Best single line lyric in a song?

Did you ever walk up
To the edge of a cliff
Stare into the abyss
As your mind wonders if

Epiphany, TSO.
 
Kiss me goodnight Sgt Major and don't forget to shut the blinking door!
 
You can fight to change
Or you can fight to stay the same.



Somewhere in America, The Alternate Routes.
 
What if you knew her and found her dead on the ground? How could you run if you know?
 
“You can squeeze my lemon til the juice runs down my leg.”

Robert Johnson, Travelin’ Riverside Blues, 1937
 
There's far too many to choose the best. Besides the answer would vary day by day. Tonight I'm going with,
There's a light in your eye that keeps shining, like a star that can't wait for the night.
 
"I've been down this road before, alone as I can be."
"Careful not to let my past go sneakin' up on me."

"I remember everything"
John Prine
 
"It ain't the meat, it's the motion.
It's the movement that gives it the sock."

The Swallows (Yes that was the real name of the group) circa 1958
 
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Another from New Order’s The Perfect Kiss,

…My friend, he took his final breath
Now I know the perfect kiss is the kiss of death…
 
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
Do you know that you can use it?

The Clash - Clampdown
 
All completeness in the morning
Asleep on your side
I'll be waking up the crewmen
Banana-boat ride

From King Crimson - Book of Saturday
 
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