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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

 

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

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”Diamond girl, you sure do shine”

Diamond Girl, Seals&Crofts

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Buddy Holly - Weezer

 

"What's with these homies dissin my girl?

Why do they gotta front?"

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”Life, so they say, is but a game

and they let it slip away”

We may never pass this way (Again)

Seals&Crofts

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"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" ) 😊

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”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

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

 

The Letter - The Box Tops

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”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

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“Everybody listen to me and return me my ship”

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

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"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

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”There I was with the old man

Stranded again so off I’d ran”

Dog and Butterfly, Heart

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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

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”She’s simply awesome, ooh

She dashed by me in painted-on jeans”

Caribbean Queen (No more love on

the run) Billy Ocean

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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. 😸

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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”Heading out this morning into the sun

Riding on the Diamond waves, little darlin’ one”

Dreamboat Annie, Heart

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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

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

 

Pictures Of Home  -  Deep Purple

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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”Some folks are born made to wave the flag,

Ooh, they’re red, white and blue”

Fortunate Son, CCR

Happy BD John Fogarty!

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

Another tricky day  The Who

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”Once again she steals away, then she

reaches out to kiss me”

Bleed to love her, The Mac

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All the waiters in your grand cafe

leave their tables when you blink

 

Don’t Ask Me Why  -  Billy Joel 

 

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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”Lay, lady, lay, lay across my big brass bed”

Lay lady lay, Dylan

 

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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

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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”The sun shines, and people forget”

Eminence Front, The Who

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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 

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

you will not believe your eyes”

She’s a beauty, The Tubes

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Don't Stop Believin' - Journey

 

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

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

Mother ocean, Jimmy Buffett

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


Cotton Fields -
CCR

 

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix
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"No Sugar Tonight" - The Guess Who

 

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

 

Also putting under True Stories thread.

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