And if we're talking about great lyricists, I don't think anyone beats Neil Young:
"Old man look at my life
twenty-four and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise that makes me think of two
Love lost such a cost
Give me things that don't get lost
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you"
or
"We got a thousand points of light for the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler, machine gun hand
Keep on rockin' in the free world"
or
"My my, hey hey
rock and roll is here to stay
it's better to burn out than it is to rust
my my, hey hey"
or
"I was down in Dixieland
played a silver fiddle
played it loud and then the man
broke it down the middle"
or possibly the best line of all time
"This old world keeps spinnin' round
It's a wonder tall trees ain't laying down
There comes a time"
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