Best song opening lines

[Hassled]

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?

Oh, the first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met
And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get

The Darkness - Love Is Only A Feeling

Catbot that's my favourite too

You drink your coffee,
I sip my tea,
( Hazel O'connor)

Drinking in the morning sun
Blinking in the morning sun
Shaking off the heavy one
Heavy like a loaded gun
(Elbow- One day like this)

I come from down in the valley
Where mister when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done

( The Boss- The River)

Not showing age here at all !

My Shattered Dreams and Broken Heart , are mending on The Shelf

(get the tissues handy )

When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
Fix You

Coldplay

I(IIIIIIIII) can't get off my high horse, and I can't let go
Jocelyn Brown, somebody else's guy

Re "Ode to Billy Joe" - definitely infanticide.

These mist covered mountains are a home now for me
Dire straits brothers in arms

'I fucking hate your comments why do you feel you have to talk'

The Front Bottoms

Did you see the stylish kids in the riot?

(Time for Heroes - The Libertines)

"All hands on deck, we"ve run afloat" I heard the captain cry
"Explore the ship, replace the cook, let no one leave alive!"

Procul Harem, A Salty Dog

'God above protect me from my family.
Do not let them get in touch with me'

the Guernsey Kitchen porter song, by Michael Marra.

I like small speakers, I like tall speakers
If they've music, they're wired for sound

Wired For Sound Sir Cliff

Love so many that have already been posted! Here's some more:

'Am I more than you bargained for yet?' Fall Out Boy

'Is it still me that makes you sweat?' Panic! At the Disco

'You've got your mother in a whirl, she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl.' David Bowie

'Well I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body, I know not everybody's has got a body like you.' George Michael

'We've only just begun to live, white lace and promises, a kiss for luck and we're on our way.' The Carpenters

Wireless enthusiast intercepts government secret radio band and uncovers secrets and scandals of deceitful type proportions.

The Fall :)

She walked in, I woke up, never seen such a pretty girl look so tough.

PRINCE.

"My love has got Humour, shes the giggle at a funeral"

I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five n dime

Every night I grab some money and I go down to the bar

I only knew you for a while, I never saw your smile - no idea who!

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl

I’m a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm

Iggy

Well thanks to this thread I have properly discovered Nick Cave and revisited loads of songs I'd completely forgotten about - and am very glad Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen both got a mention.

Another offering:
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens

Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone, Judy left the same time.

yawning

It's together in electric dreams. Phil Oakey and Giorgio moroder