# Favorite lines from songs ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2001, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077 "2001-05-11T07:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/21 "2001-05-11T15:09:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > “What mood is that you wear this time? > Why do you get high?” > -High, Jimmies Chicken Shack Now THERE’S a concert! I had fun seeing JCS jarbaby ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/22 "2001-05-11T15:53:44Z")
I don’t know what the world may need But a V-8 engine’s a good start for me Think I’ll drive and find a place to be surly Cracker, "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now) ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/23 "2001-05-11T16:31:09Z")
“So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts. What’s so amazing about really deep thoughts?” ~Tori Amos, Silent All These Years “I saw you walking up a hillside in the snow casting shadows on the winter sky as you stood there, counting crows one for sorrow two for joy three for girls and four for boys five for silver six for gold seven for a secret never to be told There’s a bird that nests inside you, sleeping underneath your skin and when you open up your wings to speak, I wish you’d let me in.” ~Counting Crows, The Murder of One “He’s convinced that I won’t eat him” ~Jane’s Addiction, My Cat’s Name is Maceo “I am the king, the king of the world. It could have been you, but its me. I’m surprised you didn’t hear about it; it was on the cover of NewsWeek–November 1993.” ~Dan Bern, King of the World ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/24 "2001-05-11T16:58:32Z")
I’ll list the Counting Crows songs first: “And we all want something beautiful Man, I wish I was beautiful” _Mr. Jones_ “Caught some grief from a falling leaf As she tumbled down to the dirty ground Said I should have put her back there If I could And everyone needs a better day And I’m trying to find me a better way To get from the things I do To the things I should” _All My Friends_ “There’s a girl on a car in the parking lot She says ‘Man, you should try to take a shot Can’t you see my walls are crumbling?’ And she looks up at the building She says she’s thinking of jumping She says she’s tired of life Everybody’s tired of something” _Round Here_ “‘If it’s love’ she says ‘Then we’re gonna have to think About the consequences’ And she can’t stop shaking I can’t stop touching her, and This time When kindness falls like rain It washes her away And Anna begins to change her mind ‘These seconds when I’m shaking Leave me shuddering for days’ she says And I’m not ready for this sort of thing” _Anna Begins_ “I want to be the light That burns out your eyes Because I know the little things about me That would sing in the silence of So much rejection In every connection I make I want to be the last thing that you hear When you’re falling asleep” _Catapult_ And, from the Ben Folds Five: “You’ve done me no Favor to call and be nice Telling me I can take Anything I like You don’t owe me to be so polite You’ve done no wrong You’ve done no wrong Get out of my sight” _Selfless, Cold and Composed_ “I feel like a quote out of context” _Best Imitation of Myself_ “Come on baby Now throw me A right to the chin Don’t just stare like You never cared I know you did But you just smile Like a bank teller Blankly telling me Have a nice life Come on baby now Throw me a right To the chin Just one sign that could Show me that you give a Shit But you just smile politely And I grow weaker and I Said what you wanted to hear And what I wanted to say So I will take it back” _Selfless, Cold and Composed_ "So you wanted To take a break Slow it down some and Have some space Well, fuck you too Give me my money back Give me my money back You bitch I want my money back And don’t forget to give Me back my black T-shirt I wish I hadn’t bought you Dinner Right before you dumped me On your front porch" _Song for the Dumped_ ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/25 "2001-05-11T17:18:14Z")
Am I gonna get slammed for quoting Alanis Morrissette? _we all love you just the way you are. . . if you’re perfect._ And from the Doobie Brothers \*She held a place in his life He never made her think twice. As she rises to her apology anybody else would truely know he’s watching her go. What a fool believes he sees\* This from Earth Wind and Fire has a personal meaning to me. _That’s the way of the world Plant your flowers and you’ll grow a pearl._ All quotes from memory. If I’m wrong I’m sure I’ll be corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/26 "2001-05-11T17:26:35Z")
Man, do I feel old. The only songs I recognize are The Star Spangled Banner and Born to Run. My (oldies) picks: “…the army’s up the road. Salvation a la mode, and a cup of tea…” * * * "Whoa, thought it was a nightmare, Lo, it’s all so true, They told me, “Don’t go walkin’ slow 'Cause Devil’s on the loose.” Better run through the jungle, Better run through the jungle, Better run through the jungle, Woa, Don’t look back to see. Thought I heard a rumblin’ Callin’ to my name, Two hundred million guns are loaded Satan cries, “Take aim!” " * * * “The old man is down the road…” * * * “And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear You shout and no one seems to hear And if the band your in starts playing different tunes I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.” * * * I’ll stop here. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/27 "2001-05-11T17:40:15Z")
