Phil's Lyric Quiz #31

This quiz originally appeared October 30, 1998.
1.  You'll never know how much I really love you,

    You'll never know how much I really care.


2.  Life's too short to make a mistake,

    Let's think of each other and hesitate.


3.  Tell your ma, tell your pa,

    I'm gonna send you back to Arkansas.


4.  Waiting for you, all my sins I said

    That I would pay for them if I could.


5.  Some folks are born made to wave the flag,

    Ooh, they're red, white and blue.


6.  I met God this afternoon, riding on an uptown train,

    I said "Don't you have better things to do?"


7.  If he asks if you're all alone, can he take you home,

    You must tell him no.


8.  Don't believe in love, don't believe in hate,

    Don't believe in anything that you can't waste.


9.  Every day, love me your own special way,

    Melt all my heart away with a smile.


10. Hey, little sister, what have you done?

    Hey, little sister, who's the only one?


11. Have you seen my wig around?

    I feel naked without it.


12. ... come from a can, they were put there by a man

    In a factory downtown.


13. Should've been, could've been, would've been dead

    If I didn't get the message goin' to my head.


14. I met a gin-soaked, barroom queen in Memphis,

    She tried to take me upstairs for a ride.


15. Through a fractal on a breaking wall,

    I see you my friend and touch your face again.


16. Why can't you stay forever?

    Just give me a reason, give me a reason.


17. Burn down the disco,

    Hang the blessed D.J.


18. Whatsoever I've feared has come to life,

    And whatsoever I've fought off became my life.


19. Now for the tricky part,

    When you were the brightest star, who were the shadows?


20. Like a fool, I went and stayed too long,

    Now, I'm wondering if your love's still strong.
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