Best lines in a song


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
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Darosenb,
That was the "woolly bully" , I think.
At least that's what Ally told Sally.
Trcnetmsncom, yep, those are great lines and we should credit the songwriter (and former bunkie of Rickie Lee Jones) Tom Waits.
Hello Sfar,

What a great song! ... the whole album!!!! Even though the album credits her I wouldn't be at all surprised if Tom Waits did write, or help write some of the lyrics throughout the entire album. I'm aware that he was a mentor to RLJ. For me the whole album is a masterpiece on so many levels and I know a lot of great musical minds worked on this recording date. Thank God we all can enjoy it.

Best,
Tom

There shes goes doin it again, pass up the rooster and settle for a hen. [Mentors]
"When that lovely flame dies,"
Smoke gets in your eyes."

From song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes; lyrics Otto Harbach, music Jerome Kern, 1933.