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. -Bob Dylan I know its only rock and roll, but I like it. - Jagger/Richards Slow down, you move too fast. You’ve got to make the morning last, just skipping down the cobblestones, looking for love and feeling groovy. - P. Simon Embrace me, my sweet embraceable you. - G. Gershwin Missed the Saturday dance, might have gone but what for? They’d have asked me about you, don’t get around much anymore. - D. Ellington But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. - J. Cash If I knew the way, I would take you home. -Hunter/Garcia ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/28 "2001-05-11T23:02:34Z")
- resist temptation to post lines from most Paul Simon, Tori Amos and Janis Ian songs \* But you’ve been cold to me so long, I’m crying icicles instead of tears (Meatloaf) She comes out of the sun with her silk dress running like a water colour in the rain (Al Stewart) The life I live would even make a dead man yawn (Klaatu) A crucifix clock: two miniature Romans, running on rails, appear every hour to bang in the nails, oh I got to have it Christ, please let me be the first on our block (Godley and Creme) He’s here again, the man with the child in his eyes (Kate Bush) ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/29 "2001-05-11T23:37:22Z")
Had to add this song…all the lines are good and some days it seems to sum up my life… Love rescue me Come forth and speak to me Raise me up and don’t let me fall No man is my enemy My own hands imprison me Love rescue me Many strangers have I met On the road to my regret Many lost who seek to find themselves in me They ask me to reveal The very thoughts they would conceal Love rescue me And the sun in the sky makes a shadow of you and I Stretching out as the sun sinks in the sea I’m here without a name in the palace of my shame Love rescue me In the cold mirror of a glass I see my reflection pass I see the dark shades of what I used to be I see the purple of her eyes The scarlet of my lies Love rescue me Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow Yet I will fear no evil I have cursed thy rod and staff They no longer comfort me Love rescue me I’ve conquered my past The future is here at last I stand at the entrance To a new world I can see The ruins to the right of me Will soon have lost sight of me Love rescue me Love Rescue Me-- lyrics by Bono and Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/30 "2001-05-12T00:22:56Z")
More to add: “All the world is in tune on a spring afternoon” “We tripped the light fandango And turned cartwheels cross the floor I was feeling kind of seasick But the crowd called out for more” “He’s got feet down below his knee.” “And the man in the suit has just bought a new car with the profits he made on your dreams.” “I have a mansion forget the price Ain’t never been there, they tell me it’s nice.” “You have the world at your fingertips No one can make it better than you.” "Some babies grow in a peculiar way It changed, it grew, and everybody knew Semi-mojo Who’s this kinky so-and-so? " "On behalf of unknown heroes For heroes there must be In any land that crumbles And sinks beneath the sea. " “A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies.” “Tits and ass. Bought myself a fancy pair. Tightened up the derriere. Did the nose with it. All that goes with it.” “Food beyond compare Food beyond belief Mix it in a mincer And pretend it’s beef Kidney of a horse Liver of a cat Filling up with sausages With this and that” ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/31 "2001-05-12T00:35:23Z")
I can see you’re dressed to kill I know I can’t wait until Hallelujah, here she comes I see you’re dressed in black I guess I’m not coming back Hallelujah, here she comes Born and raised on the wrong side of town You get so high you can’t come down _Hallelujah, Here She Comes_-U2 Do you in the morning Do you up right Don’t want to stop 'til the middle of the night Every single minute Baby, baby thinking of you _You’re All I Wanna Do_-Cheap Trick Hello, I’ve waited here for you everlong _Everlong_-The Foo Fighters ---
