What's your favorite lyric from a song?

Lenny Bruce Bob Dylan

Lenny Bruce is dead but his ghost lived on and on
Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Synanon

He was an outlaw, that’s for sure
More of an outlaw than you ever were

Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit’s living on and on.

Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn’t work out
But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talking about

Never robbed any churches, nor cut of any babies heads
He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds

He’s on some other shore, he didn’t want to live anymore.

Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn’t commit any crime
He just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time

I rode with him in a taxi once, only for a mile and a half
Seemed like it took a couple of months

Lenny Bruce moved on and like the ones that killed him, gone.

They say he was sick ’cause he didn’t play by the rules
He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools

They stamped him and they labeled him like they do with pants and shirts
He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts

Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had.

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It’s a song that just builds and builds. That last line must resonate with a lot of people.

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