This has been fun at some other message boards. This isn't an original idea; I stole it from somewhere, but the idea is that I'll start with a line from a song, & the next person comes along & posts a line from an entirely different song that rhymes with the previous line. Then said person will also post a line from yet another song, for which the next person will hafta come up with a rhyming line, etc. So, I might start with a line that's a favorite around here:

It's the 10th of January, & I still ain't had no sleep. ("Darkest Hour" - Arlo Guthrie)

The next person might post the following:

Pharoah's army got drownded, Oh, Mary, don't you weep. ("Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" - traditional)

I go to bakeries all day long coz there's a lack of sweetness in my life. ("Hospital" - Modern Lovers)

Then the next person might post:

And they call him Mack the Knife ("Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin)

And he would come up with another line, etc., etc.

Make sense?

Be sure to identify the song you're using. There's no restriction on where you get your song line, as long as it's a real song. So let's get 15 pages worth of song lines & make these moderators close this thread & earn the big moderators money!

Here's what I'll start it with:

I'm sitting on my watch so I can be on time. ("Bye and Bye" - Bob Dylan)

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Brother bought a coconut, he bought it for a dime ("Coconut" ~Harry Nillson)

She's a little ol' cowgirl from out Texas way
("Little Ol' Cowgirl" ~the <original> Dixie Chicks) (my granddaughter's favorite song at the moment)

Sittin' on the dock of the bay...
(Sittin' on The Dock of The Bay, Otis Redding)

I wanna stand with you on a mountain...(Savage Garden,Truely,Madly,Deeply)

Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees and the soda water fountain.
("Big Rock Candy Mountain" - traditional, recorded by Burl Ives, the Highwaymen, et. al.)

Got a good reputation but the man is bad.
("Shaggy Dad" - Lightnin' Hopkins)

...cool!...

"She was the best girl I ever had..."
San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller

try...

"you've had to hide sometimes, but now you're alright...
and it's good to see you smilin' face tonight....

(Fountain of Sorrow - Jackson Browne)

edited once cause i screwed up...

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Skyrockets in flight...
Afternoon delight! (Starland Vocal Band)

Celia, you're breakin my heart,
You're shakin my confidence daily...
(Cecilia, Paul Simon)

"For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight"

--the Beatles, Sgt. Pepper

How about "I haven't got time for the pain"

--Carly Simon

this is for Judy's (haven't got one yet for cliffite's

Let it rain, rain, rain.... (Clapton, Rain)

my choice

Yellow matter custard, drippin' from a dead dog's eyes..

(Beatles, I am the Walrus)

For cliffite:

Won't you come home Bill Bailey
("Bill Bailey" Written by Hughie Cannon, recorded by Patsy Cline)

How about:

Jeremiah was a bullfrog!
("Joy to the World" ~Three Dog Night)

"philosophy is the talk on a cereal box, religion is the smile on a dog" (what i am---edie brickel & new bohemians)

"eat the salty peanuts out the can" (the cisco kid---war)


edited because i remembered what i wanted to put to begin with, but left it anyway..

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It was Christmas in Prison
and the Food was Real Good
We had Turkey & Pistols Carved out of Wood

(Christmas in Prison, By John Prine)

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I feel glad when you feel good
you brighten up my neighbourhood..
(Howdido, Woody Guthrie)

today i am your chariot horse
tomorrow I'm your albatross..
(Pretending to Care, Todd Rungren)

I just wanna be your lover, baby, I don't wanna be your boss.

("It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" - Bob Dylan)

Excuse me while I kiss the sky.

("Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix)

He's the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die..
("Universal Soldier", Buffy Saint-Marie)

The Kookaburra laughed and he said it's true
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Hoooo
he can run the pants off a Kangaroo...
("Old Man Emu") John Williamson.

....Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river...
(Lenoard Cohen, Suzanne.)


...Imagine there's no hell below us, Above us only Sky....
(John Lennon, Imagine)
{Louise}


...In the land of cotton, there stands a
ragady cross....
(Frank Zappa, Jesus Thinks Your A Jerk)
{Joes}