# The best closing lines/stanzas in songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [February 4, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878 "2022-02-04T00:26:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/61 "2022-02-21T13:33:17Z")
_She wrote a long letter_ _on a short piece of paper._ ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/62 "2022-02-21T17:29:19Z")
“You’re coming along” Great final line from Supertramp’s “School”. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/63 "2022-02-23T14:40:44Z")
You’re bloody well right. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/64 "2022-02-23T14:55:40Z")
“And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road” “Me and My Uncle” written by John Phillips and performed by the Greatful Dead and others. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/65 "2022-02-23T23:01:26Z")
“Never could stand that dog”. Tom Waits - Frank’s Wild Years ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/66 "2022-02-24T07:27:36Z")
_Rock ‘n’ Roll never forgets_ At least used twice. And So True! ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/67 "2022-02-24T07:48:34Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I know what I am, and I’m glad I’m a man, and so is Lola. The Kinks have lots of great lyrics. One I like from Celluloid Heroes: _I wish my life was non-stop Hollywood movie show_ _A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes_ _Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain_ _And celluloid heroes never really die_ ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/68 "2022-02-24T09:13:13Z")
And it was at that very moment that the pickle with the ticket was going down my throat … that I knew for sure that … I didn’t _want_ a pickle. -Arlo Guthrie And the fields are full of dancing, full of singing and romancing, the music never stopped. -Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/69 "2022-02-24T09:46:31Z")
It turned out Earl was a missing person that _nobody missed at all_ -Dixie Chicks ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/70 "2022-02-24T14:48:38Z")
I really like this version : [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HOiquKuoDac/hqdefault.jpg "Run On - Blind Boys of Alabama") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOiquKuoDac) (The Blind Boys of Alabama, on “Later” with Jools Holland) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/71 "2022-02-24T14:55:34Z")
And then there’s this :- _While rehearsing for his act he made the grandiose mistake of living with his long lost uncles_ _Could you blame them for wondering bout nephew who just couldn’t seem to loose the chuckles_ _But his song went on and on and on, and that’s about all i have to say_ _His uncles did not realize the wrong they did when they had him put away_ _Called the laughing song (all day long!)_ (repeat) Dan Hicks, The Laughing Song. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/72 "2022-02-24T22:33:43Z")
_Cat’s Cradle_, Harry Chapin; it brings a perfect finale to the song: _I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved away_ _I called him up just the other day_ _I said, I’d like to see you if you don’t mind_ _He said, I’d love to, dad, if I can find the time_ _You see, my new job’s a hassle, and the kids have the flu_ _But it’s sure nice talking to you, dad_ _It’s been sure nice talking to you_ _And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me_ _He’d grown up just like me_ _My boy was just like me_ And on a different note: _A Boy Named Sue_, Johnny Cash: _What could I do?_ _I got all choked up and I threw down my gun_ _I called him my pa, and he called me his son_ _Come away with a different point of view_ _And I think about him, now and then_ _Every time I try and every time I win_ _And if I ever have a boy, I’ll name him_ _Bill or George or Frank, anything damn thing but Sue_ _I still hate that name_ ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/73 "2022-02-24T22:38:03Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > And > > she’s > > buy- > > I- > > ing > > a > > stair- > > air- > > way- > > ee > > to > > Hea- > > vun. Brilliantly played. {golf clap} ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/74 "2022-06-03T20:56:17Z")
And me, I spend a lot of time picking flowers up on Choctaw ridge, and dropping them in to the muddy waters off the Tallahatchie bridge. Happy Billy Joe McAllister day! ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/75 "2022-06-04T15:00:40Z")
The End - The Beatles [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/12R4FzIhdoQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The End (Remastered 2009)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12R4FzIhdoQ) And in the end The love you take Is equal to the love you make ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/76 "2022-06-04T15:56:58Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > _Cat’s Cradle_ , Harry Chapin; it brings a perfect finale to the song: > > _I’ve long since retired, my son’s moved away_ > _I called him up just the other day_ > _I said, I’d like to see you if you don’t mind_ > _He said, I’d love to, dad, if I can find the time_ > _You see, my new job’s a hassle, and the kids have the flu_ > _But it’s sure nice talking to you, dad_ > _It’s been sure nice talking to you_ > _And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me_ > _He’d grown up just like me_ > _My boy was just like me_ Except his boy was not just like him. The narrator ignored the son; the son is ignoring the father, but not his own kids. One of the reasons he gives for not being able to visit his father is “the kids have the flu” so apparently the son is a more attentive father than he ever was. [/pedantic mode] ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/77 "2022-06-21T20:19:05Z")
_The grass was greener_ _The light was brighter_ _The taste was sweeter_ _The nights of wonder_ _With friends surrounded_ _The dawn mist glowing_ _The water flowing_ _The endless river_ _Forever and ever…_ Pink Floyd, “High Hopes” ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/78 "2022-06-21T23:00:33Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Except his boy was not just like him … _(snip)_ One of the reasons he gives for not being able to visit his father is “the kids have the flu” so apparently the son is a more attentive father than he ever was. Unless the kids didn’t REALLY have the flu, and it was just an excuse not to have to visit his dad. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/79 "2022-06-22T01:29:58Z")
_She’s leaving now 'cause I just heard the slamming of the door The way I know I’ve heard it slam one hundred times before And if I could move, I’d get my gun and put her in the ground._ _Oh, Ruby, don’t take your love to town_ _Oh, Ruby, for God’s sake, turn around_ **Ruby - Kenny Rogers and the First Edition** _The devil bowed his head because he knew that he’d been beat_ _And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny’s feet_ _Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again_ _I done told you once you son of a bitch, I’m the best that’s ever been"_ (refrain) **The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charley Daniels Band** ---
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