly swung it toward your choice :)