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Your foot depresses the button on your upright vacuum cleaner; you switch it on and as you begin to suck all manner of debris from your carpet.....you belt out a single lyric from 20 years ago and hum the rest because you only remember that ONE line......"...Skyyyy rockets in flight....afternoooon delight.."
I laugh at myself sometimes when for no known reason I sing out, "oh woe Black Betty, Blam-a-lam, Black Betty had a child, bam-a-lam, the damne thing gone wild..."
Or occasionally it's, "...like a picture she was layin' there, moonlight dancin off her hair, she woke up and took me by the haaaand, we made love in my Chevy van and that's all right with me...."
And very rarely this one flows from my lips: " ...and the man in the back says "Everyone Attack" and it turned into a ballroom blitz...."
What old partial lyric do you find yourself belting out while you're washing laundry or mowing the grass?
-------------------- Todd Gill Outside The Lines Potterville, MI Posts: 7792 | From: Potterville, MI | Registered: Dec 2001
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"The words get stuck in my throat" song...right before the bad Gargantua crashes into the Lounge and eats the singer....there are times that song haunts me...
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1538 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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Git your motor runnin', git out on the highway...
Wooly Bully...
Somewhere, over the rainbow...
oh, let my mond wander(this is me, i will be back!!)
John Lennig Signrider( maybe will sing one day??)
-------------------- John Lennig / Big Top Sign Arts 5668 Ewart Street, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada bigtopya@hotmail.com 604.451.0006 Posts: 2184 | From: Burnaby, British Columbia,Canada | Registered: Nov 2001
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"I was walking down the street one day and a billboard said to me, "What's your sign?".
-Art in America
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Everybody said it wuz a shame, cuz your mamma was a workin on a chain gang...
No seriously, it's not limited to lyrics. Alot of music I listen to has no lyrics. Dvorsak's (sp )"Carnival Overature" is REALLY powerful.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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Mine's Sally Ann, an obscure bluegrass ditty about a young gal on her wedding day and her new hubby gets killed. Sad song,but hi-energy beat. "Who's going to dance w/SallyAnn, who's going to hold her trembling hand? When that fiddler takes the stand, who's going to dance w/SallyAnn?" now I 've gone and done it, won't go away for a week, probably still humming it at Ron and Kristi's this thur. lol
-------------------- Frank Magoo, Magoo's-Las Vegas; fmagoo@netzero.com "the only easy day was yesterday" Posts: 2365 | From: Las Vegas, Nv. | Registered: Jun 2003
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Greg, Dr. Hook used to play at the Duck's Breath Saloon, three doors down from my shop.....his bus driver, a Sign Painter used to hang around my shop while he was playing. I guess he preferred signs, to Dr. Hook.
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-------------------- Rove Gratz Gratz Signs 342 Walden Station Drive Macon, GA 31216 rovegratz@aol.com Home Page: http://rove-342.tripod.com Posts: 861 | From: Macon, GA 31216 | Registered: Jan 2004
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.....Fat Bottomed Girls you make the rockin world go round......
runnin around with my brains on the floor, these are the days it never rains but it pours....UNDER PRESSURE.....
Pearl Pearl Pearl, come let us see our girl.....
Ten Years Ago, on a cold, dark night, there was someone killed neath the town hall light.....
Hang down your head Tom Dooley, hang down your head and cry....
My body reeks, I stain my sheets, I don't even know why....
Let's do the Time Warp again....!
(what can I say? I'm damaged goods) love....Jill
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Boom, chica boom, don'tcha just love it? Chica boom, chica boom, boom, boom
-------------------- Catharine C. Kennedy CCK Graphics 1511 Route 28 Chatham Center, NY 12184 cck1620@taconic.net "Look at me, Look at me, Look at me now! I't's fun to have fun, But you have to know how!" Posts: 2173 | From: downtown Chatham Center, NY | Registered: Feb 2004
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yesterday, all my troubles were so far away....(Beatles)
-------------------- "Are we having fun yet?" Peter Schuttinga DZines Sign Studio 1617 Millstream rd Victoria BC V9B-6G4 Posts: 521 | From: Victoria BC | Registered: Mar 2002
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-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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"We're havin' a party! Everybody's swinging, dancin' to the music on the radio. So listen Mr. DJ, come on, keep those records playing cause I'm havin' such a good time dancing with my baby".
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - early to mid 70's (If you're from Jersey, you know Southside Johnny!)
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Can't get BERNADETTE!!! out of my head today
Another one is OOOhhooooohh, Get up, get out of my life, I can't sleep at night, (pause)I'm painting tonight and there's nothing you can do about it, (pause), OOOhhooooohh, set me free why don't you baby, you keep me hanging on.
Dianna Ross and the Supremes
-------------------- Alan Ackerson LetterWorks Design and Graphics alan@ack2.com Posts: 776 | From: Oak Ridge, NJ | Registered: Aug 2002
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I must admit I felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes..... Tangled up in Blue
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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What about my fave Dylan lyric..... "She's got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't look back" You do owe me one!
-------------------- That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place. -Russ McMullin Posts: 8834 | From: Butler, PA, USA | Registered: Jan 2001
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Early one mornin' the sun was shinin', I was layin' in bed Wond'rin' if she'd changed at all If her hair was still red. Her folks they said our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough. And I was standin' on the side of the road Rain fallin' on my shoes Heading out for the East Coast Lord knows I've paid some dues gettin' through, Tangled up in blue.
