A PHIL BRODIE BAND INFO PAGE
SONG ENDINGS
TITLES ~ AT THE END OF THE SONG ~
ONLY
songs
in popular music where the title of the song
is never mentioned until the very last words
IF YOU KNOW ANYMORE
please email
me
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
In Order of Release Date
"Boots
of Spanish Leather"
by Bob Dylan
Album: The Times They Are A-Changin'
Date: 1964
Charts:
- -
Last 4 lines:
So take heed, take heed of the western wind,
Take heed of the stormy weather.
And yes, there's something you can send back to me,
Spanish boots of Spanish leather.
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Virginia
Plain" by Roxy Music
Album: Roxy Music
Track Release: 1972
Charts:
U.K. No. 4.
Last 4 lines:
And where my Studebaker takes me
That's where I'll make my stand but wait
Can't you see that Holzer mane?
What's her name, Virginia Plain?
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Pigs on the Wing (Part One)" by
Pink Floyd
Album:
Animals
Date: 1972
Charts:
- -
Last 4 lines:
We would zig zag our way through the boredom and pain
Occasionally glancing up through the rain.
Wondering which of the buggars to blame
And watching for pigs on the wing.
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Pigs
on the Wing (Part Two)" by Pink Floyd
Album:
Animals
Date: 1972
Charts:
- -
Last 4 lines:
Now that I've found somewhere safe
To bury my bone.
And any fool knows a dog needs a home,
A shelter from pigs on the wing.
"Pigs
on the Wing" part one & two are recorded as different songs
on the album, but could be classed as one song.
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Up The Junction" by Squeeze
Album: Cool
For Cats
Track Release: 1978
Charts: U.K. No.4.
Last 4 lines:
And she won't write a letter
Although I always tell her
And so its my assumption
Im really up the junction
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Twat"
by John Cooper Clarke
Single: Splat/Twat
Date: 1979
Charts:
- -
Last 4 lines:
What kind of creature bore you
Was is some kind of bat
They can’t find a good word for you,
but I can... Twat.
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"The
Rose"
by Bette Midler
Album: The Rose Soundtrack
Track Release: 1980
Charts: US Pop No.3 US AC No.1
Last 5 lines:
Just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed that
with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Like A Baby" by Wham!
Album: Make It Big
Date:
1984
Charts: -
-
Last 4 lines:
I saw something in your face
Stay here, beside me, I need your love to hide me
You lied, and now you've gone away
You
left me crying' like a baby .. Like a baby
Technically
.. right or wrong?? but near enough!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Just
Like Heaven"
by The Cure
Album: 'Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'
Date: 1987
Charts:
U.K
No.29
~ U.S No.10
Last few lines:
you
soft and only
you
lost and lonely
you
just like heaven
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Manhattan
Skyline" by A-Ha
Album:
Scoundrel Days
Track Release: 1987
Charts: U.K
No. 13.
Last 4 lines:
A chance of a lifetime to see new horizons
On the front page
A black and white picture
Of Manhattan Skyline
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"One More Try" by
George Michael
Album: Faith
Track Release: 1987
Charts:
U.K No. 8. ~ U.S No. 1.
Last 5 lines:
Because there ain't no joy
For an uptown boy
Who just isn't willing to try
I'm so cold inside
Maybe just one more try
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Running
To Stand Still" by U2
Album:
Joshua Tree
Date: 1987
Charts:
- -
Last 4 lines:
She is raging, she
is raging
And the storm blows up in her eyes
She will suffer the needle chill
She is running to stand still
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Our Mutual
Friend" by Divine Comedy
Album: Absent Friends
Date: 2004
Chart: - -
Last 4 lines:
I stumbled
out to find the bathroom
But all I found was her
Wrapped around another lover.
No longer then is he our mutual friend.
~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Big
"thankyou" to Paul who inspired this page
and thanks to anyone who sends more in
Please
email me if you know of anymore
