Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1950s,rec.music.rock-pop-r+b.1960s From: GOLQ, Inc. Subject: Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #140 (GOLQ140) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:13:14 GMT Reply-To: Marc Dashevsky Organization: GOLQ, Inc. Hi, oldies fans, Welcome to GOLQ140. Some of these songs were used on past GOLQs. 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), you may read them by pointing your web browser at: ftp://bobcat.bbn.com/pub/golq/FAQ/rules There have been no changes to the general rules since the last quiz. If you want GOLQs and their results and answers sent directly to you by email, send a message to golq-request@world.std.com consisting only of the word "subscribe" in the body, not the subject, of the message. Have fun, and the best of luck to all who enter! 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If you do not receive an acknowledgment within a couple of days, you may call Bob Bluestein at +1 781.646.6196 or Marc Dashevsky at +1 978.462.2777. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Golden Oldies Lyrics Quiz #140 Recordings #01-25 were from 1955 through 1969 Due 5:00 PM EDT, Tuesday, May 18, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let me down You have found her Now go and get her #01) This world has lost its glory Let's start a brand new story now, my love Right now, there'll be no other time And I can show you how, my love #02) There's no one in the place except you and me So set 'em up, Joe I've got a little story that you ought to know We're drinking, my friend, to the end of a brief episode #03) My love keeps growing stronger In each and every way So let's don't wait no longer C'mon name the day #04) One to laugh And one to cry-y-y-y #05) Some are lucky Some are not Just be thankful for what you've got Many times it seems to me There's someone else I'd rather be Living in a world of make-believe #06) I used to walk you home I used to hold your hand You used to use my umberella Ev'ry time it rained #07) Oh, Juanita Oh, Juanita Oh, Juanita, I call your name For the snow will be a blinding sight to see As it lies on yonder hillside #08) Every time my baby and I have a quarrel I swear I won't give in Then my baby starts to smile at me And I know, I know, I just can't win #09) My prayers were answered So far from above I thought that it could be just a memory To linger my heart in pain #10) You're my pretty little lady I love you tenderly You're my lucky star That's what you are #11) It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living The golden crown that makes a man a king #12) I can't reveal her name until I get her (What's her name) Can't tell you I've tried, time and time again We end up as nothing but friends #13) It was I So starry-eyed I couldn't see That you didn't, you didn't love me Yes, I was the last one I was the very last one to know I, I was believin' You were deceivin' And now as my tears flow, oh Here I stand #14) I want to hear her call my name Because she can't call it loud But she calls it so sweet and so plain #15) And in July a lemonade To cool you in some leafy glade #16) For just a little while I thought that I might lose the game Then just in time I saw the twinkle in your eye #17) Good luck will rub off when I shake hands with you #18) Well, you wiggle and you shake Like a big rattlesnake #19) Daddy, let your mind roll on #20) There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong #21) You gotta show him that you care just for him Do the things he likes to do #22) My heart beats so fast I pray that it will last Until the end of time (Dum do-be-dum whoa-oa) (Do-be do-be dum do-be-dum whoa-oa) #23) There were some times when I was doubtful Of this new love affair But now my mind is no more doubtful I've found my heaven with the help of a prayer #24) Heh heh-heh-heh You oughta be-a here to hold me tight You oughta be-a here to treat me right You oughta be here to hold my hand #25) ------------ Tie-Breakers ------------ The moan and groan of a tenor saxophone is grand, really grand And when the man who plays piano takes command How we love the repetition of a rockin' composition #T1) In a golden cage Alone The leaves blow 'cross the long, black road To the darkened sky in its rage #T2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amusement Section -- Song Titles Taken Too Literally ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a completely optional section. This section has no impact on your quiz score or ranking. Rearrange the following 1955-1969 top-10 pop song titles which took their own wordings much too literally. For example: R. EDNES, O.T. is Return To Sender [Elvis Presley, #2, 1962/63] YOU JUST ME is Just Between You And Me [The Chordettes, #8, 1957] D.N.A. IN RUNT is Tossin' And Turnin' [Bobby Lewis, #1, 1961] Note that punctuation and spacing are often inserted, removed, or changed solely for your inconvenience! Try these: #A01) YOU WANT I #A02) H S E O A U R L T #A03) THE(L O V E)SAND #A04) RE-TYPO #A05) YOU'RE SMOKE, YES? #A06) (I CAN'T GET)YOU #A07) YOUR love HEART #A08) ISH ARDT ODO #A09) PATOOT ITEM #A10) ME AT LOOK #A11) NIGHT #A12) LOVER, LOVER #A13) COME, ME SEE! #A14) THE MONITO #A15) POHS #A16) FOOL--FOOL--FOOL--FOOL #A17) CROTHEWD #A18) ABCDEFIKL #A19) TINA HATT #A20) (THERE YOU) LIVED ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please fill in the following information at the end of each line: Name(s) = E-mail address = Age(s) [will be published if provided] = Number of people (including you) who contributed to your answers = ------------------------------------------------------------------------