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Lyrics Quiz

Continuing my pattern of ripping off all my posting ideas from Matt Bruce, here's my version of the lyrics shuffle meme. See if you can figure out what songs these lines are from without using any references. I was supposed to take lines from the first 25 songs that came up when I randomly shuffled my playlist; since I wasn't listening to a playlist I shuffled all my music instead. Why post one of these on a blog that's received two total comments in its lifetime? Good question.

It looks like the shuffle function gave a pretty representative cross-section of my listening habits... circa 1996. Here we go - no cheating.

1. "I heard a song and turned away, as piece by piece you performed your story."
2. "At each and every show there's this groupie. Honest knows what she wants to do to me."
3. "And you care, and no one told you tried, and your heart is left out from the side, and the rain beats down, and the shame goes down"
4. "When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone... When you're sure you've had enough of this life."
5. "Sittin' in my window, I'm thinking of you, all the fun things we used to do."
6. "We need heroes like the Lone Ranger, when Tonto came pronto, when there was danger."
7. "Have you ever loved someone so much you thought you'd die? Giving so much of yourself, it seems the only way."
8. "One night I was coolin', sitting in the tub, and I wanted to go out and go to a club."
9. "Tell me that want me, tell me that you love me. I'll be your dream, you be my fantasy."
10. "What was that sound ringing around your brain? Today was just a blur, you gotta head like a ghost train."
11. "Big and black the clouds may be, time will pass away. If you put your trust in me I'll make bright your day."
12. "A gunshot rings out at the station, another urchin snaps & left dead on his own. It makes me wonder why I'm still here, for some strange reason it's now feelin like my home."
13. "Keeping my eyes open, I cannot afford to sleep. Giving away promises I know that I can't keep."
14. "Do my shit undercover, now it's time for the blubba blabba to watch that belly get fatter."
15. "The two of us together again, but it's just the same, a stupid game."
16. "Well I've finally found what I'm a looking for, but if they get their chance they'll end it for sure... surely would."
17. "The sun's still shining in the big blue sky, but it don't mean nothing to me."
18. "It's okay, had a bad day. Hands are bruised from breaking rocks all day."
19. "The butterfly, uh-uh that's old."
20. "We're just like old friends, we just can't pretend that lovers make amends."
21. "Don't get sentimental, it always ends up drivel."
22. "Now I'm towing my car, there's a hole in the roof. My possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof."
23. "They got paid for their sound bites, and sold their TV movie rights."
24. "And you know I see right through you, when the world gets in your way. What's the point in all this screaming? You're not listening anyway."
25. "I give you my destiny. I'm giving you all of me. I want your symphony, singing in all that I am."