Besides his guitar playing and the collaboration with Richard Lloyd, his lyrics were always amazing. He'd usually throw in a jokey couplet which always blew me away. In Marquee Moon, he had:
From Guiding Light:
Oh no, can't pull a trick
Never the rose without the prick
Or in Prove It:
Project, Protect, It's warm and it's calm and it's perfect
It's too "too too" to put a finger on.
But my favorite song has always been Days with amazing lyrics and incredible guitar entanglement:
Up on the high, high hills
With my floating friend
Watching all the silver
No one will ever spend
I feel the touch of her hand
And all it will erase
These footprints I followed
Though they followed my every pace
Days
Days
Days
Be more than all we have
No matter how much I cross
I always see the same stream
I'm standing up on these bridges
That are standing in a dream
Days
Days
Days
Be more than all we have
Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZetdccVvBs