It took the band Soul Asylum 8 years to come up with this??
You might be right
You might be wrong
You might just think your life has gone on for too long
Your knees get weak
And your heart grows cold
And youre tired of doing everything youre told
And nothing can take away from you
What you take and what youve been through
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It wont take long
You cant go wrong
Stand up and be strong
You might have to fight
You might have to cry
You might have to cry
You might have to fight
Stand up and be strong
If you live in the hills
You take too many pills
If youve lost the thrill
Against your own will
Stand up and be strong
And nothing can take away from you
What you take
Well you know what youve got to do
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It wont take long
You cant go wrong
Stand up and be strong
If you get all depressed
When you get undressed
If youre lifes a mess
Remember youre blessed
Stand up and be strong
The good thing about this song though is you can extend it indefinitely with your own lyrics:
"Your breakfast was small, don't trip or you'll fall, stand up and be strong".
Or "You went out for a stroll, You stepped in a hole, Your girlfriend's a Pole, stand up and be strong".
How about "You wish you could fly, You ate too much pie, You ate too much pie stand up and be strong". I think I could do this all day actually!
9 comments:
My theory is that bands only release singles that are guaranteed to be a hit with the Japanese market. Everyone can be famous in Japan.
And rhyming songs and songs with easily repeatable common phrases (Bon Jovi's Have a Nice Day) are a sure thing in the land of the rising sun.
A band can get by with stinky lyrics if the melody's good. Is the melody any good?
nova- I agree. That would also explain that "Can't get you outta my head" Kylie Minogue song.
violet- It's crap.
My dog could come up with those lyrics.
Some songs aren't written for content, they're written to be like viruses that get stuck in your head!
What have they been doing the last 8 years? Maybe the money ran out so they just wanted to throw some crap out and see if anyone would buy it.
I kind of tuned out of Soul Asylum after "The Horse They Rode In On." That was the last good record they put out.
In hindsight, "Grandfather watches the grandfather clock" is pretty schlocky, too. Still, one of the greatest live rock acts I ever saw - CBGBs circa 1988...
I never heard that song, but I think a lot of songs have bad lyrics that still manage to be good. Ever actually read the lyrics to "I wanna hold your hand" by the Beatles? Not that I'm saying that's a good song. "God Digger" is a great song, but while singing it karoke I realized I don't really understand half the lyrics.
Yeah, Prego, I seem to remember they were supposed to be more respectable, at least lyrically. This Bon Jovi-soundin', Backstreet lyrics-y stuff is an assault on the ears!
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