**Author:** ![Rock-n-Rolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/22d042/32.png) [@Rock-n-Rolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock-n-Rolga)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/32 "2001-05-12T00:35:32Z")
“And all the walls are closing in, I’m feeling stuck inside again/With something more divine than suicide, more generous than faith” - the Wildhearts “Let’s go away at the weekend/Let’s just forget where we’ve been/Get some good sounds/Get some friends around/Like Lee Harvey Oswald and Ween!” - ibid “Honey, you’d be mad to sit it out! Is your silence making you lonely? Or is your loneliness making you silent?” - ibid “Death, though going on worldwide still takes you by surprise/Ok, you had to go, but I bet you didn’t know that you’d take a piece of me away with you, now it’s too dammned late to say I love you” - Silver Ginger 5 “Whatever happened to all of the Rock-n-Roll girls?” - ibid “When you wake up laughing, you’ll have another day” - Kingston Wall “Here I am, and this is how I live/I’m not taking no more than I give” - the Hellacopters “Det blir 800 grader du kan liten på mej” - Ebba Grön “Your racist pride is nothing but a game and YOU WILL LOSE for right is on the side of those who choose to fight for humankind” - Kreator “And everything under the sun is in tune/But the sun is eclipsed by the moon” (Do we _really_ need a cite for this one? Heh heh. I must have heard those lines a thousand times, but they never ever fail to give me serious chills…) If Japanese can boil teas then where the _fuck’s_ my royalties, huh?" - Aerosmith ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/33 "2001-05-12T00:39:39Z")
"That’s last year there, Still around in February. Doesn’t see his shadow baby. Doesn’t know to leave. I’ll take it well. Find quiet ways to gather; Close around me what I’d rather That there would have been" - \*\*“Just Gone” by Loud Family \*\* “Admiring paper on my wall. How many really take the time? There may not be that much creative latitude, But that’s the challenge of design” - **“Not Expecting Both Contempo And Classique” by Loud Family** “Alexander lived in times before the Duke of Earl. The ancient greeks all said he threw the discus like a girl. He didn’t have a healthy outlet for his anger, So he took over the world.” - **“Top Dollar Survivalist Hardware” by Loud Family** ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/34 "2001-05-12T04:05:23Z")
## “When your body’s had Enough of me and you’re laying flat out on the floor. When you think I’ve loved you all I can I’m gonna love you A LITTLE BIT MORE.”----DR. HOOK ## IF HE WALKED IN TO MY LIFE----the WHOLE lyric. “Did I stress the man And forget the child.”-----EDIE GORME ## “That’s why, darling, it’s incredible That someone so UNFORGETTABLE Thinks that I am unforgettable too.”----NAT/NATLIE COLE ## “SOMETIMES WHEN WE TOUCH The honesty’s too much.”-----DAN FOGELBERG THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES---- “You may have been a headache But you never were a bore.”----BOB HOPE/SHIRLEY ROSS Oh my. ---
**Author:** ![Folkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Folkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folkie)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/35 "2001-05-12T04:28:09Z")
“When you see through love’s illusions there lies the danger And your perfect lover looks like a perfect fool So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger…” -Jackson Brown, “Fountain of Sorrow” “They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom for trying to change the system from within.” -Leonard Cohen, “First We Take Manhattan” “If singing the blues is some kind of gift, next time I’d rather have a toaster.” -Bob Snider “Ordinary Day” “There’s too many strong to do nothing that’s wrong And not enough strong to do right.” - Dave Gordon “Slip of the Hand” “You can’t kill all the unbelievers.” -Pete Seeger “Life is like a beanstalk. Isn’t it?” -Keith Reid (Procol Harum) “In Held Twas In I” “Drank myself to sleep last night Beerstains on my pillow” -Ray Davies (Kinks) “Whatever this stuff was it sure is sauerkraut by now.” -Peter Berryman “When Did We Have Sauerkraut?” ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/36 "2001-05-12T04:30:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RealityChuck \* > \*\*“Food beyond compare > Food beyond belief > Mix it in a mincer > And pretend it’s beef > Kidney of a horse > Liver of a cat > Filling up with sausages > With this and that” \*\* _Les Mis_! Woo-hoo! More specifically, “Master of the House.” Let’s see, song quotes… “…fussing and flapping in priestly black like a murder of crows.” (Sting) “Though his Lordship’s station’s mighty, Though stupendous be his brain…” (Gilbert and Sullivan) “Mighty Maomoondog drifts across the grass, Healing lullabies for Eastertime on Mars. Paint your hats and shoes with flowers and with stars, Singing in Metropolitan Operas!” (Alphaville) “Socrates himself is particularly missed, A lovely little thinker but a bugger when he’s pissed.” (Monty Python) “When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, And inky clouds, like funeral shrouds, sail over the midnight skies– When the footpads quail at the night-bird’s wail, and black dogs bay at the moon, Then is the spectres’ holiday–then is the ghosts’ high noon!” (G&S, again) “Don’t talk of love, But I’ve heard the words before; It’s sleeping in my memory. I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried.” (Simon and Garfunkel) “Roses have thorns and shining waters mud And cancer lurks deep in the sweetest bud Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun And history reeks of the wrongs we have done” (Sting, cribbing from Shakespeare) ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/37 "2001-05-12T04:39:18Z")
