Guess the song lyrics, You all know the rules Options

[Jerry]

Can that possibly be the song from which part of your sig is taken, Hershey (i.e. the song by Everclear)?

[hershey]

You could be very right Jerry. I think I'd be safe to guess that you didn't just recently hear this one however for the following reasons

1) It's old and the bit I quoted is just about the only part clean enough for this crowd

2) I don't think it was ever a big hit

3) Most radio stations probably wouldn't have aired it anyway.

LOL. Good show young man. Your turn to stump us.

~H~

[Jerry]

And you're right, I didn't hear this one recently.

So, here we go...

QUOTE

I linger in the doorway Of alarm clock screaming Monsters calling my name Let me stay Where the wind will whisper to me Where the raindrops As they’re falling tell a story

[Cristin]

Evanescence - Imaginary

QUOTE

I'm trying to tell you something about my life Maybe give me insight between black and white The best thing you've ever done for me Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable And lightness has a call that's hard to hear I wrap my fear around me like a blanket I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it, I'm crawling on your shore. -chorus- I went to see the doctor of philosophy With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee He never did marry or see a B-grade movie He graded my performance, he said he could see through me I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper And I was free. -chorus- I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m. To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend I woke up with a headache like my head against a board Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before I went in seeking clarity. -chorus-

[Drie]

Closer to Fine by the Indigo Girls. I adore that song.

QUOTE

Her name was Lola She was a show girl With yellow feathers in her hair (and a dress cut down to there!) She would Merengue And do the Cha-Cha And while she tried to be a star Tony always tended bar Across the crowded floor They worked from eight 'till four They were young and they had eachother, Who could ask for more?!

[Yoda]

That'd be 'Copacabana' by the Manilow Monster.

Here's some great ones:

QUOTE (WAY)

Her name was Leia, She was a princess! With a danish on each ear and Darth Vader drawing near... So R2-D2, found Ben Kenobi, He'd have to put the Death Star plans into the Rebellion's hands, So, Luke and Obi-Wan had to get to Alderan, So, they stopped into Mos Eisly to have a drink with Han; *Chorus* His name was Solo, He was pilot with a blaster at his side and a smile twelve parsecs wide! There with Chewbacca, He was a wookie! They met with Luke and Obi-Wan about the Millenium Falcon, Docking Bay 94, Stormtroopers at the door.. With a flash of Ben's lightsaber, now there's an arm on the floor! (Chorus) His name was Yoda, He was a Muppet! Darth Vader was so bad and by the way, he's Luke's dad! Luke kissed his sister, his hand got cut off, In that galaxy far far away, Luke has had a lousy day; Boba Fett was so mean, Jabba had bad hygine! Why didn't they all just relax back on Tatooine?

yoda,

[Cristin]

"Star Wars Cantina" by Weird Al!

And to keep with this theme, I dedicate this next song to you Yoda!

QUOTE

I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said "Yoda" Well, I've been around, but I ain't never seen A guy who looks like a muppet, but he's wrinkled and green Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand How he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand Well, I left home just a week before And I've never ever been a Jedi before But Obi Wan, he set me straight, of course He said, "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Force" Well I'm not the kind that would argue with Ben So it looks like I'm gonna start all over again Though with my Yoda So I used the Force I picked up a box I lifted some rocks While I stood on my head Well, I won't forget what Yoda said He said, "Luke, stay away from the darker side And if you start to go astray, let the Force be your guide" Oh, my Yoda "I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed But remember, if you kill him, then you'll be unemployed" Oh, my Yoda Well, I heard my friends really got in a mess So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda I guess But I know that I'll be coming back some day I'll be playing this part 'till I'm old and gray The long-term contract I had to sign Says I'll be making these movies till the end of time With my Yoda

some parts of above song omitted - didn't want to make it too easy...

[Yoda]

Ah, that's also by Weird Al and stuck on my mp3 player Could it possibly be 'Yoda' ? Possibly?

Here's a totally random one (i.e. destroying the theme!)

QUOTE

The gap that grows between our lives The gap our parents never had Stop those thoughts control your mind Replace the things that you despise Oh you’re old I hear you say It doesn’t mean that I don’t care I don’t believe in it anymore Pathetic acts for a worthless cause In the beginning when we were winning When our smiles were genuine In the beginning when we were winning When our smiles were genuine But now unforgiven the everlasting Everlasting The world is full of refugees They’re just like you and just like me But as people we have a choice To end the void with all it’s force So don’t forget or don’t pretend It’s all the same now in the end It was set in a different life Destroys my days and haunts my nights? In the beginning when we were winning When our smiles were genuine In the beginning when we were winning When our smiles were genuine But now unforgiving the everlasting Everlasting Now unforgiving, the everlasting Everlasting

yoda,

[Cristin]

Yoda, could we get a hint?

[Yoda]

Clue 1: Welsh Band
Clue 2: The disappearance of one of the band members is a great mystery, and has never been solved.
Clue 3: The lyrics above are all the lyrics in the song, so the title's in there somewhere

yoda,

[Cristin]

Thanks for your hints Yoda! #3 helped me, so I Googled it (sorry! I know that's cheating...) and I came up with: MANIC STREET PREACHERS - The Everlasting.


Am I correct?

[Yoda]

that's the ticket - your turn Cristin!

[Cristin]

How about these lyrics...in honor of the wild weather we're experiencing in SoCal...

QUOTE

Oh now feel it comin back again like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind forces pullin' from the center of the Earth again I can feel it

[Agent Smith]

Lightning Crashes by Live

Ira Hayes,
Ira Hayes

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war

Gather round me people there's a story I would tell
About a brave young Indian you should remember well
From the land of the Pima Indian
A proud and noble band
Who farmed the Phoenix valley in Arizona land

Down the ditches for a thousand years
The water grew Ira's peoples' crops
'Till the white man stole the water rights
And the sparklin' water stopped

Now Ira's folks were hungry
And their land grew crops of weeds
When war came, Ira volunteered
And forgot the white man's greed

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war
There they battled up Iwo Jima's hill,
Two hundred and fifty men
But only twenty-seven lived to walk back down again

And when the fight was over
And when Old Glory raised
Among the men who held it high
Was the Indian, Ira Hayes

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war
Ira returned a hero
Celebrated through the land
He was wined and speeched and honored;
Everybody shook his hand

But he was just a Pima Indian
No water, no crops, no chance
At home nobody cared what Ira'd done
And when did the Indians dance

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war
Then Ira started drinkin' hard;
Jail was often his home
They'd let him raise the flag and lower it
like you'd throw a dog a bone!

He died drunk one mornin'
Alone in the land he fought to save
Two inches of water in a lonely ditch
Was a grave for Ira Hayes

CHORUS:
Call him drunken Ira Hayes
He won't answer anymore
Not the whiskey drinkin' Indian
Nor the Marine that went to war
Yeah, call him drunken Ira Hayes
But his land is just as dry
And his ghost is lyin' thirsty
In the ditch where Ira died

[Yoda]

'The Ballad of Ira Hayes' by Johnny Cash

Here's a potentially tricky one:

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I will yield the chorus as a clue if it is necessary...