OT: Favorite rock lyrical couplets, 2 lines max. What you like?

[MtNittany]

"Good girls don't. Good girls don't.
but I do."

"We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow"

"Well, I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone"

"Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose"

"Staring out my window, to the streets below - On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock"

"All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)"

"I ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine"

Well, not rock but...

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done"

 

[Steve JG]

"Good girls don't. Good girls don't.
but I do."

"We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow"

"Well, I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone"

"Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose"

"Staring out my window, to the streets below - On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock"

"All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)"

"I ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine"

Well, not rock but...

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done"

Well, I ain't often right
But I've never been wrong
It seldom turns out the way
It does in the song

 

[MtNittany]

That's 4 lines. You broke the rule on the first post. C'mon Man... as Grady Judd would say.

 

[Big_O]

Standing on a corner
In Winslow Arizona

 

[EricStratton-RushChairman]

"Hike up your skirt a little more / And show the world to me"

 

[MtNittany]

I missed one of my favorites:

"They tell you not to hang around and learn what life's about
And grow up just like them, won't you let it work it out"

 

[MtNittany]

"Hike up your skirt a little more / And show the world to me"

As long as it isn't Delta Burke.

 

[razpsu]

Let’s get physical, physical,
I want to get physical.

 

[Connorpozlee]

God what a mess on the ladder of success
You take one step and miss the whole first rung

 

[Chumboshifko1]

Eminence Front.....

 

[Big_O]

My favorite by that funny guy, Joe Walsh

My Maserati goes 185
Lost my license, now I don’t drive

 

[Missileer]

God it’s so painful when something that’s so close, is still so far out of reach.

 

[Shep]

You can check out anytime you like,
but you can never leave

 

[EricStratton-RushChairman]

As long as it isn't Delta Burke.

She was Miss Florida back in 1974 though

 

[Woodpecker]

Two from the same song:

Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
From my window I'm staring while my coffee goes cold

They say that looks don't count for much
If so, there goes your proof

 

[EricStratton-RushChairman]

Eminence Front.....

One of the better songs from the '80s about cocaine use

 

[Nitt1300]

We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

 

[MtNittany]

She was Miss Florida back in 1974 though

I need to take that back. Delta Burke was/is a beautiful woman. Married to Rick Simon (Gerald McCraney) forever if they're both alive. Both entertained me.

 

[RochLion]

Things they do look awful c-c-cold (talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (talkin' 'bout my generation)
and
My Maserati does 185
I lost my license, now I don't drive

 

[Navion N8865H]

Girls of fifteen
Sexually knowing.

THE WHO 5:15

 

[Connorpozlee]

This just popped up on my Spotify:


Your mama’s yapping in the backseat
Tell her to push over and move them big feet

 

[MtNittany]

"I wonder what tomorrow has in mind for me
Or am I even in its mind at all?"

"The Dream Police
They live inside of my head"

"Okay - you think you've got a pretty face.
But the rest of you is out of place."

More Sweet - they were good at this:

"And the girl in the corner, let no one ignore her
'Cause she thinks she's the passionate one"

"Red-hot mama, velvet charmer
Time's come to pay your dues"

 

[Connorpozlee]

Two from the same song:

So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo with a shotgun
These people ain't seen a brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one

Can't waste a day when the night brings a hearse
So make a move and plead the fifth 'cause ya can't plead the first

 

[psuro]

Hey hey my my
Rock n Roll can never die

my my hey hey
rock n roll is here to stay

There aint no Coupe deVille
in the bottom of a cracker jacks box

 

[MtNittany]

"Out of the car, long hair
Louie, you're coming with me - The local police"

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

“Broken noses hung upon the wall
Back slapping drinkers cheer the heavyweight brawl”

The next line of that song upps the brilliance significantly

“Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' ya, it can sure smack you down”


“Nigga, you ain't got to explain ****
I've been robbing motherfuckas since the slave ships”

“From the Beretta, putting all the holes in ya sweater
The money-getter, motherfuckas don't know better”

 

[Tony 83]

And when the band plays Hail to the chief
Oh, they point the cannon at you

 

[PSU Mike]

“Believe me there's some things that I wouldn't miss,
But I look at your pants and I need a kiss!”

— Violent Femmes, Add It Up

 

[PSU Mike]

“She was tall and cool and pretty and she dressed as black as coal
If she asked me to I'd murder, I would gladly lose my soul”

— Smithereens, Behind the Wall of Sleep

 

[PSU Mike]

“I think somebody better put out the big light,
Cause I can't stand to see you this way.”

— Elvis Costello, Alison

 

[CFLion]

Ain't good lookin', but you know I ain't shy
Ain't afraid to look a girl, in the eye

 

[MtNittany]

“Broken noses hung upon the wall
Back slapping drinkers cheer the heavyweight brawl”

The next line of that song upps the brilliance significantly

“Newcastle Brown, I'm tellin' ya, it can sure smack you down”


“Nigga, you ain't got to explain ****
I've been robbing motherfuckas since the slave ships”

“From the Beretta, putting all the holes in ya sweater
The money-getter, motherfuckas don't know better”

What area code/zip code is this music popular in? So I'm sure never to visit there.

 

[Thorndike2021]

I saw a werewolf drinkin' a piña colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect. Warren Zevon

I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don't know what I look like. David Byrne

 

[Lil Nicky Scarfo]

What area code/zip code is this music popular in? So I'm sure never to visit there.

Songs in order:

Elvis Costello - Watch Your Step (great bass lines throughout, too). Popular wherever New Wave rock is popular

Humble Pie - 30 Days in the Hole. One of the best intros ever and amazing front man. Popular in every dorm room in the early 70s

Gimme the Loot (both the last 2) - Biggie Smalls. Popular in your more urban environments. Best song about Armed Robbery ever

 

[psuro]

Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

Mother should I run for President
Mother should I trust the government


she said the man in the gaberdeen suit is a spy
I said be careful - his bow tie is really a camera.

 

[Mile High Lion]

They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

Oh by the way
Which one's Pink?

And if a double-decker bus crashes into us
To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die

 

[A2nit]

“I’m a space invader
I’ll be a rockin rollin ***** for you”

 

[PSUJam]

"Good girls don't. Good girls don't.
but I do."

"We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow"

"Well, I hope you won't see me in my ragged company
Well, you know I could never be alone"

"Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose"

"Staring out my window, to the streets below - On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock"

"All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is gray (and the sky is gray)"

"I ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine"

Well, not rock but...

"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We gonna do what they say can't be done"

"Some of those who work forces, are the same that burn crosses".

 

[MtNittany]

"I'm a joker, I'm a smoker, I'm a midnight toker.
I sure don't want to hurt no one."

 

[bbrown]

I saw a werewolf drinkin' a piña colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect. Warren Zevon

I changed my hairstyle, so many times now,
I don't know what I look like. David Byrne

I want to live all alone in the desert.
I want to be like Georgia O'Keefe.

Splendid Isolation: Warren Zevon.