Best song line.....

[Skip]

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, now now.
And feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my bobby mcgee."

[dubya]

for today's mood.... the line would be as follows

Seven-day weekend,
Up all night,
In at the deep end,
Hang on tight
Won't take a minute,
Won't take long,
So get on in it,
Come on, come on, come on

Let's get, let's get, let's get, let's get rocked
Let's get, let's get, let's get, let's get rocked
Let's go all the way, get it night'n'day
C'mon let's get, let's get, let's get, let's get rocked

[Twotubman]

Sara Hickman

"My last words are to myself..."

That's about as blue as you can get.

[Fripperton]

if that's the way you want it
well that's the way I want it more
and there'll be one less set of footsteps
on your floor in the morning ....Jim Croce

Hello momma and dad I had to call collect
'Cause I ain't got a cent to my name
Well I'm sleepin' in a hotel doorway
And tonight they say it's gonna rain
And if you'd only send me some money
I'll be back on my feet again
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
Box Number Ten......Jim Croce


Which way are you looking
is it hard to see
Do you say whats wrong for him
is not wrong for me
You walk the streets of righteousness
but you refuse to understand
You say you love the baby
Then you crucify the man
You say you love the baby
Then you crucify the man...Jim Croce

[Kap'n]

Jim was awesome.

Nobody remebers Maury, though. Damn, he was good.

[Saw31]

Love this whole song...tough to pick one line, so I picked two...

Ball and Chain ~ Social Distortion

Well I passed the bar on the way
to my dingy hotel room.
I spent all my money.
I been drinkin' since half past noon.

When I wake there in the mornin'
or maybe in the county jail.
Times are hard, getting harder.
I'm born to lose and destined to fail.

[Cousin Dupree]

"And i went to Town to pick me out a Wife
She Blowed away, She Blowed away

My Oklahoma Woman Blowed Away
Mister as i bent to kiss her
She was picked up by a Twister
My Oklahoma Woman Blown away.

My Oklahoma Home.
Bruce Springsteen The Seeger Sessions.

[Dr Fene]

Oh there ain't no love no,
Montagues and Capulets
We just banging tunes 'n'
DJ sets 'n'
Dirty dancefloors
and dreams of naughtiness

[moonpie]

Here's some deep, pondering stuff from a current commercial....

Oh, there ain't no bugs on me
No, there ain't no bugs on me
Oh, there maybe bugs on some of you mugs
But there ain't no bugs on me


but truly, my favorite, all time favorite line in any song ever is

"AW, DAT'S BEAUTIFUL" from Cover of the Rollin' Stone


and another classic Dr Hook line

and when you're lyin' on the floor and dyin', won't you look up at me and say
"Hey, Ray, I'm sorry I messed up your rug, just roll my body out of the way."

[sliding-tom]

"Who do they think they are
Smashing a perfectly good guitar"
John Hiatt

[gibsonjunkie]

Moonpie reminded me...

My Bologna has a first name...

It's O-s-c-a-r

My bologna has a second name it's M-a-y-e-r...

[tuberattler]

16 years of being bored
My window’s open, forget the door
Hope there’s some gas in the
Old man’s ford cause I’m outta here
I’m outta here, I’m outta here

Ballad of Billy Jo Mckay by Shawn Mullins

It’s hard to play a gig in this town
And keep a straight face
Seems like everyone here’s got a plan
It’s kind of like nashville with a tan
Lullaby..Shawn again

[moonpie]

good one GJ

here's one for extra credit

Woke up this morning, I was feelin' quite weird....had flies in my beard....my toothpaste was smeared...

[dez]

I always kind of liked these lines from Sharp Dressed Man:

Top coat, top hat
I don't worry cuz my wallet's fat

[Bluestar]

Look out, Mama, there's a white boat comin' up the river
With a big red beacon, and a flag, and a man on the rail
I think you'd better call John,
'Cause it don't look like they're here to deliver the mail . . . .

Powderfinger, Neil Young

[Bluestar]

I've seen a lot of hot, hot blazes come down to smoke and ash . . . .

Help Me, Joni Mitchell


One line? Tough assignment.

[dubya]

" I'm in the mood for a melody, I'm in the mood for a melody, I'm in the mooooood....oooood.....oooood"

[Kap'n]

Oh, you spread, spread, spread
big globs of peanut butter
and marshmallow fluff
to make a fluffernutter

[Skip]

good one GJ

here's one for extra credit

Woke up this morning, I was feelin' quite weird....had flies in my beard....my toothpaste was smeared...

