Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 13:03:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200010041703.NAA03113@world.std.com> Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #164 (GOLQ164) From: Rich Ardini Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #164 (GOLQ164) Welcome to GOLQ 164. The other QMs took my travel quiz too seriously. They're still on vacation. They will be back, but for now you got me again. This quiz has no theme, and is mostly songs that either didn't fit other themes or were leftovers. This quiz ends at 5:00 PM EST (GMT-5) on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 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 #164 Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EST, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dad's trembling lips spoke softly as he told me of my life Twas then he said I could never take this maiden for my wife #01) I feel the room swayin' While the band's playin' One of our old favorite songs from way back when #02) Never, never, never, never, never Never hear me when I cry Baby, I cry all the time #03) Let's begin the celebration Let's declare a holiday Send the wedding invitation To the neighbors right away #04) Am I correct in hearing what you said That you would rather be with him instead You say that you could travel with him far Say he's got a brand new Cadillac car #05) Just like a king, I've lost everything I sit all alone on my throne I've got my pride but deep down inside I'm yours and yours alone #06) Just sweet sixteen, and now you've gone They've taken you away I'll never kiss your lips again They buried you today #07) And in my arms that hold you tight You will forget the darkness of the night The world knows of our sadness And we are not alone #08) And then you'll have to go to war To try and save your home And then you'll have to learn to hate You'll have to learn to kill It's always been that way, my son I guess it always will #09) As music played The faster did we dance We felt it both at once The start of our romance #10) I can't believe you married And get it through my head And every time it crosses my mind, I wish that I were dead Today, I saw you passing "Hello" was all I said And bless my soul, you looked at me And you turned your pretty head #11) And my reward was a broken heart Here comes the teardrops, welcome a-welcome to my eyes And I couldn't hold 'em back no matter if I tried, woe-woe-oh You know it hurt me so inside Won't you pardon me while I cry #12) When I am kissed, I want his lips to really kiss me When we're apart, I want his heart to really miss me I want to know he loves me so his eyes are misting That's the way I want to be loved #13) And as I leave I know that I am leaving my best friend A friend who taught me right from wrong and weak from strong That's a lot to learn #14) We read the paper as we laid on the floor Smokin' that last cigarette Nothing was said for an hour or more But I can never forget How the time was passing by, the shadows fell I never noticed when the rain stopped #15) I can still remember, it wasn't long ago Things you used to tell me, you said I had to know You told me that you loved me, and that you always would Then I said I loved you, you said that that was good Girl, you made a promise, said you'd never want me to go #16) When I was small I felt ten feet tall When I walked by his side #17) Some people never get, some never give Some people never die and some never live Some folks treat me mean, some treat me kind Most folks just go their way, don't pay me any mind #18) And as the days grow old, the nights grow cold, I want to hold her near to me, I know she's dear to me And only time can tell, and take away this lonely hell I'm on my knees #19) You say that you want me and now that you've got me you're gone Think what you're doin' or else you'll regret what you've done Don't come back tomorrow and say what we did wasn't right You'll cry on your pillow and find it hard to sleep at night #20) Every girl wants someone who She can always look up to You know I love you, of course Let me know that you're the boss #21) And when he placed a kiss upon my face Then I knew, oh then I knew That he won my heart So I quickly apologized Hoping he hadn't changed his mind #22) Because when you do unto others What you wouldn't want done to you You'd have to be a fool This mutual agreeement of love and trust Let them travel the road to marriage or bust #23) I walked to Apollo by the bay Everywhere I go #24) Then the people came from miles around Just to hear him make that rhythmic sound That filled their hearts with such a happy cheer Then his fame spread out from shore to shore He had all he could do and more Had to buy a plane to get around #25) ----------------------- T I E - B R E A K E R S ----------------------- Oh lordy, how I wish, mama You could keep the baby quiet 'Cause my head's killing me I seen my ex last night, mama At a dance at Miller's store She was with that Jackie White, mama I killed 'em both And they're buried under Jenkin's sycamore #T1) I wrote her that we'd be married, in about one year's time I wrote it in a box car, on the Memphis line I sent my love the letter without no stamp And what good is a letter without no stamp #T2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ------------------------------------------------------------------------