Lyrically Speaking - 2/7/24
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:24 am
Rockin' in the USA takes us to our third section of the country this week, and one I'm obviously quite partial to....
All of the artists below either grew up in or formed their bands in a city in one of the states I arbitrarily defined as my Midwest area. Don't like it? Well, it's out to the cornfield with you....
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 0 points for the state...
1. I guess I should've known
By the way you parked your car sideways
That it wouldn't last
2. He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
3. Reading, writing, arithmetic
Are the branches of the learning tree
But without the roots of love everyday girl
Your education ain't complete
4. My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you
I've been running 'round in circles in my mind
5. They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's time, you see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave for all the brave
6. Some people ain't no damn good
You can't trust 'em, you can't love em
No good deed goes unpunished
And I don't mind being their whipping boy
I've had that pleasure for years and years
7. But don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
8. Don't you think the time is right for us to find
All the things we thought weren't proper could be right in time
And can you see
9. When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out
10. I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
11. I, I was the game he would play
He brought the clouds to my day
Then like a ray of light
You came my way one night
12. Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck
You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?
Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song by an artist from one of my Midwest states.
Image Bonus: Show me something from the Midwest!
All of the artists below either grew up in or formed their bands in a city in one of the states I arbitrarily defined as my Midwest area. Don't like it? Well, it's out to the cornfield with you....
1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, 0 points for the state...
1. I guess I should've known
By the way you parked your car sideways
That it wouldn't last
2. He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
3. Reading, writing, arithmetic
Are the branches of the learning tree
But without the roots of love everyday girl
Your education ain't complete
4. My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you
I've been running 'round in circles in my mind
5. They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's time, you see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave for all the brave
6. Some people ain't no damn good
You can't trust 'em, you can't love em
No good deed goes unpunished
And I don't mind being their whipping boy
I've had that pleasure for years and years
7. But don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
8. Don't you think the time is right for us to find
All the things we thought weren't proper could be right in time
And can you see
9. When I'm out walking
I strut my stuff
And I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite
I just might stop to check you out
10. I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
11. I, I was the game he would play
He brought the clouds to my day
Then like a ray of light
You came my way one night
12. Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck
You gotta copy on me, Pig Pen, c'mon?
Kroxquo Bonus: Name another song by an artist from one of my Midwest states.
Image Bonus: Show me something from the Midwest!
