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Songs with Clever Lines

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May 2, 2020
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So which lines jump out at you as especially clever or well written?

To start: "We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies" ("Synchronicity II," the Police)

"Is her power all in her club sandwich?" ("Waitress," Tori Amos)

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DarcyFarrowAuthor

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Winter (Tori Amos)--a conversation between father and child

"He says, 'When you gonna make up your mind?
When you gonna love you as much as I do?"

MaVolta

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An extraordinary singer-songwriter and performer, Mac Davis wrote many hit songs, including this one. He always seemed to have this great sense of humor, that would often turn into clever lines in a song.

It's Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis RIP

https://genius.com/Mac-davis-its-hard-to-be-humble-lyrics

Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
'Cause I get better lookin' each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a man
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
But I'm doin' the best that I can!

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

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JohnD131536

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Piano Man - Billy Joel

Now Paul is a real estate novelist

Who never had time for a wife

And He's talkin' with Davy, who's still in the navy

And Probably will be for life

DarcyFarrowAuthor

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Forever and Ever Amen (Randy Travis):

"They say time take its toll on a body
Makes a young girl's brown hair turn gray
Well, honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
And if it all fell out, well, I'd love you anyway"

MaVolta

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Do What You Can - Bon Jovi (new song)

Ain't it time we loved the stranger
They're just a friend you ain't met yet

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

TheGent2U

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@MaVolta - Jon Bon Jovi channeling his inner Will Rogers. Love it!

DarcyFarrowAuthor

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My Tennessee Mountain Home (Dolly Parton):

"In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh"

DarcyFarrowAuthor

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I'm Gone (Dolly Parton):

"Say I'm in the witness program with the F.B.I.,
Say a U.F.O. abducted me from home
You can say what you choose, but I tell you the truth
You can say for sure I'm gone, 'cause I'm gone"

DarcyFarrowAuthor

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That's the Way I Always Heard it Should Be (Carly Simon):

"You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf
I'll never learn to be just me first
By myself"

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JohnD131536

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Piano Man - Billy Joel

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday

The regular crowd shuffles in

There's an old man sitting next to me

Making love to his tonic and gin

DarcyFarrowAuthor

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Telegraph Road (Dire Straits)

"I've run every red light on memory lane"

DarcyFarrowAuthor

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Still in Hollywood (Concrete Blonde):

"And on the bus today, I met the queen of L.A.
At least she said she was and who am I to say?"

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1968Hoya46

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My Little Town: Simon & Garfunkel (Every line is clever in that they create a vivid image, feeling and mood for what it was like growing up in that little town, eg. Twitching like a finger on the trigger of a gun).

nahchoo

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Well, I sat there at the table and I acted real naive
For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve
Well, she danced around the bar room and she did the hoochy-coo
Yeah she sang her song all night long, tellin' me what to do

John Prine - Spanish Pipe Dream (Blow Up Your TV)

It's nice to be important but it's more important to be nice.