Best opening line in a song

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yertle-the-turtle said:
UnforgettableLemon wins.

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There is a special place in hell now for me, just for thinking of this image, let alone making it:

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UnforgettableLemon said:
Hello, I'm Johnny Cash

:bow: :applaud: :heart:

What great choices! I especially love Flloyd, Crowded House and Evenflow. :up:

Another submission from Rev. Springsteen

"Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld late last night
with bruised arms and broken rhythmn
and a beat up old buick
but dressed just like dynamite" ~Incident on 57th Street

And from Hungry Heart, which sounds like a bouncy little pop song until you really listen
"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack
I went out for a ride and I never went back"
 
"you wanna make me sick
you wanna lick my
wounds
don't you, baby?"




"i opened my eyes while you were kissing me once
more than once
and you looked as sincere as a dog"




"how many times do i have to say
to get away - get gone
flip your shit past another lasses
humble dwelling"



:heart: fiona
 
I'm not sure if anybody mentioned this one...

In the next world war in a jack knifed juggernaut, I am born again.

:love:
 
"Last night these two bouncers
And one of em's alright
The other one's the scary one
His way or no way, totalatarian"

Arctic Monkeys - Ritz To The Rubble
 
"One look sends it coursing through the veins, oh how the feeling races
Back up to their brains to form expressions on their stupid faces
They don't want to say hello, but I can't want to say hello
My heartbeat's at its peak, when you're coming up to speak"

Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Right At Me


:drool:
 
"You know, today I was asked only one question
One question all day
Do you know what that was?
"Do you want this supersized?"
Come to think of it, I'd like the whole fucking world supersized"

Matthew Good- 21st Century Living

"Make my nipples hard, Let's Go"

New Radicals- Mother We Can't Just Get Enough


"So you wanted
to take a break
Slow it down some and
have some space
Well fuck you too
Give me my money back
Give me my money back
you bitch
I want my money back
(And don't forget to give
me back my black T-Shirt)"

Ben Fold's Five - Song for the Dumped

Ok, not opening LINES but great beginnings.
 
On the edge
windowsill
ponders his maker
ponders his will
to the street below
he just ain't nothin'
but he's got a great view... Pearl Jam - Deep
 
Well,I shuffled through the city on the 4th July
I had a firecracker waiting to blow

Ryan Adams - New York,New York
 
Senores y Senoras, nosotros tenemos mas influencia con sus hijos que tu tienes, per los querremos. Creado y reado de Las Angeles, Juanas Addicion. "Stop", Jane's Addiction.

At this moment, you should be with us, feeling like we do, like you'd love to, but never will again. I miss you my dear Xiola. "Three Days" Jane's Addiction.
 
I know I'm going to get bashed for this one but

"Come up to meet you
tell you I'm sorry
you don't know how lovely you are"-Coldplay The Scientist

"Teenage angst has paid off well
now I'm bored and old"-Nirvana Serve The Servants

"You've got to pay your dues
if you want to play the blues
because you know it don't come easy"- Ringo Starr It Don't Come Easy

"When I get to the bottom
I go back to the top of the slide
where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
then I get to the bottom and I see you again"- The Beatles Helter Skelter

"I've got a cupboard with cans of food
Filtered water and picture of you
and I'm not coming out until this is all over"We Will Become Silouhettes The Postal Service
 
oooh oooh OOOOOOOOOOOHHHH OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH OOOOH OOOOOH ooooh ooooh oooohhhh oooooooh ooooh Oooooh OohOoohhhh Oooohhh Oooooohhh ooooohhhh ooooh ooohhh oooh oooh ohhh

-The Arcade Fire, Wake Up
 
gmc said:
I am an American aquarium drinker,I assasin down the avenue - I Am Trying To Break Your Heart,Wilco

:yes:

And another one from Jeff Tweedy:

I dreamed about killing you again last night and it felt alright to me...
- "Via Chicago," Wilco
 
AtomicBono said:
oooh oooh OOOOOOOOOOOHHHH OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH OOOOH OOOOOH ooooh ooooh oooohhhh oooooooh ooooh Oooooh OohOoohhhh Oooohhh Oooooohhh ooooohhhh ooooh ooohhh oooh oooh ohhh

-The Arcade Fire, Wake Up

:lol:

... just before a U2 gig.. :combust:
 
The prize for the Best Opening Lines (and verse) ... EVER surely must go to:

'God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"/
Abe said "Man, you must be putting me on"/
God said "No"/
Abe said "What?"/
God said "You can do what you want Abe but the next time you see me coming you better run"/
Abe said "Where do you want this killing done?"/
God said "Out on Highway 61"'

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
 
Headache in a Suitcase said:
well my daddy left home when I was three
and he didn't leave much to ma and me
just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze


More people should turn Shel Silverstein words into song. <3 Johnny Cash and "A Boy Named Sue"

Didn't Shel actually record some of his own stuff to music?
 
"Somethin' filled up
my heart with nothin',
someone told me not to cry."
Wake up, the Arcade Fire

"I want to run, I want to hide..."

"Take my hand
You know I'll be there
If you can
I'll cross the sky for your love"

"Tell me what you see
Was it a dream? Was I in it?"
On your Own, The Verve
 
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