What's your favorite lyric from a song?


Just curious what stays with people...
arthursmuck
B. Dylan : "Idiot winds, I’m surprised we can even feed ourselves". Who else would include himself in such a condemnation?
Lots of good ones already. I have trouble picking one. I love song lyrics. Here's some for me that for some reason jumped right to memory:

"The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more."

"I feel the earth move under my feet, I see the sky tumbling down."

"At last, my love has come along."

"Now there's girls melting on the beach
And they're so fine but so out of reach
Cause I'm stuck in traffic, down here on 53rd Street"

"The first time ever I saw your face"

"They're just a bunch of clowns, don't let 'em grind ya' down."

"'You shook me all night long."

"Lord, what have I ever done, to deserve even one, of the pleasures I've known."

"See him wasted on the sidewalk, in his jacket and his jeans, wearing his misfortune like a smile."

"A southern man don't need him around anyhow."

"Hey teacher! I got my pencil, give me something to write on, man!"

"School's out forever."

"Two inches of water and a lonely ditch, was a grave for Ira Hayes."
Your mention of the "southern man don't need him around anyhow" reminds me that "your Cadillac has got a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track" is a great line. 

One of my all-time favorites is the last part of "Positively 4th Street,"  a classic put-down:

Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is
To see you