What is the Best Opening Lyric of all Time?

Flies all green and buzzin’
In this dungeon of despair

Zappa, The Torture Never Stops.

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I’ve always believed it was “sways”. Apart from anything else it rhymes.

I’ve just checked my two versions of the album (30th anniversary edition and Gold CD version): “waves”

But the 1975-85 live album has “sways”

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I’m the trouble starter, punkin’ instigator

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She wanted nothing, And I delivered

Ojo Rojo by Fu manchu

Love spreads her arms, and waits there for the nails…

Dearly beloved
We are gathered here today
To get through this thing called life…

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And may you never lay your head down
Without a hand to hold
May you never make your bed out in the cold

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Flew in from My-ami Beach
Bee-Oh-Eh-See

(Some Russian thingy)

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Shed a tear for the last lonely eagle
or alternately
Henry tasted, he got wasted, couldn’t even see,
how he’s going to drive like that is none to clear to me
both are from new riders of the purple sage- neither is probably best but certainly noteworthy and possibly under the radar for quite a few, so enjoy

seven bridges road - great song and all but forgotten - thnx for reminding me

I’ve been going out with a girl, her name is Julie,
But last night she said to me, while we were watching telly…

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Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick

I always thought it was BOAC… which still flew in those days.

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It is. That was my (apparently unsuccessful) attempt to produce the name phonetically!

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We were at a party
His earlobe fell in the deep

From one of the best 4:52 I own

Before you slip into unconsciousness
I’d like to have another kiss
Another flashing chance at bliss
Another kiss, another kiss

(James Douglas Morrison)

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Wanna tell you a story
Bout a woman I know
When it comes to lovin
She steals the show

Ain’t exactly pretty
Ain’t exactly small
Forty two, thirty nine, fifty six
You could say she’s got it all

AC/DC - Whole lotta Rosie

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Not an opening line, but I like this still.

She’s got cheekbones like geometry and eyes like sin
And she’s sexually enlightened by cosmopolitan .

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When I came up from out of the meat-locker
The city was gone

(N. Cave)

Truckin, got my chips cashed in,

I’ve already posted, but I searched and it’s not here and it’s kind of a classic …

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