Lyrically Speaking 11-6-25

[elwoodblues]

These are not necessarily my favorite songs, but the quoted lines are some lyrics that I like. There is a two-point Krox bonus in addition to a regular three-point bonus question.



1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong

4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by

5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…

6. 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

7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too

8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain


Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.



Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born?

[littlebeast13]

Spoiler

1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong
Industrial Disease - Dire Straits (The song also mentions Bette Davis knees, which was not a hit song...)

4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by
I know this...

5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…

6. 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
More Than a Feeling - Boston

7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (Thanks for the bonus, or I'd have never solved where I knew these lyrics from...)

8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain
Under Pressure - ZZ Top (A Busch Stadium AND Mecca Radio fave. ZZ Top's always reliable for family friendly songs...)


Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.

I did a game of favorite lyrics waaaaaay back in my pre-LSWE days, maybe even in my first ever contest in October 2002. I think I chose this as my favorite, and it probably still is...

I wish I was in Tijuana
Eating barbecued iguana

Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo


Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born? - 1948

[PanicinDetroit]

Spoiler

1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home
Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong
Industrial Disease - Dire Straits

4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by
Leather and Lace - Don Henley and Stevie Nicks

5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen

6. 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
More Than a Feeling - Boston

7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too
Running On Empty - Jackson Browne

8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain
Got Me Under Pressure - ZZ Top


Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.
My fave is from Jackson Browne, too
She coulda turned out to be almost anyone
Almost anyone
With the possible exception
Of who I wanted her to be



Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born? In 65 I was 17, soooo 1948

[franktangredi]

Spoiler

1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home
HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS/BOB SEGER

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
OUT IN THE COUNTRY/3 DOG NIGHT

3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong

4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by
LEATHER AND LACE/STEVIE NICKS & DON HENLEY

5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…

6. 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
MORE THAN A FEELING/BOSTON

7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too
RUNNING ON EMPTY/JACKSON BROWNE

8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain


Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.

Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want.
Sorry, my dear



Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born?

1948

[BackInTex]

Spoiler

1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger

Great! Now the rest of the lyrics below I hear Bob Seger singing them. That will make it difficult.

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Out in the Country - Three Dog Night


3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong




4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by

- Matchbox Twenty


5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…




6. 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

More Than a Feeling - Boston


7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too

Running on Empty - Jackson Browne


8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain





Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.

Peace on Earth, was all it said. - One Tin Soldier, The Original Caste




Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born?
I believe the lyrics are '69 I was 21 so 1948 depending on what month he was singing about

[jarnon]

I’d rather not play today. Even so I’ll share a lyric that I like:

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you

[kroxquo]

Spoiler

These are not necessarily my favorite songs, but the quoted lines are some lyrics that I like. There is a two-point Krox bonus in addition to a regular three-point bonus question.



1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Out In the Country - Three Dog NIght

3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong

4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by

Leather & Lace - Don Henley & Stevie Nicks

5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…

6. 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

More Than a Feeling - Boston

7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too

Running On Empty - Jackson Browne

8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain


Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.

Most Honest Lyrics ever:

Well we got no class
And we got no principles
And we got no innocence
We can't even think of a word that rhymes




Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born? 1948

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

1. HOLLYWOOD NIGHTS - BOB SEGAR
2. OUT IN THE COUNTRY - THREE DOG NIGHT
4. LEATHER AND LACE - STEVIE NICKS
5. BADLANDS - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
6. MORE THAN A FEELING - BOSTON
7.RUNNIN' ON EMPTY - JACKSON BROWNE

Krox Bonus: Quote some lyrics that you really like.

This has been running through my head for a few days - for something I am writing

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE - Listening to the Phil Everly version.

If I could make a wish, I think I'd pass
Can't think of anything I need
No cigarettes, no sleep, no lights, no sound
Nothing to eat, no books to read

[Vandal]

Spoiler

1. Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger/Silver Bullet Band
4. Leather and Lace - Henley/Nicks
6. More Than a Feelin' - Boston
7. Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
8. Under Pressure - ZZ Top


Krox Bonus:
Poor kid, he overdid
Embraced the spreading haze
And while he sighed his body died
In fifteen ways - Charlie Freak by Steely Dan


Bonus: In 65 he was 17, which means he was born in 1948

[Hotseat Or Bust!]

Spoiler

1.) Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger, 4.) Leather & Lace - Stevie Nicks & Don Henley, 6.) More Than A Feeling - Boston, 7.) Running On Empty - Jackson Browne. Krox Bonus: "I'd rather live in his world, than live without him in mine". Bonus: 1948.

[elwoodblues]

1. She stood there bright as the sun on that California coast
He was a Midwestern boy on his own
She looked at him with those soft eyes, so innocent and blue
He knew right then he was too far from home

Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger

2. Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'

Out in the Country - Three Dog Night

3. Two men say they're Jesus,
One of them must be wrong

Industrial Disease - Dire Straits

4. You in the moonlight with your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me?
You were right when I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared and sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by

Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks and Don Henley

5. For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face
That ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these…

Badlands - Bruce Springsteen

6. 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

More Than a Feeling - Boston

7. Lookin' out at the road rushin' under my wheels
I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Lookin' into their eyes, I see them runnin' too

Running on Empty - Jackson Browne

8. She don't like other women
She likes whips and chains
She likes cocaine and flippin' out with Great Danes
She's about all I can handle
It's too much for my brain

Got Me Under Pressure - ZZ Top



Bonus: According to the lyrics to #7, in what year was the singer born?

If in '65 he was 17 and in '69 he was 21 he was born in 1948. And Jackson Browne was in fact born then.

I was born in late 1957, and when I sing along with this I change '65 and '69 to '75 and '79. The rest of the song still fits.


LB 15
Panic 19
Frank 15
BiT 13
jarnon 2
kroxquo 13
melly 14
Vandal 15
Hottie 13

[BackInTex]

I was born in late 1957, and when I sing along with this I change '65 and '69 to '75 and '79. The rest of the song still fits.

Works for me, too, as I was born in 1958.