Lyrically Speaking - 2/29/08

[JJ Cale]

44 games have failed to decide the Winter 2008 Lyrically Speaking, so it all comes down to this game. What, it's not Wednesday you say? Well, you see, given that I've become the honorary grand marshall of the Winter LS, I thought it would be appropriate if I presented the final game. It was the least I could do for LB given the surge in popularity I've received ever since my biggest fan fantine helped to put me back on the map. Why, I've been invited to sing on American Idol, have gotten my picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone, and my groupie entourage has literally doubled to two! I'd go on and on about my change in fortunes, but I've got to rehearse for my appearance at an upcoming Nuggets halftime show.....

The following 20 songs were all heard by LB on his wide variety of Music Choice channels on February 22nd, though they can't have a very wide variety if they never play any of my classics. I didn't much care for the playlist when I saw it, but I promised my buddy LB I would post it just as it is.....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and good luck to my biggest fan out there! MWAH, baby!



1. Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

3. But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact

4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

5. Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names

6. When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

7. Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold

8. I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have

10. The time is soon, you'll arrive, together then,
we'll escape into the night on wings of love,
and do the things that we onced dreamed of...
All aboard a luxury, a first class ticket to ecstasy

11. And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

12. When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still

15. On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see
It's a hard won place of mystery, touch it but can't hold it

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

17. Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do.

[starfish1113]

Spoiler

1. Union of the Snake - Duran Duran
2. Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
3. Nope
4. Nope
5. We Built This City - Starship
6. Watching The Wheels - John Lennon
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. Always on my Mind - Willie Nelson, Elvis, Pet Shop Boys
10. Secret Rendezvous - Karyn White
11. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
12. Nope
13. Nope
14. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
15. Maniac - Michael Sembello
16. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
17. Nope
18. Nope
19. I Write The Songs - Barry Manilow
20. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

This has been a lot of fun, LB! Thanks for the nice long game, even though I'm pretty sure I'm going to come up just short.

[mikehardware]

Spoiler

2. Mercy, Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
5. We Built This City - Starship
9. You Were Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
18. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

[MarleysGh0st]

The following 20 songs were all heard by LB on his wide variety of Music Choice channels on February 22nd, though they can't have a very wide variety if they never play any of my classics.

Yeah, that's what I've been saying for the last two months!

I'll vote "Present" in today's game. And then I'll demand that a certain few others play today, so they can get the heck out of my cellar.

[megaaddict]

Spoiler

2. What's Going On? -- Marvin Gaye

6. Watching the Wheels -- John Lennon

8. Shoot to Kill, AC/DC

9. You Were Always On My Mind, Wille Nelson

13. Evil Ways, Santana

14. Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino

16. Paradise, America

18. Mama Told Me Not To Come, Three Dog Night

[Rexer25]

The following 20 songs were all heard by LB on his wide variety of Music Choice channels on February 22nd, though they can't have a very wide variety if they never play any of my classics.

Yeah, that's what I've been saying for the last two months!

I'll vote "Present" in today's game. And then I'll demand that a certain few others play today, so they can get the heck out of my cellar.

Why? Is Nitrah going to clean it?

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

1. Nope
2. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
3. Nope
4. Nope
5. We Built This City on Rock & Roll – Starship
6. Nope
7. Nope
8. Nope
9. Always on My Mind – Willie Nelson
10. Nope
11. Since You’ve Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
12. Something by Faith Evans, I think
13. Evil Ways – Santana
14. Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
15. Maniac? Michael Somebody
16. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
17. Psychedelic Shack – The Temptations
18. Mamma Told Me Not to Come – Three Dog Night (and a FINE karaoke song it is, too. That ain't the way to have fun, hon! )
19. I Write the Songs – Barry Manilow
20. Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue – Crystal Gayle

[mntetn]

Spoiler

1.
2. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. You Were Always on my Mind, Willie Nelson
10.
11. Because of You, Kelly Clarkson
12.
13. You've Got to Change Your Evil Ways, Santana
14. Blueberry Hill, Fats Domino
15.
16.
17.
18. Mama Told Me Not to Come, 3 Dog Night
19. I Write the Songs, Barry Manilow
20. Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal Gayle

Thanks for the games, LB!

