Best single line lyric in a song?

[Kelliezgirl]

Like a figure skating gigolo looking for a heart to steal
Like a simulated orgasm suddenly becoming real

Al Stewart- Genie on a Tabletop

 

[thetiesthatbindme]

White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane; the entire song--love it!

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I've been contemplating suicide, but it really doesn't suit my style.

 

[jaF0]

I've had dreams that shone like diamonds flow thorough my hands like so much dust.

-Robin Trower

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

All at once, you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl

-Long December, Counting Crows

 

[jaF0]

Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys’ll know I died standin’ pat


-- St James Infirmary (Various versions in the 1920s and 30s.)

 

[SmokingFap]

"I want to be good, is that not enough?" Squeeze, Another Nail Through My Heart

 

[jaF0]

'Don't you love her as she's walking out the door?'

- The Doors.

 

[Jodaily]

It takes a whole lot of whiskey to make these nightmares go away....

Tom Waits

 

[jaF0]

'This is what it sounds like when Doves cry.'

 

[SmokingFap]

I've been wanting to make myself several t-shirts with my favorite song lyrics. I don't see any copyright issues as long as they're just for me and I'm not selling any of them. But here are the ones that I've got so far.

* The one I quoted above
* "I'm only faking when I get it right." Soundgarden
* "No one ever is to blame." Howard Jones
* "I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert." Big Country
* "I am human and I need to be loved. Just like everybody else does." The Smiths
* "Can you hear them? They talk about us, telling lies, well, that's a surprise." The Go-Gos

 

[KentLondon]

For me, it's always been the first line of Gloria Estefan singing Don't Wanna Lose You:

Sometimes it's hard

 

[Handeguy]

The flag of piracy flew from my mast, my sails were set wing to wing
I had a jukebox graduate for first mate she couldn't sail but she sure could sing.

 

[Stan_the_skin]

You criticise us, you say we're shit. But we are up here and we are doing it. So don't criticise the things we do, Coz no fucker pays to go and see you.
We are the league - Anti Nowhere League

 

[jaF0]

What have they done to the earth, yeah?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down

 

[jaF0]

Listen children to a story that was written long ago ...

 

[TnA4U]

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than die with the saints. The sinners are much more fun.
Only the good die young.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

I have always thought about
Staying in and going out
Tonight I should have stayed at home
Playing with my pleasure zone

The Perfect Kiss-New Order

 

[Lazybones60]

So take a good look at my face
You'll see my smile looks out of place
If you look closer, it's easy to trace
The tracks of my tears

Smokey Robinson

 

[The1goodson]

I’ve seen love come, I’ve seen it shot down, I’ve seen it die in vain... Jon Bon Jovi


Step out the front door likes ghost into the fog, where no one notices the contrast of white on white....
Counting crows

 

[Gazzspeed]

And she feeds me love and tenderness and macaroons...

Sweet City Woman - The Stampeders

 

[jaF0]

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

 

[MissMaidenMinx]

I'm a tough bitch but I'm sensitive

 

[Excitabletom]

Can't seem to drink you off my mind - Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones

 

[Razzyricho]

I love you ain’t no pick up line…