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
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
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"
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...
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.
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
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
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And if I could choose a place to die
It would be in your arms
Bell Bottom Blues
Eric Clapton
If I could save time in a bottle
Jim Croce
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
Inside the walls
the walls of Redwing
The Walls of Redwing
Bob Dylan
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
The lonesome sparrow sings
There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden
Gates of Eden
Bob Dylan
I thought I knew
But now I know that rose trees never grow
In New York City
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Elton John
In the good old summertime,
in the good old summertime
old song
various artists
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
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
in your eyes,
the light, the heat
Peter Gabriel
Woke up with a strange tattoo
Not sure how I got it, not a dollar in my pocket
Tonight, Tonight
Hot Chelle Rae
In a cavern, in a canyon,
excavating for a mine.
Lived a miner forty niner,
and his daughter Clementine.
Clementine
folk song
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
In a gadda da vida, honey
Don't you know that I'll always be true
In A Gadda Da Vida
Iron Butterfly
Where did I go wrong?
I lost a friend
somewhere along in the bitterness
How To Save A Life
The Fray
I wake in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain
Maggie's Farm
Bob Dylan
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)
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)
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
Don't run back inside
Darlin' you know just what I'm here for
Thunder Road
Bruce Springsteen
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
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
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.)
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
Oh no, pretty mama,
What you gonna do in those shoes
the Eagles
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
Punching some pinholes
In the lid of the jar
While we wait in the car
"Red Vines"
Aimee Mann
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
You're in my heart, you're in my soul
Rod Stewart, eight words
It's never over
She is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever
Lover You Should've Come Over
Jeff Buckley
And all the kids in school
They were wishin' they were me that night
"Paradise by the Dashboard Light," Meat Loaf
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
Our house is a very, very, very fine house,
with two cats in the yard,
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
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
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
The Beatles, "In My Life"
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
And when it's time to go to bed
I'm still awake inside my head
Shop Vac
Jonathan Coulton
And early the next evening he stopped at that same inn...
(the chambermaid.... I don't know the name of it)
We're in the money,
the sky is sunny...
Depression-era song
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
The worms crawl in,
the worms crawl out,
the worms play pinochle
on your snout.
I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left inside of here
Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
Meat Loaf
Have you seen your mother, baby,
standing in the shadow?
Rolling Stones
Open your door
Don't hide in the dark
Sad Lisa
Cat Stevens
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!!!
Nice, 'Zann!
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The phantom of the opera is there
Inside my mind
We were so close there was no room
We bled inside each other's wounds
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Melanie
Away in a manger,
no crib for his bed...
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
..another little hungry child is born
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)
Elvis (and his backup singers du jour)
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
And the rockets' red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Down in the meadow in an itty bitty pool
Swam three little fishies and mama fishie too
Three Little Fishies
And the years that I spent lost in the mystery
Fall away leaving only the sound of the drum
The Fuse
Jackson Browne
There's a world where I can go
And tell my secrets to
In my room
In my room
The Beach Boys
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
In the jungle, the mighty jungle,
the lion sleeps tonight
Sitting in the darkness
Popcorn on your knee
eight words
"Let's Go to the Movies," from Annie
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
A beautiful sight
We're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland
He's got the whole world
In His hands…
Wasted away again in margaritaville
Searching for my lost shaker of salt
Jimmy Buffet
Outside the street's on fire
In a real death waltz
Jungleland
Bruce Springsteen
(Lots of ins in this one.)
In the early morning rain
WIth no place to go
Gordon Lightfoot
In my Easter bonnet
With all the frills upon it
(Holly loves Fred Astaire, and I hear these things)
Nothing could be finer
than to be in Carolina
in the moooooorning
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
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
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
I'd like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus's garden
With you
In the sweet by and by
We shall meet on that beautiful shore
(A happy funeral song, parodied as a union song later.)
And it all goes on
in America
in America
in America
Jefferson Starship
You'll rot in jail
In Sing Sing
Will you sign!?
Annie
Close your eyes girl
Look inside girl
Let the sound take you away
Magic Carpet Ride
Steppenwolf
I'm in with the in crowd
I know what the in crowd know.
Cass Elliot sang it, but not first, I think. Maybe.
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
MacArthur Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down,
Someone left the cake out in the rain...
MacArthur Park
We been spending most our lives living in an Amish paradise
Weird Al Yankovich
Rest my eyes in shades of green
Under dreaming spires
To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been...
Itchycoo Park
(all so beautiful)
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
The answer, my friend,
is blowin' in the wind
Blowin' in the Wind
Mr. Bob Dylan
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
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
I knew a man Bojangles and he'd dance for you
In worn out shoes
Mr Bojangles
Jerry Jeff Walker
Oh dear, what can I do,
baby's in black
and I'm feeling blue
Baby's In Black
The Beatles
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
There's oil in the puddles in taffeta patterns
that run down the drain
in colored arrangements
Michael From Mountains
Joni Mitchell
There must be some misunderstanding
There must be some kind of mistake
I was waiting in the rain for hours
You were late
Genesis
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
I was dreaming in my dreaming
of an aspect bright and fair
People Have the Power
Patti Smith
If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
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
She died in the mill pond
from standing on her head.
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Ten thousand words swarm round my head
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
Avett Brothers
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.)
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
R.E.M.
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.)
Bluebird, bluebird
In and out my window
Oh, Johnny, I'm tired
(song for a circle game)
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
A winter's day
in a deep and dark December
I Am A Rock
Simon and Garfunkle
G'night Sandra :)
Thanks for a wonderful game
And g'night Zann. It was really fun!
In my midnight confession
When I tell all the world that I love you
Midnight Confession
Grass Roots
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
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
She cut off their tails
with a carving knife
Did you every see
such a sight in your life
Three Blind Mice
In my own little corner, in my own little chair
I can be whatever I want to be
Cinderella (the musical)
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
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