Your Favorite Closing Lines of a Song

[Tico]

From that song Jonny Cash recorded ... A Boy Named Sue


"And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him ...





BILL OR GEORGE!
ANYTHING BUT SUE! "

[MarkBailey]

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Warren Zevon

[JStotes]

I like the last line of the song "Old School" as dome by John Conlee and written by Russell Smith.

The song is about an old high school girlfriend who married another guy and then was divorced. At a 20 year reunion she has a dance with the guy telling the story. At which time she whispers they could rekindle tie fire. He's moved on and has a family etc. etc. Throughout the song he seems to wonder "what if"

As the song ends after her remark he says:

I'm from the old school...............I thought you were too.

[Charmed Life Picks]

Originally Posted by JStotes

I like the last line of the song "Old School" as dome by John Conlee and written by Russell Smith.

The song is about an old high school girlfriend who married another guy and then was divorced. At a 20 year reunion she has a dance with the guy telling the story. At which time she whispers they could rekindle tie fire. He's moved on and has a family etc. etc. Throughout the song he seems to wonder "what if"

As the song ends after her remark he says:

I'm from the old school...............I thought you were too.

Nice one, Jay. When I first saw it I must confess that I thought of the wonderful Steely Dan song "My Old School," one of my all-time faves. Was just streaming it yesterday. What a band.

scott

[reckhart]

"And after all is said and done
Know that my last earnest prayer
Is that my loved ones be ready
Someday to meet me there"

Some Day
Blue Highway (Tim Stafford, I think)

https://youtu.be/N-Q9AX-RKQU

[zmf]

Look
I understand too little too late
I realize there are things you say and do
You can never take back
But what would you be if you didn't even try
You have to try
So after a lot of thought
I'd like to reconsider
Please
If it's not too late
Make it a cheeseburger

Lyle Lovett

[OMsong]

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

[sdelsolray]

Well, this is a bit of a cheat because the line is part of the chorus and is repeated several times during the song. However, it is also the last line of the song:

"Your mind is on vacation and your mouth is working overtime"

Your Mind is on Vacation - Mose Allison

[tippy5]

"I got blisters on me fingers" Ringo

[baimo]

From their rougher days
Rolling Stones
Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out
Midnight Rambler

"I'll stick my knife right down your throat, baby and it hurts!"

[JHD512]

It's Main Street after midnight just like it was before
21 months later at the local grocery store
Sherry buys a paper and a cold 6-pack of beer
The headlines read that Sonny is going to the chair
She pulls back onto Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz
The road goes on forever and the party never ends

'The Road Goes On Forever'
Robert Earl Keen

[reeve21]

If you need me, the way I know I need you,
There's just one thing, I'll ask you to do,
Take my hand and lead me, to the hole in your garden wall,
and pull me through...pull me through.

Jackson Browne, Your Bright Baby Blues

[pjmacd]

Since the last verse of this song is a repeat of the first verse, it's actually the second to last verse that has the wonderful line:

She may be gone from this life we know
She may have frozen in the ice and snow
But there's a secret that my heart can't tell
Except to say
That she's safe and well.

From "Jamie's Secret" by David Wilcox

[string1399]

We gotta get you a woman
And when we're through with you, we'll get me one, too.

Todd Rundgren

[Carmel Cedar]

"Yes I think to myself ... what a wonderful world"

-as sung by Louis Armstrong