Bakers Dozen

astorian · March 4, 2014, 10:53pm

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)

burpo_the_wonder_mutt · March 4, 2014, 11:11pm

Opening lines from famous songs (include title, artist, and songwriter if different from artist)

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)
“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” (“Stairway To Heaven”; Led Zeppelin; Page/Plant)

notfrommensa · March 4, 2014, 11:16pm

Opening lines from famous songs (include title, artist, and songwriter if different from artist)

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)
“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” (“Stairway To Heaven”; Led Zeppelin; Page/Plant)
“Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake; All of those tourists covered with oil.” Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett.

Tangent · March 4, 2014, 11:19pm

Opening lines from famous songs (include title, artist, and songwriter if different from artist)

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)
“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” (“Stairway To Heaven”; Led Zeppelin; Page/Plant)
“Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake; All of those tourists covered with oil.” Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett.
“Well my daddy left home when I was three, and he didn’t leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.” (“A Boy Named Sue”; Johnny Cash, lyrics by Shel Silverstein)

Rick_Kitchen · March 4, 2014, 11:48pm

Opening lines from famous songs (include title, artist, and songwriter if different from artist)

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)
“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” (“Stairway To Heaven”; Led Zeppelin; Page/Plant)
“Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake; All of those tourists covered with oil.” Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett.
“Well my daddy left home when I was three, and he didn’t leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.” (“A Boy Named Sue”; Johnny Cash, lyrics by Shel Silverstein)
“Wednesday morning at five o’clock as the day begins” (“She’s Leaving Home”; The Beatles, Lennon-McCartney)

Dendarii_Dame · March 5, 2014, 12:04am

Opening lines from famous songs (include title, artist, and songwriter if different from artist)

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)
“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” (“Stairway To Heaven”; Led Zeppelin; Page/Plant)
“Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake; All of those tourists covered with oil.” Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett.
“Well my daddy left home when I was three, and he didn’t leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.” (“A Boy Named Sue”; Johnny Cash, lyrics by Shel Silverstein)
“Wednesday morning at five o’clock as the day begins” (“She’s Leaving Home”; The Beatles, Lennon-McCartney)
“Someday, when I’m awfully low, when the world gets cold, I will feel a glow, just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.” (“The Way You Look Tonight”, Frank Sinatra and many others, lyrics by Dorothy Fields)

buddha_david · March 5, 2014, 12:26am

Opening lines from famous songs (include title, artist, and songwriter if different from artist)

" Once upon a time you dressed so fine, Threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you ?" (Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan)
" And now the purple dusk of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart" (Star Dust, Nat King Cole et omnes, Hoagy Carmichael)
“Welcome to my nightmare. I think you’re gonna like it. I think you’re gonna feel you belong.” (Welcome To My Nightmare, Alice Cooper, Cooper/Wagner/Wagner)
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog.” (“Joy to the World,” written by Hoyt Axton)
“I read the news today, oh boy.” (A Day in the Life, Lennon/McCartney)
“Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A. Plucked her eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she.” (Walk on the Wild Side, by Lou Reed.)
“I thought love was only true in fairy tales.” (“I’m a Believer” written by Neil Diamond)
“There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold” (“Stairway To Heaven”; Led Zeppelin; Page/Plant)
“Nibblin’ on sponge cake, watchin’ the sun bake; All of those tourists covered with oil.” Written and performed by Jimmy Buffett.
“Well my daddy left home when I was three, and he didn’t leave much to Ma and me, just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.” (“A Boy Named Sue”; Johnny Cash, lyrics by Shel Silverstein)
“Wednesday morning at five o’clock as the day begins” (“She’s Leaving Home”; The Beatles, Lennon-McCartney)
“Someday, when I’m awfully low, when the world gets cold, I will feel a glow, just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.” (“The Way You Look Tonight”, Frank Sinatra and many others, lyrics by Dorothy Fields)
“Sitting on the park bench, eyeing little girls with bad intent.” (“Aqualung”, Jethro Tull, Ian & Jennie Anderson)

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