He blew his mind out in a car

west

This is the day of the expanding manThat shape is my shade

There where I used to stand
It seems like only yesterday
I gazed through the glass
At ramblers, wild gamblers
That's all in the past

You call me a fool
You say it's a crazy scheme
This one's for real
I already bought the dream
So useless to ask me why
Throw a kiss and say goodbye
I'll make it this time
I'm ready to cross that fine line

Learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

My back to the wall
A victim of laughing chance
This is for me
The essence of true romance
Sharing the things we know and love
With those of my kind
Libations
Sensations
That stagger the mind

I crawl like a viper
Through these suburban streets
Make love to these women
Languid and bittersweet
I rise when the sun goes down
Cover every game in town
A world of my own
I'll make it my home sweet home

Learn to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

This is the night of the expanding man
I take one last drag
As I approach the stand
I cried when I wrote this song
Sue me if I play too long
This brother is free
I'll be what I want to be

I learned to work the saxophone
I play just what I feel
Drink Scotch whiskey all night long
And die behind the wheel
They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide
Call me Deacon Blues

HAL9000

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

OK, I know it's not a Roger Waters original but it's a line that fits perfectly.

CeeBee

I never thought it would happen
with me and the girl from Clapham

JezWynd

sixteen and time to pay off
I get this job in a piss factory inspecting the pipe...

Placidcasual79

For phrasing I think the beautiful Mirror ball from the Seldom Seem Kid by Elbow -

My sorry name
Has made it to graffiti.
I was looking for
Someone to complete me.

Not anymore, dear,
Everything has changed.

When we make the moon our mirror ball
The street's an empty stage;
The city sirens, violins.
Everything has changed.

Placidcasual79

Or how about the utterly classic debut album statement of intent -

I can feel the earth begin to move
I hear my needle hit the groove
And spiral through another day
I hear my song begin to say
Kiss me where the sun don't shine
The past was yours
But the future's mine
You're all out of time

ArchtopDave

Jesus died for somebody's sins
 But not mine.

Reverend

Riding hells stallions,  bareback and free.
Taking our chances with raw energy. 

Black metal.

IvisonGuitars

It's fun to stay at the... WHY EM SEE AYE!!

Wazmeister

"Well this world is cruel with its twists and its turns
But the fire's still in me and the passion it burns
I love her madly 'til the day I die
'Til hell freezes over and the rivers run dry..."

Ravenous

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one"

(The world needs more lines like this today. Can't believe it's been 36 years...)

Emp_Fab

Chalky said:

Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you

I used to sing that with mum.

fields5069

How's this for a perfect scan:

Oh darling sugar honey
When it was nice and sunny
And when I had some money
We would go and see Echo And The Bunny
-Men

fields5069

Or even:

Slowly I pick my life up
Then I go and pick the wife up
She works at Marks And Spencer's
La-la-la Lech Walesa's

Ravenous

fields5069 said:

How's this for a perfect scan:

Oh darling sugar honey
When it was nice and sunny
And when I had some money
We would go and see Echo And The Bunny
-Men

+wisdom. Half Man Half Biscuit deserve nothing less!

(Everybody's Doing the Len Ganley Stance)

Paul_C

Some girl's mothers are bigger
than other girl's mothers

west

where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life,
 to get the feel of life ......

Budgie

I walked with Jesus and He would say
Oh you poor child, you ain't coming with me, no way
He found heaven on earth, He's gonna burn for your sins
But I think I'll be good company down there with all my friends

Bygone_Tones

You can't help my life, but you can hide the knives.

freakboy1610

The first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met,
And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get,
I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger's hand,
An assault my defences systematically failed to withstand.