Song Lyrics Meme Answers
1) In time, the words will come, they say, with faith, / But everything you see just turns you grey
[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Still Suspicion Holds You Tight" - Howl is a damn fine album.]
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, as it should be since I snagged this album from her.]
4) I got back from the bar and put on some Frank Sinatra
[Hayward Williams, "Cleverly Disturbed" guessed by heresluck. Go pick up Hayward's new album, Another Sailor's Dream, it's worth it. The lyrics meme will be here when you get back.]
5) So if a fool is all you need / Won't you please consider me
[Mark Erelli, "Fool No. 1" - Mark's doing something interesting with his new album over at his website. Check it out.
6) There's lots of pretty women, I mean they're everywhere / Just keep your tongue in your mouth and try not to stare
[Mark Erelli, "Brand New Baby" - off Mark's country-swing album, Hillbilly Pilgrim]
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
[Josh Ritter, "Other Side" - 2/3rds guessed by heresluck]
9) Right down through it all, she's still my baby / though we tried so hard to break away
[Paul Cebar, "Please Don't Tell Me More" - this is one of the ones I'd thought truepenny would get, since I've been playing Upstroke for the Downfolk fairly frequently.]
10) You see there's a sun / who's checking my eye for a hole
[Hayward Williams, "A Song for Lou" - remember that new album I mentioned above? Got it yet? No? Get going!]
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. This song and "Windfall" got me hooked on Son Volt. You can get an interesting cover version here.]
12) If you're thinking 'bout leaving / please don't leave today
[Paul Cebar, "Hold Me To Your Bones"]
13) Somewhere out there I believe in me / And West of her is where I'd like to see
[Josh Ritter, "Roll On" - the iPod's really wanted to give me two-for-one deals while I was doing this meme.]
14) They told me I was breaking through, I was breaking down / By the time I learned the difference they had long left town
[Chris Smither, "The Devil's Real"]
15) Like some pilgrim / Who learns to transcend / Learns to live / As if each step was the end
[Rush, "Time Stand Still" - I'd figured this for a gimmie; looks like I figured wrong.]
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. Peter Mulvey's cover of this tune is actually what's on my iPod.]
19) There are many things I'd love to turn you on to / But somehow I feel they're safer where they are
[John Mellencamp, "Without Expression" - not perhaps the most well known Mellencamp song. Also, through the magic of Google, I just found out he's got a new album out, Freedom Road.]
20) They say the water isn't rising / But their shoes are soaking wet
[Peter Mulvey, "29 cent head" guessed by heresluck]
[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, "Still Suspicion Holds You Tight" - Howl is a damn fine album.]
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, as it should be since I snagged this album from her.]
4) I got back from the bar and put on some Frank Sinatra
[Hayward Williams, "Cleverly Disturbed" guessed by heresluck. Go pick up Hayward's new album, Another Sailor's Dream, it's worth it. The lyrics meme will be here when you get back.]
5) So if a fool is all you need / Won't you please consider me
[Mark Erelli, "Fool No. 1" - Mark's doing something interesting with his new album over at his website. Check it out.
6) There's lots of pretty women, I mean they're everywhere / Just keep your tongue in your mouth and try not to stare
[Mark Erelli, "Brand New Baby" - off Mark's country-swing album, Hillbilly Pilgrim]
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
[Josh Ritter, "Other Side" - 2/3rds guessed by heresluck]
9) Right down through it all, she's still my baby / though we tried so hard to break away
[Paul Cebar, "Please Don't Tell Me More" - this is one of the ones I'd thought truepenny would get, since I've been playing Upstroke for the Downfolk fairly frequently.]
10) You see there's a sun / who's checking my eye for a hole
[Hayward Williams, "A Song for Lou" - remember that new album I mentioned above? Got it yet? No? Get going!]
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. This song and "Windfall" got me hooked on Son Volt. You can get an interesting cover version here.]
12) If you're thinking 'bout leaving / please don't leave today
[Paul Cebar, "Hold Me To Your Bones"]
13) Somewhere out there I believe in me / And West of her is where I'd like to see
[Josh Ritter, "Roll On" - the iPod's really wanted to give me two-for-one deals while I was doing this meme.]
14) They told me I was breaking through, I was breaking down / By the time I learned the difference they had long left town
[Chris Smither, "The Devil's Real"]
15) Like some pilgrim / Who learns to transcend / Learns to live / As if each step was the end
[Rush, "Time Stand Still" - I'd figured this for a gimmie; looks like I figured wrong.]
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. Peter Mulvey's cover of this tune is actually what's on my iPod.]
19) There are many things I'd love to turn you on to / But somehow I feel they're safer where they are
[John Mellencamp, "Without Expression" - not perhaps the most well known Mellencamp song. Also, through the magic of Google, I just found out he's got a new album out, Freedom Road.]
20) They say the water isn't rising / But their shoes are soaking wet
[Peter Mulvey, "29 cent head" guessed by heresluck]