Lines from songs that you think are brilliant

[FleetwoodRaincoat]

My absolute favourite is "We don't need no education", followed closely by "You're dressed to kill ... and guess who's dying?"

What are your favourites?

Bowie
‘ making love with his ego ‘

"Life is short and love is always over in the morning" - Sisters of Mercy, Temple of Love

Please don’t confront me with my failures
I have not forgotten them

And

You’re one microscopic cog in his
Catastrophic plan
Designed and directed
By his red right hand

@HerBigChance another Billy one….

If no one out there understands start your own revolution and cut out the middle man

The The

• The Sinking Feeling

All my books lay on the table
Waitin' to unfold
I sit and stare at my reflection
While the darkness chills my bones

My head fills like a junk shop
In desperate need of repair
The path of least resistance leads to the
Garbage heap of despair

I think I'd better get back in bed

All of the lyrics from ‘Fuel Up’ by Stornaway but particularly the line - if you break down, it’s cruel hard shoulder

On the National Express there's a jolly hostess
Selling crisps and tea
She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks
For a sky-high fee
Mini-skirts were in style when she danced down the aisle
Back in '63 (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
But it's hard to get by when your arse is the size
Of a small country

National Express, Divine Comedy
That song always makes me smile.

Hate country and eastern usually but always loved 'cause every hands and winner and every hands a loser and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep'

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

"I need a drink and a quick decision."

Hall and Oates

"And every time I scratch my nails down someone else's back I hope you feel it."
Alanis Morissette - You oughta know

@QuentinBunbury

Just a feather on the wind of time, all heading for the next destination.....

Or
Fuck the government and fuck Boris

Or
Riseup and take the power back, its time the fat cats had a heart attack (I wish so much this song became an anthem)

@QuentinBunbury I really thought uprising was going to be some sort anthem during lockdown when everyone turned against Bojo

From knights of cydonia - don’t waste your time or time will waste you

Great big storm -
Because we're holding our own in a great big storm
And though we're cutting it close, we won't let go
Oh, no, I can't believe everything falling down around me
But now I'm holding my own, and I won't let go

That song I connected too when I was going such a rough time, the song literally spoke to me…

Song title: She's gone.

@PalmarisLongus Nice to see a The The fan.
Currently playing that song as I type!

Don't waste your words
I don't need anything from you
I don't care where you've been
Or what you plan to do

Stone Roses I am the resurrection

My favourite line ever was on a tea towel which misquoted the Smiths' line "to die by your side is a heavenly way to die" as "to dry by your side is a heavenly way to dry". I sing it at DH whenever we're doing the washing up together. Just thinking about it, DH is very good at avoiding the washing up!

It only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches,
It only takes one match to burn a thousand trees

The freedom that you wanted back is yours for good, I hope you're glad. Sad in to unsad.
Beautiful South, A little Time

"Sharks gotta swim; bats gotta fly
I gotta love one woman till I die."

Tom Lehrer. Forgotten the song title.

A candy-coloured clown they call the Sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night.....
Roy Orbison - In Dreams

Brilliant song. There's a light that never goes out.

"You are the only thing in any room you're ever in"

Starlings by Elbow

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit
That whole album is full of fantastic lyrics TBF I love it.

"Can't stop this hurt inside. When love and hate collide"

If I had myself a flying giraffe
You'd have one in a box with a window.