# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/501 "2026-01-26T23:37:10Z")
“If people were cars I’d be covered with scars” [Shivaree - Bossa Nova](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSTTnX52dDo&list=RDfSTTnX52dDo&start_radio=1) From that same song: Well I think I hate you Isn’t this fun? You’re gonna shoot And I darling loaded the gun Did you hear what I say? You can’t fall down the stairs Two times the same way Stop singing that song I’ll stand hard like a tree Yeah, you make me sick You red razor nick get your hot hands off me ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/502 "2026-01-26T23:40:30Z")
_Hit a bump and somebody screamed You should’ve heard just what I seen_ - Bo Diddley ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/503 "2026-01-27T00:13:17Z")
From The Warning _If karma doesn’t hit you, then I will_ Animosity _I’m not in danger, I’m the danger now_ Evolve _This love was just too much to take_ _The words come out like razor blades_ Copper Bullets ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/504 "2026-01-27T03:22:45Z")
Turn up the future, forget about the past! AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/505 "2026-01-27T03:50:55Z")
_We all know success when we all find our own dreams_ _And our love is enough to knock down any walls_ _And the future’s been seen as men try to realize_ _The simple secret of the note in us all_ Pure And Easy / Pete Townshend ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/506 "2026-01-27T04:28:30Z")
_Out of college, money spent, see no future, pay no rent. All the money’s gone, nowhere to go-_ The Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/507 "2026-01-27T17:04:11Z")
_Don’t feed the people but we feed the machines_ Rush, “Territories” ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/508 "2026-01-27T17:09:03Z")
_Guess I have to break the news, that I got no mind to lose_ The Ramones - Teenage Lobotomy ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/509 "2026-01-27T17:39:12Z")
Now I guess I’ll have to tell em That I got not cerebellum ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/510 "2026-01-28T14:37:52Z")
> I get the joy of rediscovering you. “Faithfully” by Journey ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/511 "2026-01-29T00:37:56Z")
Now I have to get up off my knees because I have some shopping to do “Do you Take This Man?” by Diamanda Galás ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/512 "2026-01-29T01:34:01Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Now I have to get up off my knees because I have some shopping to do Oof… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/513 "2026-01-29T01:46:02Z")
_I thought I had a quiet place_ _Where I could learn how to catch my childhood dreams_ _But on my left and to my right they keep on shouting_ _While I’m just stuck here in between_ Renegade / Steppenwolf ---
**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 3, 2026, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/514 "2026-02-03T19:25:27Z")
Actually, it’s the Blues, but nevertheless, a great line. “Went back to the house Opened up the door She took everything And the dog took a shit on the floor.” _Keb Mo_ - The Worst is Yet to Come. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j7ti0NNdIc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j7ti0NNdIc) ---
**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:** [April 16, 2026, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/515 "2026-04-16T09:32:01Z")
Einstein was not a handsome fellow nobody ever called him Al Quark, strangeness and charm - Hawkwind ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/516 "2026-04-16T10:47:45Z")
Oh, my distant sons and daughters I hope you can forgive yourselves and I hope you’ll forgive me Oh, my distant sons and daughters There were too many distractions, too much good T.V. “Sons and daughters” by Bell X1 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/517 "2026-05-04T06:31:30Z")
“Early in the morning ,I’ma giving you the warning, don’t you step on my blue suede shoes.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/518 "2026-05-04T11:59:06Z")
But remember she’s right, as you freeze in the night, and the dawn takes years to come… ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/519 "2026-05-08T05:36:07Z")
And meanwhile back from the airfield at their post in the combat zone Buddy’s comrades sit and wonder who’ll be the next one goin’ home. ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2026, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/520 "2026-05-08T11:50:14Z")
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