These are excerpts from 10 of the most memorable sets of pop song lyrics of the year 2010.
1. Florence and the Machine - "Dog Days Are Over"
Songwriters Florence Welch and Isabella Summers
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
2. Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now"
Songwriters Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley, and Hillary Scott
Another shot of whiskey can't stop looking at the door
Wishing you'd come sweeping in the way you did before
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind
For me it happens all the time
It's a quarter after one, I'm a little drunk and I need you now
Said I wouldn't call, but I lost all control and I need you now
And I don't know how I can do without
I just need you now
3. Eminem - "Not Afraid"
Songwriters Matthew Raymond Burnett, Jordan Evans, Marshall Mathers, Louis Edgardo Resto, and Matthew Jehu Samuels
I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road
4. B.o.B. - "Airplanes" featuring Hayley Williams and Eminem
Songwriters B.o.B, Jeremy "Kinetics" Dussolliet, and Tim "One Love" Sommers
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars?
I could really use a wish right now
5. Paramore - "The Only Exception"
Songwriters Hayley Williams and Josh Farro
When I was younger
I saw my daddy cry
And curse at the wind
He broke his own heart
And I watched
As he tried to reassemble it
And my mama swore that
She would never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love
If it does not exist
6. Travie McCoy - "Billionaire" featuring Bruno Mars
Songwriters Travis L. McCoy, Peter Hernandez, Ari Levine, and Philip Lawrence
Yeah I would have a show like Oprah
I would be the host of Everyday Christmas
Give Travie your wish list
I’d probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain’t never had sh*t
Give away a few Mercedes like, "Here lady have this,"
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish
7. Kanye West - "Runaway" featuring Pusha T
Songwriters Kanye West, Terrence Thorton, Emile Haynie, Jeff Bhasker, Mike Dean, and John Roger Branch
Yeah I always find somethin' wrong
You been puttin' up with my sh*t just way too long
I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most
So I think it's time for us to have a toast
Let's have a toast for the douchebags,
Let's have a toast for the assholes,
Let's have a toast for the scumbags,
Every one of them that I know
Let's have a toast for the jerkoffs
That'll never take work off
Baby, I got a plan,br> Run away fast as you can
8. Cee Lo Green - "F**k You!"
Songwriters Cee Lo Green, Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, and Brody Brown
Yeah I'm sorry, I can't afford a Ferrari
But that don't mean I can't get you there
I guess he's an Xbox and I'm more an Atari, But the way you play your game ain't fair
9. Taylor Swift - "Back To December"
Songwriter Taylor Swift
I’m so glad you made time to see me
How’s life, tell me how’s your family
I haven’t seen them in a while
You’ve been good, busier than ever
Small talk, work and the weather
Your guard is up and I know why
Because the last time you saw me
Is still burning in the back of your mind
You gave me roses and I left them there to die
So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying I'm sorry for that night
And I go back to December all the time
It turns out freedom ain’t nothing but missing you
10. Bruno Mars - "Grenade"
Songwriters Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, and Andrew Wyatt
'Cause what you don't understand is
I'd catch a grenade for ya
Throw my hand on a blade for ya
I'd jump in front of a train for ya
You know I'd do anything for ya
I would go through all this pain
Take a bullet straight through my brain
Yes, I would die for ya baby
But you won't do the same











