Your favourite line from a song is

[boatshed bill]

These

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you

[Stan Tastic]

All aboard, Brenda's iron sledge
Please don't call me Reg
It's not my name

[jetblackcat]

Now there’s more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
And every day can be
My magic carpet ride
And I can play hide and seek with my fears
And live my days instead of counting my years.

Dusty Springfield sings a Carole King song about the loss of innocence that comes with adulthood.

[what_no_pies]

"I know you know I know you know, that I know that you know"

John Grant - Where Dreams Go to Die

Could pretty much take my pick from his entire catalogue though. Grants songwriting is incredible.

[Dyched]

I’d go for all of Dance Little Liar. Apparently the inspiration was The Jeremy Kyle Show.

“The rain is trying to prove a point outside”. Joining The Dots - Arctic Monkeys.

“What came first the chicken or the dickhead?” Again, Arctic Monkeys.

Humbug was an incredible record for outstanding writing.

All of “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan.

“You’re rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock and those other girls are just post mix lemonade”. Arctic Monkeys. There’s a great interview where he explained the meaning to some American journalist. How up north you barely ever used to see it as opposed to other cans of sodas. Most people love it, but only used to get it from the chippy, or that’s only the place you’d see it.

[RingoMcCartney]

"And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time"

Wichita Lineman.

[Swizzlestick]

Let's all meet up in the year 2000
Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?
Be there two o'clock, by the fountain down the road
I never knew that you'd get married
I would be living down here on my own
On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago
Oh, what are you doing Sunday, baby?
Would you like to come and meet me, maybe?
You can even bring your baby
Ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[RingoMcCartney]

"Mother , you had me.

But I never had you."

John Lennon.

[Quicknick]

''You're all just ******* in the wind. You don't know it but you are''.

Neil Young.

Edit: p1ssing

[the_magic_rat]

"She's got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin and she's sexually enlightened by Cosmopolitan" Perfect Skin by Lloyd Cole and The Commotions.

Have noted the Springsteen references above. He's written so many brilliantly evocative couplets but nothing for me tops the first two lines of the first song on my favourite album of all time:

"A screen door slams, Mary's dress sways (* or waves if you prefer), like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays." Thunder Road- pure perfection in lyric-writing. .

[s6t9a2f3f]

"You can change the chapter, you can change the book.............but the story remains the same if you take a look"

[Hbclaret007]

Two from my youth...

Bowie - Life on Mars "It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow"

and
Joe Jackson "Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street"

[brunlea99]

She sits on the porch of her daddy's house
But all her pretty dreams are torn
She stares off alone into the night
With the eyes of one who hates for just being born

Racing in the Street - Springsteen

[brunlea99]

And all we gotta do is hold up our end
Here, stuff this in your pocket
It'll look like you're carrying a friend
And remember, just don't smile
Change your shirt, 'cause tonight we got style

Meeting Across The River - Springsteen

[Chobulous]

You are right from your side, and I am right from mine,
We’re both just one too many mornings and a thousand miles behind.

Dylan’s take on breaking up

[the_magic_rat]

"i got the revolution blues, I see bloody fountains and ten million dune buggies coming down the mountain.
I hear that Laurel Canyon's got lots of famous stars, but I hate them worse than lepers and I kill them in their cars. "

Neil Young Revolution Blues

[CaptainKirk]

It's only the children of the f*****g wealthy that tend to be good looking!

[Zom Zom]

Who's that by?

Duran Duran

[Steve1956]

"And I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time"

Wichita Lineman.

Great song,that line says so much.

[Devils_Advocate]

Duran Duran

I heard you first time

[andyh]

…..

[andyh]

I’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand.
Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man,

[creepingdeath]

Your brother was the first-born, got ten fingers and ten toes
And it's a damn good thing cause he needs all twenty to keep the closet door closed

Drive by Truckers - Zip City

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky
But why
Why
Why can't it be
Oh can't it be mine

Pearl Jam - Black

[RingoMcCartney]

I’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand.
Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures of a normal man,

I was going to suggest this. But, their impact aren't the same as when they're being sung, (almost screamed) by , the troubled soul , Curtis.

"Oh, I've walked on water, run through fire
Can't seem to feel it anymore
It was me, waiting for me
Hoping for something more
Me, seeing me this time
Hoping for something else."

[RingoMcCartney]

Great song,that line says so much.

Too true Steve. Always found that line , and the way it's sung, very, very moving.

There's a line in a Pogues song, "when I got back to my empty room , I suppose I must have cried", that has the same effect.

Soft arse that I am!

[Cirrus_Minor]

You, you make a dead man come

Rolling Stones

[Firthy]

Simon and Garfunkel - Kathy's Song

My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're asleep
And kiss you when you start your day

[Dark Cloud]

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid July,
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
Sat at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me Sue!!!

