What are the most romantic song lyrics ever written?

and... Why do you think it's the most romantic song?

My favorite is Knock Three Times... Why? I often dance alone on my patio and dream of a handsome man swooning over me, watching as I dance.

Knock Three Times
( Tony Orlando and Dawn )

Hey girl what ya doin' down there
Dancin' alone every night while I live right above you?
I can hear your music playin'
I can feel your body swayin'
One floor below me you don't even know me
I love you

Oh, my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Mmm, twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

If you look out your window tonight
Pull in the string with the note that's attached to my heart
Read how many times I saw you
How in my silence I adored you
And only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

Oh, my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show



Read how many times I saw you
How in my silence I adored you
And only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

Oh, my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh, my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Mmm, twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

I don't like picking only one though.

the Righteous Brothers version with the Spector wall of sound just sounds so heartwrenching.

Also any love song sung by Gram Parsons with Emmy Lou Harris for the same reason.

:D

I LOVE ...

The Rodeo Song

Well...it's 40 below and I don't give a fuck
Gotta heater in my truck
And I'm off to the Rodeo

Well...it's an alaman right and an alaman left
C'mon ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off the stage you Godamn goof ya know
you piss me off...you fuckin' jerk
you get on my nerves

Here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one balled man...and he's off to the rodeo
Well...it's an alaman right and an alaman left
C'mon ya fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off the stage ya Godamn goof ya know
you piss me off...you fuckin' jerk
you get on my nerves

(chorus)

Well I finally found someone to turn me upside down
And nail my feet up where my head should be
If they had a King of Fools then I could wear that crown
And you can all die laughing because I'll wear it proudly

I'll wear it proudly through the dives and the dancehalls
If you'll wear it proudly through the snakepits and catcalls
Like a fifteen year old kid wears a vampire kiss
If you don't know what is wrong with me
Then you don't know what you've missed

never reaching the end
Letters I've written
Never meaning to send....


Beautiful.

The music behind the lyrics are awesome...

My baby makes me proud, Lord, don't she make me proud
She never makes a scene by hanging all over me in a crowd
Cause people like to talk, Lord, don't they love to talk
But when they turn out the lights, I know she'll be leaving with me

And when we get behind closed hairs, and she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me glad that I'm a man
And no one knows what goes on behind closed doors

My baby makes me smile, Lord, don't she make me smile
She's never far away or too tired to say I want you
She's always a lady, just like a lady should be
But when they turn out the lights, she's still a baby to me

And when we get behind closed doors, and she lets her hair hang down
And she makes me glad that I'm a man
And no one knows what goes on behind closed doors

Behind closed doors.

I don't know, it just makes me think of my wedding.

What do you think? :)

Thought this was as lounge as it got. Thanks, though, I'll be sure to post threads like this in the lounge;-)

You will learn the difference...

also one of the best melodies...

Some day, when I’m awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you...
And the way you look tonight.

Yes you’re lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fear apart...
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
It touches my foolish heart.

Lovely ... never, ever change.
Keep that breathless charm.
Won’t you please arrange it ?
’cause I love you ... just the way you look tonight.

Just the way you look to-night.

When it's time from work to go
And in my boat I row
'Cross the muddy Ohio
When the evening light is falling
And I look towards Floyd's Knobbs
Where the afterglories glow
And I dream on two bright eyes
With a merry mouth below
She's my beauteous Katerina
She's my joy and sorry too
Though I know she is untrue
Oh, but I cannot live without her
For my heart's a boat in tow
And I'd give the world to know
If she means to let me go
As I sing the whole day through

Katerina, your lovely hair
Has more beauty I declare
Than all the tresses there
From Smoketown to Oldham county
Be they black, red, gold or brown
Let them hang to lengths below
They mean not as much to me
As a melting flake of snow
And her dance is like a gleam
Of the sunlight on the stream
And the screeching blue jays seem
To form her name when screaming
But my heart is full of woe
For last night she made me go
And the tears began to flow
As I sing the whole day through

-=-=-
I'm a sucker for folk songs.

Babe I'm leaving
I must be on my way...
The time is drawing near..
My train is going
I see it in your eyes..
The love, the need, your tears..

And I'll be lonely without you..
And I'll need your love to see me through
So please believe me
My heart is in your hands...
And I'll be missing you

"Killing Me Softly With Your Stupid Post."

Give me a break.

Saw your apology, so here's my song pick...

