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?

We skipped the light fandango,turned cartwheels cross the floor.

Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
I thank you, so old.

I can't believe the news today. Oh, I can't close my eyes and make it go away.

She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette
Brad Paisley - Whisky Lullaby 😭

Got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in world, a cold beer in my hand
Zac Brown Band - Toes 😁

Another on by Zac Brown - Colder Weather:

She'd take Colorado if he'd take her with him, closes the door before the winter lets the cold in

Think a lot of country songs have good openings as they tend to tell a story.

Been thinking about you, your records are here
Your eyes are on my wall, your teeth are over there
But I'm still no one, and you're now a star
What do you care?

There's a man I meet. Walks up our street. He's a worker for the council, has been twenty years.

One of my favourites

I never thought it would happen, with me and the girl from Clapham, out on a windy common, that night I aint forgotten

onefoot

I came back to post that - up the junction Squeeze.

We don't need no education.
An anthem given to us by the publicly educated, wow!

Sitting here wasted and winded with this old piano

Argh wounded*

Although winded does sound pretty funny 😁

I'm not Jesus, but I have the same initials - Pulp

So you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

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

Every day I wake up and I take my medication and I spend the rest of the day waiting for it wear off.

I was crawling through a festival way out west , I was thinking about love and the acid test.

I can feel the love begin to move, hear my needle hit the groove...

Catch me as I fall, say you're here and it's all over now...
Long lost words whisper slowly to me...
I tried to kill the pain but only brought more...
Hold on to me love, you know I can't stay long...
All Evanescence songs, Whisper, Haunted, Tourniquet and My Last Breath.

I sing myself to sleep, a song from the darkest hour...

You live your life in the songs you hear
On the rock and roll radio
And when a young girl doesn't have any friends
That's a really nice place to go

Angie Baby
Helen Reddy

I was sick and tired of everything
When i called you last night from Glasgow...

You left your notes on lesbian sex on the fish tank in the hall

Disney's Ice Parade by Ballboy.

Then second choice is 'sup up your beer...'

I hope that our last few remaining friends give up on trying to save us/ I hope we come up with a failsafe plot to piss off the dumb few who forgave us

Nice bit of Mountain Goats there

Always loved:
"Your tongue is sharp, but I miss the taste of it.'

Up against the wall by Peter Bjorn and john.

If Joan of Arc had a heart would she give it as a gift?
Maid Of Orleans. OMD

“I am a lineman for the county, and I drive the main road, searchin’ in the sun for another overload” It sets the scene for a song full of longing, brilliant tune and guitar playing from Glenn Campbell.

“ I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens” At Seventeen Janis Ian