Best rock lyric ever?

[mrjim123]

“Drink scotch whisky all night long, and die behind the wheel”

Yeah, from Deacon Blues. That song and Steely Dan in general are lyric feasts. More from Deacon Blues:

I crawl like a viper
Through these suburban streets
Make love to these women
Languid and bittersweet
I rise when the sun goes down
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home

 

[hardtop]

There are many great lines but this is what came to my mind first.


Leaving your heads
Crushed out on the floor
Begging for mercy
Be careful or we'll do it some more

None more metal than Judas Priest.

 

[bloobass]

She don't eat meat, but she sure likes the bone

 

[SteveBassJr]

You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

Nothin' left to do but smile, smile, smile.

If you get confused, listen to the music play!

 

[BassPilot]

I just spent sixty days in the jailhouse
For the crime of havin' no dough
Now here I am back out on the street
For the crime of having nowhere to go....

The Band - "Shape I'm In"

 

[funkinbottom]

"Fetch me my nightshirt and put on your nightgown , don't feel much like sleepin' but I'd like to lay down"

 

[bearhart74]

There out to be a law with no bail
Smash a guitar and you go to jail
With no chance for early parole
You don't get out till you get some soul

- John Hiatt

 

[Tom Bomb]

Ever since the riots

All I really wanted

Was a black girlfriend

​

 

[kramerj]

Ever since the riots

All I really wanted

Was a black girlfriend

​

The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face -- Dylan (Visions of Johanna)

 

[lavmonga]

I hope I die before I get old

I don't even like The Who really, but nothing says 'rock 'n roll' more than that.

 

[Dogbertday]

F you i wont do what you tell me!

 

[EddiePlaysBass]

Today is only yesterday's tomorrow - Uriah Heep

You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat - The Band

Whatcha gonna do, disappoint all those people / Or make a splash in the headlines next day - John Entwistle

Fly like a rock from the roof to the basement / The last thing to go through my mind was the pavement - Skyclad

 

[Bebopalamabama]

"In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory in suicide machines"

"Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard"

"The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive"

and the rest of it!

 

[captainofsmooth]

“What’s your name? Who’s your daddy? Is he rich like me?”

 

[kesslari]

Another gem from John Gorka
"I saw a stranger with your hair
Thought I'd make her give it back...
'Cos I know you'd miss it"

 

[rodak]

The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And everyday, the paperboy brings more

 

[kesslari]

And the people bowed and prayed
to the neon god they made
- Paul Simon

 

[bloobass]

Number forty seven said to number three
"Well, you're the cutest jailbird I ever did see
I sure would be delighted with your company
Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me"

 

[Killed_by_Death]

John Cougar:

You gotta stand for something,
or you're gonna fall or anything!

 

[Greg Waldon]

Life's Been Good
Joe Walsh
I have a mansion but forget the price
Ain't never been there, they tell me it's nice
I live in hotels, tear out the walls
I have accountants, pay for it all