From: Regina Litman <golq340@golq.org> Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz 340 (GOLQ340) Message-Id: <20150513182839.EAEE2278844@nezumi.pair.com> Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 14:28:39 -0400 (EDT) GOLDEN OLDIES LYRICS QUIZ #340 (GOLQ340) A theme applies to the artists of all of the songs, including the tie- breakers. However, for a few of these, the theme applies figuratively rather than literally. ============================================================================ Blindly searching for lyrics on the Internet is not in the spirit of the GOLQs, and we disapprove of this practice. Entries are due by 5:00 p.m. EDT (GMT-4) on Sunday, May 31, 2015. E-mail early, because you can't be sure of how long it will take for your message to reach GOLQ World Headquarters. DO NOT POST your answers to any newsgroups, discussion forums, etc. E-mail your entry to <golq340@golq.org>. By using this address, you will be able to determine whether your entry has been received by viewing the GOLQ entry log at http://golq.org/cgi-bin/golqentry.cgi. Use this address only for GOLQ340-related mail. After the quiz is over, mail to this address will be discarded without being read. The web site for the Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz is at http://golq.org. There you will find: - the GOLQ rules http://golq.org/rules.html - instructions for subscribing to the GOLQ mailing list - the current quiz http://golq.org/current.html - an archive of past quizzes and results http://golq.org/archive.html ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #340 Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 p.m. EDT (GMT-4), Sunday, May 31, 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I were you I'd take a permanent vacation #01) I've been in this town so long It's back in the city I've been taken for lost and gone And unknown for a long, long time #02) Now I'm crying But deep down inside Well I did it to him Now it's my turn to die #03) The room will change today I have no place to stay Thinking about the subway #04) And I knew (I knew, I knew, I knew, I knew) She had made me happy (happy, happy) (She had made me very happy) Flowers in her hair (in her hair) Flowers everywhere (everywhere, everywhere) #05) It ain't me It ain't me I'm no Senator's son #06) And I'm so glad we made it So glad we made it #07) One thing isn't very clear, my love Should the teacher stand so near, my love Graduation's almost here, my love #08) Never had you on my mind Now you're there all the time #09) Will cause you pain Although you love them They'll stop you just the same #10) People, they rush everywhere Each with their own secret care #11) Open up your arms And let me waltz on in Open up your heart And let me live again #12) I, I don't want To ever say goodnight I need you I want you near me #13) I'm not content to be with you in the daytime Girl, I want to be with you all of the time #14) Let your hair down, girl Let it hang down on me #15) Honey in the morning Honey in the evening Honey at suppertime So be my little honey And love me all the time #16) I love the way you always treat me tenderly But darling most of all #17) So long, my honey Goodbye, my dear #18) There's a beat for you In every toast to the wine #19) Lonely rivers sigh Wait for me, wait for me I'll be comin' home Wait for me #20) Look at how they wobble He's the best in town I think I'm in trouble She forgets that I'm around #21) I want him And I need him And someday, some way, woh-woh-woh I'll meet him #22) Your life is so lonely Like a child without a toy Then a miracle: a boy And that's called glad #23) Over sleepy garden walls And the stars begin to twinkle in the night #24) The tears are always cloudin' your eyes When you're without love #25) ------------ Tie-Breakers ------------ Now all the boys in my block Try to bop the blues They dance all night til daylight In their boppin' shoes They danced so long They danced away their blues #T1) In my room Nothin' but gloom Nothin' but lonely misery Nothin' but pain and a memory And I'm alone #T2) ============================================================================ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please fill in the following information (append at the end of each line): Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ----------------------------------------------------------------------------