Oh and one more thing-- Thanks Fish for taking care of the next page honors. He (or she) is, in fact, the bomb.
- American Woman - The Guess Who
- Evil Ways - Santana
- Devil Woman - Cliff Richard
oh, I should say Biggirl’s 69, 70, and 71
Bytheway’s
71) Life in the Fast Lane - The Eagles
73) We’re All Alone - Rita Coolidge
75) Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
One more -
31) Think of Me - (can’t think of the artist but I know I’m gonna hate myself when I read the name)
- is actually called “Hello, It’s Me” and it’s by Todd Rundgren.
bytheway’s 69) is “Claire” by Gilbert O’ Sullivan.
Some additions:
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She’s filing her nails while they’re dragging the lake.
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Baby take off your dress.
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How in the world you gonna see, laughin’ at fools like me.
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Magically bored on a quiet street corner.
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Behind four walls of stone, the rich man sleeps.
- Watching the Detectives by Elvis Costello
- You Can Leave Your Hat On by you’re probably thinking Joe Cocker but actually written and originally recorded by Randy Newman–yes, Yes, YES
25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago
#6- “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone
#49- “Whatever Gets You Through the Night” by John Lennon (assist from Elton John)
I’ve lost track of what’s answered and what isn’t. Wouldn’t it be a little more organized to name your list and then identify answers by poster and their numbering?
Since I’m unsure, I’ll do my own little numbering and preface it with my first three letters:
ddg-1. There’s no double-lock defense
ddg-2. Mamma had the usual to say, that we should, please be good today
ddg-3. give me things that won’t get lost
ddg-4. We just come from such different sets of circumstance
ddg-5. It was the hexagram of the heavens
ddg-6. Born already ruined, stone-cold dead as I stepped out of the womb
ddg-7. Put on your black leather
ddg-8. Figured they’d kidnap a rich man’s son, make it in the world of crime
ddg-9. I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead
ddg-10. Well, I know my banana is older than the rest
ddg-11. The wound is so fresh you can taste the blood
ddg-12. What good is spilling blood? It will not grow a thing
Burn Down the Mission by Elton John
- But there ain’t no Coupe DeVille hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box.
- Waitin’ for the train that goes home sweet Mary, hopin’ that the train is on time.
- So on we go, his welfare is my concern, no burden is he to bear, we’ll get there.
“give me things that won’t get lost”
Old Man, Neil Young.
“I wish I was a baby, I wish I was dead”
Cold Turkey, John Lennon. Huh. I did a search to check the song name, and apparently the same line appears in Bob Dylan’s Maggie’s Farm. Dylan wrote it first.
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is “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad” by Meatloaf
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is “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” by The Hollies (or Neil Diamond)
Some more:
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Television man is crazy.
Says we’re juvenile delinquent wrecks. -
Talk to me some more, you don’t have to go.
ddg-10. Well, I know my banana is older than the rest
Monkberry Moon Delight - Paul McCartney
85). She cried to the Southern wind…
Thanks for the correction, NDP - that was driving me nuts!
- How in the world you gonna see, laughin’ at fools like me.
Instant Karma - John Lennon
- Waitin’ for the train that goes home sweet Mary, hopin’ that the train is on time.
One Toke Over the Line - Brewer and Shipley
ddg7 - “Shock Me,” by Kiss (a rare vocal by Ace Frehley)
A few more while I wait for lunch when I have time to actually look over some other posts.
87)There was a group called The Jumper, they were laying it down.
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Like a cat and a mouse I thought of going house to house.
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Baby what’s these things you’re saying behind my back?
90)There’s a hole in my head where the rain comes in.
91)I turned on the music to start my day.
- I went to the doctor and got me the cure. I think I got it some more.
ast1- I’m a soldier in the war on poverty.
ast2- I had a hole in the place where my heart should have been.
ast3- We could stay inside and play games, I don’t know.
ast4- The head nurse, she blew in just like a tornado.
ast5- It hurts to see the man that I’ve become.
ast6- He’ll say, “Excuse me- haven’t I seen you somewhere before?”
ast7- Ain’t got much, but what we got’s ours.
ast8- Robin Hood and William Tell and Ivanhoe and Lancelot, they don’t envy me.
ast9- I used to go out to parties and stand around.
ast10- The world’s coming to an end. I don’t even care.
ast1-- Billy Preston Nothing from Nothing
ast5- Indiana Wants Me (by I don’t know who, but damn he’s gotta stop killing people.)
ast3- We could stay inside and play games, I don’t know.
Rikki Don’t Lose that Number - Steely Dan
mdf1 - Now it’s not a meaningless question
To ask if they’ve been and gone
Biggirl 92) I went to the doctor and got me the cure. I think I got it some more.
Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent
- Starbright, starbright, you’ve got the lovin’ that I like,
…turn this crazy bird around
“This Flight Tonight,” Joni Mitchell
- It can’t be wrong when it feels so right
“You Light Up My Life,” Debbie Boone
- I’ve had enough of reading things
By neurotic psychotic pigheaded politicians
“Gimme Some Truth,” John Lennon
- Love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the streets
“Shattered,” The Rolling Stones
- Once the rain starts falling on my face you won’t even see a single trace.
“In the Rain,” The Dramatics
87)There was a group called The Jumper, they were laying it down.
“Rock N Roll Hootchie Koo,” Rick Derringer
ast4- The head nurse, she blew in just like a tornado.
“Oh My My,” Ringo Starr
f1) “We can deal with rockets and dreams/But reality, what does it mean?”
f2) “I got a freaky old lady named Cocaine Katie”
f3) “One good thing about music/When it hits, you feel no pain”
f4) “He’s got a dream about buying some land/Gonna giveup the booze and the one-night stands.”
f5) “Eleven long-haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse micro-bus”
And from the “Great Minds Think Alike (Or At Least Come Up With Similar Lyrics)” Department:
f6) “I’m no schoolboy, but I know what I like.”
f7) “I ain’t no monkey, but I know what I like.”