Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:56:15 -0400 Message-Id: <200206101956.PAA24966@TheWorld.com> Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #185 (GOLQ185) From: "T. P. Uschanov" And now here's the latest Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz, which is a traditional text-based edition for a change. It has been designed to curtail the possibility of coming up trumps solely by means of search engines and such, while nevertheless seeking to provide maximum enjoyment for everyone. Whether it does this successfully is, of course, up to you to judge. If you do not have the official GOLQ Rules (a posted copy of the rules should follow a posted copy of this quiz on most sites), you may read them by pointing your web browser at: http://theworld.com/~marc/golq/ There have been no changes to the general rules since the last quiz. If you want GOLQs and their results and answers sent directly to you by e-mail, send a message to golq-request@TheWorld.com consisting only of the word "subscribe" in the body, not the subject, of the message. Best of luck to all entrants! T. P. Uschanov ======================================================================== Answers must be received by 5:00 PM EDT (GMT - 4) on Sunday, June 30, 2002. E-mail early because you can't be sure of how long it will take for your message to reach me. E-mail, DO NOT POST, answers to: tuschano@cc.helsinki.fi I will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. _______________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #185 Songs #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EST, Sunday, June 30, 2002 _______________________________________________________________________ I don't want to kiss or hold your hand If it's funny, try and understand #01) Don't you know that my love is true? Can't you see you belong to me? Every beat of my heart keeps repeating the sound of your name You're in my dreams, but my dreams are always in vain #02) Oh, the night is slipping away Femme jolie, femme jolie And there's still so much left to say Femme jolie, femme jolie Oh, we haven't got time 'Cause I'll be gone in the sunshine #03) I say the mamas and the papas are doin' it Sisters and brothers are doin' it The kids on the block, now now now Are doin' it 'round the clock Hey, the hippies come to see y'all Gettin' down to the nitty gritty #04) I can't let go although I know He'll make me cry, oh whoa oh 'Til the day I die But people, I've gotta live now And Lord knows as you forgive now Yeah, when it begins-ah #05) Don't want a house in the country With lamps and curtains and frills Don't want a house in the mountains If the shack up on the hills #06) I'll be satisfied now as you are my guide Just give me True love and understanding True love and understanding #07) Why does he look so righteous while your face is so changed? Are you frightened of the box you keep him in While his genocide fools and his friends rearrange Their religion of the little ten women? #08) My my my my (my my my my my) I knew we were falling in love My my my my (my my my my) I told him all the things I was dreaming of #09) Hey, look at that girl dressed in red I don't think she heard what I said Hey girl, what you gonna do? #10) You know I love you, love you, little girl And if you kissed me it would give me the world All around my heart went reeling in #11) And some day we'll be together, yeah Just like we used to be Until that day I can't remember Memories, sweet memories #12) I wanna hold you, squeeze you, as tight as I can I'd like to kiss you and please you and make you understand And when you thrill me, you fill me with love so divine Together we can have a good time #13) Put on a ragged sweatshirt I'll take you anywhere you want me to #14) I gave you plenty of warning You wouldn't listen to what I say Now you are in mourning I say that you're in a mighty bad way #15) Why do you leave me 'round and make me chase ya When I catch ya, you won't let me embrace ya Please, baby, have a heart 'Cause can't you see #16) A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom #17) Well, they're dancin' all over and they're dancin' everywhere I go You know I see 'em on the TV and I hear it on the radio Gonna twist, gonna stomp with you Do the wobble and the watusi too #18) You better take it easy, baby 'Fore you go away #19) Has anybody seen Kosher Pickle Harry? (No! No!) If you see him, tell him that Herbert is looking for him! (No!) #20) The joint was dim and dark Except for one spotlight Shining on to a frantic band That rocked like dynamite #21) Everyone was there just a-waitin' for me There were plenty of Stingrays and XKEs #22) I can hardly talk or pray, I cry I just don't think that I can say goodbye Don't tell me that it's over Don't tell me that we're through 'Cause if you leave I don't know what I'll do #23) Some folks don't understand it That's why they don't demand it #24) Now it's plain to see You put the hurt on me But it's a natural fact I like it like that #25) ------------ Tie-breakers: ------------ I told my mother, father too I told 'em just what I was gonna do If I lives one more year I'm packing my bags, getting away from here #T1) He had no axe to grind You never saw him smile But his luck was good He always dressed in style He always walks alone #T2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = -----------------------------------------------------------------------