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Deborah in IL said...

And if I could choose a place to die
It would be in your arms

Bell Bottom Blues
Eric Clapton

'Zann said...

If I could save time in a bottle




Jim Croce

De said...

Let's pretend like airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

Airplanes
B.O.B. with Eminem

'Zann said...

Inside the walls
the walls of Redwing

The Walls of Redwing
Bob Dylan

Deborah in IL said...

We may lose and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up I'm climbing in
So take it easy

Take it Easy
The Eagles

'Zann said...

The lonesome sparrow sings
There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden

Gates of Eden
Bob Dylan

Deborah in IL said...

I thought I knew
But now I know that rose trees never grow
In New York City

Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Elton John

'Zann said...

In the good old summertime,
in the good old summertime

old song
various artists

Deborah in IL said...

But listen carefully to the sound
Of your loneliness like a heartbeat drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost

Dreams
Fleetwood Mac

De said...

Every time I close my eyes,
I see my name in shining lights
A different city every night
I swear the world better prepare
For when I'm a billionaire

Travie McCoy

Sylvia said...

in your eyes,
the light, the heat

Peter Gabriel

De said...

Woke up with a strange tattoo
Not sure how I got it, not a dollar in my pocket

Tonight, Tonight
Hot Chelle Rae

'Zann said...

In a cavern, in a canyon,
excavating for a mine.
Lived a miner forty niner,
and his daughter Clementine.

Clementine
folk song

Deborah in IL said...

I used to lay out in a field under the Milky Way
With everything that I was feeling that I could not say
With every doubt and every sorrow that was in my way
Tearing around inside my head like it was there to stay

The Night Inside Me
Jackson Browne

'Zann said...

In a gadda da vida, honey
Don't you know that I'll always be true

In A Gadda Da Vida
Iron Butterfly

Deborah in IL said...

Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
somewhere along in the bitterness

How To Save A Life
The Fray

'Zann said...

I wake in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain

Maggie's Farm
Bob Dylan

Deborah in IL said...

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
And caught a dragonfly inside a jar

Circle Game
Joni Mitchell
(but Tom Rush sings it in my head)

Sandra Dodd said...

Here in the middle of imagination
Right in the middle of my mind

(I'm still mining Sesame Street, in the middle of my mind)

mandaroo63 said...

I wake up in the morning feeling like pdiddy....
kesha

or

You're the only one whoever drove me crazy, cause you know me inside out
brittney spears


Mandy

Deborah in IL said...

Don't run back inside
Darlin' you know just what I'm here for

Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen

Sandra Dodd said...

A bird in an egg in a nest on a branch on a limb on a tree
Hey, ho, the rattlin' bog
The bog down in the valley-oh

Deborah in IL said...

Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Sandra Dodd said...

In a little rosewood casket
In the hall upon the stand
There's a packet of old love letters
Written by a true love's hand.

(Played it on "letter" day, too.)

Deborah in IL said...

I'm going back inside and turning out those lights
And I'll be in the dark but you'll be out of sight

Here Come Those Tears Again
Jackson Browne

Sandra Dodd said...

Oh no, pretty mama,
What you gonna do in those shoes

the Eagles

Deborah in IL said...

Keep a fire burning in your eye
Pay attention to the open sky
You never know what will be coming down

For a Dancer
Jackson Browne

NLWooton said...

Punching some pinholes
In the lid of the jar
While we wait in the car

"Red Vines"
Aimee Mann

Deborah in IL said...

You're the color of the sky reflected in each storefront windowpane
You're the whispering and the sighing of my tires in the rain
You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do
Yeah, and I'll never stop looking for you
In the sunlight and the shadows in the faces on the avenue

Sky Blue and Black
Jackson Browne

Sandra Dodd said...

You're in my heart, you're in my soul

Rod Stewart, eight words

Deborah in IL said...

It's never over
She is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

Lover You Should've Come Over
Jeff Buckley

Sandra Dodd said...

And all the kids in school
They were wishin' they were me that night

"Paradise by the Dashboard Light," Meat Loaf

Deborah in IL said...

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

Anthem
Leonard Cohen

Sylvia said...

Our house is a very, very, very fine house,
with two cats in the yard,

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Deborah in IL said...

