Best opening lyric line to a song

[On the Left Wing]

My offering:

Didn't know what time it was and the lights were low ....

(David Bowie: Starman)

 

[Wardy]

Will have to think about best opening lyric but hows this for best closing lyric

"Try wearing a cap"

(Too much too young - The Specials)

 

[REDLAND]

Sup up ya Beer and collect ya fags

Eton Rifles - The Jam

 

[Safeway]

"First I was afraid, I was petrified."

Gloria Gaynor, 'I will survive'.

 

[zefarelly]

Arseholes bastards f***ing ***** and pricks

Plaistow Patricia, Ian Dury and the blockheads

 

[REDLAND]

Burn't a new hole in my tracksuit today,
Smoking soapbar without an ashtray,
Red hot nylon dripping on my skin,
I ripped the fucker off and threw it in the bin..


SoapBar - Goldie Lookin Chain

 

[Easy 10]

Hurdy gurdy mushroom man
Has locked me in a frying pan

- Nigel Planer (Neil from The Young Ones)

 

[Braders]

Waking up at twelve in my clothes again
Feel my head explode from a night of gin
Another night out late
I don't want to drink, don't want to be a clown
I got to get my feet back on the ground
Before it pulls me in

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

P.A.L.A.C.E ,Stevie Coppel's got vd.
The travelling hoards,circa 1980s to present day.

 

[chips and gravy]

Arseholes bastards f***ing ***** and pricks

Plaistow Patricia, Ian Dury and the blockheads

Top track - remember how shocked I was when I first heard it!

I always like this one too

In my yellow jersey, went out on the nick

(Razzle in my Pocket)

 

[King Tubby]

Pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street

Joe Jackson - Is she really going out with him?

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

"Bass! How low can you go?
Death row, what a brother know..."

Bring the Noize - Public Enemy

 

[fatbadger]

'Well, I don't believe in an interventionist God...'

Nick Cave - Into My Arms.

Not just the best opening lyric to a song, but the best opening lyric to an album.

 

[n1 gull]

A dreaded sunny day....


The Smiths
Cemetry Gates

 

[Cian]

"Maybe I've forgotten the name and the adress of everyone I've ever known; but theres nothing I regret"

 

[Life After Bobby]

Bless my cotton socks, I'm in the news

Reward - Teardrop Explodes

 

[Soton Seagull]

Can you hear those Cavelry Drums, hijacking your equalibrium?

Beck - Sex Laws

 

[CHAPPERS]

It was supposed to be so easy - (predictably) The Streets

 

[Row Z Creased Shirt]

"Her love is like dragging your balls across barbed wire"

TWDAMO - Tank

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Now is the time for marching now let your hearts be gay!!!