khaosworks | 10 Lines #10 answers

And the answers for 10 Lines #10...

1. You're dangerous — 'cause you're honest
You're dangerous — you don't know what you want
Well you left my heart empty as a vacant lot
For any spirit to haunt
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey
You're an accident waiting to happen
You're a piece of glass strewn here on the beach
Well you tell me things you know you're not supposed to
But you leave me just out of reach
Hey hey sha la la
Hey hey sha la la
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna drown in your blue sea?
Who's gonna ride your wild horses?
Who's gonna fall at the foot of thee?

- "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses?", U2

2. You can't know oh no you can't know
How much I think about you
No it's making my head spin
Looking at you and you are looking at me
And we both know what we want
Mmm so close to giving in
Feel so nice oh yeah you feel so nice
Wish I could spend the night
But I can't pay the price
Oh no, no
But I'm flying so high
High off the ground
When you're around...

- "Flying High", Jem

3. It's not the way you smile
That touched my heart
It's not the way you kiss
That tears me apart
Whoa many many nights roll by
I sit alone at home and cry over you
What can I do?
I can't help myself 'cause baby, it's you...

- "Baby It's You", The Shirelles

4. I drew a picture of you
You and your anchor tattoo
And saw the face that I knew
Covered in shame
You drew a bird that was here
A kind of sweet Chanticleer
But with a terrible fear
That the cage couldn't tame
That's how I knew this story would break my heart
When you wrote it
That's how I knew this story would break my heart...

- "That's How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart", Aimee Mann

5. You've done it all — you've broken every code
And pulled the rebel to the floor
You spoiled the game — no matter what you say
For only metal, what a bore
Blue eyes, blue eyes
How come you tell so many lies?
Come up and see me, make me smile
Or do what you want, running wild...

- "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)", Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel

6. It felt like Springtime on this February morning
In a courtyard birds were singing your praise
I'm still recalling things you said
To make me feel all right
I carry them with me today
Now as I lay me down to sleep
This I pray
That you will hold me dear
Though I'm far away
I'll whisper your name
Into the sky
And I will wake up happy...

- "As I Lay Me Down", Sophie B. Hawkins

7. It's not the pale moon that excites me
That thrills and delights me
Oh no
It's just the nearness of you
It isn't your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation
Oh no
It's just the nearness of you
When you're in my arms
And I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams came true
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If you would only grant me
The right to hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night
The nearness of you

- "The Nearness of You", Norah Jones cover on "Come Away With Me"

8. You give your hand to me
And then you say hello
And I can hardly speak
My heart is beating so
And anyone can tell
You think you know me well
But you don't know me
You'll never know the one
Who dreams of you at night
And longs to kiss your lips
Longs to hold you tight
Oh I am just a friend
That's all I've ever been
And you don't know me...

- "You Don't Know Me", Jann Arden cover from the "My Best Friend's Wedding" soundtrack

9. I know a couple — she sits in a rocking chair
Working the puzzles he watches TV upstairs
She's got a secret she has never let out
A man she thinks he never knew about
She hasn't seen him for thirty years
The mention of his name doesn't bring on tears
If you ask her, "Are there any regrets?"
She'll tell you no, but she never forgets
It was the kind of love you never recover from
Even though she found someone else to take his place
She never will escape the truth
At times like this when the Moon is bright
When the air is foggy like it is tonight
She thinks about what might have been
If she had just held on to him...

- "The Kind of Love You Never Recover From", Christine Lavin, but my favourite cover is the one by Hugh Blumenfeld and Dar Williams on the "Big League Babe" tribute album

10. Jump into the night gas up and down shift
Cruise up the coast on the FM drift
It's a crazy world on the head of a pin
(Come to me)
Some other time some other star
I might have cried but now you only need to look so far
As the smile on my face
(Come to me)
To see the shape I'm in...
You're the object of my affection
Not a dream or make-believe
You're the object of my affection
Come to me...

- "Object of My Affection", Shawn Colvin