Best Opening Line Of A Song Continued

[Shadowfox]

It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten
What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them

- Rise Against Savior

[Mycroft]

He went to Paris, looking for answers
To questions that bothered him so
He was impressive, young and aggressive
Saving the world on his own
But warm summer breezes, French wines and cheeses
Put his ambitions at bay
Summers and winters, scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away

"He Went to Paris" -Church of Buffett, Orthodox -


Won't say I love you, babe
Won't say I need you, babe
But I'm gonna get you babe
And I will not do you wrong
Living's mostly wasting time
And I'll waste my share of mine
But it never feels too good
So let's don't take too long
You're soft as glass
And I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the earth to lie upon

"To Live is to Fly" - Townes -

[Rjlipton]

Originally Posted by Charmed Life Picks

Russ, couldn't agree more. It's a real stunner. You know, another weird thing for me is I always think of Martin Guitar when I hear that line, since they've been located in Nazareth, PA, for almost two hundred years.

Anyway, yes, a wonderful opener.

scott memmer

Robbie said that he was thinking about his Martin Guitar when he wrote it.

Ron

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Mycroft

He went to Paris, looking for answers
To questions that bothered him so
He was impressive, young and aggressive
Saving the world on his own
But warm summer breezes, French wines and cheeses
Put his ambitions at bay
Summers and winters, scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away

"He Went to Paris" -Church of Buffett, Orthodox -


Won't say I love you, babe
Won't say I need you, babe
But I'm gonna get you babe
And I will not do you wrong
Living's mostly wasting time
And I'll waste my share of mine
But it never feels too good
So let's don't take too long
You're soft as glass
And I'm a gentle man
We got the sky to talk about
And the earth to lie upon

"To Live is to Fly" - Townes -

Hah. Just spent an hour sipping my Saturday morning coffee and reading through this thread. So good stuff in there. And I posted Townes' song back on 2015. So to make up for it:

One foot stands before the crib
the other by the casket
A question formed upon stilled lips
is passed on but never asked

I guess I believe that there's a point
to what we do
But I ask myself is there
something more besides you?

- Cowboy Junkies -

[Rubsoul]

The long and winding road...that leads to your door.

When I wake up to the sound of Music....

Heck, half the Beatle song lyrics. In My Life.

[alien]

She put him out, like the burning end of a midnight cigarette.

"Whiskey Lullaby"

[TrapperB]

I don't want a pickle, I just wanna ride on my motorcycle!

[Hurricane Bob]

"There will come a time when everybody who is lonely will be free to sing and dance and love" Frank Zappa

[zioniser]

Comes a time
When the blind man
Takes your hand
Says "Don't you see."

[coolhand78]

"I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead" - The Weight

[KenL]

"I been warped by the rain, driven by the snow,
I'm drunk and dirty, don't you know.
But I'm still
Willin'"

Lowell George



"Flatter than a table top
Makes you wonder why they stopped here.
Wagon musta lost a wheel
Or they lacked ambition, one."

James McMurtry



"He was born in the summer of his 27th year
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before.
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
You might say he found the key to every door."

John Denver

[reeve21]

Here I am 6 years late to the party with one that may have been mentioned before....

Cover Me Up

Jason Isbell

A heart on the run keeps a hand on the gun
You can't trust anyone
I was so sure what I needed was more
Tried to shoot out the sun
Days when we raged, we flew off the page
Such damage was done
But I made it through, 'cause somebody knew
I was meant for someone

[jkilgour2000]

Breathe, breathe in the air.
Don't be afraid to care.

[Deliberate1]

I work while America sleeps,
I fly while America creeps.
Travelin' around from town after town
Just tryin' to make my ends meet.
-Me (From "Rules of the Road")

David

[pcjohnson]

I've had my share of broken dreams
and more than a couple of falls
and in chasin' what I thought were moonbeams
I have run into a couple of walls...

Jim Croce, Hard Way Every T
ime