Your favorite Brian penned lyric

[mike8902]

"Take your time, don't worry how you feel because
You know we've got forever
Maybe I'll come up with some idea and
You'd think that I was clever"

[al]

Well, it would be nice to know how much of the previously Brian only stuff was LARGELY Brian - Kiss Me Baby was always down as just him for example.

Going from what is legitimately his then Till I Die would be my choice. Johnny Carson runs it close though 

[Uncomfortable Seat]

"some group was playing a musical song"

[Chris Brown]

Like Alan said, if we knew more about Brian's early lyrical work it woudl be easier...but going just on what we know he wrote, I would go with A Day In The Life of a Tree.  "Oh lord I lay me down, my branches to the ground, there's nothing left for me".  Gut-wrenching stuff.

[Surfer Joe]

"'Til I Die" is one of the best lyrics written by anyone at any time.

[Jason]

"Til I Die. No contest.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

"some group was playing a musical song"

I always took this to be the Beach Boys, true?

My favorite of his lyrics are all of the aformentioned, and most popular ones amongst fans. Though, I will also throw in Let Him Run Wild,  Busy Doin' Nothing, and I'd Love Just Once To See You.

Reason I pick those last two is the numerous bands who have travelled down a similar path, no doubt influenced by those songs very much. Of Montreal, their lyrics get too odd and silly whereas Brian knows what is excess. That's why they're such memorable, yet odd lyrics.

[Sheriff John Stone]

For me it's "The Night Was So Young"

"Is somebody gonna tell me why she has to hiyiyide, she 's passin' it by, she won't even try, to make this love go where it should"

"It's three o'clock, I go to my sink, I pour some milk, and I start to think, is she asleep, or is she awake, and does she think of the love we could make"

and "I've got a car, and you're not too far, please let me come over to you"

classic Brian...

[Jason]

That's such a romantic song. Shame it wasn't about Brian's then-wife Marilyn.

[Sheriff John Stone]

That's such a romantic song. Shame it wasn't about Brian's then-wife Marilyn.

Yeah, Jason, wasn't it supposed to be inspired by a "girlfriend", Debbie Kiel, or somebody...

I never really bought into that theory, though, or maybe I just didn't want to accept it.

I always felt that Brian was just trying to appeal to his younger audience. That adult/child in him. A 34 year old man writing teenage lyrics. Specifically that line "I've got a car and you're not too far"... We've all been there. Sixteen years old with our first junker. Maybe I'm just too sentimental. It is a romantic song though...

[theeponymuseudonym]

hey doctor, i think i know who "the night" wa written about.....

[theeponymuseudonym]

Damn...beat to it.

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

Marilyn is so darn shexy, how could anyone have passed her up for some other girl?

[theeponymuseudonym]

marylin was seen by brian as a mother figure, nice legs though

[b.dfzo]

I'm a sucker for "If Mars had life on it, I might find my wife on it".

[Reverend Joshua Sloane]

marylin was seen by brian as a mother figure, nice legs though

He had a Mom.

He got a bit dependant on Marilyn as the years grew on but it was still a marriage.

[Sheriff John Stone]

mike8902 mentioned "Let's Put Our Hearts Together", alan brightmore mentioned "Johnny Carson", idigworms mentioned "Solar System", and I mentioned "The Night Was So Young". We probably could've mentioned a couple of more from The Beach Boys Love You. Seems that Brian really connected with a lot of people with that album. I really liked Brian's compositions from that period (1976-1977); his sense of humor was still intact.

Interestingly, around that time, Brian also composed the song "Marilyn Rovell". Who would've predicted that in another 2 years or so, there would be no more Brian and Marilyn. After all they went through. Very sad...

[Jeff Mason]

"Well, oh my, oh gosh, oh gee"

Seriously.  It's so dumb it's great.

[theeponymuseudonym]

He likes the way she carries his babies....

i meant Marylin was a suitable "mother" for Brian to carry on his genes

(and not as in Landy) excuse the perversity.

[Jason]

Yeah, Jason, wasn't it supposed to be inspired by a "girlfriend", Debbie Kiel, or somebody...

I never really bought into that theory, though, or maybe I just didn't want to accept it.

I always felt that Brian was just trying to appeal to his younger audience. That adult/child in him. A 34 year old man writing teenage lyrics. Specifically that line "I've got a car and you're not too far"... We've all been there. Sixteen years old with our first junker. Maybe I'm just too sentimental. It is a romantic song though...

It was indeed about Debbie Keil, with whom Brian had a tumultuous (yet very rewarding) affair with.

Brian was a horny bastard during the 70s. He was even more of a sex machine than our mutual friend Beckner.

[Mitchell]

Great ones mentioned already. I'll Bet He's Nice is good, too.

How about Don't Back Down, She Knows Me Too Well, Surfer Girl, Time to Get Alone....

[Jason]

How about This Whole World, even?

[theeponymuseudonym]

....many times they just put on a show
 but when they leave, you wait aloooooonne...

Yikes! the story of my life, no wonder i like it!

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

My favorite:
"Like a tree that's just been planted I found life today".

[theeponymuseudonym]

i'm no botanist, but isnt a tree thats just been planted dead? until you pour water and leave it in the sun?

or is he meaning he's the seeds? A day in the Life of a Tree pt.21!!!!