Post just one line from a song you love

Surprised there wasn't already a thread of this nature, oh well, here goes :
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"This colorful spell under which I live protects me from all I write."

- They Might Be Giants - "Birds Fly"



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post em if ya got em

 

"The powers that be left me here to do the thinkin'"
- Neil Young, Powderfinger

Or howabout

"Jesus knocking on my front door, one last time, early this morning"
- Screaming Trees, Winter Song

 

"Always free cheddar in a mousetrap."

Tom Waits, God's Away on Business

 

what can a poor boy do 'Cept for sing for a rock 'n' roll band

 

“The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains” Paul Simon - Train In The Distance.

To me it means that we’re always searching for something better, even though things may be pretty good as they are.

 

Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything

 

Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
'Til he rules everything

You are in the Badlands my friend

 

"You drank up all my liquor, come on. What I'm supposed to do now?"

Anderson Paak Come Down

 

'To die by your side, oh the pleasure and the privilege is mine' - Morrissey

'Yeah I'm a wicked young lady but I've been trying hard lately... nah, f*** it, I'm a monster I admit it' - Nick Cave

 

If I told you all that went down it would burn off both of your ears..

Deal
Garcia/Hunter

 

"if you turn me on to anything, you'd better turn me on tonight"

 

You’re my Blue Sky
You’re my sunny day

 

Sad Preacher nailed apon the colored door of time.

 

"Surrounded by her family, I saw that she was dying alone"

Elephant
Jason Isbell

 

"freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"

 

I like big butts and I cannot lie.

 

"freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"

I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday, to be holding Bobbi's body next to mine

 

If you go carrying pictures of chairman mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow

Can you hear me, that when it rains and shines it's just a state of mind

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

 

Out of college, money spent, see no future, pay no rent
All the money's gone, no where to go ---but OH that magic feeling!--no where to go!

 

“’Cause I’m happy just to dance with you.”