Best single line lyric in a song?

[KimGordon67]

It ain't written in the papers, but it's written on the walls
The way this country's divided to fall
(The The)

You weren't much of a muse,
But then, I wasn't much of a poet
(Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds)

I watch your hands like butterflies landing
(ditto ... actually, most of my favourite lyrics are written by Nick Cave)

 

[Jakeransome]

I made her pussy purr with the stroke of my hand.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Written by Joni Mitchell.

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"They're Selling postcards of a hanging"

"I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the laces
Of my shoe"

Both Bob Dylan

And Joni wrote it as a soulful ballad. According to Graham Nash, Stephen Stills gave it the up tempo. 5:30

 

[GrandpaBill]

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[GrandpaBill]

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[GrandpaBill]

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[Voboy]

"So typical: a battle of wits, and I've come half-prepared..."

-Trashcan Sinatras, You Made Me Feel

 

[MichaelinChina]

And the excess of fat on your American bones
will cushion the impact as you sink like a stone


Crowded House - (Can I have another piece of) Chocolate Cake

 

[albertaboy]

One of many verses from songs by the Hip

I left your house this morning
About a quarter after nine
Could have been the Willie Nelson
Could have been the wine

 

[babslovesherdaddy]

What do you mean, I don't believe in God?
I talk to him every day.
What do you mean, I don't support your system?
I go to court when I have to.
What do you mean, I can't get to work on time?
Got nothin' better do do.
What do you mean, I don't pay my bills?
Why do you think I'm broke? Huh?

Megadeth

 

[Gwanji16]

Bastille -Pompeii

When the walls come tumbling down
On the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above
But when you close your eyes,
It almost seems like nothing's changed at all
How am I going to be an optimist about this?
How am I going to be an optimist about this?
If you close your eyes

 

[tisvickie]

OK. I didn't have time to go through all of the posts so if this is a repost, then I guess I owe someone a hand job or something.

ahem....here are my fave lyrics (more than a single line, sorry):

I close my eyes and see you before me
Think I would die if you were to ignore me
A fool could see just how much I adore you
I'd get down on my knees, I'd do anything for you

I don't want anybody else
When I think about you, I touch myself
Ooh, I don't want anybody else
Oh no, oh no, oh no

 

[txgent101]

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest"

Simon & Garfunkel 'The Boxer'1969

 

[DooleyDarter]

Harry Nillson - You're breaking my heart, you're tearing it apart, so fuck you

 

[Beco]

I've got another confession to make
I'm your fool

 

[navycolt]

"I know what I want but I just don't know."

Manic Depression, Jimi Hendrix

 

[Thomasoir]

"But I believe in this and it's been tested by research
He who fucks nuns will later join the church"

Death or Glory - The Clash

 

[talkeasy5813]

Rose Gold - Pentatonix

"Like a myth, the story of our lives
Couldn't fit in only black and white
If it's true that legends never die
Me and you could stand the test of time."

 

[jezzilee]

NIN

Bow down before the one you serve
You're going to get what you deserve

Head Like a Hole


I'm kinda partial to that one.

 

[sweepthefloor]

have you got no fucking homes of your own?

 

[sweepthefloor]

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.

 

[Phillyguy902]

"You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows."

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

 

[lovetoread]

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
The night has gone
A part of yesterday

 

[Hard_Rom]

And my time is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite
Who's chokin' on the splinters

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star
In somebody else's sky
But why
Why
Why can't it be
Why can't it be mine