re: Greatest first lines of country songs

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Townes was the best!

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He really was, there are so many.


Oh Loretta she's a barroom girl
Wears them sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond shines
Tell me lies I love to believe
Her age is always 22
Her laughing eyes a hazel hue
Spends my money like water falls
Loves me like I want her to


Ride the blue wind high and free
She'll lead you down through misery
Leave you low, come time to go
Alone and low as low can be


Well, the clouds didn't look like cotton
They didn't even look like clouds
I was underneath the weather
My friends looked a crowd
The swimmin' hole was full of rum
I tried to find out why
All I learned was this my friend
You got to swim before you fly


etc.