Favorite LINE in a Country song, not necessarily the hook

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 6 Feb 2002 7:33 pm

another fave of mine:

"Once you said you'd do most anything to keep our love
you'd tear out your tongue before you'd tell me lies"
Wouldn't Even Cross the Street to say Goodbye- Willie Nelson

Janice Brooks · Post by **Janice Brooks** » 6 Feb 2002 7:55 pm

"Life is a dessert and love quenches thirst
Life is a dessert and love quenches thirst
We all have to hurt some and this is my first
one
THE LAST WORD IN LONESOME IS ME

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Janice "Busgal" Brooks
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Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 6 Feb 2002 8:22 pm

"I miss you already, and you're not even gone." Faron Young.

Gregg Galbraith · Post by **Gregg Galbraith** » 6 Feb 2002 8:35 pm

"I know that I should hate you, but I can't help myself. I'd walk right up and kiss you, with you holdin' someone else."

DICKY OVERBY

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 6 Feb 2002 8:59 pm

You don't have to call me "Merle Haggard" (anymore)...

Steve Goodman!
(I love that "anymore"!)

Blake Hawkins · Post by **Blake Hawkins** » 6 Feb 2002 9:34 pm

"Sometimes it looks like a guitar picker
just can't tell what to pick."

From "Frankie's Man Johnny" by Johnny Cash

Derek Duplessie · Post by **Derek Duplessie** » 6 Feb 2002 10:11 pm

"You remember the way it never was and you've
forgotten the things we didn't say, if you miss me the reason is because you remember
the way... it never was (Kim Richy)
Derek

Tim Rowley · Post by **Tim Rowley** » 6 Feb 2002 10:25 pm

"If I had Johnny's cash and Charley's pride I wouldn't have a buck owin' on my car" - Harold Morrison.

"I've had the lit end of a seegar pressed against ma belly,
Been whupped on with a crowbar 'til my eyeballs turned to jelly,
I've accidently nailed my index fanger to the wall,
Chopped off half ma toes and soaked ma foot in alcohol."

- George Jones (Nothin's Ever Hurt Me)

"You can give my other suit to the Salvation Army, and everything else I leave behind" - Johnny Cash (Understand Your Man)

"Went down to the railroad, laid my head across the track, when I seen that train a-comin well I gradually eased it back" - BW & Texas Playboys (one of several versions of Take Me Back to Tulsa)

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Loren Nelson · Post by **Loren Nelson** » 7 Feb 2002 12:08 am

"Every front door found me hopin',
I would find the backdoor open."
(there just has to be an exit for The Runnin' Kind) Merle Haggard

Maybe that's why I'm still single. Actually, I've been staying away from their front doors too!! Ha Ha

nick allen · Post by **nick allen** » 7 Feb 2002 1:08 am

Picking out one line would be real hard... But probably the best collection of great lines is right here: http://www.banned-width.com/shel/misc/lyrics.html

Nick

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 7 Feb 2002 4:32 am

"Her number always turns up in your pocket, whenever you are looking for a dime"

(Christine's Tune, Gram Parsons)
That's real life

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Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 7 Feb 2002 4:35 am

"I never went to bed with an ugly women but sure woke up with a few"

George Rozak · Post by **George Rozak** » 7 Feb 2002 5:47 am

Hey Jimbeaux... I'm really not tryin' to whip a dead horse here, but Steve Goodman was a local Chicago boy. Sorry... but I just couldn't help myself

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 7 Feb 2002 7:01 am

Aaaauuughh!!! Now he's following me from thread to thread! Isn't that called "e-stalking"?? George what part of "G-O A-W-A-Y" don't you understand?

OK, how 'bout this one:

"Is it still over? Are we still through? Since my phone still ain't ringin', I assume it still ain't you."[This message was edited by Jim Cohen on 07 February 2002 at 07:02 AM.]

Neil Hilton · Post by **Neil Hilton** » 7 Feb 2002 7:31 am

I've got everything I need to drive me crazy
and I got everything I need to lose my mind
cause in here the atmosphere's just right for heartache -
and thanks to you I'm always here til closing time...... from Haggard's "Swingin Doors"

Olli Haavisto · Post by **Olli Haavisto** » 7 Feb 2002 7:38 am

Any line in "The Return of the Grievous Angel", G.P.

