What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck
Another that I like is from Janis Ian's "At Seventeen":

The small town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise
When payment due
Exceeds accounts received
At seventeen
yes, it's no use saying that you don't know nothing
It's still gonna get you if don't do something
Sitting on a fence that's a dangerous course
Oh, you could even catch a bullet from the peace-keeping force Even the hero gets a bullet in the chest
Oh yeah, once upon a time in the west
by Dire Straits off "Communique"
...and dropping a barbell he points to the sky/ The sun's not yellow, it's chicken.
Well, lots of favorites. How about these?

"My old man, he's like a feudal lord
Got more lives than a cat
neser seen him quarrel with my mother evev once
things come alive or they fall flat"

"It's not always easy kicking someone out
Gotta wait a while -- it can be an unpleasant task
Sometimes sombody wants you to give something up
and tears or not, it's too much to ask."

Both from "Floater (too much to ask)" -- Bob Dylan

And

I got a cravin' love for blazing speed
Got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon love, throw your panties on the board
I can write you poems, make a strong man lose his mind
I'm a pig without a wig
I hope you trat me kind"

from "High Water", again Bob Dylan