friday random 10

Last week. This week:

1. “Hey Bulldog” by Toad the Wet Sprocket (orig. the Beatles), guessed by random passer-by
   What makes you think you’re something special when you smile?
2. “It’s Raining” by Inara Georg
   I guess I’ll just go crazy tonight
3. “Lodestar” by Sarah Harmer
   Listen, the darkness rings
4. “If I Ever Leave This World Alive” by Flogging Molly
   I’ll be here when it all gets weird
5. “I Got Stripes” by Johnny Cash
   On a Monday I was arrested
6. “Ohio” by Devo (orig. CSNY), guessed by Clayton
   We’re finally on our own
7. “Joe’s Garage” by Frank Zappa, guessed by Clayton
   If you can load or unload, go to the white zone
8. “Ramshackle Day Parade” by Joe strummer and the Mescaleros
   Taking the freight elevator from the incinerators
9. “1921” by the Who, more or less guessed by Betty
   I had no reason to be over optimistic
10. “I’m Losing You” by John Lennon
    Stop the bleeding out

As always, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “One After 909” by the Beatles, guessed by Occupant
   I begged her not to go and I begged her on my bended knee
2. “Don’t Leave” by Faithless
   Packing your bags like people in the movies do
3. “Sentimental Heart” by She & Him
   Piece of the puzzle and you’re my missing part
4. “How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live” by Bruce Springsteen
   Martha, get me my sixteen gauge and some dry shells
5. “Cry, Cry, Cry” by Johnny Cash, guessed by Occupant
   I think you only live to see the lights of town
6. “Shining Moon” by Cowboy Junkies
   Come on and crawl up to your window, darling
7. “‘Til I Fell in Love With You” by Bob Dylan
   I feel like the whole world got me pinned up against the fence
8. “Good Golly, Miss Molly” by Little Richard, guessed by Occupant
   When you’re rockin’ and a rollin’ can’t hear your momma call
9. “No Bad News” by Patty Griffin
   Try to kill your own disease
10. “Money Don’t Matter 2 Night” by Prince & the New Power
    He just pushes her away in a huff

Good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Not a Pretty Girl” by Ani DiFranco, guessed by random passer-by
   Isn’t there a kitten stuck up a tree somewhere?
2. “Everyday People” by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (orig. Sly and the Family Stone)
   My own beliefs are in the songs I sing
3. “Vertigo” by U2
   Girl with crimson nails has Jesus around her neck
4. “What a Wonderful World” by Willie Nelson (orig. Louis Armstrong), guessed by Clayton
   They’re really saying I love you
5. “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel, guessed by Clayton
   All you see are sympathetic eyes
6. “Stickshifts and Safetybelts” by Cake, guessed by random passer-by
   I say, “Baby, scoot over, please”
7. “Good Times, Bad Times” by Led Zeppelin, guessed by Clayton
   In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man
8. “I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You” by Emilian Torrini (orig. Tom Waits)
   These old tom-cat feelings you don’t understand
9. “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor, guessed by Clayton
   Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
10. “Polyester Bride” by Liz Phair
    Do you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?

Good luck!

Can we do better than last week, when only one lyric was guessed? Is anybody even out there?

1. “Alison” by Elvis Costello
   Oh, it’s so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
2. “Heaven” by Loudon Wainwright III
   And the morning hereafter feels fine
3. “All We Have Is Now” by the Flaming Lips
   As logic stands you couldn’t meet a man who’s from the future
4. “Back in the U.S.S.R.” by the Beatles, guessed by Clayton
   On the way the paper bag was on my knee
5. “Wolves” by Josh Ritter
   I was singing without knowing the words
6. “Cocaine” by J.J. Cale, guessed by Clayton
   She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie
7. “Party in the CIA” by Weird Al Yankovic, guessed by tammy
   Tapping the phones like yeah, shredding the files like yeah
8. “Halley’s Waitress” by Fountains of Wayne
   I just want some coffee
9. “Cartoons and Forever Plans” by Maria Taylor
   And did you know electricity favors us
10. “Dancin’ Fool” by Frank Zappa, guessed by Clayton
    One of my legs is shorter than the other

If you are, good luck!

Last week. This week:

1. “Bottle it Up” by Sara Bareilles
   There’ll be girls across the nation that’ll eat this up, babe
2. “Know Your Onion” by the Shins
   I quietly tied all my guts into knots
3. “White Dove” by John Vanderslice
   I met my new neighbor, had a drink on her veranda
4. “Real Long Distance” by Josh Ritter
   Don’t leave no breaks in the line, it’s the only thing that’s tied to home
5. “Atlantic City” by Allo Darlin’ (orig. Bruce Springsteen), guessed by random passer-by
   Gonna see what them racket boys can do
6. “Girl U Want” by Devo
   She sits in the top of the greenest tree
7. “Couldn’t Call it Unexpected” by Elvis Costello
   They’ve got his bones and everything he owns
8. “Never Knew Love” by They Might Be Giants
   Cartography is not my métier
9. “M79” by Vampire Weekend
   Sing in praise of Jackson Crowther
10. “I Ain’t Superstitious” by Jeff Beck
    Bad luck ain’t got me so far

Good luck!