What's The Best Line In A Record?

[Guest wigantojapan]

Must be a strong contender for the top:

"Tell her to keep that love, man, if that what she call it

she gonna mess around and make you an alcoholic - sorry about that!"

hey watson dig this

i dont want no one who dont want me

keep on dishing out MISERY

[Koolkat]

When your baby....... leaves you all alone......and nobody... calls you on the phone.....dontcha feel like cryin.....dontcha feel like cryin. Well here I am honey..oh.... cry to me.

Solomon Burke

[Dennisoul]

" The look of sad surprise in her eyes "......Bobby Paris

Just lately it brings me to tears everytime I hear it.

[Suzannek]

"Every night walkin home I can never can decide

which is worse where I'm working or the subway ride

on my block theres no flowers cos they just wont grow

all around run down buildings and a shabby row,

but tonight while walkin home something caught my eye

I saw something I never saw before I saw the sky

a piece of the sky almost hidden by clothesline and tv antenna

over the roof tops I saw the sky."

Verdelle Smith - A Piece of The Sky

[Kev Moore]

You Can Ring My Be e eL,

Ring My Bell,

My Bell,

Ring It, Ring It, Ring It.

[Codfromderby]

who sang "my temperature is up i,m about to explode, got to see you baby to release this heavy load"

answers please to zingaras feeling horny whilst singing i surrender

[Guest OKeh45RPM]

Has to be a classic line and certainly good advice:

"Before you try and fool a fool, make sure you've got a fool to fool"

Shep - TNT 282

Regards

Steve Bardsley

[Corbett80]

'Loneliness Is A Pleasure, Compared To Being With You' from the same record.....

[shuggie61]

"I'm like a one-eyed cat peeping in a seafood store" - "Shake,Rattle and Roll" Big Joe Turner

Pretty much any line from "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" or "Is That All There Is?"

[Guest sarahleen]

not northern (but dont hold your breath lately )

"i laughed at love cos i thought it was funny

you came along and moved me honey"

jerry lee lewis- great balls of fire

Edited April 16, 2009 by sarahleen

[ImberBoy]

Time was on my side

When I was running down the street

It was so fine, fine, fine

A suitcase and an old guitar

And something new to occupy

My mind, mind, mind

[weetwood white]

My Favourite Dress

Sometimes these words just don't have to be said

I know how you both feel the heart can rule the head

Jealousy is an essential part of love

The hurting here below & the emptiness above

There's something always left behind

The tender caresses that bring out the man

I can't still be drunk at five

Oh, I guess I surely can

Slowly your beauty is eaten away

By the scent of someone else in the blanket where we lay

There's always something left behind

Maybe next time

Uneaten meals

A lonely star

A welcome ride in a neighbour's car

A long walk home

The pouring rain

I fell asleep when you never came

Some rare delight in Manchester town

It took six hours before you let me down

To see it all in a drunken kiss

A stranger's hand on my favourite dress

That was my favourite dress you know

That was my favourite dress

written by Dave Gedge and played by The Wedding Present.

[Our Kid]

Surprised these two haven't figured (unless I missed 'em going through)

True Love...............Can Be So Hard To Find

There Sure Was Something..........Said About That Day

Paul

[Guest wigantojapan]

best descriptive one liner EVER in any song "steel blade drinking blood in darkness" LKJ

[Guest sarahleen]

"woman you need ..............................................luuuurrrrrve , need a whole lot of love"

led zepelin- whole lotta love.

"i wish i knew the way to reach the one i love , there is no way "

not sure if its -seasick yet still docked- morrissey- or a smiths one , beeks will know

Edited April 16, 2009 by sarahleen

[Ged Parker]

Not Soul and Not just a line but this lyric is fantastic.

When you are old and tired and gray

Wear your overcoat on a sunny day

When your brave tales have all been told

I'll ask for them when you are old

When you are old and full of sleep

And death no longer makes you weep

When your body aches due to the cold

I'll warm your heart when you are old

You still will be the same to me

A comfort and a mystery

And I will be old too you see

I'll need someone to comfort me

When you are old and pale and gaunt

A gentle hand is all you want

I will give you mine to hold

Because I'll be here when you are old

If Gretchen Peters vocal on this doesn't make you cry you've got a cold cold heart my friend

https://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...videoid=3125026

OK Webby - Gretchen Peters - When you Are Old....

