Best Opening Line to Any Song

[Bevo Incognito]

Four opening lines to consider:

1) She was just seventeen ... you know what I mean



2) We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee


3) Hello Darkness My Old Friend


4) There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief

 

[Basketball Jones]

I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt

 

[MAROON]

The screen door slams
Mary' dress waves
Like a vision she dances across the porch
As the radio plays

OR

The only two things in life that make it worth living
Are guitars tuned good and firm feeling women

 

[YoLaDu]

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[Homesickhorn]

I was a highwayman.

 

[general35]

This is the end.

 

[CottonEyedHorn]

We built this city.

 

[bevo barry]

"The eyes of Texas are upon you..."

 

[RomaVicta]

It's a hard world to get a break in, all the good things have been taken.

 

[HornTYS]

"In the easy chair with my boots on.....
Melted whiskey in my hand"

 

[Dionysus]

You're breakin' my heart
You're tearing it apart
So **** you

 

[MilkmanDan]

Well, my daddy didn’t pull out, but he never apologized
Rock and Roll means well, but it can’t help tellin’ young boys lies.

 

[GatorHorn]

Where did the bastard run?
Is he still around?
Are you gonna tell me everything you did, baby?

 

[UTViking]

All right, stop. Collaborate and listen....

 

[UT wildcatter]

Went home with a waitress, just like I always do. How was I to know she was with the Russians too?

 

[The Eyes of Texas]

You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.

 

[johnny chimpo]

*****, I love you...

from "*****, I Love You" Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

 

[Not Shinola]

"Living on the road my friend, is going to keep you free and clean"

 

[Bevo Incognito]

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[Alex_de_Large]

Life it seems to fade away, drifting further everyday.

 

[Alex_de_Large]

Everywhere is freaks and hairies,
Dykes and fairies,
Tell me where is sanity?
Tax the rich, feed the poor,
til there are no rich no more.

 

[RomaVicta]

I want to change the world,
But I don't know what to do


Great one.

 

[UT wildcatter]

Honey don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow

 

[Hornius Emeritus]

Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life
End over end neither left nor to right

 

[GhostOfTomJoad]

Maroon nailed it, Thunder Road has the best opening line & is the best opening song to any album IMHO.

Others worthy of discussion include:

"We were born before the wind/Also younger than the sun"

"God said to Abraham 'kill me a son'. Abe said 'Man you must be puttin' me on"

"Please allow me to introduce myself/I'm a man of wealth and taste"

 

[WorsterMan]

"When the truth is found... to be lies"

"She painted up her lips and rolled & curled her tinted hair"

"I read the news today oh boy"

"Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide, ride my seesaw"

Just a few oldies that come to mind....

 

[RoyalTennenhorn]

Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights.
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed,
that the man who ran looked a lot like me.

 

[BigWill]

wake up Maggie
I think I've got something
to say to you

 

[lostman]

A couple of oldies that are my favorite:

In the chilly hours and minutes,
Of uncertainty, I want to be,
In the warm hold of your loving mind.

and...

The words had all been spoken
And somehow the feeling still wasnt right
And still we continued on through the night

 

[hookem2102]

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