Best single line lyric in a song?

[Charles59]

The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I'm strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain't heavy, he's my brother

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother- The Hollies
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Drowning,In the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown

Sara- Fleetwood Mac

 

[Lorilei]

I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

 

[thebeesknees]

I like my women just a little on the trashy side
When they wear their close to tight and their hair is dyed

 

[Lorilei]

That whole world's a lonely, faded picture in my mind
Am I the last of my kind?

 

[LincolnDuncan]

I've had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just give me some truth

 

[y=mx+b]

Certainly been quoted before. Nevertheless...

Did you exchange
A walk-on part in the war
For a leading role in a cage?

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here

Just an all-around beautifully crafted song that is (in my opinion) rightfully over-played.

 

[Dbscbigi]

"She told me to come, but I was already there"
AC/DC "Shook me all night long"

"I'm a back door man"
Jim Morrison

" Really really love it when we shake and bake, and you make me lick the frosting off your cake"
Jeff Curry " Fun in the kitchen"

" Going to the cocksuckers ball"
The one and only, Frank Zappa

The entire lyrics to "Rosie "
Jackson Brown's ode to masturbation

 

[_MissBehavingBadly_]

Audioslave
"Show Me How To Live"

And with the early dawn
Moving right along, I couldn't buy an eye-full of sleep
And in the aching night under satellites, I was not received
Built with stolen parts, a telephone in my heart, someone get me a priest, to put my mind to bed
This ringing in my head, is this a cure or is this a disease?

~

I Won't Give Up
by Jason Mraz

When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night skies
Or a beautiful sunrise
There's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Hey, hey baby when you walk that way, watch your honey drip can't keep away

 

[Harrypalm]

I've been a king
And I've been a pauper
And everything there is in between
It took some time to know what is timeless
But I've found and learned what that means
I'll never leave you, girl
'Cause I know the catch
Wonders of this world
Will never come with a match

T. G. Sheppard
Only One You.

 

[silver gurl]

I'm throwing caution
What's it gonna be?
Tonight, the winds of change are blowing wild and free
If I don't get out
Out of this town
I just might be the one who finally burns it down
I'm throwing caution
I'm throwing caution

 

[hulmule]

So you found me hard to handle
Well, I'm easier to hold
So you like my spurs that jingle
And I'll never leave you cold
So I might steal your diamonds
I'll bring you back some gold
I'm no angel

 

[JakeFromStateFarm]

Raised my rifle to my eye.

Never stopped to wonder why.

I saw black.

And my face splashed in the sky.

Neil Young. Powderfinger.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

They scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet

 

[philos]

Well, I heard some people talkin' just the other day
And they said you were gonna put me on a shelf
But let me tell you I got some news for you
And you'll soon find out it's true
And then you'll have to eat your lunch all by yourself
Eagles- Already gone

 

[Sweet_Lara]

she was down and he was up
bon scott & the young brothers

 

[oneblueye]

hey...

"people ask me how I sleep at night,
with a revolving bedroom door.
but they don't know that my game is tight
and they ALL come back for more.

But I play dirty, dirty, dirty...
I hit pretty hard below the belt!!!
But between hello and good-bye
A WHOLE LOTTA GOOD LOVE CAN BE FELT."

re-arranged excerpt of
I PLAY DIRTY
'Spooks on the 3rd Floor'

 

[Bigspurt]

James McMurtry, Choctaw Bingo

Ruth Ann and Lynn they wear them cut off britches and those skinny little halters
And they're second cousins to me
Man I don't care I want to get between 'em
With a great big ol' hard on like a old bois d' arc fence post
You could hang a pipe rail gate from
Do some twisted sisters 'til the cows come home
And we'd be havin' us a time

 

[rosco rathbone]

something by Mark E Smith but it changes

 

[DuchessOfDutch]

not to be depressing or anything, and yes, i'm fine, but this one:

i don't wanna die, i sometimes wish i'd never been born at all *wicked guitar solo*

from bohemian rhapsody

 

[Lorilei]

We've Met

We've met, I can tell you don't remember, I can see it your face, I should have never left this place,
We've met, before you were a Christian, before your eyes were blue, and all that gets you through.

Do you know how long I've waited, do you know how long I waited, for you,
Dream big, that's what you used to tell me, before I went away, would you say the same today,
You knew, that I couldn't work the foundry and I couldn't play the fool and I wouldn't stay for you.

And the drunks all think I made it, and the girls all twist and shake it like they do,
All my playground fears have faded replaced with grown up nightmares that have come true.

We've met in another motion picture with stain glass effigies, did it even look like me,
I bet this town is in your blood now but it didn't have to be, no it didn't have to be.

You know I thought I'd find the answers in the troubadour land dancers, brand new
Do you think I've learned my lesson, did I make a new impression on you
We've met, I can tell you don't remember, I can see it your face, I should have never left this place.

 

[horrorotic]

From Guns and Roses Night train

I have one life left in a nine live cat, I have a dog eat dog smile. I got a molotov cocktail, I smoke my cigarette with style.

 

[Paul_Chance]

"Hello, hello, this is Romeo
calling from a jackpot telephone..." - Melissa Etheridge

 

[Mature4P]

Ever Changing Moods

The past is our knowledge, the present our mistake and the future we always leave to late.......

Paul Weller
(One of many brilliant lyrics from the best of his generation.)

 

[jdc38]

Always like this verse from Deep Purples’s Knocking on Your Back Door:

So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
A master of many tongues
And now she eases gently
From her Austin to her Bentley
Suddenly she feels so young