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. pass
2. "What's Going On", Marvin Gaye
3. pass
4. pass
5. "We Built This City", Starship
6. pass
7. pass
8. pass
9. "Always on My Mind", Willie Nelson
10. WAG here... "Two Tickets to Paradise", Eddie Money
11. pass
12. pass
13. pass
14. "Blueberry Hill", Fats Domino
15. "Maniac", Michael Sembello
16. "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", U2
17. pass
18. "Mama Told Me Not to Come", Three Dog Night
19. "I Write the Songs", Barry Manilow... although Ms. Manilow didn't write this song
20. "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", Crystal Gayle

[ladysoleil]

Spoiler

I suck today.


4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

Nothing Else Matters, Metallica

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

U2- Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For?

[ladysoleil]

@(%^(@^!

I now have 11 stuck in my head and I don't even know what it is.

grrr.

[ToLiveIsToFly]

Spoiler

1. Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right
Union of the Snake - Duran Duran

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye

3. But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact
Journey to the Center of Your Mind - Amboy Dukes

4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
?

5. Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names
We Built This City - Starship. Didn't someone name this as the worst song of all time?

6. When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game
Watching the Wheels - John Lennon

7. Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold
?

8. I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right
Livin' After Midnight - Judas Priest

9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
Always on My Mind. Both Elvis and Willie Nelson have recorded excellent versions of this.

10. The time is soon, you'll arrive, together then,
we'll escape into the night on wings of love,
and do the things that we onced dreamed of...
All aboard a luxury, a first class ticket to ecstasy
?

11. And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

12. When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby
?

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.
Evil Ways - Santana

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

15. On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see
It's a hard won place of mystery, touch it but can't hold it
Maniac - Michael Sembello

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

17. Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town
?

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume
Mama Told Me Not to Come - 3 Dog Night

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do.
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

[minimetoo26]

Spoiler

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and good luck to my biggest fan out there! MWAH, baby!



1. Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right

Union of the Snake, Duran Duran (I was singing this in my head and had so much trouble pulling the title because I kept thinking Season of the Witch!)

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

What's Goin' On, Marvin Gaye

3. But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact

Nope

4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

Nope

5. Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names

I bet you put this stinkbomb in for fanny! We Built this City, Starship

6. When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

I can sing this. There is a line about a merry-go-round. I can't pull it.

7. Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold

Move Along, All-American Rejects. I like these guys

8. I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

Living After Midnight, a metal band

9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have

This is soooo familiar but way too generic to place!

10. The time is soon, you'll arrive, together then,
we'll escape into the night on wings of love,
and do the things that we onced dreamed of...
All aboard a luxury, a first class ticket to ecstasy

Nope

11. And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

Since U Been Gone, Kelly Clarkson

12. When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby

Nope

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.

Do it Again, Steely Dan

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still

Familiar

15. On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see
It's a hard won place of mystery, touch it but can't hold it

Familiar, and I think it's sucky...

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2

17. Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town

Nope

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume

Mama Told Me Not To Come, Three Dog Night

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

C'mom, everybody! You know the words! I Write the Songs, Barry Manilow

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do.

And don't it make my brown eyes, don't it make my brown eyes, Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue, Crystal Gayle.

[fantine33]

Hurray for JJ! Somebody must really want a March LS game, because this is close to a Clavin Jeopardy Board for me. But not quite close enough, although I won't delete my LS game just yet in case I might actually pull this one out.

PS If JJ Cale actually strolls out onto the court at halftime tonight, I'll officially go apeshit.

Spoiler

1. Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right

We Love JJ - Duran Duran

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

What's Going On - Cyndi Lauper

Yeah, yeah, it's a sacrilege, but I think her version is the superior one.


3. But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact

Journey to the Center of the Mind - Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes

4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

5. Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names

We Built This City - And let's give one final round of applause for the last appearance (hopefully) of STARSHIP!

