What's your favorite lyric from a song?

I always liked the lyrics to The Lamia. A bit dark, but also very poetic and beautifully descriptive.

Honourable mentions to Fountain of Salmacis, Ripples & One for the Vine.

I always thought a lyric was a one-liner in a song, not the whole song as many above have interpreted it...

Mine: Springsteen - Rosalita: " ... Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny... "

"When I was young it was more important
Pain more painful but I laughed much louder then
...When I was young"

Eric Burdon & The Animals - When I was young

To sing a song for you
I recall you used to say
oh baby this one’s for we two
Which in the end is you anyway

TEA FOR ONE / LED ZEPPELIN 

The satirical lyrics of Peter Gabriel....

"There's no-one left alive - must be draw."
So the Blackcap Barons toss a coin to settle the score.


The Battle of Epping Forest. [Taken from a news story concerning two rival gangs fighting over East-End Protection rights.]