What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck
Thedautch-
Great lyric, wrong writer. Jackson Browne wrote "These Days".
Eddie
My old man, you'll find him in the garbage can. If there's a bottle of gin there, he'll stay in there, my old man
His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash, kept her mouth shut most of the time, made good bloody marys, and had a Chihuahua named 'Carlos' that was practically blind.

Tom Waits "Franks Wild Years"

The sun's going down like a big bald head. It's Sharkey's night. It's Sharkey's night tonight. And the manager said, Mr. Sharkey? He's not at his desk right now would you like to leave a message.

Laurie Anderson "Sharkey's Day"

Marco
"Living in a half-way-house on a one-way-street" - Ricky Lee Jones
"His mind is not for rent - to any God or Government" - Rush "Tom Sawyer"
"Waiting in our boats to set sail" - Blind Faith "Sea of Joy"