What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck

Showing 27 responses by dweller

War's good business
Invest your son
But I'd rather have my country die for me

Jefferson Airplane

"Don't let the past, remind us of what we are not now"

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills & Nash
"Living in a half-way-house on a one-way-street" - Ricky Lee Jones
"His mind is not for rent - to any God or Government" - Rush "Tom Sawyer"
"Waiting in our boats to set sail" - Blind Faith "Sea of Joy"
And here's to all the strong ones
Who don't care if they win
The kind I'll never see again

Steve Winwood/Arc of a Diver/Slowdown Sundown
I know you don't know me
But I'd dig your company
Don't want to be alone tonight
You can trust me girl -you'll be alright
Looked at me with big brown eyes
She said "yes" to my surprise

And now I call her in the morning
And I see her every night
I see her in the evening
And when I'm with her I'm all right

Steppenwolf/The Second

Humanity grew weary
Of its doubtful state of mind
So it summond from far
And called from near
Every wise man thought to be sincere

To heal its wounds and make it whole
To lead the way back
To the soul

But the wise men came together
With the hope to free mankind
From rubbish that had gathered
In God's name
To embrace and trust each other
In the search for the supreme
And they found that all their teaching
Was the same

Steppenwolf/The Second
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Theme song from "Baretta" T. V. show
"Genghis Khan and his brother Don / Couldn't keep on keepin' on"
Dylan: You Ain't Goin' nowhere

"Lost in a Roman wilderness of pain / And all the children are insane"
The Doors: The End
"You must be a millionaire's daughter
I can tell by the way you walk..."
Mississippi Fred McDowell
If talking were illegal
You'd be living a life of crime
Your mind is on vacation but
Your mouth is working overtime

Asleep at the Wheel
It actually refers to the Democratic welfare state about to hit an $18,000,000,000 iceberg...
Oops! Muscle memory can't deal with numbers that big.
Make that $18,000,000,000,000.
siddh (?), You must be a "taker" 'cuz you didn't slam the post I was responding to (also political).
Who says he's not responsible? Who says that? Get your fairy tales straight...
"If you’ve got somebody -you can trust to the very end -I said if you do I want to be like you -’Cause you sure got a real good friend"
Grand Funk Railroad - In Need
"Cuz what they do in Washington
Iz looking out for number one
And
Number one ain’t you
You’re not even
"number two"."
Frank Zappa - You are what you iz
Frank sang this on SNL and was banned for life.
Is she talking about audiophiles?

"only the best allows you to rest"

Sarah Jarosz, Song: "Take another Turn" Album: Undercurrent
"You gotta make like you wanna kneel and pray-ay-ay-ay"
 "And then a little-bit-of-soul will come your way"

Music Explosion: Little bit of Soul - 1967 
"...I'm gonna fly,
To where the sky meets the land
And the livin' is not planned
And the children can laugh just 'cause they're livin'".

Dan Fogelberg/Home Free/Long Way Home
"When I was young it was more important
Pain more painful but I laughed much louder then
...When I was young"

Eric Burdon & The Animals - When I was young
Poor Otis dead and gone
Left me here to sing his song
Pretty little girl with the red dress on
Poor Otis dead and gone

The Doors/Soft Parade
America! Where are you now?
Don’t you care about your sons and daughters?
Don’t you know? We need you now!
We can’t fight alone against the Monster...

Steppenwolf - Monster
It Riles them to believe
That you perceive
The web they weave
And keep on thinking free...

Moody Blues
No one notices the customs slip away...

Al Stewart/On the Border/Year of The Cat