What's your favorite lyric from a song?

Sometimes in the mornin' when shadows are deep
I lie here beside you just watching you sleep
And sometimes I whisper what I'm thinking of
My cup runneth over with love

Sometimes in the evening when you do not see
I study the small things you do constantly
I memorize moments that I'm fondest of
My cup runneth over with love

In only a moment we both will be old
We won't even notice the world turning cold
And so, in these moments with sunlight above
My cup runneth over with love
My cup runneth over with love, with love

"My Cup Runneth Over, from the 1966 Broadway musical "I Do! I Do!" as recorded by Ed Ames.

Regards,
-- Al

Very profound indeed, Jim (Broadstone). A correction to the words, though, if I may. They are actually "I'm tired of livin' and scared of dyin'."

Here is a link to the famous performance of the song by the great Paul Robeson in the 1936 version of "Showboat".

Best regards,
-- Al

I suspect that n80's post was said tongue-in-cheek, as the non-lyrics he quoted could indeed be how the real lyrics are heard when the songs are listened to in a casual manner. A couple of additional examples in a similar vein:

"Oh A Tree In Motion" -- Johnny Tillotson
"I'm Your P---- (um, Venus), I'm Your Fire" -- Shocking Blue

Regards,
-- Al :-)
 

An interesting article on mondegreens, titled with the very same Hendrix reference we've been talking about:

https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/science-misheard-lyrics-mondegreens

The article describes what is said to be the origin of the term, indicating that the word "mondegreen" is itself a mondegreen.

One more example that occurs to me:

"Secret Asian Man" -- Johnny Rivers

Regards,
-- Al

More completely, "laid him on the green" was misheard as "Lady Mondegreen." As described in the article I linked to in my previous post:

In November, 1954, Sylvia Wright, an American writer, published a piece in Harper's where she admitted to a gross childhood mishearing. When she was young, her mother would read to her from the “Reliques of Ancient English Poetry,” a 1765 book of popular poems and ballads. Her favorite verse began with the lines, “Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands / Oh, where hae ye been? / They hae slain the Earl Amurray, / And Lady Mondegreen.” Except they hadn’t. They left the poor Earl and “laid him on the green.” He was, alas, all by himself.

Regards,
-- Al

@CD318, excellent selections in your recent posts, IMO, especially the ones from "What A Wonderful World" and "Ol’ Man River."

A correction, though: "Ol’ Man River" was composed by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, not Lerner & Loewe.

Also, as you may be aware, what is probably the most famous version of "Ol’ Man River" (and deservedly so IMO) was sung by the great although controversial Paul Robeson in the 1936 film version of the musical "Showboat":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9WayN7R-s

Best regards,
-- Al