The best *one line* from song lyrics?

[User169]

Throwing Muses - Vicky's Box

"He won't ride in cars anymore / It reminds him of blow jobs, that he's a queer"

 

[Beebo]

"I hurt myself today" Hurt by Johnny Cash

As much as I love Johnny Cash and that song, it has to be acknowledge that it was a cover version of a Nine Inch Nail's song.

 

[Shaun]

"Shaved her legs and then he was a she." - Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

 

[Deleted member 1258]

more a verse than a one liner

A broom is drearily sweeping
up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping
Somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind, it cries Mary

The Wind Cries Mary Jimi Hendrix

 

[Speicher]

More than one line

I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call

Diamonds And Rust Joan Baez

Did you see the BBC programme about Joan Baez recently?

 

[Speicher]

"You never thought you'd be alone this far down the line."

The Eagles, Wasted Time

 

[welsh dragon]

Phil collins all my life

all my life I've been saying sorry

 

[MissTillyFlop]

"I hurt myself today" Hurt by Johnny Cash

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails (although I do prefer the JC version)

 

[nickyboy]

I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
Yo tell me what you want what you really, really want

 

[MissTillyFlop]

I find a couple of slices of marmite on toast help in such situations.

I'm allergic to yeast :-(

 

[Beebo]

I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
Yo tell me what you want what you really, really want

Ziggaziggah.

 

[MontyVeda]

a time for giving, a time for getting, a time for forgiving and a time for forgetting


....all kneel and praise Sir Cliff !

 

[Maverick Goose]

''There's always someone with a big nose who knows''

 

[MontyVeda]

six pages and no mention of Hal David??? unless i missed it.

Magic Moments is packed full of perfectly simple gems... especially this one:

The halloween hop when everyone came in funny disguises


...and the solemn way he ends the cinematic song 24 Hours From Tulsa:

when i can never... never... never.... go home again

 

[Fnaar]

Hurt by Nine Inch Nails (although I do prefer the JC version)

I think I'm alone in HATING the Johnny Cash version. Now don't get me wrong, I'm a big JC fan, and I LOOOOOOVE most of the 'American' stuff, but that song (and the vid) just seem incongruous to me, they just don't go with JC, I'm afraid. Most of the song works, but the 'hurt' bit (if meant physically) just doesn't work for me.