10 Lines #15 answers

[khaosworks]

And the answers for 10 Lines #15...

1. Forgot my six-string razor - hit the sky
Halfway to Memphis 'fore I realized
Well I rang the information - my axe was cold
They said she ride the train to Oreoles
Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis...
- "All the Way from Memphis", by Mott the Hoople

2. Saturday night I was downtown
Working for the FBI
Sitting in a nest of bad men
Whiskey bottles piling high
Bootlegging boozer on the West Side
Full of people doing wrong
Just about to call up the DA, man
When I heard this woman singing a song
A pair of 45's made me open my eyes
My temperature started to rise
She was a long cool woman in a black dress...
- "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress", by The Hollies

3. If you're having trouble with your high school Head
He's giving you the blues
You want to graduate but not in his bed
Here's what you gotta do
Pick up the phone - I'm always home
Call me anytime
Just ring: 3-6-2-4-3-6 hey
I lead a life of crime
Dirty deeds - done dirt cheap...
- "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap", by AC/DC

4. In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promised myself I'd treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
To throw myself off
In an effort to make clear to whoever
What it's like when you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch
At a church with people saying
"My God, that's tough, she stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home..."
As I did on my own
Alone again - naturally
- "Alone Again (Naturally)", by Gilbert O'Sullivan

5. Standing on a corner
Suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his corset Jane is in her vest
And me I'm in a rock and roll band - huh
Riding in a Stutz-Bearcat, Jim
You know those were different times
Oh all the poets they studied rules of verse
And the ladies they rolled their eyes
Sweet Jane
Whoa, Sweet Jane...
- "Sweet Jane", by The Velvet Underground

6. Creme tangerine and Montélimar
A ginger sling with a pineapple heart
A coffee dessert - yes you know it's good news
But you'll have to have them all pulled out
After the Savoy Truffle...
- "Savoy Truffle", by the Beatles

7. It isn't the way that you look
And it isn't the way that you talk
It isn't the things that you say or do
Make me want you so
It is nothing to do with the wine
Or the music that's flooding my mind
But never before have I been so sure
You're the someone I dreamed I would find
It's the way you make me feel
The moment I am close to you
It's a feeling so unreal
Somehow I can't believe it's true
The pounding I feel in my heart
The hoping that we'll never part
I can't believe that this is really happening to me
I close my eyes and count to ten
And when I open them you're still there...
- "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten", by Dusty Springfield

8. Drive my truck midway to the motorway station
Fairlane cruiser coming up on the left hand side
Headlight shining driving rain on the window frame
Little young Lady Stardust hitching a ride
And it's a
2-4-6-8 ain't never too late
Me and my radio trucking on through the night
3-5-7-9 on a double white line
Motorway sun coming up with the morning light
- "2-4-6-8 Motorway", by Tom Robinson Band

9. Shadows grow so long before my eyes
And they're moving across the page
Suddenly the day turns into night
Far away from the city
But don't hesitate
'Cause your love just won't wait
Ooh baby I love your way
Everyday
I wanna tell you I love your way
Every way
I wanna be with you night and day
Ooh yeah...
- "Baby I Love Your Way", by Peter Frampton, or as I like to call him ever since the movie High Fidelity, "Is that Peter Fucking Frampton?"

10. I'm an alligator
I'm a Mama-Papa coming for you
I'm the space invader
I'll be a rock and rollin' bitch for you
Keep your mouth shut
You're squawking like a pink monkey bird
And I'm busting up my brains for the words
Keep your electric eye on me, babe
Put your ray gun to my head
Press your space face close to mine, love
Freak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah...
- "Moonage Daydream", by David Bowie

Comments

[zanda-myrande.livejournal.com]

I only recognised one, and that had already been got. :)

[mbumby.livejournal.com]

Ok, I got one and I got one wrong, so I guess that's a zero. And I get scornful looks for missing Sweet Jane and the TRB tune. I have problems hearing lyrics (especially correctly) and my excuse for missing #4 is that I'd never understood "sour", so while that one tickled at me, I hadn't a chance.