Game (word or category)


28 comments:

Deborah in IL said...

And go round and round in the circle game

Joni Mitchell wrote it
Tom Rush sings it in my head (and recorded it before Joni)

Sylvia said...

If looks could kill they probably will,
in games without frontiers, wars without tears

Peter Gabriel

(and it plays yesterday's word too, I hope!)

Deborah in IL said...

What a wicked game to play
To make me feel this way

Chris Isaak

Sandra Dodd said...

What's the name of the game
Does it mean anything to you.

ABBA

Deborah in IL said...

Playing solitaire till dawn
With a deck of fifty one

Counting Flowers on the Wall
no clue who that is singing...

Homeschooling Mom said...

The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner

one night in bangkok "chess"

gail said...

The purpose of a man is to love a woman and the purpose of a woman is to love a man.....
So come on come on let's play..the game of love...

No idea who but now it will be in my head all day long!! :)

Maureen said...

"Many a tear has to fall
But it's all in the game"

I think The Four Tops sang it, but not exclusively.

Emma Barnett said...

You gotta know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em

Willie Nelson?

Sandra Dodd said...

Oh, good one! Kenny Rogers (know when to hold 'em)

When we were in school our games were simple
I'd play the janitor, you'd play the monitor.

The Hollies, "Carrie Anne"

Deanne said...

Head games, it's you and me baby.
Head games, and I can't take it anymore.

"Head Games" by Foreigner

Deborah in IL said...

Dealing card games with the old men in the club car
Penny a point, ain't no one keeping score

City of New Orleans
Steve Goodman wrote it
Arlo Guthrie made it famous

Deanne said...

"Put me in coach. I'm ready to play, today. Look at me. I can be centerfield."

Centerfield by John Fogerty

Deborah in IL said...

It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game

Cowgirl in the Sand
Neil Young

Sandra Dodd said...

Oh play the game, existence to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning

"Tomorrow Never Knows," trippy old Beatles song

Deborah in IL said...

We all play the game and when we dare
To cheat ourselves at Solitaire

At Seventeen
Janis Ian

Sandra Dodd said...

Jackie's gonna be a football star
[blah blah] backseat of Jackie's car.

(8 words distinguishable [10])
Jack & Diane, John Mellencamp

Deborah in IL said...

Is Bitter there? I'd rather talk to her than Disappointed
Though she's not quite as fun as Good and Mad
You better put her on
She can change the game
She can make me say I'm sorry

Someone is Crazy
Jonathan Coulton

Chris said...

Well, I discovered you were absent one day almost casually. The bed was made the crossword left unsigned. Was I stoned when I misplaced you. Would you have me here if you please? Return to me my missing keys.

David Ray - Songwriter

Chris said...

Play...Play the game tonight...is it worth the time is it worth the fight....

Kansas - The Game

Chris said...

I'm tired of playin' foolish games..I'm tired of all your lies makin' me insane....I don't ask for much the truth will do just fine...wont you lay it on the line...

Triumph - Lay it on the line.....

Chris said...

It's so easy all you have to do is fall in love...Play the game...Everybody play the game of love....

Queen - The Game

Chris said...

And when I'm out I see you walking. Why don't your eyes see me? Could it be you've found another game ot play? What did mama say to me?

Zeppelin - That's the Way

Deborah in IL said...

Life
So they say
Is but a game and they let it slip away

We May Never Pass This Way Again
Seals and Crofts

Sandra Dodd said...

Take me out to the ball game
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and Cracker jack
I don't care if I never come back...

[That song was old when I was a little kid. That's a great-grandaddy song.]

Colleen P (NH) said...

Hey now - you're an all star
Get your game on - go play

Smash Mouth - All Star

Ellen (nursescrubs) said...

There were two men down
And the score was tied
In the bottom of the eighth
When the pitcher died

(Paul Simon, "Night Game")

robmderrick said...

Royalty, don't it look good on me
Buried in silk in the royal boudoir
-- or going nuclear free
Or playing Crokinole with the princess of Monaco
Telling my jokes to the OPEC leaders, getting it all on video

King of Spain, by Moxy Fruvous