"Their eyes don't fill with wonder when you speak." - Technique
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"Laying on my back, biding my time, just waiting for the right song." - Jordan The Comeback
"What could make a girl believe the wicked things he'd say? / Like by the grace of God he'll be the bugle boy on judgment day." - Wicked Things
"Life's no cruise with a cool chick / Too many folks feelin' carsick." - Cars And Girls
"All my silence and my strained respect / Missed chances and the same regrets." - Bonny
"Some things hurt much more than cars and girls / What adds up the way it did when we were young?" - Cars And Girls
"I saw you crying from that doorway for sometime / It's no use drying your eyes 'cause I see those tell tale signs." - Tiffanys
"Long ago one stupid night, we let the stars go free." - We Let The Stars Go
"Not tortured, not wracked — illusions intact, / Undiscouraged by the facts." - Last of the Great Romantics
"Leave it behind on an overcrowded desk where the "IN"-tray is higher than the "OUT" ever will be." - I Never Play Basketball Now
"Up there a flag will fly for mom and apple pie / The one place left to play, the comeback's underway." - Moon Dog
"I wish that it were true our family includes you / Even though you're warped and unattractive." - Diana
"He's found another angel, she'll take him down a rung or two." - Knock On Wood
"Should a love be tender, and bleed out loud? / Or be tougher than tough, and prouder than proud." - Cruel
"Jesse James is running, and he'll never be at rest / Till the day they fold his arms across his chest." - Jesse James Symphony
"They're only words / They're only the saddest thing you've ever heard." - The World Awake
"See what the blind man paints — abstract expressionist saints." - List of Impossible Things
"We ask for any wrong we've done, the years ahead forgive us / We ask for any good we've done, that all of it outlive us." - Carnival 2000
"Now we're living, next we're gone / So if you've love please pass it on." - Enchanted
"There they were, loaded with promise, knee deep in fate / When what you want shows on your face, all that's left litters the whole damn place." - Hey Manhattan!
"We ask for any good we've done, that all of it outlive us." - Carnival 2000
"I know you love dancing, so I know that you'd hate dancing with me." - The Wedding March
"Name me one little thing you'll be wanting to keep / As you give up the ghost as you sink into sleep." - I Remember That
"Don't goodbye deserve some Bach not barbershop?" - Jesse James Bolero
"Death is untrue, I'm merely sleeping / I'm waiting for you in a world way beyond weeping." - Grief Built The Taj Mahal
"The sweet sweet songs that cloud your eyes — nostalgia supplies." - Cue Fanfare
"Maybe honest Joe hides from things he hates to know." - Wicked Things
"This is where your sleepless eyes will close / This is where the weary find repose." - Scarlet Nights