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]

I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers

"When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you"

I'm Gonna Be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9usrpAPao 

[BeatleloverKT]

”Step right up and don’t be shy, because

you will not believe your eyes”

She’s a beauty, The Tubes

[EricC28201]

Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

"Just A Small Town Girl Livin' In A Lonely World"

[BeatleloverKT]

”Mother, Mother ocean, I have heard you call”

Mother ocean, Jimmy Buffett

[MaVolta]

When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in the cradle …

Cotton Fields - CCR

[Vexed]

"No Sugar Tonight" - The Guess Who

"Lonely feeling deep inside
Find a corner where I can hide"

Also putting under True Stories thread.

[CaptainMura]

"Twenty-five dollars and a six pack to my name"

Six pack  Black Flag

[BeatleloverKT]

“Let me take you baby, down to the river bed”

I got a line on you, Spirit

[MaVolta]

When are you going to come down?

When are you going to land?

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

[CaptainMura]

"Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damned depressed"

Sister golden hair  America

[BeatleloverKT]

”Look around me, I can see my life before me”

Wasted on the way, C,S&N

[Raynyky]

Radar Love-Golden Earring

I've been drivin' all night, my hands wet on the wheel
There's a voice in my head that drives my heel

[BeatleloverKT]

”Dyin’ flame, you’re free again

Who could love, do that to you”

Fool (If you think it’s over)   Chris Rea

[CaptainMura]

"When the world is a monster, Bad to swallow you whole"

Can't get there from here  R.E.M.

[BeatleloverKT]

“Just as I thought it was goin’ alright

I found out I’m wrong, when I thought I was right”

That’s all, Genesis

[EricC28201]

Hello - Adele
"Hello, it's me"

Not to be confused with
Hello - Lionel Ritchie
"I've been alone with you Inside my mind"

[Vexed]

"Didn't I" - OneRepublic

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I love you?
Didn't we, didn't we, didn't we fly?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPGtpO1g_jk 

[BeatleloverKT]

”Standing tough under Stars and Stripes”

I.G.Y.  Donald Fa-en (From Steely Dan)

Love that censorship 😡

[EricC28201]

Sugar, We're Goin Down - Fallout Boy

"Am I more than you bargained for yet?"

[Vexed]

"Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away"

[CaptainMura]

"After six hours of school, I've had enough of the day"

Dance, dance, dance  Beach Boys

[BeatleloverKT]

”She comes in colors everywhere”

She’s a rainbow, Stones

[EricC28201]

Take a Bow - Rihanna

"You look so dumb right now / Standing outside my house..."

[BeatleloverKT]

Well, we got no choice, all the girls and boys

School’s Out, Alice Cooper

[MaVolta]

You always won every time you placed a bet

You’re still **bleep** good, no one’s gotten to you yet…

Still The Same - Bob Seger

Honestly, I think I could list all of his great songs! 😸

[BeatleloverKT]

Me too, one of my all time favs 🎼💜

[EricC28201]

Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne

"He was a boy, She was a girl, Can I make it any more obvious?"

[Vexed]

"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede

"Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga
Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga"

also putting this in the Cheer Up songs and Great Covers thread.

[EricC28201]

Wonderwall - Oasis

"Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you"

[CaptainMura]

"A long, long time ago; I can still remember how the music used to make me smile"

American Pie  Don McClean