Best Opening Lines in Music

[Alan Stallion]

A thread for songs that immediately grip you with their excellent opening lines (lyrics).

For example...

"Heard it from a friend who... heard it from a friend who... heard it from another you been messin' around."

Take It On The Run - REO Speedwagon

 

[Alan Stallion]

"Hello darkness, my old friend."

The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel

 

[Alan Stallion]

"I read the news today, oh boy"

A Day In The Life - The Beatles

 

[BothWings]

"Way back there in the year...ONE"

 

[playtime]

don't wanna be an american idiot...........

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

"Let the bodies hit the floor"

 

[playtime]

hey, kid, rock 'n' roll.....

 

[Alan Stallion]

"Some people call me the Space Cowboy (yeah)
Some call me the Gangster of Love
Some people call me Maurice (wooop-woooo)
'Cause I speak in the pompatus of love."

The Joker - Steve Miller Band

 

[playtime]

imagine, if there's no heaven.

 

[Alan Stallion]

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain
He was looking for the place called Lee Ho Fooks
For to get a big dish of beef chow mein..."


Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Do you remember when blue was the feeling
Gray was the weather, one was the number?
Do you remember when love was for others?
Now and forever, love is for lovers

 

[Alan Stallion]

"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman that I ever seen
She had the sightless eyes, telling me no lies
Knocking me out with those American thighs..."

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

 

[shockedcanadian]

"This here's a story 'bout Billy Joe and Bobby Suuue"

 

[Alan Stallion]

"Dig if you will the picture
Of you and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can you my darling
Can you picture this?"

When Doves Cry - Prince and the Revolution

 

[Alan Stallion]

"Just a small town girl
Livin' in a lonely world
She took the midnight train going anywhere

Just a city boy
Born and raised in South Detroit
He took the midnight train going anywhere..."

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

 

[Alan Stallion]

"That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane. Lenny Bruce is not afraid..."

It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - R.E.M.

 

[Auld Phart]

they're coming to take me away

 

[Alan Stallion]

"She put him out
Like the burning end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart
He spent his whole life trying to forget..."

Whiskey Lullaby - Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss

 

[Alan Stallion]

"I once had a girl,
Or should I say, she once had me?"

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) - The Beatles

 

[Hellbilly]

they're coming to take me away

When?