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Everybody Wants to Rule the World by: Tears for fears

 

Don't make it a big deal, don't be so sensitive

We're not playing a game anymore; you don't have to be so defensive

Don't you plead me your case, don't bother to explain

Don't even show me your face, 'cuz it's a crying shame

Just go back to the rock from under which you came

Take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim -

And don't forget the blame

 

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Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day

 

They're like the latest fashion

They're like a spreading disease

The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom

Getting weapons with the greatest of ease

The gangs stake their own campus locale

And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal

If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix

They're gonna bash it up bash it up bash it up bash it up

Hey!

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Kind of an obscure one, but one of my favorite songs:

Milk by Garbage

 

Try this out:

 

When the plane came in,

She said she was crashing,

The velvet it rips,

In the city we tripped,

On the urge to feel alive,

But now I'm struggling to survive...

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3EB - "Semi-Charmed Life"

 

"Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to a kitchen chair

She broke your crown, she cut your hair,

and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah..."

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Hallelujah...originally by Jeff Buckley, covered a few times, a few years ago by Rufus Wainwright ina popular version featured in Shrek.

 

This is one of my all-time favorite songs. Anyone who hasn't hear it should treat themselves to getting into it, once you know it it's the best song to sing along to:

 

Stop right there!

I gotta know right now!

Before we go any further do you love me?

Will you love me forever?

Do you need me?

Will you never leave me?

Will you make me so happy for the rest of my life?

Will you take me away and will you make me your wife?

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Brain Wilson by Barenaked Ladies

 

Hope someone knows this classic:

 

What a drag it is getting old...

 

Kids are different today, I hear every mother say.

Mother needs something today to calm her down.

And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill.

She's goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper.

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Yeah, it's a great song but it can be kinda hard to pick out, for one because it didn't get the same kind of air play as some of the band's other songs (which disappoints me somewhat), also because the rhythm of the song and the way the vocalist sings, distorts the lyrics some, and then the title of the song isn't mentioned within the lyrics themselves. I hope someone gets it though, and if not, you all should go acquire this song and listen to it because it's great.

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The concisely titled "Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town" by Pearl Jam, off their crown jewel, their single finest album, Vs.

 

Eeyore, you were close. It was Mother's Little Helper by the Stones. Same time period though.

 

Now, I'm...gonna love you...

Til the heavens stop the rain

I'm...gonna love you...

Til the stars fall from the sky...for you and I

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C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now, touch me, babe by the Doors. My turn:

 

There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out

There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt

There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed

There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread...

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I swear I know your lyrics IC, but I just can't place it...

 

Anyway, 48 hours later, make sure to come by and tell me the name of the song so I can slap my forehead and say "Fuck, that's right!" Anyway, time for me to recall back to my geeky(er) high school days:

 

Oh, my baby, my baby she don't want me no more

Ever since she saw his poster in that record store

She says the way he grinds his molars is really sexy

She thinks he's so darn dysfunctional and "Generation X"y

She likes his brooding angst and his wild-eyed stare

Yeah, he's her very favorite slacker multi-millionaire

 

Well, my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder

She's all crazy 'bout that Eddie Vedder

Once she was mine, but now I better just forget her

'Cause my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder

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I swear I know your lyrics IC, but I just can't place it...

 

Anyway, 48 hours later, make sure to come by and tell me the name of the song so I can slap my forehead and say "Fuck, that's right!" Anyway, time for me to recall back to my geeky(er) high school days:

 

Oh, my baby, my baby she don't want me no more

Ever since she saw his poster in that record store

She says the way he grinds his molars is really sexy

She thinks he's so darn dysfunctional and "Generation X"y

She likes his brooding angst and his wild-eyed stare

Yeah, he's her very favorite slacker multi-millionaire

 

Well, my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder

She's all crazy 'bout that Eddie Vedder

Once she was mine, but now I better just forget her

'Cause my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder

Wierd Al Yankovic - My Baby's in Love With Eddie Vetter

 

lyrics:

And does she want to give me kicks and be my steady chick

And give me pick of memories

Or maybe rather gather tales from all the fails and tribulations

No one ever sees

When we met I was sure out to lunch

Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

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That sounds so familiar dante, but can't place it and I don't want to cheat.

 

Gonna post something I think is easy to try and get the ball rolling again:

 

We don't need no education

We don't need no gun control...

 

Can post more if you need it but hopefully thats enough. Clue: Either version will do :D

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