# Great lines from songs **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 5, 2000, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728 "2000-10-05T04:37:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/21 "2000-10-22T02:41:04Z")
Life is short and love is always over in the morning.-Temple of Love Sisters of Mercy ---
**Author:** ![L714](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dec6dc/32.png) [@L714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/L714)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/22 "2000-10-22T02:43:42Z")
once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest places if you look at it right ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/23 "2000-10-22T02:55:45Z")
Great topic, some nice words here. Wow. Jimmie Dale Gilmore, to a woman he’s getting over: “I won’t be comin’ back forever, but I’ll be comin’ back for more.” (They aren’t Jimmie’s best lyrics, but these words epitomize relationships that never really end, I think.) ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/24 "2000-10-22T03:08:32Z")
Back and Forth - VENT “Looking back and forth at you, Should I, Should I, Waste my time?” Pushing me Away - Hybrid Theory/Linkin Park "The sacrifice of hiding in a lie, The sacrifice is never knowing… Why I never walked away, Why I played myself this way. Now I see, Your testing me, Pushes me away…" ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/25 "2000-10-22T03:34:16Z")
God is dead And no one cares If there is a hell I’ll see you there. -Nine Inch Nails This is especially amusing when sung at a religious youth convention. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/26 "2000-10-22T03:45:19Z")
\*\* Hey moral soldier you’ve got righteous proclamations, and precious tomes to fuel your palpy conflagrations! \*\* Bad Religion, “I Want to Conquer the World” ---
**Author:** ![Gueniveer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gueniveer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gueniveer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/27 "2000-10-22T04:01:12Z")
Jewel sings in one of her songs (but I don’t remember exactly what she sings - I’m terrible with the punch lines to jokes, too) something like: ``` Be careful with my heart You're holding it in your hand. ``` And when the Doors sing: ``` Come on, Baby, light my fire... It seems like one truly excellent suggestion! ``` Harry Nilson, the very best! sings to his lost love: ``` You're breakin' my heart So, fuck you! ``` ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/28 "2000-10-22T04:15:26Z")
The next night he’s over and over and under And after he’s finished she lies there and wonders Just why does she need him, and why does she stay here, And then in the darkness, he’ll quietly say, “Dear, You’ve never really known. That when the white flag is flown, No one, no one, no one has won the war.” “The Flag”, BNL And I love this line: “I’m a conscientious objector to the war inside my mind.” -“Castaway”, Green Day Jman ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/29 "2000-10-22T04:19:28Z")
“You’re going so fast, you’re never ever gonna get down here where the heroes sit by the river with a magic in their music as they eat raw liver” -Black Sabbath, “Zero the Hero” “So we put her on the hit list of a common, cunning linquist, a master of many tongues” -Deep Purple, “Knocking at Your Back Door” I must have listened to this song a thousand times before the realization hit me… “Between the velvet lies there’s a truth as hard as steel” - Dio, “Holy Diver” ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/30 "2000-10-22T09:50:51Z")
“There were plants and birds and rocks and things” – A Horse With No Name “Someone left the cake out in the rain…” — MacArthur Park But seriously… “Voulez vous coucher avec moi?” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/31 "2000-10-22T14:30:11Z")
DRY wins. Anyone who can bring Patti LaBelle into the discussion wins mucho points from me. Some somewhat obscure Mid-Atlantic bands… “Ivana’s a scuptor, she’s tending bar She piercing her nipples in the name of art And Ricks an accountant that likes tattoos Keeps 'em all hidden so his boss approves!” -Arlington by Emmet Swimming “What mood is that you wear this time? Why do you get high? To change the scene you’re in In time you won’t come back again” - High by Jimmy’s Chicken Shack “Hippy Hell awaits you jack Unless you get that tie-dye off your back And make a run for Punk Rock Heaven!” - Punk Rock Heaven by Mary Prankster **And lets not forget the holy triumvirate of Rush:** “How can anybody be enlightened Truth is, after all, so poorly lit” Boy there are so many Rush songs to choose from… Or Woody Guthrie or Leadbelly… _Must exercise control…_ ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/32 "2000-10-22T20:11:23Z")
_And if I swallow anything evil Put your finger down my throat And if I shiver Please give me a blanket, keep me warm, Let me wear your coat_ -The Who, Behind Blue Eyes _I can’t give it away on 7th Avenue This town’s been wearing tatters_ -Rolling Stones, Shattered ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/33 "2000-10-22T21:10:46Z")
> [@](#): > > She gives me her cheek > When I want her lips; > But I don’t have the strength to go 4th of July - X (John Doe) > [@](#): > > She burned her biscuits and her gravy is strange > Can’t fry a chicken in a microwave range > Her salt’s tasty > Her sugar’s sweet > **No, she can’t cook, but she’s got something to eat** Amanda Ruth - Rank and File ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/34 "2000-10-22T21:33:27Z")
Lesson number one in homicide is emotional murder’s no crime _–The Wallflowers, “Witness”_ I’m a highway junkie and I need that old white line _–Gary Allan, “Highway Junkie”_ Don’t you ever get tired of the noise Don’t you ever get tired of the crowd If they had so much to say Would they have to talk so loud _–Jack Ingram, “Hey You”_ Ain’t it funny how we come in screamin’ giddy-up And go out hollerin’ whoa Lord we never wanna be here But we sure don’t ever wanna go _–Garth Brooks, “Kickin’ And Screamin’”_ Children with no vision do exactly what they’re told _–Creed, “Say I”_ ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/35 "2000-10-22T21:36:57Z")
_And if California slides into the ocean, Like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing, Until I pay my bill._ ``` - Warren Zevon, "Desperadoes Under the Eaves" ``` _Ignorance and Prejudice, And Fear walk hand in hand._ ``` - Rush, "Witch Hunt" ``` _Now there’s no more oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw_ ``` - Rush, "The Trees" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/36 "2000-10-22T22:05:54Z")
_You know that old trees just grow stronger, And old rivers grow wilder every day, Old people just grow lonesome, Waiting for someone to say, Hello in there._ ``` - John Prine, "Hello in There" ``` _There’s a hole in Daddy’s arm Where all the money goes And Jesus Christ died for nothing I suppose._ ``` - John Prine, "Sam Stone" ``` ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/37 "2000-10-22T23:23:18Z")
"Having lovers and friends is all good and fine, but I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine. –“Promises” by Eric Clapton “She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.” –“Honky Tonk Women” by the Rolling Stones And let’s not forget Jimmy Buffett’s great masterpiece: “Why don’t we get drunk and screw? I’ve got a waterbed It’s filled up for me and you Well, they call you a slut queen but I don’t thing that’s true So why don’t we get drunk and screw” –“Why Don’t We Get Drunk” by Jimmy Buffett ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/38 "2000-10-22T23:27:12Z")
Oh Slythe, great moderator and god of editing, could you please change “thing” to “think” in my last post? Thanks a bunch. _Humbly bows before Slythe_ ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/39 "2000-10-23T01:50:59Z")
Faith alone won’t substain us no more. Bad Religion-“Faith Alone” Make believe in magic, Make believe in dream, Make believe impossible is nothing as it seems" The Cure- “More than This” You can make it all true You can make it undo Cat Stevens-“If you want to sing out, sing out” My mommy’s on Valium, so ineffectual… I don’t know how to live, but I got alot of toys Bad Religion-“21st century digital boy” ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/40 "2000-10-23T02:12:36Z")
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