That music-poetry meme
From pretty much everyone at this point...
The first lines of 20 songs on shuffle, with the 21st as the title.
(I omitted things not-in-English.)
Way Hey and Away We Go
Now I'm aiming for Heaven, but probably wind up down in Hell;
Buster, he sold the heat with a Rocksteady beat,
Down in the valley on a foggy little rock,
On a tree by the river, a little tom-tit;
There's a place your mother goes when everybody else is soundly sleeping.
I pity the fool, I said, I pity the fool,
I'm free to run, I walk slowly along.
What costume shall the poor girl wear?
Wipe the blood from your lip with the flesh of your hand,
Take me now, baby, here as I am.
Darkness at the break of noon,
I'm not feeling all right today, I'm not feeling that great,
I'm on the run and going it on my own.
General Taylor gained a day,
One grain of sand, one grain of sand.
You've got a problem that won't go away,
She loves me too much, when she kisses my ear,
Please pass the milk, please.
I see a red door and I want it painted black,
I been down, down in the Delta.
***
Everything Is Rags
Well I'm standing alone at the corner,
What's the matter with me, I don't have too much to say,
By the bumper cars in the pretty twining light.
Go to sleep, you little baby,
You're as tight as a hunter's trap.
Julie at the station says ‘They'll be here any minute now'
Please don't tell me you want to go home now,
The lights are off again.
Here comes the breeze, come on, blow me up,
Walking away, you were walking away forever.
You dance like you're drunk but you sing like you're sober,
Come on down where the air meets the sea,
Find me sitting at this table.
Oh little bitty pretty one,
You're a no good heart breaker.
Love me now, while we're alive,
The sun sets down on the other side,
I had to step into the jungle just to get my solitude.
Simmer down, you lickin' too hot, so,
Lay down, lay down, lay your sweet lovely on the ground.
The first lines of 20 songs on shuffle, with the 21st as the title.
(I omitted things not-in-English.)
Way Hey and Away We Go
Now I'm aiming for Heaven, but probably wind up down in Hell;
Buster, he sold the heat with a Rocksteady beat,
Down in the valley on a foggy little rock,
On a tree by the river, a little tom-tit;
There's a place your mother goes when everybody else is soundly sleeping.
I pity the fool, I said, I pity the fool,
I'm free to run, I walk slowly along.
What costume shall the poor girl wear?
Wipe the blood from your lip with the flesh of your hand,
Take me now, baby, here as I am.
Darkness at the break of noon,
I'm not feeling all right today, I'm not feeling that great,
I'm on the run and going it on my own.
General Taylor gained a day,
One grain of sand, one grain of sand.
You've got a problem that won't go away,
She loves me too much, when she kisses my ear,
Please pass the milk, please.
I see a red door and I want it painted black,
I been down, down in the Delta.
***
Everything Is Rags
Well I'm standing alone at the corner,
What's the matter with me, I don't have too much to say,
By the bumper cars in the pretty twining light.
Go to sleep, you little baby,
You're as tight as a hunter's trap.
Julie at the station says ‘They'll be here any minute now'
Please don't tell me you want to go home now,
The lights are off again.
Here comes the breeze, come on, blow me up,
Walking away, you were walking away forever.
You dance like you're drunk but you sing like you're sober,
Come on down where the air meets the sea,
Find me sitting at this table.
Oh little bitty pretty one,
You're a no good heart breaker.
Love me now, while we're alive,
The sun sets down on the other side,
I had to step into the jungle just to get my solitude.
Simmer down, you lickin' too hot, so,
Lay down, lay down, lay your sweet lovely on the ground.