You know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder every day
But old people, they just grow lonely
Waiting for someone to say
"Hello in there, hello"

John Prine

Sandra Dodd said...

Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

The Beatles, "In My Life"

'Zann said...

You people can watch while I'm scrubbing these floors
And I'm scrubbing the floors while you're gawking
Maybe once you tipped me and it made you feel swell
In this crummy Southern town, in this crummy old hotel...

Pirate Jenny, Threepenny Opera
Brecht/Weil

Deborah in IL said...

And when it's time to go to bed
I'm still awake inside my head

Shop Vac
Jonathan Coulton

Sandra Dodd said...

And early the next evening he stopped at that same inn...

(the chambermaid.... I don't know the name of it)

'Zann said...

We're in the money,
the sky is sunny...

Depression-era song

Deborah in IL said...

How the hell can a person
Go to work in the morning
Come home in the evening
And have nothing to say

Angel From Montgomery
John Prine

'Zann said...

The worms crawl in,
the worms crawl out,
the worms play pinochle
on your snout.

Deborah in IL said...

I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left inside of here

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Meat Loaf

'Zann said...

Have you seen your mother, baby,
standing in the shadow?

Rolling Stones

Deborah in IL said...

Open your door
Don't hide in the dark

Sad Lisa
Cat Stevens

'Zann said...

Put your right hand in,

Put your right hand out,

Put your right hand in
and shake it all about,
Do the hokey pokey

and turn yourself around

That's what it's all about.


Hokey-Pokey!!!

Sandra Dodd said...

Nice, 'Zann!
---------

The phantom of the opera is there
Inside my mind

Deborah in IL said...

We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds

Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Melanie

'Zann said...

Away in a manger,
no crib for his bed...

Deborah in IL said...

It was a ruby that she wore
On a chain around her neck
In the shape of a heart
In the shape of a heart

Jackson Browne

Sandra Dodd said...

..another little hungry child is born
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

Elvis (and his backup singers du jour)

Deborah in IL said...

It's like you're standing in the window
Of a house nobody lives in
And I'm sitting in a car across the way

The Late Show
Jackson Browne

Sandra Dodd said...

And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air

'Zann said...

Down in the meadow in an itty bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and mama fishie too

Three Little Fishies

Deborah in IL said...

And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum

The Fuse
Jackson Browne

Sandra Dodd said...

There's a world where I can go
And tell my secrets to
In my room
In my room

The Beach Boys

Deborah in IL said...

The longer I thought I might find her
The shorter my vision became
Running in circles behind her
And thinking in terms of the blame

That Girl Could Sing
Jackson Browne

'Zann said...

In the jungle, the mighty jungle,
the lion sleeps tonight

Sandra Dodd said...

Sitting in the darkness
Popcorn on your knee

eight words
"Let's Go to the Movies," from Annie

'Zann said...

When I'm drivin' in my car
and a man comes on the radio
he's telling me more and more
about some useless information
supposed to fire my imagination.

(I Can't Get No)Satisfaction
Rolling Stones

Deborah in IL said...

A beautiful sight
We're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland

'Zann said...

He's got the whole world
In His hands…

Deborah in IL said...

Wasted away again in margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt

Jimmy Buffet

'Zann said...

Outside the street's on fire
In a real death waltz


Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen
(Lots of ins in this one.)

Deborah in IL said...

In the early morning rain
WIth no place to go

Gordon Lightfoot

Sandra Dodd said...

In my Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it

(Holly loves Fred Astaire, and I hear these things)

'Zann said...

Nothing could be finer
than to be in Carolina
in the moooooorning

Deborah in IL said...

Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me

Three Dog Night

'Zann said...

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again

Deborah in IL said...

See the geese in chevron flight
Flappin' and a racin' on before the snow
They've got the urge for going
They've got the wings to go

Urge for Going
Joni Mitchell
(but it's another that Tom Rush sings in my head

Anonymous said...

I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus's garden
With you

Sandra Dodd said...

In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore

(A happy funeral song, parodied as a union song later.)

'Zann said...

And it all goes on
in America
in America
in America

Jefferson Starship

Sandra Dodd said...

You'll rot in jail
In Sing Sing
Will you sign!?

Annie

Deborah in IL said...