Stray Cat Blues (Jagger/Richards)

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
I know your notoriety, honey
There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime

I can see that you're fifteen years old
No I don't want your I.D.
And I can see that you're so far from home
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet, bet your mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know that you spit like that.

You look so weird and you're so far from home
but you really miss your mother
Don't look so scared I'm no mad-brained bear
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime

I bet your mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that.

You say you got a friend, she's wilder than you
Well, why don't you bring her upstairs
If she's so wild she can join in too
But it's no hanging matter
It's no capital crime

Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
Oh yeah, don'tcha scratch like that
Oh yeah, you're a strange stray cat
I bet you mama don't know you scream like that
I bet your mother don't know that you bite like that
I'll bet she never saw you scratch my back

Now if that's not truly romantic, I don't know what is. LOL

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(and yes, this should be in the Lounge)

Can't say nothing different about myself
Sometimes I'm an angel
And sometimes I'm cruel
And when it comes to love
I'm just another fool
Yes, I'll climb a mountain
I'm gonna swim the sea
There ain't no act of God girl
Could keep you safe from me
My arms are reaching out
Out across this canyon
I'm asking you to be my true companion
True companion
True companion

So don't you dare and try to walk away
I've got my heart set on our wedding day
I've got this vision of a girl in white
Made my decision that it's you allright
And when I take your hand
I'll watch my heart set sail
I'll take my trembling fingers
And I'll lift up your veil
Then I'll take you home
And with wild abandon
Make love to you just like a true companion
You are my true companion
I got a true companion
True companion

When the years have done irreparable harm
I can see us walking slowly arm in arm
Just like the couple on the corner do
'Cause girl I will always be in love with you
And when I look in your eyes
I'll still see that spark
Until the shadows fall
Until the room grows dark
Then when I leave this Earth
I'll be with the angels standin'
I'll be out there waiting for my true companion
Just for my true companion
True companion
True companion

All The Way
Frank Sinatra


When somebody loves you
It's no good unless he loves you
All the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you
All the way

Taller than the tallest tree is
That's how it's got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue sea is
That's how deep it goes
If it's real

When somebody needs you
It's no good unless he needs you
All the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in-between years
Come what may

Who knows where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if you'll let me love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you all the way
All the way
All the way

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

So, if you'll let me love you
It's for sure I'm gonna love you
All the way
All the way

The More I See You
Nat King Cole

Each time I look at you
Is like the first time
Each time you're near me
The thrill is new
And there is nothing
That I wouldn't do for
The rare delight of the sight
Of you for

The more I see you,
The more I want you
Somehow this feeling
Just grows and grows
With every sigh
I become more mad about you
More lost without you and so it goes

Can you imagine how much I love you?
The more I see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

I know the only one for me
Can only be you
My arms won't free you,
My heart won't try

where once the moon was just a rock spinning in the sky
where once the stars were only tiny points of light
now the moon, it looks like heaven's shining pearl
now the stars, they look like windows into a different world

~snip~

~bridge~
i can't tell -- was that a violin
or did you say something?
did lightning strike me where I stand
or did you just reach out
and take my hand?

look what love has done to me
look what love has done
this must be how it's meant to be
look what love has done
and my heart is dancing through each day
my soul is running free
look what love has done to me

There's a house burning down on the radio, but
we're in love we don't mind we're as far as I can tell
everyone worries so much about themselves
there's nothing happening to you that means anything at all

there's a plane crashing down on the studio, but
we're in luck we're not there so we're somewhere else instead
everyone wishes so much upon themselves
there's not a thing that you can do that'll make me come again

there's a house burning down on the radio, but
we're in love we don't mind we're as far as I can tell
everyone worries so much about themselves
there's nothing happening to you that means anything at all

i guess it's sort of sweet in a nihilistic way :)

followed by Don't Let Me Down; I Want You (she's so heavy); and Jealous Guy .... all by John Lennon. These are all songs I like to sing to my beautiful wife.

written by Bob Dylan

Close your eyes close the door
You don't have to worry anymore
I'll be your baby tonight

Shut the light shut the shade
You don't have to be afraid
I'll be your baby tonight

Well that mockingbird is gonna sail away
We're gonna forget it
Well that big fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But we're gonna let it
You won't regret it

Kick your shoes off do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
I'll be your baby tonight

Well that mockingbird is gonna sail away
We're gonna forget it
Well that big fat moon is gonna shine like a spoon
But we're gonna let it
You won't regret it

Kick your shoes off do not fear
Bring that bottle over here
I'll be your baby tonight

Let's see, someone already mentioned The Rightous Brothers' UNCHAINED MELODY, and there is

AMAZED
Lonestar

Everytime our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams

Chorus:
I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you, it just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life, with you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

The smell of you skin
the taste of your kiss
the way you whisper in the dark
your hair all around me, baby you surround me
you touch every place in my heart
oh, it feels like the first time everytime
I wanna spend the whole night in your eyes

Chorus

Every little thing that you do
I’m so in love with you
it just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life, with you by my side
forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
oh, every little thing that you do
baby I’m amazed by you...

and this

AFRICA
Toto

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way,
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies.
He turned to me as if to say,
'Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.'

