Greatest Opening Lines to a song

[Kirkstall Blue]

I hitched a ride with my soul by the side of the road Just as the sky turned black
I took a walk with my fame down memory lane I never did find my way back
You know I got a say times slipping away and what will it hold for me
What am I gonna do when I’m looking at you standing there ignoring me,
I thought that I heard someone say theres no time for running away now
Hey now, hey now!!

 

[OB1]

"In the day we sweat it out on the streets
Of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through the mansions of glory
In suicide machines
Sprung from cages on Highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected, and steppin' out over the line
Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back
It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we're young
'Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run
Yes, girl, we were"

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

Here’s a thought for every man who tries to understand what’s in his hand
He walks along the open road of love and life surviving if he can,
Bound with all the weight of all the words he tried to say
Chained to all the places he never wished to stay,
Bound with all the words he never tried to say.

As he faced the sun he cast no shadow
. . .

 

[ericpodeofcroydon]

Not the opening lines but not bad.
Bob Dylan, Tangled up in Blue.

She lit a burner on the stove
And offered me a pipe
“I thought you’d never say hello,” she said
“You look like the silent type”
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burnin’ coal
Pourin’ off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you
Tangled up in blue

 

[Maintainin]

People of the world wherever you be
welcome to Cosmic YOUniversity.
Where life is the journey and love is the trip
And the study of them will make you hip.

I'm professor of the rap and when I speak
I guarantee that my lines will not be weak.
They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste
That's why I'm here and on the case.

Rapping up every mind with a special degree in socio-psycholo G.B.E.
The Gary Byrd Experience is my course
When you take my class you will feel the force.
'Cause I know the roots that the rap is from
When I speak to you I am not dumb.

Hear my rap and begin to dance
and I promise you this you will advance.
You may have seen the Raiders of the Lost Ark
But you still lefl the theatre in the dark
So clap your hands to the beat as the Wonder sound
And the G.B.E. shine on the Crown.

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Gary Byrd & the GB Experience - The Crown (1983)

 

[hilts]

Agadoo doo doo, push pineapple, shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo, push pineapple, grind coffee
To the left, to the right, jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night, sing with a hula melody

 

[yeseye]

"There are new forces in the world...a conflict between the generations; a powerful feeling that the American system is failing to deal with the real threats to life: the Bomb, the pollution of air and water, the population explosion, the mounting slums and crime..."

In your face

 

[dark 'n stormy]

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

 

[bluemanchester]

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told.

 

[blueste41]

It was the best of times, the worst of crimes
I struck a match and blew your mind
But I didn't mean it, and you didn't see it
The ties were black, the lies were white
In shades of gray in candlelight
I wanted to leave him, I needed a reason