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"The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face."


Name it and You give us one.

No looking it up on the net!


-Bureau

I knew it was Bob Dylan, but had to look up the song title to be sure:

Visions of Johanna


Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?
We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin' you to defy it
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there's nothing, really nothing to turn off
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind

In the empty lot where the ladies play blindman's bluff with the key chain
And the all-night girls they whisper of escapades out on the "D" train
We can hear the night watchman click his flashlight
Ask himself if it's him or them that's really insane
Louise, she's all right, she's just near
She's delicate and seems like the mirror
But she just makes it all too concise and too clear
That Johanna's not here
The ghost of 'lectricity howls in the bones of her face
Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place

Now, little boy lost, he takes himself so seriously
He brags of his misery, he likes to live dangerously
And when bringing her name up
He speaks of a farewell kiss to me
He's sure got a lotta gall to be so useless and all
Muttering small talk at the wall while I'm in the hall
How can I explain?
Oh, it's so hard to get on
And these visions of Johanna, they kept me up past the dawn

Inside the museums, Infinity goes up on trial
Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while
But Mona Lisa musta had the highway blues
You can tell by the way she smiles
See the primitive wallflower freeze
When the jelly-faced women all sneeze
Hear the one with the mustache say, "Jeeze
I can't find my knees"
Oh, jewels and binoculars hang from the head of the mule
But these visions of Johanna, they make it all seem so cruel

The peddler now speaks to the countess who's pretending to care for him
Sayin', "Name me someone that's not a parasite and I'll go out and say a prayer for him"
But like Louise always says
"Ya can't look at much, can ya man?"
As she, herself, prepares for him
And Madonna, she still has not showed
We see this empty cage now corrode
Where her cape of the stage once had flowed
The fiddler, he now steps to the road
He writes ev'rything's been returned which was owed
On the back of the fish truck that loads
While my conscience explodes
The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain
And these visions of Johanna are now all that remain

Here's your next one:

"Piss on the fire and call in the dogs."

I think I know this, bizarrely.

I remember my brother playing it once.

He had a strange musical taste, probably still does.

Can't remember though.

Itsy Bitsy Band or something.

Let me know if I'm right and the next one will be:

"it was cold and it rained and I felt like an actor"

If I'm wrong, ignore the last sentence...............

Birbee,

It's not the Itsy Bitsy Band, it's the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

The name of the song was "Bowlegs," but I can't find the lyrics on the internet anywhere (and don't feel like doing them from memory).

This is the same group who had a huge hit with "Mr. Bojangles."

Well I was close.

Can I have second place?

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Quote: birbee

I think I know this, bizarrely.

I remember my brother playing it once.

He had a strange musical taste, probably still does.

Can't remember though.

Itsy Bitsy Band or something.

Let me know if I'm right and the next one will be:

"it was cold and it rained and I felt like an actor"

If I'm wrong, ignore the last sentence...............

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5 Years - David Bowie

Ziggy Stardust album.

"and I thought of ma, and I wanted to get back there

your face, your race, the way that you talk

I kiss you you're beautiful, i want you to walk

We got five years..."

My one:

"You knew it didn't cost the earth, but for what it's worth.."

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Quote: Skoob1999

My one:

"You knew it didn't cost the earth, but for what it's worth.."

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Skoob,

That line is from Rod Stewart's "You Wear It Well."

Here's one: The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars.

Hasta La Musica,
Abel

Abel,

I'm a huge fan of The Association and wish they'd had a longer and more successful career. My favorite by them was probably Cherish. Your's was a little too easy.

Next:

"Sometimes, I've been to crying for unborn children"

J-Man,

The wife says that line is from a song named "I've Never Been To Me"

I had no idea. If that is right, I'll pass hers along:

"Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night with bruised arms and broken rhythm and a beat-up old Buick but dressed just like dynamite."

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Quote: Jalapenoman

"Sometimes, I've been to crying for unborn children"

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Sorry, Alan, but can I just interrupt for a moment, please?

I have to question the grammatical correctness of the line in that last song. Is the word 'to' really in the line?

It's very important, because Google will never find the song if I insert a word that shouldn't be there.

