re: Songs that stop you in your tracks, make you pause and absorb the lyrics

Some songs are more powerful than others but can’t say a song has this affect on me really but if I had to pick one…

Ironically mine doesn’t have lyrics

Cast Your Fate to the Wind by Vince Guaraldi

Gerry Rafferty - Bakers Street

The entire song is a masterpiece but especially love the following:

He's got this dream about buying some land
He's gonna give up the booze and the one stands
And then he'll settle down in some quiet little town
And forget about everything

Dup

This Old Cowboy.

Deep in the west
Where the tall mountains grow, I've gone home
Where the heaven above
Turns red from the fire down below

Are you listening to me
When I'm talking to you?
Said together, we're one
And divided, we're through
Ooh, ooh
Divided, we're through

Silver friend at night
Yellow friend, you come with the dawn
Back in my heart
I've been drying my eyes, see me run

So you hang onto me
And I hang onto you
Said together, we're one
And divided, we're through
Ooh, ooh
Divided, we're through

Refusing to talk
I suppose that it's all for love's sake, ain't it, babe?
Learning to give
That's important before you can take from me

Are you listening to me
When I'm talking to you?
Said together, we're one
And divided, we're through
So you hang onto me
And I hang onto you
Said together, we're one
And divided, we're through

Are you listening to me (There you go)
When I'm talking to you? (Changing your mind)
Said together, we're one (This love of yours)
And divided, we're through (Will take me sometime)

So you hang onto me (Here I go)
And I hang onto you (I keep changing my mind)
Said together, we're one (This love of yours)
And divided, we're through (Will take me sometime)

Ooh, ooh
Divided, we're through (Hey, hey, yeah)
Ooh, ooh