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
"But ev'ry time Pandora comes my way I get high, can't explain the sensation To get it on I've got to watch what I say Or I'll catch hell from womens' liberation"
"Well I called the TV doctor He came over right away He said to see what he could do he'd have to haul my tube away I said 'No that will never do If you don't get the picture I'm gonna do some work on you!'"
"I can't quit you baby But I'm gonna have to put you down for a while"
"I Can't Quit You Baby" by Willie Dixon (and performed by probably every blues singer in the universe, including Willie himself, Otis Rush, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and Led Zep
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