Edited April 16, 2009 by ged parker

[Guest topcatnumpty1]

Hiya everybody,forgot to ask,can you also give The Title and the artist cos l'm thiking that "l Know That But where From" (arggh!!)

THANKS A MILLION!!

Phil--Maxine Brown---Oh Sorry that was "One in a Million"---Durr!!

Tony Coleby

[Guest Trevski]

"Sticks and stones may break my bones,

but tears don't leave any scars, so I'm alright,

I'm alright, I've been lonely before"

Madeline Peyroux "I'm alright"

"The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,

silk stockings thrown aside and sin-vitations,

Oh how the ghost of you clings, these foolish things remind me of you"

Ferry's version of "These foolish things"

"Punctured bicycle, on a hillside desolate.

Will nature make a man of me yet"

"Why ponder life's complexity, when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat"

(or any other line from "This charming man")

Edited April 17, 2009 by Trevski

[Guest Mrs Simsy]

im hopin baby you get the message ,why im leavin you its all over like a 3 leaf clover

eddie parker im gone

I don't want no woman always telling me what to do...

[Guest]

Though the sun may burn out

and though my plans may never turn out,

Girl you know that I will be loving you until I die....

SPINNERS 'Ill Always Love You', the very last momentous poetic lines of a true all time classic anthem. Can't be beat for emotion and power in my view!

[Guest marge]

What started out to be such a good thing

Has taken my pride and replaced it with shame

I can't face my friends 'cause I know what they're thinking

Now I understand how some men start drinking

I'm like a drowning man in a sea of misery

Never thought this could happen to me

I'm smoking more but enjoying it less

I get a whole lotta sleep but I don't get enough rest

Jimmy Conwell - Too Much

brilliant, one of my favourite tracks lyrically

[Guest sandi]

There's nothing colder than goodbye(Bobby Paris-l Walked Away)

It takes my breath away to see people live from day to day,

Without love for eachother,without love for the brothers,

Without a second of kindness or a minute to be reminded,

That we all have a common cause and together we can conquer all.

The lover's without anyone to love,because hate has taken over,

Even though we'er lost without love.

And theres a mother who would leave her child without love,

Now is that the way God planned it or the lack of love.

Look at the world, there's not a sign of peace nowhere,

And does anybody care? Yes the love want's to.

All the hate,

All the discrimination,

In the holy holy land look there's a man with a gun in his hand,

Something l can't understand,

Love should be in demand,

Make a liar out of me,

Save humanity,

Until then l believe, l believe...

"The Whole Damn World Is Going Crazy"

John Gary Williams.

[Ficklefingers]

Taken from - and actually, for me, the'Hook' line.. The one that (I think) 'makes' the disc -

Jimmy Phillips on Bumps records.. 'She Belongs To Me' :

"Gonna handcuff my baby to me and throw away the key.

If my girl decides to leave again.. She'll have to carry me" !!

LOVE IT !!

Fingers..

Edited April 18, 2009 by FickleFingers

[posstot]

"And if a double-decker bus crashes into us

To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die

And if a ten ton truck kills the both of us

To die by your side, well, the pleasure and the privilege is mine..."

("There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" - The Smiths/lyrics by Morrissey)

"I have so much confidence when I'm by myself

It's like my nerves wore an armoured coat

But you're such a charmer, you melt that coat of armour

And the words from my heart get caught up in my throat - maybe I'd better write a note..."

("When The Words From Your Heart Get Caught Up In Your Throat" - The Miracles/lyrics by Willaim Robinson)

...honestly can't choose between the two..

Tony, I, myself, would go with Americas' greatest poet........I find Morrissey a little Morbid....those lyrics explain why.

[posstot]

OH LORD, I BEG YOU

TAKE ME TO THE GOLDEN SHORE

BUT, PLEASE FORGIVE ME

I DON'T WANNA GO NO MORE

'CAUSE I FOUND A WOMAN

SHE JUST TOOK ME BY THE HAND

LORD SHE SHOWED ME

THIS WORLD IS A PROMISED LAND

BEFORE I MET HER

I WAS WEIRY ALL THE TIME

BEYOND EACH MOUNTAIN

THERE WERE JUST ONE MORE TO CLIMB

SO..I FOUND A WOMAN

SHE TOOK ME BY THE HAND

LORD SHE SHOWED ME

THIS WORLD IS A PROMISED LAND

FOR I WAS BLIND BUT SUDDENLY

THIS WORLD IS FULL OF MIRACLES TO SEE

AND THE WOMAN MADE ME SEE THEM

I'VE BEEN REBORN AND EVERYDAY

I SEE THE DAWN AND PRAY

LORD LET ME STAY

NOW I UNDERSTAND YES I KNOW

WITH LOVE THIS WORLD IS A PROMISED LAND

IT'S A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY

WITH YOUR LOVE I DON'T NEED MONEY

I LIKE TO SEE THE SKY, I WANNA CRY

WHEN NIGHT HAS COME AND DAY IS GONE

I LOVE HER SOME MORE.

[Theresa]

"Why ponder life's complexity, when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat"

That's a corker Trevski. You can almost smell that line as well as hear it. Oh Manchester, so much to answer for...

"I've been dreaming of a time when

To be English is not to be baneful

To be standing by the flag not feeling shameful, racist or partial

Irish blood, English heart, this I'm made of

There is no one on earth I'm afraid of

And I will die with both of my hands untied"

"And he stole from the rich and the poor, and the not-very-rich and the very poor, and he stole all hearts away"

[Guest andyrattigan]

"Its almost like eating beans by the pound then wrapping up in an adhesive tape from the waste down" BLOWING UP MY MIND-EXCITERS

"Why do I have to get up each and ever day and break my back for such little pay. Why does life have to be this way for me. Why wasnt I born good looking, why wasn't I born a winner, I would rather not be born at all than to be born a loser.... born a loser.. oh yeah.....DON RAY-BORN A LOSER

WHAT A TUNE!

When you are down in the dumps this song lifts you right out of it because the empathy with the lyrics ironically helps you transcend the self pity. I fooking love this record. An all time favourite!

[Guest Glynn Jones]

I still sing this to my missus after eighteen years together. "Fat bottom girl, you make my rockin world go round, yeah!"

[Samson]

There's nothing colder than goodbye(Bobby Paris-l Walked Away)

Whether you're faithful or just fooling around, love is such a cold game.........

[Guest Mezhouse]

she brings out the best in me, lights me up like a Christmas tree - Edwin Starr

[billb]

I've been living off of Main Street

Where society is the thing

But people that live on Main Street

They don't know how to swing

But the people on the back street

They swing, all night long

Although I live on the main street

The back streets is where I belong

[Steve Edgar]

Sam Dees, "Signed Miss Heroin".... the whole lyric reads so powerfully, and even more so against the music backdrop, here's the complete lyrics........

Well, now little man, you've grown tired of grass,

L.S.D., Acid, cocaine, and hash.

Somebody that's supposed to be your so called friend,

said, "I'll introduce you to Miss Heroin."

Well, honey, before you start fooling with me,

Just let me inform you of how it will be.

For I will seduce ya and make you my slave.

I've sent men much stronger than you to their grave.

You think you could not become a disgrace,

and end up addicted to poppy seed waste.

So, you'll start inhaling me one afternoon.

You'll take me into your arm and very soon.

And once I have entered deep down in your vein,

The craving will nearly drive you insane.

You'll need lots of money (as you have been told).

For, darling, I'm much more expensive than gold.

Signed Miss Heroin

You'll swindle your Mama; and, just for a buck,

you'll turn into something vile and corrupt.

You'll mug, you'll steal for my narcotic charm.

and feel contentment when I'm in you arms.

The day you realize the monster you've grown,

you'll solemnly promise to leave me alone.

If you think that you've got the mystical knack.

Then sweetie, just try getting me off your back.

Signed Miss Heroin

The vomit, the cramps, your gut tied in a knot.

The jangling nerves screaming for just one more shot.

The hot chills,cold sweat, the withdrawal pains,

can only be saved by my little white grains.

There's no other way, and there's no need to look.

For deep down inside you, you will know that you're hooked.

You'll desperately run to the pusher, and then

You'll welcome me back to your arms once again.

And when you return, just as I foretold!

I know that you'll give me your body and soul.

You'll give up your morals, your conscience, your heart,

and you will be mine until Death Do Us Part.

Signed Miss Heroin

Say! you're holding the losing hand,

and you just can't win.

Smoking dope aint nothing but a sin.

The faith in you, that they had in you brother!

What will you do now?

Steve

[Guest sadsam]

How about

I'm three times happy er than the law alows me to be Lou Ragland

[davidwapples]

there is the door so why dont you use it , you'll always come second to football and music - frigid vinegar how cheap is your love not a northern tune but still owrth hearing for that line

[Kev Cane]

Sam Dees, "Signed Miss Heroin".... the whole lyric reads so powerfully, and even more so against the music backdrop, here's the complete lyrics........

Well, now little man, you've grown tired of grass,

L.S.D., Acid, cocaine, and hash.

Somebody that's supposed to be your so called friend,

said, "I'll introduce you to Miss Heroin."

Well, honey, before you start fooling with me,

Just let me inform you of how it will be.

For I will seduce ya and make you my slave.

I've sent men much stronger than you to their grave.

You think you could not become a disgrace,

and end up addicted to poppy seed waste.

So, you'll start inhaling me one afternoon.

You'll take me into your arm and very soon.

And once I have entered deep down in your vein,

The craving will nearly drive you insane.

You'll need lots of money (as you have been told).

For, darling, I'm much more expensive than gold.

Signed Miss Heroin

You'll swindle your Mama; and, just for a buck,

you'll turn into something vile and corrupt.

You'll mug, you'll steal for my narcotic charm.

and feel contentment when I'm in you arms.

The day you realize the monster you've grown,

you'll solemnly promise to leave me alone.

If you think that you've got the mystical knack.

Then sweetie, just try getting me off your back.

Signed Miss Heroin

The vomit, the cramps, your gut tied in a knot.

The jangling nerves screaming for just one more shot.

The hot chills,cold sweat, the withdrawal pains,

can only be saved by my little white grains.

There's no other way, and there's no need to look.

For deep down inside you, you will know that you're hooked.

You'll desperately run to the pusher, and then

You'll welcome me back to your arms once again.

And when you return, just as I foretold!

I know that you'll give me your body and soul.

You'll give up your morals, your conscience, your heart,

and you will be mine until Death Do Us Part.

Signed Miss Heroin

Say! you're holding the losing hand,

and you just can't win.

Smoking dope aint nothing but a sin.

The faith in you, that they had in you brother!

What will you do now?

Steve

Here here Steve, "Inspiration" going to get it out of the box now.

Kev

[Anoraks Corner]

'Black wings has my angel,

Satan in high-heels,

Doing the Devil's will,

A walking lesson in love'

...and...

'She loves me twice on Sundays....and thrice on stormy Mondays'

Hayes Cotton - 'Black Wing's Have My Angel'

[Dysonsoul]

I CHEW MY NAILS OFF ONE BY ONE,I'VE ONLY GOT 1 TO GO....

HEART TROUBLE

SIDNEY BARNES EH WHAT A MAN !

[Arthur Fenn]

Hmm! i personaly love the one that goes " it takes a man with insight ( yes it does ) to really understand, & the other that says " 1 silk stocking lying on the floor" that aint too shabby either , bit fluy at mo so thats the best i can do , Arthur.

[Guest James Trouble]

Carleen And The Groovers - Hot Pants

All 2 minutes of it, but especially the mosquito line

Hey mama, shure nuff looking good, with them skinny legs twisting around in those hot pants

Look a here

Have mercy

Come on

Sweeter than a mosquito on a match

Hey sister, Carleen, can You Knock em out?

Right on!

Come on, do it to 'em, do it like the brothers back home, like the brothers across the water...

