13 Reasons Why Songwriting Is Great Writing

I love music.  My entire life seems to play out to music.

Sure, there are plenty of stories that I wish I had written.  But it's usually a great song that stirs me up emotionally every time I hear it.

Today's post is dedicated to great songwriting, because hey, songwriting is writing.

13 Reasons Why Songwriting Is Great Writing

1. OHIO by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Four dead in Ohio."

2. PAINT IT BLACK by The Rolling Stones
"No colors anymore, I want them to turn black."

3. HURRICANE by Bob Dylan
"And though they could not produce the gun, The DA said he was the one, who did the deed, And the all-white jury agreed."

4. THE BEAUTY OF GRAY by Live
"If I said you ought to give him some of your water, you'd shake your canteen and walk away."

5. SUSPICIOUS MINDS by Elvis Presley
"You don't believe a word I say."

6. IT'S A MAN'S, MAN'S WORLD by James Brown
"This is a man's world but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman"

7. LOSE YOURSELF by Eminem
"He choked but he won't give up that easy."

8. BIG TEN INCH RECORD by Aerosmith
"She just loves my big ten inch...record of her favorite blues."

9. ROOSTER by Alice In Chains
"Ain't found a way to kill me yet."

10. WHERE IS MY MIND by The Pixies
"Your head will collapse, but there's nothing in it and you'll ask yourself, Where is my mind?"

11. THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER by Iron Maiden
"Determination makes you run, never stop, got to win, got to run 'til you drop."

12. ONE by Metallica
"Fed through the tube that sticks in me [...] trapped in myself, body my holding cell."

13. THE UNDERTAKER (Renholder Mix) by Puscifer
"Thank you for [...] making it easy to murder your sweet memory."

What are your favorite song lyrics?

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