Best Song Lyric NOT about Love.

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Just that - most songs are about love, so what is the best line you know which is about something else?

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

Pink Floyd - 'Time'. The whole song is brilliant, so it is hard to pick the best lines.

The Mississippi delta was shining like a national guitar - Paul Simon

You’ve got to swim, don’t let yourself sink. Find the horizon, I promise you it’s not as far as you think.

Swim, Jack’s Mannequin

All the men come in these places
And the men are all the same
You don't look at their faces
And you don't ask their names
You don't think of them as human
You don't think of them at all
You keep your mind on the money
Keeping your eyes on the wall
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
I'll do what you want me to do
I'm your private dancer, a dancer for money
And any old music will do

Private Dancer by Tina Turner.

This probably isn't quite what you're looking for as it's from a children's TV programme. But I love the idea of taking the chances you get and doing what you love whilst you still can.

Hey Tiger! (Tiger!)
When you see a chance go out and grab it
Be more like a tiger than a rabbit
You can make a spirit soar by simply opening the door
Let's face it that's what doors are for
Tiger! (Tiger!)
Do the things you love while you are able
Time to get up from the kitchen table
Go ahead and open up the door

@ClassicBBQ
There are no rules except is must not be about love.
I like the rhyme of 'rabbit' and 'grab it' 🙂

"The crowd gasp at Cocker's masterful control of the bicycle

Skilfully avoiding the dog turd next to the corner shop

Imagining a blue plaque above the place I first ever touched a girl's chest

But hold on. ou've got to wait for the best."

Profound. 😆
Pulp. I Spy.

Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits
very quiet and still
And they call her a name that they never get
right and if they don't then nobody else will
But she used to have a carefree mind of her
own, with devilish look in her eye
Saying "You can call me anything you like, but
my name is Veronica"
Elvis Costello. Such a poignant song.

I've always liked the lyrics from Colours of the wind in Pocahontas:

"You can own the earth and still
All you'll own is earth until
You can paint with all the colours of the wind"

Actually I love all the songs from that movie, I definitely know some people who could do with listening to the messages within - politicians are definitely on the list.

Agree wholeheartedly! “Mine” is so clever and I absolutely love “savages”-a very underrated film imo!

"God is a DJ"...Faithless.

We are massive fans of the Tiger Who Came to Tea animation and I completely agree the song (especially with RWs voice) is great

I often think of those words too when deciding whether to do something

(I don't know if you've yet seen the Mig Christmas special but the song in that, sung by Sophie Ellis Bexter is equally as lovely)

*can't edit in app, should say Mog

I like 'it's always darkest before the dawn' by Florence and the machine ☺️

Joan was quizzical, studied pataphysical
Science in the home
Late nights all alone with a test-tube, ohh uh oh oh

I often think this one was written specifically for me...

"I check my look in the mirror
Wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face"

Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen

Life's a journey, not a destination- Aerosmith

Reminds me to enjoy each moment instead of rushing to the next.

In the town where I was born,
Lived a man who sailed the sea.
And he told us of his life,
In the land of submarines.
So we sailed on to the sun,
Till we found the sea of green,
And we lived beneath the waves,
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
And our friends are all aboard,
Many more of them live next door,
And the band begins to play.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
As we live a life of ease,
Ev'ryone of us has all we need,
Sky of blue and sea of green,
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine,
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

@MerryChristmasToYou drat, you got there before me!

I saw werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
For to get a big dish of beef chow mein

Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo
Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo

You hear him howling around your kitchen door
You better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again

Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo
Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo, huh

He's the hairy handed gent who ran amok in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
You better stay away from him, he'll rip your lungs out Jim
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor

Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo
Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Ah-hoo

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doin' the werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney Jr. walking with the Queen, uh
Doin' the werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinkin' a piña colada at Trader Vic's
His hair was perfect

Ah-hoo, werewolves of London
Hey draw blood
Ah-hoo, werewolves of Londonu hear him howling around your kitchen door You better not let him in Little old lady got mutilated late last night

Werewolves of London again Ah-hoo, werewolves of London Ah-hoo Ah-hoo, werewolves of London Ah-hoo, huh

We are a rock revolving
Around a golden sun
We are a billion children rolled into one
What will I think of me, the day that I die?
Saltwater wells in my eyes.
Saltwater-Julian Lennon

Tuesday just might go my way
It cant get worse than yesterday
Thursday Friday aint been kind
But somehow I'll survive
Someday I'll be Saturday night- Bon Jovi

Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy, linen land

From Vincent by Don McLean. The whole song is beautiful but I particularly like the poetry of that verse.

Great choice!

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
But it's hard to get by when your arse is the size
Of a small country

National Express by the Divine Comedy

Semolina Pilchard
Climbing up the Eiffel tower
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe

Been trying to decide whether this counts - I've never thought of it as being about romantic love but perhaps love in a different form...

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman
Is still on the line

People call me villain oh its such a shame
Maybe its my clothes must be to blame
I don't even care if I look a mess
Don't want to be a sucker like all the rest

Smash it up, The Damned

They arrived at an inconvenient time
I was hiding in a room in my mind
They made me look at myself, I saw it well
I'd shut the people out of my life

So now I take the opportunities
Wonderful teachers ready to teach me
I must work on my mind, for now I realize
Everyone of us has a heaven inside

Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot
Them heavy people help me

Kate Bush

All of Lola by the kinks