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Morrissey.
But mostly his Smiths songs.
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I said it once and I'll say iagain, jamesmurphy. Look at these lyrics its intense.
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Leonard Cohen.
Hell, before he was a singer he had published poetry and has an extensive body of work. He is at once lyrical and blunt, and he is depressing in the best way possible.
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Too bad he sucks at singing. :thumb:

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In my opinion, Leonard Cohen is the best of all time.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fMnF0Fvdpo[/youtube]

My other favorites are:

Blake Schwarzenbach
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmnZ7CWe4M[/youtube]

Chris Simpson
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxbv_UbZNg[/youtube]

I know I can probably fuck off though. :idk:
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BlueBoy wrote:In my opinion, Leonard Cohen is the best of all time.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fMnF0Fvdpo[/youtube]

My other favorites are:

Blake Schwarzenbach
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlmnZ7CWe4M[/youtube]

Chris Simpson
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxbv_UbZNg[/youtube]

I know I can probably fuck off though. :idk:


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John Darnielle you fucking plebs
Jesus this is not that difficult.

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Nick Cave
Neil Young
... Kool Keith

I'm not really a lyrics guy.
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Jayson Green
Keith Buckley
Drew Speziale
Jacob Bannon
Wes Eisold

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Stephin Merritt.
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everything written by:
The Mountain Goats
Defiance, Ohio
Paul Baribeau
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john k samson (weakerthans)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK8x-77GqB0[/youtube]

david bazan (pedro the lion)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faaEh8yXex4[/youtube]
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kaboom wrote:john k samson (weakerthans)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK8x-77GqB0[/youtube]

YES. Honorable mention to John K. from me, because I don't listen to the Weakerthans that much anymore but his songs practically saved my life when I was younger. Few things have moved and inspired me as deeply as the album Left and Leaving.
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You can tell this place is full of dudes. Fuck. None of those guys would be on my top lyricist list, except maybe Neil Young and Annie Clark.

Ani DiFranco (any of you diss her and I will break your fucking balls)
Annie Clark
Neil Young
Jeff Mangum

There are a lot of people who have written a couple of perfect songs (alan sparhawk "when I go deaf"), but I don't love all of their songs.
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