Name that Tune

[Belle]

Me too, Strange one! I saw that you had posted down here and just HAD to come see what song Mr. Strange would post. :)--> Reading the lyrics I broke into song....

I'm assuming you've read the stories on http://www.harrychapin.com? Some really neat stuff on that site!

[Belle]

K, here's my lyric

It was a hot summer night and the beach was burning

There was a fog crawling over the sand

When I listen to your heart I hear the whole world turning

I see the shooting stars

[Tom Strange]

don't tell anyone... but I left Lawrence, Ma and went down to Boston Garden to see him when I was on the WOW field!

(I won't answer yours right now as it's by another of my favorite lyricists (I think) and the vocalist is from around here and I know others like to play)

[Belle]

Your secret is safe with me, Tom. ;)-->

We'll give 'em till the morning, ya think? Or should I post more lyrics?

BTW, glad to know you have such exellent taste in music. :D--> Not surprised, though.

[Tom Strange]

...doesn't anyone enjoy 'down home' cooking? you know... like mashed potatoes and meat loaf???

[Belle]

LOL! :D-->

Go ahead, Tom. Name that tune!

[Tom Strange]

...two out of three aint bad... sung by meat loaf (dallas boy) written by jim steinman...

[Tom Strange]

here's another easy one (probably easier since I'm going to give you a bunch of words):

Just a semi normal person

Thought he had the future planned

Then he won some silly sweepstakes

Now he had a hundred grand

Never stopped to think of taxes

He was gone before they knew

With a flair for old romantics

To the Orient he flew.

[sharon]

Somewhere over China

Jimmy Buffet

[Tom Strange]

you are correct young lady!

you're now up!

[sharon]

I come home in the morning light, my mother yells what you gonna do

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman"? If so, the artist could be Carole King, Aretha Franklin, or even The Captain and Tenille.

George

[Belle]

with your life. Oh, Mama Dear, you're still number one and Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! They really wanna, they really wanna - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Cyndi Lauper

That's my guess

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Seems more likely than my guess, though that "morning light" line keeps sonind like Aretha in my "spiritual ears"!

Hopefully, Sharon will confirm soon.

George

[Belle]

I'm pretty sure about my answer, George, but I'll give her till the morning to confirm. Then I'll double check the lyrics database.

BTW, Carole King is my absolute favorite version of your guess. :D--> I totally love love love everything she sang!!

[Belle]

Okay, I got MY part of the lyrics wrong, but I did get the artist and the song right. :D-->

Here's the correct verse:

quote:

oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones

and girls just want to have fun

oh girls just want to have fun

I also thought that other song was Bacon, Carrot, Biscuits - too. :D-->

[Belle]

my lyric:

He sat down on a river rock and turned into a toad

It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell

And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well

[Belle]

Come on! Somebody knows this song, no? :)-->

[Tom Strange]

GIRL song!!!

[Belle]

You know it, though, don't you? ;)-->

I thought it would be an easy one.

[Tom Strange]

...well, it is by The Artist PrEviouSly menTioned in a pRior post by You...

[Belle]

:D--> LOL! :D-->

You got! I knew it was gonna be easy.

[Tom Strange]

"Tongued-tied like a school boy, I stammered out some words.

But it did not really matter much, 'cause I don't think she heard."

[sharon]

Belle~~

Of course you were correct

next rounde of mint julieps are on me :)-->

[Tom Strange]

OK... maybe that was too obscure... (Harry Chapin, Better Place to Be)...

Here's one that is from one of the more popular artists...

You can hide `neath your covers

And study your pain

Make crosses from your lovers

Throw roses in the rain

Waste your summer praying in vain

For a savior to rise from these streets

someone should get this one!