Songs with the Greatest Opening Lines
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In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all, time loser,
Headlong to his death
Of the locomotive breath,
Runs the all, time loser,
Headlong to his death
If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
"Lazy Mary you better get up"
She answered back, "I am not able"
"Lazy Mary you better get up
We need the sheets for the table"
-Louis Prima
She answered back, "I am not able"
"Lazy Mary you better get up
We need the sheets for the table"
-Louis Prima
Tweeter and the Monkey Man were hard up for cash
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
Traveling Wilburys
They stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash
To an undercover cop who had a sister named Jan
For reasons unexplained she loved the Monkey Man
Traveling Wilburys
Standin' on the corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset, Janey's in her vest
And me, I'm in a rock 'n' roll band
Suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset, Janey's in her vest
And me, I'm in a rock 'n' roll band
Shaking like a dog shittin' razorblades
Waking up next to nothing after dreaming of you and me
I'm waking up all alone, waking up so relieved
Waking up next to nothing after dreaming of you and me
I'm waking up all alone, waking up so relieved
"Counting all the assholes in the room
Well I'm definitely not alone, well I'm not alone" - Still Counting, Volbeat.
Well I'm definitely not alone, well I'm not alone" - Still Counting, Volbeat.
Ever since I was a young boy
I've played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played 'em all
I've played the silver ball
From Soho down to Brighton
I must have played 'em all
Oh Lord it's hard to be humble... when you're perfect in every way...
I don't know how this one escaped me, but if you think about what he's saying....
I'm a walkin' down the street like Lucky Larue... got my hand in my pocket, baby, I'm thinkin' 'bout you...
John Prine
I'm a walkin' down the street like Lucky Larue... got my hand in my pocket, baby, I'm thinkin' 'bout you...
John Prine
When i look up to the sky
I see your eyes, a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed, i sunk my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
Status Quo, 1st. hit
I see your eyes, a funny kind of yellow
I rush home to bed, i sunk my head
I see your face underneath my pillow
Status Quo, 1st. hit
They call it stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad
--T-Bone Walker
--T-Bone Walker
"The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy"
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy"
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
When father bought the farm, we sold the farm
Mistook his blood for rustic charm
Sold his ghost as an antique, to the city -
from Old Time Mem’ry by Mischief Brew
Mistook his blood for rustic charm
Sold his ghost as an antique, to the city -
from Old Time Mem’ry by Mischief Brew
Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
-written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange for Elvis Presley
-written by Mac Davis and Billy Strange for Elvis Presley
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows?" --Kermit the Frog
A Trent Resnor song coved by Johnny Cash.
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
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