Lyrically Speaking - 2/12/20
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:07 pm
LB decided he needed a "mental health day" (whatever that is), so the Bored's favorite Southern gentleman has offered to help.
How about we call this edition of Wacky Wednesday "Hidden Figures". Seems to me that men have been singing songs about girls since the beginning of rock n roll. Most of the time, they just put the girl's name right there in the title (hi Barbara Ann and Venus and Julia). That's not the case today. No siree! These twelve girl's names are hiding somewhere in the lyrics of the twelve songs listed below.
I know you're in there, girls! Come out, come out wherever you are! I'll be waiting right here in my double wide.
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 1 point for the mystery girl's name
1. They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better, but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun
2. And I sang with all my might
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said, "Ma'am I am tonight."
3. 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
There's something going wrong around here
Around here
4. When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
5. Each night by the stage you appear as you are
The ever intangible child
Ageless and timeless as Dorian Gray
6. When logic and proportion have fallen slowly dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
7. He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
8. Now that spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there
9. And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
10. I said, "Wait a minute, mister
I didn't even kiss her
Don't want no trouble with you."
11. Walkin' my mind back to easy times
My back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows
It'll turn your head around
12. The highways jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide
Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that contains a girl's name in the lyrics but not in the title
Image Bonus: Show me your ti...I mean show me girls, girls, girls!
Legal mumbo jumbo: I'm Billy Bored Thornton and I approve this post.
How about we call this edition of Wacky Wednesday "Hidden Figures". Seems to me that men have been singing songs about girls since the beginning of rock n roll. Most of the time, they just put the girl's name right there in the title (hi Barbara Ann and Venus and Julia). That's not the case today. No siree! These twelve girl's names are hiding somewhere in the lyrics of the twelve songs listed below.
I know you're in there, girls! Come out, come out wherever you are! I'll be waiting right here in my double wide.
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 1 point for the mystery girl's name
1. They say there's a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it's better, but I say it ain't
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun
2. And I sang with all my might
And she said, "Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said, "Ma'am I am tonight."
3. 'Cause if my eyes don't deceive me
There's something going wrong around here
Around here
4. When I'm tired and thinking cold
I hide in my music, forget the day
And dream of a girl I used to know
I closed my eyes and she slipped away
5. Each night by the stage you appear as you are
The ever intangible child
Ageless and timeless as Dorian Gray
6. When logic and proportion have fallen slowly dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
7. He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
8. Now that spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I'll be there
9. And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
10. I said, "Wait a minute, mister
I didn't even kiss her
Don't want no trouble with you."
11. Walkin' my mind back to easy times
My back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows
It'll turn your head around
12. The highways jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide
Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song with artist that contains a girl's name in the lyrics but not in the title
Image Bonus: Show me your ti...I mean show me girls, girls, girls!
Legal mumbo jumbo: I'm Billy Bored Thornton and I approve this post.
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