List of 40 Examples of Alliteration in Songs
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When writing song lyrics, the sound is all-important. As well as rhyme, pairs of words with the same first letter are frequently used - see this list of alliterations in songs for examples.
| Lyrics | Song Title | Singer |
| "And are you lonely looking for yourself out there?" | Drops of Jupiter | Train |
| "And I, I, I, wake up and wonder What was the place, what was the name? We wanna wait, but here we go again" |
Girlfriend is Better | Talking Heads |
| "And who's the fool who wears the crown?" | Fearless | Pink Floyd |
| "And, baby, now we’ve got bad blood" | Bad Blood | Taylor Swift |
| "Give me something sweet Bring me to the brink I'll leave without hesitation To a world without limitation" |
Merrimack River | Mandy Moore |
| "Hear her voice, shake my window Sweet seducing sighs" |
Human Nature | Michael Jackson |
| "Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers nearby" | Helplessly Hoping | Stephen Stills |
| "I go bitten by the bitter bug" | Second Time Around | Indigo Girls |
| "I was painting a picture The picture was a painting of you and" |
Runaway | Aurora |
| "I will want to dive beneath The white cascading waters" |
I Wasn’t Born to Follow | The Byrds |
| "I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king" | That’s Life | Frank Sinatra |
| "In private she's seductive but in public she's prim, porcelain and nervous" | Starting to Come to Me | Elvis Costello |
| "Like everything that ever mattered, scit-scat scattered" | Scattered Leaves | The Be Good Tanyas |
| "Little old lady got mutilated late last night" | Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon |
| "Live, love, laugh, and be happy" | When the Red, Red Robin | Al Jolson |
| "Made her look a little like a military man" | Lovely Rita | The Beatles |
| "Mary, did you know that your baby boy Will one day walk on water" |
Mary, Did You Know? | Michael English |
| "Mean Mister Mustard sleeps in the park" | Mean Mr. Mustard | The Beatles |
| "Said I'd see you soon" | Words | Skylar Grey |
| "Said I’m so sick of love songs, so sad and slow" | So Sick | Ne-Yo |
| "So meet me at the mission at midnight" | Banditos | The Refreshments |
| "So what we gon' have: dessert or disaster?" | Knock You Down | Keri Hilson |
| "Stop and stare You start to wonder why you're here not there" |
Stop and Stare | OneRepublic |
| "Sweet smelling summer nights Of wine and song" |
With You There to Help Me | Jethro Tull |
| "Take your seven veils and sail the seven seas" | Seven Veils | Elbow |
| "The breeze blows where we go All of the world stands still" |
Deep & Wild | The Sweeplings |
| "The salty lips of the socialite sisters" | New Lace Sleeves | Elvis Costello |
| "The savage soldier sticks his head in sand" | Gates of Eden | Bob Dylan |
| "There a stranger strives solitary" | There’s a Rugged Road | Shawn Colvin |
| "There are so many good things to see While grazin' in the grass" |
Grazing in the Grass | The Friends of Distinction |
| "There's a wishy washy washer woman washing her clothes" | Wishy Washy Washer Woman | Johnny Bregar |
| "They dance like a great greasepaint ghost on the wind" | Wild Billy's Circus Story | Bruce Springsteen |
| "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot" | Big Yellow Taxi | Joni Mitchell |
| "This time, this place Misused, mistakes Too long, too late Who was I to make you wait?" |
Far Away | Nickelback |
| "To hold your heart, to hold your hand Would be to me, the bravest thing" |
Truth Is a Beautiful Thing | London Grammar |
| "To try and make me change my mind and stay" | Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right | Bob Dylan |
| "We're music makers, so let's make music" | The World Will Sing Our Song | The Jones Girls |
| "What would you wish for, if you had one chance?" | Airplanes | B.o.B |
| "When I was young, me and my mama had beef Seventeen years old, kicked out on the streets" |
Dear Mama | 2Pac |
| "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be" | Let It Be | The Beatles |
