Songs with Clever Lines

Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles   https://youtu.be/pHNbHn3i9S4

So, play the game: existence to the end of the beginning.

Leonard Cohen's "Anthem":

"Every heart, every heart to love will come
But like a refugee"

And the best line in "Anthem":

"Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything

That's how the light gets in"

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pink Floyd):

"Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom"

Until the End of the World (U2):   “In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows/ But my sorrows they learned to swim."

Knife Edge - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.  Just a step, cries the sad man. Take a look down at the madman.  https://youtu.be/XwIehM-x6kA

Since You Went Away (Monkees)

"You said you couldn't tell the doormat from my face
You said if I had brains I would pawn them
Could be I've finally gotten up off of my thumbs
Could be that you're the one that was on them. . . .

You said without your help I couldn't tie my shoes
You said without a doubt I'd be stranded
Could be that you were right and I had to fly the coop
Could be the eagle finally has landed"

Hearts Filthy Lesson (Bowie):

"If there was only something between us
Other than our clothes"

Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen):

"Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes"

Dela (Johnny Clegg): 

"One day I looked up and there you were
Like a simple question looking for an answer"