Opening Line

[Raynyky]

Saw this online today and thought it would be interesting. What are some of your favorite or instantly recognizable opening lines. 
The Joker -Steve Miller.

Some people call me the space cowboy

[EricC28201]

Rock This Town - The Stray Cats

Well, my baby and me went out late Saturday night
I had my hair piled high and my baby just looked so right

[CaptainMura]

"I know a girl from a lonely street, cold as ice cream but still as sweet"

Sunday Girl  Blondie

[BeatleloverKT]

”I don’t wanna know your name, ‘cause

you don’t look the same”

Fox on the run, Sweet

[CaptainMura]

Ooh, lately when I'm talkin', I've been talkin' to myself
My friends say they don't notice, but they do 'cause I can tell

Paranoia   Klaatu

[BeatleloverKT]

”Wake up Maggie, I think I got somethin’

to say to you”

Maggie May, Rod Stewart

[MaVolta]

The chef prepares a special menu for your delight, oh my . . .

Vanilla Sky - Macca

[EricC28201]

White Room - Cream

"In a white room with black curtains near the station"

[BeatleloverKT]

“Ahhhhhh-ah, Lovely Rita Meter Maid”

Lovely Rita, Fab 4️⃣

[MaVolta]

Get up in the mornin’ get on the bus . . .

Bus Rider - The Guess Who

[EricC28201]

Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day - Jethro Tull

Meanwhile back in the year one
When you belonged to no one
You didn't stand a chance, son
If your pants were undone

[CaptainMura]

Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream...

Manic Monday-  The Bangles

[BeatleloverKT]

”A bottle of white, a bottle of red, 

perhaps a bottle of Rose’ instead”

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant

Billy Joel

[Vexed]

"You get up every morning from your alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city"

Takin Care of Business -- Bachman-Turner Overdrive

[MaVolta]

Reminds me of another song, see my next post.

[BeatleloverKT]

Continuing with the amazing FM:

”We make all of our suns the same,

every one will suffer the fire we’ve made”

Peacekeeper, The Mac

[EricC28201]

Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac

I can't help about the shape I'm in
I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to

[MaVolta]

I don’t want your lonely mansions with a tear in every room 

Silver Threads And Golden Needles - Linda Ronstadt

[Raynyky]

Ground control to Major Tom…

Space Oddity-Bowie

[BeatleloverKT]

”One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes

you small”

White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane

[Vexed]

"Good sense, innocence, cripplin mankind"

Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock

[EricC28201]

Paradise By The Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf

"Well I remember every little thing
As if it happened only yesterday
Parking by the lake
And there was not another car in sight"

[OscarE1968]

I realized I missed a day

But I'm too wrecked to care anyway ...

Blackout - SCORPIONS

[OscarE1968]

I feel uptight on a Saturday night,

Nine o'clock, the radio's the only light..

Detroit Rock City - KISS

[BeatleloverKT]

Sticking with the Liar theme:

”I won’t ever leave, if you want me to stay”

Liar, Three Dog Night

[Vexed]

Well, no one told me about her, the way she lied

She's Not There -- Zombies

[BeatleloverKT]

”Come on feel the noize, girls rock your boys”

Come on feel the noize, Quiet Riot

[Raynyky]

Here's my story, it's sad but true…

Runaround Sue-Dion 

[Vexed]

"Get your motor runnin"

Born To Be Wild -- Steppenwolf

[BeatleloverKT]

”You can take all the tea in China, put it in

 a big brown bag for me”

Tupelo Honey, Van Morrison

[MaVolta]

I look at you all see the love there that’s sleeping. . .

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles