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.

waytoomuchstuff

@bdp24

On a lighter note, this is one of my favorites:

"Ain’t no reason to hang my head; I could wake up in the morning dead"

-The chorus from Mudcrutch’s “Wrong Thing To Do”:

Well my mamma loved me
But my daddy don't
I'm tryin' to work it all out
But I probably won't
I got a woman waiting
At the top of the stairs
It's the wrong thing to do
But I don't care

 

 

Oh @stuartk, good one! For those wondering, those cited lyrics are in The Band's song "When You Awake", found on their perfect second album.

 

“The large print giveth and the small print taketh away”

- Tom Waits, “Step Right Up”