Most evocative first line or sentence

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[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1443349150' post='2873969']
[font=courier new,courier,monospace][size=6][b]Heatwaves on the runway ....[/b][/size][/font]


[/quote]+1. Great pic too.

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[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1443353556' post='2874021']
[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Love I get so lost, sometimes[/color]
[color=#000000]Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart[/color]
[color=#000000]When I want to run away[/color]
[color=#000000]I drive off in my car[/color]
[color=#000000]But whichever way I go[/color]
[color=#000000]I come back to the place you are[/color][/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]In Your Eyes - Peter [/color][color=#000000]Gabriel [/color][/font]
[/quote]Damn fine song too.

[Rich]

In this proud land we grew up strong, we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win, I never thought I could fail

[ezbass]

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1443376401' post='2874237']
In this proud land we grew up strong, we were wanted all along
I was taught to fight, taught to win, I never thought I could fail
[/quote]So is full of top lyrics.

[arthurhenry]

In days of peace, sweet smelling summer nights of wine and song.

[lurksalot]

As Dr Dave's , not an openining line but one of my faves

I saw 2 shooting stars last night,
I wished on them , but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish , I wish , I wish you'ld care

[Rich]

Is it worth it? A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy's birthday

[ras52]

I knew a girl named Nikki, I guess you could say she was a sex fiend.

[MoonBassAlpha]

Someone saw a strange amount of moisture on her lips, and it was also found upon her arms, and on her hips.

[Joeyfivebags]

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]It kills me not to know this but I've all but just forgotten,
What the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them,[/font][/size]

[paul_5]

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1443391598' post='2874392']
As Dr Dave's , not an openining line but one of my faves

I saw 2 shooting stars last night,
I wished on them , but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish , I wish , I wish you'ld care
[/quote]

Yeah, I thought of this too - Billy Bragg is one of the best songwriters ever IMHO.

[lurksalot]

I love that song in particular it says so much in so few words.

next up...

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]What the hell is wrong with you tonight?[/font][/size]

[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]I can't seem to say or do the right thing [/color][/font][/size]

Edited September 28, 2015 by lurksalot

[lurksalot]

in the same vein..................

pretty women out walking with gorillas down my street



that guy knew how to put words together ,

ed for a terrible spelling irony

Edited September 28, 2015 by lurksalot

[SICbass]

I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel.

'Hurt' - Nine Inch Nails (the Johnny Cash Version is also ace)

Edited September 30, 2015 by SICbass

[gafbass02]

"My computer thinks I'm gay"
Too many friends, Placebo.

[Sibob]

Two from a band called The Dear Hunter:

Waves
"I thought that I knew love, but it was just a wave crashing over us"

The Love
"I was 22 when I first died"

Si

[ordep]

"Evidence", from a band named Urbandub:

"[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]Time has a way of healing, or so they say[/size][/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial][size=4]So why am I still left here cryin'?"[/size][/font][/color]

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZraXO7H1VRo"]https://www.youtube....h?v=ZraXO7H1VRo[/url]

*video's a bit brutal at the end

Edited September 29, 2015 by ordep

[DaveFry]

Call it Stormy Monday ( but Tuesday is just as bad ).

- Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker 1947