Best opening lyrics of all time

[C-Man 27262]

All my daydreams are disasters

I dreamed about killing you again last night,
And it felt alright to me

[C-Man 27262]

Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Weird and Gilly,
And the spiders from Mars. He played it left hand

[Bull Horn 118]

In the twilight glow I see them
Blue eyes cryin' in the rain

Coffee black, cigarettes,
start this day, like all the rest

These arms of mine, they are lonely
Lonely and feeling blue

Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
He sounds too blue to fly

If you’ve got the money, honey
I’ve got the time

Hey pretty baby are you ready for me
It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee
I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone
With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on

Everybody's high on consolation
Everybody's trying to tell me what is right for me, yeah

On a warm summer's eve
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with the gambler
We were both too tired to sleep

[BoomMF 1399]

Here's a little story I got to tell...

Also,

Well, now...

[Guest]

Hey, hey mama said the way you move
Gon' make you sweat, gon' make you groove

Everyone considered him the coward of the county...

See me ride out of the sunset
On your color TV screen

Rumour spreadin' 'round
In that Texas town

 

[South Austin 52604]

Born down in a dead man’s town

[Jerry Callo 8727]

He said "I'll love you till I die", she told him "You'll forget in time"
As the years went slowly by, she still preyed upon his mind

[baboso 6057]

You sure look fine tonight, in the beer sign's light

I keep my fingernails long, so they click when I play the piano

Honey, don't you be yelling at me when I'm cleaning my gun
I'll wash the blood off the tailgate when deer season's done

[dcbc 14509]

"In the days of my youth, I was taught what it means to be a man."

[Rollo Tomassi 80]

I've seen Jesus play with flames in a lake of fire that I was standing in
Met the devil in Seattle and spent 9 months inside the lion's den
Met Buddha yet another time and he showed me a glowing light within
But I swear that God is there every time I glare in the eyes of my best friend

[Cajun 11740]

On 2/2/2019 at 12:02 PM, Goredho said:

edit: tell me to fuck off if this has already been done.

 

 

This is actually superior to any of the lyrics you listed.

Just kinda flows.

[Cajun 11740]

15 hours ago, C-Man said:

 

I dreamed about killing you again last night,
And it felt alright to me

 

I'm guessing the fella that wrote that had three names, middle one being Wayne?

[Cajun 11740]

I'm through with standin' in lines to clubs I'll never get in

 

 

 

 

 

 

I keed, I keed.

[jimmyjazz 46130]

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Caught between the twisted stars the plotted lines the faulty map
that brought Columbus to New York

This band started out at their creative peak and rapidly descended.  Not only a great opening line to a song, but a great opening line to a debut album & career:

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Step out the front door like a ghost 
Into the fog where no one notices the 
Contrast of white on white. 

 

[TwiceHorn 31536]

I'm the king of rock. there is none higher

[bluto 4942]

When Waylon thunders  

"I've always been crazy but it's kept me from goin insane"

 

Isbell has some epic shit

"On a lark
On a whim
I said there's two kinds of men in this world and you're neither of them

And his fist
Cut the smoke
I had an eighth of a second to wonder if he got the joke"

 

 

"A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun
You can't trust anyone
I was so sure what I needed was more
Tried to shoot out the sun"

 

Kris

"Take the ribbon from your hair
Shake it loose and let it fall"

 

[Leeroy Jenkins 2415]

I got a letter from the government
The other day
I opened and read it
It said they were suckers

It goes one for the treble, two for the bass
She got nut all over her face

[NWBuck 8586]

On 2/2/2019 at 2:33 PM, Underdog said:

^ Beat me to the Seger lyrics. 

She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast / He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes so innocent and blue / He knew right then he was too far from home

[cmontexas 3281]

I heard payback's a motherfuckin n-

[hornimal 80]

first off, fuck your bitch and the cli

[Ths71 472]

She's a jar/with a heavy lid

 

Bring your own lampshade, somewhere there's a party

 

Virgil Cain is my name and I served on the Danville train

 

Where do the bad folks go when they die?

[noharleyyet 2849]

She grew up in an Indiana town
Had a good lookin' mama who never was around
But she grew up tall and she grew up right
With them Indiana boys on them Indiana nights

[noharleyyet 2849]

When the wind don't blow in Amarillo
and the moon along the Gunnison don't rise
shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe
and lie beneath the laughter of your eyes

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Please allow me to introduce myself.....

