Best opening line of a song

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Otis Westinghouse
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Post by Otis Westinghouse »

EC:

Oh I just don't know where to begin...

I don't wanna kiss you. I don't wanna touch.

Tom Waits:

We sail tonight for Singapore, we're all as mad as hatters here. (Singapore)

Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street (Time)

Talking Heads: Damn that television, what a bad picture! (Found A Job)

Joy Division: I've been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand (Disorder - and not just as a song opening line, but as a debut LP opening)
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Post by crash8_durham »

Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest
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"I'm trouble" she said Spread out on the floor of her father's house

All Grown Up - Elvis
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'Put the needle to the record and hit me with your style.'
Glassjaw 'Trailer Park Jesus'

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Four seasons in one day lying in the depths of your imagination

Crowded House
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I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
(Richard Thompson)
What this world needs is more silly men.
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Post by strangerinthehouse »

I was dressed for success
but success it never came.

"here"- pavement
And you try so hard
to be like the big boys
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I've Been A Drag Racer On LSD
And I Rode Bare Assed On Top Of The Sphinx
I Even Had A Gorilla On The Slopes Of Kismet
And Man That Was Fun For A While You Bet But

Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - The Cramps
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Post by miss buenos aires »

strangerinthehouse wrote:I was dressed for success
but success it never came.

"here"- pavement
Yeah! And:

Darling, don't you go and cut your hair
Do you think it's gonna make him change?

"Cut Your Hair" - Pavement
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Post by Mike Boom »

Emily tries but misunderstands,
She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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Post by Branst »

"Good morn or evening friends
Here's your friendly announcer
I have serious news to pass on to everybody
What I'm about to say
Could mean the world's disaster
Could change your joy and laughter to tears and pain"

Stevie Wonders "Loves In Need Of Love Today" from Songs In The Key Of Life.
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"Nothing will ever be the same"-- ESOTST - EC
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I spent all my money in a mexican whorehouse,
across the street from a catholic church,

-Tom Waits

(Rest of the opening...well, just cuz...)

and then i wiped off my revolver,
and i buttoned up my burgundy shirt,
i shot the morning in the back,
with my red wings on,
i told the sun he'd better go back down,
and if i can find a book of matches,
i'm goin' to burn this hotel down.
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Post by pophead2k »

I lost a night in Mexico
Lost two teeth, where, I don't know
People see me comin' and they move to the other side of the road

- Camper Van Beethoven, "When I Win the Lottery"
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"It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good"
-John Prine, Christmas In Prison
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Post by crash8_durham »

Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best

-Modern English

oh and

When grandpa was a young man
He didn't want to die on foreign sand
So he ate lots of bananas to flunk his fitness exam

-El Vez

really dig that one
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Post by El Vez »

crash8_durham wrote:
oh and

When grandpa was a young man
He didn't want to die on foreign sand
So he ate lots of bananas to flunk his fitness exam

-El Vez

really dig that one
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They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark,
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

Bob Dylan, Simple Twist Of Fate
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"I thought that my home was my castle
With no one scrutinizing me
No pigs, no lying bitch, no hassle
Y'all are brutalizing me

Can't a man not drink his beer in silence?
Can't a man not crudely lie and scream?
Can't a man not control his bitch with violence?
Y'all are brutalizing me"
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Post by bobster »

My story is much to sad to be told;
But practically everything, leaves me totally cold;
The only exception I know is the case,
When I'm off on a quiet spree,
fighting vainly the old ennui,
And I suddenly turn and see
Your fabulous face --

Much more than the one line intro to "I Get a Kick Out of You"/Cole Porter
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Post by King Hoarse »

Damn, pophead, I love When I Win The Lottery, but I always thought he'd lost an EYE in Mexico, which I really liked.
What this world needs is more silly men.
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Post by pophead2k »

King Hoarse, you might be right! That's just the way I always heard it. Brilliant lyrics all the way through though.
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Post by invisible Pole »

I like this one :
"It was DonDeLillo, whiskey, and a blinking midnight clock"

Bright Eyes - "Gold Mine Gutted"
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GOD TOLD ME TO SKIN YOU ALIVE.....Dead Kennedy's - I kill children
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Post by LittleFoole »

"1 - 2 - 3 - 4...." 8) Ramones, various songs :wink:
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