Favourite lyric snippet?

[TinselAngel]

Following on from the movie quotes one which I enjoyed, thought I’d start a thread about song lyrics. I have two - both by the same lyricist - Fish

“It's too late, I found, it's too far, I'm in two minds
Both of them are out of it at the bar”

from Marillion’s ‘just for the Record’ on the Clutching at Straws album - their last with Fish

And

“She’s checking out the Doorway while she’s checking out the guy whose drunk imagination is climbing up the ladder in her silk clad thigh”

From Another Murder of a Day - on Tony Banks (of Genesis) solo album.

My reasons are Nothing sentimental - just think they are clever.

Hope you have fun with this thread people - don’t forget to say where your snippet is from and why you chose it

[EssexSue]

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

Positively Fourth Street by the genius that is Dylan.

[THE WIZARD]

There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light,
There were things I'd never do again but always seemed so right

Celine Dion : Its All Coming Back To Me Now

[Cloverlady]

Originally Posted by THE WIZARD

There were moments of gold and there were flashes of light,
There were things I'd never do again but always seemed so right

Celine Dion : Its All Coming Back To Me Now

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Ahhh. Great song, 😍 written by the great Jim Steinman and originally released /sung in late 80s by Pandora's Box
(Although i have to say Celine did a very good version! &#128522

[vanlou]

Wham - wake me up before you go go
My beats per minute never been the same

I don’t know why but both my daughters have always found that line really funny. It always makes me think of them whenever I hear it

[Rac20]

Train - 50 Ways to Say Goodbye

[FtLouie]

Too many favourites, its so hard to pick.
"If I die tomorrow I will not moan for I've written you this song so I know that you know, There's nothing you can say and nothing you can do, if I live to be a hundred I will always love you" New Orleans by King Charles (could have picked any of his lyrics as they're pure poetry)

"There's someone in my head, but it's not me" Brain Damage by Pink Floyd

[stecee]

Well, I'm not the world's most masculine man
But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man
And so is Lola

Probably the cleverest lyric I’ve ever heard from Lola by the Kinks.

[Wazza]

It’s just gone noon, half past monsoon on the banks of the river Nile - Madness

You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Mariah
Goodbye to the Brixton sun - The Clash

[Endeavour]

I don't pretend to know what you want, but I offer love - Distant Sun, Crowded House