# Favourite Line or Couplet From a Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715 "2003-04-19T23:15:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Stellablue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@Stellablue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stellablue)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/41 "2003-04-21T22:40:26Z")
God is a bullet Have mercy on us everyone Concrete Blond ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/42 "2003-04-21T22:46:48Z")
Wow, I think Andrew WK is great but I didn’t expect to see him in this thread :D! I second the Shakira suggestion above, and add another one from Dar: **The Christians and The Pagans** by _Dar Williams_ _“Where does magic come from? I think magic’s in the learning 'Cause now when Christians sit with Pagans only pumpkin pies are burning”_ ---
**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:** [April 21, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/43 "2003-04-21T22:59:09Z")
Bruce Springsteen’s **Rosalita** > [@](#): > > Cause the record company, Rosie, just gave me a bid advance! The joy in the line is palpable, and I know exactly how he feels. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/44 "2003-04-21T23:01:30Z")
_My father tells me "You’ve been screwed again. If you let them do it to ya’ You’ve got yourself to blame It’s you who feels the pain. It’s you who feels the shame._ Dirty Jobs by **The Who**. One of about two billion rhymes that I’m trying to pin down in my head for this thread. ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/45 "2003-04-21T23:05:26Z")
Climb into my machine so we can cruise on out I know a little joint where we can jump and shout I got chills typing those lines–oh yeah, Chuck Berry’s Carol ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/46 "2003-04-21T23:11:07Z")
\*You know you only hurt yourself out of spite I guess you’d rather be a martyr tonight … pause … That’s your decision, But I’m not below Anybody I know If there’s a chance of resurrecting a love\* Billy Joel’s **An Innocent Man** _Left a good job in the city Workin’ for the man every night and day But I never lost one minute of sleepin’ Worrying ‘bout the way things might have been Big wheel keeps on turnin’ Pround Mary keeps on burnin’_ CCR, baby!!! I first heard that song in '87. I threw out all my new wave and hair bands, crossed over to classic rock and country, and I’ve never looked back. All because of that song. ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/47 "2003-04-21T23:15:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Once knew a girl named Brenda > Smokin that bammer was her everyday agenda > She used to laugh and giggle > Until Mr. Cee moved next to her building –RBL Posse, Don’t Give Me No Bammer Weed Name me another group that can rhyme “giggle” with “building” and _make it work_. or try this one: > [@](#): > > Niggas always say don’t smoke that bammer > What’s that word by MC Hammer? > Shit, it ain’t ‘proper’ > The nigga who sold it to ya gotcha > Straight up gaffled > Now you’re lookin confused, or should I say baffled ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/48 "2003-04-21T23:28:50Z")
If we’re scared of one another / must be scared of ourselves / more than just another crowd / we need a gathering instead - The Crowd, Operation Ivy always take a big bite it’s such a gorgeous sight to see you eat in the middle of the night - Friday I’m in Love, The Cure ---
**Author:** ![Scupper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Scupper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scupper)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/49 "2003-04-22T00:01:08Z")
_ **One of My Turns** _, Pink Floyd: _I have grown older, and you have grown colder, And nothing is very much fun, anymore._ ---
**Author:** ![HalberMensch242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@HalberMensch242](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HalberMensch242)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/50 "2003-04-22T04:10:26Z")
_Beware, i bare more grudges, than lonely high court judges_ Morrissey- The more you ignore me the closer i get _some melodies are like disase they can inflame your misery, they will infect your memories, they haunt me_ cursive-sink to the beat ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715/51 "2003-04-22T04:21:06Z")
I was waiting on a moment But the moment never came All the billion other moments Were just slipping all away. - Ego Tripping @ the Gates of Hell, The Flaming Lips [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-line-or-couplet-from-a-song/169715.md?page=2)