Songs with the Greatest Opening Lines

[cosmicfolklore]

My pussycat was scratching at my back door, she scratched so hard, poor pussy got sore...

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

When the sun comes up on a sleepy little town
Down around San Antone

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Kansas

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Ok - Last one.

I have a mansion but forget the price
Ain't never been there, they tell me its nice

 

[tobefrank]

I remember when
I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
There was something so pleasant about that place
Even your emotions have an echo in so much space

 

[pantsBoots]

Gentle, pretty thing
Who only had one Spring
You bravely faced the world,
Ready for anything

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Do you remember... when we met... That's the day... I knew you were my pet...

I really enjoy playing this one on the banjo.

 

[boatme99]

Now when I was a young man I carried me pack, and I lived the free life of a rover..,

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I inject pure kryptonite into my brain...
It improves my kung-fu, and it eases the pain during acceleration...


alrighty, I'm dragging bottom. I'll let you blokes take it...

 

[boatme99]

B double E double R, U, N
B double E double R, U, N

Todd Snider

 

[boatme99]

 

[danimalia]

I've thought about this question a ton, and for me, the obvious answer is from Atom and His Package's classic "Punk Rock Academy." Prepare yourselves.

"I was fighting the mold in the bowl with my pee, when a thought popped into my brain..."

 

[boatme99]

Oh the year was 1778
How I wish I was in Sherbrooke now
A letter of marque came from the king
To the scummiest vessel I've ever seen

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Oh yeh...

Mama pajama rolled out of bed, and she ran to the police station...

 

[boatme99]

An ode to porta potty suckers everywhere
Sung to Spiderman tv theme song:

Doody man, doody man
pump that doody right out the can

 

[mikethompson]

Stuck inside these four walls, sent inside forever, never seeing no one nice again like you.

 

[pappymac]

Two more songs:
They're driving long nails into coffins
You've been having sleepless nights
You've gone as quiet as a church mouse
And checking on your rights


Nibblin' on sponge cake
Watchin' the sun bake
All of those tourists covered with oil

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Well she was just 17, you know what I mean.

 

[cigrmaster]

Check out Steve Howe on slide guitar.

 

[Reggie]

"I wish a buck was still silver. It was back when the country was still strong.........."

Merle Haggard