# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/141 "2017-10-23T13:08:07Z")
See the stone set in your eyes, see the thorn twist in your side. I wait for you. Slight of hand and twist fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait. And I wait without you. U2, With or Without You ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/142 "2017-10-23T13:36:55Z")
If we’re allowed the first stanza, Like anyone, I knew a “Dave” Drove a Plymouth shallow grave Said “My girl don’t just walks; she _unfurls_.” ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/143 "2017-10-23T17:37:58Z")
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/144 "2017-10-23T18:40:26Z")
“I know a girl from a lonely street; cold as ice cream, but still as sweet.” - Blondie, “Sunday Girl” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/145 "2017-11-28T15:36:58Z")
It was in Pittsburgh, late one night I lost my hat, got into a fight ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/146 "2017-11-28T16:41:11Z")
So may lovely lyrics. My first thought was the opening to Thunder Road as well. _When I was a child my family would travel Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born And there’s a backwards old town that’s often remembered So many times that my memories are worn._ — Paradise, John Prine _I can see very well There’s a boat on the reef with a broken back And I can see it very well_ — Madman Across the Water, Elton John _Well the first days are the hardest days, don’t you worry any more, Cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door._ — Uncle John’s Band, The Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/147 "2017-11-28T21:11:22Z")
\*I was gonna get up off that bar stool Just as soon as I could figure it out \* - John Hiatt, Paper Thin _See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans, Wearin’ yesterday’s misfortunes like a smile Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams, Which he spent like they was goin’ outta style And he keeps right on a’changin’ for the better or the worse, Searchin’ for a shrine he’s never found Never knowin’ if believin’ is a blessin’ or a curse, Or if the goin’ up was worth the comin’ down._ - Kris Kristofferson ---
**Author:** ![pythonzzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/148 "2017-11-28T21:49:18Z")
Half a mile from the county fair And the rain keep pourin’ down Me and Billy standin’ there With a silver half a crown More from another Neil: There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the deluge in a paper cup She came all the way from America Had a blind date with destiny And the sound of Te Awamutu Had a truly sacred ring Love can make you weep Can make you run for cover Four seasons in one day Lying in the depths of your imagination ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/149 "2017-11-28T21:54:27Z")
_Once upon a time, my advice to you Would have been go out And find yourself a whore_ ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/150 "2017-11-28T22:11:32Z")
A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile… ---
**Author:** ![Onthefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de053/32.png) [@Onthefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onthefly)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/151 "2017-11-28T22:28:17Z")
I wish I was in Austin, down at the chili parlor bar Drinking Mad Dog margaritas, and not caring where you are. Guy Clark Dublin Blues ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/152 "2017-11-28T23:17:33Z")
Well, it’s one for the money Two for the show ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/153 "2017-11-29T02:02:25Z")
Opening lyrics which inspired another. _I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together_ (The Beatles) which inspired - I know you know what you know but You should know by now that you’re not me\* (The Rutles) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/154 "2017-11-29T02:16:46Z")
Why me lord What did I ever do… Kris Kristofferson ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/155 "2017-11-29T02:26:05Z")
“_Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face… with stars to fill my dreams…_” Led Zeppelin “_Well a person can work up a mean, mean thirst after a hard day of nothing much at all._” The Replacements “_See these eyes so green… I can stare for a thousand years…_” Giorgio Moroder and David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![bunyupp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/156 "2017-11-29T02:49:01Z")
In-a-gadda-da-vida, honey. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/157 "2017-11-29T03:42:47Z")
“Ask the stars above, and ask the Earth below, why I’m so in love and why I love you so…” ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/158 "2017-11-29T08:04:33Z")
The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload (“I Don’t Like Mondays”, Boomtown Rats) Every time I see your face it reminds me of the places we used to go But all I’ve got is a photograph, and I realize you’re not coming back any more (“Photograph”, Ringo Starr) As I walk through this wicked world Searching for light in the darkness of insanity I ask myself, is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? (“What’s So Funny 'Bout Peace Love and Understanding?”, Nick Lowe) ---
**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:** [November 29, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/159 "2017-11-29T14:26:58Z")
It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday The Regular crowd shuffles in. Those two lines set the scene for the rest of it. ---
**Author:** ![Hanover\_Fist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hanover\_Fist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanover_Fist)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174/160 "2017-11-29T15:39:02Z")
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