Best rock lyric ever?

[Hevy T]

I met him in a swamp down in dagobah
Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda
S O D A, soda

I saw the little runt sitting there on a log
I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said, "Yoda"
Y O D A, Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Well, I've been around, but I ain't never seen
A guy who looks like a muppet, but he's wrinkled and green
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand
How he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda, yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

 

[djaxup]

And I don't, I don't know why
we question who we are and then we die
I guess, I'll see you when it ends
I'll see you 'round the bend
My sober sorry friend

Karnivool - Change

 

[Killed_by_Death]

Supernaut - Black Sabbath:

Got no religion, don't need no friends
Got all I want and I don't need to pretend
Don't try to reach me, 'cause I'd tear up your mind
I've seen the future and I've left it behind

 

[Billoney]

You'll be dead and in hell before I'm born. (early Doors).

 

[Ellery]

You suffer...but why?

 

[Robscott]

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 wish you wouldn't call me daddy when we're getting it on"

 

[Christine]

Amazing how many lyrics I recognise

Ton Waits
And a Wisconsin hiker with a cue-ball head
He's wishing he was home in a Wisconsin bed
But there's fifteen feet of snow in the East
Colder then a well digger's ass
And it's colder than a well digger's ass

Ziggy again because it defines rock and roll to me
The bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar

Siouxsie and the Banshees because it summed up mid century Britain and my youth
Television flickers
With another news bulletin
Flints light up the eyes of the seated family

Someone mentioned a men at work lyric, not a lyric but the whole song sorry, it's just life living by the beach

Down by the sea
I found your hidden treasure
Just you and me
We overdosed on pleasure
Yonnies in the wind
We're ruggin up for winter
Putting out the bins
In cold and windy weather

Down by the docks
Live all the silent sea-ships
Crates are stored on blocks
Where now only the rats live

Sail me down the river
Till we reach the shore
Diving into the center
Eating out the core

Down on the beach
Saluting Captain Benbow
Always out of reach
It's quiet when the tide's low

Climbing up the cliffs
You can see for miles far
The boat that ran adrift
Is sitting on the sandbar

 

[klaatu]

The night I was born, the moon turned a fiery red - Jimi Hendrix

 

[Jonathan Eliot]

We will, we will rock you!

 

[Jonathan Eliot]

Wrapped up like a douche another roller in the night.

The ants are my friends, they're blowing in the wind.

 

[packhowitzer]

Electric Angels - I never really loved you, I just drank too much.

 

[Son of Wobble]

" Treating people just like pawns in chess...wait til their judgment day comes! "

Oh Lord yeah!

 

[MrCrane]

There's a guy works down the chip shop swears he's Elvis, but he's a liar and I'm not sure about you. - Kirsty MacColl - There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop...

or

I loved you then as I love you still, though I put you on a pedestal, they put you on the pill. - Billy Bragg - A New England

or

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's, his hair was perfect
Warren Zevon- Werewolves of London

 

[nilorius]

Bad to the bone.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed and deranged
I've existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm a tool of the government
And industry too
And I am destined to rule and regulate you
I may be vile and pernicious
But you cant look away
I'll make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozing out of your TV set (internet)

Frank warned us 40 years ago....

 

[Bthebassplayer]

Don't damn me when I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me

AMEN....

 

[Tommygun_ted]

Well I woke up Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast, wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert.

 

[Kmonk]

Mungo Jerry - (In The Summer Time) "If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal, if her daddy's poor just do what you feel"

The Knack - (Good Girls Don't) - "She'll Be Telling You, Good Girls Don't, But I Do"

 

[bolophonic]

“I know I ain’t doing much. Doing nothing means a lot to me.”

—Bon Scott

 

[Dabndug]

I don't know how much more of this I can take -
She's filing her nails while they're dragging the lake

On a more positive note:
With light in my head
And you in my arms
Woohoo!