February 2, 20196 yr Evocative, powerful, startling, moving, whatever. What are the best opening lyrics of a song that set the tone for everything that follows. Here are some from the top of my head: ”Hello, Darkness, my old friend...” ”FUCK THE POLICE...” ”Mama take this badge from me, I cant use it anymore” ”I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel” ”Hey, Joe! Where you going with that gun in your hand?” “Old man take a look at my life, I’m a lot like you were” ”If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?” edit: tell me to fuck off if this has already been done. Edited February 2, 20196 yr by Goredho
February 2, 20196 yr Well the night that was high, we got into town.......(this after that funky pulse raising mood setting LF intro) Was the night that the rain, it froze on the groundDown the street I heard such a sorrowful tuneComin' from the place they call the Spanish Moon Edited February 2, 20196 yr by noharleyyet
February 2, 20196 yr Alright, stop what your doin', cuz I'm about to ruin, the image and the style that you're used to....
February 2, 20196 yr “I’ve got these lines on my face trying to straighten out the wrinkles in my life...”Guy Clark Ramblin Jack and Mahan
February 2, 20196 yr And then shame on all of you for not leading with... “Whiskey river, take my mindDon't let her memory torture meWhiskey river, don't run dryYou're all I got, take care of me”
February 2, 20196 yr One more ...“Well, I wished I was in Austin, mmIn the Chili Parlor BarDrinkin' Mad Dog MargaritasAnd not carin' where you are”Dublin BluesGuy Clark
February 2, 20196 yr 2 hours ago, Goredho said: Evocative, powerful, startling, moving, whatever. What are the best opening lyrics of a song that set the tone for everything that follows. Here are some from the top of my head: ”Hello, Darkness, my old friend...” ”FUCK THE POLICE...” ”Mama take this badge from me, I cant use it anymore” ”I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel” ”Hey, Joe! Where you going with that gun in your hand?” “Old man take a look at my life, I’m a lot like you were” ”If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me?” edit: tell me to fuck off if this has already been done. Correction Fuck the PO Lease
February 2, 20196 yr On the day when I was born, Daddy sat down and cried. I had the mark just as plain as day, it could not be denied.
February 2, 20196 yr Please allow me to introduce myself It was a clear black night, a clear white moon Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town She was a level-headed dancer on the road to alcohol I hear the train a comin Busted flat in Baton Rouge Ground control to Major Tom Smoking long black Cadillac, engine's windin down
February 2, 20196 yr Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son." Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on." Edited February 2, 20196 yr by Bojack
February 2, 20196 yr The screen door slams/Mary's dress sways/like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio playsWe were born before the windYour baby doesn't love you anymore I was born in a crossfire hurricane Fat man sitting on a little stool/takes the money from my hand while his eyes take a walk all over youFlatter than a tabletop/makes you wonder why they stopped here
February 2, 20196 yr I went home with a waitress/ like I always doWell a person can work up a mean mean thirst/after a hard day of nothing much at allYeah....I can"t believe the news today/I cant close my eyes and make it go awayLondon calling to the faraway towns/Now war is declared and battle come down
February 2, 20196 yr Author We come from the land of ice and snow, of the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
February 2, 20196 yr Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields, sold in the market down in New Orleans... I was born in a cross-fire hurricane... What a drag it is getting old.. Edited February 2, 20196 yr by Deej
February 2, 20196 yr Got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back. We met as soulmates on Paris Island, we left as inmates, from an asylum. It’s Nine O’Clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside. I’m a running down the road trying to loosen my load, got seven women on my mind. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, one smell of colitas rising up through the air I can feel it coming in the air tonight.. oh lord.
February 2, 20196 yr "Oh, let the sun beat down upon my face..." Just perfect to me with the slow, driving rhythm.
February 2, 20196 yr I remember standin on the corner at midnight / Tryin to get my courage up I was a little too tall / Could've used a few pounds / Tight pants points hardly reknown
February 2, 20196 yr Babs and Clean Willie were in love they said So in love the preacher's face turned red This is the day of the expanding man In the mornin' you go gunnin' For the man who stole your water In the corner of my eye I saw you in Rudy's You were very high Your everlasting summer You can see it fading fast Lost in the Barrio I walk like an InjunSo Carlo won't suspect something's wrong here
February 2, 20196 yr Got out of town on a boat goin' to Southern IslandsSailing a reach before a followin' seaShe was makin' for the trades on the outsideAnd the downhill run to Papeete Off the wind on this heading lie the MarquesasWe got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making wayIn a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call youBut on a midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away Edited February 2, 20196 yr by noharleyyet
February 2, 20196 yr Living on the road my friend, is going to keep you free and clean, now you wear your skin like iron, your breath is hard as kerosene. I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboyAnd lovin' the cowboy waysPursuin' the life of my high ridin' heroesI burned up my childhood days Well, I've got to run to keep from hidingAnd I'm bound to keep on ridingAnd I've got one more silver dollarBut I'm not gonna let them catch me, noNot gonna let 'em catch the midnight rider
February 3, 20196 yr Flatter than a tabletop/makes you wonder why they stopped here Levelland is such a great song.
February 3, 20196 yr I ain't got no motherfucking friends....that's why I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker
February 3, 20196 yr "Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet." "It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in"
February 3, 20196 yr ^ Beat me to the Seger lyrics. I was a little too tall/could've used a few pounds
February 3, 20196 yr Brother's running powder money/daddy's somewhere on a drunk/in the hours after washing/I do my dreaming with a gunIf that turns one person on to Chris Whitley's Living With the Law my job is done.
February 3, 20196 yr My name's John Lee Pettimore/Same as my daddy and his daddy before Once upon a time you dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime in your prime...didn't you? If I ventured in the slipstream/between the viaducts of your dream/where immobile steel rims crack/and the ditch in the backroads stop/would you fine me?would you kiss-a my eye
February 3, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, 52-80 said: I ain't got no motherfucking friends....that's why I fucked your bitch you fat motherfucker Everly Brothers?
February 3, 20196 yr The only two things in life that make it worth livin' Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
February 3, 20196 yr Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate this thing called life... Next thread.
February 3, 20196 yr 2 minutes ago, Goredho said: Sittin’ in the morning sun, I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ comes Fun fact: the "whistling" part of that song was because Redding either forgot the next verse or didn't have one. They recorded it as such and it stuck.
February 3, 20196 yr Some great rap ones: It was all a dream.... All of my heroes did dope... Picture bloodbaths and elevator shafts...
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