You treat a lady like a dame, and a dame like a lady.
You've either got or you haven't got style, and if you've got it you stand out a mile.
Dyin' is a pain in the ass.
A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.
You better get busy living, because dying's a pain in the ass.
The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but it really is a backdrop. To convey the meaning of a song you need to look at the lyric and understand it.