"Hey Mr Spaceman" The Byrds

[Skip]

..."well i turned around an' i said:
ho ho
an' the northern lites commenced t' glow
an' she said
(bop-bop ta-da-da bop . . . )
with a tear in her eye:
watch out where the huskies go
an' don't you eat that yellow snow"

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')

[dubya]

PF:

"Money, get back.
I'm all right Jack keep your hands off of my stack.
Money, it's a hit.
Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.
I'm in the high-fidelity first class traveling set
And I think I need a Lear jet."




"Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
year after year...."

[myk]

my current favorite just cause it struck me as kinda funny when I heard it

"you're not the perfect hand, but I don't hit on 19"

john mayer "another kind of green"

[dfs69]

"Love is like a cloud...holds alot of rain"

Dean

[tuberattler]

Skating away, skating away, skating away on the thin ice of a new day ay ayay!!

Snot running down his nose, greasy fingers smeariing shabby clothes..Aqualung my friend don't you start away un-easy, you poor old sod you see it's only me...the army's down the road salvation ala mode and a cup of tea!

In the shuffling madess
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all-time loser,
Headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping --
Steam breaking on his brow --
God he stole the handle and
The train won’t stop going --
No way to slow down.

I've alway lliked JT's lyrics

I'm your prime cut of meat I'm your choice, I wanna be elected.

[mmcquain]

"History shows again and again how nature points up the folly of men"
-B.O.C. and a certain big green lizard

"I love the dead..."
-Alice Cooper

"Holy Cow he stole a base"
-Meatloaf

"Would you give your throat to the wolf with the red roses?"
"Yes"
"I bet you say that to all the boys"
-Meatloaf

[dubya]

"you can check out any time you like...
but you can never leave."

[moonpie]

And the colored girls go
Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo..

[Gris]

You know what I want.
You know what I n-n-n-eed.
Do I have to come right flat out and say it?
Give me some money!

Early "Tap"

[Plugger]

"Then I told you 'bout our kid, how he's married to Mabel." (Cream/Badge -- rhymes with "Table".)

I'm very fond of this because I had to learn to sing this with conviction and a straight face.

-Mark

[Fripperton]

I used to love her, but I had to kill her.... GnR

[pc]

Tell me can you dig it Miss Fugazi?
Now it's gone from late to later.
Frankly I could use a little "face time"
In the service elevator.
And if Dave from Acquisitions wants to get in on the action
With his Handycam in tow,
Well we're going out of business,
Everything must go.
-Steely Dan, "Everything Must Go."

[FrankJohnson]

Pick a verse:
Bad Company - Crazy Circles

Life is like a merry go round painted horses riding up and down
Music takes you and you're gone again
Crazy circles never seem to end

Life is like a game of chance
Some find riches and some romance
Some find happiness and some find sorrow
Some find it today and some maybe tomorrow


Life is like a carousel you aim for heaven
And you wind up in hell
To all the world you're livin like a king
But you're just a puppet on a broken string



And on a different note....
I think Robert Palmer:

"A pretty face don't mean no pretty Heart"

[dubya]

...it's not the promises you make, it's the promises you keep.

Book of Days Band.

[Kap'n]

D-U-M-B
Everyone's accusing me.

[moonpie]

He was dressed like 1950, half drunk and hollow eyed.....
He said "it's a long way to Nashville, do you wanna ride, son?"

[Bluestar]

Robert Palmer! Right!

She's so fine, aint no tellin' where the money went . . . .

[boobtube21]

" I wonder why we listen to poets
when nobody gives a fuck"

-Wilco/Ashes of american flags

"On a concrete road to recovery,
and I'm knocking over every cone in front of me"

-Cave In/Big Riff

"In the stream of commerce we're afloat
and unafraid to sail a sinking boat"
-Cave In/Stream of Commerce

"Compete, compete, do it for the boys,
empty barrels make the most noise"

-Minor Threat/ Small man, big mouth


"Every day she wears the same thing,
I think she smokes pot"

-Ben Folds Five/Kate

[boobtube21]

Sorry, double post, but I just remembered this one,

"Well, she don't look so awful bad, considerin' all this beer I had
As a matter of fact, I guess it could be worse
I could take a six-pack home, but I sure hate to drink alone,
And it takes more than beer to quench my thirst"

----The Hellbillys/She's lookin' better by the minute

[guitars247]

I've been on a Buddy Holly and Beatles kick lately:

"Is there anybody going to listen to my story? All about the girl who came to stay? She's the kind of girl you want so much it makes you sorry. Still you don't regret a single day."

sometimes you forget just how much of a genius John lennon was.....

[NeoFauve]

"The audience is restless
They waiting for the sacrificial lamb
The red light's on, are you ready
I don't know if I am
Drumroll, tightrope, spotlight
Can Joe Cocker hit the high notes tonight"
- "Can Joe Cocker" by Larry John McNally