Favorite LYRICS from ADKOT

[private parts]

I've finally had a chance to read some of Dave's lyrics while listening to the cd. Man! some of this is pure lyrical GOLD. some of my favs...

China Town:
"Headless body found in a topless bar.... Painted daughters of the Tong underground" WTF... KILLER

Honeybaby:
"Your gonna make me crash you red hot Florida trailer trash" Holy shit that's AWESOME!

Bullethead:

"some days your the dog, some days your the hydrant" Woof!!

Whats your best?

[jasonA]

God is love but get it in writing
Stay Frosty

[private parts]

God is love but get it in writing
Stay Frosty

That should be in the King James Bible

[damngoodtimes]

rich is better, totally better.

you wanna be a monk, you gotta cook a lotta rice.

the song ain't dirty, it's just the way we sing it

[ELVIS]

That should be in the King James Bible

It is...

[sadaist]

God is love but get it in writing
Stay Frosty


Agree.

That and ...

Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.

Both make me smile ear to ear every time I hear them. Classic Dave.

[Mr Walker]

the song ain't dirty, it's just the way we sing it

I like how he changed this to 'we' as opposed to 'I' on the lyric sheet.

[riggodrill44]

It's looking like the city towed , my other apartment... She got a doorbell sign that said bring it or don't ring it
Told ya I was coming back. Say you missed me. Say it like ya mean it.
Yeah, I'm rolling slowly... but I'm ahead of you
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
The future ain't what it used to be, time to change my galaxy in case
Stone soul sister, soccer mom... mucha chamiga... cherry bomb
There’s a trick to Christian values and it’s compulsory.
God is love... but get it in writing
One empty floor stands between the stage and the welfare door

[ELVIS]

The future ain't what it used to be time to change my galaxy in case...

We outta space!

Trouble-free Earth despocrats made mother nature piss her pants and win...

That's human waste...


I don't know if that last part is right, but it sounds close to me...


:elvis:

[robg8888]

"I've been rich, and I've been poor. Rich is better, totally better"

[lesfunk]

"How many roads must a man walk down before.... he admits he is lost"

[private parts]

Did not know this..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tong_%28organization%29

Dave is always learning, always teaching

[DLR Bridge]

"Don't want'em to get your goat, don't show'em where it's hid, and that's just what I did!"

I wonder who ever got Dave's goat? In any case, this very line is advice I wish someone hit me up with some 25 years ago. My weaknesses somehow always end up out on my sleeve.

[Seshmeister]

Your weakness is a runny nose? :)

[Southpaw]

Bumper sticker on my rockets ass go home the earth is full .... Outta Space

[mewisemagic]

Shes The Woman

"Your I.Q. plummets 14 points,her thunder thong around your neck"

[DLR Bridge]

Your weakness is a runny nose? :)

Walked right into that one!

[vandeleur]

Dont want em to get your goat, dont show em where it's hid
or
heroes arnt born there cornered
or my total fav :
forgotten empires lost victories long past , every time i bloomed again i thought it was my last and then something crazy happens and BOOM am doing my victory dance .

[vandeleur]

actually .. the whole album is full of classic dave .... Stay frosty is like the tao of dave without the book

[gbranton]

"I'm a face grenade with the sex pin pulled."

"Bumper sticker on my rocket's ass, go home the earth is full."

"Got a doorbell sign that says bring it but don't ring it."

"Listen to a beer glass, that river belongs to me."

"Heroes aren't born they're cornered, this corner is where we write the story."

[Zing!]

"Every time I bloomed again, I thought it was my last."

Makes me smile every time. Also - you could pretty much pick any track at random - any point in any song - and find lyrical gold on ADKOT.

[jhale667]

"Every time I bloomed again, I thought it was my last."

Makes me smile every time. Also - you could pretty much pick any track at random - any point in any song - and find lyrical gold on ADKOT.


I always liked Roth's lyrics, but he seems to have seriously upped the clever level this time. :killer:

[Big Fat Sammy]

The future ain't what it used to be time to change my galaxy in case...

