best punk rock love songs (as voted for by yours truly)
Hot tramps by Beach Slang
your arms are a car crash I want to die in/ your lips smash in mine just like lust and violence/ your heart’s a marvelous trash the world’s forgotten/ I cant love you raw enough
Favourite thing by The Replacements
you’re my favourite thing, you’re my favourite thing
Wasted daze of youth by Beach Slang
please don’t die before I do/ or say you’ll take me with you, deal?/ you’re my favourite weirdo/ how’d you teach me how to feel
Fuckmylife666 by Against Me!
where would we be without all the distance?/ you know Im already just a skeleton/ … don’t wanna live without teeth dont wanna die without bite/ I never wanna say I regret it/ and never wanna say that we grew apart/ never wanna say that the feelings changed
Helter skeleton by The Gaslight Anthem
and baby there will always be a soft spot in my cardiac arrest/ and I will love you till I die from this
With you by Dave Hause
I couldn’t stand not seeing you one more time before we’re dead/ […] ache with me and I’ll ache with you/ I want to do it with you/ dance with me we’ll all be dead soon/ I want to do it with you
Invisible Ink by Disco Ensemble
Im yours for life/ even tho I dont scream it out
Im not sayin’ by The Replacements
I can’t say I’ll always do/ the things you want me to/ I’m not sayin I’ll be true but I’ll try
Second Soul by Disco Ensemble
and you will find the second soul/ the one that you can mix with your own/ and you will find the second soul/ the one who vows you’ll never be alone
Baby dont you want me by Lucero
When we first met I’d count the days/ I’d make excuses just to say your name/ […] And now I have a heart like a hornets nest/ swarming in my mouth/ it busted through my chest/ Now I could live that way/ I’d take all that pain/ to have your heart be mine/ baby don’t you feel the same
The Reasons by The Weakerthans
I know you might roll your eyes at this/ but I’m so glad that you exist
Love you till the end by The Pogues
I just want to see you when you’re all alone/ I just want to catch you if I can/ I just want to be there/ when the morning light explodes
Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
I turned my face away and dreamt about you/ […] I’ve got a feeling this year’s for you and me/ so happy Christmas, I love you baby/ I can see a better time when all our dreams come true
I don’t mind by Defeater
and I don’t mind if we take our time/ cause Im all yours if you’re all mine
The Dreich by Skinny Lister
all through the dreich it was you I did seek, lowlands and above/ strange were your ways with a strange turn of phrase, my love/ Oh my darling, my fortunate find/ you do your best to be true, and I’ll do mine
So far away by Dire straits
I’m tired of being in love and being all alone/ when you’re so far away from me / and I get so tired when I have to explain when you’re so far away from me/ see you’ve been in the sun and I’ve been in the rain
Dear God by Avenged sevenfold
Dear God the only thing I ask of you is/ to hold her when I’m not around/ when I’m much too far away/ We all need that person who can be true to you
Say when by Dyke drama
It’s not like we ever had it but god damn, you really matter to me/ Tell me when to stop wasting your time/ ‘Cause I don’t wanna stop, I don’t wanna stop/ wasting my time, wasting my time on you
Thelma and Louise by Dyke drama
Sometimes walking clears my head/ then you come around and fill it up again […] it seems you spent most of your day walking through my head/ be gentle with this heart, it’s been disregarded
Carry by Skinny Lister
When these days seem to be suck on repeat/ you give a smile and knock some sense into me/ At the risk of sounding sentimental/ my pocket’s empty but my heart is full
Little Aphrodite by Frank Turner
suddenly it was like somebody somewhere/ scraped their keys down the side of my heart/ heart that been stuck in traffic/ and someone interminably unchanging red light/ […] and it’s lamely ridiculous of me to be saying Im sure/ but if I had an apple to give then it would be yours/ for you I’d start a war
Wild horses by The Rolling Stones
No sweeping exit or offstage lines/ could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind/ wild horses couldn’t drag me away/ let’s do some living before we die
Kingdom of gold by Bruce Springsteen
When I count my blessings and you’re mine for always/ we laughed beneath the covers/ and count the wrinkles and the grays
Avalon by The Dreadnoughts
You are my piece of mind where the river winds/ where the water shines/ Orchards hills and vines
I don’t love anyone by Pete Doherty
I dont love anyone, but you’re not just anyone/ you’re not just anyone to me
Pretty girls (The mover) by Against Me!
What are you gonna say when she picks up the phone?/ should you leave a message if she’s not at home?/ I wanted to know if you’d like to see a movie or get a drink./ It would be cool just to be in your company.
Da Vinci by Wheezer
Even Da Vinci couldn’t paint you/ and Stephen Hawking can’t explain you/ Rosetta Stone could not translate you/ I’m at a loss for words, I’m at a loss for words
Claddagh by The Tossers
Well this ring means I love you, that there’s no one above you, you are closer to me than a friend/ and this ring I have shown you, well it means that I don’t own you […] This ring is a promise I am making to you, to endeavor myself and sing for you/ to be happy and discover anyway I can try/ to my heart and friendship can stay true cause my loyalty lies with you.
Under the rug by Steady hands
never met a wreck like you before/ so when this feeling makes you sick/ I will decorate your cheek with my kiss/ I won’t lay down I won’t let you bleed/ cause the ghost in you is a part of me
One like you by Great cynics
just because it is all in my head it doesn’t stop it from being real/ Im not giving up another one like you/ make things seem so easy sometimes I think I don’t need anyone else

















