# What Are Your Favorite Songs Lines? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210 "2001-10-24T00:58:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/21 "2001-10-24T05:39:35Z")
**Searching for Truth** : _Excellent!!_ My contribution: Hate, hate your enemies Save, save your friends Find, find your place Speak, speak the truth Nirvana, _Radio Friendly Unit Shifter_ Oh, and **Violet** : That’s not Bob Dylan, that’s Stealer’s Wheel (with Gerry Rafferty). ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/22 "2001-10-24T05:45:55Z")
loving you forever is what I need. Al Green, stay together he flicks an ash like a wild loose comma. Soul coughing, hmmm cant remember. shit, blood, and cum on my hands. Tool, prison sex. (What? you said my favorite songs) I am everyday people. Sly and the family stone, everyday people. yes yes I come fully equiped with a band, a mic, and a bunch of bad habits, now thats my trip try not to fall, get off the wall and shamalama y’all. Silly Rabit, shamalamajam Odyssey the revolution will not be brought to you by xerox. Gil Scott Heron, the revolution will not be televised. I just got paid today, got me a pocket full o change. ZZ Top, just got paid. SHUT THE FUCK UP! Cake, Nugget I could go on but instead I’ll go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/23 "2001-10-24T07:31:08Z")
It’s long, but the whole song is worth quoting: Seeing that moving van pull out Watching that awful sun go down What’ll I have to laugh about? Cartoons Saturday morning, eight o’clock Wishing that fun would never stop Not even caring about where you are Cartoons Sunday morning three o’clock Haven’t moved off that same old spot Mighty thankful that I still got cartoons When you spend all that time alone Locked up doors, unplugged phone You feel as if, you feel as though you’re cartoons You’re in cartoons Should have stayed and stuck it out Think we could have worked it out But you’ve got a lot to learn about cartoons. [By Jack Logan] And another: Studies have shown That we like sheep are prone To sure-fatal doses Of malcontent through osmosis. But don’t be sympathetic, Just pass the anesthetic 'Cause sheep are benign, And on their young we will dine. [By Andrew Bird} ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/24 "2001-10-24T07:49:13Z")
“meet the new boss…same as the old boss” The Who - “Won’t Get Fooled Again” “nurse, get your pad, the boy’s insane!” Bob Dylan - “Talkin World War III Blues” “the pursuit of happiness just seems a bore” Rolling Stones - “Mother’s Little Helper” “watching the skirts you start to flirt now you’re in gear” Beatles - “Good Morning Good Morning” ---
**Author:** ![Joyfulgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f04885/32.png) [@Joyfulgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joyfulgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/25 "2001-10-24T08:04:51Z")
_“'Cause I got tossed out the window of love’s el Camino And I shattered into a shower of sparks on the curb.”_ -Marrow - Ani Difranco _“Sometimes you can hear the wind blow in a handshake Sometimes there’s poetry written right on a bathroom wall.”_ -Good, Bad, Ugly - Ani Difranco \*“And in my prayers I dream alone A silent speach To deaf ear If you want love You must be love But if bleed love You will die loved” \* -Age of Innocence - Smashing Pumpkins ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/26 "2001-10-24T08:54:38Z")
“The Christmas Spirit is not what you drink.” A Christmas Song **Jethro Tull** “As she floats in the kitchen I’m tasting the smell Of toast as the butter runs. Then she comes, spilling crumbs on the bed And I shake my head.” Wond’ring Aloud Same fellers ---
**Author:** ![psychogumby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@psychogumby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychogumby)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/27 "2001-10-24T09:05:12Z")
“Watch out where the huskies go- and don’t you eat that yellow snow” - Frank Zappa, ‘Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow’ “I’m an asshole, and I’m proud of it!” - Denis Leary “Shut you f.cking face, uncle f.cker! You’re a c.ck-sucking ass-licking uncle f.cker!” - Terrance and Philip, “Uncle F.cker” “Oh, I’m a mutha fukka on a motorcycle …” - Machine Gun Fellatio, “Mutha Fukka On A Motorcycle” Hmm, this is looking suspiciously like a Cafe Society thread. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gooroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Gooroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gooroo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/28 "2001-10-24T10:47:56Z")
The more I think, The more I know, The more it hurts. From “Where are you” by Cat Stevens ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/29 "2001-10-24T11:04:03Z")
Slash wrist Scarlet fever Crawl under your bathroom door. Pumping arteries ooze their problems through the gap that the razor tore. Marillion - He Knows, You Know ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/30 "2001-10-24T11:32:14Z")
“Now you’re ringin’ out slowly, Like cathedral bells And you’d sleep through Heaven, Just to get to Hell” - Powderfinger, _Thrilloilogy_, Odyssey #5 “The winds that blow across the sea Bring the light with rays of new disease Thoughts come over the human mind Fallen drops of rain unwind” - Rosemary Gates, _Fallen_, Shine "I love my friend, She is passionate and wonderful, But so far away. Our affectionate romance has sunk beneath the waves … … and I don’t know how to swim." - Einstein Savage, _Love’s Parasite_, Tales from the Obsolete Library “Living in a science-fiction world Living life the way we want And blaming God for what we’ve done Living in a science-fiction world God’s a cosmic puppet here, And I’m the puppeteer.” - Einstein Savage, _Science-Fiction World_, Tales from the Obsolete Library “A connecting principle, linked to the invisible, Almost imperceptible, something inexpressible, Science insusceptible, logic so inflexible, Casually connectible, nothing is invincible…” - The Police, _Synchronicity I_, Synchronicity “Convince an enemy, convince him that he’s wrong Is to win a bloodless battle where victory is long A simple act of faith In reason over might To blow up his children will only prove him right.” - Sting, _History Will Teach us Nothing_, …Nothing Like the Sun “If blood will flow when flesh and steel are one Drying in the colour of the evening sun Tomorrow’s rain will wash the stains away But something in our minds will always, always stay Perhaps this final act was meant To clinch a lifetime’s argument That nothing comes from violence And nothing ever could For all those born beneath an angry star Lest we forget how fragile we are” - Sting, _Fragile_, …Nothing Like the Sun “Beautiful one, Asleep in the sun, Secret, sweet and sublime … I hope you last a long, long time I hope you last a long, long time” - Semisonic, _Made to Last_, Feeling Strangely Fine ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/31 "2001-10-24T11:39:26Z")
