Best single line lyric in a song?

[Saint Peter]

she's got a drinking problem
and its me

 

[lovetoread]

I turn my chin music up
And I'm puffing my chest
I'm getting red in the face
You can call me obsessed
It's not your fault that they hover
I mean no disrespect
It's my right to be hellish
I still get jealous

 

[fluffPE]

I turn my chin music up
And I'm puffing my chest
I'm getting red in the face
You can call me obsessed
It's not your fault that they hover
I mean no disrespect
It's my right to be hellish
I still get jealous

That's more than a single line, old lady!

 

[fluffPE]

That's more than a single line, old lady!

I just wrote that song!

 

[lovetoread]

I'm old. I get to follow my own rules now!

 

[Aglaopheme]

Every Other Freckle

Turn you inside out and lick you like a crisp packet

 

[Saint Peter]

And what matters ain't the "who's baddest" but
The ones who stop you fallin' from your ladder, baby

 

[Lyricalli]

I think you worried for me then
The subtle ways that I'd give in
But I know you liked the show

 

[Angeline]

"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."

 

[fluffPE]

"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away."

New testament?

 

[Angeline]

New testament?

The Book of Tom Waits

 

[fluffPE]

The Book of Tom Waits

That's why drugs are bad.

 

[Angeline]

That's why drugs are bad.

But he's right!

 

[fluffPE]

But he's right!

I couldn't force myself to listen long enough.

 

[MrBates2]

"Never let your fear decide your fate."

 

[Angeline]

I couldn't force myself to listen long enough.

Hahaha. He IS an acquired taste. He's a hell of a writer though.

 

[subtle_Dom]

just heard what always struck me as one of the worst opening lines of a song… so not exactly in line with the thread but…


"I don't know where I'm going, but I sure know where I've been.." (White snake - Here I go again)

not exactly insightful or thought provoking.. so the only proper response I can think of to that line and just as intelligent is.. "Duh"

 

[Lorilei]

Talk of yesterday and she will show her
brothers photographed in kalised clothes.
Say tomorrow and she 'll say come find me, on a beach and there will be no moon.

But say today and she will kiss your face and maybe forgive.

Talk of yesterday like bargain shoestring, she will kick the car and find her friends.
Say tomorrow and she'll describe some old communion cups and someones coat.

But say today and she may look your way and lead you home.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Shame, shame, shame *ding-ding*
whore

Shame, shame, shame *ding-ding*
cunt

Shame, shame, shame *ding-ding*
I've had half as many cocks as the Queen

Shame, shame, shame *ding-ding*
Sinner

Shame, shame, shame *ding-ding*
Lannister - suck me off!

 

[Tehalelu]

Money doesn't talk, it swears...

 

[Lyricalli]

I've been treading earth
From the time of birth
You can't stop this turning

 

[stoneroller1955]

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse?

 

[Zorber]

much too young to feel this damn old

 

[wizbit9]

What you got?

Bob Dylan - Masters Of War

describing american politicians

"That even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do"

 

[MaximillianMeen]

Don Henley, The Heart of the Matter:

We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age?

and

There are people in your life who've come and gone
They let you down, you know they hurt your pride
You better put it all behind you, 'cause life goes on
You keep carrying that anger, it'll eat you up inside