# Best single lines in rock lyrics

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-single-lines-in-rock-lyrics/975262/438 "2023-03-04T11:40:46Z")

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Try this quiz based on the above lyrics. How many songs can you guess? (Best at time of this writing, 55 of 108…)

> [@Music Quiz - Name Popular Song Given Brief Lyric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-quiz-name-popular-song-given-brief-lyric/980697):
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> Taken from the “Best Single Lines in Rock Music” thread, can you identify the song and group of any of these fairly popular songs (mostly rock or pop) over many decades? Have you come here to play Jesus To the lepers in you head? If I just lay here Would you lie with me and just forget the world? Elvis was a hero to most You don’t need to be a Weather Man To know which way the wind blows The only girl I’ve ever loved Was born with roses in her eyes And every handout in ev…

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