Why don’t we call it a day and we can both confess You can’t force me to use a little tenderness white lies, alibis – anything but say that it’s true we could sit like lovers staring in each other’s eyes but the magic of the moment might become to much for you Sneaky Feelings – Elvis Costello ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/32 "2001-10-24T11:44:35Z")
Life may be sweeter for this, I don’t know. We’ll see how it feels in the end. -Crazy Fingers ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/33 "2001-10-24T12:02:14Z")
Everything you say is so obnoxious, funny, true and mean. I want to be your blowjob queen. Flower by Liz Phair Oh, make me over. I’m all I wanna be. A walking study in demonology. Celebrity Skin by Hole ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/34 "2001-10-24T12:19:44Z")
\*The ones who love us best Are The ones we’ll lay to rest And visit their graves on holidays at best The ones who love us least Are the ones we’ll die to please If it’s any consolation I don’t begin to understand them\* “Bastards of Young” - The Replacements (lyrics by Paul Westerberg) ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/35 "2001-10-24T12:31:05Z")
I know someday you’ll have a beautiful life, I know you’ll be a star in somebody else’s sky But why, why, why can’t it be mine? Pearl Jam – Black ---
**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/36 "2001-10-24T12:47:27Z")
“Titties and Beer” **Frank Zappa** “Fat Bottom Girls make the Rockin’ world go 'round” **Queen** “The trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and sword” **Rush** ---
**Author:** ![Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Formerly_Bandersnatch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/37 "2001-10-24T14:46:45Z")
So often times it happens, that we live our live in chains. And we never even know we have the key. “Already Gone”, the Eagles All the late night bargains have been struck Between the satin beans and their bells And prehistoric garbage trucks Have the city to themselves Echoes and the roars dinosaurs They’re all doing the monster mash And most of the taxis and all of the whores Are only taking calls for cash “Your Latest Trick”, Dire Straits She cuts you hard, she cuts you deep, She’s got so much skill She’s so fascinating that you’re still there waiting When she comes back for the kill You’ve been slashed in the face You’ve been left there to bleed You want to run away But you know you’re gonna stay 'Cause she gives you what you need Then she says she wants affection While she searches for the vein She’s so good with her stiletto You don’t really mind the pain “Stilleto”, Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/38 "2001-10-24T15:02:17Z")
And Daddy, won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County, Down by the Green River where Paradise lay? Well, I’m sorry, my son, but you’re too late in askin’; Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away. – John Prine, “Paradise” Actually I love the whole song. Here’s the last verse: ``` When I die, let my ashes flow down the Green River, Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester Dam. I'll be halfway to heaven with Paradise waiting, Just five miles away from wherever I am. ``` ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/39 "2001-10-24T16:10:54Z")
**Counting Crows** : _“She’s talking in her sleep It’s keeping me awake And Anna begins to toss and turn And every word is nonsense But I understand it all”_ -Anna Begins \*“In all this time The bottom line is You don’t know how I feel You say you see But I don’t agree You don’t know…don’t know how I feel” -Speedway _“Good morning, baby I guess you wanna touch me now, And tell me you love me, And tell me you need me Don’t say you love me Don’t say anything Because I am not that kind of man I’m much less than you think I am So many people are just like Jesus They drag all this weight To get to anything better than Where they are, or where they’ve been Well, what the hell’s the reason When we never get anywhere”_ -Suffocate \*"I was wasted in the afternoon Waiting on a train I woke up in pieces, and Elisabeth had disappeared again I wish you were inside of me I hope that you’re okay I hope you’re resting quitely I just wanted to say goodnight, Elisabeth Goodnight, Elisabeth Now, I’m all alone And you ain’t coming home"\* -Goodnight Elisabeth \*"I never go to New York City These days Something about the buildings in Chelsea that kills me The things I do To the people I love Shouldn’t be allowed There’s something about an angel That just kills me I keep hoping something will"\* -Chelsea _“I want to be the light That burns out your eyes Because I know the little things About me that would sing In the silence of So much rejection In every connection I make I want to be the last thing You hear when you’re falling asleep”_ -Catapult **Ben Folds Five** : \*"I feel like a quote out of context The ‘problem-with-you’ speech You gave me was fine I liked your theories About my ‘little stage’ And I swore I was listening But I started drifting Around the part about me acting my age Now if it’s all the same I’ve people to entertain Juggle one-handed Do some magic tricks and The best imitation of myself “Last night I was East with them, but West within Trying to be for you What you want to see But I couldn’t help it if you You couldn’t quite come true”\* -Best Imitation of Myself _“Don’t you know I’m numb, man No, I can’t feel a thing at all And it’s all smiles and business these days And I’m indifferent to the loss I think that there’s a soul somewhere That’s leading me around I wonder if she knows which way is down?”_ -Evaporated _“Driving back to her apartment For the moment, we’re alone And she’s alone, and I’m alone”_ -Brick ---
**Author:** ![Anal\_Scurvy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@Anal\_Scurvy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anal_Scurvy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-lines/89210/40 "2001-10-24T16:14:57Z")
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