# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/81 "2022-06-22T02:47:39Z")
_So it’s the laughter_ _We will remember_ _Whenever we remember_ _The way we were_ -Bergman Alan / Bergman Marilyn / Hamlisch Marvin ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/82 "2022-06-22T02:51:46Z")
I love that closing chord – I think it’s A major 9. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/83 "2022-06-22T07:09:17Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cqbHomtZcZs/hqdefault.jpg "Blossom Dearie - May I Come In?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqbHomtZcZs) ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/84 "2022-06-22T11:19:36Z")
Some Leonard Cohen wonderfulness: _I don’t mean to suggest that I loved you the best,_ _I can’t keep track of each fallen robin._ _I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,_ _that’s all, I don’t even think of you that often._ **-Chelsea Hotel #2** _If you are the dealer, let me out of the game_ _If you are the healer, I’m broken and lame_ _If thine is the glory, mine must be the shame_ _You want it darker_ **-You Want It Darker** _And everybody knows that you’re in trouble_ _Everybody knows what you’ve been through_ _From the bloody cross on top of Calvary_ _To the beach of Malibu_ _Everybody knows it’s coming apart_ _Take one last look at this Sacred Heart_ _Before it blows_ _And everybody knows_ **-Everybody Knows** ---
**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 22, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/85 "2022-06-22T12:05:57Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Unless the kids didn’t REALLY have the flu, and it was just an excuse not to have to visit his dad. Yeah, could be. The new job’s probably not even a hassle, damn liar. Never shoulda let him borrow the car keys. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/86 "2022-06-22T12:36:56Z")
_The Big Bopper’s Wedding_, after the singer declines to cooperate at his “shotgun wedding”, closes with the sound of a shotgun blast. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MGrLny1wTWk/hqdefault.jpg "Big Bopper Wedding") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGrLny1wTWk) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878/87 "2022-06-22T13:51:54Z")
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878.md?page=4)