Lyrics meme from raphstar
Step 1: Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
Step 2: Post the first (few) line(s) from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song. (I'm not counting songs with no words, obviously!)
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from. (In the case of covers - marked * - , either the original artist or the cover artist is acceptable, but bonus points to those who guess which version I have!)
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
1. * At first I was afraid; I was petrified. I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. I Will Survive, cover by Jill Sobule (Afromann & Lordess)
2. Oh no, here it is again. I need to know when I will fall in decay. Something wrong with every plan of my life. I didn't really notice that you've been here.
3. * Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around for a long, long year, stolen many a man's soul and faith. Sympathy for the Devil, cover by Guns & Roses (Afromann)
4. I never let you down when you're in a fix. I'd come running when you call, that's my weakness baby, so connected are we. Memories are Designed to Fade, by Savage Garden (ssphilosophy)
5. Mississipi in the middle of a dry spell. Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high. Mama's dancing with baby on her shoulder. The sun is setting like molasses in the sky. Black Velvet by Alannah Myles (ArdynM & Wickedladybear)
6. It's only forever, not long at all. Lost and lonely...
7. I don't believe in an interventionist god. But I know, darling, that you do. But if I did, I would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you.
8. Out in the west, the sun goes down. It's just a town like any other town. People wear an innocent facade.
9. * Dream, dream dream dream dream dream. Dream dream dream dream. When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream. All I Have to Do Is Dream, cover by Lindsay Field (Lordess)
10. Flamingos walk and sway in peace. Seeing this it makes my troubles cease. The sun is hiding, leaving a pink scar that stretches right across the sky; that's all we've seen so far.
11. You give me your cool hand; lukewarm reception. It's been such a long time, still there on the platform.
12. Ah well now. When I was a little girl, my mama set me down and told me all about the world. Well now she, she told me true; she said one day you would probably break my heart in two. Who the Hell Are You by Madison Avenue (Afromann)
13. * Don't be confused by my apparent lack of ceremony; my mind is clear. I may be low or miles high off in the distance, but I want you near. Even While I'm Sleeping, cover by John Farnham (Afromann)
14. Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear, sealed with lies through so many tears, lost from within and pursuing the end, I fight for the chance to be lied to again.
15. Need to ask a question, calling out my name. Nothing seems to bother, wish I had a clue. Abuse Me by Silverchair (Afromann)
16. I have a friend who swears she saw Jesus hovering above her lonely bed. She said it changed her life forever. "Whatever works," I said.
17. Let me tell you all what it's like, being male, middle class and white. It's a bitch, if you don't believe, listen up to my new CD. Rockin the Suburbs by Ben Folds (Lordess)
18. There's a dim light off the pier and I've been watching it for years. Through the crashing waves, there's a distant bell and it won't stop ringing in my head.
19. I'm over it. You see I'm falling in a vast abyss, clouded by memories of the past. At last I see...
20. This is fun. Let's do this again next week, I think we should.
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Good luck people! Some of those are too obvious. And I skipped all the non-English songs, since I can't understand German, Indian or much Japanese. I also skipped the one that was likely to offend a few people.
Step 2: Post the first (few) line(s) from the first 20 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song. (I'm not counting songs with no words, obviously!)
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from. (In the case of covers - marked * - , either the original artist or the cover artist is acceptable, but bonus points to those who guess which version I have!)
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
1. * At first I was afraid; I was petrified. I kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. I Will Survive, cover by Jill Sobule (Afromann & Lordess)
2. Oh no, here it is again. I need to know when I will fall in decay. Something wrong with every plan of my life. I didn't really notice that you've been here.
3. * Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste. I've been around for a long, long year, stolen many a man's soul and faith. Sympathy for the Devil, cover by Guns & Roses (Afromann)
4. I never let you down when you're in a fix. I'd come running when you call, that's my weakness baby, so connected are we. Memories are Designed to Fade, by Savage Garden (ssphilosophy)
5. Mississipi in the middle of a dry spell. Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high. Mama's dancing with baby on her shoulder. The sun is setting like molasses in the sky. Black Velvet by Alannah Myles (ArdynM & Wickedladybear)
6. It's only forever, not long at all. Lost and lonely...
7. I don't believe in an interventionist god. But I know, darling, that you do. But if I did, I would kneel down and ask him not to intervene when it came to you.
8. Out in the west, the sun goes down. It's just a town like any other town. People wear an innocent facade.
9. * Dream, dream dream dream dream dream. Dream dream dream dream. When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you, all I have to do is dream. All I Have to Do Is Dream, cover by Lindsay Field (Lordess)
10. Flamingos walk and sway in peace. Seeing this it makes my troubles cease. The sun is hiding, leaving a pink scar that stretches right across the sky; that's all we've seen so far.
11. You give me your cool hand; lukewarm reception. It's been such a long time, still there on the platform.
12. Ah well now. When I was a little girl, my mama set me down and told me all about the world. Well now she, she told me true; she said one day you would probably break my heart in two. Who the Hell Are You by Madison Avenue (Afromann)
13. * Don't be confused by my apparent lack of ceremony; my mind is clear. I may be low or miles high off in the distance, but I want you near. Even While I'm Sleeping, cover by John Farnham (Afromann)
14. Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear, sealed with lies through so many tears, lost from within and pursuing the end, I fight for the chance to be lied to again.
15. Need to ask a question, calling out my name. Nothing seems to bother, wish I had a clue. Abuse Me by Silverchair (Afromann)
16. I have a friend who swears she saw Jesus hovering above her lonely bed. She said it changed her life forever. "Whatever works," I said.
17. Let me tell you all what it's like, being male, middle class and white. It's a bitch, if you don't believe, listen up to my new CD. Rockin the Suburbs by Ben Folds (Lordess)
18. There's a dim light off the pier and I've been watching it for years. Through the crashing waves, there's a distant bell and it won't stop ringing in my head.
19. I'm over it. You see I'm falling in a vast abyss, clouded by memories of the past. At last I see...
20. This is fun. Let's do this again next week, I think we should.
***
Good luck people! Some of those are too obvious. And I skipped all the non-English songs, since I can't understand German, Indian or much Japanese. I also skipped the one that was likely to offend a few people.