The Lyric Game (featuring Version 2)

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 12:47 pm

My wife is part of an online forum and they started playing this very simple lyric game. And I sat there watching her play, amazed at how long it was taking for people to give in responses. I told her that SF'er would race through a round of the game. My wife's reply was "well, your board is full of musicians" (Her board is devoted to people who own guinea pigs). My reply was "Your board has more people. It still should go faster" (over 4,000 guinea pig owners!). Well, I figured I'd try the game out here (during my boredom on receptionist day).

The rules are simple:

First person posts a lyric (and the 2 lines after it) starting with "A". The next person "B". So on and so forth. "Q" & "Z" are included in the game but "X" has been mercifully removed. You must know the name of the song and performer to post a lyric.

OK. Game On.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:01 pm

And it's strange to watch the things we had all fade away
It all seemed so certain, It all seemed so permanent
And I'm sure no one else suspected anything was wrong

("can't fight it" by bob mould)

Verbatim · Post by **Verbatim** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:07 pm

better ideas are stuck in the mud
the motors runnin' on tuckers blood
dont let them tell you the future's electric
cause gasolines not measured in metric
30,000 wheels are spinnin'
and oil company faces are grinnin'
now my hands are turnin' red
and i found out my baby is dead

The White Stripes
Big Three Killed My Baby (the)

Extra challange song title is also a B word

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:12 pm

Candy, Candy, Candy I can't let you go
All my life you're haunting me
I loved you so

"Candy" by Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson

Justincombustion · Post by **Justincombustion** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:34 pm

dig me out
dig me in
outta this mess baby outta my head

Sleater-Kinney "Dig Me Out."

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:38 pm

Everybody's got nice stuff but me

-Dead Milkmen
(from the song of the same title)

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:17 pm

Fly me to the moon, let me sing among the stars
let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars
In other words, take my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Sinatra, "Fly Me to the Moon" (don't know who wrote it though)

Gazelles · Post by **Gazelles** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:19 pm

Grass is always greener when it bursts up through concrete
-River of Orchids, by XTC

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:24 pm

Hang up your chairs to better sweep
Clear the floor to dance
Shake the rug into the fireplace

-Fireplace, by REM

(p.s. - is it okay to go more than once? I hope so)

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:31 pm

Is there anybody listening?
Is there anyone that sees what's going on?
Read between the lines, criticize the words they're selling

"Anybody Listening?" by Queensryche

(Yes you can Jim)

thehipcola · Post by **thehipcola** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:33 pm

ummm...this is weak, I know...but in the spirit of gettin in on it...

Jump....
Might as well jump
Jump

that's sad, i can't believe I'm posting it...

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:34 pm

EDIT: beaten to the J. will replace with k.

Kid, is this your first time here?
Some can't stand the beauty
So they cut off one ear
But you'll be okay

-Garden of Earthly Delights, XTC

king_arthur · Post by **king_arthur** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:35 pm

Kathy, I said, as we boarded a greyhound in Pittsburgh
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw

America, Simon y Garfunkel

Post by jb » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:43 pm

Loooooooooooove
Is a burnin' flame.

-BLONDIE

;)

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:47 pm

my god sits in the back of the limousine
my god comes in a wrapper of cellophane
my god pouts on the cover of the magazine
my god's a shallow little bitch trying to make the scene

"Starfuckers Inc." by NIN

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:55 pm

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
Gets me my drinks for free
And he's quick with a joke, or to light up your smoke...

Billy Joel - "Piano Man"

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:03 pm

Orange Skies
Carnivals and cotton candy and you
And I love you too
You know I do

-Orange Skies, by Love

erik · Post by **erik** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:22 pm

Papa don't preach
I'm in trouble deep
Papa don't preach
I've been losing sleep
But I made up my mind
I'm keeping my baby

"Papa Don't Preach" by Madonna

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:22 pm

fuck it nevermind...

JonPorobil · Post by **JonPorobil** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:28 pm

Quentin Tarantino makes movies
and he's also a big dork
and I love him so

from "Quentin Tarantino," by Mr. Pink.

If Songfight songs are off-limits, try this one:

Queen victoria,
My father and all his tobacco loved you,
I love you too in all your forms...

from "Queen Victoria" by Leonard Cohen

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:36 pm

Red zero turn on
Red nation turn off
Forgive me, Mrs. Romanov

-Red Zero, by Roy

***

or, the non-songfight option:

Rocky Raccoon
Checked into his room
Only to find Gideon's Bible
Rocky had come
Equipped with a gun
To shoot off the legs of his rival

-Rocky Raccoon, by The Beatles

c hack · Post by **c hack** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 3:37 pm

sally's in the stirrups claiming her destiny
and nobody nowhere understands anything about me
and all my dreams lost at sea

*sniff* nobody understands me

Smashing Pumpkins, "Stumbleine"

(nice Q, Generic. Above and beyond)