What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck
"Living in a half-way-house on a one-way-street" - Ricky Lee Jones
"His mind is not for rent - to any God or Government" - Rush "Tom Sawyer"
"Waiting in our boats to set sail" - Blind Faith "Sea of Joy"
She was a spent piece of used jet trash, kept her mouth shut most of the time, made good bloody marys, and had a Chihuahua named 'Carlos' that was practically blind.

Tom Waits "Franks Wild Years"

The sun's going down like a big bald head. It's Sharkey's night. It's Sharkey's night tonight. And the manager said, Mr. Sharkey? He's not at his desk right now would you like to leave a message.

Laurie Anderson "Sharkey's Day"

Marco
"One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain." - Bob Marley, Trenchtown Rock

"One way or another, this darkness got to give."- The Grateful Dead, New Speedway Boogie

"It's been a month since I had a toke or a dime to make the call."- Little Feat, Cold, Cold, Cold
"I've got somethin' to give ya'
That the mailman can't deliver
I can't phone it in
I can't mail it in
I can't send it in
Even by my closest friend
I'm bringin' it to ya'
Personally, personally, personally, yeah yeah"

Written by P. Kelly. Best version by Karla Bonoff
"your the type of woman who feels right at home in hell, stick me with a pitch fork just to hear me yell, I'm talking to you woman and I'm serious as a heart attack, if you don't stop cheating on me, I'm going to turn those blue eyes black"

JOHNNY WINTERS