# Great song lyrics: 2 line  philosophy only.

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/101 "2011-01-30T20:49:06Z")

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You’ve got to be trusted by the people that you lie to  
So that when they turn their backs on you, you get the chance to put the knife in.  
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And in the end you’ll pack up, fly down south, and hide your head in the sand  
Just another sad old man, all alone, dying of cancer.

_Dogs_, Pink Floyd

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**Author:** ![easttexas89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@easttexas89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easttexas89)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/102 "2011-04-17T04:02:58Z")

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“feel your scars knowing what your pain is  
but what’s it all worth if its painless?”

Cameras by wiz khalifa

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-song-lyrics-2-line-philosophy-only/532877/103 "2011-04-17T04:19:02Z")

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> [@Jinx](#):
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> “It’s either sadness or euphoria.” - Billy Joel

DAMN YOU!!! I thought for sure I’d be the first to reference “Summer, Highland Falls.”

I guess I’ll have to pick Counting Crows instead:

“Waiting for trains that just…  
…Never come”

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