# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![McGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@McGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/61 "2010-03-22T18:57:28Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > “Don’t know what you’ve got > til it’s gone” > > -Cinderella > > Okay, so I cheated to make it two lines. 🙂 I would have thought that’s better known as Joni Mitchell quote, from “Big Yellow Taxi”. Here’s my submission: “Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile, Nothin’ left to do but smile, smile, smile.” It’s pratically a haiku - so few words, yet I can see those dogs panting in the heat, and I can see that cat, and how that describes the human condition for most of us most of the time - no option but grin and bear it… ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/62 "2010-03-22T18:59:11Z")
Go wherever you can be and live for the day it’s only wear and tear - “Further Away” by IQ ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/63 "2010-03-24T19:09:02Z")
“She said that I’d grow old believing that I was what mattered most, That I’d uncover real feelingswhen I got close”… [Julies House](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwWBC_ZlLeE&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![ElectricZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@ElectricZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElectricZ)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/64 "2010-03-24T20:32:43Z")
Don’t know about yourself, what you plan to be We’re gambling with the time but choose our destiny Flirtin’ With Disaster - Molly Hatchet ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/65 "2010-03-25T02:39:39Z")
But the game never ends when your whole world depends on the turn of a friendly card - The Allen Parsons Project You’re only human, you’re _supposed_ to make mistakes -Billy Joel How can you help it when the music starts to play and your ability to reason gets swept away -The Main Ingredient ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/66 "2010-03-25T03:07:15Z")
_Well I know what’s right, I got just one life In a world that keeps on pushin’ me around But I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down_ – Tom Petty _If you want a do-right-all-day woman You’ve got to be a do-right-all-night man_ –Aretha Franklin _Look at someone who really loves you, yeah, really loves you. Turn around, look at me._ –The Vogues _It wasn’t a rock. It was a rock lobster!_ – The B52s _And there are no exceptions to the rule. Yes, everybody’s somebody’s fool._ –Connie Francis _And there’s so much time to make up everywhere you turn Time we have wasted on the way So much water moving underneath the bridge Let the water come and carry us away_ –Crosby, Stills & Nash ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/67 "2010-03-25T03:35:25Z")
> [@kingbighair](#): > > Bjork - It’s not up to you. > > It’s not up to you > Well it never really was I could quote Bjork all day, and those lines you quoted right there come from one of my favorite songs by her. I also will offer up two lines from her I See Who You Are from Volta: Let’s celebrate now All this flesh on our bones ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/68 "2010-03-26T06:00:17Z")
\*\*Can’t help about the shape I’m in, I can’t sing, I aint pretty and my legs are thin \*\* **But don’t ask me what I think of you, I may not give the answer that you want me to…** -Peter Green ---
**Author:** ![theoz49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@theoz49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theoz49)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/69 "2011-01-26T16:54:33Z")
Don’t ya know there ain’t no devil That’s just God when he’s drunk Tom Waits ---
**Author:** ![Pliny\_the\_younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@Pliny\_the\_younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pliny_the_younger)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/70 "2011-01-26T17:14:13Z")
“Take a minute just to breathe and think of everything you wanted and what you got instead.” David Cook (no one laugh at me either) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/71 "2011-01-26T17:18:08Z")
_We all know success when we all find our own dreams, And our love is enough to knock down any walls._ –“Pure and Easy”, Pete Townshend ---
**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:** [January 26, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/72 "2011-01-26T17:38:03Z")
\*But it’s too late to say you’re sorry How would I know why should I care \* “She’s Not There”– **The Zombies** ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/73 "2011-01-26T19:32:59Z")
\*I know a lot of things But I don’t know a lot of other things \* John Mellencamp, “You’ve Got To Stand For Something” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/74 "2011-01-26T19:34:21Z")
_Now there’s only two things in life But I forget what they are_ John Hiatt - “Buffalo River Home” ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/75 "2011-01-26T19:54:49Z")
Sooner or later, it comes down to fate I might as well be the one… Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/76 "2011-01-26T20:13:18Z")
Wise men don’t know how it feels To be thick as a brick –Jethro Tull ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/77 "2011-01-26T20:15:07Z")
I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest So I can be you for you what you want to see “Best Imitation Of Myself”, Ben Folds Five ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/78 "2011-01-26T20:23:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > _“I go to parties, sometimes until four. > It’s tough to leave when you can’t find the door”_ > > Walsh, Joe. That song’s full of great ones. “I can’t complain… But sometimes I still do” ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/79 "2011-01-26T21:19:55Z")
You ain’t a beauty, but hey, you’re all right Oh, and that’s all right with me – Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/80 "2011-01-26T22:48:44Z")
Christ I’m so mixed up and lonely I can’t even make friends with my brain I’m too young to be where I’m going But I’m too old to go back again –John Prine, _Rocky Mountain Time_ Actually, just about any Prine song would qualify…he is the master of quirky lyrics 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877.md?page=5)