Question: What song has the best opening line?

[baimun]

Some notable contenders....

 

[Motorik]

The Gun Club - 'For the Love of Ivy'

"You look just like an Elvis from hell..."

 

[mongooz]

HELLO......HELLO.......HELLO.....IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE??

 

[Andrew Sak]

I'm not good at picking favorites.
This one is good.

 

[Knox in Box]

Been a whole lot easier since the bitch left town.

 

[jelloman]

I wear my skin like the burden it is...

 

[Peen Simmons]

 

[smurfco]

 

[dodgechargerfan]

Best?

This caught my attention when I heard on the radio yesterday.
I’ve heard song plenty of times before.
For some reason the first line just grabbed me.

 

[xStonr]

I had skin like leather and the diamond hard look of a cobra....

 

[jp_nyc]

 

[jrockbridge]

“I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel”-Trent Reznor

 

[Andrew Sak]

All aboard ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ay,ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay,

 

[GusChiggins]

 

[Chicken Man]

There's a case to be made for John Prine singing "I am an old woman, named after my mother".

 

[dodgechargerfan]

There's a case to be made for John Prine singing "I am an old woman, named after my mother".

Or, “I woke up this morning, went down to the kitchen and died.”

 

[tiger roach]

We can share the women, we can share the wine



…and like pretty much every Stones song.

 

[Porfirio]

Well, I woke up Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

 

[Honkridge]

 

[Motorik]

My mother did me deadly spite, for she sent thieves in the dark of the night
Put my servants all to flight, they robbed my bower, they slew my knight

They couldn't do to me no harm so they slew my baby in my arm
Left me nought to wrap him in but the bloody sheet that he lay in

They left me nought to dig his grave but the bloody sword that slew my babe
All alone the grave I made, and all alone the tears I shed

And all alone the bell I rang, and all alone the psalm I sang
I leaned my head all against the block and there I cut my lovely locks

I cut my locks and I changed my name from Fair Eleanor to Sweet William
Went to court to serve my king as the famous flower of serving men