Favourite Lines in Songs

[Dave78]

"From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen"

Cat Stevens - "Father And Son"

"They gave you life... and in return you gave them hell"

Tears For Fears - "Shout"

 

[LG]

"When the Bullet Strikes the Bone"

Twilight Zone, Golden Earring.

 

[tomcat]

The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out

"And if a double-decker bus
Crashes into us
To die by your side
Is such a heavenly way to die
And if a ten-ton truck
Kills the both of us
To die by your side
Well, the pleasure - the privilege is mine."



The Smiths - "These Things Take Time"

"Oh, the alcoholic afternoons
When we sat in your room
They meant more to me
Than any, than any living thing on earth
They had more worth
Than any living thing on earth"



The Smiths, "Big Mouth Strikes Again"

"Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I'd like to smash every tooth
In your head"

 

[Dave78]

"Where's that confounded bridge?"

The Crunge ~ Led Zeppelin

 

[LG]

"I've been driving all night my hands wet on the wheel"

Radar Love, Golden Earring.

 

[architect]

Greatest lyrics ever

Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind
If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind
I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me
I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea

Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw
Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore
So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit
And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot

Filling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose
I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes
I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change its mind
And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine

Laying down my treasure before the iron gate
Quickly rang the bell hoping I hadn't come too late
But someone came along and told me not to waste my time
And when I asked him who he was he said, 'Just look behind'

So I turned around and forty thousand headmen bit the dirt
Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt
But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload
And by the time they'd done that I was heading down the road


-(Roamin' thro the Gloamin' with) Forty Thousand Headmen- Traffic

 

[Mr. Shadow]

You want to know how it will be
Me and her or you and me
You both sit there with your long hair flowing
Your eyes alive, your minds are still growing
Saying to me
What can we do now that we
Both love you, I love you too
But I don't really see
Why can't we go on as three

You are afraid, embarrased too
No one has ever said such a thing to you
Your mother's ghost stands at your shoulder
Got a face like ice just a little bit colder
Saying to you
Can not do that it breaks all the rules
You learned in schools
But I don't really see
Why can't we go on as three

You know we love each other it's plain to see
There's just one answer comes to me
Sister lovers, some of you must know about water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do
If we try something new, that is if you're crazy too
And I don't really see why can't we go on as ... three

"Triad" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

 

[TrekkiELO]

I did a quick search and couldn't find a thread on this, if there is one, it is long buried.

What are some of your favourite lines in songs?

I love ELO's "Evil Woman" .. especially the line "There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in"

I'll post more as I think of them ...

Indeed!

21st Century Man by ELO from their album Time in 1981, "One day you're a hero. Next day you're a clown. There's nothing that is in between. Now you're a 21st Century Man."

Oh No Not Susan by Electric Light Orchestra from their album On the Third Day in 1973, "That's all she says, her money and her place, they just don't mean a f_u_c_k_ing thing."

 

[jtrichey13]

Pearl Jam - Black

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star. In somebody else's sky, but Why? Why? Can't it be mine.

 

[Sweaty]

Motorhead - Don't waste your time.

"Bet you're scared of dying, scared of death, think you might choke on your final breath, wanna go to Heaven, scared of hell, scared of the devil and his tail as well"