Most Iconic Opening Lyrics

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Oh, well imagine, as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor

Turn around, every now and then I get a little lonely and you're never coming around

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left

When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city, to see a marching band

There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me, I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine

Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again

A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

Now this is the story all about how, my life got flipped, turned upside down

Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize anything you ever wanted? Would you capture it, or just let it slip?

We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs flow

Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to get through this thing called life

At first I was afraid, I was petrified, kept thinking I could never live without you by my side

I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel, I focus on the pain, the only thing that's real

Well I heard there was a secret chord, that David played and it pleased the lord

ALL ABOARD, HAHAHAHAHAHA

Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise

There is a house in New Orleans

Do you have the time, to listen to me whine, about nothing and everything all at once

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Load up on guns and bring your friends, its fun to lose and to pretend

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, and the regular crowd shuffles in, there's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin

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

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair

She was just like a beauty queen, from a movie scene

Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man

She got a smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories

Just a small time girl, living in a lonely world, she took the midnight train going anywhere

I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it till my fingers bled

She take my money, when I'm in need yeah shes a triflin' friend indeed

Say you're prayers little one, don't forget my son, to include everyone

Tonight, I'm gonna have myself a real good time, I feel alive

If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son, I got 99 problems but a b*tch ain't one

So, so you think you could tell, heaven from hell?

I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known, don't know where it goes, but it's only me and I walk alone

Shot through the heart, and you're to blame, darling you give love a bad name

We're no strangers to love, you know the rules and so do I

Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band