Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s From: hat@bell-labs.com (Howard Teitelbaum) Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #116 (GOLQ116) Message-ID: Organization: GOLQ, Inc. Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:44:00 GMT GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ (GOLQ) #116 Welcome to the next installment of the Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz series. There are no intentional themes in this quiz. * Entries must be received by 5:00 PM EDT (GMT-4) Tuesday, November 4, 1997. * E-mail (DO NOT POST) answers to: hat@bell-labs.com Try to e-mail early, since entries occasionally get delayed or lost due to Internet problems. I will send acknowledgment by e-mail as soon as possible after receiving your entry. If you don't get a response from me within 2-3 business days, you can call me at 973-386-6816 (M-F, 9 AM - 5 PM). 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Good luck to all! -- Howard Teitelbaum (hat@bell-labs.com) _______________________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #116 (Songs #01 - #25 were from 1956 through 1968) Due 5:00 PM EDT, Tuesday, November 4, 1997 _______________________________________________________________________________ Closer, let me whisper in your ear Say the words you long to hear I'm in love with you #01) Left or right to the tempo And in case you get a notion Jump in the air, come down in slow motion #02) Should I kiss her on the cheek Or kiss her on the chin Or kiss her tiny fingertips? Shall I kiss her pretty nose Or try to kiss her on the lips? #03) Sweet dreams Oh, where did they fly to? You're gone, and whom can I cry to? #04) I got a letter just the other day Tellin' me that she was on her way And she wants me to meet her at the station #05) And when the leaves begin to fall Answering old winter's call I feel my tears, they fall like rain #06) When you were only startin' To go to kindergarten I'll bet you drove those other childs wild #07) Knock, knock, let me in I won't go away I'm gonna see you if it takes all day #08) Hey, all of you women Now, don't come around Unless you weigh Around 400 pounds #09) That would be much more than I could take And if I saw a tear fall from your eye Darling, don't you know that I would die #10) When you see me shed a tear And you know that it's sincere Don't you think it's kinda sad That you're treatin' me so bad Or don't you even care? #11) When you get tired of runnin' around (runnin' around, all over town) All of your friends puttin' you down (puttin' you down, all over town) Don't do your cryin' alone #12) She danced around and 'round, to a guitar melody From the fire, her face was all aglow How she enchanted me! Oh, how I'd like to hold her near And kiss, and forever whisper in her ear #13) She thinks her advice is a contribution But if she would leave, that would be the solution #14) If I gathered all my means In a pile beside me It couldn't help fulfill my dreams #15) I'm not the kind of guy to ever hurt you Or let you down So, if that guy you're seeing ever makes you cry, leave him #16) Come on, baby, let me take you by the hand Come on, sugar, let me take you by the hand #17) 'Til you smiled and took my hand I felt kind of small But you stood by me for the whole world to see And then I was ten feet tall #18) Love is a thing you never can share When you bring a friend into your love affair #19) Oh, she may be weary Young girls, they do get weary Wearing that same old shaggy dress #20) I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag I was schooled with a strap right across my back #21) 'Cause when you kids are gone we get to spend some time alone here That's our only chance to use the bathtub or the phone here When you're away Besides, we're stuck where we are Because you kids took our money, you kids took our car #22) These are the arms that held him And touched him Then lost him somehow #23) When did I get, where did I, how was I caught in this game? When will I know, where will I, how will I think of my name? #24) You go walkin' down Broadway Watchin' people catch the subway Take it from me, don't ask for a helpin' hand 'Cause no one will understand #25) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TIE-BREAKERS: Our home is a shambles All I treasured is gone The town seems deserted Everyone's so forlorn #T1) You made me feel so blue, you made me weep and moan You made me feel so blue, yeah, you made me weep and moan 'Cause you ain't lookin' for a woman All you're lookin' is for a home #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 = _______________________________________________________________________ -- Howard Teitelbaum (hat@bell-labs.com)