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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"There ain't no devil, just God when he's drunk"
Tom Waits - Heart Attack and Vine

the clouds will part and the sky cracks open
and god himself will reach his f'ing arm
through
just to push you down
just to hold you down
NIN - The Wretched

airstream is so shinny
and it's made out of aluminum
you can't tell if it's a '64
or an '81
The Vandals - Airstream