Favourite opening lines

[DCMaximo 0]

Basically, the right opening lines can, in my opinion, make a good song even better, especially as they are the first thing your hear lyrically. Just interested as to what others think are the best opening lyrics to songs (and hoping this is deemed different enough to the "Best opening" thread). Off the top of my head, I can think of:

 

"If you were an angel, I would cut off your wings/To keep you with me, I would do anything" (from "Untouchable" by Rialto)

 

"Had a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack/I went out for a ride and I never went back" (from "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen)

 

Any other suggestions

[Nighthawk 0]

A recent one I dug is:

 

"They call me Big L'y, Big Silly... Big Money, Big Billy." from LL and Timbaland's Headsprung.

[The Metal Maniac 0]

"I got something to say

I killed your baby today"

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

"Auschwitz

The meaning of pain

The way that I want you to die"

-"Angel of Death" by Slayer

 

"Journey with me into the mind of a maniac

I was doomed to be a killer since I came out of the nutsack"

-"Natural Born Killaz" by Ice Cube and Dr. Dre

[Youth N Asia 0]

Grandpa's pissed his pants again

He don't give a damn

 

"Play it all Night Long" by Warren Zevon

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

"Now, just sit right back, and I...I may tell you a tale. A tale of three little pigs and a big...BAD...WOLF!"

-"Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly

[DCMaximo 0]

"There's a letter at my mother's house. It came with a folded flag

It said right now I'm coming home in a bodybag" (from "Quincentuple Your Money" by the Lawrence Arms)

[Henry Spencer 0]

"All of your friends are cunts

Your mother is a ballpoint pen thief."

- McLusky - Gareth Brown Says

[1234-5678 0]

"Before you slip into unconciousness I'd/Like to have another kiss"-The Doors "Crystal Ship"

[Red Baron 0]

"I am a man who walks alone

And when I'm walking a dark road

At night or strolling through the park"

 

Iron Maiden: Fear of the Dark

 

"They slit our throats

Like we were flowers

And our milk has been devoured"

 

Marilyn Manson: The Speed of Pain

 

"I get up at seven, yeah

And I go to work at nine

I got no time for livin'

Yes, I'm workin' all the time"

 

Rush: Working Man

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

"Had a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack/I went out for a ride and I never went back" (from "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen)

Good one, but my favourite Bruce opener is:

 

The screendoor slams, Mary's dress waves

Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays-"Thunder Road"

 

I got a few more:

 

I lie in my bed/The blanket is warm

This body will never be safe from harm- Jeff Buckley: "Mojo Pin"

 

Well it's been 10 years and 1000 tears/Look at the mess I'm in

A broken nose and a broken heart/An empty bottle of gin- Social Distortion: "Ball and Chain"

 

I don't eat I just devour/Everyone in every hour

All is me is all I need/And that's all that I care- Flogging Molly: "Selfish Man"

 

He had alot to say/He had alot of nothing to say

We'll miss him- Tool: "Eulogy"

 

Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air- Pink Floyd: "Echoes"

 

When all is said and done/I'll always be your son

But all is not forgiven- Life of Agony: "This Time"

 

Welcome to where time stands still

No one leaves and no one will- Metallica: "(Welcome Home) Sanitarium"

 

Oh I miss the kiss of treachery

The shameless kiss of vanity- The Cure: "Disintegration"

 

I heard there was a secret chord/That David played and it pleased The Lord

But you don't really care for music do you?- Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah"

 

So, so you think you can tell?/Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?

Can you tell a green field?/From a cold steel rail?/A smile from a vail?

Do you think you can tell?- Pink Floyd: 'Wish You Were Here"

 

It would be wrong to ask you why/because I know what goes inside

It's only half of what comes out/Isn't that what it's about? Faith No More: "Digging the Grave"

 

How many roads must a man walk down?

Before you can call him a man?- Bob Dylan: "Blowin' in the Wind"

 

More to come.

 

I have edited my drunken spelling mistakes of last night.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Blew my last five, cheap fifth of vodka.

[The Mandarin 0]

How many roads must a man walk down?

Before you cancall him a na?- Bob Dylan: "Blowin' in the Wind"

[Guest GreatOne]

An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time

Unsuspecting victims no warnings no signs

Judgment Day the second coming arrives

Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!

 

Slayer, South of Heaven

[Lord of The Curry 0]

"A long, long time ago.........when I can still remember how that music used to make me smile."

[The Amazing Rando 0]

^ now I won't be able to get that out of my head.

 

 

not that I mind persay but shit, that's a long song.

[Red Baron 0]

"When you've decided to hold on to all that you've lost

When you've decided to hold on to all that you've lost

All this is nothing if she comes and tears you apart

All this is nothing if you hold the key to her heart"

 

The Tea Party: Midsummer Day

[mw679 0]

"Hey there, all you middle men

Throw away your fancy clothes

And while you're out there sittin' on a fence

So get off your ass and come down here

'Cause rock 'n' roll ain't no riddle man

To me it makes good, good sense

 

Good sense, let's go...."

 

AC/DC- Rock n Roll ain't noise pollution

[B. Brian Brunzell 0]

Shower in the dark day/Clean sparks driving dow

Cool in the waterway/Where the baptized drown- Soundgarden: "4th of July"

[1234-5678 0]

"When I look into your eyes/I can see your love restrained/But darlin when I hold you/Don't you know I feel the same"---Guns N Roses "November Rain"

[EricMM 0]

"Please allow me to introduce myself..."

 

PS Ditto the Misfits one

[Mystery Eskimo 0]

"Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long girl

and the way you look I understand that you are not impressed..."

 

"Alison", Elvis Costello.

 

Who hasnt had a moment like that?

[Nighthawk 0]

Little bit longer, but:

 

"I was a terror since the public school era

Bathroom passes, cuttin classes, squeezing asses

Smoking blunts was a daily routine

Since thirteen, a chubby nigga on the scene"

 

Biggie Smalls, Party and Bullshit

[the max 0]

"confront the daily setbacks

all the lows and highs

with anesthetic means i'm

fit to socialize" -Driving Nowhere - Helmet

[Use Your Illusion 0]

'You got a glass jawed toothache

Of a mental disease

And they be runnin' round back

See 'em line up on their knees'

 

GNR - 'Garden of Eden'

 

Even though it isn't the actual opening line, 'I bet you say that to all the boys' is pretty immortal in the Meatloaf world, too.

 

UYI

[The Czech Republic 0]

"Oh it's so funny to be seeing you after so long girl

and the way you look I understand that you are not impressed..."

 

"Alison", Elvis Costello.

 

Who hasnt had a moment like that?

I think I just did.

[Dr. Zoidberg 0]

"Bartender, Bartender, bring me another drink/Scotch, Bourbon, and Whiskey, I don't wanna think"

 

My Baby Hates Me by The Stitches

 

 

"3 5 0 1 2 5 GO!"

 

Warsaw by Joy Division

 

 

"When routine bites hard/and ambitions are low/and resentment rides high/but emotion won't grow"

 

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

Blew my last five, cheap fifth of vodka.

Is this Acid Bath's "Cheap Vodka"?