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

[Raynyky]

It was raining hard in 'Frisco-Taxi, Harry Chapin 

[BeatleloverKT]

”Diamond girl, you sure do shine”

Diamond Girl, Seals&Crofts

[EricC28201]

Buddy Holly - Weezer

"What's with these homies dissin my girl?

Why do they gotta front?"

[BeatleloverKT]

”Life, so they say, is but a game

and they let it slip away”

We may never pass this way (Again)

Seals&Crofts

[Vexed]

"Somewhere in a lonely hotel room there's a guy

Starting to realize that eternal fate has turned its back on him

It's two A.M."

"Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring  

( I think a lot of people think it should have been called "When the Bullet Hits the Bone" ) 😊

[BeatleloverKT]

”All those crazy nights when I cried myself

to sleep, Now melodrama never makes me 

weep anymore”

Haven’t got time for the pain, Carly Simon

[Vexed]

"Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train"

The Letter - The Box Tops

[BeatleloverKT]

”Love, love, love (3 times)

There’s nothin’ you can do that can’t be done

 Nothin’ you can sing that can’t be sung”

All you need is love, Fab 4️⃣

[BeatleloverKT]

“Everybody listen to me and return me my ship”

Closer to home (I’m your Captain), GFR

[CaptainMura]

"I'm gonna take a freight train, down at the station Lord, I don't care where it goes"  Can't you see  Marshall Tucker Band

[BeatleloverKT]

”There I was with the old man

Stranded again so off I’d ran”

Dog and Butterfly, Heart

[Vexed]

Ah, ah, ah
I can't stay, yes I know
You know I hate to go
But goodbye, love was sweet
Our worlds can never meet

 "Just A Little" - The Beau Brummels

[BeatleloverKT]

”She’s simply awesome, ooh

She dashed by me in painted-on jeans”

Caribbean Queen (No more love on

the run) Billy Ocean

[MaVolta]

Here come old flat top

He come groovin’ up slowly…

Come Together - The Beatles 

Hope it’s not a repeat, but I don’t remember seeing it yet. 😸

[BeatleloverKT]

”Heading out this morning into the sun

Riding on the Diamond waves, little darlin’ one”

Dreamboat Annie, Heart

[Vexed]

I come home in the morning light
My mother says, "When you gonna live your life right?"

Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

[MaVolta]

Somebody’s shouting up at a mountain, only my own words return …

Pictures Of Home  -  Deep Purple

[BeatleloverKT]

”Some folks are born made to wave the flag,

Ooh, they’re red, white and blue”

Fortunate Son, CCR

Happy BD John Fogarty!

[CaptainMura]

"You can't always get it, when you really want it"

Another tricky day  The Who

[BeatleloverKT]

”Once again she steals away, then she

reaches out to kiss me”

Bleed to love her, The Mac

[MaVolta]

All the waiters in your grand cafe

leave their tables when you blink

Don’t Ask Me Why  -  Billy Joel 

[BeatleloverKT]

”Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed”

Lay lady lay, Dylan

[MaVolta]

I don’t mind other guys dancing with my girl

It’s fine I know them all pretty well …

The Kids Are Alright - The Who

[BeatleloverKT]

”The sun shines, and people forget”

Eminence Front, The Who

[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.