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?

I'm standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see,
It's a girl my lord, in a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me

Take it Easy, by The Eagles

@Bichette

"And if the homework brings you down, then we'll throw it on the fire and take the car down town" And from the same song - "Don't pick fights with the bullies and the cads, cos I'm not much cop at punching other people's dads"

Great life advice from Bowie - Kooks

I agree. This is t favourite part.

You'll never live like common people
You'll never do what ever common people do
Never fail like common people
You'll never watch your life slide out of view
And then dance, and drink, and screw
Because there's nothing else to do

Also
Yesterday is dead, but not my memory The Autumn Stone - Small Faces

And

All I need is your whispered hello
Smiles melting the snow nothing heard
Your eyes are deeper than time
Say a love that won't rhyme without words

So now I've lost my way
I need help to show me things to say
Give me your love before mine fades away

Tin Soldier - Small Faces

Oh, is this the way they say the future's meant to feel?
Or just 20,000 people standing in a field?

Pulp, Sorted for E's and Wizz

I'm sick of this town, it's blind man's forage
They take your dreams down and they stick them in storage
You can have 'em back son, when you've paid off your mortgage and loans
Well to hell with this place, I'll go it my own way
I'll stick out my thumb and I'll trudge down the highway
Some day, someone must be going my way home
Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car with a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars
And I stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread

Life's For The Living, Passenger

He's a brilliant lyricist.

And too much blood has flown from the wrists
Of the children shamed for those they chose to kiss

Make it Stop-Rise Against

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

Used to keep my picture posted by your bedside
Now it's in your dresser with the socks you don't like

Oops! Quoted wrong comment!

I never had anything happen so fast
Took one look then I shattered like glass
Guess I let it show cos your smile told me you knew

That you're everything I ever wanted at once
There's no holding this heart when it knows what it wants
And I never wanted anything more than to love you

Christopher Cross, Swept Away

@Phineyj

Yay, no-one got my favourite Billy Bragg quote!

Words can't mend this broken heart
But you can put the hoover round if yoy want to make a start

and

We passed very fast like ships in the night
Or cars in a contraflow system

and

I put you on a pedestal
They put you on the pill

Not sure of the song titles - album was A New England, I think.

I got it, although I was thinking of Kirtsy Maccol singing it, and forget it's BB

nice thread…
Handbags and Gladrags I always thought a very poignant song
(Rod Stewart and covered by Stereophonics)

Also Uncertain Smile by The The
Fantastic song ❤️❤️
And God Only Knows - Beach Boys
There are thousands of great lyrics - we are lucky to have such an exceptional music history

I would trade all my tomorrow's for a single yesterday... Janis Joplin, me and Bobby mcgee

Of course, I always told myself
You know how women get
I'll bet I could have handled him
if only we had met...

Brando by Dory Previn

I'm gonna wrap you up and keep you in my pocket
I've made a few holes just so you can breathe
I'll make sure you never feel alone
Just do what you're told
If love's gonna live in this house
Then we best make the most and not sleep
And if you don't like the way she treats me
Then you know where the door is if you want to leave

And also:

That moon has a name
In the fires of a silver corpse
And on the ice I'm afraid
Of the drop through a darkened sea below
beyond the world
How deep does the water go?

And

My empty page
I will give you more than my name
I love you, son

"Living with you is like being parked
On double yellow lines waiting to be towed away
I'll pay the fine and I'll be back
But I'm running out of reasons to stay"

(Rites of Passage by Fish)

@HelplessProcrastinator

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 came on to say this one!!

When I was a teenager it was :

It's never over,
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter...
It's never over,
She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever

I also like:

There's a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

@LouiseBelchersBunnyEars

I'm gonna wrap you up and keep you in my pocket I've made a few holes just so you can breathe I'll make sure you never feel alone Just do what you're told If love's gonna live in this house Then we best make the most and not sleep And if you don't like the way she treats me Then you know where the door is if you want to leave

And also:

That moon has a name
In the fires of a silver corpse
And on the ice I'm afraid
Of the drop through a darkened sea below
beyond the world
How deep does the water go?

And

My empty page
I will give you more than my name
I love you, son

Oh, I didn’t include artists.

Love lives in this house - Sivu

Nocturne - Blanco White

Connor - SYML

@LongLive89

Some fabulous lyrics here…

Mine…

‘You call me up again just to break me like a promise. So casually cruel, in the name of being honest.’

Taylor Swift - All too well.

Came on to say this one @LongLive89

I called you brazen
Called you whore right to your face
And watched you silently
And publicly disgraced
I didn't notice
When you strengthened like a vice
That you were trembling
And burned beneath the ice

You said a prayer
And I betrayed you with a kiss
I never realized that all
Had come to this
So keep your dignity
Don't throw it all to waste
Stronger feelings
Than you've ever learned to face

Brazen (Weep) by Skunk Anansie

Making my entrance again with my usual flair
Sure of my lines
No one is there

(Send in the Clowns)

Leonard Cohen’s lyrics are always gorgeous - he’s a poet as well. Hard to narrow down my favourite, but I love:

“There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.”

Many of my favourites already mentioned.

There's a guy works down the chipshop swears he's Elvis
But he's a liar, and I'm not sure about you
Kirsty McCall again

Wish I had lipstick on my shirt
Instead of piss stains on my shoes
Friday night, Saturday morning by The Specials

I don't get many things right the first time
I fact, I am told that a lot
Now I know all the wrong turns
The stumbles and falls brought me here
And where was I before the day
That I first saw your lovely face?
The Luckiest, Ben Folds

But they didn't understand it and I tried to make them see
That one is only poor only if they choose to be
Now I know we had no money but I was rich as I could be

Dolly Parton - coat of many colours

Oh so don't pay no mind to my watering eyes,
Must be something in the air that I'm breathing.
Yes and try to ignore all this blood on the floor,
It's just this heart on my sleeve that's bleeding.

Burn by Ray Lamontagne. Also the last line "I will stand here and burn in my skin". Perfectly sums up the intense pain of lost love or unrequited love.

Anything by Justin currie is usually amazing but this side of the morning is pure genius:

Nobody’s perfect and that’s something that I’m sure she’ll know
But trying to tell the lies from the truth at times is like trying to divide Ice from the snow

Full lyrics here:

www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/delamitri/thissideofthemorning.html