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Favorite Song Lyrics of All Time. What Say You?

For some reason, certain arrangements of basic parts of speech attached to pitch and cadence got themselves permanently attached to my (remaining) brain cells.  

What are your favs?

Here's my Top 3.

#1:

"Her teeth were like the stars above because they come out every night." Homer and Jethro, Live at the Country Club (Side one)

#2:

"They'll never forgot you, until somebody new comes along."  (I think you know this one)

#3:

I had an internal UFC level battle going on in my head for this position, with no less than 11 contenders duking it out.  So, I just gave up, and passed the baton to you guys.

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waytoomuchstuff OP
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@dekay 

The best of the best.  Tough call between these two.

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waytoomuchstuff OP
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Thanks for the posts.

If anything, I’ve discovered the scope of the emotional connection, intensity, and complexity of the poetry within this group that integrates with what we call "music."  Some lyrics  just make you smile.  Others seek to produce a cognition where it appears, at least, that they (the songwriter/poet) "figured it out" and willing to help us work through the chaos.  Or simply comment on the absurdity of it all.  Then, there are lyrics that are just plain silly.  Which is okay, too.

I recall that some of those messages resonated with me based on my life conditions and emotional state at the time.  White Snake’s "And here I go again on my own" was one such personal message, back in 1986.

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If we could just put all these lyrics in a blender, we'd solve every complex problem known to man?

I've thoroughly enjoyed this deep dive into music, and poetry.

Thanks to everyone for your posts.

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