On love: "Love is all there is, it makes the world go 'round/ Love and only love, it can't be denied/ No matter what you think about it/ You just won't be able to do without it/ Take a tip from one who's tried."
_"I Threw It All Away"
On war mongers: "And I hope that you die/ And your death'll come soon/ I will follow your casket/ By the pale afternoon."
_"Masters of War"
On generational shifts: "Come mothers and fathers throughout the land/ And don't criticize what you can't understand/ Your sons and your daughters are beyond your command/ Your old road is rapidly aging."
_"The Times They Are a-Changin'"
On idiots: "Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth/ You're an idiot, babe/ It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."
_"Idiot Wind"
On self-esteem: "Don't trust me to show you beauty/ When beauty may only turn to rust/ If you need somebody you can trust, trust yourself."
_"Trust Yourself"
On religion: "Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord/ But you're gonna have to serve somebody."
_"Gotta Serve Somebody"
On grace: "May you grow up to be righteous/ May you grow up to be true/ May you always know the truth/ And see the lights surrounding you."
_"Forever Young"
On desire: "I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue/ I'd go crawling down the avenue/ There's nothing that I wouldn't do/ To make you feel my love."
_"To Make You Feel
My Love"
On fashion: "You know it balances on your head/ Just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine/ Your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat."
_"Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat"
On insufferable people: "They chirp and they chatter/ What does it matter?/ They lie and dine in their blood/ Two timing Slim/ Who's ever heard of him? I'll drag his corpse through the mud."
_"Soon After Midnight"
On life: "He not busy being born is busy dying."
_"It's Alright Ma
(I'm Only Bleeding)"
On the afterlife: "When the cities are on fire/ With the burning flesh of men/ Just remember that death is not the end."
_"Death Is Not the End"
On God: "In the fury of the moment I can see the master's hand/ In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand."
_"Every Grain of Sand"
Random advice: Light yourself a candle/ Don't wear sandals/ Try to avoid the scandals/ Don't wanna be a bum/ You better chew gum."
_"Subterranean Homesick Blues"
