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
128x128Ag insider logo xs@2xsfar
"Ain't no use in talkin' t' me, it's just the same as talkin' t' you- Robert Zimmerman
Fewest words used to create the most vivid scene.

"It was a small town bank, it was a mess. Well I had a gun, you know the rest."

Highway 29- Da Boss
This may seem a bit corny, but the Star Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, will give me the biggest rush when performed right, at any major event.
"And when my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The guitar's comin' through
To soothe me"

--Dobie Gray