Newsgroups: rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s,rec.games.trivia From: "Barry C. Silk" Subject: REPOST: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #105 Message-ID: Organization: none Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 02:02:49 GMT Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #105 (GOLQ105) Welcome to the 105th installment of the GOLQ series! Sorry to report that this quiz does not contain any themes. Good luck to everyone! Barry Answers must be received by 5:00 PM ET on Tuesday, March 11, 1997. Try to e-mail early since we don't know how long it takes to get here. E-mail (DO NOT POST) answers to barrys@cais.com I will acknowledge receipt of entries via e-mail. If you do not have the official GOLQ Rules (a posted copy of the rules should follow a posted copy of this quiz on most sites), then you may retrieve them via anonymous ftp from the remote directory "bobcat.bbn.com:/pub/golq/FAQ" in the file "rules". There have been no recent changes to the rules. If you want GOLQs and their Results/Answers sent directly to you via e- mail, just send a message to golq-request@world.std.com consisting only of the word "subscribe" in the body, not the subject, of the message. __________________________________________________________________ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #105 (Songs #01 - #25 were from 1956 through 1968) Due 5:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 11, 1997 __________________________________________________________________ When I feel put down I try to shake it off quick With my chick by my side the radio does the trick #01) The odds against going to heaven, six to one #02) A man can't break a stone So he tries another lick An iceman can't cut his ice, oh Lord So he buys another pick #03) Well, this cat we're talking about I wonder who could it be 'Cause I know I'm the heaviest cat The heaviest cat you ever did see #04) He goes to eat at the Ritz A-big steaks (that's the breaks) We eat a-hominy grits From a bag (what a drag) #05) From the park you hear the happy sounds of a carousel #06) There's a little cafe Where we can hear music play They keep the lights turned down low It's the place where lovers go #07) You may start with a simple conversation Like, "Darling please put me on trial" She says "yes," and your heart starts beating #08) We'll dance To the Spanish guitars Makin' love underneath the stars Tonight when the mission bells chime I'm gonna make you my-yi-yine #09) When I think of all the worries people seem to find And how they're in a hurry to complicate their mind By chasing after money and dreams that can't come true I'm glad that we are different, we've better things to do #10) From the locker to the blanket From the blanket to the shore From the shore to the water Guess there isn't any more #11) You may see a stranger Across a crowded room And somehow you know You know even then That somewhere you'll see her again and again #12) Let me fill his life Full of sunshine and gladness Never let me bring him One moment of sadness #13) Don't bother to choose If it's jug band music or rhythm and blues Just go and listen, it'll start with a smile It won't wipe off your face no matter how hard you try #14) Snaggletooth Belinda was a drag She latched onto a cat who showed up stag He tried to run and then he tripped and fell She kissed him and we all could hear him yell #15) Tonight While our hearts are aglow Oh, tell me the words That I'm longing to know #16) I get so warm when you touch my cheek You thrill me so much that I can hardly speak Love me honey, tell me you're mine #17) Red or yellow Black or white Are you left handed or are you right When you open eyes can you see the light Do you wake up dreamin' in the middle of the night #18) Beware of pretty faces that you find A pretty face can hide an evil mind #19) I don't want to wait until June Before I hear that wedding tune Baby please let's not delay We would marry now if I had my way #20) Take my love with you To any port or foreign shore #21) This little girl of mine Is like a statue in the park Sometimes I wonder If that little girl's got a heart #22) We strolled along the sand Walking hand in hand Then you kissed me And I knew That I would love you my whole life through #23) Sick at heart and lonely Deep in dark despair Thinking one thought only Where is she, tell me where #24) She hit me with her high heel shoe I got a big bump on the top of my head She said well you're lucky you are not dead #25) TIE BREAKERS: When those oldies play we listen (nin-nin-nin-nin boom-boom-boom-boom-boom) Makes us start a-reminiscing (tra-la-la-la-la ba-ba-ba-ba-ba) When we hear those oldies spinning (bop-bop-abop-bop bop-bop-abop-bop whoop whoop whoop) #T1) My enemy was one desire You shot me down with lips of fire I ran but though straight into your arms, oh baby Footloose, fancy free, nobody could get a hold of me But then you kissed me tenderly #T2) __________________________________________________________________ Please answer the following questions (append your answer to the line): Name(s)= E-mail address= Age(s) [will be published if answered]= Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers= __________________________________________________________________ --- Barry Silk (barrys@cais.com)