She was married when we first met Soon to be divorced I helped her out of a jam, I guess, But I used a little too much force. We drove that car as far as we could Abandoned it out West Split up on a dark sad night Both agreeing it was best. She turned around to look at me As I was walkin' away I heard her say over my shoulder, "We'll meet again someday on the avenue," Tangled up in blue.
I had a job in the great north woods Working as a cook for a spell But I never did like it all that much And one day the ax just fell. So I drifted down to New Orleans Where I happened to be employed Workin' for a while on a fishin' boat Right outside of Delacroix. But all the while I was alone The past was close behind, I seen a lot of women But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew Tangled up in blue.
She was workin' in a topless place And I stopped in for a beer, I just kept lookin' at the side of her face In the spotlight so clear. And later on as the crowd thinned out I's just about to do the same, She was standing there in back of my chair Said to me, "Don't I know your name?" I muttered somethin' underneath my breath, She studied the lines on my face. I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe, Tangled up in blue.
She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe "I thought you'd never say hello," she said "You look like the silent type." Then she opened up a book of poems And handed it to me Written by an Italian poet From the thirteenth century. And every one of them words rang true And glowed like burnin' coal Pourin' off of every page Like it was written in my soul from me to you, Tangled up in blue.
I lived with them on Montague Street In a basement down the stairs, There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air. Then he started into dealing with slaves And something inside of him died. She had to sell everything she owned And froze up inside. And when finally the bottom fell out I became withdrawn, The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew, Tangled up in blue.
So now I'm goin' back again, I got to get to her somehow. All the people we used to know They're an illusion to me now. Some are mathematicians Some are carpenter's wives. Don't know how it all got started, I don't know what they're doin' with their lives. But me, I'm still on the road Headin' for another joint We always did feel the same, We just saw it from a different point of view, Tangled up in blue.
Please bring the Beer to Jillbeans panel bash next August
-------------------- Sandy "Monk" Baird Windwalker Sign Studio Port Colborne, Ontario L3K 4H9 Posts: 442 | From: Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada | Registered: Jun 2004
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too, TOO many to name, but more importantly, why are we continuously makin' these sentimental trips down memory lane with you??
ANYWAY . . . I think of some song to go along with almost any topic, or whatever I'm doin' or thinkin' . . . .
Music always makes me step back from a situation and find the humor in it . . .
Here's only a coup-l'a of examples . . . .
like today it was:
~~~~When I look back on all the crap I learned in high school~~~~`~~~~`it's a wonder I can even think at all~~`````~~~~~~~``~~~~~~`~~`~ . . . (kodachrome - S&G)
When driving away from and reflecting on a difficult person it's:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Don'chu want somebody to love~~~DONT YOU NEED somebody to love~~~~you better find somebody to love~~~~~~~~~~ . . . (Grace Slick)
I know this is a new song, but there's a country song called, "She thinks she needs me" and I sing it to Emily all the time (we hold hands ridin' down the road, lol), but I change the words to:
~~~~~~She don't know how much I need her, she don't know I'd fall apart~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~without her kisses, without her hugs, without her refrigerator art~~~~~~
-------------------- Signs Sweet Home Alabama
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OOOO E OOO AH AH TING TANG WALA WALA BING BANG OOO E OOO AH AH TING TANG WALA WALA BING BANG BANG.... or CHUCK, CHUCK BANANA FANA FO.........
-------------------- joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-637-1519 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND Posts: 11582 | From: pensacola, fl. usa | Registered: Nov 1998
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that's "My Friend the Witchdoctor", OP, I think!
anything of Kingston Trio, or Harry Chapin, or S&G
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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-------------------- Jimmy Chatham Chatham Signs 468 stark st Commerce, Ga 30529 Posts: 1766 | From: Commerce, GA, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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"They told me not to smoke it, but I did...and it took me far away.... And I turned out to be, the Only Hell my mama ever raised"....
And then when I just can't see Eye to Eye with someone I have to remember..
"Some folks like Hamhocks, Some folks like Pork Chops, and some like Vegitable Soup... And Roland the Roady, like Gertrude the Groupy, but Gertrude the Groupy liked groups"
This is a fun topic... I am singing constantly...and have been known to grace the stage from time to time... But I seem to remember and sing the songs that everyone remembers, but can't remember the words...
One of my Favorites was dedicated to Hopper...
"He's a walkin contradiction partly truth and partly fiction, taking every wrong direction on his lonely way back home"
-------------------- Leonard Sappington lenopam@verizon.net Posts: 123 | From: Clinton, Indiana | Registered: Mar 2004
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What's your thing, What cha feel, what cha know, to be real? (the O'jays) OR I've seen fire and I've seen rain, I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that see you again. (James Taylor) Or Born free and life is worth living but only worth living because you're born free (Andy Williams) OR Saving nickels saving dimes, hoping till the sun don't shine, looking forward to happier times on Blue Bayou. I'll never be blue, my dreams will come true on Blue Bayou" (Linda Ronstadt) OR Listen to Buddy Guy's "Feels like Rain" or I Live the Life I Love"...AWESOME lyrics!!
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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)"Carnival Overature" is REALLY powerful.
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