Last week. This week:
- “The Great Divide” by the Cardigans
There’s a monster growing in our heads
- “White Knuckles” by OK Go
You never get the paw prints out of the hen house now
- “Fidelity” by Regina Spektor
Suppose I kept on singing love songs
- “Piece of My Heart” by Erma Franklin (later Janis Joplin), guessed by Clayton
Didn’t I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can?
- “Rivers of Babylon” by the Melodians
How can we sing King Alpha’s song in a strange land?
- “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)” by Pixies
I’ve kissed mermaids, rode the El Niño
- “Blame it on the Stones” by Kris Kristofferson
And the taste of his martini doesn’t please his bitter tongue
- “Who Are You?” by the Who, guessed by Clayton
The policeman knew my name
- “Here Comes the Rain Again” by Eurythmics, guessed by Clayton
I want to breathe in the open wind
- “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” by Elvis Costello
Is there only pain and hatred and misery?
Good luck!
Last week. This week:
- “Rain King” by Counting Crows, guessed by Heather
I belong in the service of the Queen
- “Hard to Handle” by Otis Redding, guessed by Clayton
Boys will come a dime by the dozen
- “My Favorite Love” by Maria Taylor
And solitude sounds are making my eyes weep
- “Experimental Film” by They Might Be Giants
I don’t know what makes your face implode
- “Germs” by Weird Al Yankovic
That’s when they start their sneak attack
- “Standing in the Doorway” by Bob Dylan
I’ll eat when I’m hungry, drink when I’m dry
- “She’s So Modern” by the Boomtown Rats
She’s Mona Lisa’s biggest fan
- “Down Under” by Men at Work, guessed by Occupant
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
- “Put Your Records On” by COrinne Bailey Rae
Gotta love that Afro hairdo
- “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” by Willie Nelson, guessed by random passer-by
Love is like a dying ember
Good luck!
Last week. This week:
- “Now I’m Here” by Queen, guessed by random passer-by
Down in the city, just Hoople and me
- “Derelict” by Beck
Shooting venom at the passersby
- “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence and the Machine
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
- “Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It” by Belle and Sebastian
Honor forbids me, but honor be damned
- “40 Dogs (Like Romeo and Juliet)” by Bob Schneider
We’re like good times that haven’t happened yet, but will
- “Holloway Park” by Fatty Gets a Stylist
A man in overalls worries the weeds away
- “Peaches” by the Presidents of the United States, guessed by random passer-by
They were put there by a man in a factory downtown
- “Get Ready” by the Proclaimers (orig. the Temptations), guessed by Clayton
I never met a girl who makes me feel the way that you do
- “The Book of Love” by the Magnetic Fields, guessed by Clayton
I love it when you read to me
- “Country Comfort” by Elton John
Deacon Lee prepares his sermon for next week
Good luck!
Last week. This week:
- “Nice ‘n’ Sleazy” by the Stanglers
He spoke of brothers many, wine and women, song aplenty
- “Gunfight Epiphany” by Robert Duncan
Just keep on looking for the sally port punk
- “Papa Was a Rodeo” by Kelly Hogan
I like your questioning eyebrow
- “Losing My Religion” by R.E.M., guessed by random passer-by
I’ve said enough
- “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen, guessed by random passer-by
I’m ten years burning down the road
- “Love Hurts” by Nazareth (orig. Roy Orbison), guessed by random Clayton
Some fools fool themselves, I guess
- “One Match” by Sarah Harmer
Our lips might find a way to say so much
- “Something of an End” by My Brightest Diamond
And then the earth started shaking, and yeah it was crazy
- “Luna” by Fanfarlo
They serve it up in cups from overseas
- “She’s a Mystery to Me” by Roy Orbison
A love so sharp it cut like a switchblade to my heart
Good luck!
Last week. This week:
- “Sweet Talkin’ Woman” by ELO, guessed by Clayton
I was waitin’ for the operator on the line
- “Guess Who?” by Dusty Springfield
Tried to be much too cool yesterday
- “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine” by John Doe (orig. Bob Dylan)
“Arise, arise,†he cried so loud
- “The Girl from Yesterday” by the Eagles
He took a plane across the sea to some foreign land
- “The Man Who Played God” by Sparklehorse (feat. Nina Persson)
Hammer it until it breaks
- “White Room” by Cream, guessed by Clayton
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows
- “Behind Blue Eyes” by the Chieftans (orig. the Who), guessed by Clayton
When I smile, tell me some bad news
- “You’ll Remember” by Patty Griffin
All unhappy ends will be behind us then
- “Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream, guessed by Kim
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell
- “Ulysses” by Franz Ferdinand
You’re never going home
As always, good luck!