# Ideas for lyrics T-shirt **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139 "2012-08-02T03:34:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/1 "2012-08-02T03:34:01Z")
It should be memorable, provocative, and concise. I was thinking: KINDER, GENTLER MACHINE GUN HAND or HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN It need not be pistol themed. If you had a bunch of iron-on letters on hand, what would you choose? The more esoteric, the worse as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/2 "2012-08-02T17:58:48Z")
From Elvis Costello’s _I’m not Angry_ **There’s No Such Thing as an Original Sin** Dunno why, but I always thought that sounded neat. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/3 "2012-08-02T18:04:08Z")
“Where’s that confounded bridge?” ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/4 "2012-08-02T18:17:01Z")
“I got a woman, wanna ball all day.” or “That’s great, it starts with an earthquake…” ---
**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:** [August 2, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/5 "2012-08-02T18:29:09Z")
_I Work Myself To Death Just To Fit In_ ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/6 "2012-08-02T19:27:15Z")
I had a baseball shirt as a teenager that said “Living is easy with eyes closed” on the front, and “Strawberry” on the back. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/7 "2012-08-02T19:29:12Z")
I don’t know how old you are, but you could try either “I hope I die before I get old” or “Too old to rock and roll, too young to die” ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/8 "2012-08-02T21:11:35Z")
The papers want to know whose shirt you wear. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/9 "2012-08-02T21:21:30Z")
Sadness is my luxury. That’s my most recent fave. ---
**Author:** ![TimToyGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/10 "2012-08-02T21:23:03Z")
I just had this thought yesterday, while listening to Tom Waits’ ‘Step Right Up’ I really wanted to make a tee shirt saying in large letters: “The Large Print Giveth, and the Small Print Taketh Away” And underneath that in small print, most of the lyrics of the song. I’d buy that for a moderate sum. Tim ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/11 "2012-08-02T21:30:50Z")
> [@diggerwam](#): > > Sadness is my luxury. That’s my most recent fave. WILCO! My first thought was “I dreamed about killing you again last night, and it felt alright to me.” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/12 "2012-08-02T21:30:53Z")
And don’t forget To give me back this T-shirt ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/13 "2012-08-03T01:59:26Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > From Elvis Costello’s _I’m not Angry_ > **There’s No Such Thing as an Original Sin** > > Dunno why, but I always thought that sounded neat. What’s so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding? ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/14 "2012-08-03T02:54:48Z")
Some from Warren Zevon: I’ll sleep when I’m dead. If California slides into the ocean, like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill. Sweet Home Alabama, play that dead band’s song. Turn those speakers up full blast; play it all night long. Send lawyers, guns and money. The shit has hit the fan. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/15 "2012-08-03T06:05:57Z")
The point of departure is not to return ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/16 "2012-08-03T14:15:37Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Some from Warren Zevon: > > I’ll sleep when I’m dead. > > If California slides into the ocean, like the mystics and statistics say it will, I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill. > > Sweet Home Alabama, play that dead band’s song. Turn those speakers up full blast; play it all night long. > > Send lawyers, guns and money. The shit has hit the fan. It would be cool to just do images of Lawyers, Guns and Money to find other Zevon fans, but the lawyer part might be tricky. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/17 "2012-08-03T17:06:07Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > It would be cool to just do images of Lawyers, Guns and Money to find other Zevon fans, but the lawyer part might be tricky. Lionel Hutz. Maybe Saul Goodman. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/18 "2012-08-09T23:17:06Z")
> [@lost4life](#): > > It would be cool to just do images of Lawyers, Guns and Money to find other Zevon fans, but the lawyer part might be tricky. I like that. I would wear one of those. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/19 "2012-08-10T00:45:27Z")
Theme from _Squidbillies!_ _My dreams are all dead and buried…_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139/20 "2012-08-10T00:59:04Z")
Imagine no religion I know it’s only rock and roll, But I like it Lazing on this sunny afternoon Be cool or be cast out Get back to where you once belonged (There’s a million of them I could think of…given time.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-lyrics-t-shirt/630139.md?page=2)