# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Hi\_Medlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/81 "2017-10-19T12:44:41Z")
“In a place you only dream of/where you soul is always free” Green Grass and High Tides, the Outlaws ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/82 "2017-10-19T12:56:41Z")
I see you driving 'round town with the girl I love, and I’m like “Fuck You” _ **-Fuck You, Cee Lo Green** _ Well, we’re big rock singers We got golden fingers And we’re loved everywhere we go _ **-Cover of the Rolling Stone, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show** _ Down the street you can hear her scream “You’re a disgrace” As she slams the door in his drunken face And now he stands outside And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool _ **-Castles Made of Sand, The Jimi Hendrix Experience** _ ---
**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:** [October 19, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/83 "2017-10-19T13:14:11Z")
Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Written by Leonard Cohen, and Kristopherson wants these lines on his tombstone. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/84 "2017-10-19T13:47:46Z")
Here comes Dick, he’s wearing a skirt Here comes Jane, you know, she’s sportin’ a chain Same hair: Revolution Same build: Evolution Tomorrow who’s gonna fuss? And they love each other so Androgynous — The Replacements, “Androgynous” (Been on a ‘mats kick for a few days) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/85 "2017-10-19T13:59:43Z")
From Patti Smith: “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine.” ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/86 "2017-10-19T14:12:06Z")
He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/87 "2017-10-19T15:45:39Z")
“Saturday night I was downtown / workin’ for the FBI…” ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/88 "2017-10-19T16:49:00Z")
“Dancing shoes On the wall above your bedside Saw it all as we performed our pirouette” Dan Fogelberg, “Dancing Shoes” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/89 "2017-10-19T18:44:04Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves > Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays > > Bruce Springsteen, _Thunder road_ This. Talk about setting a mood. As for one that hasn’t been mentioned yet: _I hurt myself today To see if I still feel_ Nine Inch Nails, _Hurt_ ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/90 "2017-10-19T20:13:39Z")
“When I think of heaven Deliver me in a black-winged bird I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers And all other instruments of faith and sex and God In the belly of a black-winged bird” Couninng Crows, _Rain King_ ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/91 "2017-10-19T20:58:24Z")
“Pathological monsters! cried the terrified mathematician” --\* Mandelbrot Set\*, by Jonathan Coulton. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/92 "2017-10-19T21:01:18Z")
A long December and there’s reason to believe Maybe this year will be better than the last ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/93 "2017-10-19T21:49:48Z")
City girls just seem to find out early How to open doors with just a smile ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/94 "2017-10-19T22:03:19Z")
“Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together, I’ve got some real estate here in my bag. So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies, And walked off to look for America.” ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/95 "2017-10-19T23:17:13Z")
This thread is a lot of fun. Thanks **John DiFool**! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/96 "2017-10-19T23:51:32Z")
Jesus just left Chicago And he’s bound for New Orleans ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/97 "2017-10-19T23:58:04Z")
Riding on the city of New Orleans Illinois Central, Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/98 "2017-10-20T00:16:14Z")
Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/99 "2017-10-20T01:34:03Z")
Some Dylan: \*You got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend. Stake my future on a hell of a past. Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicine, I’m on the pavement thinking ’bout the government. Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re tryin’ to be so quiet? Go away from my window, leave at your own chosen speed. Thunder on the mountain, fire’s on the moon, there’s a ruckus in the alley and the sun will be here soon My love she speaks like silence. \* ---
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/100 "2017-10-20T01:59:19Z")
Great thread!!! Here’s mine: “Jump in to my machine so we can cruise on out I know a little joint where we can jump and shout…” Not exactly Dylan or the Stones, but it gets my heart pumpin’ just as much! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174.md?page=6)