Friday Random Ten XLII
(then, like a leftover, I lost my lid)
1. Who Needs Sleep? – Barenaked Ladies (Stunt)
“There’s a guy who’s been awake
since the Second World War.”
2. California – Semisonic (Feeling Strangely Fine)
“I was just a passenger, a rider on the tremors
that were shaking all our beds at night.”
3. Sleepwalker – The Wallflowers (Breach)
“Cupid, don’t draw back your bow;
Sam Cooke didn’t know what I know.”
4. Discotheque – Stargazer Lily (That’s O.K., I Can Sleep at Work)
“I thought I had you wrapped around my bleeding paw.
I broke the camels back and gave you the straw.”
5. Lord Randall – The Prodigals (Dreaming in Hell’s Kitchen)
“Down in the glen, down in the glen.
Make me my bed, I’ve a pain in me head.”
6. Lie in Our Graves – Dave Matthews Band (Autumn People)
“I can’t believe that we would lie in our graves,
dreaming of things that we might have been.”
7. The Lust, the Flesh, the Eyes & the Pride of Life – Lost Dogs (Mutt)
“And if a person, place or thing can deliver, I will quiver with delight;
but will it last me for all my life, or just one more lonely, lonely night?”
8. Green Eyes – Coldplay (A Rush of Blood to the Head)
“… green eyes, you’re the one that I wanted to find,
and anyone who, tried to deny you must be out of their mind.”
9. Jimmy Sharman’s Boxers – Midnight Oil (Red Sails in the Sunset)
“Fighting in the spotlight, eyes turn blacker than their skin;
for Jimmy Sharman’s boxers it’s no better if you win.”
10. Elevator Up – Fountains of Wayne (Out-of-State Plates)
“Say hello to Molly—she’s got a sister as well.
Such a pleasant girl, as far as your family can tell.”
Favorite: 9 (visceral stuff—always struck me as a great perfect blend of lyric and music)
I completely forgot they sang that song: 1
Wouldn’t sound any better, even if he could sing on-key: 8
Who else is spinning? Ben, Brian, Fred, Luna, Marisa, Mark, Sherri
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