Name that Tune

[Tom Strange]

try this one on...

But music was his life, it was not his livelihood,

and it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good.

And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul.

He did not know how well he sang; It just made him whole.

[Bluzeman]

Good song Tom! Mr. Tanner by Harry Chapin.

Rick

[Tom Strange]

Yes it is Rick... (you guys know I love HC songs)... You're up!

[Bluzeman]

This one should be easy cause I'm just going to go ahead and post the best lines in the song:

But Ive done a bit of smugglin, Ive run my share of grass

Made enough money to buy miami, but I pi$$ed it away so fast

Never meant to last, never meant to last

Rick

[Tom Strange]

Mother mother Ocean, I have heard you call...

is it "Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season"?

Edited August 11, 2006 by Tom Strange

[wasway]

sure sounds like somthing Jimmy Buffet would say as he looked back at 40...!!!

:)

[Tom Strange]

dangit was! I always get those two mixed up for some stoopeed reason!

of course it's "A Pirate Looks at 40"... I had the opening line though!

what a maroon I am!

You're turn!

[Ca_dreaming]

It's not good to beat yourself up like that Tom..

It's okay! :)

[Bluzeman]

OK, so Tom, or Wasway, one of you got it. Just say it when you know it.

Rick

[Tom Strange]

OK... I'll take it (even though wasway got it first)... "A Pirate Looks at 40" by Jimmy Buffet...

Here's another from our youth:

If you smile at me I will understand

'Cause that is something

Everybody everywhere does in the same language

As I was looking for 'breaking news' on the 'situation' last night I got sidetracked by "Woodstock"...

[wasway]

If Sweet Judy, the one with the blue eyes, was sittin on the dock of the bay, she might have seen Paul Kantners Wooden Ships being manned by David, Stephen and Graham (Neil wasn't onboard yet) as they went sailing by..

:)

[Tom Strange]

If you smile at me I will understand

'Cause that is something

Everybody everywhere does in the same language

I can see by your coat, my friend you're from the other side

There's just one thing I got to know

Can you tell me please who won?

Say can I have some of your purple berries?

Yes, I've been eating them

For six or seven weeks now haven't got sick once

Probably keep us both alive

Wooden ships on the water very free and easy

Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be

Silver people on the shoreline let us be

Talkin' 'bout very free and easy

Horror grips us as we watch you die

All we can do is echo your anguished cries

Stare as all human feelings die

We are leaving, you don't need us

Aaaah ...

Go take your sister then by the hand

Lead her away from this foreign land

Far away where we might laugh again

We are leaving, you don't need us

And it's a fair wind

Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder

Guess I'll set a course and go

You are correct my son...

[wasway]

This one should take about a minute to get

But what an anthem it was!!!

The old get old,

and the young get stronger;

may take a week,

and it may take longer.

They got the guns,

but we got the numbers.

Gonna win, yeah;

We're takin' over.

Come on!

[pawtucket]

Sounds "Door"ish. Can't think of the title though

[Tom Strange]

Your ballroom days are over, baby

Night is drawing near

Shadows of the evening crawl across the years

Ya walk across the floor with a flower in your hand

Trying to tell me no one understands

Trade in your hours for a handful dimes

Gonna' make it, baby, in our prime

(paw flipped the switch that is my dormant memory)

[Bluzeman]

5 to 1 that Tom knows that song. :)

Rick

[Tom Strange]

hmmm... those are pretty good odds you're giving there!

[pawtucket]

guess the song or noone gets out alive.

[Tom Strange]

I thought bluze answered it!

[wasway]

ya'll got it you figger it out :P

[Tom Strange]

All right then, I don't believe we've had one from this group yet:

Time is never time at all

You can never ever leave without leaving a piece of youth

And our lives are forever changed

We will never be the same

The more you change the less you feel

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Here's an idea. How about we play a game where someone gives a line or lines from a song, and then SOMEONE GUESSES THE SONG AND THE ARTIST!

George

[Tom Strange]

GSG... here's some ointment, I'm sure you're getting chaffed 'down there' since your...

"Five to One" and "The Door's" were both mentioned since the clue was given... sorry, didn't mean to leave you out in the cold.

[pawtucket]

And "noone gets out of here alive" is another line from the song

Edited August 15, 2006 by pawtucket

[Tom Strange]

I was going to mention that paw... but it's not the title or group!

so... my clue is from a "90's band"...