 

 

[Litig8r 414]

Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head, that didn't hurt

Cowboy, cowboy

Well, I'm packin up my game and I'ma head out west 

 

There she goes shaking that ass on the floor
Bumpin' and grindin' that pole

 

I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else but not for me.

 

I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark

 

Roland was a warrior from the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done

 

I want a big red nose I want some floppy shoes
I want a squirtin' flower squirt it on you

 

Them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong 

 

Oh says Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike. 
A girl could feel special on any such like" 

 

Well it sure didn't take too long
I woke up one mornin', she was gone

[TXSooner518 2438]

On 2/3/2019 at 12:53 AM, C-Man said:

I dreamed about killing you again last night,
And it felt alright to me

 

This is my choice for sure.  Isbell also has a ton that I love including:

I used to think that this was my town
What a stupid thing to think
I hear you're fighting off a breakdown
I myself am on the brink

There's an answer here, if I look hard enough
There's a reason why I always reach for the harder stuff
It wasn't my daddy's way
He was down in the mines all day
I know he wanted more than mouths to feed and bills to pay

Haven't been wasted in a long time
But tonight it feels just fine
Riding home with the windows up, alone with a plastic cup of real good wine

Also, John Moreland's songwriting is just excellent:

You lived a life of pride, you lived a life of pain
Trying to pray away stormy weather
Sweeping up the dust, reaching out for yesterday
Yesterday is a blade, sharp as ever

I started up the engine and headed for the place we met 
I prayed to Sister Juliette, smoked three packs of cigarettes 
I'm still trying to figure out forgiveness, keep track of all of my sins 
Just tell me you don't love me, and I promise I won't darken your doorstep again 

I wanna fall asleep forever
I wanna learn to disappear
Can you take away the mess that’s been building in my chest
Drowning out the song I used to hear

[Litig8r 414]

6 minutes ago, TXSooner518 said:

This is my choice for sure.  Isbell also has a ton that I love including:

I used to think that this was my town
What a stupid thing to think
I hear you're fighting off a breakdown
I myself am on the brink

There's an answer here, if I look hard enough
There's a reason why I always reach for the harder stuff
It wasn't my daddy's way
He was down in the mines all day
I know he wanted more than mouths to feed and bills to pay

Haven't been wasted in a long time
But tonight it feels just fine
Riding home with the windows up, alone with a plastic cup of real good wine

Also, John Moreland's songwriting is just excellent:

You lived a life of pride, you lived a life of pain
Trying to pray away stormy weather
Sweeping up the dust, reaching out for yesterday
Yesterday is a blade, sharp as ever

I started up the engine and headed for the place we met 
I prayed to Sister Juliette, smoked three packs of cigarettes 
I'm still trying to figure out forgiveness, keep track of all of my sins 
Just tell me you don't love me, and I promise I won't darken your doorstep again 

I wanna fall asleep forever
I wanna learn to disappear
Can you take away the mess that’s been building in my chest
Drowning out the song I used to hear

There's a man who walks beside me he is who I used to be
And I wonder if she sees him and confuses him with me

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Livin' on the road, my friend, was gonna keep you free and clean, but now you wear your skin like iron and your breath's as hard as kerosene. 

Edited February 4, 2019 by Seasick Sailor

[Al_4_ISU 12485]

Well my daddy didn’t pull out, but he never apologized.  Rock and roll means well, but it can’t help tellin’ young boys lies.

 

Honey don’cha be yellin’ at me while I’m cleanin’ my gun.  I’ll warsh the blood off the tailgate ‘fore deer season’s done.

 

Edited February 4, 2019 by Al_4_ISU

[Hate 20145]

I lit up from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till the morning came around

[HouTex 1894]

In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream . . . 

[bamachine 1231]

Are you gonna take me home tonight?

 

There are stars in the southern sky

Edited February 4, 2019 by bamachine

[Al_4_ISU 12485]

51 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Livin' on the road, my friend, was gonna keep you free and clean, but now you wear your skin like iron and your breath's as hard as kerosene. 

It took too long for this one.

[Noah Fence 480]

She's really upset with me again, I didn't give her what she likes.

[HouTex 1894]

Virgil Caine is the name
And I served on the Danville train

I pulled into Nazareth just a feelin' 'bout a half past dead

[Underdog 28773]

22 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

It took too long for this one.

