On That Note: I Fought the Lawn

[gipper2001]

When the sun beats down and I lie on the bench,
I can always hear them talk.
Me, I'm just a lawnmower - you can tell me by the way I walk

 

[Cupped]

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. Our House

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy 'cause of you

 

[diaclone]

Eric Burdon and War -"Spill the Wine"

When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
In a big field of tall grass

 

[diaclone]

Wilson Pickett - "Don't let the green grass fool you

 

[BCClone]

Smoking funny things.

 

[cytor]

The boy lies in the grass, unmoving
Staring at the sky

 

[diaclone]

Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands

She'd say, "Billy don't you run so fast
Might fall on a piece of glass
"Might be snakes there in that grass"
Grandma's hands

 

[Cupped]

The Beatles, Get Back

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass

 

[MuskieCy]

 

[diaclone]

Johnnie Taylor - "Cheaper To Keep Her"

I know you think
The grass is greener
Way over on the other side

 

[BoxsterCy]

I was once out strolling
One very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
In a big field of tall grass

 

[diaclone]

Boney M- "Hooray Hooray It's a Holi-Day

"There's a brook nearby, the grass grows high"

 

[MeanDean]

 

[MeanDean]

 

[MeanDean]

Whispers at the bus stop
I heard about nights at the school yard
I found out about you

 

[Cydar]

 

[WartburgClone]

There's a black man with a black cat
Livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard

 

[Bewilderme]

Everything's dead here
Covered with plastic
Everything's fluoro
Evergreen matter
Gotta stop grass growin'
Cover that wormhole
Gotta stop birds from
Shitting on my lawn

...

Suitable texture, suitable color
Miniature forest, better than nature
Make me feel better knowing I won't go
Out on my lawn and see an animal
Everything's sterile, even infertile
Proud of my monster, never been straighter
Dog-**** heaven, it's better than the earth it's AstroTurf

 

[cyclones500]

“You’re lookin’ good, just like a snake in the grass.”

 

[coolerifyoudid]

There's a black man with a black cat
Livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard

As soon as I saw the thread title, I knew there had to be at least one John Cougar Mellencamp song that fit this topic.

@cyclones500, great thread title