What are your favourite lines from a song ?

Oh Annie, I love 'She'. There is a version by Elvis Costello which is just lovely.

The story of my life
Will start and end with you.
Neil Diamond

If I should love again
In my heart it would be you
Barry Manilow

The moment I wake up
Before I put on my makeup
I say a little prayer for you
While combing my hair now
And wondering what dress to wear now
I say a little prayer for you

Dionne Warwick

Moon River sang by Andy Williams - Dads funeral
Moon River sang by Audrey Hepburn - Mums funeral

I also have a soft spot for I had a Dream from Mamma Mia(Amanda Seyfried).
Along with the Slipping through my fingers, which Meryl Streep sings to Amanda Seyfried hen getting ready for her wedding (Mamma Mia)

She may be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a heaven or a hell

thankfully it ends

And where she goes i’ve got to be
The meaning of my life is
She

SHE

Charles Aznavour

I walk the lonely street,
On the boulevard of broken dreams..

"Empty skies say try to forget.
Better advice is to have no regrets.
As I tread the boulevard floor, will I see you once more"......

The Paris Match by The Style council ( Tracey Thorne Version is just amazing )
Very, very atmospheric.
Check it out gransnetters, it is a gorgeous song.

It started with a kiss
How did it end up like this

I love a band called Steel Panther. I am unable to post any of their lyrics here as I'd probably get banned .

Paddyann I love Paolo too. So many brilliant lyrics- “I’m your diamond in the rough” being just one

Always look on the bright side of life.. di da di da di da .

*Six rain-ridden summers and he still had an eye for me
He kissed me each evening and told me he’'d die for me
And then he ran off the road, full of whisky and irony
He always meant what he said*

Karine Polwart

Fabulous thread. I’m thrilled to discover so many who appreciate Leonard Cohen. Impossible to choose one song as he was a true poet but Famous Blue Raincoat is high on the list annep.

Going back to re read, some of these are so evocative of various times in my life.

You're the One for Me Fatty. I am pretty sure that was by Morrissey! He's had some wonderful songs and is a fantastic wordsmith!

I thought you might like it
Jalima; Never heard of him till now, but Dr.Google said he's dead then resurrected him, so who's "never gonna give me up?" You, I hope! Otherwise you won't getting any more Aussie witticisms.
No! I'm not patronising as some might say; just a compliment, hopefully to ward off any Monday morning blues!
Btw; What's this about us having a new PM, "yet " again.? Anyone would think Aussies make a habit of it.

Till there was you, sung by the Beatles
“There were bells on a hill but I never heard them ringing
Never heard them at all, till there was you” etc
My boyfriend, now husband of 49 years, used to sing this to me but always got the words just slightly wrong “...they never stopped ringing, till there was you”!

I just wanna break free. Played to the video of freddy m with the vaccum cleaner.

"My huckleberry friend" - Andy Williams

"When your eyes played games with mine" - Matt Monroe

"And when you turned and smiled at me, a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square"

Rufus
My post at Fri 24-Aug-18 18:22:47
I thought you might like it

From "Strangers in the Night"
"Doo Mee, Doo Mee, Doo"
Ray Conniff and Chorus version! More evocative than Frankie's!

Art Garfunkle: For Emily..."walked down avenues of juniper and lamplight".

If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I'd like to do
Is to save every day
'Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you

Time In a Bottle by Jim Croce.

I would trade all my tomorrow's for a single yesterday....Janis Joplin
Upon us all a little rain must fall ....Led Zeppelin

Take me anywhere anywhere away with you
We are moving next year so can't wait to go lol

There are some great ones already on here which I really like (some funny, some sad).

Mr Blue Sky
Sun is shinin' in the sky
There ain't a cloud in sight
It's stopped rainin' everybody's in a play
And don't you know
It's a beautiful new day, hey hey

From a Distance
From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just can't comprehend
What all this fighting is for
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hopes, it's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man

Within You and Without you
Try to realise it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life goes on within you and without you

And of course the wonderful Hello Young Lovers