Most romantic line from a song??

SixofNine

I've narrowed it down to three choices:

Bonnie Raitt singing....

"That summer night in Texas, baby
Too hot and wet to sleep
I heard you pull up in the distance
You're comin' to get me relief
We went screamin' down the highway, baby
So much faster than we should
You pulled me over in the moonlight
Man, I still can feel that hood"

and Bruce Springsteen singing...

"Go in the bathroom and put your makeup on
We're gonna take that little brat of yours and drop her off at your mom's"

or Springsteen once again singing....

"Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright..."

They are all very tender, sweet, and romantic; anyone have an opinion?

COMF

Bonnie Raitt does it, fer shur. Springsteen, I don't see it.

For romantic as distinct from downright sexual, I'd vote for Rodney Crowell's "Now That We're Alone":

Tell me what you're feeling now
That everybody's left and gone
Anybody break your heart?
Anybody done you wrong?

I know what you need tonight
I'm gonna hold you tight
Now that we're alone
Now that we're alone
Let's talk about it, now that we're alone.

For sexual overtones, I'd choose same artist, different tune:

They call me dirty, call you trash
(Just 'tween you and me, baby,
That's what's bringin' me back)
Baby, we've gotta go on
Meeting like this

Prisca

I love this line from Elton John's "Your Song"...

"I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world"

Don't know why, but there's something about those words that always gets me.

JanH

Ah, this sets me in a really romantic mood:

Lock your Daddy out of doors
I don't need him nosing around
Tie your Mother down
Give me all your love tonight

Take your little brother swimmin'
With a brick (that's all right)

Your momma and your Daddy gonna
Plague me til I die
Why can't they understand I'm just a
Peace lovin' guy
Tie your Mother down

Edited excerpts above, whole lyrics at http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?lyrics=rnlincpi

Ain't that romantic or what?

- Jan
--
"Doctor how can you diagnose someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and then act like I had some choice about barging in here right now?" -- As Good As It Gets

Sirona

Bryan Adams:

"Baby you're all that I want,
When you're lying here in my arms,
Im finding it hard to believe,
...We're in heaven
Love is all that I need
and I found it there in your heart,
It isnt too hard to see
We're in heaven"

and

"First time our eyes met,
Same feeling I get,
Only feels much stronger,
Wanna love you longer,
You still turn the fire on.
So if you're feeling lonely dont!
You're the only one I ever want,
I only wanna make it good
So if I love you a little more than I should...
...please forgive me, I know not what I do,
Please forgive me, I cant stop loving you"

and the amazing Morrissey (Will never marry):

"Im writing this to say, in a gentle way,
Thankyou, but No.
I will live my life as I will undoubtedly die,
Alone"

Sirona

GinnyTosken

My vote is for something by Leonard Cohen.

There's I'm Your Man, from which I find it difficult to choose just one line . . .

If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man

If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
I'm your man
Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man
And if you've got to sleep
A moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
I'll disappear for you
If you want a father for your child
Or only want to walk with me a while
Across the sand
I'm your man

Or Take This Waltz:

Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
On a chair with a dead magazine
In the cave at the tip of the lily
In some hallways where love's never been
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take its broken waist in your hand . . .
And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
With the photographs there, and the moss
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
My cheap violin and my cross
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
Oh my love, Oh my love
Take this waltz, take this waltz
It's yours now. It's all that there is . . .

or Ain't No Cure for Love:

I'm aching for you baby
I can't pretend I'm not
I need to see you naked
In your body and your thought
I've got you like a habit
And I'll never get enough
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure,
There ain't no cure for love

Ginny

logical

"Fucking you was like fucking the dead"
Type O Negative - Black No.1

bitter mango

closer

you let me violate you, you let me desecrate you
you let me penetrate you, you let me complicate you
help me i broke apart my insides, help me i've got no soul to sell
help me the only thing that works for me, help me get away from myself
i want to fuck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to fuck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
you can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
you can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything

nin

~the agents of oblivion descend upon the sane~

funkyderek

For Crying Out Loud by Meatloaf

I was lost till you were found
But I never knew how far down
I was falling
Before I reached the bottom
I was cold and you were fire
And I never knew how the pyre
Could be burning
On the edge of the ice field

And the now chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper into the chilly California sand
Oh I know you belong inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levis bursting apart
And don't you hear me crying:
"Oh Babe, don't go"
And don't you hear me screaming:
"How was I to know?"

I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land where I don't have to stay

And I'm gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud
You know I love you
For crying out loud
You know I love you
For crying out loud
You know I love you

I was damned and you were saved
And I never knew how enslaved
I was kneeling
In the chains of my master

I could laugh but you could cry
And I never knew just how high
I was flying
Ah, with you right above me

I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tankful of time
Oh give me just another moment to see the light of the day
And take me to another land where I don't have to stay

And I'm gonna need somebody to make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody with open arms, open eyes,
Open up the sky and let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud
You know I love you
For crying out loud
You know I love your
For crying out loud
You know I love you

For taking in the rain when I'm feeling so dry
For giving me the answers when I'm asking you why
And my oh my
For that I thank you

For taking in the sun when I'm feeling so cold
For giving me a child when my body is old
And don't you know
For that I need you

For coming to my room when you know I'm alone
For finding me a highway and driving me home
And you gotta know
For that I serve you

For pulling me away when I'm starting to fall
For revving me up when I'm starting to stall
And all in all
For that I want you

For taking and for giving and for playing the game
For praying for my future in the days that remain
Oh Lord
For that I hold you

Ah but most of all
For cryin' out loud
For that I love you

When you're crying out loud
You know I love you

--
Those who can induce you to believe absurdities can induce you to commit attrocities - Voltaire

ashitaka

"I would rather be a ghost,
drifting by your side,
than enter heaven without you."

-Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

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