Songs with outstanding lyrics

I'm just about always thinking of music.  I have songs running through my head at all times.  This morning though, I woke up with a song playing in my head and I thought - hhmm, I don't really like that song.  However, as I listened to it in my brain I thought - well, this song isn't too great, but the lyrics are fantastic!   It inspired me to start thinking of songs that have outstanding lyrics.    I thought, let me write an article that celebrates songs that are lyrically fantastic.   Well, I'm a bit pressed for time this morning so I only spent an hour on it.   I've come up with 6 songs that I think have terrific lyrics.  There is no special order,  just 6 songs that came to me this morning.    And they are:

1. "Across The Universe" - The Beatles

2. "Cats in the Cradle" - Harry Chapin

3. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen

4. "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot

5. "Fire and Rain" - James Taylor

6. "At 17" by Janis Ian


I'm sure if I spent several more hours pondering this topic I could come up with more songs - however, as I said, I'm a bit busy today and don't have the time.  So, I would really appreciate some additional viewpoints.  I'm quite sure there are a lot of songs I missed........


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