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Best rock lyric ever?

As usual I'm late to the party, but would like to submit:

Sittin' on a highway in a broken van
Thinking of you again
Guess I'm gonna have to hitchhike to the station
With every step I see your face...

Manhattan Seranade, Leon Russell

Or:

When I was young and they packed me off to school
And they taught me how not to play the game
I didn't mind if they groomed me for success
Or if they told me that I was just a fool
So I left there in the morning with their God tucked underneath my arm
Their half-assed smiles and the book of rules

Wind-up, Jethro Tull
 
As usual I'm late to the party, but would like to submit:

Sittin' on a highway in a broken van
Thinking of you again
Guess I'm gonna have to hitchhike to the station
With every step I see your face...

Manhattan Seranade, Leon Russell

Or:

When I was young and they packed me off to school
And they taught me how not to play the game
I didn't mind if they groomed me for success
Or if they told me that I was just a fool
So I left there in the morning with their God tucked underneath my arm
Their half-assed smiles and the book of rules

Wind-up, Jethro Tull

A pair of Great choices...but (maybe this isn’t the right thread) I wanna learn more about your avatar!
 
You're breakin' my heart, you're tearing it apart, so f*#$ you!

Harry Nilsson - You're Breaking My Heart
YAY! He had the Huevos to put Harry in here. Being a friend of Harry's in the last five years of his life I was afraid no one else would mention and credit him. So here is another one for you all.

I sang my Balls off for you honey, I broke the record masheeen!

Harry Nilson "Take 54"
From the Son Of Schmilsson album

Thanks Bob
 
Got mashed potatoes
Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone

Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone

Ain't got no T-Bone

Got mashed potatoes
Got mashed potatoes
Got mashed potatoes
Ain't got no T-Bone

Got mashed potatoes
Got mashed potatoes
Got mashed potatoes
Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone
Ain't got no T-Bone
 
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They used to play all kinds of stuff
And some of it was nice
Some of it was musical
But then they took some guy's advice
To get a record deal, he said
They would have to be more punk
Forget their chops and play real dumb
Or else they would be sunk
So off they go to S.I.R. to learn some stupid riffs
And practice all their poses
In between their powder sniffs
Chop up a line now, snort it up now!
 

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