Poetic lyrics

[Jonn]

What songs have the most poetic lyrics?

Five for starters:

Visions of Johanna
Fairytale of New York
A Day in the Life
Thunder Road
American Pie

 

[droodzilla]

Hard to pick specific songs but the three masters are:

Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen

All Canadian, of course.

 

[Martyn Miles]

Many of Gordon Lightfoot’s songs.
Too many to mention.

Canadian, of course.

 

[Jonathan]

Hard to pick specific songs but the three masters are:

Joni Mitchell
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen

All Canadian, of course.

you guys are forgetting michel bublé and celine ...

kidding of course

 

[Jonathan]

there are SO MANY artists who have good or even great lyrics - nine inch nails however is most definitely not one of them ...

 

[Martyn Miles]

you guys are forgetting michel bublé and celine ...

kidding of course

Michael Bubble and Celine Titanic.
Massively talented singers...

Kidding, of course.

 

[Achim]

Andy Partridge of XTC has penned many poetic masterpieces, poetic and damn witty all in the same package.

Also seconding Joni Mitchell.

 

[Martyn Miles]

How about some of John Denver’s songs ?

 

[guydarryl]

Rod Stewart:

She was tall, thin and tarty
And she drove a Maserati
Faster than sound
I was heaven bound
Although I must have looked a creep
In my army surplus jeep
Was I being too bold
Before the night could get old