best opening lyric

#1

best opening lyric

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...

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#2

re: best opening lyric

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

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#3

re: best opening lyric

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

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

#4

re: best opening lyric

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

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"Now she wants to know WHY, if I'm so fabulous, I would WANT to take care of her child.....I answer with as much filigree and insouciance as I can muster, trying to slightly cock my head like Snow White listening to the animals. She, in turn, is aiming for more of a Diane-Sawyer-pose, looking for answers which will confirm that I am not there to steal her husband, jewelry, friends, or child. In that order." The Nanny Diaries

#5

re: best opening lyric

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."

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#6

re: best opening lyric

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.

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Dancing through life... For the next ten minutes

#7

re: best opening lyric

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

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

Beautiful.

#8

re: best opening lyric

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

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

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"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible

#9

re: best opening lyric

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

#10

re: best opening lyric

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?

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#11

re: best opening lyric

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

"Another hundred people just got off of the train"

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The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

#12

re: best opening lyric

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..."

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#13

re: best opening lyric

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

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

#14

re: best opening lyric

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

The average unmarried female, basically insecure

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The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go --doesn't it?

#15

re: best opening lyric

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.."

#16

re: best opening lyric

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

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

#17

re: best opening lyric

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

I guess I like dreams

#18

re: best opening lyric

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..."

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#19

re: best opening lyric

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

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

#20

re: best opening lyric

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

"Once upon a time...."

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"Wishes come true, not free..."

#21

re: best opening lyric

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

#22

re: best opening lyric

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

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

#23

re: best opening lyric

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

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Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.

#24

re: best opening lyric

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

#25

re: best opening lyric

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"

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