In America, you’ll have food to eat You won’t have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet You’ll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day It’s great to be an American “Sail Away” – Randy Newman ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/38 "2001-05-12T05:36:23Z")
Every jumbled pile of person has a thinking part that wonders what the part that isn’t thinking isn’t thinking of. - TMBJ I can hide out under there. I just made you say underwear. - “Pinch Me” Sit on my face and tell me that you love me! - Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/39 "2001-05-12T05:47:52Z")
Just what God needs: one more victim. Why do we crucify ourselves? - Tori Amos, _Crucify_ God, sometimes you just don’t come through. - Tori Amos, _God_ Now, if we take a stand We’ll find our promised land… - Pet Shop Boys, _Go West_ She’s made you some kind of laughing stock Because you dance to disco and you don’t like rock - Pet Shop Boys, _Can You Forgive Her?_ Remember when you were more easily led Behind the cricket pavilion and the bicycle shed Trembling as your dreams came true You looked up into those blue eyes and knew It was love, and now you can’t pretend You’ve forgotten all the promises of that first friend… - Pet Shop Boys, _Can You Forgive Her?_ If you only knew him when he used to dance In his slicked-back hair and his poured-on pants He could really strut his stuff and turn a head or two Dance, little brother, dance like you used to do… - Wyrd Sisters, _Dance, Little Brother_ You get what you give in life, that’s what they say But no-one can tell me the price I must pay For a moment of freedom, for a day without fear, For that ounce of forgiveness, and the strength of a clear, clear heart - Wyrd Sisters, _Clear Heart_ So blow the bridge down, blow the bridge down In the dead of the night sink it into the ground For the sake of the soul of Clayoquot Sound Take a deep breath and blow the bridge down. - Wyrd Sisters, _Farewell to Clayoquot Sound_ Mi nur bonfartas en la hxaoso kiam vivo frapas vange Mi nur felichas kiam mi ploras, chu ne estas strange? - Persone, _Sole_ Is it enough to live in hope That one day we’ll be free, Without this fear? - Pet Shop Boys, _Discoteca_ We are meat and we are spirit We have blood and we have grace We have a will and we have muscle A soul and a face Why must we die? - Kate & Anna McGarrigle, _Why Must We Die_ Tout est chaos à côté Tous mes ideaux, des mots abîmés Je cherche un âme qui pourra m’aider Je suis d’une génération désenchantée… - Mylène Farmer, _Désenchantée_ Tout seul dans mon placard, les yeux cernés de noir A l’abri des regards je defie le hasard Dans ce monde qui n’a ni queue ni tête, je n’affecte qu’à ma tête, Un mouchoir au creux du pantalon, je suis Chevalier d’Éon… - Mylène Farmer, _Sans contrefaçon_ Tour à tour on me chasse de vos fréquentations Je n’admets qu’on menace mes résolutions Je me fous bien des qu’en-dira-t-on, je suis chaméléon Prenez garde de mes soldats de plomb, c’est eux qui vous tueront… - Mylène Farmer, _Sans contrefaçon_ Je ne comprends plus pourquoi J’ai du sang sur mes doigts Dors en paix, je te rassure Je veillerai ta sépulture, mon amour C’était plus fort que moi Même si je sentais l’éffroi Envahir tout mon être Je te rejoindrai peut-être… - Mylène Farmer, _Beyond my control_ I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires - Savage Garden, _Affirmation_ I don’t like your fashion business, mister I don’t like those drugs that keep you thin I don’t like what happened to my sister First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin… - Leonard Cohen, _First We Take Manhattan_ I reserve the right to live My life this way, and I don’t give A damn when other people say I’ll pay the price that others pay - Pet Shop Boys, _Was It Worth It?_ I look from my window down to the square At workers still queueing patiently there For market forces to provide What history so far has denied For a different kind of fate Than to labour long and always wait - Pet Shop Boys, _To Step Aside_ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077/40 "2001-05-12T05:56:31Z")
Shannon and her lover Sue danced and dined by candlelight They were one of many couples getting intimate that night Until the waiter asked them both to leave And they stared at him in disbelief As he ended their romantic night of bliss Because they had the nerve to kiss, oh no! Heterosexism strikes again But you’ve got rights you must defend So get together a group of your gayest friends And go back to the scene of the crime Hug and kiss and have a good time That’s one way you can fight When heterosexism strikes! - Romanovsky and Phillips, _When Heterosexism Strikes_ Some people want to lock us up and throw away the key They want to put us on a boat and ship us out to sea I’m tired of arguing with idiots, I’m starting to agree Their fascism’s beginning to make some sense to me So go ahead and put us on an island, Hawaii, the Bahamas, or Key West We’ll have a lesbian, gay and bi-land Cause lord knows we all deserve a rest! - Romanovsky and Phillips, _Island Song_ To sodomy, it’s between God and me To S&M - La Vie Bohème! - _Rent,_ “La Vie Bohème” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-lines-from-songs/65077.md?page=3)