Best single line lyric in a song?

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

Al Stewart- Genie on a Tabletop
 
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.)
 
It takes a whole lot of whiskey to make these nightmares go away....

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

Sometimes it's hard

 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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