The greatest first line to a song ever?

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Pretty woman out walking with gorillas down my street
Joe Jackson, Different for Girls

 

[rcf0712]

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a drive and I never went back

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man: no time to talk.

 

[Knightsworld]

Turn off your mind relax and float downstream.

 

[El Presidente]

Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate, will nature make a man of me yet?

That'll do for me too!

 

[Trufflehound]

Pulling the ice axe from my leg, I staggered on, spindrift stinging my remaining eye...

 

[Icy Gull]

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman tiptoes to my room every night

 

[tinycowboy]

Hate wide for dog breeder
In the town of purport
A never seen dog breeder
This is the tale of his replica.

The Fall - Impression of J. Temperance

 

[Withdeano]

Punctured bicycle on a hillside desolate, will nature make a man of me yet?

I rather like the third line to this one too

 

[Norman Potting]

Now is the time for marching

Thread closed.

Ok I will concede that but can this one go in just before "In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream......"

 

[Withdeano]

"This bed is on fire with passion and love, the neighbours complain about the noises above..."

closely followed from leftfield by:

"Remember that tanktop you bought me?"

 

[Pavilionaire]

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur of what is known as....

 

[Easy 10]

I've been stood up, messed around, and taken for a fool
Well next time round, I'm gonna change the rules

 

[vegster]

A mile an a half on a bus takes a long time....

Good call !

 

[vegster]

"Agents of the law
Luckless pedestrian
I know you're out there
With rage in your eyes and your megaphones "

Steely Dan- Don't take me Alive

 

[Pevenseagull]

"Pick a card, any card ......... Wrong"

 

[Kumquat]

Here's one from Arab Strap.

"It was the biggest c*ck you'd ever seen, but you've no idea where that c*ck has been. You say you were careful, but you never were with me. You said you did it four times, but johnnies come in packs of three"

 

[spring hall convert]

I've always had a fondness for "I love from the bottom of my pencil case." Beautiful South - Song For Whoever.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Actually, David Bowie is rather good at this

"(Let's Dance), put on your red shoes and dance the blues"

genius

 

[Icy Gull]

I find this very poignant given the circumstances around which it was written. RIP Syd

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.