# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/41 "2000-10-23T05:19:17Z")
“I wish I was like you - easily amused” -Nirvana, All Apologies “You’re such an inspiration for the way that I would never ever choose to be” –A Perfect Circle, Judith “So I opened the door to my enemies And I asked could we wipe the slate clean But they tell me to please go f\*ck myself You know you just can’t win” –Pink Floyd, Lost for Words “We are young - wandering the face of the earth Wondering what our dreams might be worth Learning that we’re only immortal For a limited time” –Rush, Dreamline I could be at this all night, but I’ll stop for now… ---
**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/42 "2000-10-23T06:08:05Z")
“And it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel was just a freight train coming your way.” -_No Leaf Clover_ “And when you see me strut remind me of what left this outlaw torn.” -_Outlaw Torn_ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/43 "2000-10-23T13:02:31Z")
“Well, the girls would turn the color of a…avocado When he would drive down their street in his…El Dorado He was only five foot three but girls could not resist his stare… Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole… Not like you.” – Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers) ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/44 "2000-10-23T13:25:38Z")
**Cat Stevens** : “You will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not” **Father And Son** **pldennison, “For No One”** makes me choke up every time I even think of it. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/45 "2000-10-23T14:15:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by xanadu \* > \*\*…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 \*\* Minor correction: It’s “Snuff Queen.” A verse you don’t hear him do anymore is: _Why don’t we get stoned and screw? I just bought a pound of the best shit in town And I’d like to smoke it with you. If we can wiggle when we get trough with that shit I tell ya what let’s do Why don’t we get drunk and screw._ However, my favorite is: _I wasn’t knee crawlin’, slip slidin’, Reggie Youngin’, Commode huggin’ drunk. I was God’s own drunk and a fearless man._ God’s Own Drunk ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/46 "2000-10-23T15:02:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, they call you a slut queen > [@](#): > > Minor correction: It’s “Snuff Queen.” Uh, I thought it was “snow queen.” ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/47 "2000-10-23T15:05:27Z")
"Well my dog died, just the other day And left me all alone. The finance company, they came by And repossesed my home. But that’s just a drop in the bucket, babe, Compared to losing you. And I’m down to seeds and stems again, too." -The Down to Seeds and Stems Again Blues Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen “Too Much Fun, that’s news to me Too Much Fun, there must be A whole lotta things that I never done, But I ain’t never had too much fun.” -Too Much Fun Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen “You’re an idiot, babe Its a wonder that you still know how to breathe.” -Idiot Wind Bob Dylan ---
**Author:** ![Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@Chance\_the\_Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chance_the_Gardener)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/48 "2000-10-23T15:17:31Z")
_People should get beat up for statin’ their beliefs._ —They Might Be Giants, \*Shoehorn with Teeth Nobody knows what it’s really like But everyone says it’s great… This could lead to excellence Or serious injury; Only one way to know. Go, go, go, Go ahead and wreck your life, That might be good; Who can say what’s wrong or right? Nobody can… And now that you’ve tried it, you’re back to report That the spiralling shape was a fraud and a fake You didn’t enjoy it, you never believed it There won’t be a refund, you’ll never go back… Don’t spend the rest of your life wondering.\* —They Might Be Giants, _The Spiraling Shape There’s only one thing that I know how to do well, And I’ve often been told that there’s only one thing that you know how to do well, And that’s be you, Be what you’re like, Be like yourself, And there’s only one thing that I like, And that is whistling in the dark…_ —They Might Be Giants, _Whistling in the Dark_ ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/49 "2000-10-23T15:38:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > \*\*“Well, the girls would turn the color of a…avocado > When he would drive down their street in his…El Dorado > He was only five foot three but girls could not resist his stare… > Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole… > Not like you.” > > – Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers) \*\* Repo Man soundtrack, Johnathan Richman’s band was actually called The Burning Sensations at the time. You’ve all gotta duck, when the shit hits the fan - Circle Jerks ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/50 "2000-10-23T15:59:41Z")
