# Great song lyrics: 2 line philosophy only. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877 "2010-03-18T13:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/1 "2010-03-18T13:53:46Z")
Two lines that say all you need to know. _I saw a man hit my mom one time, really I hurt him so damn bad I had to hide in Jersey_ **The Felice Brothers** - _Frankie’s Gun!_ And yours is? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/2 "2010-03-18T14:15:32Z")
I’m not sure I agree that’s a philosophy as much as a great short story. My Philosophy 101 - _You Can’t always get what you want But if you try sometime, you just might find you get what you need_ **Rolling Stones** - _You Can’t Always Get What You Want_ How about a one liner _Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people._ **The Refreshments** - _Bandito_ ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/3 "2010-03-18T14:38:48Z")
Dylan has a lot. Example, from _Open the Door, Homer:_ Remember when you’re out there trying to heal the sick That you must always first forgive them. ---
**Author:** ![Foxy40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/4 "2010-03-18T15:43:03Z")
“Some of it’s magic, some of it’s tragic, but I had a good life all the way” Jimmy Buffet ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/5 "2010-03-18T16:03:24Z")
“And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make” ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/6 "2010-03-18T16:14:12Z")
What you once were isn’t what you want to be Anymore Wilco, from Shot in the Arm ---
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/7 "2010-03-18T16:25:26Z")
“Never was a navy brat, but my father was, yeah… He warned me not to make friends with weather.” -Meg & Dia, “One Sail” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/8 "2010-03-18T16:45:15Z")
_It’s just nobody knows honey where love goes But when it goes it’s gone gone_ Springsteen, _When You’re Alone_ Not great philosophy, maybe, but I always thought those lines rang true. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/9 "2010-03-18T17:22:48Z")
How about They Might Be Giants? _No one in the world ever gets what they want And that is beautiful_ ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/10 "2010-03-18T17:25:02Z")
“It’s either sadness or euphoria.” - Billy Joel ---
**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:** [March 18, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/11 "2010-03-18T17:28:36Z")
Heh. All these from one band: “Always hopeful yet discontent He knows changes aren’t permanent” “If we keep out pride though paradise is lost We will pay the price but we will not count the cost” “You may be right it’s all a waste of time I guess that’s just a chance I’m prepared to take” “Quick to judge quick to anger slow to understand Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand” “Everybody got mixed feeling about the function and the form Everybody got to elevate from the norm” “Truth is after all a moving target hairs to split and pieces that don’t fit How can anybody be enlightened truth is after all so poorly lit” “I believe in what I see I believe is what I hear I believe that how I’m feeling changes how the world appears” I could, literally, go one for hours. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/12 "2010-03-18T17:44:24Z")
I will not relent I am driven **Clutch** , _“Impetus”_ ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/13 "2010-03-18T17:48:47Z")
U2: “If you want to kiss the sky Better learn how to kneel” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/14 "2010-03-18T19:52:37Z")
On your knees, boy! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/15 "2010-03-18T20:06:06Z")
_Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose._ Kris Kristofferson– **Me and Bobby McGee** ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/16 "2010-03-18T20:21:15Z")
Don’t try suicide,Nobody gives a damn. When you’re through with life and all hope is lost,Hold out your hand cos friends will be friends… right till the end. Get down make love. Take care of those you call your own And keep good company Now listen all you people Put out the good and keep the bad What the hell we fighting for ? Just surrender and it won’t hurt at all Queen ---
**Author:** ![kingbighair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/13edae/32.png) [@kingbighair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingbighair)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/17 "2010-03-18T21:34:53Z")
Bjork - It’s not up to you. It’s not up to you Well it never really was ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/18 "2010-03-18T21:47:09Z")
Do a little dance, make a little love. Get down tonight. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/19 "2010-03-18T21:48:58Z")
_“If I hadn’t seen such riches, I could live with being poor.”_ James - Sit Down Get’s me everytime, that bit. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/20 "2010-03-18T22:12:43Z")
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