One of the best opening lines ever for a pop/rock song is _____

[Bruiser Brody]

I heard the news baby..all about yer disease. (VH - ain't talkin' bout love)

Then ya got the timeless S.O.D. classic:

I BUST MY BALLS I BREAK MY BACK TO COME HOME TO A SLUT

YOUUUUU BROKE YER VOWS YOU DIRTY BITCH I'LL KICK YOU IN YER CUNT

RUPTURED NUPTUALS

Can't forget the Kristofferson masterpiece The Pilgrim Chpt 33:

See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans

Wearin' yesterdays misfortune like a smile

Another Kristofferson gem - Sunday Morning Coming Down:

Well I woke up Sunday mornin'

With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad

So I had one more for dessert

[mathman]

Raisins

Tour Guide:

I woke up this morning

I got kicked out of bed

My baby picked the phone up

And she threw it at my head

She got a pretty good arm

It left a dent in the bed

She says I talk in my sleep

But she won't tell me what I said

leopards:

Sun sinks low in the western smog

It's time for me to go outside

Gulp down the cold black coffee, wash down the pills

That make me appear alive.

one more sunny day:

I got laid . . . off my job

[ford]

" He was killed by a cellular phone explosion" Mexican Wine by Fountains of Wayne

their NEW cd "traffic and weather" comes out April 3, 2007!

Which includes this first line.. " Michael and Heather at the baggage claim tired of playing the waiting game"

Michael and Heather by Fountains of Wayne

They write some great lyrics and great songs.

bford

[blackfbiv]

Woke up this morning, my dog was dead,

Someone disliked him and shot him through the head.

Woke up this morning, my cat had died,

I know I'll miss her, sat down and cried.

Came home this evening, my hog was gone,

People here don't like me, I think I'll soon move on.

Now somethings happened, that would make a saint frown,

I turned my back and my house burned down.

Woke Up This Morning

Nazareth

[shredmeister]

Some really good ones here on this post.

One I will never forget....

WELCOME BACK MY FRIENDS TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS...

WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD ATTEND

COME INSIDE COME INSIDE

Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (I Believe it was called)

[mathman]

The other Costello ones reminded me of

Romeo was restless, he was ready to kill

He jumped out the window 'cause he couldn't sit still

Juliet was waiting with a safety net

He said, "Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet"

[Steinadler]

I like...

Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin

[matchful]

Bohemian Rhapsody/Queen

Mama just killed a man

Put a gun against his head

Pulled the trigger now he's dead

Uplifting I know, but genious

[jwhitcomb3]

"I remember the night the kid cut off his right arm

In a bid to save a bit of power

He got fifty thousand watts

and a big acoustic tower"

"I made an American squirm and it felt so right"

"Well I heard they castrated Castro, I heard they cut off everything he had"

Nick Lowe So It Goes, American Squirm, Nutted By Reality

That man knew how to get your attention!

-Jonathan

[Brooks]

you see life thru distorted eyes, you know you had to learn.

the execution of your mind, you really had to turn... (sabbath bloody sabbath).

shut up! you talk too loud!

you don't fit in with the crowd.

i don't believe you exist.

i cross you right off my list... (motorhead - no class).

i like smoking non-addictive marajuana,

i like a big ol' bump of that soothin' speed.

but what i really like is a big spoonful of heroin,

'cause heroin always gives me what i need... (supersuckers - non-addictive marajuana).

(& my favorite);

there are people who dispise you, they analyze and criticize you,

they'll scandalize and tell lies, too,

until they realize you're someone they should apologize to.

don't let them comprimise you; be wise, too... (thin lizzy - you can do anything you want to).

[unfun 75]

When I was a kid I thought the opening to Iron Man was the coolest thing, ever!

"I am Ir-on Mannnnnn"

Honorable mention to the cough at the beginning of Sweet Leaf.

[El Kabong]

The most memorable song by John Sebastian of the Loving Spoonful' started with,

"Welcome back, your dreams were your ticket out".

[lord nelson]

Cannibal Corpse have a couple rather grotesque ones

"You thought it was over, it's not over

I'll be back, I brought my axe"

(The Pick-Axe Murders)

Bleeding

"Slicing through the flesh

A knife stuck in your neck

Stabbing out your eyes

Cutting through the spine"

(The Bleeding)

and of course, Nirvana - In Bloom

"Sell the kids for food"

[JohnnyThunders]

I saw it in books, I read it on Tv

You know it doesn't mean nothing to me

Girl I got a question

What's this Shit Called Love

Pagans 1978 single

[mathman]

Invincible- Ok Go

When they finally come to destroy the earth they’ll have to go through you first, and I bet they wont be expecting that

When they finally come to destroy the earth they’ll have to deal with you first

And my money says they won’t know about the 1000-Fahrenheit hot metal lights behind your eyes .

[alpep]

from blind faith

have finally found a way to live just like I never could before.

I know that I dont have much to give, but I can open any door.

Everybody knows the secret, everybody knows the score.

I have finally found a way to live in the color of the lord.

I have finally found a place to live just like I never could before.

And I know I dont have much to give, but soon Ill open any door.

Everybody knows the secret, everybody knows the score.

I have finally found a place to live in the presence of the lord.

In the presence of the lord.

I have finally found a way to live just like I never could before.

And I know I dont have much to give, but I can open any door.

Everybody knows the secret, I said everybody knows the score.

I have finally found a way to live in the color of the lord.

In the color of the lord.

elvis costello

(I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six

He thinks of all the lips that he licks

And all the girls that he's going to fix

She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle

But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle

Capital punishment, she's last year's model

They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie

I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh no it does not move me

Even though I've seen the movie

I don't want to check your pulse

I don't want nobody else

I don't want to go to Chelsea

Everybody's got new orders

Be a nice girl and kiss the warders

Now the teacher is away

All the kids begin to play

Men come screaming, dressed in white coats

Shake you very gently by the throat

One's named Gus, one's named Alfie

I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh no it does not move me

Even though I've seen the movie

I don't want to check your pulse

I don't want nobody else

I don't want to go to Chelsea

Photographs of fancy tricks to get your kicks at sixty-six

He thinks of all the lips that he licks

And all the girls that he's going to fix

She gave a little flirt, gave herself a little cuddle

But there's no place here for the mini-skirt waddle

Capital punishment, she's last year's model

They call her Natasha when she looks like Elsie

I don't want to go to Chelsea

Oh no it does not move me

Even though I've seen the movie

I don't want to check your pulse

I don't want nobody else

I don't want to go to Chelsea

[pesocaster]

I just got paid today... got me a pocket full of change.... ZZ

[Guest pirateflynn]

The king of marigold was in the kitchen

Cooking breakfast for the queen

The queen was in the parlour

Playing piano for the children of the king.