Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 18:18:02 -0400

GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #127 (GOLQ127)

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	Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #127
	(Songs #01 - #25 were from 1955 through 1969)
	Due 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, July 21, 1998
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Never ever learned to read and write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell
#01)

Give me a ticket for an airplane
Ain't got time to take a fast train
#02)

I wrote my Mom a letter
And this is what I said
#03)

My guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking
I had something to protect
#04)

Don't know much about history
Don't know much biology
Don't know much about a science book
Don't know much about the French I took
#05)

Well, I look like a farmer
But I'm a Lover
#06)

Some jealous so and so
Wants us to part
That's why he's telling you
That I've got a cheating heart
#07)

I'm writing a note beneath a tree
The smell of the rain on the greenery
Our fathers have painfully lost their way
That's why, my love, I'm here today
#08)

I kept my cool, I ain't no fool
Let me tell you what happened then
I packed some clothes and I walked out
I ain't goin' back again
#09)

Yes, it's gonna be a cold, lonely summer
But I'll fill the emptiness
I'll send you all my dreams
Everyday in a letter
#10)

I miss you so each day
Although you're gone away
I guess I'll love you more and mo-o-re
#11)

They read Playboy magazine and Hot Rod News
#12)

Threw away our favorite record
It was tearing me apart
#13)

Until the poets run out of rhyme
In other words, until the end of time
#14)

Baby, baby, baby,
I love you yes I do
#15)

How I'd like to look
Into that little book
The one that has the lock and key
#16)

Like a poem poorly written
We are verses out of rhythm
Couplets out of rhyme
In syncopated time
#17)

Charleston was once the rage, uh-huh
History has turned a page, uh-huh
Miniskirt is the current thing, uh-huh
Teenybopper is our new-born king, uh-huh
#18)

I saw this old man with this young girl the other night
I walked over to him and pulled him off to my side
And I said, "Pops, what are you trying to prove?"
I said, "I've seen you out here every night this week,
With a different young girl wrapped around on your arm"
I said, "you can't keep this pace,
Because these young girls will certainly get you down"
#19)

Oh, a-whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
A-whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
A-whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
Whoa
#20)

He swept me off my feet
I never thought I'd meet
Someone else who'd be so good to me-e-e
I know someday you'll find someone to love you true
You'll fall in love and then you'll feel just like I do
So long for now, write me soon, goodbye
#21)

Can you teach him how to whistle a tune
Can you tell him about the man in the moon
If you can do these things
Then maybe he won't miss me
Maybe he won't miss me
#22)

It's not too hard to read between the lines, dear
So plain to see love didn't conquer all
It's not too hard to recognize the signs, dear
#23)

It's been a long long time
So I'm writing this letter
To find out if you're still mine
Oh, I miss you so much
And I wish I could just see you somehow
#24)

I'm gonna smile and say, "I hope you're feeling better"
And close "with love" the way you do
#25)

TIE-BREAKERS:

In reading, writing and arithmetic
You're the best in the class
But if you had to take a lovin' test
I doubt if you could pass
#T1)

I hold in my hand, dear, three letters
Three letters from the stage of your fine, fine, super-fine career
The first began "Eddie, darling, sweetheart, my wonderful one,
I will always be grateful for the things that you've done"
The second letter came right after I gave you your start
Yes, it came from your pen, dear, but not from your heart
The third became the joker of the deck
You ended your letter enclosed "please sign my cheque"
Why you fool! You poor, sad, worthless, foolish fool
If you think that money can pay me
For the hard years I've suffered till things broke your way
Yes, I'm answering your last letter that says we must part
I'm tearing it to pieces the way you tore up my heart
I smile when you kiss me and I thrill at your touch
My only sin was, I love you much too much
#T2)

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