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serangetti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

------ instrumental break ------

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa,
I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa,
I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

And this

EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES YOU
(Terry Kirkman)

In my most secure moments
I still can't believe
I'm spending these moments with you
And the ground I am walking,
the air that I breathe
Are shared in these moments with you

You love for real
You show the feel
Of everything that touches you

In the songs I've been singing
Quite often a phrase
Comes close to the feeling of you
But I never suspected
That one of those days
The wish of the song
Would come true


You are of gracefulness
You are of happiness
You are what I would guess to be most like
What I've been singing of

repeat verse 1
repeat chorus
repeat to fade: Love Love Love

Not to mention: INTO THE NIGHT by Benny Mardones, YOUR WILDEST DREAMS and I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE by The Moody Blues, and LADY IN RED by Chris De Burgh and ....

Whenever skies look grey to me
And trouble begins to brew
Whenever the winter winds
Begin to blow
I concentrate on you

When fortune cries nay, nay to me
And people declare "you’re through"
Whenever the blues becomes my only song
I concentrate on you

On your smile to sweet so tender
When first my kiss you deny
On the love in your eyes
When you surrender
And once again our arms entertwine

And so when wise men say to me
That loves young dreams never come true
To prove that even wise men can be wrong
I concentrate on you.

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Thank You
(Page/Plant)

If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

Kind woman, I give you my all, Kind woman, nothing more.

Little drops of rain whisper of the pain, tears of loves lost in the days gone by.
My love is strong, with you there is no wrong,
together we shall go until we die. My, my, my.
An inspiration is what you are to me, inspiration, look... see.

And so today, my world it smiles, your hand in mine, we walk the miles,
Thanks to you it will be done, for you to me are the only one.
Happiness, no more be sad, happiness....I'm glad.
If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.
When mountains crumble to the sea, there will still be you and me.

Bob Dylan


Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Whatever colors you have in your mind
I'll show them to you and you'll see them shine

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Until the break of day, let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And you're the best thing that he's ever seen

Stay, lady, stay, stay with your man awhile
Why wait any longer for the world to begin
You can have your cake and eat it too
Why wait any longer for the one you love
When he's standing in front of you

Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead
I long to see you in the morning light
I long to reach for you in the night
Stay, lady, stay, stay while the night is still ahead


That one makes me .... melt. :D

Others on my top ten list, "Unforgetable", "At Last", "Nights in White Satin", "Behind Closed Doors".

stars shining bright above you
night breezes seem to whisper "i love you"
birds singin' in the sycamore tree
dream a little dream of me

say nighty-night and kiss me
just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
while I'm alone and blue as can be
dream a little dream of me

stars fading but i linger on dear
still craving your kiss
i'm longing to linger till dawn dear
just saying this

sweet dreams till sunbeams find you
sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
but in your dreams whatever they be
dream a little dream of me

Learn to Love You by Harry Connick Jr.

But I didn't count on you
Running into me
No I didn't count on you

I could learn to love you
I could get used to this
I could learn to love you
And the shelter of your kiss.

Attics Of My Life
Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia


In the attics of my life
Full of cloudy dreams unreal
Full of tastes no tongue can know
And lights no eye can see
When there was no ear to hear
You sang to me

I have spent my life
Seeking all that's still unsung
Bent my ear to hear the tune
And closed my eyes to see
When there were no strings to play
You played to me

In the book of love's own dreams
Where all the print is blood
Where all the pages are my days
And all my lights grow old

When I had no wings to fly
You flew to me
You flew to me

In the secret space of dreams
Where I dreaming lay amazed
When the secrets all are told
And the petals all unfold
When there was no dream of mine
You dreamed of me




Our favorite Poem:

William Shakespeare - Sonnet #29
When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least,
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate

For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings,
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Either "Sexual Healing" or "Let's Get it On". Maybe they're more along the lines of lust rather than romance, but lust is highly underrated I think. Lust is the unspoken truth behind most romance anyway.