Until I get around to making an iTunes run, I’m listening to the four-and-five-star playlist, which is much better fodder for the “Random Ten” thing than a bunch of filler tracks off really recent albums. We’ll do this in guess-the-lyrics fashion because, well, because I can.
Despite the title, there are some absolute meatball songs on this list, that ought to be pretty easy to guess (1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 19, 20). There are also some things that are really damn near impossible– I’ll be absolutely stunned if anybody recognizes #16, and Google didn’t turn up lyrics for #3 or #6..
Here’s the list:
- “She can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons, what reason do you need to die?”
- “I’m going down to Hollywood, they’re gonna make a movie of the things that they found crawling in my brain.”
- “And all the Spanish Mission houses slide into the sea.”
- “You’ve looked for something greater than this, I promise you it doesn’t exist”
- “Your tongue, your transfer, your hand, your answer.”
- “They say love’s more precious than gold, it can’t be bought and it can’t be sold.”
- “Consider this the slip that brought me to my knees.”
- “The one who insists he was first in the line is the last to remember her name.”
- “When I was just a little boy, I threw away all my action toys.”
- “In their eyes there’s something lacking, what they need’s a damn good whacking.”
- “The scene ends badly as you might imagine, in a cavalcade of anger and fear.”
- “I’ll be the moon when the sun goes down, Just to let you know that I’m still around.”
- “Tomorrow is gonna make you cry/ It’s gonna to make you kneel/ Before it breaks you from inside.”
- “When the music starts to playin’/ She slides out on the floor/ Dancing without a partner/ Swaying on the two and four.”
- “Got a headache burnin’ bad gasoline/ I’m gonna relieve it baby/ My solar powered lovin’ burns clean/ You’re gonna receive it baby.”
- “No cash, no credit, no car, no home, just with these two feet these two feet that I roam.”
- “Call it a crutch when you plan it too much/ Waste your whole life without living/ Gimme a moment that should have been spent/ Time isn’t very forgiving.”
- “Tryin’ to make other people lose their minds, well be careful you don’t lose yours.”
- “He loved the Golden Gophers but he hated all the drawn out winters.”
- “I remember when you were here, and all the fun we had last year.”