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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Showing 8 responses by ecruz

Yes...Crash. It's a great cd. Dave Matthews has so many great lines, but that one always sticks in my head.
Hike up your skirt a little more and show your world to me. Dave Matthews Band

Running in to you like this without warning, is like, catching a sniff of tequilla in the morning. Crash Test Dummies

I'm only hanging on, to watch you go down, my love. U2
"Please ignore, that you found me on the floor, trying on your camisole"
Barenaked Ladies

"I pity all you working stiffs, living wondering what if, what if someday I were free"
Barenaked Ladies

"I'm only hanging on, to watch you go down...my love"
U2

"You can swallow or you can spit, you can throw it up or choke on it"
U2
I pity all you working stiffs, living wondering what if, what if someday I were free?
Barenaked Ladies
The only thing I'll ever ask of you,
you've got to promise not to stop when I say, when.

Everlong
by the Foo Fighters
won't it be dull,
when we rid ourselves
of all these demons
haunting us,
to keep us company.
won't it be odd,
when we're happy
like we always thought
we're suppose to feel,
but never seem to be.

War on Drugs
by The Barenaked Ladies
the only people I fear, are those who never have doubts

Billy Joel
Shades of Gray
who needs to see what we’ve done
who needs please, when we’ve got guns
who needs keys, when we’ve got clubs
who needs peace, when we’ve gone above
but beyond, where we should have gone
we went beyond where we should have gone

Jack Johnson
Sleep Thru The Static