"Ground Control to Major Tom. Ground Control to Major Tom."
"You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar."
"Do you have the time to listen to me whine."
"Here comes Johnny Yen again, with the liquor and d****."
"We come from the land of the ice and snow, From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow."
"Tonight, I’m gonna have myself a real good time. I feel alive. And the world, I'll turn it inside out, yeah. I'm floating around in ecstasy..."
“All the leaves are brown, And the sky is gray.”
"The world is a vampire."
"The world was on fire and no one could save me but you..."
"As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. I take a look at my life, and realize there's nothin' left. 'Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long. That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone."
"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene...I'm begging of you please don't take my man. Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene...Please don't take him just because you can."
"Bass! How low can you go? Death row, what a brother knows."
"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you."
"Once I had a love and it was a gas. Soon turned out had a heart of glass."
"Just a small town girl. Livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train goin' anywhere. Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train goin' anywhere."
"I got my first real six-string. Bought it at the five-and-dime. Played it till my fingers bled...Was the summer of '69."
"She was a fast machine, she kept her motor clean. She was the best damn woman that I ever seen."
"There is a house in New Orleans..."
"The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves. Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays."
"Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!"
"Some people call me the space cowboy... Yeah... Some call me the gangster of love. Some people call me Maurice, 'Cause I speak of the pompatus of love."
"Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk."
"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me...Speaking words of wisdom, let it be."
"People are strange when you're a stranger. Faces look ugly when you're alone."
"Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again."
"Jeremiah was a bullfrog."
Sources: (Yardbarker) (NME) (BuzzFeed) (Reader's Digest)
See also: Musicians who died tragically young
"Well, it's one for the money two for the show, Three to get ready now go, cat, go."
"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around for a long, long year, stole many a man's soul and faith."
"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air."
“Birds flying high you know how I feel. Sun in the sky you know how I feel…”
"Johnny’s in the basement, Mixing up the medicine. I’m on the pavement, Thinking about the government."
"And now, the end is here, And so I face the final curtain."
"She's got a smile that it seems to me, reminds me of childhood memories...Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky."
"At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along."
Some songs have such iconic opening lyrics that they are instantly recognizable. So much so that people often sing along to them! Considering that, traditionally, the most popular part of a song is the chorus, writing such memorable opening lyrics is indeed a big feat for a songwriter.
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Some songs have such iconic opening lyrics that they are instantly recognizable. So much so that people often sing along to them! Considering that, traditionally, the most popular part of a song is the chorus, writing such memorable opening lyrics is indeed a big feat for a songwriter.
In this gallery, we recall some of the greatest opening lyrics of all time. Click through and see how many you recognize.