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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Lyrics Quiz 1970's Part II

So, even though only a few people actually decided to check out the first part of my lyrics quiz, I will continue to put more up...because I want to damn it!  Here is Part 2, songs from 1974 to 1976.  There will be a link to the answers at the bottom of the page, but if you are actually doing this quiz, try to hold off until the very end.








111. But there ain't no use in pretending, it could happen to us any day.

112. Oh, I'm reaching out for something, touching nothing's all I ever do.

113. It seems they cannot leave their dream, there's something moving in the sidewalk steam.

114. Hold me darlin' come on listen to me, I won't do you no harm.

115. Turn on your light and stay with me a while, and ease your worried mind.

116. Gotta get down to it, soldiers are cutting us down.

117. And he walked away but his smile never dimmed, he said "I'm gonna be like him, yeah".

118. Walking down the street, shooting people that I meet with my rubber Tommy water gun.

119. It seems to me I could live my life a lot better than I think I am.

120. Would it be enough for your cheating heart if I broke down and cried?  If I cried?

121. Freedom came my way one day, and I started out of town.

122. Lord they get me off so much, they pick me up when I'm feeling blue.

123. Snuggled in, said "Baby one more kiss", she said "No, no, no.  Romance ain't keeping me alive".

124. Well if it rains, I don't care, don't make no difference to me.

125. At the good ole rock and roll road show, I gotta go.

126. Fate comes a-knockin', doors start lockin', your old time connection, change your direction.

127. She took me to her doctor, and he told me of a cure.

128. Touching her skin, feeling silky smooth, color of cafe au lait.

129. I have a friend in town, he's heard your name, we can go out driving on Slow Hand Road.

130. You know, well you know you had it coming to you, now there's not a lot I can do.

131. You've got that touch so gentle and sweet, but you've got that look so critical.

132. I'm a tiger when I want love, but I'm a snake if we disagree.

133. You love bands when they're playing hard, you want more and you want it fast.

134. I entertain by picking brains, sell my soul by dropping names.

135. Touching you so warm and tender, Lord I feel such a sweet surrender.

136. Just one look and I can hear a bell ring, one more look and I forget everything.

137. So if I call you, don't make a fuss, don't tell your friends about the two of us.

138. So the world is spinning faster, are you dizzy when you're stoned?  Let the music be your master.

139. Well, late at night when the people were gone, he used to pick up my guitar.

140. Well, I have to follow you, though you didn't want me to.

141. Is it any wonder you are too cool to fool?

142. Well, I've always had a deep respect, and I mean the most sincerely.

143. Quiet and pensive, my thoughts apprehensive, the hours drift away.

144. Talkin' jivey, poison ivy, you ain't gonna cling to me.

145. Whenever this world is cruel to me I got you to help me forgive.

146. She is like a cat in the dark and then she is the darkness.

147. All of the things that you learned from fears, nothing is left but the years.

148. When there's nothing left to believe in, still you're coming back, you're running back, you're coming back for more.

149. Face to face, toe to toe, heart to heart as we hit the floor.

150. Baby, baby, I'll meet you, same place, same time.

151. I don't feel you but I know you're around, I can feel you 'cause I feel the sound.

152. There's a hole in my head where the rain comes in, you took my body and played to win.

153. Electricity starts to flow and my indicator starts to glow.

154. Americano got the sleepy eye but his body's still shaking like a live wire, sleepy senorita with the eyes on fire.

155. Fly me away to the bright side of the moon, and meet me on the other side.

156. And I was standing on the side of the road, rain falling on my shoes.

157. I've been bad, I've been good, Dallas, Texas, Hollywood.

158. I'd kinda like to be the President, so I can show you how your money's spent.

159. The road I cruise is a bitch now, baby, but no you can't turn me 'round.

160. I'm not the kind of man who tends to socialize, I seem to lean on old familiar ways.

161. You know the rhythm is right.  You know the rhythm is right.

162. I must have been through about a million girls.

163. If you choose to you can live your life alone, some people choose the city.

164. Well I was stranded in the jungle trying to take in all the heat they was giving.

165. Was it somethin' that somebody said?  Mama I know we broke the rules.

166. From the tattoo on her left leg, and the garter on her right.

167. We sweat and laugh and scream here, 'cause life is just a dream here.

168. I've been one poor correspondent and I've been too, too hard to find.

169. There's no escape from the music in the whole damn street.

170. If you feel like leaving, you know you can go, but why don't you wait until tomorrow.

171. She keeps naggin' at you night and day, enough to drive you nuts.

172. So still I kept on fighting, well, losing every step of the way.

173. The mighty arms of Atlas hold the heavens from the Earth, from the Earth.........

174. Moon appears to shine and light the sky with the help of some firefly.

175. Eager for action and hot for the game, the coming attraction, the drop of a name.

176. Came the last night of sadness and it was clear that she couldn't go on.

177. But just because a record has a groove doesn't make it in the groove.

178. So if you please, get on your knees, there are no bills, there are no fees.

179. I get down on my knees and I start to pray till the tears run down from my eyes.

180. And go-kart Mozart was checking out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside.

181. Hello, how are you, have you been alright, through all those lonely nights.

182. Get out in the field, put the mule in the stable, Ma she's a-cookin', put the eats on the table.

183. Shake it up, shake it down, move it in, move it round.

184. Winter nights we sang in tune, played inside the months of moon.

185. We've both played that game before, say I love then say goodbye.

186. They're piling in the backseat, they're generating steam heat.

187. Tonight there's gonna be trouble, some of us won't survive.

188. I've seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines.

189. Rocking chairs and summer fairs and swimming in the sea.

190. We've been together since way back when, sometimes I never want to see you again.

191. Now you're climbin' to the top of the company ladder, hope it doesn't take too long.

192. Ain't got no gun, ain't got no knife, don't you start no fight.

193. We want to pin this triple murder on him, he ain't no Gentleman Jim.

194. I'm not afraid of you running away, honey, I've got the feeling you won't.

195. I put my head on her shoulder, she says "Tell me all your troubles".

196. We could tear the house down, we could tear the house down, we could tear the whole house down, wooo.

197. I used her and she used me, but neither one cared, we were gettin' our share.

198. Wherever people live together, tied in poverty's despair.

199. Don't you know, don't you know, that it's wrong to take what is given you.

200. On a stormy sea of moving emotion, tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean


Okey dokey, there are some selections from 1974 to 1976.  Enjoy and leave a comment if the songs challenged you, or if you thought they were too easy.  Part III will be along soon!!

Here's the link for the answer page: http://lyricsquiz.blogspot.ca/2014/08/lyrics-quiz-part-ii-answers.html

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