best opening lyric

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 6:34pm

There's a list on spinner.com for the best opening lyrics of a song - though of course they only cover pop music.

What are OUR best opening lyrics from a song?

Some of the first choices that came to mind:

--Kiss today goodbye
--Isn't it rich?
--I wonder what he'll think of me
--Come on, babe, why don't we paint the town?
--What good is sitting alone in your room
--Seems a downright shame...

[dramaqueen2]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 6:56pm

"come along and listent to the lullaby of broadway.." 42nd street

"every story, tale or memoir every saga or romance whether true or fabricated, whether planned or happenstance" aida

"we all lead such elaborate lives, wild ambitions in our sights" aida

"there's no business like show business like no business i know" annie get your gun

"times have changed and we've often rewound the clock" anything goes

"there's been a change in me, a kind of moving on for what i used to be i still depend upon"

"nothing is so good it lasts eternity" chess

"people, people who need people are the luckiest people in the world" funny girl

and probably a million more that i don't feel like typing out. =P

[jewishboy]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:00pm

"There's a bright golden haze on the meadow"

[FosseForever3]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:06pm

"It says here..." Adelaide's Lament, Guys and Dolls

"Don't kiss me good bye again, leave this night clean and quiet..." Goodbye Until Tomorrow, Last 5 Years

[thejcm]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:12pm

"Here's to the Ladies who lunch." ca-lass-ic.

I have to agree wholeheartedly with "Kiss today goodbye..."

"I was born on the other side of a town ripped in two." Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

"You'll be swell, you'll be great, gonna have the whole world on a plate!" - Gypsy

"C'mon babe, why don't we paint the town? And all that jazz."

[geekgirl06]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:49pm

Two that pop to mind that I don't see yet:

"I'd like to propose a toast"
"There's a moment you know..."

Will get more as I think of them.

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 7:54pm

"The internet is really, really great... for porn."

Beautiful.

[James885]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 8:03pm

"Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd...."

[ElFantasma14]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 8:08pm

The one that sprang in my head first was "No canary in a cage for me! - TMM, Forget About the Boy

Oh, and is "Here she is, boys! Here she is, world! It's Rose!" considered part of Rose's Turn?

Updated On: 8/9/07 at 08:08 PM

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 8:13pm

"Oh, hi" Grey Gardens

"Curtain up, light the lights" Gypsy

I adore the lyrics to "Someone Woke Up" from Do I Hear a Waltz?

[misschung]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 8:16pm

"Another hundred people just got off of the train"

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:05pm

I'd have to say either "God, I dreamed there was an angel..."
or "The trouble with schools is..."

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:10pm

I dreamed last night I got on the boat to heaven.

[misschung]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:14pm

The average unmarried female, basically insecure

[ohjohnny]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:20pm

Many already mentioned. How about:

"Most people live on a lonely island..." - "Bali Ha'i" - SP

and if I can add one of my favorite LAST lines--

"Oh, I'm no one's wife, but, oh, I love my life, and all that jazz.."

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:28pm

God, I dreamed there was an angel who could hear me through the walls

[MarkRascati]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:28pm

I guess I like dreams

[little_sally]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:30pm

The first one that came to mind was, "Isn't it rich?"

Others:
"Wait, what's your rush? What's your hurry?"
"I got the horse right here..."
"On a central square..."

[Acurran530]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:33pm

"There's a moment you know, you're ****ed"

[Tchi4Lif188]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:39pm

"Once upon a time...."

[GovernorSlaton]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:40pm

Nothin' ever happened underground in Louisiana
'Cuz there ain't no underground in Louisiana
There is only
Underwater

[mattrob]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:40pm

How about "I had a dream, a dream about you baby..."

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:52pm

"Always there's been people who hold their head high gettin through...I can't" Caroline, or Change


"Something appealing" Forum

"What.....was that?" Into the Woods

[spotlightproddirect]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 9:59pm

In my book, no one can write a better opening lyric than William Finn...

"Four Jews in a room bitching..."

"Homosexuals, women with children,
Short insomniacs, and a teeny-tiny band..."


Updated On: 8/9/07 at 09:59 PM

[jasonf]

Posted: 8/9/07 at 10:06pm

A couple more I thought of:

"I'm breaking my mother's heart"
"I see his face, I hear his hearbeat"
"Maybe the sun gave me the power"
"I have often walked down this street before"
"Damn, damn, damn, damn"