Aphex Twin

Well shit, if we're doing second verses now, then it's:

Life is (too short)
So love the one you got
Because you might get run over or you might get shot
Never start no static
I just get it off my (chest)
Never had to battle with no bulletproof (vest)
Take a small example, take a tip from me
Take all of your money and give it up to charity
Lovin's what I got, it's within my reach
(And the Sublime style is still straight from Long Beach)
It all comes back to you
You're bound to get what you deserve
Try and test that
You're bound to get served
Love's what I got
Don't start a riot
You feel it when the dance gets hot

Scrumtrulescent

"I met her in a club down in North Soho, were you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola." - Lola ... by The Kinks


"The most tender place in my heart is for strangers. I know its unkind but my own love is much too dangerous." Hold On, Hold On ... by Neko Case


"I can't believe the news today. I can't close my eyes and make it go away." Sunday Bloody Sunday ... by U2


"I hear the train a comin'. It's rollin' 'round the bend. And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when." Folsom Prison Blues ... by Johnny Cash

Cornelius1047

This is exactly what came to mind when I read the topic.

I also kinda like:

"I think I know what you mean, but watch what you say."

The Strokes - Ize Of The World

and:

"Your lipstick, his collar.
Don't bother, angel.
I know exactly what goes on."

Taking Back Sunday - Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team)

K

Giantrobo

Bjork-"Bachelorette"

"I'm a fountain of blood, in the shape of a girl"

Aphex Twin

Mother....you had me....but I never had you

milo bloom

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
The six o'clock alarm would never ring

The Monkees - Daydream Believer

A-aron

I went to a party last Saturday night
I didn't get laid, I got in a fight
uh huh
it ain't no bing thang

BiMonSciFiCon

"Now maybe I didn't mean to treat you bad"
Far Behind by Candlebox

The Infidel

"Up and down puppy's hair
Fleas and ticks jump everywhere"

BiMonSciFiCon

Marky got with Sharon
And Sharon got Cherese
She was sharing Sharon's outlook
On the topic of disease

7Keys

"I wasn't born so much as I fell out, nobody seemed to notice me
He had a hedge back in the suburb over which I never could see"

Lost in a Supermarket by the Clash

HotThang

He had no time for regret...kept his d*** wet...with his same ol' safe bet.

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

megashock5

This is maybe the best opening line in the history of pop songs. Insight into both characters after only one line.

wishbone

Things you forget to say will haunt you
"Beautiful Day" - 3 Colours Red

An4h0ny

Goddamn you half-Japanese girls
Do it to me every time
Oh, the redhead said you shred the cello
And I'm jello, baaaaabyyyyy

'El Scorcho' - Weezer

Liver&Onions

the parasites are excited when you're dead
eyes bulging, entering your head.
and all your thoughts, they rot.

Parasites - Ugly Casanova

arsmith7

Helter Sklelter was the first thing I thought of, so another vote for that...

Also...

"William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger"
--Dylan, Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (also perhaps the best named song ever...)

"Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move
Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove."
--Zeppelin, Black Dog

CapRockBrewingCo.

Ghosts of the Great Highway is a great album. Nice Choice!

The Wilco openers on this thread are all memorable too.

Here are a couple of my favs:

I lit out from Reno & was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night 'til the morning came around.
- The Grateful Dead


Well, my daddy didn’t pull out, but he never apologized.
- Drive By Truckers

Luther Heggs

Lupus took the life of Flannery O'Connor; she wrote many books before death came upon her.
- Killdozer, "Lupus"

He was born in the summer of his 27th year, comin' home to a place he'd never been before.
- John Denver, "Rocky Mountain High"

Everyone's makin’ a big deal out of the fact that I raped someone - what's the crime? I had fun.
- The Frogs, "Raped"

Under a loop of stars in the vulgar cold the dead airport lay by the pebbles of the highway.
- Tim Buckley, "Monterey"

She's under-age and she's underweight and she's one month hooked and two months late.
- Rupert Holmes, "Partners in Crime"

It's been said before but I'll repeat it; don't you feel like you've been cheated?
- Nomeansno, "Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed"

God never really did like Man, anyway - at least not after they started walking around on their hind legs and talking on the telephone.
- The Residents, "Godsong"

NoirFan

Four pages and no one has mentioned this one?

"I was born in a crossfire hurricane."

TheAllPurposeNothing

History repeats the old conceits. The glib replies. The same defeats.

-"Beyond Belief" - Elvis Costello

Can't get no rest...don't know how I work all day.

-"Games People Play" - the Spinners

johnbook

"She said I'm naked" - Like a Ritual - Winger...

starseed1981

"The world is a vampire...."
Smashing Pumpkins
Bullet With Butterfly Wings

shanester

The first thing I thaught of when I read this topic was:

"Dearly beloved....we are gathered here today to get thru this thing called life....etc"
Prince - "Let's Go Crazy""

I know you want to leave me but I refuse to let you go. If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy"
Temptations- "Ain't Too Proud To Beg"

" A little ditty about Jack & Diane. Two American kids growin' up in the heartland"
Jack & Diane - John Mellencamp

CharlieK

"Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends."