Good one/two line lyrics...

[Bloodaxe]

"Mama bought a chicken, thought it was a duck,
Stuck it on the table with its legs stickin' up"
[i]John Lee Hooker, 'Bottle Up & Go'.[/i]

"Ultrasonic, Gin & Tonic"
[i]Gillan, 'Sleeping On The Job'.[/i]

"Gonna trade in my razor and buy a 44,
And I'll come knocking, knocking door to door."
[i]Rory Gallagher, 'Seven Days'.[/i]

Edited August 13, 2012 by Bloodaxe

[Bilbo]

A seasoned witch could call you from the depths of your disgrace,
And rearrange your liver to the solid mental grace
And achieve it all with music that came quickly from afar
Then taste the fruit of man recorded losing all against the hour

Barbie Girl - Aqua

[ead]

..and I'm hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway.

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (I forget exactly which song)

[Steve G]

To leave ain't believing, so try and be tried.
Insufficient funds, insanity and suicide

Megadeth - Forclosure of a dream

(tbh I reckon most of their stuff applies )

[pst62]

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1344856920' post='1770080']
..and I'm hovering like a fly waiting for the windshield on the freeway.

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (I forget exactly which song)[/quote]
That'll be Fly on a Windshield

[Truckstop]

I guess this thread just goes to show that to fully appreciate good lyrics, one needs to hear them in the context of the song from which they came. Most of my favourite lyrics are almost gibberish on their own, but in the song they take on so much meaning. I nominate this cheery little ditty from Elbow. The song's about the singers grandad dying:

"Disjointed tales that flit between short trousers and a full dress uniform;
And he talks of people 10 years gone like I've known them all my life."

So much power when you hear them in the context of the song ('Scattered Black n Whites' if you're interested).

Also, disappointed no-one's put any Chas n Dave up

Truckstop

[kingysilvers]

"I shout all my obscenities from steeples, but please don't label me a madman. I'm off to see the Bootleg Beatles, as the bootleg Mark Chapman."

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6IXq2xLpg"]Half Man Half Biscuit - When The Evening Sun Goes Down[/url]