friday random 10

Last week’s lyrics proved surprisingly difficult (or easy to ignore). Will this week’s prove the same?

1. “Ieee” by Tori Amos
   And there’s no sign of a parachute
2. “Bygones” by Sara Watkins
   Since your prey has become predator
3. “Down to the River to Pray” by Alison Krauss, guessed by Thud and Clayton
   And who shall wear the robe and crown
4. “Quiet” by Smashing Pumpkins
   We are the fossils, the relics of our time
5. “Measures & Scales” by Jill Barber
   And I would watch the notes fall one by one from his lips
6. “John the Determinist” by Jeremy Messersmith
   Hoping for a ghost inside the shell
7. “Tighten Up” by the Black Keys
   And I’m bound to fall, bound to fall
8. “Cosmic Charlie” by the Grateful Dead
   Calamity’s waiting for a way to get to her
9. “Labrythinian Pomp” by of Montreal
   Let’s just say you are not the destroyer
10. “Union Song” by the Nightwatchman
    There’s a thunder cloud exploding, and I’m free at last

Good luck!

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!