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Post by someguy on Apr 13, 2014 14:36:09 GMT -5
What are some opening lyrics that really grab you, and pull you into the song?
"I was standing at the counter, I was waiting for the change when I heard that old familiar music start. It was like a lighted match had been tossed into my soul. It was like a dam had broken in my heart" - Trisha Yearwood, "The Song Remembers When"
"Thousands of people live in this town and I had to run into him. When I saw him there on that busy street those feelings came back again" - Reba McEntire, "And Still"
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Post by sabre14 on Apr 13, 2014 14:45:47 GMT -5
"Merry Go Round" by Kacey Musgraves - "If you ain't got two kids by twenty-one, you're probably gonna die alone. At least that's what tradition told you"
"Best I Ever Had" by Gary Allan - "So you sailed away, into a grey sky morning"
Knowing that Gary's wife had just passed away, that opening line from "Best I Ever Had" absolutely cut right though me.
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Post by onebuffalo on Apr 13, 2014 14:52:38 GMT -5
Hello Darlin', nice to see you. It's been a long time.
He said, "I'll love you 'til I die" She told him, "You'll forget in time"
Blame it all on my roots. I showed up in boots.
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Post by Andy on Apr 13, 2014 15:23:52 GMT -5
Great topic. I'm sure I'll come up with more but here are some of my favorites off the top of my head:
"Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for desert." - Kris Kristofferson, "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
"Step right up, come on in, if you'd like to take the grand tour..." - George Jones, "The Grand Tour"
"The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom..." - Merle Haggard, "Sing Me Back Home"
"People say I'm no good and crazy as a loon, 'cause I get stoned in the morning and get drunk in the afternoon." - Charlie Daniels, "Long Haired Country Boy" (this one always makes me laugh)
"You were the first thing that I thought of when I thought I'd drink you off my mind." - Clint Back, "Killin' Time"
"Has it been a year since the last time I seen her? My God, I could swear it was ten. And the ocean of liquor, I drank to forget her, is gonna kill me, but I'll drink 'til then." - George Jones, "Still Doin' Time"
"Miracles appear in the strangest of places, fancy meeting you here." - Willie Nelson, "Yesterday's Wine"
"Just when every ray of hope was gone, I should have known that you would come along. I can't believe I ever doubted you, my old friend the blues." - Steve Earle, "My Old Friend the Blues"
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Post by sbp17 on Apr 13, 2014 15:43:53 GMT -5
"I hope you never lose your sense of wonder/ You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger." - Lee Ann Womack's I Hope You Dance
"If I had only known, it was the last walk in the rain/ I'd keep you out for hours in the storm." - Reba's If I Had Only Known
"I said, 'Hello, I think I'm broken' and though I was only jokin' / It took me by surprise when you agreed." - Diamond Rio's You're Gone
"I've dealt with my ghosts And I've faced all my demons, Finally content with the past I regret / I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness For once, I'm at peace with myself." - Rascal Flatts' I'm Movin' On
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 13, 2014 15:49:21 GMT -5
"Like a Rose" - Ashley Monroe: I was only 13 when daddy died Mama started drinking and my brother just quit trying"Cheatin'" - Sara Evans: You say your every day is a bad dream that keeps repeatin' Well, maybe you shoulda thought about that, when you were cheatin'"Born to Fly" - Sara Evans I've been tellin' my dreams to the scarecrow 'Bout the places that I'd like to see I said, friend do you think I'll ever get there Ah, but he just stands there smilin' back at meI'm sure I'll think of more later, but these'll do for now. I love love love all three of these.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Apr 13, 2014 16:26:40 GMT -5
Two black Cadillacs driving in a slow parade, headlights shining bright in the middle of the day - "Two Black Cadillacs", Carrie Underwood.
Dry lighting cracks across the skies, those storm clouds gather in her eyes - "Blown Away", Carrie Underwood.
... So many more, but those two come to mind for now.
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Post by bluedog6 on Apr 13, 2014 21:23:33 GMT -5
Because I just mentioned these two songs on other threads:
"It was painted red. The stripe was white. It was 18 feet from bow to stern light." Drive(For Daddy Gene) ~Alan Jackson
"The only thing I see ahead is just the heat a risin' off the road" Home ~Joe Diffie
And because I love this song:
"If heaven was an hour, it would be twilight. When the fireflies start their dancin' on the lawn." If Heaven ~Andy Griggs
And because I think is one of the best songs ever written
"From the corner of the country, from the cities and the farm. With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms." 16th Avenue ~Lacy J. Dalton
(I was going to make a joke and write down the opening line from "That's My Kind of Night" but then my fingers wouldn't let me type that in the same post as the songs I listed above. ;) ;) )
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 14, 2014 3:03:46 GMT -5
"Lookin' at you through a misty moonlight, katydids sing like a symphony. Porch swing swayin' like a Tennessee lullaby, melody blowin' through a willow tree." Maybe It Was Memphis - Pam Tillis <3
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 14, 2014 4:36:32 GMT -5
"Lately I've been noticing a gradual escalation / In your inability to handle your libation" — Trent Tomlinson, "Drunker Than Me"
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Post by midnightprism on Apr 14, 2014 9:47:43 GMT -5
"Hello, darlin'" is certainly the most iconic to me.
A memorable recent one --- "My first sip made me gag and I thought I was gonna blow beets." George Strait - Poison. Gets right to the point of the song.
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Post by Spacey_Kacey on Apr 14, 2014 18:57:43 GMT -5
"You were raised on an asphalt farm" - by no means a great lyric but its the only part of the song I like. I also feel like most people don't understand he is talking about urban life in the first verse because of the use of the word farm next to an obscure word like asphalt and then talking about part of country life (though saying it is not experienced by city people). Again mediocre song but nice approach.
In the vein of Poison, I'd offer "I woke up this morning and swore to God, I'd never, ever take another drink again"
Also love how combative Follow Your Arrow starts off but MGR is probably better.
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Post by layne on Apr 14, 2014 19:02:58 GMT -5
"Picture Perfect Memories Scattered all across the floor" Lady A's Need You Now.
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Post by Kentucky25 on Apr 14, 2014 19:25:53 GMT -5
"Normally this time of night, you wouldn't find me here, I'd be reaching for a goodnight kiss, instead of one more beer" Randy Houser "Anything Goes" "I put that record on, girl you know which one, and I let it play again and again" Chris Stapleton "What're You Listening To?" "A showman's life, is a smokey bar, and the fever chase of a tiny star, it's a hotel room and a lonely wife, from what I've seen of a showman's life" George Strait "A Showman's Life" "I know you loved him, a long time ago, and even now in my arms, you still want him I know" Keith Whitley "Don't Close Your Eyes" "I ain't had nothing to drink, I knew that's probably what you'd think if I dropped by this time of night" Kenny Chesney "That's Why I'm Here" "Operator, please connect me with 1982" Randy Travis "1982" "People say she's only in my head, it's gonna take time but I'll forget" Garth Brooks "More Than A Memory"
I'll stop here, I could really go on for a whole lot more. Also, I'd list pretty much every Keith Whitley song's opening if I could lol.
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Post by gonecountry on Apr 14, 2014 19:43:57 GMT -5
She's sittin' by the water where the river gets wide, Think about swimming to the other side, Got a Marlboro red, and a can of cold Bud, Toes squished down in the Arkansas mud...
Okay, that was a joke. Seriously, my three favorite openings to a song are:
Carolina - Eric Church There's a cabin in a valley, My grandpa built on your land. Your mountains are a canvas, For the makers hand.
Tonight I'm fishing Elk River, If only in my mind. No, I haven't seen her banks in such a long, long time
Life Aint Always Beautiful - Gary Allan
Life aint always beautiful, Sometimes it's just plain hard. Life can knock you down, it can break your heart
You Had To Be There - Tim McGraw
He sat down, picked up the phone and said Boy, I'm your old man. He touched the glass between the two, as if to shake his hand The boy he didn't budge, not even so much as a blink The man said oh come on, better late than never, don't ya think.
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 15, 2014 2:34:55 GMT -5
In honor of its mention on other pages lately:
"Well, hope is an anchor and love is a ship; time is the ocean and life is a trip. You don't know where you're going' 'til you know where you're at, and if you can't read the stars, well you'd better have a map. A compass and a conscience so you don't get lost at sea or on some old lonely island where no one wants to be."
Such vivid words, King George!
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Post by Todd on Apr 15, 2014 11:00:34 GMT -5
Well, who's that girl in the sock feet and holey blue jeans? The one that dances like a hurricane, shakes it like a washing machine. - The Kentucky Headhunters, "Honky Tonk Walkin'"
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Post by 14887fan on Apr 15, 2014 11:52:23 GMT -5
The bottle took you from me when I was a child Robbed me of the love I needed, robbed me of a smile. -Kellie Pickler, "The Letter (To Daddy)"
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Apr 15, 2014 16:45:01 GMT -5
Todd: Great to know that I'm not the only person who realized that the Kentucky Headhunters did more than just Dumas Walker and Oh Lonesome Me.
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Post by jughead on Apr 16, 2014 5:10:30 GMT -5
"Loving him is like driving a new Maserati down a dead-end street"
and just as you begin to realize how odd a comparison that is, she further explains why........
......"Faster than the wind, passionate as sin, ending so suddenly".
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Post by Sean on Apr 16, 2014 20:25:03 GMT -5
Honestly, all I want to post are the opening lyrics to "Fancy", "Is There Life Out There", "One Promise Too Late", "Whoever's In New England" and "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (and dozens of other Reba songs), but the one song that really sticks out to me is...
