Depending on how new you are to these parts, you may or may not be aware that my weekday morning status updates on FaceBook are trivia games with different themes, depending on the day of the week. Thursday mornings are Name That Tune Day, and for the past year, unknown to the world at large, rather than just posting random lyrical quotes, I've been carefully selecting what words from what songs to use...all so it would result, when read from start to finish, in the glory that follows.
Does anybody really
care? If so, I can’t imagine why1
he got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun.2
I think I’m gonna be
sad.3 Why am I soft in the
middle? The rest of my life is so hard!4 I’ve been cheated; been mistreated.5 I’ve been drivin’ all night; my hand’s wet on
the wheel.6 All this science,
I don’t understand.7 Don’t
know much about geography.8 I
was lost and blind ‘til a friend of mine came and took me by the hand.9
But if I really say it, the radio won’t
play it.10
All the leaves are
brown11 and they wither with the wind and they crumble in your hand.12..Don’t
know why there’s no sun up in the sky.13 Long as I remember, the rain’s been comin’
down.14 Hangin’ around,
nothing to do but frown,15 and just like the guy whose feet are too
big for his bed, nothing seems to fit.16 Just like Pagliacci did, I try to keep my
sadness hid.17
I hope I didn’t wake
you, but there’s something that I’ve just got to say:18 “B-b-b-baby,19 rah-rah, ah-ah-ah!
Rom-mah, rom-mum-mah!20 Nah,
nah-nah, nah-nah-nah, nah.21 Anyway,
the thing is, what I really mean:22
They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don’t have pre-wrapped bacon.23
There’s my friend from
Chicago.24 He's talkin' with
Davy, who's still in the Navy.25
He had a woman he loved in Saigon.26 He said, “You don’t need no strength, you
need to grow up, son.27 You
better take care if I find you been creepin’ ‘round my back stairs.28 ’Cause I’m a picker, I’m a grinner, I’m a
lover, and I’m a sinner.29 I
get knocked down, but I get up again.30 I’m New York City, born and raised, but
nowadays I’m lost between two shores31 with no direction home; like
a complete unknown.” 32
I awoke last night to
the sound of thunder. “How far off?” I
sat and wondered.33 I’ve been
thinking that I should stop disc jockeying and start that record store.34 The time to hesitate is through.35 I don't claim to be an "A" student,
but I'm trying to be.36 Want
to move ahead, but the boss won’t seem to let me.37 Maybe I’m a lonely man who’s in the middle of
something that he doesn’t really understand.38
Does anyone know where
the love of God goes when the waves turn the minutes to hours?39 His blood runs through my instrument and his
song is in my soul.40 I don’t
care what they may say. I don’t care
what they may do.41 Satan is
an evil charmer; he’s hungry for a soul to hurt.42 And the three men I admire most – the Father,
Son, and the Holy Ghost43 –maybe be just like the Beatles: melodic
rockin’ heavyweights.44
When I see your face,
there’s not a thing that I would change.45 Don’t go trying some new fashion.46 You’re everything I hoped for. You’re everything I need.47 Come on, baby, don’t say maybe.48 Take my hand. Take my whole life, too.49 Once I get you up there where the air is
rarified, we’ll just glide starry-eyed.50 Or
would you rather be a mule?51
I guess what I be
saying is there ain’t no better reason to rid yourself of vanities and just go
with the seasons.52
* * * * * * *
1) Does Anybody Really
Know What Time It Is? 2) Bad, Bad Leroy
Brown 3) Ticket to Ride 4) Call Me Al 5) When Will I Be Loved? 6) Radar
Love 7) Rocket Man 8) Wonderful World 9) The Rock That Doesn’t Roll 10) I Dig Rock and Roll Music 11) California Dreamin’ 12) Leaves that are Green 13) Stormy Weather 14) Who’ll Stop the Rain? 15) Rainy Days and Mondays 16) Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head 17) Tears of a Clown 18) I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a
Song 19) You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet 20) Bad Romance 21) Hey Jude 22) Your Song 23) If I Had a
Million Dollars 24) On the Tequila 25) Piano Man 26) Born in the U.S.A. 27)
Authority Song 28) Sundown 29) The Joker 30) I Get Knocked Down 31) I Am,
I Said 32) Like a Rolling Stone 33) Night Moves 34) WOLD 35) Light My Fire 36) Wonderful
World 37) 9 to 5 38) Maybe I’m Amazed 39) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 40) Leader of the Band 41) Jesus Is Just Alright 42) Shut De Do 43) American Pie 44) Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus 45) Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars) 46) Just the Way You Are (Billy Joel) 47) You Are So Beautiful 48) Take It Easy 49) I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You 50) Come Fly With Me 51) Would You Like to Swing on a Star? 52)
I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
2 comments:
To say that I am impressed wouldn't do it justice, Dewey! I am FLOORED! Well done, sir!
I blush in the midst of pride...how strange.
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