Best rock lyric ever?

[rickwolff]

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but my favorite is Bob Seger in 'Against the Wind':

"wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"

 

[Asylum-49]

“'Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by the river”

“And I listen for the voice inside my head Nothin', I'll do this one myself”

“Hospitals not profit full
Yet market bulls got pockets full”

Torn between these three.

 

[dagrev]

So don't ask me no questions And I won't tell you no lies
So don't ask me 'bout my business And I won't tell you goodbye

 

[Genomatic2]

Just shake that *** *****, and let me see what you got!

 

[Ayce]

Didn't read every page, yet, but one of my favorite lyrics is
You can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave.
According to Kim Mitchell, the scariest lyric in rock and roll.

 

[Aeynghus]

I hadn't intended to bend the rules
Whiskey don't make liars, it just makes fools
So I didn't mean to say it
But I meant what I said
Too long in the Wasteland
Must have gone to my head

 

[Andy Coconut]

What's the ugliest part of your body? Some say your nose Some say your toes I think it's your mind

 

[Kevin Teed]

Well she was just 17, and you know what I mean.

 

[greatbassguitar]

“I would give you all the stars in the sky but they’re too far away...” by the shiftless Michael Starr of Steel Panther

 

[MikeybassS]

Not a poll and I know there is no correct answer. Just wondering what lyric you think is the best ever.

I'm specifically saying lyric as opposed to lyrics. Just one line, not a whole verse or chorus.

I went to see Nine Inch Nails last night and I think Trent Reznor came up with the best rock lyric ever. First line to the chorus of Closer: I want to **** you like an animal.

It's nasty, vulgar, offensive, dangerous, and menacing but it's also sexy, fun, and crazy. It's a song that is rough enough for the boys but still sexy enough for the girls to get into as well. A nice balance. And it was a wonderful experience to be in a room with thousands of women screaming that line at the top of their lungs.

I have one: Time is getting closer. I read it on a poster.

 

[Dolemite1220]

You know the day destroys the night, night divides the day, tried to run, tried to hide.

 

[Gustopher]

"I know the peices fit, I watched them fall away"

 

[hatchards]

Not a poll and I know there is no correct answer. Just wondering what lyric you think is the best ever.

I'm specifically saying lyric as opposed to lyrics. Just one line, not a whole verse or chorus.

I went to see Nine Inch Nails last night and I think Trent Reznor came up with the best rock lyric ever. First line to the chorus of Closer: I want to **** you like an animal.

It's nasty, vulgar, offensive, dangerous, and menacing but it's also sexy, fun, and crazy. It's a song that is rough enough for the boys but still sexy enough for the girls to get into as well. A nice balance. And it was a wonderful experience to be in a room with thousands of women screaming that line at the top of their lungs.

Not a poll and I know there is no correct answer. Just wondering what lyric you think is the best ever.

I'm specifically saying lyric as opposed to lyrics. Just one line, not a whole verse or chorus.

I went to see Nine Inch Nails last night and I think Trent Reznor came up with the best rock lyric ever. First line to the chorus of Closer: I want to **** you like an animal.

It's nasty, vulgar, offensive, dangerous, and menacing but it's also sexy, fun, and crazy. It's a song that is rough enough for the boys but still sexy enough for the girls to get into as well. A nice balance. And it was a wonderful experience to be in a room with thousands of women screaming that line at the top of their lungs.

Th

 

[Joejobass]

I've got no kick against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And lose the beauty of the melody

 

[Ryan Gamble]

"Nobody's perfect
Not even a perfect stranger
But oh what a gal
She was such a perfect stranger"

From the song Time The Avenger by The Pretenders

 

[j_zuilkowski]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer
"The Sage"

I carry the dust of a journey
That cannot be shaken away
It lives deep within me
For I breathe it every day

You and I are yesterdays answers
The earth of the past come to flesh
Eroded by times rivers
To the shapes we now possess.

Come share of my breath and my substance
And mingle our streams and our times
In bright infinite moments
Our reasons are lost in our rhymes.

 

[Rum Ham]

Long post but my vote is for Steve Earle's "Over Yonder".
It's a true story recounting the execution of Jonathan Nobles.

The warden said he'd mail my letter
The chaplain's waiting by the door
Tonight well cross that yard together
They can't hurt me anymore.

I am going over yonder
Where no ghost can follow me
There's another place beyond here
Where I'll be free, I believe

Give my radio to Johnson
Thibodeaux can have my fan
Send my bible home to Mama
Call her every now and then.

I suppose I got it comin'
I can't ever pay enough
All my ripping and runnin'
I hurt everyone I loved.

The world'll turn around without me
The sun'll come up in the east
Shinin down on all of them that hate me
I hope my goin' brings 'em peace.

 

[tobynjake]

"I was so upset that I cried,all the way to the chip shop.."

Jilted John,1978......

 

[jazza42uk]

Rush, 'Territories':
They shoot without shame
In the name of a piece of dirt
For a change of accent
Or the colour of your shirt
Better the pride that resides
In a citizen of the world
Than the pride that divides
When a colourful rag is unfurled

 

[Bongo122819]

"deliver de letta the sooner de betta ".....the Marvelettes. Please Mr. Postman
"motor cooled down, heat went down that's when I heard that Highway Sound"....Chuck Berry. Maybellene