Best opening lyric

As the son of a son of a sailor I went out on the sea for adventure.

 

Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
"Be-Bop-A-Lula" "Baby What'd I Say"
Here comes Johnny singing, "I Got a Woman"
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay


Come out Virginia, don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late

 

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call
Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall

 

I lay my head on the railroad track
Waiting on the double E
But the train don't run by here no more
Poor, poor pitiful me


There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven


Standing in the middle of nowhere
Wondering how to begin
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday
Between now and then

 

I got a letter from the government
the other day
I opened
and read it
it said they were suckas!​

 

For Lynyrd Skynyrd, I'd go with:

"Whiskey bottle, brand new car,
Oak tree you're in my way ..."

 

Tonight's the night we'll make history
Honey you and I
'Cause I'll take any risk to tie back the hands of time
And stay with you here tonight.

 

I'm not going down
on my knees
begging you to adore me
'cuz you see it's misery
and torture for me.​

 

Cheap Trick had some great ones.

"Have you seen her face?
She's got a face that would stop a clock,
And with that face I surely won't stop,
To look her in the eyes ..."

 

When I sat down on the bed next to you
You started to cry

 

I was just fifteen and out of control
Lost to James Dean and rock and roll
I knew down deep in my country soul
That I had to get away

 

When I was back there in seminary school, there was a person there who put forth the proposition that you can petition the Lord with prayer .....
petition the Lord with prayer ....
petition the Lord with prayer ....



YOU CANNOT PETITION THE LORD WITH PRAYER!