Greatest Opening Lines to a song

[bluechippie]

I have a mansion
Forget the price
Ain't ever bin there
They tell me it's nice

 

[Manc baggie]

Better stop dreaming of the quiet life
'Cause it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for the runaway bus
'Cause those rosy days are few
And stop apologising
For the things you've never done
'Cause time is short
And life is cruel
But it's up to us to change
This town called Malice

 

[Manc baggie]

I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care

 

[Manc baggie]

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction
Living just enough, just enough for the city

 

[Manc baggie]

I never thought it would happen
With me and the girl from Clapham
Out on the windy common
That night I ain't forgotten
When she dealt out the rations
With some or other passions
I said "you are a lady"
"Perhaps" she said. "I may be"

 

[Luddite_Blue]

She stayed with me until she moved to Notting Hill
She said it was the place she needs to be
Where the cocaine is fair trade, and frequently displayed
Is the Buena Vista Social Club CD

 

[Kirkstall Blue]

The opening riff to die for

Something in the way she moves attracts me like no other lover

Something in the way She woos me don’t want to leave her now

You know I believe in how

 

[glauberbertistossedshirt]

When I think back on all the cr*p I learned in high school, It's a wonder I can think at all

Kodachrome, Paul Simon

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care

I loved Dexy's

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Johnny Rotten rhyming anti christ with anarchist in Anarchy In The UK

I am an anti christ
I am an anarchist

 

[eric pode of croydon]

A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong, moving in the right direction
Living just enough, just enough for the city

For some reason I have never "got" Stevie Wonder but I love this lyric.

 

[Coatigan]

I want to move in to a Bovis home, and make a list of everything I own..

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Nobody stop me!
I wanna slit your throat and fuck the wound
Wanna push my face in and feel the swoon
Wanna dig inside, find a little bit of me
'Cause the line gets crossed when you don't come clean
My wormwood meets your pesticide
You'll never get out 'cause you were never alive
I am infinite, I am the infant finite
Come a little closer, and I'll show you why

 

[Paul Moulden's Golden Balls]

I loved Dexy's

Ok, but what did you think of UB40..

 

[Manc baggie]

For some reason I have never "got" Stevie Wonder but I love this lyric.

I know what you mean. This track & Superstition are amazing.
I don’t consider myself a fan, but I was gifted a couple of tickets to see him about 35 years ago at the NEC Birmingham & it was probably the single best concert I have ever been to. It was absolutely electric.
The crowd were completely wild from the opening song. SW loved it & just whipped it up for the whole concert.
My tickets were 1 row from the very back of the NEC & it didn't matter. Everyone was stood up & dancing for the whole concert.
It was so amazing, I bought tickets for the next shows at Wembley arena to see him again a couple of nights later.
Drove down from Birmingham on a Wednesday night expecting another cracking show & it was absolutely shite.
It was sold out, but the crowd were flat from the outset & it was all a bit dull.
Just shows how venues & crowds can make such a difference.

 

[Manc baggie]

I want you to know
That I'm happy for you
I wish nothing, but
The best for you both
An older version of me
Is she perverted like me?
Would she go down on you in a theatre?
Does she speak eloquently?
And would she have your baby?
I'm sure she'd make a really excellent mother

 

[dickie davies]

Johnny Rotten rhyming anti christ with anarchist in Anarchy In The UK

I am an anti christ
I am an anarchist

Personally I think these were much better opening lyrics from the Sex Pistols

She was a girl from Birmingham
She just had an abortion
She was a case of insanity
Her name was Pauline, she lived in a tree

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Evil eye hotshot. Full tilt nonstop. Tidalwave avalanche. Parked down at the ranch. A gulpin' go - juice. Choppped and channeled deuce. Custon chrome reverse. Jacked up Egyptian curse. She God Shanghail. Surfin' bird 'n' fur pie. See God 'n' hang five. Papa oo mow oo my.

 

[Manc baggie]

This is the definition of my life
Lying in bed in the sunlight
Choking on the vitamin tablet
The doctor gave, in the hope of saving me
In the hope of saving me

 

[Blue Mist]

For some reason I have never "got" Stevie Wonder but I love this lyric.

@ericpodeofcroydon the whole song is full of great lyrics
To find a job is like the haystack needle
Cause where he lives they don't use coloured people