To ask you what your favourite Song Lyric is?

[YouBetterWerk]

Sitting here thinking about mine when I should be working and thought I would throw it out to the MN masses.

After much deliberation, it is a tie for me between:

'Jonnys in the Basement mixing up the medicine, I'm on the pavement thinking 'bout the government' - Dylan

And

'Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty'

Anything that pulls you up? Makes you laugh? Breaks your heart? Has great memories?

Its been minutes, it's been days,
It's been all I will remember
Happy lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow
Your hills and valleys
Are mapped by my intrepid fingers
And in a naked slumber
I dream all this again

Snow Patrol - Crack the Shutters

Oh I heart la Baez, DrankSangria. Such a phenomenal guitarist.

I love Love Song to a Stranger too, but always thought it was about a replenishing one night stand?

Diamonds and rust deffo about BD though. Have you heard the live version where she sings at the end 'if you're offering me diamonds and rust, I've already paid I'll take the diamonds'? Which is very moving but doesn't scan as well.

Yy BD can write all those sensitive poetic lyrics and IRL be a bit of a bastard.

The Smiths, Pulp and Divine Comedy are all pure perfection.

However an honourable mention to
Billy Bragg for "safe sex doesn't mean no sex, it just means use your imagination"

You know it hurts me when you lie
Sometimes it even makes me cry
'cause I'm so in love with you
If you don't believe what I have said
take a look, my eyes are red
'cause I'm so in love with you

But all those sleepless nights in bed
when you've been out somewhere instead
I wonder if you care
and cannot bear the proof
It hurts too much to face the truth

• Pet Shop Boys

"Tomorrow is cancelled due to lack of interest"

Not sure why, just really like it!

How can you lie back and think of England when you don't even know whose in the team? (Billy Bragg)

I'll protect you from the Hooded Claw, keep the Vampires from your door (Frankie)

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way (Pink Flloyd)

Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in...
Leonard Cohen

Dance me till the end of time...
Great one.

"Breathe out so I can breathe you in" - Everlong, Foo Fighters

"American business men pick up Van Gogh's for the price of a hospital wing" - Nothing Ever Happens, Del Amitri

'Then there suddenly appeared before me, the only one my arms will hold, I heard them whisper 'please adore me' and when I looked, the moon had turned to gold'

After years of almost choking up every time I heard/sang Blue Moon I found out the words to the second verse - and that I was finally going to be a mum

All of Jacques Brel, Ne me quitte pas, especially

Laisse-moi devenir l'ombre de ton ombre
L'ombre de ta main
L'ombre de ton chien

Let me be the shadow of your shadow
The shadow of your hand
The shadow of your dog

Sounds better in the original

I'd beg for some forgiveness, but beggings not my business

'And yesterday I knew just what you wanted
when you came walking up to me with him,
so I told you that I was happy for you
and given the chance, I'd lie again'

Just To See You Smile - Tim McGraw

We're your first, last and only line of defence against the worst scum of the Universe - Will Smith , Men In Black

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour,
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job and then I found a job,
And heaven knows I'm miserable now.

There's a club, if you'd like to go.
You could meet somebody who really loves you.
So you go and you stand on your own,
And you leave on your own,
And you go home and you cry and you want to die!
Both morrissey.

Haters gonna hate hate hate ...
Players gonna play play play....
I'm just gonna Shake shake shake...
Shake it off, shake it off.

Last one was a joke. Sort of.

Caught your hand inside the till, slammed your fingers in the draw.
Fought with kitchen knives and skewers

Laid by James.

I woke up this morning,
And now I understand,
What it means to give your life,
To just one man.
Afraid of feeling nothing,
No bees or butter flies,
My head is full of voices
My house is full of lies

this is home

' Hold onto my hand, I wanna contact the living '

Robbie Williams - Feel

'What do you make of the cool set in London?
You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks'

Belle and Sebastian, The Boy With The Arab Strap

Do you remember dawn escapes from moon-washed college halls?
Kayleigh - Marillion

Shaved her legs and then he was a she - Lou Reed, Walk on the wild side

I never wanted 2 be your weekend lover
I only wanted 2 be some kind of friend
Baby I could never steal u from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end - Prince, Purple Rain

I haven't read the whole thread so apologies if these have already been said

?Just when I think I'm winning,
When I've broken every door,
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before.
Japan

Mama, put my guns in the ground,
I can't shoot them any more,
That long black cloud is comin' down,
feel like I'm knockin' on heavens door.
Bob Dylan

If you go away, as I know you must,
There'll be nothing left in this world to trust,
Just an empty room full of empty space,
Like that empty look I see on your face,
Jacques Brel

Life's biggest battles, often are fought alone - Breaking all illusions by Dream Theater. It just always stuck with me since I first heard it.

Yesterday has been and gone
Tomorrow will I find the sun
Or will it rain
Everybody's having fun
Except me, I'm the lonely one
I live in shame

Ozzy Osbourne Goodbye to romance

Wish I knew back then what I know now.
Wish I could somehow go back in time and maybe listen to my own advice.
I'd tell her to speak up. Tell her to shout out. Talk a bit louder. Be a bit prouder. I'd tell her she's beautiful wonderful everything she doesn't see.
(Little me)