Best Opening Line to a Song?

[DungBeatle]

I am just a poor boy, though my story seldom told...
~Bob

[JMFingerstyle]

A few of my favorites from Gordon Lightfoot....

"It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day, and talk about the home town a million miles away"

"At times I just don't know how you could be anything but beautiful"


"He was standing by the highway, with a sign that just said 'Mother', when he heard a driver coming, about a half a mile away"

[Brucebubs]

"Can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin." -'Oh Well Pt1'. - Fleetwood Mac

[Riakstonic]

Rush YYZ , on acoustic I don't think I can say there's one that stands out as Earth moving compared to others . I like acoustic so much nothing on its own stands out sounds kind of crazy I know but I feel it's a complete song that will move me acoustically then a intro .
It's like sci fi movies I love them all bad and good haha

Edit , k missed the topic referring to lyrical line my bad and I don't one that comes to mind .

[barosborough]

"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."

Marry Me - Drive By Truckers (mike cooley)

[BahPa]

I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him where are you goin'?
And this he told me

I'm goin down to Yasgur's farm
Gonna join in a rock and roll band
I'm gonna camp out on the land
Try and get my soul free

Joni Mitchell

[Riverwolf]

He came dancing across the water with his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world in that palace in the sun...

[Silurian]

She came in through the bathroom window
Protected by a silver spoon.

[lowrider]

But once in a generation an opening tells you everything about teen age life;

''I...can't.....get....no....Satisfaction!''

[Rodger Knox]

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

[posternutbag]

"I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel."

Hurt Nine Inch Nails

[Rondoraymundo]

"There is freedom within, there is freedom without, try to catch the deluge in an empty cup."

"Everyone has choice, when to or not to raise their voices, it's you who decides."

"Looking down empty streets all she can see, are the dreams made solid, the dreams made real."

"Never quite farther and never too near, the gravity would pull us apart this we fear, and this is the course through our lives that we steer; double star."

[ewalling]

Tell ya what ... that first line of that Patty Smith song from the mid 70s was a real corker.

[M19]

Once I was young, and so unsure
I'd try any ill, to find the cure.

Bitter Creek-Eagles

[M19]

The end of October, the sleepy brown woods seem to
nod down their heads, to the winter

Old Tennessee-Dan Fogelberg