Songs that have great opening lines

"Son, I'm thirty
I only went with your mother
'cause she's dirty"

Happy Mondays - "Kinky Afro"

 

My p*ssy tastes like Pepsi Cola
My eyes are wide like cherry pies
I got a taste for men who are older
It's always been, so it's no surprise

---Lana Del Rey "Cola"

 

Kaleo--Automobile

Imagine myself in an automobile
A hundred miles an hour, only me at the wheel

 

Well I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call

Joan Baez "Diamonds And Rust"

 

"Brother John saw visions of God, so they put him in chains for acting too odd.
While the crowd shouted 'off with his head!', the priest said 'have mercy, let's burn him instead."

- "Trapped", Todd Rundgren

 

"The ashtray says... you were up all night."

"A Shot in the Arm" - Wilco

 

"A Diamond necklace played the pawn, hand in hand some drummed along oh, to a handsome man and baton (By Gone, By Gone)
A Blind class aristocracy, back through the opera glass you see, the pit and the pendulum drawn
Culminated Ruins Domino"
- The Beach Boys (Van Dyke Parks / Brian Wilson) "Surf's Up"

 

I always thought of that more like one of those "skits" the rappers love to put in front of their songs...I'll allow it, though.

 

"Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand. Whose wine, what wine, where the hell did I dine"?

 

There was a moon and a street lamp
I didn't know I drank such a lot
'Till I pissed a tequila-anaconda
The full length of the parking lot!

 

"The sign said long-haired freaky people need not apply" - Five Man Electrical Band, "Signs"

 

Your Baby Doesn't Love You Anymore...

Roy Orbison - It's Over

 

I love these opening lines from Bright Eyes' "If The Brakeman Turns My Way" (that whole album Cassadaga has so many fantastic and relatable lyrics by the way)...

When panic grips your body and your heart is a hummingbird
Raven thoughts blacken your mind until you're breathing in reverse
All your friends and sedatives mean well, but make it worse
Every reassurance just magnifies the doubt
Better find yourself a place to level out

 

Hey ho, let's go! hey ho, let's go!
Hey ho, let's go! hey ho, let's go!

 

The toad road licked my wheels like a sabre = T Rex

 

Yes I'm lonely - wanna die

 

Captain Walker didn’t come home,
His unborn child
will never know him.
Believe him missing with a number of men,
Don’t expect to see him again

- “Overture” / The Who (Tommy)

 

I dreamed I was president of these United States
I dreamed I replaced ignorance, stupidity and hate
I dreamed the perfect union and a law, undenied
And most of all I dreamed I forgot the day John Kennedy died.

Lou Reed: The Day John Kennedy Died

 

Good evening Mr. Waldhiem
and pontiff how are you.
You have so much in common
In the things you do.

Lou Reed: Good Evening Mr. Waldhiem

 

1 - 2 - 3 Good Lovin'

The Young Rascals arrangement (written by Clark/Resnick): Good Lovin'

 

probably been posted already

 

COMPASSION recorded and adapted by Lucinda Williams uses the poem of the same title written by her father Miller Williams. The following is Miller Williams poem in the form it was originally published.

Have compassion for everyone you meet
even if they don't want it. What seems conceit,
bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign
of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen.
You do not know what wars are going on
down there where the spirit meets the bone.

 

"Whiskey bottles & brand new cars
Oak tree, you're in my way...."

 

Something told me it was over
When I saw you and her talking
Something deep down in my soul said, cry girl
When I saw you and that girl walking around
Etta James "I'd rather Go Blind"

Sometimes I feel so happy
Sometimes I feel so sad
Sometimes I feel so happy
But mostly you just make me mad
Baby you just make me mad
Velvet Underground "Pale Blue Eyes"

In my hour of darkness, in my time of need
Oh Lord, grant me vision oh, Lord grant me speed
Gram Parsons "In My Hour Of Darkness"

I'll write you a letter tomorrow
Tonight I can't hold a pen
Someone's got a stamp that I can borrow
I promise not to blow the address again
The Replacements "Can't Hardly Wait

I feel so good I'm going to break somebody's heart tonight
I feel so good I'm going to tear someone apart tonight
Richard Thompson "I Feel So Good"

 

All your dreams are made
When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade

Oasis - Morning Glory