A new game -- favorite opening lines / stanzas from songs

[billybreen]

Two examples that strolled through my iTunes mix today:

"In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey"

"Well I'm a-running down the road trying to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine"

[cato]

"When I sat down on the bed next to you
You started to cry"


A great snap shot that evokes an entire scene.

[Windsor]

showing my age (and my geographical heritage)


The Rangers had a homecoming
In Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
Over the Jersey state line
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain

[hc5duke]

I'm buzzin, Dirty Dozen, naughty rotten rhymer
Cursin at you players worse than Marty Schottenheimer
You wacker than the ------ you bit your style from
You ain't gonna sell two copies if you press a double album

[rockymtn devil]

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein"

[wilson]

"One old brown shoe
Falls in slow motion,
And bedsprings hover right above your head,
As bedsprings do
When you're beneath them
And someone else just climbed into your bed."

[juise]

"If I am alive this time next year
Will I have arrived in time to share?"

"Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could STALL me
And then came the rush of the flood
The stars at night turned DEEP to dust"

"1, 2.. 1, 2, 3; yeah!
Inter-national, underground
Thunder pounds when I stomp the ground (Woo!)
Like a million elephants with silverback orangutans
You can't stop a train"

[billybreen]

"1, 2.. 1, 2, 3; yeah!
Inter-national, underground
Thunder pounds when I stomp the ground (Woo!)
Like a million elephants with silverback orangutans
You can't stop a train"

Great call! My favorite running song ever.

[mpj96]

"The Mississipi delta is shining like a national guitar..."

[billybreen]

"On a warm summer's evenin on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep."

[mus074]

"I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein"

AAAAA WOOOOOOO!

[Bostondevil]

If you loved me half as much as I love you,
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do.


I know that you've been foolin' around on me right from the start,
So I'll give back your ring and I'll take back my heart.



Nobody does heartache like Patsy, except maybe Warren


When you're all alone and you need someone,
Call me up and I'll come runnin'.
Reconsider me, reconsider me.

[knights68]

On a dark desert highwayCool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridorI thought I heard them say.......

[knights68]

Living easy, livin' free
Season ticket, on a one - way ride
Asking nothing, leave me be
Taking everything in my stride
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme
Ain't nothing I would rather do
Going down, party time
My friends are gonna be there too

[micah75]

If he brings you happiness then I wish you all the best
It's your happiness that matters most of all
But if he ever breaks your heart
If the teardrops ever start
I'll be there before the next teardrop falls


(yeah, ok, kinda corny I know. But I think he wrote it while in prison, not sure.)

[greybeard]

Best talking lead-in that was actually a part of the song:
You wouldn't go out with me,
Cause I couldn't dance.
You didn't even want me around.
But, now I'm back, to let you know,
that I can really, shake em down.
Da, da, da, da, . . . .

Best talking lead in not actually part of a song:

(abbreviated)
We was riding in the desert, came to this little dirt road, with a farmhouse
standing next to it. There was a sign over the door, that said, This is the land of peace, justice and no mercy." Pointed down that little dirt road and said, "Thunder Road."

[captmojo]

So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask, could we wipe the slate clean.
But they tell me to please go and f^$k myself.
You know, you just can't win.

D Gilmore

[cspan37421]

The world is a vampire

- Bullet with Butterfly Wings, Smashing Pumpkins

[OldPhiKap]

She was a level-headed dancer/on the road to alcohol
And I was just a solder/on my way to Montreal . . . .

-- John Prine

[EarlJam]

I've been away for a few days so forgive me if this one has already been posted:

In a town of chimpanzees, I was a monkey.

-EarlJam