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Songs with the Greatest Opening Lines
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Haha, I was wondering if anyone would catch that!
Tonight I am up in Chillicothe down wind from the paper mill
Sitting on a park bench
Eyeing little girls with bad intent
Snot's running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey, Aqualung
Eyeing little girls with bad intent
Snot's running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey, Aqualung
There is a house in New Orleans they call the Rising Sun...
in 1814 I took a little trip along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp
in 1814 I took a little trip along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississipp
"Baby, Would you eat that there snack cracker
In your special outfit for me, please?"
In your special outfit for me, please?"
I work all day like a dog just to make a dime, what Uncle Sam doesn’t take he sends to my two ex wives. Creed Fisher
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Come out Virginia, don't let 'em wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Aw but sooner or later it comes down to faith
Oh I might as well be the one"
Come out Virginia, don't let 'em wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Aw but sooner or later it comes down to faith
Oh I might as well be the one"
Hank let’s talk about your daddy
"Early one morning, while making my rounds...." - J. Cash
"There I was completely wasted, out of work and down..." - Judas Priest
"If you're travelling in the North country fair..." -Robert Zimmerman (I could spend an hour filling this thread with his lyrics)
"There I was completely wasted, out of work and down..." - Judas Priest
"If you're travelling in the North country fair..." -Robert Zimmerman (I could spend an hour filling this thread with his lyrics)
for the metalheads...
Street hustler comes up to me one day, and I'm walkin' down the street minding my own business, and he looks me up and he looks me down, and he says, "Hey man, what be this?" and "What be that?"
Street hustler comes up to me one day, and I'm walkin' down the street minding my own business, and he looks me up and he looks me down, and he says, "Hey man, what be this?" and "What be that?"
Scrotum scrotum, just an ugly little bag of skin
scrotum scrotum, that's the bag I keep my testes in
Pete & Wayne
scrotum scrotum, that's the bag I keep my testes in
Pete & Wayne
as I pop a tin of Key Largo...
Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake, all of those tourists covered with oil...
Nibblin' on sponge cake, watchin' the sun bake, all of those tourists covered with oil...
“Operator, number please, it's been so many years”
Martha - Tom Waits
Martha - Tom Waits
Captain & Tennille
Muskrat, Muskrat, candle light
Doin' the town and doin' it right in the evenin'
It's pretty pleasin'
Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug at a Muskrat Land
And they shimmy, Sam is so skinny
Muskrat, Muskrat, candle light
Doin' the town and doin' it right in the evenin'
It's pretty pleasin'
Muskrat Suzie, Muskrat Sam
Do the jitterbug at a Muskrat Land
And they shimmy, Sam is so skinny
That song always makes me think of gerbils for some reason, maybe my 80’s sense of humor.
Spotcheck Billy got down on his hands and knees
He said hey, mama, hey, let me check your oil all right?
He said hey, mama, hey, let me check your oil all right?
"Give me a ticket for an aer-o-plane ...."
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