# Best single lines in rock lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 20, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262 "2022-11-20T16:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![kwintenstraler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kwintenstraler/32/10698_2.png) [@kwintenstraler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwintenstraler)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/381 "2023-02-04T19:39:14Z")
There’s a moon in the sky, it’s called the moon (There’s a moon in the sky - The B52’s) ---
**Author:** ![Ssounder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Ssounder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssounder)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/382 "2023-02-07T02:33:28Z")
_It’s a marvelous night for a moondance_ Van Morrison ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/383 "2023-02-07T07:41:21Z")
We like our fun and we never fight You can’t dance and stay uptight It’s a supernatural delight Everybody was dancin’ in the moonlight ---
**Author:** ![alovem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/384 "2023-02-07T11:46:54Z")
Pretenders, “Middle of the Road”: _I can’t get from the cab to the curb_ _without some little jerk on my back_ Not much on its own; it’s the way it fits with the rest and the rhythmic context. ---
**Author:** ![Ryz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ryz/32/13213_2.png) [@Ryz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryz)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/385 "2023-02-07T12:43:30Z")
From Drink, by Alestorm. **We are here to drink your beer.** ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/386 "2023-02-08T05:19:28Z")
Saw Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes, and realized that it wasn’t just the insane amount of energy from the whole band, but the songs had some real depth (and a couple of good lines): ~ And you cry because things get so strange so fast. And you cry because nothing good ever lasts… ~ Monday morning came so fast, What a fool to think that dreams would last. ~ And more than one line… “I’m So Anxious” starts with: ‘Won’t you come to Florida for a vacation?’ The tan developer beckons from the television. They know they got me because I’m an insomniac, Records, detergents, here’s the latest Pontiac! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/387 "2023-02-08T05:26:13Z")
**Hold on to my fur, I like it, when the dogs are barking** —“[Hold Onto My Fur](https://youtu.be/Fy29jBqckCo)” by a cat with the help of the Kiffness. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/388 "2023-02-08T17:18:37Z")
The Lord above made man to help his neighbor, but with a little bit of luck (with a little bit of luck) when he comes around you won’t be home! ---
**Author:** ![Ssounder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Ssounder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssounder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/389 "2023-02-09T04:21:24Z")
Should re-name this thread to obscure and little known lyrics… ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/390 "2023-02-09T15:31:18Z")
_Broke, busted, disgusted, agents can’t be trusted_ –Creeque Alley, The Mamas & the Papas ---
**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/391 "2023-02-11T13:27:16Z")
Its crowded in there, but they don’t care Three Men One Coffin, The Gruesomes There’s a man with a mullet going mad with a mallet in Millets National Shite Day, HMHB I said do ya speaka my language? He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich Down Under, Men at Work ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/392 "2023-02-12T23:38:52Z")
Is this your first time on the Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/393 "2023-02-13T04:48:37Z")
Regardless of how long Ssounder has been around here he does have a valid point in regard to this thread. There are a good number of posts with lines that come across as pretty lame to us, yet they have a personal meaning to the poster. For example: “There’s a moon in the sky. They call it a moon.”. Is this an example of a best line in rock lyrics? Of course not. But, to the poster it may be touching in some sort of way. Yet, a line from a Tom Waits song says, “Don’t you know there ain’t no Devil, that’s just God when he’s drunk.” is clever, original, and packs a punch. That is, indeed, one of the best lines in rock lyrics without an explanation. So, best lines as I understand the OP should really be universal. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/394 "2023-02-13T04:52:06Z")
I would be mighty pleased if everybody would kindly share the title of the song and the name of the artist. In the great tradition of the Dope: **“Cite?”** ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/395 "2023-02-13T04:54:23Z")
Fair to say, I was just kidding around. I feel like lots of threads have a tendency to become about posters’ favorite whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/396 "2023-02-13T05:44:04Z")
Yeah, it’s easy to get off track. ---
**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/397 "2023-02-13T08:49:48Z")
What else would the ‘best” be, if not your favourite? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/398 "2023-02-13T09:06:24Z")
The whole verse where a single line should be? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/399 "2023-02-13T12:34:21Z")
A verse is just a long line ---
**Author:** ![Ssounder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@Ssounder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ssounder)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/400 "2023-02-13T18:00:45Z")
Yes I’m fairly new to the Dope, but you have to admit there have been some very _obscure and little known_ lyrics posted in this thread. I do realize that the “Best of” is mostly subjective, especially in music. I also know this is all just for fun, but IMO some entries don’t stand alone to the readership without some brief analysis of why it touches you enough to elevate it to best. It’s a minor quibble. -Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262.md?page=21)