re: Greatest first lines of classic rock songs

"She came in through the bathroom window
Protected by a silver spoon
But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
By the banks of her own lagoon"

Steppenwolf.

...and another good intro from Steppenwolf...

“Ya know I’ve smoked a lotta grass
Oh, Lord, I’ve popped a lotta pills”

Long ago in days untold
Were ruled by lords of greed
Maidens fair, with gold they dared
To bare their wombs that bleed
Kings And Queens and guillotines
Taking lives denied

“I met a gin-soaked bar room queen in Memphis. “

Glad to finally understand what Jagger was singing!

“Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me”

Classic classic rock

You get a shiver in the dark, it's a-raining in the park, but meantime...

You want great lyrics, you have to consider Jason Isbell.

"Elephant"

"She said, "Andy, you're better than your past"
Winked at me and drained her glass
Cross-legged on a barstool, like nobody sits anymore
She said, "Andy, you're taking me home"
But I knew she planned to sleep alone
I'd carry her to bed, sweep up the hair from her floor. "

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If you have ever tended to a loved one dying of cancer this song will stay with you forever.

---(rest of the lyrics) - - -

If I'd f**ked her before she got sick
I'd never hear the end of it
She don't have the spirit for that now
We just drink our drinks and laugh out loud
And bitch about the weekend crowd
And try to ignore the elephant somehow
Somehow
She said, "Andy, you crack me up"
Seagram's in a coffee cup
Sharecropper eyes, and the hair almost all gone
When she was drunk, she made cancer jokes
Made up her own doctors' notes
Surrounded by her family, I saw that she was dying alone
But I'd sing her classic country songs
And she'd get high and sing along
She don't have a voice to sing with now
We burn these joints in effigy
And cry about what we used to be
Try to ignore the elephant somehow
Somehow
I buried her a thousand times, given up my place in line
But I don't give a damn about that now
There's one thing that's real clear to me
No one dies with dignity
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow
We just try to ignore the elephant somehow
Somehow
Somehow
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Wow.

"Baby hair with a woman's eyes
I can feel you watching in the night
All alone with me and we're waiting for the sunlight "

“Hello, is there anybody in there?”

What's the ugliest part of your body?
What's the ugliest part of your body?
Some say your nose, some say your toes
But I think it's your mind