Blair's Top 25 One Liners

I needed a new Top 25 playlist, so I decided to acknowledge songs that have one line in particular that either makes the song great, turns it from great into a masterpiece, or is simply a tremendous piece of wordsmithing. The list is ordered based on two factors, how much the line improves the song and how good the line is on its own. The trend seems to be toward lines that have something to do with someone's heart. So here goes:

1.Rock and Roll Dreams, Meatloaf
"You're never alone, because you can put on the phones and let the drummer tell your heart what to do"
AND
"Angels had guitars even before they had wings"

2. Love Over Gold, Dire Straits
"It takes love over gold, and mind over matter to do what you do that you must"

3. Hurtin' Albertan, Corb Lund
"Man it ain't the same, as being home at the Saddledome, for the Oilers at the Flames"

4. Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell
"You could complete me...I'd complete you"

5. Not a Day Goes By, Lonestar
"It still amazes me, that I lie here in the dark, wishin you were next to me, with your head against my heart"

6. Iris, The Goo Goo Dolls
"When everything feels like the movies, you bleed just to know you're alive"

7. Simple As That, Lonestar
"Even when we're apart, you beat around in my heart"

8. Carolina in My Mind, James Taylor
"Watch her watch the morning sun, a silver tear appearing now, I'm cryin'"

9. Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Elton John
"There's a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors, when the heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours"

10. Your Song, Elton John
"I hope you don't mind, that I put down into words, how wonderful life is when you're in the world"

11. St. Elmo's Fire, John Parr
"Just once in his life, a man has his time..and my time is now, I'm coming alive"

12. Solace, Xavier Rudd
"Yes it is a cruel world, but there is solace amongst the sin"

13. Sweet Baby James, James Taylor
"Deep greens and blues are the colours I choose, won't you let me go down in my dreams"

14.Chatahoochie, Alan Jackson
"I learned how to swim and I learned who I was, a lot about livin' and a little bout love"

15. What Kind of Man Would I Be, Chicago
"What kind of man would I be, living a life without any meaning?"

16. What is Love?, Haddaway
Self-explanatory

17. Rock and Roll, Led Zeppelin
"I can't count the tears of a life with no love"

18. The One, Elton John
"Where sex and love no longer jest"

19. Free, Burton Cummings
"Search for a lifetime, for the meaning of one word...if you could pick one word that word should be free"

20. Call On Me, Eric Prydz
Self-explanatory

21. Take It Easy, The Eagles
"Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see..it's a girl my lord, in a flat bed Ford, slowing down to take a look at me"

22. Timeless Love, Burton Cummings
"Cry my memories away...they haunt me by night honey, and they chase me by day"

23. Already Gone, Blue Rodeo
"Walk the streets of New Orleans, shirt soaked to my skin, through the mess of yesterday's parade"

24. These Eyes, The Guess Who
"These eyes have seen a lot of love, but they're never gonna see another one like I had with you"

25. The Last Laugh, Mark Knopfler
"They had you cryin', but you came up smiling, and the last laugh, baby, is yours"

All great lines, all great songs.