What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck

"Ya ain't gonna learn what ya don't wanna know"

This line reminded me of 2 different sets of Dylan lyrics illustrating 2 different kinds of knowledge.

 

"Your sister sees the future

Like your mama and yourself

You've never learned to read or write

There's no books upon your shelf"

(One More Cup of Coffee : Desire - 1976)

 

 

"You can smell the pine wood burnin'

You can hear the school bell ring

Got to get up near the teacher if you can,

If you wanna learn anything"

(Floater : Love and Theft - 2001)

 

 

@dmac67 

In the same vein, from a different angle:

Gotta make your own rules, child
Gotta brake your own chains
The dreams that posses you
Can blossom and bless you
Or run you insane

Richie Havens - The Hawk

@roxy54 
 

Ha!  By a strange YouTube algorithm this appears as I'm searching for Do You Remember Walter!

"I won't take all that they hand me down

Make out a smile, though I wear a frown

And I'm not gonna take it all lying down

Cause once I get started, I go to town"