Which songs have the greatest opening lyric/first line?

mike_l

Ricky was a young boy, He had a heart of stone

Lived 9 to 5, and he worked his fingers to the bone.

Skid Row 18 & Life

As the sun breaks above the ground, an old man stand on the hill

As  the ground warms to the first rays of light a bird song shatters the still

Iron Maiden Flight of Icarus

I'm waiting in my cold cell

when the bell begins to chime

Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time

cos at 5 o'clock they take me to the gallows pole

The sands of time for me are running low

Iron Maiden Hallowed be thy name

IanSavage

"Feels like you made a mistake; you made somebody's heart break." (Matchbox 20, Disease)

 "I been fumbling with your heartstrings, and that's good enough for me" (Gaslight Anthem, Belloxi Parish)

"In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream, at night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines" (Springsteen, Born To Run)

"You can gut her like a trout, you can cut her eyeballs out, you can chain her in the basement 'long as nobody finds out" (Howling Wily C*nt, 5000000 Ways To Kill Your Baby)

 

scrumhalf

"1-2-3-4"

Be honest, it doesn't get more rock'n'roll.

imalone

not_the_dj said:

Jesus died for somebody's sins.....but not mine.

(Patti Smith)

Good call.

Hootsmon

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"oh Superman"

oddball

I'm going to fuck your life up...

DiscoStu

"I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar / I am the son and heir of nothing in particular"

"I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour but heaven knows I'm miserable now" - The Smiths. Morrissey wrote some brilliant lines.

"You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips / and there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips" - The Righteous Brothers. That opening says everything the song is about.

PolarityMan

"you're looking for the one who fucked your mum" - bummer , monster magent

"Please allow me to adjust my pants, so that I may dance the good time dance

And put the onlookers, and innocent bystanders into a trance" - Mob goes wild, Clutch

Iamnobody

Green Manalishi - PG's FM

"Now when the day goes to sleep
and the full moon looks
The night is so black that the darkness cooks"

How Soon is Now - The Smiths

"I am the son, and the heir, of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir, of nothing in particular"

hubobulous

I posted this in another thread, and whilst I don't know much of their stuff, I think this is genius....'Miserable' by LIT

You make me come.....you make me complete.....you make me completely miserable

scrumhalf

"So you think you'll take another piece of me
To satisfy your intellectual need"

Action - The Sweet.

"I like to eat bananas, 'cos they've got no bones
I like Marijuana, 'cos it gets me stoned"
Bananas - Man

spark240

Hey Jude....( do I really need to say ?)

Oh...you gonna take me home tonight ( Queen Fat Bottomed Girls)

cpcompany

When I was a little blob of spunk, just coming oot my fatha.
I heard my uncle talking to my mother and me nana.
Talking about how they thought I'd be a puff.
But when I came out, I called a pure bluff.

Buzzcocks (Godfather of Cramlington) - I'm A Gangsta

mart

I am not in love, but I'm open to persuasion.

Chuffola

I never thought it would happen

With me and the girl from Clapham

Out on the windy common

That night I ain't forgotten

Squeeze - Up The Junction

Chris Difford. Lyricist par excellence.

jpfamps

"Nibbling on sponge cake,

Watching the sun bake."

Skipped

♫  When your in love with a beautiful woman.......It get's hard.......♫     

jellyroll

If you search for tenderness it isn't hard to find You can have the love you need to live But if you look for truthfulness you might just as well be blind It always seems to be so hard to give. Billy Joel - Honesty

Bucket

"Shyness is nice, and shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life you'd like to" - Morrissey, Ask (the Smiths)

"Woke up screaming on the wrong side of the head" - Devin Townsend, Wrong Side (Strapping Young Lad)

"Pursue happiness, with diligence" - unsure who, but it's The Sparrow (Mastodon)

"Sweet sweet darling darling, don't get so heavy hearted, let's get the good times started before they turn to shit" - Ginger, Burn the Rule Book (Fuck It) (Hey! Hello!)

"Standing tough under stars and stripes we can tell, this dream's in sight" - Donald Fagen, I.G.Y

"While the music played, you worked by candlelight" - Donald Fagen, Kid Charlemagne (Steely Dan)

"I fucked seventeen girls in a row last night, and ten of them gave me head" - Michael Starr, 17 Girls in a Row (Steel Panther)

FelineGuitars

You said you wanted to open up the doors to our bedroom
You said my cock was nice but left a little too much headroom

Bukake Tears by Steel Panther