Best line in a song?

Big man, pig man
Ha ha, charade you are
~ Pink Floyd, Pigs

 

Yes, from one of the still-unacknowledged, by the academics, great American poets of the last 60 yrs. Paul Simon.

 

"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls,
... and tenement halls,
... and whispered in the sound of silence"​

 

Wow, we could fill an entire thread by posting just one or two lines at a time from all his songs. I guess that would be 'hogging the thread', but the temptation is there!

 

Had to write an essay on that song back in school, don't think anyone in the class got the true meaning.

 

One of the best songs ever written.
Tracy Chapman-Fast Car
so remember when we were driving driving in your car
Speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone