Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:58:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200002012158.QAA26811@world.std.com> Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #153 (GOLQ153) From: Richard Ini Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #153 (GOLQ153) Hello everyone, Welcome to GOLQ 153, the toughest one of the century so far. Since there was a multi-way tie for first on my last effort, I've tried to mix a few less obvious lyrics in this one. I'm sure everyone will rise to the challenge. This quiz ends at 5:00 PM EST (GMT-5) on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000. Please E-mail, DO NOT POST, answers to: golq&hotmail.com, or to rea01803&mediaone.net [replace '&' with '@', '01803' are all numbers] I will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within a few days, or are nervous about the deadline, you may call me at +1 781.273.2035. 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Rich Ardini ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #153 Recordings #01-25 were from 1956 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EST, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If I seem edgy, I want you to know That I never mean to take it out on you Life has its problems, and I get my share And that's one thing I never mean to do #01) Thirty thousand feet to drop Stop a woman on a runaway horse Uh huh, that's right, of course #02) On the ground, your glove I found With a note addressed to me It read "Dear love, I've done you wrong Now I must set you free" #03) To have won is how they get their kicks But not me, because I know their tricks Well they're wrong to think I Will be caught by the wink of an eye #04) The carousel has stopped us here It twirled a time or two and then it dropped us here And still you're not content with something about me But what merry-go-round can you ride without me #05) I just want to go, every place that you go And do everything that you do I just want to know, everyone that you know And spend my whole life loving you #06) Doing us paperback reader Made the teacher suspicious about insanity Fingers always touching girl #07) Nobody knows the emptiness I feel And I feel it (right now) Nobody knows the loneliness I feel And I feel it (right now) #08) And it was in the early spring When flowers bloom and robins sing She went away #09) Hey, man, look- a here I want you to find the tallest tree, and climb up in it And walk out on the limb and jump and I hope you fall in the deepest hole I mean business #10) The moon, the sun, the stars in the sky Know the reason why I cry Love, too fine, once was mine #11) Sheriff got a shotgun (he do) He fill you full of lead, son (it's true) He also got a blackjack (he's mad) He bust your head with one whack, here we go now #12) You know, everybody, no matter who they are And no matter how different they might be Always runs across the same problem at least once And that's the problem of love And maybe just once in your life You're gonna fall in love with somebody so bad And it's gonna be somebody that don't need you at all #13) I know that you know the feeling That getting something for nothing is wrong Getting love is so easy, giving love takes so long It started off just sticking around With that wonderful feeling from you #14) I know you've never had a chance You're a victim of circumstance Can't you see Just where you stand with me I've given you my heart #15) There's some things that I want you to know now Just as sure as the wind's gonna blow now The women come and the women gonna go now Before you tell 'em that you love 'em so now #16) She walks like an angel walks She talks like an angel talks And her hair has a kind of curl #17) I remember the prom, every dance with you All the crazy things that we used to do Sometimes we’d wait for a chance And then we’d steal away #18) He got his forty-four Said "I'm goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe" #19) You can't say the words I want to hear While you're with another man Do you want me, answer yes or no Darling, I will understand #20) He don't hang around with the gang no more Gee, he doesn't smile like he did before I wished I didn't care, I wish I never met him They're waiting out there #21) My eyes were wide open But all that I could see is chapel bells a-callin' for everyone a-but a-me #22) Why does the rain fall from up above? #23) Could I ever find in you again Things that made me love you so much then Could we ever bring 'em back once they had gone #24) Their hearts were full of hate One took his neighbor's goods Then there were eight #25) ----------------------- T I E - B R E A K E R S ----------------------- Too many people don't know where they belong They need someone to tell them right from wrong You'd better break away, try to be yourself Don't leave your future to someone else 'Cause I'm the laws that gonna govern your fate You'd better watch yourself, it might be too late #T1) Counting the days until they set you free again Writing this letter hoping you're okay Saved you the room you used to stay in every Sunday The one that is filled by sunshine every day And we'll get to know each other for a second time And then you can tell me 'bout your prison stay #T2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ------------------------------------------------------------------------