We outta space!

Trouble-free Earth despocrats made mother nature piss her pants and win...

That's human waste...


I don't know if that last part is right, but it sounds close to me...


:elvis:

WIN...this human race. (I think)

Love the way he sings the word "win". ;)

[fifth element]

Agree.

That and ...

Trust in Allah, but tie up your camel.

Both make me smile ear to ear every time I hear them. Classic Dave.

that song has some fabulous lyrics....

in fact, I would say that almost every song on the album has at least one line that makes you sit up and go "YEAHHHH...that's IT!"

[ELVIS]

WIN...this human race. (I think)

;)

Yeah, I guess that's it...

[SNIPER]

God is love, but get it in writing EPIC!

[indeedidiamond]

Kiss me quick im double parked!! talk bout meanwhile back at the ranch.....the ugly ducklings learn to dance...

[indeedidiamond]

Daves solo career slowly declined but his lyrics got better album to album....he missed his calling as a poet....or at worst a greeting card writer....

[sadaist]

Daves solo career slowly declined ....


So did EVH's.

Put them back together and BOOM! Victory dances for all!

[ELVIS]

Hey indeedurdumb...

We're talking about ADKOT here...

[FORD]

We all know who the Hallmark card "lyricist" was.

http://ryandalyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/VHHagar.jpg

[chi-town324]

Shes The Woman

"Your I.Q. plummets 14 points,her thunder thong around your neck"

my fav too

[Sensible Shoes]

"if you want to be a monk you gotta cook a lotta rice."

[Mr Walker]

I always liked Roth's lyrics, but he seems to have seriously upped the clever level this time. :killer:

He sure didn't waste them on the 'Diamond Dave' cd.

[Mr Walker]

Not necessarily lyrics... but for me the hook in 'As Is' is Dave's vocal break...
"Ahhh this next part should really confuse things... Everybody let's stay focused."
Love it!

[indeedidiamond]

Now evry snowflake please not guilty after the avalancha

[Sensible Shoes]

Now evry snowflake please not guilty after the avalancha

Pleads not guilty. Understand how you could miss that one.

[Big Fat Sammy]

Not necessarily lyrics... but for me the hook in 'As Is' is Dave's vocal break...
"Ahhh this next part should really confuse things... Everybody let's stay focused."
Love it!

Yes! That one and "A little more volume in the headphones please".

[stringfelowhawk]

I actually have that as my signature on my email account at work. Along with "Progress around here moves with the lightening speed of a glacier"! It gets comments every time I send an email to someone new. Of course I use the "snowflake" comment to explain how it takes a bunch of little mistakes to lead to one big one and I'm an electronics tech so we have issues everyday.

[Luke D]

God is love, but get it in writing EPIC!

Actually, from what I found this was actually first said by Gypsy Rose Lee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsy_Rose_Lee):

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/21420.html

Dave would quote a famous stripper.

[ELVIS]

Pleads not guilty. Understand how you could miss that one.

It's called being illiterate...

[fryingdutchman]

"Love 'em all I says.....let Cupid sort 'em out."

Happy Valentine's Day, bitches!!

[Carmine]

This:

Forgotten empires...
Lost victories long past...
Every time I bloomed again...I thought it was the last...
And then something crazy happens and... BOOM! I'm doing the victory dance!
Told ya I was comin' back... (Told Ya!) Say you missed me... (Say it!) Say it like ya mean it!


makes my goddamn hair stand up...every time...

[fryingdutchman]

This:

Forgotten empires...
Lost victories long past...
Every time I bloomed again...I thought it was the last...
And then something crazy happens and... BOOM! I'm doing the victory dance!
Told ya I was comin' back... (Told Ya!) Say you missed me... (Say it!) Say it like ya mean it!


makes my goddamn hair stand up...every time...

I second that. I always crank that part up.

My son and I like doing that part around the house. He does the "whispering" parts of "told ya" and "say it."

Who do you think does the whispering on the track? Wolfie?

And when your hair stands up, does it look like a Ragu-style Italian afro?

