Best line/couplet from a song?

Elvis Presley- Big hunk of love
" I ain't greedy baby ...All I want is all you got"
 
"It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chew your ass out all day long."
Notorious Cherry Bombs
 
"Oh they ain't makin' jews like This post will be deleted if not edited immediately anymore
They ain't makin'carpenters that know what nails are for"
And
"Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the bed"
Lyrics by the great Kinky Friedman and his band The Texas Jewboys.

And of course " Gabba gabba hey " - The Ramones
 
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you came

The Fray - How to Save a Life

Could have been written about my ex and me.....to a T.....
 
Good choice Marion, I see your Johnnie Cash and raise you the Blue aeroplanes

"They saw we hurt the ones we love, but I don't think its true.
The ones we love are the ones prepared to be hurt by the things we do"

Love come round, by the Blue Aeroplanes
 
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines

Springsteen, Born to Run

Well now the years have gone and I’ve grown from that seed you’ve sown
But I didn’t think there’d be so many steps I’d have to learn on my own
Well I was young and I didn’t know what to do
When I saw your best steps stolen away from you
Now I’ll do what I can
I’ll walk like a man
And I’ll keep on walkin’

Springsteen, Walk Like A Man

Well, the night does funny things inside a man.
These old tomcat feelings you don't understand.
Well, I turn around and look at you,
You light a cigarette,
I wish I had the guts to bum one,
But we've never met.
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Tom Waits, I Hope that i Don't Fall in Love With You.

I use to drink in a particular pub in Tralee. It had a piano in the corner and apparently the only person allowed to play it was the owner of the bar. the story goes that one night, a customer started playing the piano and was thrown out. Apparently, it was Tom Waits.

Probably just an urban legend but whenver i hear this song i can picture him sitting in that pub, thinking those thoughts.



I would do anything for love, but I won't do that.

Jim Steinman

And now I'm in this clothing store, and the signs say less is more
More that's tight means more to see, more for them, not more for me
That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat

Dar Williams, When I was a Boy.
 
And he yells to the cook
With his arms open wide
"Hey, bring me more fish
Throw it down by my side"
And he wants so to belch
But he's too full to try
So he stands up and laughs
And he zips up his fly.

The Port of Amsterdam
David Bowie, Alex Korner among others
 

I've loved The Ramones since the late 70's. Not sure if it's the raucous guitar or the meaningful lyrics.


And don't forget the Jessie and The James Boys classic.....

Drop kick me This post will be deleted if not edited immediately through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right.
Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights
Drop kick me This post will be deleted if not edited immediately through the goal posts of life.


P.S.
Great thread, Cav.
 
Tom Waites
I lost all my money, in a Mexican whorehouse
cross the street from the Catholic church

Can't imagine whoever wins X factor covering that song !!
 


they are playing next year in june 22 in the o2.
 
“We’ve Travelled through time and space my friend to rock this house again”

Tenacious D
 
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around

nick cave; the ship song.
 
woodbine said:
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines

Springsteen, Born to Run
Click to expand...
I was thinking about Born to Run too. How about;

"Beyond the palace, the hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard,
Girls comb their hair in rear view mirrors as the boys try to look so hard"


Great story - Tom's wife Kathleen has family roots in Kerry, so there might be some truth in it.

casiopea said:
Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down
We make a little history, baby
Every time you come around

nick cave; the ship song.
Click to expand...

Class, or how about;

"I don't believe in an interventionist God
But I know darling that you do
But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if He felt He had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms"

Nick Cave, Into My Arms.
 
oh its on like donkey kong............. anyway one from bono... (who copied it)

" and a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle, you've been trying to throw your arms around the world...."

also from running to stand still........

You got to cry without weeping
Talk without speaking
Scream without raising your voice...

great song that
 
Last edited:
woodbine said:
Just wrap your legs round these velvet rims
and strap your hands across my engines

Springsteen, Born to Run
Click to expand...



I love the song but funny enough I never liked that line - don't even know why.


The amazing thing about these lines too is that it was originally written in French (Jacques Brel) so the translator (Mort Schumann I think?) has done a great job on the song - keeps the original meaning, still sounds poetic + it even rhymes! Some achievement when you think about it.

Some great examples above!
 
I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly

I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of blue bonnets
And a blanket made of star

Dixie Chicks- Cowboy Take me Away
 
And then one Saturday in March
I decided I would go
as I was going nowhere
and my mind was getting slow
I opened all the closets
there wasnt much to pack
I felt bad not telling her
that I wasnt coming back
but this day she was early
she looked at me and asked why
I said why

You're an uptown, uptempo woman
I'm a downtown, downbeat guy

'Randy Edelman'
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Menu
Log in
Register