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Exercise #649 Prep

Exercise #649: Prep
Posted  11/29 - 12/10/15

Each person was asked to submit the first line of a song. Please note the artists listed are where the submitter heard it and may not be the original artist.

Submitter

Song Line

Song Title

Song Artist

Jo

East is east and west is west and the wrong one I have chose.

Buttons and Bows

Dinah Shore

Jo

I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places.

I’ll Be Seeing You

Bing Crosby

Jo

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile.

Pack Up  Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag

Spike Jones and his City Slickers

Jo

This is the moment I've waited for.

The Hawaiian Wedding Song

Andy Williams

Jo

Gonna take a sentimental journey.

Sentimental Journey

Doris Day

Jo

Awake from night to night, you'll find me too weak to break the chains of love.

Prisoner of Love

Perry Como

Basheesima

In this one of many possible worlds, all for the best, or some bizarre test?

The Garden

Rush

Lizzie

I pray you'll be my eyes

A Mother’s Prayer

Celine Dion

Lizzie

Long awaited darkness falls

Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

ABBA

Sue L

There is a place I call my own

Flying Free

Jenna Lynn

Sue L

You don't bring me flowers

You Don’t Bring Me Flowers

Neil Diamond / Barbra Streisand

Sue L

There's a track winding back to an old-fashioned shack

The Road to Gundagai

Traditional Australian Song (first recorded by Peter Dawson)

Sue L

In every job that must be done there is an element of fun

A Spoonful of Sugar

From “Mary Poppnis”

Wmson

This circus is falling down on its knees.

Raining In Baltimore

The Counting Crows

Wmson

I can only give you love that lasts forever.

That’s All

Mel Torme

Wmson

You fill up my senses.

Annie’s Song

John Denver

Terry

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

I Am The Walrus

John Lennon

Wmson

Southern trees bear strange fruit

Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday

Wmson

Hello walls.

Hello Walls

Willie Nelson

Wmson

It seems like happiness is a thing called Joe.

A Thing Called Joe

Ella Fitzgerald

Amaris

My child arrived just the other day, he came to the world in the usual way

Cat's in the Cradle

Harry Chapin

Sue F

As some day it may happen that a victim must be found, I've got a little list

I’ve Got a Little List

From “The Mikado”

Sue F

Things are seldom what they seem...

Things Are Seldom What They Seem

From “H.M.S. Pinafore”

Sue F

Poor wand'ring one, though thou hast surely strayed, take heart of grace, thy steps retrace

Poor Wandering One

From “The Pirates of Penzance”

Henriettahen

It's late in the evening, she's wonderin what clothes to wear

Wonderful Tonight

Eric Clapton

Henriettahen

We met as soul mates

Goodnight Saigon

Billy Joel

Henriettahen

I must have been through about a million girls

Fooled Around and Fell In Love

Elvin Bishop

Sue F

This is my once a year day

Once A Year Day

From “The Pajama Game”

Sue F

I'll always remember the song they were playing

Could I Have This Dance?

Anne Murray

Sue F

Blame it all on my roots

Friends in Low Places

Garth Brooks

Sue F

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

Last Christmas

Wham!/Taylor Swift

Richard

You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh

As Time Goes By

From “Casablanca”

Richard

Falling in love again, never wanted to

Falling in Love Again

Marlene Dietrich

Richard

Your lips wee like a red and ruby chalice, warmer than a summer night.

Midnight Sun

Ella Fitzgerald

Sue P

State of life, may I live, may I love, coming out the sky I name me a name

State of Independence

Jon Anderson

Sue P

Life is a waterfall, we're one in the river, and one again after the fall

Aerials

System of a Down

Sue P

Well she's walking through the clouds, with a circus mind that's running wild

Little Wing

Jimi Hendrix

Sue P

When pale turns to pink, with a soft unnerving ease, and all you've built around, may just tumble to the ground

White China

Ultravox

Sue P

This is not the end, this is not the beginning, just a voice like a riot, rocking every revision

Waiting for the End

Linkin Park

Sue P

I got sunshine in my stomach like I just rocked my baby to sleep

In The Cage

Genesis

Erica

The eastern world it is exploding, violence flarin', bullets loadin'

Eve of Destruction

Barry McGuire

Erica

So I told him that he'd better shut his mouth and do his job like a man.

