ast-13 is Everybody Is A Star.
Me now!
BG1- One day near Salinas I let him slip away
BG2- One of these days you’re gonna break your glass
BG3- You know you’re gonna lose and never win
BG4- Will I have to suffer and cry the whole night through?
BG5- You must believe it’s all heaven sent
BG6- I feel I need you, baby
BG7- Nothing you can’t handle/Nothing you ain’t got
BG-1 “Me and Bobby McGee,” Janis Joplin
BG-4 “When Will I See You Again,” The Three Degrees
f21) “I know it sounds absurd/Please tell me who I am”
f22) “You can feel it in your olfactory”
And f20 was not “American Pie” and f18 is the Doobie Brothers but a different song than “Takin It To The Streets.”
BG1- One day near Salinas I let him slip away - Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristopherson (sp?)
BG7-Nothing you can’t handle/Nothing you ain’t got - Low Down - Boz Scags
BG3- You know you’re gonna lose and never win - Your Mama Don’t Dance - Loggins & Messina
How about:
k1 - I need you to live
k2 - after the ambulances go
k3 - tie me on her and turn her loose
k4 - things got bad and things got worse
f18) “Though it’s part of the Lone Star State, people don’t seem to care.”
– “China Grove” by the Doobie Brothers
f19) "I can sink a lttle drink and shout out, “She’s with me.”
– “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” by Elton John
“Dead Skunk,” by Rufus Wainwiright’s dad
Oops: that’s Wainwright.
“Desolation Row” and “Country Pie,” both by Dylan (and both from the '60s).
18 is China Grove by the Doobies
20 is The Boys are Back in town by Thin Lizzy
k2 - Desolation Row by Bob Dylan.
k4 - Lodi by CCR
ast10- The world’s coming to an end. I don’t even care.
“Earache My Eye”–Cheech and Chong is the first thing that comes to mind
K4 - Joy – Neilson (I love that song – Joy to the world was a beautiful girl/but to me Joy meant only sorrow). Bloody brilliant!
ast20- “And I was a dreamer, with only words to trade.”
– Longfellow Serenade, Neil Diamond.
And, yes, he’s one of my guilty pleasures.
ddg 13 – I’m a faithful follower of Brother John Birch
ddg 14 – She cries alone at night too often/He smokes and drinks/And don’t come home at all
BG5 is also “Lowdown” by Boz Skaggs.
Some more of my own:
NDP 1 - I think I see my brother coming
NDP 2 - Talk to me some more/ You don’t have to go
NDP 3 - Everyone says I’ve got no respect
NDP 4 - The trip we made to Hollywood is still etched upon my mind
Also, ddg 13 is “Uneasy Rider” by the Charlie Daniels Band.
ddg 14 – She cries alone at night too often/He smokes and drinks/And don’t come home at all
– “Only Women Bleed” by Alice Cooper
NDP 4 - The trip we made to Hollywood is still etched upon my mind
Reelin’ in the Years by Steely Dan
Several people have gotte ast13 wrong. The words “everyone’s a star” are part of the song I have in mind, but that’s not the title.
And while ast14 is a Tavares song, it’s not the one named.
A few more:
ast21- “Lazy day in bed, music in my head.”
ast22- “Just feel the thunder as it warms your face.”
ast23- “Here comes the big boss! Let’s get it on!”
ast24- “My face is so pretty, you don’t see a scar.”
ast25- “Needing me now is something I could use.”
ast26- “Some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song.”
ast27- “It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long.”
ast28- “You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk.”
ast29- “Call a spade a spade, the way you did back in the days.”
ast30- “But the names you drop are second-hand.”
The Logical Song by Supertramp
ast23- “Here comes the big boss! Let’s get it on!”
Kung Fu Fighting by Bruce somebody ??
ast27- “It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long.”
The Entertainer by Billy Joel
ast29- “Call a spade a spade, the way you did back in the days.”
*Harry Truman * by Chicago
ast23- “Here comes the big boss! Let’s get it on!”
– “King Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas
ast26- “Some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song.”
– “Please Mr. Please,” by Olivia Newton-John
ast27- “It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long.”
– The Entertainer" by Billy Joel
ast28- “You can sell your paintings on the sidewalk.”
– “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins
Hey, BG5 should have been something else. Oh well, I guess I’ll have to post more easy ones.
BG8- Take this handkerchief and dry your eyes
BG9- Oh yes I can make it now, the pain is gone
BG10- People get lonely-- ain’t nothing new
BG11- Trying to keep up his courage by applying booze
BG12-What used to be happy is sad