Greatest ONE LINE in a song ever

[NauticalGent]

Greatest ONE LINE in a song ever.
Not verse, chorus or bridge.
Just one line.
Let's hear it...

 

[Ranman256]

You can checkout anytime you like, but you can never leave.

 

[NauticalGent]

You can checkout anytime you want, but you can never leave.

A classic...

 

[The_Doc_Man]

That leads to a question, since "one line" can be interpreted as one complete sentence OR one musical phrase - which can be totally different. IF we take the "complete sentence" for that "one line" then I offer this:

"And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there." - USA: National anthem a.k.a. "The Star-Spangled Banner"

BUT if we are in a different mood,

"Who will climb the stair to try, who will sample my supply" - Cole Porter's "Love for sale."

OR if we are going for absolute, laser-like purity of focus, there is this Neal Hefti composition from a TV theme of a few decades ago...

"da da da da da da da da da da da da Batman"

You KNOW I can't do this without a touch of the whimsical.

 

[GK in the UK]

And when he died, all he left us was alone

I once loved a maid, a spot welder by trade

If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all

you keep lyin', when you oughta be truthin'

Look pretty young but I’m just backdated

 

[NauticalGent]

That leads to a question, since "one line" can be interpreted as one complete sentence OR one musical phrase - which can be totally different. IF we take the "complete sentence" for that "one line" then I offer this:

"And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there." - USA: National anthem a.k.a. "The Star-Spangled Banner"

BUT if we are in a different mood,

"Who will climb the stair to try, who will sample my supply" - Cole Porter's "Love for sale."

OR if we are going for absolute, laser-like purity of focus, there is this Neal Hefti composition from a TV theme of a few decades ago...

"da da da da da da da da da da da da Batman"

You KNOW I can't do this without a touch of the whimsical.

Doc will be Doc...

 

[NauticalGent]

And when he died, all he left us was alone

I once loved a maid, a spot welder by trade

If it wasn’t for bad luck, I wouldn’t have no luck at all

you keep lyin', when you oughta be truthin'

Look pretty young but I’m just backdated

And since I am holding a gun to your head, which one of those is "it"?

 

[GK in the UK]

It would have to Born Under A Bad Sign. But as a folk guy as well some of Ewan MacColl's lyrics are priceless.

 

[theDBguy]

"And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know" - Kansas

 

[moke123]

DBG gets a like just for being a Kansas fan.

 

[theDBguy]

DBG gets a like just for being a Kansas fan.

@moke123 Right back at you!

 

[moke123]

Brings back memories of Koo Koo Juice parties freshman year of college

 

[NauticalGent]

Ok Moke, what is your lyric?

 

[Steve R.]

From Eagles, Life in the Fast Lane": Two one liners.

He was brutally handsome
And she was terminally vain

From the song "Against the Wind".

I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Doc will be Doc...

Except when I'm beside myself, in which case I will be twins.

 

[AccessBlaster]

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.​

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?​

 

[NauticalGent]

If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding.​

How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?​

I was wondering when you were going to show...

 

[AngelSpeaks]

Gotta be from Chicago to get this:

Their good manners ya always will get
'Cause they're all recent graduates of the charm school in Joliet

 

[AccessBlaster]

Gotta be from Chicago to get this:

Kinda Arlo Guthrie sounding

 

[moke123]

Ok Moke, what is your lyric?

I was a big Zappa fan back in the day so too many to choose from.