Very rarely do songs grab a listener with the first line, but these 16 tunes had us hooked before the offical “hook.” Let’s revisit some of country music’s best songs with this list of best opening lyrics.
Country Music’s Best Opening Lyrics:
1.Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Now”
Lyric: “Picture-perfect memories scattered all around the floor.”
2.Janis Joplin’s “Me & Bobby McGee”
Lyric: “Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for a train, feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans.”
3.Brad Paisley’s “Alcohol”
Lyric: “I can make anybody pretty. I can make you believe any lie.”
4.Johnny Cash’s “Sunday Morning Coming Down”
Lyric: “Well, I woke up Sunday morning / With no way to hold my head that didn’t hurt.”
5.Ashley McBryde’s “Girl Goin’ Nowhere”
Lyric: “Don’t waste your life behind that guitar, You may get gone, but you won’t get far.”
6.Dierks Bentley’s “What Was I thinking”
Lyric: “Becky was a beauty from South Alabama, her daddy had a heart like a nine-pound hammer.”
7.Craig Morgan’s “Almost Home”
Lyric: “He had plastic bags wrapped ’round his shoes, he was covered with the evening news.”
8.Maren Morris “My Church”
Lyric: “I’ve cussed on a Sunday, I’ve cheated and I’ve lied.”
9.Jamie Johnson’s “In Color”
Lyric: “I said, Grandpa, what’s this picture here? It’s all black and white and ain’t real clear.”
10.Willie Nelson’s “Always On My Mind”
Lyric: “Maybe I didn’t love you quite as often as I should have.”
11.Gretchen Wilson’s “Here For The Party”
Lyric: Well I’m an eight ball-shooting, double-fisted-drinking son of a gun.”
12.Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5″
Lyric: Tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen / Pour myself a cup of ambition.”
13.Miranda Lambert’s “Gunpowder And Lead”
Lyric: “County road two thirty-three under my feet, Nothin’ on this white rock but little ol’ me.”
14.Luke Combs’ “Even Though I’m Leaving”
Lyric: “Daddy, I’m afraid, won’t you stay a little while? Keep me safe ’cause there’s monsters right outside.”
15.Garth Brooks’ “Friends In Low Places”
Lyric: “Blame it all on my roots, I showed up in boots.”
16.Carrie Underwood’s “Last Name”
Lyric: “Last night, I got served, a little bit too much of that poison baby.”