6. When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

Watching the Wheels - John Lennon

7. Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold

Move Along - All American Rejects

8. I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

Living After Midnight - Judas Priest

And you even managed to pull my favourite Priest song! I know, everybody's fave is You've Got Another Thing Coming, but this is mine.


9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have

Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson

10. The time is soon, you'll arrive, together then,
we'll escape into the night on wings of love,
and do the things that we onced dreamed of...
All aboard a luxury, a first class ticket to ecstasy

Cocaine - JJ Cale

11. And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson

12. When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby

After Midnight - JJ Cale

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.

Evil Ways - Santana

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still

Blueberry Hill - Richie Cunningham (and Fats Domino)

15. On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see
It's a hard won place of mystery, touch it but can't hold it

Maniac - Michael Sembello

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

17. Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town

Call Me the Breeze - JJ Cale

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume

Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do.

Don't it Make Me Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

Woo! And with that, we have reached Gestalt. Do we get extra points for naming the song that you DIDN'T hear that day? Ha!

[kroxquo]

Spoiler

1. Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

3. But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact

4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

5. Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names

We Built This City - Starship

6. When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

John Lennon - not sure of the title. Watching the Wheels, maybe

7. Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold

8. I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have

Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson

10. The time is soon, you'll arrive, together then,
we'll escape into the night on wings of love,
and do the things that we onced dreamed of...
All aboard a luxury, a first class ticket to ecstasy

11. And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

12. When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.

You've Got To Change - Santana

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still

Awfully familiar, but no

15. On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see
It's a hard won place of mystery, touch it but can't hold it

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

17. Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume

Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do.

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

1. Nope, but I'll guess it's by JJ Cale for the halibut.
2. What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye (and special guest JJ Cale)
3. No Clue - JJ Cale
4. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (the lead singer of whom is NOT JJ Cale)
5. We Built This City (aka, the worst rock song ever written) - JJCalefferson Starplane
6. Watching the Wheels Go Round and Round - John Lennon, Yoko Ono and JJ Cale
7. Fanny Is a Goddess - JJ Cale
8. Livin' After Midnight - JJ Cale and Judas Priest
9. Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson (just to be different from everyone who probably said Elvis). Fast Fact: Willie is JJ Cale's uncle's cousin-in-law's mailman's favorite singer.
10. I Love Rocky Road - Weird JJ Cale-ovic
11. The Seven Percent Solution - JJ Cale's Younger Brother
12. Love Don't Live Here Anymore - Joe Cocker (who has the same initials as JJ Cale)
13. Evil Ways - Santana f. JJ Cale
14. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino, Richie Cunningham, and the ghost of JJ Cale
15. Maniac - Michael Sembello (who I think is just a pseudonym for JJ Cale)
16. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 (who once opened up for JJ Cale)
17. Nope - The Eagles (back when Joe Walsh was replaced by JJ Cale)
18. Mamma Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night (who have never, ever heard of JJ Cale)
19. I Write the Songs - Barry ("I didn't write this song, JJ Cale did") Manilow
20. Nope - JJ Cale's Secret Love, Steve

[ghostjmf]

Spoiler

2. How Long Has This Been Going On/Marvin Gaye

9. Always On My Mind/Willie Nelson

13. Do It Again/Santana

14. Blueberry Hill/Fats Domino

18. Mama Told Me Not To Come/3 Dog Night; also Randy Newman, who wrote it

My song for the Month: IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Shoulda Know Better with a boy like you

etc

I shoulda done better actually

You can't score if you don't even show up to play, or something like that

[hermillion]

Spoiler

Trying to go out on a high note. We'll see.

1.
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
3.
4.
5. We Built This City - one of the Jefferson incarnations
6.
7.
8.
9. Always On My Mind - Willie Nelson
10.
11.
12.
13. Evil Ways - Santana
14. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
15.
16.
17. Psychedelic Shack - Temptations
18. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
19. I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow
20. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

This has been a blast, lb., and a ton of work for you. Thanks!

