Best opening lyric of all-time?

[Tabascocat]

Sticking with the music theme, what are some of your favorites?

A few of mine:
She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean, she was the best damn woman I have ever seen. (AC/DC)

Time to live
Time to lie
Time to laugh
Time to die
Takes it easy, baby
Take it as it comes (The Doors)

Hey hey mama said the way you move gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove. "Led Zeppelin"

Well, excuse me, but I think you've got my chair.
No, that one's not taken, I don't mind
If you sit here, I'll be glad to share. (the man, George Strait)

 

[Idgit]

How 'bout “Please allow me to introduce myself / I'm a man of wealth and taste."?

 

[PJTHEDOORS]

You can pick any opening lyric, but from early rock n roll, this is one of the best.

Well, it's one for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
Now go, cat, go

But don't you
Step on my blue suede shoes
Well, you can do anything
But lay off of my blue suede shoes

 

[WV Cowboy]

Kansas:
Centuries of backward ways, have many left behind us
Who can count the good men gone away
The fruits of all our labors have left us as we started
We've come too far to end it in a day
It seems that everything we do is wrong
A one way trip to nowhere all along
Just look around and tell me what you see
Another stupid page of history

Kansas:
I close my eyes only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind

Kansas:
On a crystal morning I can see the dewdrops falling
Down from a gleaming heaven, I can hear the voices call
When you comin' home now, son, the World is not for you
Tell me what's you point of view
Hey there Mister Madman, wat'cha know that I don't know
Tell me some crazy stories, let me know who runs this show
Glassy-eyed and laughing, he turns and walks away
Tell me what made you that way

Kansas:
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming,
I can hear them say

Carry on my wayward son,
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Night Ranger:
It ain't the way you move
It ain't the way that you move me
Oh no
It ain't the way you shake
It ain't the way that you shake me
Oh no
I've lived 25 years as a kid on the run
I've got a pistol for action

Don't tell me you love me

KISS:
I know a thing or two about her
I know she'll only make you cry
She'll let you walk the street beside her
But when she wants she'll pass you by

Everybody says she's lookin' good
And the lady knows it's understood
Strutter

Boston:
I woke up this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

Boston:
It's been such a long time
I think I should be goin' yeah
And time doesn't wait for me it keeps on rollin'
Sail on -- on a distant highway
I've got to keep on chasin' a dream
I've gotta be on my way
Wish there was something I could say

John Prine:
It was Christmas in prison
And the food was real good
We had turkey and pistols
Carved out of wood
And I dream of her always
Even when I don't dream
Her name's on my tongue
And her blood's in my stream.

 

[WV Cowboy]

John Prine:
In an Appalachian, Greyhound station
She sits there waiting, in a family way
"Goodbye brother, Tell Mom I love her
Tell all the others, I'll write someday"

From a teenage lover, to an unwed mother
Kept undercover, like some bad dream
While unwed fathers, they can't be bothered
They run like water, through a mountain stream

 

[Hoov]

Stones - Tumbling Dice

Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me
And make me burn the candle right down,
But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown.

 

[Hoov]

Stones - It's only Rock 'N' Roll

If I could stick my pen in my heart
And spill it all over the stage
Would it satisfy ya, would it slide on by ya
Would you think the boy is strange? Ain't he strange?
If I could win ya, if I could sing ya
A love song so divine
Would it be enough for your cheating heart
If I broke down and cried? If I cried?

 

[Idgit]

"In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey." It's not a great great song, but it's a pretty good opening line.

 

[Boom]

"Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years." - LL Cool J: Mama Said Knock You Out
"Hello darkness, my old friend" - Simon & Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence

 

[WV Cowboy]

OK, .. mine aren't the "Best of all Time", ... but I like'm.

LOL

 

[MichaelWinicki]

"Out in the west Texas town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican girl" Mary Robbins-"El Paso"

"It was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty, delta day" Bobbie Gentry- "Ode to Billy Joe"

"The night was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down

I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barkin' at the two men
Who were gamblin' in the dark
It was Stagger Lee and Billy" Lloyd Price- "Stagger Lee"

"Trailer for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
ain't got no cigarettes" Roger Miller- "King of the Road"


I was going through my favorite pop and rock songs and it struck me that country songs are usually stories, whereas pop & rock songs ain't so much.

 

[Khartun]

Hello,
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Relax
I'll need some information first
Just the basic facts
Can you show me where it hurts?

 

[Vtwin]

Sitting on a park bench,
Eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot running down his nose,
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.


Somebody had to do it...

 

[Idgit]

"There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one"

or...


"Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow."

 

[blindzebra]

Well, I had just got out from the county prison
Doin ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldnt listen to the fact that I was a genius
The man say, we got all that we can use.
Now i got them steadily depressin, low down mind messin
Working at the car wash blues

 

[blindzebra]

I like the way your sparkling earrings lay,
Against your skin, it's so brown.
And I wanna sleep with you in the desert tonight
With a billion stars all around.

 

[Nirvana]

Last name Ever
First name Greatest

 

[blindzebra]

Mott the Hoople and the game of Life yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you heaven if you make the list yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

 

[blindzebra]

If you twist and turn away
If you tear yourself in two again
If I could, yes I would
If I could, I would
Let it go
Surrender
Dislocate

 

[Nirvana]

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted. one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?
Yo