What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck
So many versions but this is the one by Judy Garland

Ol' man river, that ol' man river
He must know somethin', but he don't say nothin'
He just keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters, he don't plant cotton
An' them that plants' 'em is soon forgotten
But ol' man river
He just keeps rollin' along

You an' me, we sweat an' strain
Body all achin' and wracked with pain
Tote that barge! Lift that bale!
You get a little drunk an' you land in jail

I get weary and sick of tryin'
I'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin'
But ol' man river
He just keeps rollin' along

Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe

@CD318, excellent selections in your recent posts, IMO, especially the ones from "What A Wonderful World" and "Ol’ Man River."

A correction, though: "Ol’ Man River" was composed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, not Lerner & Loewe.

Also, as you may be aware, what is probably the most famous version of "Ol’ Man River" (and deservedly so IMO) was sung by the great although controversial Paul Robeson in the 1936 film version of the musical "Showboat":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s

Best regards,
-- Al

"Just had the strangest day of my life
worse than the last day with my first wife"

"Wasn't I Paying Attention" Amanda Shires