10 Lines #11 answers
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khaosworksAnd the answers for 10 Lines #11...
1. Once in your life you find her
Someone who turns your heart around and
Next thing you know you're cruising
Down the town
Wake up and she's still with you
Even though you left her way 'cross town
You're wondering to yourself
Hey, what have I found?
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do is fall in love...
- "Arthur's Theme", by Christopher Cross
2. I was born in a beauty salon
My father was a dresser of hair
My mother was a girl you could call on
And when you called she was always there
When you called she was always there...
Oh but don't go home with your hard-on
It will only drive you insane
You can't shake it, or break it with your Motown
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
- "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-on", by Leonard Cohen (covered by David McComb and Adam Peters). One of my top five Cohen songs — and damn, the man can write.
3. You're beautiful, more beautiful than me
You're honourable, more honourable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America
It's a sign of the times...
You're shopping in stones
Walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Shopping in stones
Walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Vested interest, united ties
Landed gentry rationalize
Look who bought the myth
By jingo, buy America...
- "Exhuming McCarthy", by R.E.M. — "Document" is their best album EVER.
4. Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed
My head's too light to ever set it down
Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight
Not for al the jewels in the Crown
I could have danced all night
I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more...
- "I Could Have Danced All Night", written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, from "My Fair Lady". Favourite musical of all time.
5. Thought I knew my mind
Like the back of my hand
The gold and the rainbow
Nothing panned out as I planned
They say only milk and honey's gonna
Keep your soul satisfied
Well I better learn how to swim
'Cause the crossing is chilly and wide
Twisted guard rails on the highway
Broken glass on the cement
The ghost of someone's tragedy
How recklessly my time has been spent
They say that it's never too late
But you don't get any younger
Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness
And feed he hunger
Out by the watershed
Standing at the fork in the road...
- "Watershed", by the Indigo Girls
6. Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a light bulb in a dark room
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on...
- "Turn Me On", by Norah Jones
7. And you know the light is fading all too soon
You're just two umbrellas one late afternoon
You don't know the next thing you will say
This is your favourite kind of day
It has no walls
The beauty of the rain
Is how it falls, how it falls, how it falls...
- "The Beauty of the Rain", by Dar Williams
8. It used to seem to me
That my life went on too fast
So I had to take it slowly
Just to make the good parts last
But when you're born to run
It's so hard to just slow down
So don't be surprised to see me
Back in the bright part of town
I'll be back in the high life again
All the doors that closed one time
Will open up again...
- "Back In The High Life", by Steve Winwood
9. Declaration of my feelings for you
Elaboration of those feelings
Description of how long these feelings have existed
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I
Reminiscence of the pleasant times we shared
And our relationship's perfection
Recounting of the steps that led to our love's dissolution
Mostly involving my unfaithfulness and lies
Penitent admission of wrongdoing
Discovery of the depth of my affection
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany
Title of the song — naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time and rectify my wrong
Repetition of the title of the song...
- "Title of the Song", by DaVinci's Notebook
10. You remind me I live in a shell
Safe from the past and doing okay
But not very well
No jolts, no surprises
No crisis arises — my life goes along as it should
It's all very nice
But not very good
And I'm ready to take a chance again
Ready to put my love on the line with you
Believing with nothing to show for it
You get what you get when you go for it
And I'm ready to take a chance again with you...
- "Ready To Take A Chance Again", by Barry Manilow. The only Manilow song I'll still admit to liking, from one of the best and funniest Hitchcock pastiches ever made, "Foul Play", the movie that also introduced me to Gilbert and Sullivan and made me fall in love with Goldie Hawn.
1. Once in your life you find her
Someone who turns your heart around and
Next thing you know you're cruising
Down the town
Wake up and she's still with you
Even though you left her way 'cross town
You're wondering to yourself
Hey, what have I found?
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do is fall in love...
- "Arthur's Theme", by Christopher Cross
2. I was born in a beauty salon
My father was a dresser of hair
My mother was a girl you could call on
And when you called she was always there
When you called she was always there...
Oh but don't go home with your hard-on
It will only drive you insane
You can't shake it, or break it with your Motown
You can't melt it down in the rain
You can't melt it down in the rain
- "Don't Go Home With Your Hard-on", by Leonard Cohen (covered by David McComb and Adam Peters). One of my top five Cohen songs — and damn, the man can write.
3. You're beautiful, more beautiful than me
You're honourable, more honourable than me
Loyal to the Bank of America
It's a sign of the times...
You're shopping in stones
Walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Shopping in stones
Walking on coals
To improve your business acumen
Vested interest, united ties
Landed gentry rationalize
Look who bought the myth
By jingo, buy America...
- "Exhuming McCarthy", by R.E.M. — "Document" is their best album EVER.
4. Bed, bed, I couldn't go to bed
My head's too light to ever set it down
Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight
Not for al the jewels in the Crown
I could have danced all night
I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more...
- "I Could Have Danced All Night", written by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, from "My Fair Lady". Favourite musical of all time.
5. Thought I knew my mind
Like the back of my hand
The gold and the rainbow
Nothing panned out as I planned
They say only milk and honey's gonna
Keep your soul satisfied
Well I better learn how to swim
'Cause the crossing is chilly and wide
Twisted guard rails on the highway
Broken glass on the cement
The ghost of someone's tragedy
How recklessly my time has been spent
They say that it's never too late
But you don't get any younger
Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness
And feed he hunger
Out by the watershed
Standing at the fork in the road...
- "Watershed", by the Indigo Girls
6. Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a light bulb in a dark room
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on...
- "Turn Me On", by Norah Jones
7. And you know the light is fading all too soon
You're just two umbrellas one late afternoon
You don't know the next thing you will say
This is your favourite kind of day
It has no walls
The beauty of the rain
Is how it falls, how it falls, how it falls...
- "The Beauty of the Rain", by Dar Williams
8. It used to seem to me
That my life went on too fast
So I had to take it slowly
Just to make the good parts last
But when you're born to run
It's so hard to just slow down
So don't be surprised to see me
Back in the bright part of town
I'll be back in the high life again
All the doors that closed one time
Will open up again...
- "Back In The High Life", by Steve Winwood
9. Declaration of my feelings for you
Elaboration of those feelings
Description of how long these feelings have existed
Belief that no one else could feel the same as I
Reminiscence of the pleasant times we shared
And our relationship's perfection
Recounting of the steps that led to our love's dissolution
Mostly involving my unfaithfulness and lies
Penitent admission of wrongdoing
Discovery of the depth of my affection
Regret over the lateness of my epiphany
Title of the song — naive expression of love
Reluctance to accept that you are gone
Request to turn back time and rectify my wrong
Repetition of the title of the song...
- "Title of the Song", by DaVinci's Notebook
10. You remind me I live in a shell
Safe from the past and doing okay
But not very well
No jolts, no surprises
No crisis arises — my life goes along as it should
It's all very nice
But not very good
And I'm ready to take a chance again
Ready to put my love on the line with you
Believing with nothing to show for it
You get what you get when you go for it
And I'm ready to take a chance again with you...
- "Ready To Take A Chance Again", by Barry Manilow. The only Manilow song I'll still admit to liking, from one of the best and funniest Hitchcock pastiches ever made, "Foul Play", the movie that also introduced me to Gilbert and Sullivan and made me fall in love with Goldie Hawn.
