Songs with Clever Lines

Ooh La La, Faces

I wish I knew what I know now

When I was younger.....

"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"

Against The Wind:  Bob Seger

I re-watched Hidden Figures last week and finally found the words for this one.

Runnin' - Pharrell Williams

"I don't want no free ride
I'm just sick and tired of runnin',"

It is such a phenominally artful set-up for the segue to Katherine's confrontation with Mr. Harris that results in Mr. Harris's desegregation of the coffee pots, removal of the bathroom sign and statement, "Here at NASA we all pee the same color,".

For further context:

You and I are not different from each other (other)
Shut our eyes, when we slumber I see numbers (numbers)
Black and white, we're computers, I am colored (colored)
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't

From runnin' to exams (exams) to jobs for a man (man)
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't
In the law of the land (land) the women were often banned (banned)
Don't act like you was there when you wasn't

I know they say you crawl for your own
But in my mind I already jog
If I stand still I cannot get far
They want the Moon, I'm on Mars

Sometime my mind dives deep
When I'm runnin'
I don't want no free ride
I'm just sick and tired of runnin'
Some nights I cry
Cause I can see the day comin'
Together we fight
Oh, but no more runnin'

Walter Jackson - "It's and Uphill Climb"

It's and Uphill Climb to the Bottom, when your love has gone"

Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

I have a mansion, forget the price

Ain't never been there. They tell me it's nice 

My Maseratti does one-eighty-five

I lost my license, now l don't drive 

It's  tough to handle this fortune and fame

Everybody's so different, l haven't changed 

Don't know the reason 

Stayed here all season

Nothing to show but this brand new tattoo

But it's a real beauty 

A Mexican cutie

How it got here, l haven't a clue 

From Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffet 

Up To No Good Livin’-Chris Stapleton 

I used to drink like a fish and run like a dog
Done a whole lotta **bleep** not permitted by law
People call me the Picasso of paintin' the town
But I've finally grown up
And I finally changed from that someone I was to somebody I ain't
But she finds it hard to believe that she's turned me around
You know I'll probably die before I live all mine
Up to no good livin' down

You just slip out the back, Jack

Make a new plan, Stan

You don't need to be coy, Roy

Just get yourself free

Hop on the bus, Gus

You don't need to discuss much

Just drop off the key, Lee

And get yourself free

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover  - Paul Simon

"If we had love before, we can have it back once more."

Lost Without Your Love- Bread

That line was a killer after my first love left me. 

This one really strikes a cord with me since l was born in southern England.

Sitting in an English garden

Waiting for the sun

If the sun don't come you get a tan

From standing in the English rain. 

From I Am the Walrus - Beatles