friday random 10

Last week, I said I would get around to posting the answers to two weeks ago. I finally have. I know you’ve been waiting on this with bated breath.

Anyway, here are this week’s mystery lyrics:

1. “White and Nerdy” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by Thud
   You’ll find that they’re quite stationary
2. “To Be Gone” by Anna Terhneim
   Leave the city, leave the cold
3. “Dad’s Gonna Kill Me” by Richard Thompson
   Before I came out here I never used to pray
4. “When Your Mind’s Made Up” by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova
   All you want to do is run
5. “There You Go” by Johnny Cash
   You build me up and for a while I’m all aglow
6. “Andy Warhol” by David Bowie
   Put you all inside my show
7. “Punky’s Dilemma” by Simon & Garfunkel
   Would you put my photo on your piano?
8. “Blinded by Rainbows” by the Rolling Stones
   Put down paradise as lost
9. “Love/Building on Fire” by Talking Heads
   And they go tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, like little birds
10. “Freakshow” by Ani DiFranco
    And the ladies on the horses look so pretty

Good luck!

I’ll post the answers to last week’s when I get back to New York, but, for now, here’s a whole new set of lyrics to guess.

1. “Blame Is a Killer” by Amy Ray
   I see the river that was and say what have I done
2. “Ever Lovin’ Man” by the Dirtbombs
   The slipstream of destruction has got us in its tow
3. “Stinging Velvet” by Neko Case
   Water through my lashes look just like Christmas lights
4. “Let’s Get it Started” by the Black Eyed Peas
   We got five minutes for us to disconnect
5. “Baby Plays Around” by Elvis Costello
   It’s not open to discussion anymore
6. “Gillian Was A Horse” by Damien Jurado
   There’s no more police escorts or the high school welcome bands
7. “Angel on My Bike” by the Wallflowers
   She found me down on a two ton anchor
8. “Hey You” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Clayton
   No matter how he tried he could not break free
9. “Back in the High Life Again” by Steve Winwood, guessed by Betty
   And I’ll drink and dance with one hand free
10. “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, guessed by Betty
    Been that way for all my time

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)” by Billy Joel, guessed by Betty
   They held a concert out in Brooklyn
2. “When My Time Comes” by Dawes
   As if something that’s written should be taken as true
3. “Rain City” by Lucy Schwartz
   I’m stuck in a cycle and I can’t get out
4. “No One’s Gonna Love You” by Band of Horses
   We are the ever-living ghost of what once was
5. “Nebraska” by Chrissie Hynde and Adam Seymour (orig. Bruce Springsteen)
   I killed everything in my path
6. “One Hundred Days” by Flick
   Thought it’d slowly just slip away
7. “King of Spain” by Moxy Fruvous
   Telling my jokes to the OPEC leaders
8. “Vampire” by Antsy Pants
   So I’m no more satanic yeah yeah
9. “Jesus Was a Crossmaker” by Rachael Yamagata (orig. the Hollies)
   He wages war with the devil, a pistol by his side
10. “So Damn Happy” by Loudon Wainwright III
    It’s that humdrum novel old black magic

Can you guess the bands or artists that sang these lyrics? Go on, I know you can! Good luck!

Last week, every lyric was guessed in under five hours. Will we have a repeat of that this week? Let’s see…

1. “Money Changes Everything” by Cyndi Lauper
   I said I’m sorry, baby, I’m leaving you tonight
2. “Is My Baby Yours” by Sarah Blasko
   It haunts him in the dark
3. “Rockin’ Rockin’ Leprechauns” by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers
   Well, they don’t act now like they used to did
4. “C Moon” by Wings, guessed by Clayton
   But they never told her daddy
5. “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones
   Mad bull lost its way
6. “Fallen Out of Love” by Amy Correia
   The clock plots time like a beggar counting change
7. “Magic Bus” by the Who, guessed by Clayton
   Your house is only another mile
8. “Truck Drivin’ Song” by Weird Al Yankovic
   It’s time to put that hammer down
9. “What Do You Want from Me?” by Pink Floyd
   If I don’t promise you the answers would you go?
10. “Letterbox” by They Might Be Giants, guessed by Betty
    Run around in the rain with a hole in the brain till tomorrow

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Voodoo Child” by Rogue Traders, guessed by Eric B.
   Here come the drums, here come the drums
2. “The Other Side of Summer” by Elvis Costello, guessed by Eric B.
   There’s malice and there’s magic in every season
3. “Lola” by the Kinks, guessed by Clayton
   Well, I’m not the world’s most physical guy
4. “Mendocino County Line” by Willie Nelson & Lee Ann Womack, guessed by Occupant
   I orchestrated paradise, couldn’t make you stay
5. “All Kinds of Time” by Fountains of Wayne, guessed by Occupant
   He thinks of his bride-to-be
6. “Young Lust” by Pink Floyd, guessed by Clayton
   Who’s gonna show this stranger around?
7. “Uninvited” by Alanis Morissette, guessed by Occupant
   I am flattered by your fascination with me
8. “Tallahassee Lassie” by Freddy Cannon, guessed by Occupant
   She’s got a hi-fi chassis
9. “Little Boxes” by Malvina Reynolds, guessed by Occupant
   And the children go to school
10. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” by the Beatles, guessed by Clayton
    It’s getting very near the end

The endless cycle continues. But then, if it didn’t, I guess it wouldn’t be endless, now would it? As always, good luck!