Best lines in a song


There has been a long-running thread here of 'Best quotes' but maybe it would be interesting to find out folks' favorite lines from songs. To keep it on some sort of track, let's have a few ground rules.

- Attribution is required, who sang it (or wrote it) and where can we hear it?
- Shorter is better, four lines maximum, a verse. These should be words of wisdom that can be summoned for inspiration in social emergencies.
- If you're an opera fan, you're welcome to post in Italian, just don't expect many high fives from the monolingual among us.

I'll throw out a couple for starters:

When you're rockin' and a rollin' you can't hear your momma call.
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly

All I want in this life of mine is some good clean fun.
All I want in this life and time is some hit and run.
Little Feat - Fat Man in the Bathtub
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"I've been downhearted, baby--ever since the day we met"--B.B. King, "How Blue Can You Get"
...and i said let grief be a falling leaf at the dawning of the day - Van Morrison & chieftains Raglan Rd (traditional)...
06-09-08: Somec59
Well I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer
Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel
Jim Morrison

Somec59...from "Roadhouse Blue", the lines I love are..
"A keep you eyes on the road, you hands upon the wheel;
Keep you eyes on the road, you hands upon the wheel.
Yea - we're goin' to the roadhouse; gonna have a real good time.
[ ]...
"Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.
The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
[ ]...

"Yikes!"

The Doors on "Morrison Hotel"
believe that (D) cold cold beer
Tastes better on a barstool than it does anywhere
I believe hard (D) work really makes the man
But everyone should wet a line every now and then
I believe it''s (G) best to pay with cash
And I believe that (C) Jesus is coming (G) back
Before she does (D)

Repeat Chorus

I believe she (D) was a real good thing
Can you believe I let a girl like that get away
I believe (G) she meant it the night she packed
And said that (C) Jesus is coming (G) back
Before she (D) does
Before she does (D)