Songs with the Greatest Opening Lines

[lochinvar]

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night

 

[alsatmem]

Well, I remember as it were a meal ago...

Tommy the Cat
by Primus

 

[BROBS]

Nickelback shreds, bro

I lol’d at @pantsBoots reaction ?

 

[Servant King]

"I turn the music down, and I don't know why, this is my house..."

Morrissey - The Best Friend On The Payroll, from Southpaw Grammar (1995).

 

[dino]

Where has the time all gone to?
Haven't done half the things we want to
Oh well,
We'll catch up some other time.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

When you’re down on your luck and you ain’t got a buck
In London, you’re a goner

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Mom got drunk and Dad got drunk at our Christmas party

 

[Kottan]

When I was back there in seminary school
There was a person there
Who put forth the proposition
That you can petition the Lord with prayer…

 

[dino]

Once I laughed when I heard you saying
that I'd be playing solitaire,
uneasy in my easy chair.
It never entered my mind.

 

[dino]

Lydia, oh, Lydia, say have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady?

 

[Kottan]

" 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.

That was a one hit wonder. I'm surprised that anyone recalls it. We too found it a cool song then.

 

[brian64]

I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing 'til they got a hold of me

 

[jpmcwjr]

"Daddy, please don't get drunk for Christmas".. John Denver.

 

[brian64]

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

 

[olkofri]

"Yoo-hoo, I'll make you famous!"

 

[Chasing Embers]

"The world is a vampire"

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends
They're in my head
I'm so ugly, that's okay, 'cause so are you

Nirvana - Lithium

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Lydia, oh, Lydia, say have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady?

That was used in the final episode of Breaking Bad, Todd had it as his ringtone.

 

[burleyboy]

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down

- Johnny Cash, Cocaine Blues

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Early one mornin' while makin' the rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down

- Johnny Cash, Cocaine Blues

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
Because you're mine, I walk the line…