# BEST opening line of song lyrics

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_I’m a little lizard trapped in a maaaaaan’s skin_ - Rapeman, “Radar Love Lizard”

“It’s getting near dawn, and lights close their tired eyes.”

> [@Rhiannon8404](#):
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> Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun of yours?

/nitpick/JH, the first time around, _very_ quietly says “…in your hand” at the end of that line, and then the second time he sings that line, “…in your hand” is much louder./nitpick/

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