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?

Guess who just got back today. Then wild eyed boys that have been away.

'Hello..I'm Johnny Cash' It's just the way he says it with such confidence.

'Sheila goes out with her mate Stella..'

The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
Has passed away
Or what is yet to be
Leonard Cohen, Anthem

Thank you for the days / Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me / I'm thinking of the days / I won't forget a single day, believe me.
Kirsty McColl, Days

Aurora Borealis the icy sky at night

Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty

This guy's in love, this guy's in love with you...

we skipped the light fandango

"It's not a crime to be innocent, these things we have not done. You're not some little child, spring has passed and gone."
New Model Army, "Stupid Questions"

"She's trying to have a good time, even though these are the bad times. Sitting by the window, breathing on the glass, time will tell, and time will pass"
Love/Hate "She's an Angel"

Jeremy Vine did a competition re this a few years ago and this lyric from Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon won...

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain."

It was the third of September,
That day I’ll always remember
‘Cause that was the day
When my Daddy died.
Papa was a Rolling Stone

Another Squeeze one:

I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste
A flannel for my face,
Pyjamas, a hairbrush
New shoes and a case.
I said to my reflection
Let"s get out of this place.
Tempted

I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate

It's not the way you lead me by the hand into the bedroom,
It's not the way you throw your clothes upon the bathroom floor,

Imagine there's no heaven.

Wonderful thread.

I like the Supremes' 'No Matter What Sign You Are': Capricorn Scorpio Taurus, Gemini, Virgo. The 'ow!' in between is so arresting and exciting.

Also 'The Ship Song', Nick Cave.

Come sail your ships around me
And burn your bridges down

Epic, enormous, mind-expanding.

I wrote this song two hours before we met.

I remember when Mary Lou said: “You wanna walk me home from school?” and I said, “Yes, I do”.
Spiders and Snakes. Jim Stafford.

It’s cold outside
and the paint’s peeling off of my walls

It was the biggest cock you'd ever seen, but you'd no idea where that cock had been - Arab strap, packs of three

8 o'clock, Monday night and I'm waitin'
To finally talk to a girl a little cooler than me.
Her name is Nona, she's a rocker with a nose ring,
She wears a two way, but I'm not quite sure what that means

Bowling for Soup - Girl all the bad guys want

Clarity just confuses me

'You fell out of the sky, crash-landed in a field near the river Adur'

Nick Cave. Horribly prophetic.

When I was a young boy
My father took me into the city

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

I like the pictures they paint

I’ll make you a deal, like any other candidate

David Bowie 💖

Out on the wiley windy moors we'd roll and fall in green

• Kate Bush Wind and Wuthering

I went to a party at the local county jail. All the cons were dancing and the band begin to wail

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