let's play a game

(from abulia)

1. On your current playlist, hit shuffle and pick the first twenty-five songs on the list (no matter how cheesy or embarrassing).
(i skipped anything i didn't know well enough to identify later.)
2. Write down one (or two) line(s) of the song. Try to avoid lines that include the title.
3. Have your friends comment and see if they know the songs.
4. When someone guesses correctly, strike out the line and list the correct name of the song next to it. (Guessing correctly means the name of the song and *an* artist who has recorded that song. Some of the ones on my playlist were covers of other songs, but I'm not expecting you to randomly be able to guess the right version.)

1. Fiona Apple - "Love Ridden" - guessed by streaks
I want your warm, but it will only make
Me colder when it's over

2. The Beatles - "Back in the USSR" - guessed by forboston
Take me to your daddy’s farm
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out

3. 10,000 Maniacs - "Trouble Me" - guessed by untouchablegrac
Speak to me...don't mislead me, the calm I feel means a storm is swelling

4. Jill Scott - "The Way" - guessed by bravestgirl
Made me some breakfast, toast, 2 scrambled eggs, grits

5. Nellie McKay - "Change the World" - guessed by bravestgirl
oh, self discovery
what joy it is

6.
The forecast is good
The kids are melting in the doorway

7. Godspell - "Light of the World" - guessed by crocea
But if that salt has lost its flavor, it ain't got much in its favor

8. Sleater-Kinney - "Combat Rock" - guessed by forboston
Dissent's not treason but they talk like it's the same

9.
The sidewalk bends where your house ends like the neighborhood is on its knees

10. Belle & Sebastian - "Simple Things" - guessed by yo_y_la_luna
If you want me all you have to do
Is ask a thousand questions

11.
Read the letter you got from the memory girl
But it takes more than this to make sense of the day

12. Patty Griffin - "Mil Besos" - guessed by crocea
Yo sé que en los mil besos
que te he dado en la boca
se me fue el corazón;

13. Alanis Morissette - "Your Congratulations" - guessed by spotmonk
And I would've sung so loudly
it would have cracked myself

14. Sleater-Kinney - "Prisstina" - guessed by forboston
While the other girls fondled their dates
She fooled around with her Bunsen plate

15. Simon and Garfunkel - "El Condor Pasa" - guessed by awakeningdancer
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone

16. Alanis Morissette - "All I Really Want" - guessed by sockfu
Enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute
Enough about you, let's talk about life for awhile

17. Rocky Horror Picture Show - "Super Heroes" - guessed by untouchablegrac
But all I know is down inside I'm bleeding

18. Nellie McKay - "Ding Dong" - guessed by fiddlinfreak
My cat died and I quickly poured myself some gin
Did she die of old age or was it for my sins?

19. Dave Matthews Band - "Pay For What You Get" - guessed by lovelylight, even though she cheated a little :-)
Everybody asks me how she's doing, since she went away
I said, I couldn't tell you, I'm ok

20. Sarah McLachlan - "Hold On" - guessed by crocea
I lie awake and pray
that you'll be strong tomorrow

21. Fiona Apple - "Paper Bag" - guessed by streaks
I said, "Honey, I don't feel so good, don't feel justified
Come on put a little love here in my void"

22.
Hangin' out with Lars on 6th street he knew I was in trouble I was feeling much like the devil

23. Carole King - "It's Too Late" - guessed by seasons
One of us is changing
Or maybe we just stopped trying

24. The Streets - "Sharp Darts" - guessed by letterbox
Do you understand?
Or do you need an interpreter?

25. Jars of Clay - "Can't Erase It" - guessed by awakeningdancer
Follow the crowd and love everybody now