I've never been one for nostalgic love songs

Edited April 21, 2009 by James Trouble

[Munchkin]

Now take this advice

From a guy that knows,

and youll never again be wrong

If you find that girl you better hold her tight,

so you dont have to sing this song

Searchin for my baby - Malcom Hayes

[Guest]

Ain't got time to read the whole thread but one that stuck in my young mind when I first heard it was:

"I don't need no dope to feel super high"

Skull Snaps 'My Hang Up Is You'

[Guest sarahleen]

"junkie walkin through the twighlight, im on my way home.

i left three days ago , but no one knows im gone "

gil scot heron - home is where the hatred is

[Citizen P]

"junkie walkin through the twighlight, im on my way home.

i left three days ago , but no one knows im gone "

gil scot heron - home is where the hatred is

That's cheered me up no end, that has.

Tony

[Guest sarahleen]

That's cheered me up no end, that has.

Tony

yeah your right , f*** it , lets go smoke some crack

[Citizen P]

yeah your right , f*** it , lets go smoke some crack

Like Esther Phillips version as well, of course.

Tony

[Weingarden]

"I have so much confidence when I'm by myself

It's like my nerves wore an armoured coat

But you're such a charmer, you melt that coat of armour

And the words from my heart get caught up in my throat - maybe I'd better write a note..."

("When The Words From Your Heart Get Caught Up In Your Throat" - The Miracles/lyrics by Willaim Robinson)

You took the words right out of my mouth, Tony!

Also love this couplet from Eddie Bo:

"If I ever get a dollar

I'm gonna squeeze it until it holler"

[Tricky]

Shes square as a pool table and twice as green - Aaron Neville - Hard nut to crack - Parlo

Sycamore,Sycamore - Major Lance - Okeh

[Mark S]

She,s my daughter

I,m her Pa

You aint nuthin but a son in law - Trickbag - Escuses

[Guest]

Sam Dees, "Signed Miss Heroin".... the whole lyric reads so powerfully, and even more so against the music backdrop, here's the complete lyrics........

Well, now little man, you've grown tired of grass,

L.S.D., Acid, cocaine, and hash.

Somebody that's supposed to be your so called friend,

said, "I'll introduce you to Miss Heroin."

Well, honey, before you start fooling with me,

Just let me inform you of how it will be.

For I will seduce ya and make you my slave.

I've sent men much stronger than you to their grave.

You think you could not become a disgrace,

and end up addicted to poppy seed waste.

So, you'll start inhaling me one afternoon.

You'll take me into your arm and very soon.

And once I have entered deep down in your vein,

The craving will nearly drive you insane.

You'll need lots of money (as you have been told).

For, darling, I'm much more expensive than gold.

Signed Miss Heroin

You'll swindle your Mama; and, just for a buck,

you'll turn into something vile and corrupt.

You'll mug, you'll steal for my narcotic charm.

and feel contentment when I'm in you arms.

The day you realize the monster you've grown,

you'll solemnly promise to leave me alone.

If you think that you've got the mystical knack.

Then sweetie, just try getting me off your back.

Signed Miss Heroin

The vomit, the cramps, your gut tied in a knot.

The jangling nerves screaming for just one more shot.

The hot chills,cold sweat, the withdrawal pains,

can only be saved by my little white grains.

There's no other way, and there's no need to look.

For deep down inside you, you will know that you're hooked.

You'll desperately run to the pusher, and then

You'll welcome me back to your arms once again.

And when you return, just as I foretold!

I know that you'll give me your body and soul.

You'll give up your morals, your conscience, your heart,

and you will be mine until Death Do Us Part.

Signed Miss Heroin

Say! you're holding the losing hand,

and you just can't win.

Smoking dope aint nothing but a sin.

The faith in you, that they had in you brother!

What will you do now?

Steve

I thought about putting this in but couldn't think which line and was worried it might be too depressing!! But awesome lyrics - shoul,d be played to all teenagers!!!

[Guest familytree]

so many lyrics to choose from.. but gladys springs to mind ..

could it be that it was all so simple then

or has time rewritten every line..

and if we had the chance to do it all again

would we

could we.... memories

angie stone...

my sunshine has come

and im all cryed out and theres no more rain in this cloud

i used to think the world of you

there was nothing i would not do

but you broke me down.. you broke me way down...

god off to cut my wrists!