The Great Mandala

Peter, Paul and Mary

Erica

When I was in the third grade I thought that I was gay, 'cause I could draw, my uncle was, and I kept my room straight.

Same Love

Macklemore

Erica

A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

American Pie

Don McLean

winebird

I can feel the magic floating in the air

Breathe

Faith Hill

winebird

Must be doing something wrong, baby, I don't know

Before You Kill Us All

Randy Travis

winebird

He was a most peculiar man

A Most Peculiar Man

Simon & Garfunkel

winebird

Well I got my first truck when I was three

Pickup Man

Joe Diffie

winebird

She makes the moon go ape and the monkeys go bananas

King Kong Tonight

Rhoderic Land

Jeff

Young and strong, Hollywood son, in the early morning light

River

Natalie Merchant

Jeff

Well I recall his parting words.

The Scarlet Tide

Alison Krass

Jeff

I love the east, I love the west

I Love Being Here With You

Diana Krall

Jeff

Riding shotgun down the avalanche

Shotgun Down The Avalanche

Shawn Colvin

Jeff

There's a tunnel that leads to the rivers of love

Rivers of Love

Sarah McLachlan

winebird

The world is fast becoming younger

Potter’s Wheel

John Denver

winebird

A high roller even when the chips are down

A Good Run of Bad Luck

Clint Black

winebird

Listen children to a story

One Tin Soldier

From “Billy Jack”

Asad

Hey baby baby with the the high heels on, you give me fever like I have never or ever known.

The Way You Make Me Feel

Michael Jackson

Asad

I took my baby on a Saturday bang.

Black or White

Michael Jackson

Asad

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn. But that's alright because I like the way it hurts.

Love The Way You Lie

Eminem

Asad

I will be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy.

Truly Madly Deeply

Savage Garden

Asad

There is a place inyour heart and I know that it is Love.

Heal The World

Michael Jackson

Angie

It took a lost weekend in a hotel in Amsterdam

Lost Weekend

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Angie

Pretty soon you’ll be able to remember her

She Goes On

Neil Finn/Crowded House

Angie

Well, the lampshade’s on fire when the lights go out

Lampshades On Fire

Modest Mouse

Sharon

It's coming on Christmas, they're cutting down trees.

River

Joni Mitchell

Sharon

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

Sharon

I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road

Woodstock

Joni Mitchell

Sharon

Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey, I ache in the places where I used to play

Tower Of Song

Leonard Cohen

Sharon

 Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free

Bird On A Wire

Leonard Cohen

Sharon

Give me back my broken night, my mirrored room, my secret life

The Future

Leonard Cohen

Sharon

I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

Sharon

They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom, for trying to change the system from within

First, We Take Manhattan

Leonard Cohen

Sharon

It's so nice to meet an old friend and pass the time of day

Did She Mention My Name?

Gordon Lightfoot

Sharon

The first time ever I saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Gordon Lightfoot

Sharon

In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand, with an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand

In The Early Morning Rain

Gordon Lightfoot

Sharon

There's colours in the street-red, white and blue, people shufflin' their feet, people sleeping in their shoes

Rocking In The Free World

Neil Young

Sharon

Old man sitting by the side of the road with the lories rolling by

Don’t Let It Bring You Down

Neil Young

Sharon

Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay,  the world survives for another day

Wondering Where The Lions

Bruce Cockburn

Sharon

Sunset is an angel weeping, holding out a bloody sword

Pacing The Cage

Bruce Cockburn

Sharon

Look at them working in the hot sun, the pilloried saints and fallen ones

Waiting For A Miracle

Bruce Cockburn

Bette

When the night has come and the land is dark and the moon is the only light we'll see.

Stand By Me

Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

Bette

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears; it's a world of hopes and a world of fears

It’s A Small World

Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman

Bette

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

Fire And Rain

James Taylor

Bette

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in; there's an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin.

Piano Man

Billy Joel

Bette

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange when I try to explain how I feel, that I still need your love after all that I've done; you won't believe me.

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Weber

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