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"Nobody's Gonna Change My World That's Something To Unreal"   Lyrics that i live my life by-from Black Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy's track You Won't Change Me
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Bob Dylan, Peter Hammill, Mark E Smith, Keith Reid.
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Bob Dylan - Desolation Row
Frank Zappa - Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
Donald Fagen - Kid Charlemagne
Jim Morrison - Strange Days
Ian Anderson - Thick As A Brick
Peter Hammill - The Undercover Man
Roger Waters (with Pink Floyd) - Echoes
Peter Sinfield (with King Crimson) - The Court Of The Crimson King
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Points: 34086 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2014 at 17:04
I will also highlight Robert Lambs lyrics in early Chicago.
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Sinfield, Hammill, Fish, Gabriel, both Andersons...
That just about sums it up for sure. Though at times, I thought Fish could be more 'thoughtful', but mostly he's great.
Another lyricist that I find amazing, is Bruce Cockburn. The guy is just outstanding, whatever he does.....There should be more appreciation for him.....
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I always thought Fish was very underrated, but glad to see other people like him. All 3 Peter's are excellent.
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Sinfield, Hammill, Fish, Gabriel, both Andersons...
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Ian Anderson, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Jim Morrison. 
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Fish
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Hammill for sure.
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Ian Anderson, Helmut Koellen on his solo album (RIP), Federico D'Andrea from Libra (RIP), Roger Waters, Neil Peart, Barry Palmer
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Dylan

Mitchell

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The most underrated Bryan Ferry, the inimitable Fish, Dave Cousins, Frank Zappa and Sinfield. 
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Waters and Fagen. That's probably it.
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Jon Anderson, Roger Waters, Neil Peart, Pete Townshend, Jim Morrison, and Peter Sinfield/Richard Palmer-James (for the hell of it!) are some favorites of mine.
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I don't care that much about lyrics, but I enjoy Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Roger, Syd.....
...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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Kevin Moore has always been a personal favorite. His lyrics when he was a member of Dream Theater and then when he was writing as Chroma Key are absolutely amazing. 
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Peter Hammill
This night wounds time.
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Peter Gabriel, Neil Peart (after 1978), Fish and David Bowie.

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