There has been a long-running thread here of 'Best quotes' but maybe it would be interesting to find out folks' favorite lines from songs. To keep it on some sort of track, let's have a few ground rules.
- Attribution is required, who sang it (or wrote it) and where can we hear it? - Shorter is better, four lines maximum, a verse. These should be words of wisdom that can be summoned for inspiration in social emergencies. - If you're an opera fan, you're welcome to post in Italian, just don't expect many high fives from the monolingual among us.
I'll throw out a couple for starters:
When you're rockin' and a rollin' you can't hear your momma call. Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun. All I want in this life and time is some hit and run. Little Feat - Fat Man in the Bathtub
"it doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you" Neil Young: Old Man also "we all can see what we should be, but knowing is not controlling" the moody blues: After you came and one more "it anybody out there?" Pink Floyd : Is anybody out there
God said to Abraham "Kill me a son." Abe said "Man, you must be puttin' me on." God said "No." Abe said "What?" God said "You can do what you want, Abe, but" "Next time you see me coming, you'd better run." Abe said "Where you want this killing done?" God said "Down on Highway 61." ---Bob Dylan
Well I think someone just did this the other day, so here goes again: "One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain." - Bob Marley, Trenchtown Rock
"One way or another, this darkness got to give."- The Grateful Dead, New Speedway Boogie
"It's been a month since I had a toke or a dime to make the call."- Little Feat, Cold, Cold, Cold
from the song'birth,school,work,death'by the godfathers....."i've felt torture, i've felt pain,just like that film with michael caine"....referencing the movie 'the ipcress file'
So make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya Can't plead the first
"Down Rodeo"
Weapons not food, not homes, not shoes, Not need, just feed tha war cannibal animal I walk tha corner to tha rubble that used to be a library Line up to tha mind Cemetary What we don't know keeps the contracts alive an movin' They don't gotta burn tha books they just remove 'em While arms warehouses fill as quick as tha cells Rally round the family, pocket full of shells
"Bulls on Parade"
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire (1996) Label: Sony Catalog: #57523 Also available on vinyl LP.
"You know the times you impress me the most are the times that you don't try." -- Joni Mitchell, Last Time I Saw Richard
"She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake." -- Elvis Costello, Watching the Detectives
"The only kind of man that you ever wanted was one that you knew you couldn't hold very long. You're sittin' there cryin' like I'm the first one to go." -- Jerry Jeff Walker, Angel
"I'm like a one eyed cat, peepin' in a seafood store." -- Joe Turner, Shake, Rattle, and Roll
"Love is love not fade away." -- Buddy Holley, Not Fade Away
Always a favorite ever since I attended a songwriters workshop and Felix Cavaliere was talking about interesting wordplay ...
The Rascals ... "How Can I Be Sure" written by Felix Cavaliere and Eddie Brigati
Verse #3 ...
How's the weather, Whether or not we're together, Together we'll see it much better, I'll love you, I'll love you forever, You know where I can be found.
another day another dollar after i sing & holler ,its my way of livin & i cant change a thing,and the time is growin near oh baby i wish you were here & the only way i can see you is darlin in my dreams,the hurt you leave behind is the hurt thats on my mind (ITS A HIGHWAY SONG) BAND blackfoot ALBUM strikes SONG HIGHWAY SONG
this verse always reminds me of someone i lost that was very dear to me & no its not my wife.
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