From: ilva@cc.Helsinki.FI (Jyrki T Ilva) Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.oldies,rec.games.trivia Subject: GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #95 (Part 1) Date: 3 Jul 1996 14:34:07 GMT Organization: University of Helsinki Message-ID: <4re0cv$p55@oravannahka.Helsinki.FI> Hello Oldies Fans, Welcome to GOLQ95! Most of the lyrics in this quiz should be fairly easy, but as usual, there are also several songs that may prove to be challenging even for the experts. All songs are connected to a theme(s), which you may find helpful. If you think you have identified our theme(s), please let us know. Good luck! Jyrki Ilva & Pekka Halonen Answers must be received by 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, July 23, 1996. Try to e-mail early since we don't know how long it takes to get here. E-mail (DO NOT POST) answers to ilva@cc.helsinki.fi If this address doesn't seem to work, you might also want to try Pekka's address, halo@sci.fi We will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. 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If you want GOLQs and their Results/Answers sent directly to you via e-mail, just send a message to golq-request@world.std.com consisting only of the word "subscribe" in the body, not the subject, of the message. _______________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #95 Songs #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, July 23, 1996 _______________________________________________________________________ She's got the grown up blues Tight dresses and lipstick She's sporting high heel shoes #01) They're betting everything That our love won't survive They're hoping (hoping) in time we'll forget (we'll forget) #02) The arms I long for Will open wi-i-ide And you'll be proud to have me Right by your side #03) I called you on the phone Pretending you were home Although I knew you were gone Baby, won't you please stay home #04) Hey everybody, it's just about a quarter to two But before they shut that door There's something we just gotta do We gotta dance #05) You gotta send us 25 cents for an autographed picture One dollar bill for a fan club card And if you send it right away You'll get a lock of hair From our St. Bernard, no no no #06) One, two, three o'clock Four o'clock rock Five, six, seven o'clock Eight o'clock rock Nine, ten, eleven o'clock Twelve o'clock rock #07) I went and talked to the judge in private early this mornin' And he took me to the sheriff's office to sign a warrant #08) On my knees e-every day-ay All I do is pray Baby just for you (for you) Hope you'll a-a-always Want me too (me too) #09) But dad, I know we're right How can you defend my brother Murdering all those people overseas So what if the communists do take over in South Vietnam Why just today our economics professor assured us That people get along just as well under communism As they do under any other form of government I'm sorry dad, but this God and Country bit just isn't my bag Gotta go dad, big rally tonight #10) I work for you baby, work my hands to the bone Care for you baby till the cows come home Do for you baby for the love that I seek Slave for you baby every day of the week (And on a Monday) scrub your dirty floor (On a Tuesday) I do whole lot more (On a Wednesday) I wash your dirty clothes To have a little loving 'fore the weekend goes #11) Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall #12) And I could feel I could say what I want That I could nudge her and call her my confidant And now I'm back alone with just my shadow in front #13) You can have this dance with me You can hold my hand And whisper in my ear sweet words That I love to hear #14) The phone won't ring at all The clock is standing still My tears are like the raindrops Upon my window sill #15) I once loved a woman, a child I'm told I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul #16) You can't live on kisses, oh no Nor a warm embrace, oh no In case your charm misses You gotta have cash to take it's place, whooah #17) And he says, "my heart aches and my back hurts And I don't feel like talking Don't wanna go to show to see Doctor Zhivago Don't wanna take the dog out walking I wanna sit right here in my easy chair It's been a jungle all day, you know" #18) Just forget the lonely past And the romance that didn't last And drive those lonely teardrops from your eyes (from your eyes) #19) I have waited a long long time For somebody to call mine And at last he's come along Baby, oh, nothing can go wrong We meet every night at eight And I don't get home till late I say to myself each day #20) At ten o'clock I was lonely and blue At twelve o'clock I thought of nothing but you From two o'clock till a quarter of four I waited patiently to hear your footsteps at the door #21) But I got a woman waiting for me That's gonna make this trip worthwhile You see she's got the kind of loving and a-kissing A-make a man go stone wild #22) As I went home Sat down to wait He called me at eight Not one minute late And I knew by the way he spoke #23) Listen, my father didn't know the meaning of work (doom do do doom) He disrespected mama and treated us like dirt (doom do do doom) I left home seeking a job that I never did find (doom do do doom) #24) You are the one love That I'll adore Tell me you love me Tell me you're mine once more (once more, once more) #25) TIE-BREAKERS: One two three four five Tears are falling from my eyes Six seven eight nine ten How I miss my lady friend #T1) Here she comes, you better watch your step She's going to break your heart in two, it's true It's not hard to realize Just look into her false colored eyes She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown #T2) _______________________________________________________________________ Please answer the following questions (append your answer to the line): Name(s)= E-mail address= Age(s) [will be published if answered]= Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers= _______________________________________________________________________ ---Jyrki Ilva (ilva@cc.helsinki.fi) & Pekka Halonen (halo@sci.fi)