# BEST opening line of song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174 "2017-10-18T00:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/201 "2017-12-09T02:23:18Z")
Wow! This thread is longer than I thought! Here’s a few; I know \*\*the Martian \*\*beat me to one already… Somewhere in a lonely hotel room There’s a guy starting to realize That eternal Fate has turned its back on him. It’s two a.m. … –Golden Earring Twilight Zone * * * Hello, Darkness, my old friend… –Simon & Garfunkle Sound of Silence * * * Hey there, Mister Can you tell me what happened To the seeds I’ve sown Can you give me a reason, sir As to why they’ve never grown –Bruce Springsteen This Hard Land I come from down in The Valley Where, Mister, when you’re young They bring you up to do Like your daddy done –Bruce Springsteen (again) The River * * * Well I went to see the preacher To teach me how to pray Well He looked at me and smiled Then that preacher turned away He said "If you want to tell him something You ain’t gotta fold your hands. Say it with your heart, your soul and believe it And I’ll say ‘Amen’ ## – Jon Bon Jovi (solo) Bang a Drum Across the border they turn water into wine Some say it’s the devil’s blood They’re squeezing from the vine Some say it’s a savior In these hard and desperate times You see it helps me to forget That we’re just born To die – Bon Jovi Dry County ## If there’s one thing in my life that’s missin’ It’s the time that I spend alone Sailing on the cool and bright clear waters –Little River Band Cool Change As if I really didn’t understand That I was just another part of their plan I went off looking for the promise Believing in the Motherland And from the comfort of a dreamer’s bed And the safety of my own head I went on speaking of the future While other people fought and bled –Jackson Browne (I was made) For America ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/202 "2017-12-09T03:48:50Z")
"Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, jack I went out for a ride And I never went back" -Bruce Springsteen, “Hungry Heart” ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/203 "2017-12-10T09:28:45Z")
I am angry, I am ill, and I am ugly as sin My irritability keeps me alive and kicking. Magazine, A Song From Under The Floorboards ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/204 "2018-01-02T04:48:23Z")
Well, I’ve got to run to keep from hiding And I’m bound to keep on riding And I’ve got one more silver dollar But I’m not gonna let them catch me, no Not gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/205 "2018-01-02T05:12:38Z")
_Well, it was all that I could do to keep from crying_…David Allen Coe, “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” _Carry on my Wayward son There’ll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don’t you cry no more NO_ Kansas ---
**Author:** ![Gullible\_s\_Travels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de0a6/32.png) [@Gullible\_s\_Travels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gullible_s_Travels)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/206 "2018-01-02T10:56:33Z")
What a great thread! _So, so you think can tell, heaven from hell_ - Didn’t know what time it was but the lights were low \* _Monday morning feels so bad, every body seems to nag me_ ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/207 "2018-01-02T11:05:50Z")
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 Taking more than her share, had me fighting for air, she told me to come but I was already there ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/208 "2018-01-02T14:37:25Z")
Seeing the sights of my old home town, Aimlessly driving around, Are these really the little houses, I’d pass on my way to school? In one of these, she lived. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/209 "2018-01-02T14:54:32Z")
In my little town I grew up believing God keeps his eye on us all And he used to lean upon me As I pledged allegiance to the wall ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/210 "2018-01-03T04:20:25Z")
_son of a gun_ You walked into the party Like you were walking onto a yacht Your hat strategically dipped below one eye Your scarf, it was apricot You had one eye in the mirror As you watched yourself gavotte And… ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/211 "2018-01-03T04:57:09Z")
Falling, I’m falling, falling, I’m falling The offspring - have you ever ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/212 "2018-01-03T07:11:19Z")
Now the seats are all empty Let the roadies take the stage ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/213 "2018-01-03T14:29:38Z")
I can see her sitting back in a satin dress In a room where you do what you don’t confess. Not only says it all, but the way Gordon Lightfoot sings it is perfect. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/214 "2018-01-04T01:10:24Z")
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom: let it be. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/215 "2018-01-08T04:56:44Z")
One, two; a-one, two, three, four! Did I ever mention that I wrote that line? And get .0005¢ every time a band opens a song with it? ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/216 "2018-01-08T06:06:06Z")
Let’s swim to the moon ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/217 "2018-02-10T02:55:02Z")
As sung by Falfa: Some enchanted evening, you will see a stranger, You will see a stranger across a crowded room. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/218 "2018-02-10T03:49:05Z")
“I guess I got what I deserved…” ---
**Author:** ![Moris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moris/32/2846_2.png) [@Moris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moris)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/219 "2018-02-10T04:08:37Z")
_Lather was thirty years old today, They took away all of his toys. His mother sent newspaper clippings to him, About his old friends who’d stopped being boys._ ---
**Author:** ![ch51](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ch51/32/3111_2.png) [@ch51](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ch51)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/220 "2018-02-10T05:23:06Z")
Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain With the barkers and the colored balloons You can’t be twenty on Sugar Mountain Though you’re thinking that You’re leaving there too soon [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174.md?page=12)