[T_Bone0806]

Spoiler

This has been a helluva lot of fun. Good luck to all, although we all know that if Fanny had not missed that one day, there would be no question about the winner going into this last game.

1-
2-What's Going On?-Marvin Gaye
3-Journey to the Center of the Mind-Amboy Dukes
4-Nothing Else Matters-Metallica
5-We Built This City-Starship
6-Watching the Wheels-John Lennon
7-
8-Living After Midnight-Judas Priest
9-Always on my Mind-Willie Nelson
10-
11-
12-Uh-oh
13-Evil Ways-Santana
14-Blueberry Hill-Fats Domino
15-
16-
17-
18-Mama Told Me Not to Come-3 Dog Night or Randy Newman
19-I Write the Songs-Barry Manilow
20-Don't it Make my Brown Eyes Blue-Crystal Gayle

That may not be enough.

**@&*^%$*)*^$# Fridays!

[T_Bone0806]

Thanks, LB! This was an epic effort worthy of numerous gold stars!!

[earendel]

The following 20 songs were all heard by LB on his wide variety of Music Choice channels on February 22nd, though they can't have a very wide variety if they never play any of my classics. I didn't much care for the playlist when I saw it, but I promised my buddy LB I would post it just as it is.....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and good luck to my biggest fan out there! MWAH, baby!

Just for Marley...

Spoiler

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate

What's Going On? Marvin Gaye

9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have

Always on my Mind - Willie Nelson

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.

Evil Ways - Santana

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still

Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino (or Richie Cunningham)

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume

Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow (or The Captain and Tennille)

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do. [/quote]

Don't it Make my Brown Eyes Blue? - Crystal Gayle

[TheConfessor]

My plan has worked to perfection. I believe I have sewn up the coveted #13 spot on the leader board!

Thanks for doing this, LB. I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort.

Spoiler

1. Nightshades on a warning
Give me strength at least give me a light
Give me anything even sympathy
There's a chance you could be right

2. Father, father, we don't need to escalate
War is not the answer, for only love can conquer hate
WHAT'S GOING ON -- MARVIN GAYE

3. But please realize
You'll probably be surprised
For it's the land unknown to man
Where fantasy is fact
JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE MIND -- THE AMBOY DUKES (WITH TED NUGENT)

4. Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

5. Someone's always playing corporation games
Who cares they're always changing corporation names

6. When I say that I'm o.k. they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

7. Go ahead as you waste your days with thinking
When you fall everyone stands
Another day and you've had your fill of sinking
With the life held in your
Hands are shaking cold
These hands are meant to hold

8. I took the city 'bout one A.M, loaded, loaded
I'm all geared up to score again, loaded, loaded
I come alive in the neon light
That's when I make my moves right

9. Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as often as I could have
And maybe I didn't treat you
Quite as good as I should have
YOU WERE ALWAYS ON MY MIND -- WILLIE NELSON

10. The time is soon, you'll arrive, together then,
we'll escape into the night on wings of love,
and do the things that we onced dreamed of...
All aboard a luxury, a first class ticket to ecstasy

11. And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

12. When you lived inside of me
There was nothing I could conceive
That you wouldn't do for me
Trouble seemed so far away
You changed that right away, baby

13. When I come home, baby,
my house is dark and my pots are cold.
You're hangin' round, baby,
with Jean and Joan and-a who knows who.
(YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE YOUR) EVIL WAYS -- SANTANA

14. The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be
Though we're apart, you're part of me still
BLUEBERRY HILL -- FATS DOMINO

15. On the ice blue line of insanity is a place most never see
It's a hard won place of mystery, touch it but can't hold it

16. I have kissed honey lips
Felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like fire
This burning desire

17. Come in and take a look at your mind
You'd be surprised what you might find, yeah
Strobe lights flashin' way till after sundown
People gather there from all parts of town
PSYCHEDELIC SHACK?? -- THE TEMPTATIONS

18. Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume
MAMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME -- THREE DOG NIGHT