Close your eyes girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away

Magic Carpet Ride
Steppenwolf

Sandra Dodd said...

I'm in with the in crowd
I know what the in crowd know.

Cass Elliot sang it, but not first, I think. Maybe.

Deborah in IL said...

I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died

American Pie
Don McLean

'Zann said...

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down,
Someone left the cake out in the rain...

MacArthur Park

Deborah in IL said...

We been spending most our lives living in an Amish paradise

Weird Al Yankovich

'Zann said...

Rest my eyes in shades of green
Under dreaming spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been...

Itchycoo Park
(all so beautiful)

Deborah in IL said...

Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark
All the dinosaurs are running wild
Someone shut the fence off in the rain

Jurassic Park
Weird Al Yankovich

'Zann said...

The answer, my friend,
is blowin' in the wind

Blowin' in the Wind
Mr. Bob Dylan

Deborah in IL said...

Well I'm feeling like I stuck my hand inside a blender and turned it on
Ya know I been in a buttload of pain

Since You've Been Gone
Weird Al Yankovic

'Zann said...

Hey Mr. Tambourine Man play a song for me
In the jingle-jangle morning
I'll come followin' you.

Mr. Tambourine Man
Mr. Bob Dylan

Deborah in IL said...

I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes

Mr Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker

'Zann said...

Oh dear, what can I do,
baby's in black
and I'm feeling blue

Baby's In Black
The Beatles

Deborah in IL said...

And it's up against the wall redneck mother
Mother who has raised your son so well
He's 34 and drinking in a honky tonk
Just kicking hippies asses and raising hell

Ray Wiley Hubbard

'Zann said...

There's oil in the puddles in taffeta patterns
that run down the drain
in colored arrangements

Michael From Mountains
Joni Mitchell

Deborah in IL said...

There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I was waiting in the rain for hours
You were late

Genesis

Sandra Dodd said...

The background singers on one of the verses of "Surfin' USA" are singing:

Inside, outside, USA
Inside, outside USA
and to make eight more words of that song...

We'll all be (blah de blah blah)
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxin' down our surf boards...

Beach Boys

'Zann said...

I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair

People Have the Power
Patti Smith

Sandra Dodd said...

If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

Deborah in IL said...

There's a light at each end of this tunnel you shout
Cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out

2am (Breathe)
Anna Nalick

'Zann said...

She died in the mill pond
from standing on her head.

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

Deborah in IL said...

Ten thousand words swarm round my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed

Avett Brothers

Sandra Dodd said...

Chef, singing about hummingbirds having sex, in a song to/about Kathie Lee

Gliding in
and out
and in
and out
Two hummingbirds doing it doggie-style

(I'm glad there was a Chef character and that Isaac Hayes was such a good sport for so long.)

Deborah in IL said...

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion

R.E.M.

Sandra Dodd said...

Are you washed
in the blood
In the soul-cleansing blood of the lamb

(Deb, I hope you're near your goal of 100 plays, because I'm going to bed.)

Sandra Dodd said...

Bluebird, bluebird
In and out my window
Oh, Johnny, I'm tired

(song for a circle game)

Deborah in IL said...

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is
While you're in the world

Your Song
Elton John

'Zann said...

A winter's day
in a deep and dark December

I Am A Rock
Simon and Garfunkle

Deborah in IL said...

G'night Sandra :)
Thanks for a wonderful game

Deborah in IL said...

And g'night Zann. It was really fun!

Mercedes said...

In my midnight confession
When I tell all the world that I love you

Midnight Confession
Grass Roots

Mercedes said...

Don't pull your love out on me honey,
Take my heart, my soul, my money
But don't leave me here drowning in my tears

Don't Pull Your Love
Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds

Mercedes said...

So I tucked my hair up under my hat
And I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine understanding young man, I'll think you'll do

Signs
Five Man Electrical Band

'Zann said...

She cut off their tails
with a carving knife
Did you every see
such a sight in your life

Three Blind Mice

Sandra Dodd said...

In my own little corner, in my own little chair
I can be whatever I want to be

Cinderella (the musical)

E.J. Anonymus said...

You're in order like a parking lot
The lines gridded, there's no dismay
And I'm as unorganized as a highway

Artemendous Knows All - Ryan Cassata