May I throw you a line?

I got it from jeopardygirl and she got it from Ben. And it all comes from across the water with the UK's favourite song lyrics. Actually, it's lines from songs that were voted on.

Anyway ... the spirit moved me and I came up with five of my own favourites (though these could change or be added to if I put any actual thought into it). If you haven't heard these songs - well, you've no idea what your missing. In no particular order:

Richard Thompson - Beeswing
"And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze,
But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains that you refuse."

Lucinda Williams - Those Three Days
"And I have been so fuckin' alone since those three days."*

Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen
"It's the words that we don't say that scare me so."

The Kinks (Ray Davies) - Oklahoma U.S.A.
"All life we work but work is a bore;
If life's for living what's living for?"

Leonard Cohen - Anthem
"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in."

Feel free to add to this list.

* Alternatively, another line from the same Lucinda Williams song that could I could have used would be this:
"Did you love me forever just for those three days?"