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Lyrics you love - a guessing game

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MrsGuyGarvey · 11/02/2015 21:03

Anyone fancy a game? Post some lyrics you love/resonate say why you love them and other posters guess what song they're from.

Mine is "it was cold and it rained and I felt like an actor"

Whenever it's cold and rainy (I live in the North, this is often) and I'm walking down the street I often feel like I'm in a film and it makes me think of this lyric.

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AskingForAPal · 03/10/2015 01:02

Thefuture - did anyone get your two Time for Heroes by the Libertines and Bar Italia by Pulp?

How about:

I sat beside the telephone
Waiting for someone to pull me through
When at last it didn’t ring I knew it wasn’t you

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whattheseithakasmean · 03/10/2015 08:26

Billy Bragg - New England

I think Billy Bragg is a greatly under rated lyricist.

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thefutureofpolitics · 03/10/2015 11:55

AskingForAPal No, nobody got those two so thank you very much! And love the Billy Bragg lyric! I agree, Billy Bragg is a legend! Grin

How about ...

"No, I sent you that letter to ask you if the end was worth the means
Was there really no in-between?
And I still don't feel better, just wondered if it could be like before
And I think you just made me sure".

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thefutureofpolitics · 03/10/2015 12:09

Has anybody seen Billy Bragg on this? It's very interesting Smile

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ScrambledEggAndToast · 03/10/2015 12:27

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in you perfect eyes, they're all I can see.

Chasing cars (Snow Patrol)

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

Hey there Deliah (Plain White T's)

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thefutureofpolitics · 03/10/2015 13:15

"No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope"

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Mindysgotswag · 04/10/2015 23:29

John Lennon - Gimme some truth?

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Mindysgotswag · 04/10/2015 23:34

Then I'm throwing dice in the alley
Officer Leroy comes up and he's, like,
"Hey, I thought I told you..."
And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!

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Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 04/10/2015 23:44

History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same deceits.
Keep your finger on important issues, with crocodile tears and a pocket full of tissues.

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Mindysgotswag · 04/10/2015 23:59

History Repeats - Elvis Costello?

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AskingForAPal · 05/10/2015 01:08

Yeah that's Beyond Belief by Elvis Costello

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AskingForAPal · 05/10/2015 01:12

Money that's United States of Whatever! Haven't heard that for a long time, can't remember the artist.

How about:

If it turns to blue, what are we gonna do?
If it stays on white, will it be alright?
If it all turns sour, it's too late
The CSA are bound to find you soon.

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thefutureofpolitics · 05/10/2015 18:31

Yes Mindysgotswag! And AskingForAPal, Catatonia 'You've Got A Lot to Answer For'! Tune!

"First time, I did it for the hell of it
Stuck it on the back of my tounge and then swallowed it
Second time, things are getting easier
Blow me down, this wind is getting breezier
Third time lucky, maybe feeling fuzzy
Oh my God, we're getting hippy-dippy ..."

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Mindysgotswag · 05/10/2015 18:33

SFA - Something for the weekend, Future?

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Mindysgotswag · 05/10/2015 18:38

Get up off my genitals Grin

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thefutureofpolitics · 05/10/2015 18:50

Mindysgotswag, yes!!! Lol to the second post, Black Eyed Peas, 'Don't Stop the Party'!

"Please don't put your life in the hands,
Of a rock 'n roll band,
We'll throw it all away ..."

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Mindysgotswag · 05/10/2015 19:07

Don't look back in anger - Oasis, Future?

Yes to BEP, Future. Cooking on gas!!Smile

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thefutureofpolitics · 05/10/2015 19:10

Yep Mindysgotswag! Smile Lol, thank you! Smile

"Forgot my six-string razor - hit the sky
Half way to memphis 'fore I realised
Well I rang the information - my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to oreoles".

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Mindysgotswag · 05/10/2015 19:10

i swear i recognize your breath
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
me, you wouldn't recall, for i'm not my former
it's hard when, you're stuck upon the shelf

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Mindysgotswag · 05/10/2015 19:12

Mott the Hoople - All the way to Memphis?

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thefutureofpolitics · 05/10/2015 19:20

Pearl Jam 'Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in A Small Town'!
Yes to Mott the Hoople, one of my all time favourite songs ever!

"The world is a vampire, sent to drain
Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames ..."

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FattyNinjaOwl · 05/10/2015 20:01

the future smashing pumpkins - bullet with butterfly wings.

Eight legs to the wall
Hit the gas, kill them all

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Mindysgotswag · 05/10/2015 20:07

Right, Future!Grin

MCR Na Na Na imaginative ey?

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stareatthetvscreen · 05/10/2015 22:48

liam lynch :)

i love nanana :)

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thefutureofpolitics · 05/10/2015 23:18

Yes, FattyNinjaOwl!

"Lemme tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid.
It ain't Coca-Cola it's rice."

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