Best Opening Line Of A Song

[mc1]

Originally Posted by bitraker

...opening line...

"Woke up this morning and I got myself a beer."

Morrison and The Doors

was that on the "woke up this morning and found myself dead" jimi/jim collaboration album?

[MikeBmusic]

Sugar magnolia, blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care,

- Grateful Dead

[Bingoccc]

Hello darkness my old friend. I've come to talk with you again.

Paul Simon

The Mama pajama rolled out of bed and ran to the police station. When Papa found out he began to shout and he started the investigation.

Paul Simon

[MGap]

Rumor spreadin' 'round in that Texas town
'Bout that shack outside La Grange
And you know what I'm talkin' about.

A haw haw haw!

ZZ Top - La Grange

[CrustHunter]

You opened up your door
I couldn't believe my luck
You in your new blue dress
Taking away my breath

Crowded House

[TexHawk]

Since 'Dublin Blues' has already been used...

Hot air hangs like a dead man
From a white oak tree
People sittin' on porches
Thinking how things used to be

Dark Night - Blasters/Dave Alvin

[warfrat73]

All these Dylan tunes already, it was another one that popped into my head right away:
"Early one morning, the sun was shining, i was laying in bed, wondering if she'd changed at all, if her hair was still red." Tangled up in Blue

And then Townes:
"Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath's as hard as kerosene" Pancho and Lefty

[Greg Rappleye]

Well a woman I love is named Ramona
She kinda looks like Tempest Storm
And she can dance like Little Egypt
She works down at the snake farm

-Ray Wylie Hubbard, Snake Farm




Greg Rappleye

[martind42]

"Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin' too."

B.B. King

[RedJoker]

"While we're on the subject, could we change the subject now?"

Missed the Boat - Modest Mouse

[Rosewood99]

Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

Gimme Shelter-Rolling Stones

[Diamond Dave]

"I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me."

--The Beatles, "Norwegian Wood."

"She came in through the bathroom window"

--The Beatles, song of the same name

"You say you want a revolution, well, you know--we all want to change the world."

--The Beatles, "Revolution"

"1-2-3-4!"

--The Beatles. "I Saw Her Standing There."

(followed up by "Well she was just 17--you know what I mean!")

"Women think I'm tasty but they're always trying to waste me."

--The Rolling Stones, "Tumbling Dice."

[architype]

Since the best Springsteen first line has been used, I'll submit the second best:

"I got a '69 Chevy with a 396, Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor.
She's waitin' tonight out in the parking lot outside the 7-11 store."

[Doxy]

When the truth is found, to be lies...
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

[Ed-in-Ohio]

Originally Posted by cke

"Pulled into Nazareth..."

Huge +1! I believe the song "The Weight" was written about adventures experienced during a road trip to the Martin Guitar factory. How could one choose anything else to post to this forum?