--This was a "schoolbus song," with a lot of verses that you added on--the sort of thing you would sing on the way to school or around a girl scout campfire. Each verse built on the next, like "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Other verses were about his wife named "that's all right," and his horse "dead of course," and other rhyming animals and crops and such.
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron So he could do his job and never shirk The Lord above gave man an arm of iron, but With a little bit of luck With a little bit of luck Someone else'll do the blinkin' work
Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while
Doobie Brothers
(those two deleted comments above were mine, btw... I posted lyrics someone had already posted, then posted an "oops" before I realized I could just delete. But I didn't know the "deleted" would show as a post! So... oops again.)
I got lost in his arms, and I had to stay. It was dark in his arms, and I lost my way. From the dark came a voice, and it seemed to say, "There you go, there you go."
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Put your arms around me, honey
Hold me tight
Cuddle up and cuddle up with
All your might
(Von Tilzer/McCree) (1910)
And he called his farm,
"Muscle in the Arm."
--This was a "schoolbus song," with a lot of verses that you added on--the sort of thing you would sing on the way to school or around a girl scout campfire. Each verse built on the next, like "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Other verses were about his wife named "that's all right," and his horse "dead of course," and other rhyming animals and crops and such.
Does anyone else remember this one?
And then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground and then you say...
"I Think We're Alone Now" I know the Tiffany version
And your arm felt nice wrapped round my shoulder
Tracy Chapman
"Fast Car"
Aw, you, fool, you.
You stick them needles in your arm
That Smell ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron
So he could do his job and never shirk
The Lord above gave man an arm of iron, but
With a little bit of luck
With a little bit of luck
Someone else'll do the blinkin' work
from "My Fair Lady"
I want a good luck charm hanging on my arm
Elvis Presley
They went arming along the road
Like sister and brother
(sometimes people sing "they went arm in arm along the road," and I've heard both; "arming" is a dance term)
from a traditional ballad called "The Nightingale"
I'll show you everything
with arms open wide
Creed
Well I've ruined nearly all of my veins
Sticking that (bad wording) (bad word) into my arms
"Givin' Up"
by The Darkness
I've seen the stuff they put inside of Stretch Arm Strong
Mark Wills
"19 Something"
So now I come to you
With open arms
Journey
Many sons had father Abraham
And I am one of them, and so are you
So let's all praise the Lord. RIGHT ARM!
A children's church singing game, where you call out "right arm" or "left leg" or whatever after each verse, and start moving that part.
There's a hole in daddy's arm
Where all the money goes
"Sam Stone," John Prine
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground
Toby Keith and Willie Nelson
"Beer for my Horses"
Take me in your arms and
rock me, rock me a little while
Doobie Brothers
(those two deleted comments above were mine, btw... I posted lyrics someone had already posted, then posted an "oops" before I realized I could just delete. But I didn't know the "deleted" would show as a post! So... oops again.)
No problem. Moderators will come and clean up half-gone comments after a while.
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I got him back in my arms again
Right by my side
The Supremes
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long have I waited
The Look of Love
I got lost in his arms, and I had to stay.
It was dark in his arms, and I lost my way.
From the dark came a voice, and it seemed to say,
"There you go, there you go."
(Irving Berlin)
bruises
cover your arms
shaking in the fingers with a bottle in your palm and
the best is
no one knows who you are
just another girl
alone at the bar
dont trust me
3oh3
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