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Best opening lines in songs
Posted on 5/20/16 at 7:48 am
Posted on 5/20/16 at 7:48 am
Heard Papa was a Rolling Stone on the way to work yesterday. The whole song is set up by the opening line. It made me wonder...what are some of the best opening lines in song lyrics.
"It was the 3rd of September, a day I'll always remember, 'cause that was the day my Daddy died".
"It was the 3rd of September, a day I'll always remember, 'cause that was the day my Daddy died".
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Posted on 5/20/16 at 7:53 am to madmaxvol
"I went home with a waitress, the way I always do" - Warren Zevon
This post was edited on 5/20/16 at 7:54 am
Posted on 5/20/16 at 7:58 am to madmaxvol
"I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me"---Norwegian Wood, The Beatles
Posted on 5/20/16 at 8:29 am to madmaxvol
"Lady in a turban, cocaine tree." - Sailin' Shoes, Little Feat/Robert Palmer
Posted on 5/20/16 at 8:56 am to madmaxvol
Not the best, but regardless of what people think about Hootie and the Blowfish
"She sits alone by a lamp post; trying to find a thought that escaped her mind"
is pretty descriptive.
Also:
Tucson, Arizona
Rising in the heat
Like a mirage
"She sits alone by a lamp post; trying to find a thought that escaped her mind"
is pretty descriptive.
Also:
Tucson, Arizona
Rising in the heat
Like a mirage
This post was edited on 5/20/16 at 8:57 am
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:07 am to madmaxvol
Please, allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste...
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:16 am to madmaxvol
"He was an accident waiting to happen / most accidents happen at home" - Porcelain Monkey - Warren Zevon
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:18 am to madmaxvol
"I am that dickhead in the kitchen giving wine to your best girl's glass" - Frightened Rabbit, "Acts of Man"
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:27 am to madmaxvol
“As they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, you asked for the latest party.”
“Hello darkness my old friend / I've come to talk with you again.”
“Hello darkness my old friend / I've come to talk with you again.”
This post was edited on 5/20/16 at 9:35 am
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:49 am to madmaxvol
Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
Oak tree you're in my way
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:52 am to madmaxvol
Others that I thought of after pondering a bit, and was amazed at how many awesome openers John Prine wrote:
"Sam Stone came home to his wife and family, after serving in the conflict overseas" ~ Sam Stone, John Prine
"I am an old woman, named after my mother. My old man's another child whose grown old" ~ Angel From Montgomery, John Prine
"I knew a girl who was almost a lady. She had a way with all the men in her life. Every inch of her blossomed in beauty. She was born on the 4th of July" ~ The Great Compromise, John Prine
"It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good. We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood" ~ Christmas in Prison, John Prine
"In an Appalachian Greyhound station, she sits there waiting in a family way" ~ Unwed Fathers, John Prine
"When I was a boy my family would travel down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born. There's a backwards old town that's often remembered so many times that my memories are worn" ~ Paradise, John Prine
"Sam Stone came home to his wife and family, after serving in the conflict overseas" ~ Sam Stone, John Prine
"I am an old woman, named after my mother. My old man's another child whose grown old" ~ Angel From Montgomery, John Prine
"I knew a girl who was almost a lady. She had a way with all the men in her life. Every inch of her blossomed in beauty. She was born on the 4th of July" ~ The Great Compromise, John Prine
"It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good. We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood" ~ Christmas in Prison, John Prine
"In an Appalachian Greyhound station, she sits there waiting in a family way" ~ Unwed Fathers, John Prine
"When I was a boy my family would travel down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born. There's a backwards old town that's often remembered so many times that my memories are worn" ~ Paradise, John Prine
Posted on 5/20/16 at 9:52 am to madmaxvol
"Seen the lights go out on Broadway, I saw the Empire State laid low."
"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk."
"A modern day warrior, mean, mean stride, today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride."
"You can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk."
"A modern day warrior, mean, mean stride, today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride."
This post was edited on 5/20/16 at 10:13 am
Posted on 5/20/16 at 10:00 am to madmaxvol
Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
I met her in a club down in old Soho
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
Posted on 5/20/16 at 10:06 am to madmaxvol
Cocaine flaming my blood stream
Posted on 5/20/16 at 10:08 am to madmaxvol
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
The Trooper-Iron Maiden
The Trooper-Iron Maiden
Posted on 5/20/16 at 10:21 am to madmaxvol
quote:
Oh how sadly sound the songs, the queen must sing of dying. A prisoner upon her throne of melancholy sighing.
quote:
I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. I am the son and heir of nothing in particular.
This post was edited on 5/20/16 at 10:25 am
Posted on 5/20/16 at 11:53 am to madmaxvol
No, I'm never gonna do it without the Fez on.
The Fez
Steely Dan
The Fez
Steely Dan
Posted on 5/20/16 at 11:55 am to madmaxvol
Oh a storm in threatening my very life today
Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Out here in the fields, I fought for my meals
Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to get through this thing called life
Out here in the fields, I fought for my meals
Posted on 5/20/16 at 12:00 pm to madmaxvol
Lately I've been feeling low
A remedy is what I'm seeking
I take a taste of what's below
Come away to something better
What I want is what I've not got
And what I need
Is all around me
Reaching searching never stop
A remedy is what I'm seeking
I take a taste of what's below
Come away to something better
What I want is what I've not got
And what I need
Is all around me
Reaching searching never stop
Posted on 5/20/16 at 12:30 pm to madmaxvol
"I taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry, and taught the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky." ~ Big River, Johnny Cash
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