Page-1 

 

Yeah, yeah, ah, yeah
I live my life like there's no tomorrow
And all I've got, I had to steal
Least I don't need to beg or borrow
Yes I'm livin' at a pace that kills

[Litig8r 414]

Well when you're sitting there in your silk upholstered chair
Talkin' to some rich folk that you know

[83Horn 1648]

On 2/2/2019 at 3:43 PM, Bojack said:

Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son."

Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on."

Dang it!  Beat me to it.  Here are a couple others:

 

He was born

In Oklahoma

His wife's name is Betty Lou Thelma Liz

 

 

When you're down on your luck

and you ain't got a buck

in London you're a goner

[retread 2951]

Down in Jamaica
They got lots of pretty women
Steal your money
Then they break your heart

 

I was takin' a trip out to LA
Toolin' along in my Chevrolet
Tokin' on a number and diggin' on the radio

 

I was cutting the rug
Down at place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lou

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

She packed my bags last night, preflight. Zero hour: 9 AM.

[Hate 20145]

I met her in a club down in North Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola
C-O-L-A cola

[noharleyyet 2849]

She never mentions the word addiction 

[Nole-4-Life 804]

I was cuttin' the rug down at a place called The Jug with a girl named Linda Lu...

 

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

[Al_4_ISU 12485]

All your dreams are made when you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade

[SHOOTER12 8828]

On 2/2/2019 at 4:31 PM, retread said:

I remember standin on the corner at midnight / Tryin to get my courage up

I was a little too tall / Could've used a few pounds / Tight pants points hardly reknown

I'll raise you...

He wants to dream like a young man
With the wisdom of an old man
He wants his home and security
He wants to live like a sailor at sea

Heart breaker, soul shaker
I've been told about you

Here I come again now, baby
Like a dog in heat
Tell it's me by the clamor now baby
I like to tear up the street,

Train roll on, on down the line,
Won't you please take me far away?
Now I feel the wind blow outside my door,
Means I'm, I'm leaving my woman at home.

Life is so strange when its changin', yes indeed
Well I've seen the hard times and the pressure's been on me
But I keep on workin' like the workin' man do
And I've got my act together, gonna walk all over you

Risk my soul, test my life
For my bread
Spend my time, lost in space
Am I dead?

Edited February 4, 2019 by SHOOTER12

[noharleyyet 2849]

Like novels, there too many.....another; 

Well he sits up there on his leatherette
Looks through pictures of the ones
That he hasn't had yet
When he thinks he wants a closer look
He gets out his little black telephone book

 

[52-80 19246]

Shame on a nigga who try to run game on a nigga

[retread 2951]

18 minutes ago, SHOOTER12 said:

I'll raise you...

He wants to dream like a young man
With the wisdom of an old man
He wants his home and security
He wants to live like a sailor at sea

Good one

Always liked this from The Fire Inside (song and album name) - 1991. Album has several good songs on it.

There's a hard moon risin' on the streets tonight
There's a reckless feeling in your heart
As you head out tonight

Edited February 4, 2019 by retread

[Mez2 4025]

I bomb atomically, Socrates' philosophies and hypotheses
Can't define how I be dropping these mockeries
Lyrically perform armed robbery
Flee with the lottery, possibly they spotted me
Battle-scarred Shogun, explosion when my pen hits tremendous
Ultraviolet shine blind forensics
I inspect you through the future see millennium
Killa Beez sold fifty gold, sixty platinum
Shackling the masses with drastic rap tactics
Graphic displays melt the steel like blacksmiths
Black Wu jackets, Queen Beez ease the guns in
Rumble with patrolmen, tear gas laced the function
Heads by the score take flight incite a war
Chicks hit the floor, die hard fans demand more
Behold the bold soldier, control the globe slowly
Proceeds to blow, swinging swords like Shinobi
Stomp grounds and pound footprints in solid rock
Wu got it locked, performing live on your hottest block

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 hours ago, Hate said:

I lit up from Reno
I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night
Till the morning came around

In the timbers to Fennario, the wolves are running round,
The winter was so hard and cold, froze ten feet 'neath the ground.
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me. Please, don't murder me.

 

Please don't dominate the rap jack, if ya got nothin more to say....

 

and there are a shit load more.....