Favourite Lines in Songs

[Khor1255]

Knowledge is
A deadly friend
If no one
Sets the rules

The fate of all
Mankind I've seen
Is in
The hands of fools

 

[Nora]

All I Can Do Is Write About It - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Well, this life that I've lead has took me everywhere
There ain't no place I ain't never gone
But it's kind of like the saying that you heard so many times
Well, there just ain't no place like home
Did you ever see a she-gator protect her young
Or a fish in a river swimming free?
Did you ever see the beauty of the hills of Carolina
Or the sweetness of the grass in Tennessee?
And, Lord, I can't make any changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
I can see the concrete slowly creepin'
Lord, take me and mine before that comes

Do you like to see a mountain stream a-flowin'?
Do you like to see a youngin' with his dog
Did you ever stop to think about, well, the air your breathin'?
Well, you better listen to my song
And, Lord, I can't make any changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
I can see the concrete slowly creepin'
Lord, take me and mine before that comes

I'm not tryin' to put down no big cities
But the things they write about us is just a bore
Well, you can take a boy out of ol' dixieland
But you'll never take ol' dixie from a boy
And, Lord, I can't make any changes
All I can do is write 'em in a song
I can see the concrete slowly creepin'
Lord, take me and mine before that comes
'Cause I can see the concrete slowly creepin'
Lord, take me and mine before that comes

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time

"Wichita Lineman" by Jimmy Webb

 

[Peter Norway]

And I said oh my lord why am I not strong
Like the wheel that keeps travelers traveling on
Like the wheel that will take you home

-The Tallest Man on Earth: "Like the Wheel"

 

[Sox]

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
They call me on and on across the universe
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

The second verse from Across The Universe, Lennon was just a great wordsmith in my book.

 

[gcczep]

Your get up and go just got up and went
- Sweet Emotion [Aerosmith]

 

[TheDoubleNeckGuitar]

Got a ticket to the moon
Ill be rising high above the earth so soon
And the tears I cry might turn into the rain
That gently falls upon your window
You'll never know.
-ELO Ticket to The Moon

Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
Telling myself it's not as hard, hard, hard as it seems.
- Led Zeppelin - Going to California

Two great songs by great songwriters

 

[Squidbilly]

I may not want to admit it,
I'm just a fool for your stockings I believe
ZZ Top-Fool for your Stockings

Just like the curse, just like the stray
You feed it once, and now it stays
Metallica-Until it sleeps

My Favorite is in my sig

 

[architect]

Five names that I can hardly
Stand to hear
Including yours and mine
And one more chick who isn't here
I can see the ladies talking
How the times are getting hard
And that fearsome excavation
On Magnolia Boulevard


And I'm going insane
And I'm laughing at the frozen rain
And I'm so alone
Honey when they gonna send me home
Bad sneakers and a Piña Colada
My friend
Stompin' on the avenue
By Radio City with a
Transistor and a large
Sum of money to spend

You fellah, you tearin' up the street
You wear that white tuxedo
How you gonna beat the heat
Do you take me for a fool
Do you think that I don't see
That ditch out in the valley
That they're digging just for me

Steely Dan- Bad Sneakers

 

[Khor1255]

We can walk our road together
If our goals are all the same
We can run alone and free
If we pursue a different aim

Let the truth of love be lighted
Let the love of truth shine clear
Sensibility
Armed with sense and liberty

With the heart and mind united
In a single
Perfect
Sphere