Metaphor and Simile Song List

Pictures of You by The Last Goodnight (metaphors)

Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis (metaphors, personification)
Halo by Beyonce (metaphors, similes, personification)
Drops of Jupiter by Train (metaphors, similes)
I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor (hyperbole!)
The River by Garth Brooks
Two Sparrows in a Hurricane by Tanya Tucker
Like a Rose by A1
Say It Aint So by Weezer
Shes a Mystery by
This is Your Life by Switchfoot
Mr. Lonely by Akon (reflective)
Rock You Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions
Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
Arms of an Angel by Sara McLachlan
Every Day is a Winding Road by Sheryl Crow
Heavens on Fire by Kiss
Candle in the Wind Elton John
Hungry Like a Wolf by Duran Duran
I am the Walrus by the Beatles
Shes Like the Wind by
Like a Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder
I am a Rock by Simon and Garfunkel
You Spin Me Right Round by
Bad Medicine by Bon Jovi
Circus by Britney Spears
Poker Face by Lady GaGa
Hot n Cold by Katie Perry
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
In Too Deep by Sum 41
When Im Gone by Three Doors Down
No Leaf Clover by Metallica?
Learn to Fly by The Foo Fighters
Hawkmoon 269 by U2 (full of similes!!)
The Stars are Projectors by Modest Mouse
Badlands by Bruce Springsteen
Garden of Serenity by the Ramones
Im on Fire by Bruce Springsteen
Across the Universe by the Beatles

*I use various songs for ages 12-20+check for age appropriateness before use!!

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Narrative Songs

Theme Songs:
"Fresh Prince"
"Beverly Hillbillies"
"Gilligan's Island"
"Brady Bunch"

Story Songs:
"I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley
"Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna
"Jack and Diane" by John Mellancamp
"Waterfalls" by TLC
"Cat's in the Cradle" by Cat Stevens
"Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels
"Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam
"Lucille" by Kenny Rogers
"The Gambler" by Kenny Rogers
"Ruby" by Kenny Rogers
"Walk Away, Joe" by Trisha Yearwood
"Thunder Rolls" by Garth Brooks
"Wanted Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi
"Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi
"American Pie" Don McLean
"Billy Don't be a Hero"

Memoir Songs:
"He Walked on Water" by Randy Travis
"A Song for Mama" by Boyz II Men
"Brotherly Love" by Keith Whitley and Earl Thomas Conley
"Daddy's Hands" by Holly Dunn
"Photograph" by Nickelback
"Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler
"Me & Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin
"Rain on the Scarecrow" by John Cougar Mellancamp
"Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon
"Cat's in the Cradle" Cat Stevens
"Angie" by the Rolling Stones
"Young Love" by the Judds
"Coat of Many Colors" by Dolly Parton
"The Dance" by Garth Brooks
"Butterfly Kisses" by Keith Carlisle
"Dew Drops" by Bob Marley
"Stir It Up" by Bob Marley

*I use various songs for ages 12-20+check for age appropriateness before use!!

Philbeck