Coolest lines in rock history

A buddy who plays local clubs around Uni's hometown was telling him how when he does "Roadhouse Blues," there is one line that he never gets to sing alone because no matter where he is the crowd joins in ...

"Woke up this mornin' and I got my-self a beer"

I told him I was not surprised because that is one of the all-time coolest lines in rock and roll history. Which got me wondering and forced me to start this thread. What other lines are classics in terms of coolness?

 

not necessarily cool, per se, but the last song on elliott smith's first posthumous album (and the only one to feature material worked upon when he offed himself) had this solid one:

sun's rising on a choppy glare
rain dropping acid bought up in the air
a distorted reality is now a necessity
to be free

it's so disappointing
first i'll put it all down to luck
god knows why my
country don't give a f@$#

pretty good kiss-off-before-i-leave-this-mortal-coil.

my pops was always fond of she blew my nose and / then she blew my mind.

 

You raise up your head
And you ask, "Is this where it is?"
And somebody points to you and says
"It's his"
And you say, "What's mine?"
And somebody else says, "Where what is?"
And you say, "Oh my God
Am I here all alone?"

 

Also:


A lot people don't have much food on their tables,
But they got a lot of forks and knives, and they gotta cut something.

 

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste.



I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

 

She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean, she was the best damn woman I had ever seen.

 

This should be a great thread, but a line is not 15-20 words. It's short and sweet.

I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight
In an everlasting kiss

And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

You didn't count on me
When you were counting on your rosary

 

i love rock lyrics. seriously. we're barely into this thing and it's already claaaaassic.

 

Tramps like us, baby we were born to run.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief.

Come on over, baby, there's a whole lotta shakin' goin on.

Have ya heard the news? There's good rockin' tonight.

 

"you ain't a beauty but hey you're alright
and that's alright with me."

"is a dream a lie if it don't come true
or is it something worse."

i could go on and on. right, estreetjoe?

oh, and also, from jackson browne:

"do people ask you how you're doing
because that's easier than lettin' on how little they could care?"

 

The ones snorted off a groupie's breasts backstage at a DLR-era Van Halen show.