Songs with the Greatest Opening Lines

[cosmicfolklore]

Love John Prine one of the greatest of all time he deserved so much more than he was recognized for

And, he is one of the nicest people I've ever met. I am lucky enough to have a friend who used to introduce me to people who play at the theater in down town Birmingham. And, John Prine was the first celebrity I've ever met who genuinely seemed to want to make friends with everyone he meets. He will be greatly missed.

 

[tobefrank]

Hello darkness, my old friend

 

[carlomarx]

" I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE...AND I BRING YOU FIRE"
Arthur Brown 1968
The kind of lyrics that 16 year old guys think are cool! Plus it made your neighbors nervous when played full blast as you rolled down East End Avenue.

 

[jaytex1969]

Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind

-Black Sabbath

 

[LOREN]

Grandma got run over by a reindeer...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ground Control to Major Tom...

 

[LOREN]

Who that is? That's just my baby daddy...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

just because of that asshole on the back row who won't shut up, he asked for it... I'll inflict this song an you all!!!


If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?

 

[crawdad]

Some people call me the space cowboy

Steve Miller

 

[LOREN]

People are strange when you're a stranger...

 

[crawdad]

Hey Charley I'm pregnant
Living on 9th Street
Right above a dirty bookstore
Off Euclid Avenue

Tom Waits

 

[aquadoc]

"Chewing on a piece of grass walking down the road..."
"Do you remember the 21st of September"
"oh my God Becky, look at her butt"

 

[crawdad]

I shot the sheriff

Bob Marley

 

[cosmicfolklore]

All... my.... friends.... know the low rider...

 

[Zack Miller]

All My Exes Live in Texas

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ok ok ok, just one more...

He was born in the summer of his 27th year, coming home to a place he'd never been before...

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Trailer for sale or rent/room to let, fifty cents

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Tonight the bottle let me down

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Cowboys ain’t easy to love, they’re harder to hold

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

When I was 17, it was a very good year

- Frank Sinatra?