Best song opening lines

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I've been mulling over this on my way to and from work and I have 3 contenders:
"She came from Greece - she had a thirst for knowledge" (Pulp). It's so intriguing - you immediately want to know more about her.
Then "Wake up, Maggie - I think I've got something to say to you". I love the hesitancy - he knows he should end things but he doesn't really want to. You can picture him mulling things over while she's asleep next to him.
And then there's "Now that you're out of my life I'm so much better." (Survivor). It's so emphatic, such a clear, confident statement. There's no hand-wringing nonsense - Beyonce is just stating a fact. As a way to open a song it's pretty damn good.

What have I forgotten? What's better?

Tommy used to work on the dock. Union's been on strike, he's down on his luck, it's tough

Another Paul Simon one:
Fat Charlie the archangel sloped into the room.

I never thought it would it happen with me and the girl from Clapham

She keeps a Moët et Chandon in a pretty cabinet

"Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen, pour myself a cup of ambition..."

Not really a country western fan, but I've just always liked the opening lyrics to Dolly's 9 to 5... Simple and paints a very relatable picture!!

We walked in the cold air
Freezing breath on a window pane

Six o'clock already
I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissin' Valentino
By a crystal blue Italian stream
Manic Monday The Bangles

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene

Damn beaten to my choice by @benjaminbuttonschild

My Walk to Work playlist (which I've imaginatively named "Walk to Work") is coming on a pace - so many great songs I'd forgotten about.

Ode to Billie Joe takes me back - that's such a good song.

Friday night and the lights are low,looking out for a place to go-Abba

Sorry fluffy

Welcome to your life, there’s no turning back.

The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling way down in the valley tonight

Each morning I wake up I die a little.

I dig my toes into the sand. The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket

☺️ this lyric makes me particularly happy!

Every generation, blames the one before....

Mike and the Mechanics

Meet me in outer space. We could spend the night, watch the Earth come up

Well I guess I should confess that I'm starting to get old
All the latest music fads just passed me by and left me cold

Frank turner

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68...

'It was the third of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day, I was out chopping cotton and my brother was baking hay'

Ode to Billy Joe, by Bobby Gentry, such a spooky song - what was it they threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge?

Baling not baking!

I know the pieces fit cos I watched them fall away

There are sooo many but first one to come to mind has been said by Benjamin -
Squeezes Up the Junction:
"I never thought it would happen with me and the girl.from Clapham"

preens

I love these kind of threads