What's your favorite lyric from a song?

For those who may like sentimental ballads, as I do in many cases:

"You're My World," lyrics by the noted lyricist Carl Sigman:

You're my world, you're every breath I take
You're my world, every move I make
Other eyes see the stars up in the skies
But for me they shine within your eyes

As the trees reach for the sun above
So my arms reach out to you for love
With your hand resting in mine
I feel a power so divine

You're my world, you are my night and day
You're my world, you're every prayer I pray
If our love ceases to be
Then it's the end of my world for me

With your hand resting in mine
I feel a power so divine
You're my world, you are my night and day
You're my world, you're every prayer I pray
If our love ceases to be
Then it's the end of my world
End of my world
End of my world for me

The first recording using Sigman's English-language lyrics was done in 1964 by the late Cilla Black, who as many will realize was closely associated with the Beatles and producer George Martin. The song was later covered by Helen Reddy among many others. I recently happened across a 2014 performance by the British singer and actress Sheridan Smith, which as far as I am aware was never released as a recording but was performed in a three-part British TV series entitled "Cilla," in which she portrayed Ms. Black. I was struck by how this performance is a remarkable impression of Cilla Black's singing, but at the same time is better IMO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMHILWOo3II

Regards,
-- Al

P.S. to my previous post:  After looking further at the comments under the video I linked to it appears that the singing which accompanies the video is an "alternate take" that was recorded at some point by Cilla Black herself, although Sheridan Smith did the singing in the TV program from which the video was created.  So that explains why the singing was, as I said, "a remarkable impression of Cilla Black's singing."  :-)

Regards,
-- Al
 

I leave the party at 3:00 am.
Alone thank god.

Neko Case
Hold On, Hold On

You gotta wake up every mornin’,
tip toe in the kitchen
cook me a great big T-bone steak
Serve it to me in bed go down the street and hustle
bring back all the money you make
You gotta rub my body with sweet scented oil
cool me with a ’lectric fan
Run down to the church fall down on your knees say
"Lord I wanna thank you for that man"

And I call that true love, true and sweet
That ain’t the kind of love I’m gettin’
but baby, that’s the kind of love I need

Wanna come home every evenin’ to a great big meal
of wine and roasted pheasant
Say to me "Shel this is Suzy, this is Kay, I brought ’em
both home to you for a present"
Cops bust in and find my stash, you gotta tell ’em
it belongs to you
And when you’re sittin’ in slam tell all the other
chickies when they get out
they can look me up too
And I call that true love, true and sweet
That ain’t the kind of love I’m gettin’
but baby, that’s the kind of love I need

Some guy accuses me of foolin’ with his wife
and threatens to tear me apart
Points a gun at me, I want you to jump in the middle
and take the bullet in your own heart
And as you’re lying on the floor and dyin’
I want you to look to me and say
"Shel I’m sorry I messed up the rug
just roll my body out of the way"
And I call that true love, true and sweet
That ain’t the kind of love I’m gettin’
but baby, that’s the kind of love I need

Movie people call you on the telephone
I want you to turn down the part’And when we’re ballin’ baby, ride my top
so I never, ever strain my heart
And I call that true love, true and sweet
that ain’t the kind of love I’m gettin’
but baby that’s the kind of love I need.

"I Call That True Love"
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show