# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/81 "2011-01-27T01:53:27Z")
God will remind us what we already know That the human race is about to reap what it’s sown The The-- Armageddon days are here(again) ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/82 "2011-01-27T02:44:25Z")
“Livin’ on the road my friend was gonna make you free and clean, Now you wear your skin like iron and your breath’s as hard as kerosene” Townes Van Zandt “When the world is too dark, and I need the light inside of me I’ll walk into a bar and drink fifteen pints of beer” The Pogues ---
**Author:** ![President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@President\_Johnny\_Gentle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/President_Johnny_Gentle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/83 "2011-01-27T03:29:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > \*But it’s too late to say you’re sorry > How would I know why should I care > \* > “She’s Not There”– **The Zombies** Well played. > [@brendon\_small](#): > > A one liner that I always liked… > > “I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.” > > This Year by The Mountain Goats. > > Brendon Small I made it through 2006 with the help of this song. Although I feel it might have been better described by the Hold Steady "It was song number 3 on John’s last CD - Going to make it through this year if it kills me And it almost killed me…" ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/84 "2011-01-27T12:22:12Z")
Any promise we make is as easy to break As the plastic people on a wedding cake – Concrete Blonde, _Little Conversations_ I don’t pretend to know what you want But I offer love. – Crowded House, _It’s Only Natural_ ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/85 "2011-01-27T12:54:52Z")
‘They say we are endowed with Free Will - at least that justifies our need for indecision’ from _The Comet, the Course, the Tail_ ‘The heart is a secret garden to which there are no short cuts’ _Green Fingers_ both by **Peter Hammill**. Other fans will know that his lyrics are littered with other exampes… ---
**Author:** ![WPA-Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WPA-Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WPA-Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/86 "2011-01-27T16:09:20Z")
_Save me from tomorrow I don’t want to sail with this ship of fools_ –World Party, Ship of Fools I feel like this lyric all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/87 "2011-01-27T19:35:27Z")
“Too young to die, and too old to believe in promises.” _-Amanda Marshall_ “And the waves crash around me, the sand slips out to sea. And the winds that blow remind me of what has been and what can never be.” _-Nickel Creek_ "Music, it never goes, but I told you, I hate that shit, when people say “Well, you know - you got a song out of it.” _Shawn Colvin_ “The things that scare us today, what if they happen someday?” _Regina Spektor_ ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/88 "2011-01-28T03:08:12Z")
And one more: “Don’t tell me I’m a dreamer/ 'cuz I don’t wanna know.” ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/89 "2011-01-28T16:32:18Z")
The rain falls down without my help, I’m afraid, And the lawn gets wet, though I’ve withheld my consent. They Might Be Giants ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/90 "2011-01-28T16:56:48Z")
Get your money for nothing and your chicks for free–Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/91 "2011-01-28T17:24:44Z")
Behind four walls of stone the rich man sleeps It’s time we put the flame torch to their keep Elton John - Burn Down the Mission ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/92 "2011-01-28T17:30:05Z")
And if there’s one thing I can’t stand, It’s up **Mercury Rev** - _Downs Are Feminine Balloons_ ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/93 "2011-01-28T17:56:37Z")
Big city women,…got a hand full of gimme, and a mouth full of much obliged. Jesse Winchester ---
**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/94 "2011-01-28T17:57:40Z")
Keep your eyes on the road, your hand upon the wheels… for the future is uncertain and the end is always near. The Doors ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/95 "2011-01-30T00:19:31Z")
Send in the clowns . . . Don’t bother, they’re here. by Stephen Sondheim ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/96 "2011-01-30T02:57:57Z")
“Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve” “Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky, bit the big apple and got a little sticky Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame, they humped each other like they had no shame” “An old man sleeps with his conscience at night, young kids sleep with their dreams While the mentally ill sit perfectly still and live through life’s in-betweens” -John Prine ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/97 "2011-01-30T04:12:33Z")
“But the music make her wanna be the story And the story was whatever was the song what it was” - MK, DS ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/98 "2011-01-30T04:15:43Z")
“I couldn’t have one conversation if it wasn’t for the lies, lies, lies.” Freedy Johnston ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/99 "2011-01-30T04:31:47Z")
:dubious: > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > “An old man sleeps with his conscience at night, young kids sleep with their dreams > While the mentally ill sit perfectly still and live through life’s in-betweens” > > -John Prine Wal dis mah illusions! I’ve played that song for years, always thought it said _the men on the hill_ sit perfectly still. I know that doesn’t make a great deal of sense, but then a lot of JP’s songs don’t seem to make sense at first glimpse.:smack: SS ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/100 "2011-01-30T04:41:59Z")
“You see I’ve gotta live my life here with some pretty scary brethren But now I’m a rebel on a mission, baby, to live and die by my smile” Live, Like a Soldier [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877.md?page=6)