19. My home lies deep within you
And I've got my own place in your soul
Now, when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even though I'm very old

20. I didn't mean to treat you bad,
Didn't know just what I had,
But honey now I do.

[mrkelley23]

Spoiler

1. The Reflex -- Duran Duran
2. What's Going On -- Marvin Gaye
3. Journey to the Center of Your Mind -- The Amboy Dukes
4.
5. We Built this City -- the all-time LBLS fave Starship
6. Watching the Wheels -- John Lennon
7.
8.
9. Always on My Mind -- Willie Nelson although the version I hear the most any more is Elvis.
10.
11. Since you Been Gone -- Kelly Clarkson
12.
13. Evil Ways -- Santana
14. Blueberry Hill -- Fats Domino
15. Maniac -- Michael Sembello
16. Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For -- U2
17. Psychedelic Shack -- The Mighty, Mighty Temptations
18. Mama Told Me Not to Come -- Three Dog Night (Randy Newman wrote it didn't he?)
19. I Write the Songs -- Barry Manilow
20. Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue -- Crystal Gayle. Dang! TWO country songs, even though they were major crossovers at the time they were popular.

Can't imagine, even if all these are right, that it could catch me up to fishieman, but here they are.

[elwoodblues]

Spoiler

2. by Marvin Gaye
9. You Were Always on My Mind - Willie Nelson
13. Evil Ways - Santana
18. Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night

[traininvain]

44 games have failed to decide the Winter 2008 Lyrically Speaking, so it all comes down to this game. What, it's not Wednesday you say? Well, you see, given that I've become the honorary grand marshall of the Winter LS, I thought it would be appropriate if I presented the final game. It was the least I could do for LB given the surge in popularity I've received ever since my biggest fan fantine helped to put me back on the map. Why, I've been invited to sing on American Idol, have gotten my picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone, and my groupie entourage has literally doubled to two! I'd go on and on about my change in fortunes, but I've got to rehearse for my appearance at an upcoming Nuggets halftime show.....

The following 20 songs were all heard by LB on his wide variety of Music Choice channels on February 22nd, though they can't have a very wide variety if they never play any of my classics. I didn't much care for the playlist when I saw it, but I promised my buddy LB I would post it just as it is.....

1 point for the title, 1 point for the artist, and good luck to my biggest fan out there! MWAH, baby!

Spoiler

1. Nope

2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

3. Journey to the Center of Your Mind - The Amboy Dukes with a young Ted Nugent

4. Nope

5. We Built This City - Starship (make the bad man stop)

6. Watching the Wheels - John Lennon and I guess technically Yoko Ono

7. Nope

8. Living After Midnight - Judas Priest (I very often think of all those heavy metal kids dressing up like good ol' Rob for a night on the town, too bad they didn't know what Rob was really doing in the leather)

9. You Were Always On My Mind - Elvis Presley, then Willie Nelson and finally The Pet Shop Boys

10. Huh, what, nope

11. Nope

12. Nope

13. Evil Ways - Santana

14. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino and any othe artist who put out an album in the 1950's

15. Nope

16. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2

17. Psychedelic Shack - The Temptations

18. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Randy Newman, then Three Dog Night

19. Nope

20. Nope

Hell of way to close it out, I stunk it up on that one.

Thanks Beast, I know it take a tremendous amount of effort to run one of these things. Oh and here's a song you forgot off the 'it's over' game last week:

Last Song
(Edward Bear)

Did you know I go to sleep and
Leave the lights on
Hoping you'd come by and know
That I was home and still awake
But two years go by and still
My light's on
This is hard for me to say
But it is all that I can take

It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you
Just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You'll come looking for the light
And it won't be there
But I love you
Oh yes I do
Yes I do

All the times that I spent waiting
Wondering where you are
Always knew the time would come
When I would start to wonder why
Now the time is here
I don't know where you are
So I'll write you one more song
But it's the last time that I'll ever try

It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you
Just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You'll come looking for the light
And it won't be there
But I love you
Oh yes I do
Yes I do

It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you