[White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean](http://margaritaville.com/discography/PinkCrustacean.htm#Why%20Don't%20We%20Get%20Drunk) \*…They say you are a snuff queen, Honey, I don’t think that’s true…[/] ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/51 "2000-10-23T16:38:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jesuslynch \* > \*\*[White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean](http://margaritaville.com/discography/PinkCrustacean.htm#Why%20Don't%20We%20Get%20Drunk) > > \*…They say you are a snuff queen, Honey, I don’t think that’s true…[/] \*\* Okay, okay I stand corrected. But I still think the song is funnier with “slut queen” instead of “snuff queen.” ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/52 "2000-10-23T16:42:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ivar \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \* > > \*\*“Well, the girls would turn the color of a…avocado > > When he would drive down their street in his…El Dorado > > He was only five foot three but girls could not resist his stare… > > Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole… > > Not like you.” > > > > – Jonathan Richman (The Modern Lovers) \*\* > > Repo Man soundtrack, Johnathan Richman’s band was actually called The Burning Sensations at the time. > \*\* Ummmm… no. No, it wasn’t. Never was. The version on the _Repo Man_ soundtrack was a cover. Sheesh. Young 'uns these days . . . . As for the topic, I’m partial to: > [@](#): > > If you’re wondering why . . . > When all I wanted from life was to be famous > I have tried for so long it’s all gone wrong > Today I am remembering a time > When they pulled me back and held me down and looked me in the eyes and said, > “You just haven’t earned it yet baby > you just haven’t earned it’s all > You just haven’t earned it yet baby > You must suffer and cry for a slightly longer time” > \*Johnny Marr/Morrissey, “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet Baby” ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/53 "2000-10-23T17:13:40Z")
“I feel summer creeping in And I’m tired of this town again” **Tom Petty** , _Mary Jane’s Last Dance_ “Like a rhythm unbroken Like drums in the night Like sweet soul music Like sunlight I need your love” **U2** , _Hawkmoon 269_ “I disappeared in you You disappeared from me I gave you everything you ever wanted It wasn’t what you wanted” **U2** , _So Cruel_. Lots and lots and lots of good lyrics from them. “You want to suck on my breasts, It’s no surprise that you do, I’m the source and the force You owe your life to, brother” **The Pretenders** , _I’m A Mother_ “The colors of the piece of time Are still so fresh inside my mind It makes the movie of my life seem pale With all the games I have to play I’ve got to give a lot of me away but the part with us will never be for sale” **Concrete Blonde** , _I Don’t Need A Hero_ “I want to look at life In the available light” **Rush** , _Available Light_. There’s so many, I don’t even want to try and list them all. In my opinion, Neil Peart is one of the greatest songwriters in rock history. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/54 "2000-10-23T17:34:29Z")
All this talk of Jimmy Buffett reminds me of another good lyric: > [@](#): > > Now on the day that John Wayne died > I found myself on the continental divide > Tell me where do we go from here? > Think I’ll ride into Leadville and have a few beers > Think of “Red River” and “Liberty Valence” > Can’t believe the old man’s gone… > > But now he’s incommunicado > Leaving such a hole in a world that believed > That a life with such bravado > Was taking the right way home ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/55 "2000-10-23T17:48:44Z")
\*I chose my apparel, wore a beer barrel And they rolled me to the very first row I held a big sign that said “Kiss me I’m a baker, and Monty I sure need the dough!” Then I grabbed that sucker by the throat Until he called on me Cause my whole world lies waiting behind door number three \* \*\*Door Number Three \*\* _Ceilin’ fan stirs the air Cigar smoke did swirl, A fragrance on the pillow case And he thinks about the girl. Spillin’ wine wine and sharin’ good times She sure could make him smile. He pays her well but what the hell He’ll be movin’ in a little while, Havana daydreamin’, Havana daydreamin’ Oh he’ll be dreamin’ his life away_ **Havana Daydreamin’** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/56 "2000-10-23T17:55:23Z")
Lyrics, you say? To avoid copyright infringement issues, I present you with this here link, to **Thomas Dolby’s** _Aliens Ate My Buick_ masterpiece, \*\*\*[The Key To Her Ferrari\*\*\*](http://www.thomasdolby.com/reference/lyrics_aliens.html#ferrari) Beatnik audio clips are also available on the site. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/57 "2000-10-23T18:00:10Z")
I said, “I’m so happy I could die.” She said, ‘Drop dead,’ and left with another guy. … I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused. Elvis I’m not drunk, I’just drinking. Albert Collins There’s so much shit in Texas, you’re bound to step in some. Johnny Winter ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/58 "2000-10-23T19:39:38Z")
I can’t believe no-one has mentioned one of the greatest lyricists/poets of our time… \* Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes Everybody knows Everybody knows that the boat is leaking Everybody knows that the captain lied Everybody got this broken feeling Like their father or their dog just died Everybody talking to their pockets Everybody wants a box of chocolates And a long stem rose Everybody knows… \* -Leonard Cohen …there now I’ve mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/59 "2000-10-23T19:43:46Z")
And, ever since being introduced to him by the board: The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak And the carpet needs a haircut, and the spotlight looks like a prison break And the telephone’s out of cigarettes, and the balcony is on the make Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728/60 "2000-10-23T20:26:01Z")
"Never realized the passing hours of evening showers Slipnoose hanging in my darkest dreams And stunted by your haunted social scene Just a pawn outplayed by a dominating queen It’s 4:00 in the morning, dammit! Listen to me good. I’m sleeping with myself tonight Saved in time, thank God my music’s still alive. - Someone Saved My Life Tonight\* - Bernie Taupin “Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” and “After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.” - The Boxer \* - Paul Simon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-lines-from-songs/35728.md?page=2)