# Best opening lines in a song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228 "2018-11-09T04:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/81 "2018-11-15T17:50:15Z")
And I don’t want you and I don’t need you Don’t bother to resist, or I’ll beat you It’s not your fault that you’re always wrong The weak ones are there to justify the strong ---
**Author:** ![vperry1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee7513/32.png) [@vperry1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vperry1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/82 "2018-11-15T18:12:53Z")
Bus Stop – The Hollies. \*Bus stop, wet day She’s there, I say Please share my umbrella Bus stops, bus goes She stays, love grows Under my umbrella\* Great scene setting in a few short words. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/83 "2018-11-15T19:40:46Z")
I was cutting the rug down at a place called The Jug with a girl named Linda Lou. You know the rest… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/84 "2018-11-15T20:36:01Z")
Like anyone, I knew a Dave Drove a Plymouth shallow grave Said “My girl don’t just walk; she unfurls.” - “Everytime You Go,” The Tragically Hip ---
**Author:** ![XOldiesJock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ec9cab/32.png) [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/85 "2018-11-15T21:05:48Z")
I was a Country radio DJ for a few years, and I always thought the opening line of George Strait’s “Baby’s Gotten Good at Goodbye” was a classic: “What a rotten day this turned out to be…” ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/86 "2018-11-15T21:57:49Z")
From “Hallowed be Thy Name” by Iron Maiden: I’m waiting In my cold cell As the bells begin to chime From “Pot & Kettle” by the Rumjacks: One smokey night in a darkened scullery Down the river in a factory town Where bad things happen and the walls are dripping And ghosts are flittin through the cold hard ground ---
**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/87 "2018-11-15T22:11:16Z")
Something about the way you taste makes me want to clear my throat. “Gut Feeling”, Devo ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/88 "2018-11-15T22:18:35Z")
Once upon a time Not long ago When people wore pajamas And lived life slow ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/89 "2018-11-15T22:57:25Z")
She keeps Moet et Chandon In her pretty cabinet ‘Let them eat cake’ she says Just like Marie Antoinette A built-in remedy For Kruschev and Kennedy At anytime an invitation You can’t decline _Killer Queen_ - Queen ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228/90 "2018-11-17T01:06:14Z")
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom For trying to change the system from within I’m coming now, I’m coming to reward them First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin more Leonard Cohen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/824228.md?page=4)