# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
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The screen door slams, Mary’s dress waves Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Bruce Springsteen, _Thunder road_ Wasted and wounded, it ain’t what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you? Tom Waits, _Tom Traubert’s Blues_ Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast So you grab a piece of something That you think is gonna last Steely Dan, _Reeling in the Years_ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-line-of-song-lyrics/799174)._