Phil's Lyric Quiz #7

This quiz originally appeared April 11, 1994.

1.  Get ready for the big time,
    Tap dancing on a land mine.

2. And now they're trying to take my life away, Forever young I cannot stay.

3. Seems she forgot about the library Like she told her old man, now.

4. No, not the one in South California, They got one in South Patagonia.

5. I catch a paper boy, but things don't really change. I'm standing in the wind, but I never wave bye-bye.

6. Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay, It only took five little fingers to blow you away.

7. Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, Pumped a lot of 'pane down in New Orleans.

8. I love myself, I want you to love me. When I feel down, I want you above me.

9. Every woman made a fool out of me My mama told me when she set me free.

10. The time has come to say fair's fair, To pay the rent, to pay our share.

11. Got a job, that's okay, But they've got me working night and day.

12. At school they taught me how be so pure of thought and word and deed, They didn't quite succeed.

13. Since you've gone, I been lost without a trace, I dream at night, I can only see your face.

14. My friend says we're like the dinosaurs, Only we are doing ourselves in much faster than they ever did.

15. Gonna use my arms, gonna use my legs, Gonna use my style, gonna use my sidestep.

16. Out where the rivers meet the sounding sea, You're high above me now, you're wild and free.

17. Once I ran to you, Now I run from you.

18. Show a little faith, there's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright.

19. I keep reaching up, but they drag me back down. Wherever I try to hide, I will always be found.

20. It's only the thrill of boy meeting girl, Opposites attract.

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