A lyrical game

heehee smiths, 'last night i dreamt that somebody loved me'

orright, new ones:

"if you leave me now... you'll take away the biggest part of me/

oooohh no baby please don't go!"

(at least two different answers are permissable here)

Isn't that Chicago?

Ew. From the only album with a lyric sheet I have with me:

I am one of the injured/a tear blurs flesh/dissolving

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me No baby please don't go If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me No baby please don't go A love like ours is love that's hard to find How could we let it slip away We've come too far to leave it all behind How could we end it all this way When tomorrow comes we'll both regret Things we said today Cause I need you more than you'll ever know

chicago "if you leave me now"

Heres mine "Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me. It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me."

alex "six six sixties" - throbbing gristle

Heres mine "Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me. It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me."

Christopher Cross - Sailing.I'll go again.'In the yellow bulb light,in the yellow bulb light,the letter reads,I took my own life.'

(yes. it was chicago. i would also have accepted soft rock - soft, which sampled said chicago track.)

Wire Chairs Missing.

Here's mine...

not the first line but a significant one in the chorus ...."I've just decided I don't trust you anymore.."

Brassneck by The Wedding Present.

My Quote: "You once had a home and job, a family and pride".

Inspiral Carpets, "Sackville."

Here's mine: "I was born in a cross fire hurricane/And I howled like a wolf in the driving rain/Unfortunately I was spotted by the man from the dog pound and he caught me in net and put me in the back of his van./Now look here my man, I started to protest, do I look like a rabid dog? But it was too late. Before I knew what had happened he had sold me to a laboratory and I was being experimented on by evil scientists wearing horribly stained white coats."

Jumpin' Jack Flask.

"Well, it's funny 'coz I thought that it could have turned out quite romantic But it isn't like that, which is fine, 'coz it means I can stand it "

OK, sorry. Jumped the gun. I dunno what it is. Bye.

(EVERYONE must hereafter refer to the RS song on IL* as j- j- FLASK!)

(Sounds like Shane MacGowan's kinda pogo drink.)

Ruth's Refrigerator's song "Alan's Refrigerator" (lyrics possibly omitted from final version).

Take me in your hand
Put me back into the nest...

tangent: "Jumpin' jack FLASK" is a quote from Paul Westerburg - the Replacements' "The Shit Hits the Fans"

i'm so sick and tired of bein admired / that i wish that i would just die or get fired / and dropped from my label and stop with the fables / i'm not gonna be able, to top on 'my name is' / and pigeonholed into some poppy sensation / to cop me rotation at rock'n'roll stations

you takin' the piss outta this game, ethan? anyway, it's eminem and now here's this:

Falling through the floor/With the friend I had before/Grabbing at straws/So the holes don't slow me down/Coming up next/The lizard and the text/Showing me the ropes/Don't be giving up your hopes/Trickle downstream/With the underwater steam/Fish on the side/He's a looking for a dream

oh, and the eminem song was "the way I am"

So no one wants to try to identify my couplet?

Mitch's is "She's the One" by Beta Band. Go back upthread to see my couplet for identification.

It's "Take Me In Your Hand," by, of all people, Rheostatics, everyone's favorite popular-in-Canada-only band. (By some weird coincidence, I was given this album 4 years ago and listened to it once, but was listening to it this morning, and lo and behold.

The weather's grim--ice on the cages;
Me, I'm Robin Hood, and I puff on my cigarette;
Panthers are steaming--stalking--screaming...

(An easy one. Also, here's your free bonus parenthesis to finish the sentence before the quote: ) )

blackout - Bowie

"its ok, its ok, i promise i'll stay...turn down the lights, i'll sit with you we'll talk like we're friends."

"Mad as Snow," Kitchens of Distinction

"We're all in the gutter but I'm looking at the rats/And when I'm hungry I don't fuck around."

meatpuppets - litterbox

"There's nothing on the radio You've gone as far as you can go Everywhere is emptiness And everyone is loneliness But I'll help you if you want me to I'll help you if you let me through I'll be the one you tell"

i should have know Ned would have picked up on KOD.

Prayer Boat: "Polichinelle"

So take me out of this frozen season
Send me down for a holiday
I'll spend some time down in Costa Rica
I just can't wait to get away!

yo, now ain't that the pot callin the kettle black / i used to peddle crack, you never sold drugs so STOP FRONTIN / i pushed the war button, you cold panic / use tools to fix your fucking face like a mechanic / dramatic, dynamic, and underhanded / you say the shit that i say for so long i can't stand it / the god bandit, erupt like volcano / shittin lava, right on they armor, you blood farmer / what what? hasa gato lutu cuatro / imbalance the scales of slaughter, iraq discipline / and open your face, spit on the cut and pour the henny in

"Halfway Thugs" by Capone and Noreaga

"I may not be a Quaalude living in a speed zone, but I could be restful, I could be someone's home if I fell down"

Lisa Loeb, When All the Stars were Falling.

Again, my lyrics above remain unsolved.

i should have know Ned would have picked up on KOD.

What can I say? Good call on the Meat Puppets.

"Just a smile a mile, and a smile for me...from you and your mama too."

Pursuit of Happiness - Edmonton Block Heater

that's for Sean's above, here's one: "I'm a spaceship, your a planet, you're a new drug and I'm an addict"

(I also would have accepted "Edmonton Block Heater" by Hard Core Logo.)

here. "Just a smile a mile, and a smile for me...from you and your mama too."

"Happy House", Shuggy Otis. "I get the dog / Definitely."