# Best opening lines in a song

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**Created:** [February 3, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/958866 "2022-02-03T18:45:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-lines-in-a-song/958866/46 "2022-02-04T00:07:01Z")

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At the risk of turning this in to a Bob Dylan thread…

_They’re selling postcards of the hanging_  
_They’re painting the passports brown_  
_The beauty parlor is filled with sailors_  
_The circus is in town_

from Desolation Row.

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