First Lines

I ain’t got no horse. I mean… I got no horse!

Billionaires are taking your democracy

I look ahead and there I am

Sunlight dances on your command

Well, look at you today. You told another lie

Life is a tangled garden of liars and lovers

Honey, it’s bedtime

Said the eagle to the American man

She said, “Take me where you will”

While I love you a Quasar spins

Do all your suits have the proper cuff?

My plan was mangled by the sight of her

Forgive me for staring at the clothes you’re almost wearing

I had it going really well… or so I thought

Have you ever let your heart belong to another?

All the people running ‘round looking for the rainbow’s pot of gold

I’ve been working all my life

When all is said and done

Well, it’s complicated!

The train pulls into Paris

Pick me up or pin me down

I can’t walk and I can’t talk

She cleans her flat again

In dreams, I can fly

I drift into your smiling eyes

When the Sun runs from the sky

Some say that people are mean

Through squinted eye I scan the sky

There’s a monkey in the Captain’s chair

We walked out the door, we didn’t look back

I saw her again this morning

He spins stories we can’t believe

Well, I think I’ll get a hammock

I don’t know who you are

Glorious Lady Liberty welcomes you

Sunny days and starlit nights, we pray they never end

Have you seen the news?

I am forever and I was never

I can see by your outfit that…

I live at the beach now where summer’s in December

This guy Dave, he was a Caveman

So many people just trying to stay alive ‘til sunrise

First Lines and Last Lines…

… of selected songs

The people who know things say the first line of a book or a song must get your attention. I say the last line must punch you.

Here are some samples. try to find them.

Last Lines

After I die, I hope I dream

And that makes her perfect for me

Let’s do this again, you and I

Please take a photo and don’t be in it

As soon as this song ends, I’m gunna call ya

What was ours was now, just mine

The squaring of the circles has left me here

From now on, I don’t care

It’s not that complicated

And she’ll say, “Slide me in”

God, I love my morning coffee

‘cause Angels are real

So she says

That’s up to you

I think I’ll find a cave

I may be a lot like him

Should I love everyone like I love you?

But, I had been there, simply as me

Only then, you won’t need more

Two kids in love, a saint and a sinner

But first… pass the potatoes

I get everything wrong except when I’m right

The end of our love is so far away, it may never be found

We could have done better. It seems we really didn’t care