Favourite Opening Lines

[RumbleFox]

Apologies if there is already a thread on this but could not see one.

 

Just wondered what were people's favourite opening lines to songs?

 

A couple of mine to get started......

 

Nick Cave - Into My Arms -  "I don't believe in an interventionist God, But I know, darling, that you do." (Probably my favourite opening ever).

Beach Boys - God Only Knows - "I may not always love you" (Mainly because I like a love song that starts with saying I might not always love you).

 

Just two quickies off the top of my head to get started, I will no doubt think of many more.

 

X

[masterg59]

my favorite

 

You come for me
In the worst of places
You come for me
You come and try to take me home

I'm always in need
And it's hard to be reciprocating
The fabric of our life gets torn

And everything's changing so how am I to know
How I'm goin' hold on to you when I'm spinning out of control
You and I together, but only one of us in love
And everybody knows

 

 

 

[The Syrup]

Another Nick Cave song (Mermaids)...

 

She was a catch

We Were a match

I was the match that would fire up her snatch

 

[Guest]

When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard. - Dr.Hook

The teacher, the subject, of schoolgirl fantasy - police

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky, he got an ice pick that made his ears burn - Stranglers

Strolling along miding my own business, now there goes a girl and a half, she's got me going up and down - Stranglers

Her gaze hit the side of mine so I opened it out - Bauhaus

Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk to you again - Simon and Garfunkel

Time takes a cigarette and puts it in your mouth... -Bowie

 

There are hundreds.

[RumbleFox]

1 hour ago, FIF said:

When you're in love with a beautiful woman, it's hard. - Dr.Hook

The teacher, the subject, of schoolgirl fantasy - police

Whatever happened to Leon Trotsky, he got an ice pick that made his ears burn - Stranglers

Strolling along miding my own business, now there goes a girl and a half, she's got me going up and down - Stranglers

Her gaze hit the side of mine so I opened it out - Bauhaus

Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk to you again - Simon and Garfunkel

Time takes a cigarette and puts it in your mouth... -Bowie

 

There are hundreds.

Oh aye, not many better than that.  X

[Finnegan]

Mclusky have some good ones:

 

"Pull up my pants now the camera crew has gone" and "note to self, be erect by half past ten, be strong, be proud, be able" stand out. 

[kingcarr21]

Baby Shark do do do do do do

[Izzy]

Travelling in a fried-out combie, on a hippe trail head full of zombie. I met a strange lady, she made me nervous. She took me in and made me breakfast..

[BrummieFOX]

"The Mississippi delta, was shining like a national guitar. I am following the river down the highway, through the cradle of the civil war."

[ScouseFox]

i think it’s bad news for the english game... 

[TaggertvsWise]

1, 2, 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock rock, 5, 6, 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock rock...... - Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley and His Comets

To many Florence Nightingales, not enough Robin Hoods... - Flag Day by The Housemartins

[Guest]

This is the end, beautiful friend - doors

Why in just a few moments we're off to Hawaii to join Steve McGarrett and the team for tonight's adventure - Human league

Cleopatra did ten thousand in her lifetime - Adam Ant

Here comes the supernatural anaesthetist. -Genesis

"Can you tell me where my country lies?" said the unifaun to his true love's eyes. - Genesis

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves 

      Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:  - Clive nolan (from Lewis carroll)

Edited 18 February 2019 by Guest

[Dr Marco]

"I've got a little secret for ya"- Tell The King, The Libertines

[rico]

Oh the heads that turn, make my back burn ....The Cult - She  Sells Sanctuary

[RumbleFox]

Poor old Johnny Ray 
Sounded sad upon the radio 
But he moved a million hearts in mono

[Izzy]

Punctured bicycle 
On a hillside desolate 
Will nature make a man of me yet?

[RumbleFox]

2 minutes ago, Izzy said:

Punctured bicycle 
On a hillside desolate 
Will nature make a man of me yet?

Old Mozza may be a Grade A twot be he can write a decent lyric.  X

[Fox92]

Some of my favourites...

 

You've got a lotta nerve, to say you are my friend (Bob Dylan)

Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press (Bob Dylan)

Hello darkness my old friends, I've come to talk with you again (Paul Simon)

I was dreaming of the past, and my heart was beating fast (John Lennon)

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields (John Lennon)

Some people might say my life is in a rut, but I'm quite happy with what I've got (Paul Weller)

I've nothing much to offer, there's nothing much to take (David Bowie)

Edited 18 February 2019 by Fox92

[Izzy]

Some people call me the space cowboy yeah
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me Maurice
'Cause I speak of the pompitous of love

[Raw Dykes]

"When you wish upon a dream, no request is too obscene." - credit goes to my dad for that one.

"Women are equal and deserve respect, just kidding they should suck my dick." - Jon Lajoie

"She lives in Mojave in a Winnebago, His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato" - Frank Zappa

[Wakeyfox]

How did he not find the baggy, with his hand in my shoe? 

[Izzy]

I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played it 'til my fingers bled
Was the summer of sixty-nine

[Rain King]

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that's when it all hurts the most
I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.

[Dr Marco]

25 minutes ago, pds said:

Well I woke up in mid-afternoon cause that's when it all hurts the most
I dream I never know anyone at the party and I'm always the host
If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts.

counting crows

[The People's Hero]

Well I had to move fast.... and I couldn't with you round my neck.