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Neil Hilton · Post by **Neil Hilton** » 7 Feb 2002 7:40 am

and more recently (and on a similar theme) Radney Foster recorded a song several years ago called "Closing Time" that I think is fantastic - from the chorus....

"From now til they lock the doors,
put the chairs up, and sweep the floors -
you won't even cross my mind,
from here until closing time"

The song also begins with a great line...

"Every afternoon at five o'clock
I forget all about you -
there ain't nothing 'bout this honky-tonk
to remind me we're through"

Rick Garrett · Post by **Rick Garrett** » 7 Feb 2002 7:44 am

Did you ever see a Robin weep, as Leaves begin to die
That means he's lost the will to live, Im so lonesome I could cry.
The Great Hank Williams

Rick

frank rogers · Post by **frank rogers** » 7 Feb 2002 9:26 am

"If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?" and "What's the difference being different when it's difference now that looks the same?" or "Oh I wish that I could hurt that way again, at least I'd have you every now and then." Bellamy Bros, John Hartford, and T. Graham Brown.[This message was edited by frank rogers on 07 February 2002 at 09:27 AM.][This message was edited by frank rogers on 07 February 2002 at 09:35 AM.]

D Schubert · Post by **D Schubert** » 7 Feb 2002 9:33 am

"I'd be like a flower, unwanted in spring
Alone and neglected, transplanted in vain
To a garden of sadness where its' petals would fall
In the shadows of undying pain..."

When I Stop Dreaming, 2nd verse, Louvin Brothers

George Rozak · Post by **George Rozak** » 7 Feb 2002 9:47 am

Since Steve Goodman has already been mentioned, I always liked this passage from his "City of New Orleans."

Dealin' cards with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keepin' score
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
And feel the wheels grumblin' neath the floor

Trivia for Jim C. & any other Steve Goodman fans: Where is Steve Goodman buried?

Answer: Steve was cremated & some of his ashes were buried beneath home plate in Wrigley Field (Home of the Chicago Cubs for those not in the know).

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Dave Burr · Post by **Dave Burr** » 7 Feb 2002 1:04 pm

One of my favorites: "If I thought my hand was against you, why I'd cut off my arm and walk off and leave it behind" from the song "I must have done something bad" written by Red Lane, performed by Merle Haggard on the album "Serving 190 Proof".

Respectfully,
Dave Burr

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 7 Feb 2002 3:07 pm

"Many lonely nights, I lay awake and stare,
At the walls around me, seems I see you standin' there.
And in the darkness, my name I hear you call,
I reach for you, but you're not there at all."------(Blue Memories)

"Guitars, organs, horns, violins, and pianos, how they play.
Grinding out the latest sounds from Music City, U.S.A."----(Kaye)

"Your world was made up of things sweet and good.
My world would never fit in, wish it could.
Two hearts lie in shambles, and oh how we cried,
That's what happens, when two worlds collide."

"I thought I'd make her happy if I stepped aside,
But I knew her love would never set me free.
And even on the morning she became another's bride,
I said they'll never ever take her love from me.

"You'll go anywhere, for a brand-new love affair,
Somebody new who thrills you instantly.
And when the thrill has ceased to chill,
And from your past, I know it will,
There'll always be another, and another,
And another just like me."---(Another)

Lotta really great lyrics in them old songs...that's what Country's all about

Bob Shilling · Post by **Bob Shilling** » 7 Feb 2002 3:39 pm

"I've got a long list of real good reasons
for everything I've done."

And in the same song:

"I've survived every situation,
knowin' when to freeze and when to run."

I think it's called, "There's Nothing I can Do About It Now." Willie Nelson.

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Bob Shilling, Berkeley, CA--MSA S10, "Classic"

Bill C. Buntin · Post by **Bill C. Buntin** » 7 Feb 2002 6:59 pm

"When you cross that Old Red River, Hoss, it just don't mean a thing. Cause once you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the King."