"Forgive, sounds good. Forget, I’m not sure I could. They say time heals everything, but I’m still waiting." - "Not Ready To Make Nice" by The Dixie Chicks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2014 12:55:09 GMT -5
Forgive sounds good/forget I'm not sure I could
Dixie Chicks, Not Ready To Make Nice Miranda has some good ones: I ain't the kind you take home to Mama/I ain't the kind to wear no ring
Heart Like Mine
Well I've been graced by Southern charm/ I gotta mouth like a sailor and yours is like a Hallmark card -Only Prettier
I put a bullet in my radio/somethin' just hit me funny I don't know
-Sin For Sin I know they say you can't go home again/I just had to come back one last time
-The House That Built Me
I set out on a narrow way many years ago/Hoping I would find true love along this broken road
-Bless The Broken Road
I can usually drink you right off of my mind, but I miss you tonight
-Come Wake Me Up
I hope the days come easy and the moments pas slow/And each road leads you where you wanna go
-My Wish
Whatcha got if you ain't got love/The kind that you just wanna give away -So Small
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 17, 2014 23:38:23 GMT -5
"What a rotten day this turned out to be." George Strait, Baby's Gotten Good At Goodbye
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Post by tim on Apr 19, 2014 1:15:02 GMT -5
A few from me...the selections below reflect more about what you know is coming from such a great (sad or fun) song:
"The moon is full, but my arms are empty..." Cold Day In July by Suzy Bogguss and Dixie Chicks
"Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene..." Dolly Parton
"When I was kid Uncle Remus put me to bed..." Good Ole Boys Like Me by Don Williams
"It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart..." When You Say Nothing At All by Keith Whitley; Alison Krauss
"Life Ain't Always Beautiful..." Gary Allan
"Fare thee well, my own true love..." 10,000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
and a fun one lol...
"She couldn't keep from cryin', when she told me goodbye..." Party Crowd by David Lee Murphy
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Post by carriefan15 on Apr 19, 2014 1:24:59 GMT -5
Standing at the back door she tried to make it fast One tear hit the hard wood it fell like broken glass
Wasted- Carrie Underwood
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Post by phil1996 on Apr 19, 2014 17:45:20 GMT -5
"Like a Honey Bee beatin' on my screen door, I got a little buzz and my head is sore" - "Creepin" (Eric Church)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 22:15:02 GMT -5
"Once upon our world was on fire/And I loved to watch it burn"
Carrie Underwood- Wine After Whiskey
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Post by jferstler on Apr 25, 2014 22:44:33 GMT -5
Great topic. I'm sure I'll come up with more but here are some of my favorites off the top of my head: "Well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for desert." - Kris Kristofferson, "Sunday Morning Coming Down" "Step right up, come on in, if you'd like to take the grand tour..." - George Jones, "The Grand Tour" "The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom..." - Merle Haggard, "Sing Me Back Home" "People say I'm no good and crazy as a loon, 'cause I get stoned in the morning and get drunk in the afternoon." - Charlie Daniels, "Long Haired Country Boy" (this one always makes me laugh) "You were the first thing that I thought of when I thought I'd drink you off my mind." - Clint Back, "Killin' Time" "Has it been a year since the last time I seen her? My God, I could swear it was ten. And the ocean of liquor, I drank to forget her, is gonna kill me, but I'll drink 'til then." - George Jones, "Still Doin' Time" " Miracles appear in the strangest of places, fancy meeting you here." - Willie Nelson, "Yesterday's Wine" "Just when every ray of hope was gone, I should have known that you would come along. I can't believe I ever doubted you, my old friend the blues." - Steve Earle, "My Old Friend the Blues" Yes, All of these. I would have mentioned many of these. How about: Creole Williams lived down a dirt road
Made homemade wine like nobody I know
Dropped by one Friday night and said can you help me Creole
Got a little girl waitin' on me and I wanna treat her right" -Dust on The Bottle- David Lee Murphy "Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight
Shining through the trees
Crickets are singing
And the lightning bugs are floating on the breeze
Baby get ready"
-Fishin' In The Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Post by Kentucky25 on Apr 25, 2014 23:04:38 GMT -5
Yes, All of these. I would have mentioned many of these. How about: Creole Williams lived down a dirt road
Made homemade wine like nobody I know
Dropped by one Friday night and said can you help me Creole
Got a little girl waitin' on me and I wanna treat her right" -Dust on The Bottle- David Lee Murphy "Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight
Shining through the trees
Crickets are singing
And the lightning bugs are floating on the breeze
Baby get ready"
-Fishin' In The Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I love the opening of "Dust on the Bottle". You've blown my mind with "Fishin' in the Dark"...I've always sang and heard it "Louisiana moon" like they really twanged the word "Lew-z-ana", but "lazy yellow moon" sounds more likely lol.
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Post by straitfan87 on Apr 26, 2014 16:09:55 GMT -5
Great thread idea!
Well her old friend, from her own end of town dropped by today, And way down deep inside me something died When he came 'round to see her that way. Here it comes again, that same old chilly wind Will blow like a cold winter squall. And I'll begin to feel the chill of an early fall.
Chill of an Early Fall - George Strait
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