# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/41 "2010-03-20T07:40:04Z")
From an old friend of mine: “You’re just making the most of your borrowed time Waiting for the white light” ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/42 "2010-03-20T16:21:34Z")
Lots of Wilco fans here. How about: \*I dreamed about killing you again last night And it felt all right to me 🙂 \* ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/43 "2010-03-20T23:01:13Z")
"I’m prayin’ for the end of time So I can end my time with you Meat Loaf. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/44 "2010-03-20T23:30:39Z")
There’s nothing at the end of the rainbow There’s nothing to grow up for anymore **Richard Thompson** ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/45 "2010-03-21T14:58:47Z")
They say that to love is to bury, those demons from which we all hide, But tonight by this river beneath this willow tree, becoming one with the earth and the sky… [Cowboy Junkies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAOwt-OBxJ0&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/46 "2010-03-21T17:09:33Z")
“Don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone” -Cinderella Okay, so I cheated to make it two lines. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/47 "2010-03-21T17:13:34Z")
_You don’t like me but you love me_ _Either way you’re wrong_ **Morrissey** - “All You Need Is Me” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/48 "2010-03-21T17:16:01Z")
Your twisted fate has found you out and it’s finally turned the table. They stole your dreams and paid you with regret Desperado (Reprise)–The Eagles ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/49 "2010-03-21T17:51:16Z")
And though she feels as if she’s in a play She is anyway “Penny Lane” - John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/50 "2010-03-21T17:55:21Z")
I’m gonna throw my datebook over the fence and find me one for 5 or 10 cents Keep it 'til it’s covered with age, ‘cause I’m writin’ your name down on every page Hey Good Lookin’ by Hank Sr. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/51 "2010-03-21T17:57:18Z")
If there’s anything at all that’s wrong with her, it’s somethin’ that I can’t see. Ain’t no doubt about it; she’s the same kinda crazy as me. Same Kinda Crazy by Delbert McClinton ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/52 "2010-03-21T18:00:38Z")
And now I just thought I’d mention my grandma’s old-age pension is the reason why I’m standin’ here today. I got all my country learnin’, milkin’ and a-churnin’, pickin’ cotton, raisin’ hell and bailin’ hay. Georgia On a Fast Train by Billy Joe Shaver ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/53 "2010-03-21T19:14:20Z")
Well this one old shirt is about all I’ve got and a dollar is all that I crave ‘Cause I brought nothin’ with me into this old world and I ain’t gonna take nothin’ to my grave. Way Downtown by Doc Watson (also Gib Tanner and the Skillet Lickers) ---
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It’s better to burn out than to fade away. -Neil Young And in the end, The love you take is equal to the love you make. -Paul McCartney ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/55 "2010-03-21T20:49:53Z")
Warren Zevon on love: “You can’t start it like a car You can’t stop it with a gun.” ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/56 "2010-03-22T17:02:33Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And though she feels as if she’s in a play > She is anyway > > “Penny Lane” - John Lennon Wouldn’t that be Paul McCartney? Or was that one of those cases where one guy added a line to the other’s song? ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/57 "2010-03-22T18:12:33Z")
“I can’t forget the sound, 'cause it’s here to stay The sound of people chasing money and money getting away” Whiskey Bottle - Uncle Tupelo (probably Jay Farrar) “I never gave a second thought, never crossed my mind What’s right, what’s not - I’m not the judgin’ kind” Twilight - The Band “And you know that you’re over the hill When your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill” Old Folks Boogie - Little Feat “Is anybody goin to San Antone, or Phoenix, Arizona? Anyplace is alright as long as I can forget I’ve ever known her” (Is Anybody Goin’ To) San Antone - Doug Sahm/Sir Douglas Quintet ---
**Author:** ![Nature\_s\_Call](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nature_s_call/32/19006_2.png) [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/58 "2010-03-22T18:42:27Z")
_“Forward!” he cried from the rear, and the front rank died. The generals sat while the lines on the map moved from side to side._ Us and Them - Pink Floyd ---
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And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking Racing around to come up behind you again _Time_, Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/60 "2010-03-22T18:54:46Z")
_“I go to parties, sometimes until four. It’s tough to leave when you can’t find the door”_ Walsh, Joe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877.md?page=4)