That’s you, and me, that’s you, and me…
no one knows and I’m not a teller
if you want to know,
ask Uri Geller
– Wannadies, Uri Geller
(figured he had to have been mentioned in some lyric, so I Googled and was proven correct)
These days I’m afraid she’s not even sure
If her name is Veronica.
Do you remember*** Walter ***playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?
Do you remember Walter smoking cigarettes behind your garden gate?
Yes, Walter was my mate.
But Walter, my old friend, where are you now?
-The Kinks
Sing the song and sing it loud and long,
Let it be our pledge today,
Our Alma Mater proud and strong,
Old Xavier for aye!
Yogi Bear is smarter than the average bear,
Yogi Bear is always in the ranger’s hair.
– Theme song of the cartoon starring that stealer of “pic-a-nic baskets”
Zelda screams not to touch her
But one day someone will fuck her
Zelda waves from the backseat, hello? hello?
Zelda lays up the track sheet, hello, hello
-Pete Townshend, Zelda
Strikes the bell for 5 o’clock, Uncle Arthur closes shop
Billy, don’t be a hero, don’t be a fool with your life
missed
We’re caught up in a web, you and I
Since Crystal came between us
The knots of friendship seem to be untied
Crystal- Elton John
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
Don’t walk away Eileen
I’ve been living for you since the age of seventeen
-Sam Roberts
Frankie and Johnny were lovers
Oh lordy, how they could love
– Traditional song covered by Elvis Presley, Hank Snow, Van Morrison, Lindsay Lohan, et alii
George, George, George of the Jungle, strong as he can be!
Hannah won’t you come on to me
I’ll lay down this bottle of wine if you just be kind to me
I’d walk one mile on this broken glass
to fall down at your feet
oh Hannah you’re the queen of the street
– Ray LaMontagne, a guy I didn’t know existed five minutes ago
Irene I carried you when you was too weak to walk
I took to you when you gave your heart to God
Faithful and true, that’s what I’ll always be to you
Believe in you, believe in Me and these mountains have to move
Jeremiah was a bull frog. Was a good friend of mine. I never understood a single word he said. But I helped him a-drink his wine …
Kayleigh is it too late to say I’m sorry?
And Kayleigh could we get it together again?
I just can’t go on pretending that it came to a natural end
- “Kayleigh”, Marillion
You’re a very pretty girl Louise, but are the things you do just meant to tease
Oh the shark has pretty teeth dear
And he shows them pearly white
Just a jack-knife has Mac-heath dear
And he keeps it out of sight…
Bobby Darin, Sinatra, and Three-penny Opera