Song Lyrics Meme
heresluck did this one back in April and I'm only just now getting around to playing along. Yep, it's been busy 'round here.
The meme goes like this: Put your music-makin' device on "random shuffle," take the first 20 songs, post your favorite line(s) from each, and invite the world to name that tune.
Note the first: music making device used, 1 (one) iPod. One of the early 10gb ones. The battery is pretty close to shot.
Note the second: The music contained on said iPod is in no way representative of my overall musical collection. It's a pretty good first approximation, though.
Note the Third: I'd ban heresluck and truepenny from playing, but I'm afraid that no one else will know some of this stuff.
Note the Fourth: Don't google. It's cheating. Besides, some of these don't show up on Google anyways, so nyah.
Note the Fifth: For some of these, I'll take more than one answer, the original artist or the cover that's on my iPod.
1) In time, the words will come, they say, with faith, / But everything you see just turns you grey
2) I'm not crazy cause I take the right pills everyday [Jimmy Eat World, "Bleed American" guessed by heresluck]
3) Let me tell you I'm the same as you / I've got 24 hours with nothing to do [The Candyskins, "24 hour (U.S.E.D)" guessed by heresluck]
4) I got back from the bar and put on some Frank Sinatra [Hayward Williams, "Cleverly Disturbed" guessed by heresluck]
5) So if a fool is all you need / Won't you please consider me
6) There's lots of pretty women, I mean they're everywhere / Just keep your tongue in your mouth and try not to stare
7) Comfort is the only kind / Hearts like flowers bloom and fade / Against the chill that finds the bone / Is come from dust to dust in trade [Jeffrey Foucault, "I Dream an Old Lover" guessed by heresluck]
8) I'm still waiting for the whiskey to whisk me away / And I'm still waiting for the ashtray to lead me astray
9) Right down through it all, she's still my baby / though we tried so hard to break away
10) You see there's a sun / who's checking my eye for a hole
11) If learning is living, and the truth is a state of mind / You'll find it's better at the end of the line [Son Volt, "Tear Stained Eye" guessed by heresluck]
12) If you're thinking 'bout leaving / please don't leave today
13) Somewhere out there I believe in me / And West of her is where I'd like to see
14) They told me I was breaking through, I was breaking down / By the time I learned the difference they had long left town
15) Like some pilgrim / Who learns to transcend / Learns to live / As if each step was the end
16) What kind of people go to meet people / Someplace they can't be heard or seen [The Be Good Tanyas, "Light Enough to Travel" guessed by truepenny]
17) Walking down the street / Shooting people that I meet / With my rubber tommy water gun
18) And we said these songs are true / These days are ours / These tears are free [Paul Simon, "The Obvious Child" guessed by heresluck]
19) There are many things I'd love to turn you on to / But somehow I feel they're safer where they are
20) They say the water isn't rising / But their shoes are soaking wet [Peter Mulvey, "29 cent head" guessed by heresluck]
Guess away! Fabulous prizes await!
The meme goes like this: Put your music-makin' device on "random shuffle," take the first 20 songs, post your favorite line(s) from each, and invite the world to name that tune.
Note the first: music making device used, 1 (one) iPod. One of the early 10gb ones. The battery is pretty close to shot.
Note the second: The music contained on said iPod is in no way representative of my overall musical collection. It's a pretty good first approximation, though.
Note the Third: I'd ban heresluck and truepenny from playing, but I'm afraid that no one else will know some of this stuff.
Note the Fourth: Don't google. It's cheating. Besides, some of these don't show up on Google anyways, so nyah.
Note the Fifth: For some of these, I'll take more than one answer, the original artist or the cover that's on my iPod.
1) In time, the words will come, they say, with faith, / But everything you see just turns you grey
2) I'm not crazy cause I take the right pills everyday [Jimmy Eat World, "Bleed American" guessed by heresluck]
3) Let me tell you I'm the same as you / I've got 24 hours with nothing to do [The Candyskins, "24 hour (U.S.E.D)" guessed by heresluck]
4) I got back from the bar and put on some Frank Sinatra [Hayward Williams, "Cleverly Disturbed" guessed by heresluck]
5) So if a fool is all you need / Won't you please consider me
6) There's lots of pretty women, I mean they're everywhere / Just keep your tongue in your mouth and try not to stare
7) Comfort is the only kind / Hearts like flowers bloom and fade / Against the chill that finds the bone / Is come from dust to dust in trade [Jeffrey Foucault, "I Dream an Old Lover" guessed by heresluck]
8) I'm still waiting for the whiskey to whisk me away / And I'm still waiting for the ashtray to lead me astray
9) Right down through it all, she's still my baby / though we tried so hard to break away
10) You see there's a sun / who's checking my eye for a hole
11) If learning is living, and the truth is a state of mind / You'll find it's better at the end of the line [Son Volt, "Tear Stained Eye" guessed by heresluck]
12) If you're thinking 'bout leaving / please don't leave today
13) Somewhere out there I believe in me / And West of her is where I'd like to see
14) They told me I was breaking through, I was breaking down / By the time I learned the difference they had long left town
15) Like some pilgrim / Who learns to transcend / Learns to live / As if each step was the end
16) What kind of people go to meet people / Someplace they can't be heard or seen [The Be Good Tanyas, "Light Enough to Travel" guessed by truepenny]
17) Walking down the street / Shooting people that I meet / With my rubber tommy water gun
18) And we said these songs are true / These days are ours / These tears are free [Paul Simon, "The Obvious Child" guessed by heresluck]
19) There are many things I'd love to turn you on to / But somehow I feel they're safer where they are
20) They say the water isn't rising / But their shoes are soaking wet [Peter Mulvey, "29 cent head" guessed by heresluck]
Guess away! Fabulous prizes await!