:lmao:

[wiseguy]

La La La La La La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

..what? All the good ones were taken.

[Yount]

The stakes have never been higher
The steaks have never been higher

LOVE IT!!!

[fifth element]

This:

Forgotten empires...
Lost victories long past...
Every time I bloomed again...I thought it was the last...
And then something crazy happens and... BOOM! I'm doing the victory dance!
Told ya I was comin' back... (Told Ya!) Say you missed me... (Say it!) Say it like ya mean it!


makes my goddamn hair stand up...every time...

love that part myself... :)

[Baby's On Fire]

We all know who the Hallmark card "lyricist" was.

http://ryandalyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/VHHagar.jpg

The only thing missing from this pic is Grimmis and the Hamburglar.

[damngoodtimes]

the Fry Guys.

lots and lots of Fry Guys....

[DaveTheScott]

"Love em all, I says...

...and let cupid sort em out"

Fuck ya.

[DaveTheScott]

"Love 'em all I says.....let Cupid sort 'em out."

Happy Valentine's Day, bitches!!

Sorry for the dupe below dutch, didn't see your post...but it is a bad-ass line.

[Carmine]

And when your hair stands up, does it look like a Ragu-style Italian afro?

:lmao:

Of course! lol...cya in AC...

[ELVIS]

This:

Forgotten empires...
Lost victories long past...
Every time I bloomed again...I thought it was the last...
And then something crazy happens and... BOOM! I'm doing the victory dance!
Told ya I was comin' back... (Told Ya!) Say you missed me... (Say it!) Say it like ya mean it!


makes my goddamn hair stand up...every time...

I love that part too, except the lame-ass, amature ProTools edit going into the solo...

[Momshell]

"my karma just ran over your dogma"
"yes you are in danger I drive just like you"
"mousewife to momshell"
"it's lookin like the city towed my other apartment"
"suburban garage-a-trois"
"no light at the end of the tunnel - due to budget constraints"
"when you turn on your stereo does it return the favor?"
"I'm a bad little cowboy, send me to your room....let's get started, let's not stop soon" ---sooo sexy!!
love Dave's attitude when he says "do you really (really) drive this way, just to piss me off"

[Carmine]

"suburban garage-a-trois"


Agreed...from the mind of Roth, only...

[private parts]

"my karma just ran over your dogma"
"yes you are in danger I drive just like you"
"mousewife to momshell"
"it's lookin like the city towed my other apartment"
"suburban garage-a-trois"
"no light at the end of the tunnel - due to budget constraints"
"when you turn on your stereo does it return the favor?"
"I'm a bad little cowboy, send me to your room....let's get started, let's not stop soon" ---sooo sexy!!
love Dave's attitude when he says "do you really (really) drive this way, just to piss me off"

Man! I wish they would have brought Dave's vocals up on the last verse of HoneyBaby. Even when you read it you can barely hear it. But its all GOOD!

[fryingdutchman]

Sorry for the dupe below dutch, didn't see your post...but it is a bad-ass line.

No worries, friend.

A good line like that deserves to be repeated!!

[DLR Bridge]

La La La La La La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

..what? All the good ones were taken.

I love that part. I think As Is should've closed out the CD. The sinister la la la's with the band ripping into the fade replaced by that spooky E-Bow stuff. Damn. That ending begs the question, "to be continued??"

[vandeleur]

This:

Forgotten empires...
Lost victories long past...
Every time I bloomed again...I thought it was the last...
And then something crazy happens and... BOOM! I'm doing the victory dance!
Told ya I was comin' back... (Told Ya!) Say you missed me... (Say it!) Say it like ya mean it!


makes my goddamn hair stand up...every time...
Love it

[Momshell]

"ARF!"

...ok, not technically a Dave lyric, but you know it was his idea!

[binnie]

'More volume in the headphones....'

[TAKIN WHISKEY]

If you're doing business with me honey, what does that make you?

[ELVIS]

How expensive you was...

Or what was you worth...

Ain't no Brinks truck following no hearse...


:elvis:

[Little Texan]

When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor?