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 2 responses by trcnetmsncom

My Favorite ....

"Well, he tried to be Standard
He tried to be Mobil
He tried living in a World
and in a Shell"

Artist: Ricky Lee Jones
Song Title: The Last Chance Texaco
Album - self entitled: Ricky Lee Jones

Enjoy,
Tom
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