Jonny Cash

[kendaldave]

Probably the opening line of Paranoid:

Finished with my woman coz she couldn't help me with my mind

[durhamclaret]

ALL the lyrics from Jumpin Jack Flash also Satisfaction (I can’t get no) especially “he can’t be a man cos he doesn’t smoke the same cigarettes as me”

[Cirrus_Minor]

I called my congressman and he said, quote,
I’d like to help you son but your too young to vote.

[Life of Riley]

Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

[tiger76]

Let's all meet up in the year 2000
Won't it be strange when we're all fully grown?
Be there two o'clock, by the fountain down the road
I never knew that you'd get married
I would be living down here on my own
On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago
Oh, what are you doing Sunday, baby?
Would you like to come and meet me, maybe?
You can even bring your baby
Ooh ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Jarvis had some great lyrics on that album, I preferred the opening to Common People myself.

She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge
She studied sculpture at Saint Martin's College
That's where I
Caught her eye
She told me that her Dad was loaded
I said "In that case I'll have a rum and Coca-Cola"
She said "Fine"

And this verse also from that ditty.

I took her to a supermarket
I don't know why
But I had to start it somewhere
So it started there
I said, "Pretend you've got no money"
She just laughed and said
"Oh you're so funny"
I said "Yeah?

This for me is still the defining song of the Britpop era that I grew up with, and even today it still gets regular radio play over 25 years later, that's the mark of a classic song in my book.

[groove]

The next day in the pulpit, with freedom and ease combating ignorance, dust and disease.

[Yanquiclaret]

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

[HunterST_BFC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo0cZRa ... TheTheVEVO

Me & my friend were walking
In the cold light of mourning.
Tears may blind the eyes but the soul is not deceived
In this world even winter ain't what it seems.
Here come the blue skies Here comes springtime.
When the rivers run high & the tears run dry.
When everything that dies.
Shall rise.
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.
LoveLoveLove is stronger than death.

(the whole lyrics are great - but this always bring a tear with smile sadness alongside fond thoughts...)

[canalsideClaret]

"Social leeches quoting Chaucer" marilion garden party, just love that line for some reason.

Also, Muse "don't waste your time or time will waste you", I always take that to mean live life to the full.

[Taffy on the wing]

He flexes like a whore - falls wanking to the floor

I thought about posting the same!..........He was the best of the best.

[Taffy on the wing]

Just for fun.......Mark E Smith from Ersatz UK album.

" I had to **** off the Dog to feed the F...ing Cat" & later vice versa. (Greenway)

I love The Fall.

[Cabbage]

So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his face lost all expression
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right

Kenny Rogers, The Gambler

[bpgburn]

"Strap on Sally chased us down the alley
We feared for our behinds."

"Be wise, look ahead
Use your eyes he said
Be straight, think right
But I might die tonight!"

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"

"We are the Longside, Burnley.."

[The Enclosure]

They sentenced me to 20 years of boredom
For trying to change the system from within
I'm coming now, I'm coming to reward them
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.

Leonard Cohen- First we take Manhatten.

[andyh]

I was going to suggest this. But, their impact aren't the same as when they're being sung, (almost screamed) by , the troubled soul , Curtis.

Nearly every one of their songs has lyrics that are meaningful to me.
I wish he had written down his version of Ceremony.
I know they spent a lot of time and effort after his death trying to work out what he was singing, but I don’t think they ever got it right.

[dermotdermot]

Girlfriend on a comaI, I know, I know, it’s serious.

[IWOODLOVETT]

I can’t tell ya’ about the state I’m in
I can’t sing, I ain’t pretty and my legs are thin
But don’t ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to.

Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well

[HahaYeah]

The Moped lads,when you hit em they tell their dads.

[dermotdermot]

Girlfriend on a comaI, I know, I know, it’s serious.

‘Girlfriend in a coma’,that should read. Where’s the edit button gone?

[Cabbage]

Another one

“The distant echo
Of faraway voices boarding faraway trains
To take them home to
The ones that they love and who love them forever
The glazed, dirty steps
Repeat my own and reflect my thoughts
Cold and uninviting, partially naked
Except for toffee wrappers and this morning's papers
Mr. Jones got run down
Headlines of death and sorrow, they tell of tomorrow
Madmen on the rampage
And I'm down in the tube station at midnight, oh”

[JanetM]

Bring me fish with eyes of jewels, and mirrors on their bodies.
Bring them strong and bring them bigger than a new born child.

Ronnie Lane... "The Poacher"

I love that song. I remember listening to it in my student digs all those years ago!

[Brucefanclaret]

‘I’m going to find me a girl
who can show me what laughter means
And we’ll fill in the missing colours
In each other’s paint by number dreams’

Jackson Browne - The Pretender