100 Of The Most Epic Opening Lyrics That Will Instantly Make You Want To Burst Out In Song

“She's got a smile it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories, where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky”

— Guns N' Roses, youtube.com

“A public service announcement followed me home the other day, I bade it nevermind, go away.”

— R.E.M., amazon.com

“Well I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord but you don't really care for music, do you”

— Leonard Cohen, youtube.com

“Leave me out with the waste this is not what I do, it's the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you.”

— Damien Rice feat. Lisa Hannigan, amazon.com

“Early one mornin' the sun was shinin', I was layin' in bed—wondrin' if she'd changed at all, if her hair was still red.”

— Bob Dylan, amazon.com

“You used to get it in your fishnets, now you only get it in your night dress”

— Arctic Monkeys, youtube.com

“Fifteen years from tonight you have to make a decision, the greatest love of your life is gonna call during dinner from the home of the girl that he's living with now.”

— Dessa, amazon.com

“This was a triumph, I'm making a note here: 'Huge success!'”

— Jonathan Coulton & GLaDOS, amazon.com

“Crave, desolate, you dive in, we follow along I contrive you with whiskey and sam cooke songs.”

— Waxahatchee, amazon.com

“Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?”

— Queen, youtube.com

“When I was a young boy my mama said to me, 'There's only one girl in the world for you and she probably lives in Tahiti.'”

— Wreckless Eric, amazon.com

“Out here in the fields I fight for my meals”

— The Who, youtube.com

“Some people call me the space cowboy, some call me the gangster of love”

— Steve Miller, youtube.com

“Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies”

— The Beatles, metrolyrics.com

“What a beautiful face I have found in this place that is circling all round the sun.”

— Neutral Milk Hotel, amazon.com

“You roared into the driveway of our southwestern ranch-style house, on a new Kawasaki, all yellow and black.”

— The Mountain Goats, amazon.com

“Like a small boat on the ocean, sending big waves into motion.”

— Rachel Patten, amazon.com

“We were born with sun in our teeth and in our hair.”

— Best Coast, amazon.com

“He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?”

— Avril Lavigne, youtube.com

“If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one.”

— Jay Z, amazon.com

“Turn up the lights in here baby, extra bright, I want y'all to see this.”

— Kanye West, Rihanna, amazon.com

“Bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy diggy diggy said the boogy said up jump the boogy.”

— Kid Rock, amazon.com

“An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time.”

— Slayer, amazon.com

“I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend.”

— Third Eye Blind, amazon.com

“I get knocked down, but I get up again.”

— Chumbawamba, amazon.com

“Yo, the sun don't shine forever, but as long as it's here then we might as well shine together.”

— Puff Daddy, amazon.com

“I've watched you change.”

— Deftones, amazon.com

“I am not a human being.”

— Lil' Wayne, amazon.com

“I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen.”

— David Bowie, amazon.com

“Something takes a part of me.”

— Korn, amazon.com