Monday, April 14, 2008

My Big Fat Lyrics Game (Part 1)

If you've not played (you have), here's the deal: I have set out the first line from 25 songs by assorted artists - the frightening truth is that I was able to pull these from memory. Your job, if you so choose, is to name as many as your freakin' can.

1. "Joanna drove slowly into the city, the Hudson River all filled with snow"
2. "It's a shame about the road block"*
3. "It's been a long time, a long time, since I've seen you smile"
4. "Brian, top marks for not tryin'"
5. "A heart that's filled up like a landfill"
6. "I wanna be bigger, stronger, drive a faster car"*
7. "Spare me the suspense"
8. "Aw, here she comes, just a walk-, just a walkin' down the street"
9. "Blue jean baby, L.A. lady"
10. "Why everything that's supposed to be bad make me feel so good?"
11. "Drink up baby doll"
12. "My head is a box filled with nothing"
13. "Don't get upset, don't make a fool of yourself"*
14. "City's breakin' down on a camel's back"
15. "Adieu l'Émile je t'aimais bien"*
16. "There's a plane, and I am flying"
17. "They made a statue of us and they put it on a mountaintop"
18. "Sally was a 15-year-old girl from Nebraska"
19. "Trudging slowly over wet sand"
20. "On the lawn before the bouquet fell"*
21. "Gotta make the move to a town that's right for me"
22. "Germany was havin trouble, what a sad sad story"
23. "Your subtleties, they strangle me"
24. "Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking"
25. "Some people say I'm a no count, others say I'm no good"*

*Gold star lyrics. More obscure than the rest. I dare you to name them.

1 comment:

axolotl9 said...

9. "Blue jean baby, L.A. lady"
Tiny Dancer, Elton John

15. "Adieu l'Émile je t'aimais bien"*
Seasons in the Sun, the Kingston Trio (except that this is the original French lyrics by... Jacques Brel?)

21. "Gotta make the move to a town that's right for me"
Funkytown, Lipps Inc.

25. "Some people say I'm a no count, others say I'm no good"*
Greenback Dollar, the Kingston Trio