Yours anonymously,

M*nkey W*ods

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Quote: Bureau

J-Man,

The wife says that line is from a song named "I've Never Been To Me"

I had no idea. If that is right, I'll pass hers along:

"Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night with bruised arms and broken rhythm and a beat-up old Buick but dressed just like dynamite."

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Bureau

Is that one Spanish Stroll by Mink DeVille.

Can't quite place the line but it sounds familiar somehow.

Regards

Skoob.

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Quote: Jalapenoman

Abel,

I'm a huge fan of The Association and wish they'd had a longer and more successful career. My favorite by them was probably Cherish. Your's was a little too easy.

Next:

"Sometimes, I've been to crying for unborn children"

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Jalapenoman,

I liked The Association also. They had some fantastic harmonies. My song line quote was from their hit "Along Comes Mary."

I also liked their songs "Windy" and "Never My Love."

Bureau, the line you entered was from Bruce Springsteen's "Incident On 57th Street."

Hasta Las Memories,
Abel

Bureau, the line you entered was from Bruce Springsteen's "Incident On 57th Street."

Hasta Las Memories,
Abel

You got it Abel.

Your turn for a line.

"Barefoot girl dancin' in the moonlight."

had a love affair with Nina
in the back of my Cortina
a seasoned up hyena could not have been more obscener
she took me to the cleaners
and other misdemeanours
but I got right up between her
rum and her Ribena

Reply to Monkey Woods:

Yes, the line is "to"

Here's a You Tube Link

Here are the lyrics to "I've Never Been To Me" by Charlene:

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME
Charlene

Hey lady
You lady
Cursin' at your life
You're a discontented mother
And a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about
The things you never do
But I wish someone had a talked to me
Like I wanna talk to you

Ooh, I've been to Georgia and California and
Anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacher man and we
Made love in the sun
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
Because I had to be free
I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me

Please lady, please lady
Don't just walk away
Cause I have this need to tell you
Why I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
Won't you share a part?
Of a weary heart
That has lived a million lives?

Ooh, I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
While I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
And showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
And I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'posed to see
I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me

(narrated)
Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie
A fantasy we created about people and places
As we like them to be
But you know what truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding
And it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you are gonna make love to tonight
That's truth
That's love

Sometimes, I've been to crying for unborn childrenThat might have made me complete
But I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I spent my life exploring
The subtle whoring
That costs too much to be free
Hey lady, I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me, ooh

(I've been to paradise)
Never been to me
(I've been to paradise)
Never been to me

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Quote: Jalapenoman


Took the hand of a preacher man and we
Made love in the sun

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Just plain disgusting.

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Quote: Jalapenoman

But I ran out of places and friendly faeces

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Just plain disgusting.

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Quote: Jalapenoman

But you know what truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding
And it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you are gonna make love to tonight

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Oh please. Just plain disgusting. I've had enough.

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Quote: Jalapenoman

I spent my life exploring
The subtle whoring

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Really! That is so disgusting, Jman. Please only post songs with lyrics suitable for my reserved tastes in the future.

had a love affair with Nina
in the back of my Cortina
a seasoned up hyena could not have been more obscener
she took me to the cleaners
and other misdemeanours
but I got right up between her
rum and her Ribena

Billericay Dickie by Ian Dury and the Blockheads (I was actually listening to this very song this morning at work!)

And I have no idea on Abel's...sorry.

And I have no idea on Abel's...sorry.
Nick Hobbs

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Quote: Abel Rodriguez

"Barefoot girl dancin' in the moonlight."

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Nick,

The lyrics line was from "Green River" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Hasta Later,
Abel

Round five so I'll throw in a punch:

"an innocent man in a living hell"

Yes you are correct.

Always amused by this song, from the opening line on.

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Quote: Nick Hobbs

had a love affair with Nina
in the back of my Cortina
a seasoned up hyena could not have been more obscener
she took me to the cleaners
and other misdemeanours
but I got right up between her
rum and her Ribena

Billericay Dickie by Ian Dury and the Blockheads (I was actually listening to this very song this morning at work!)

And I have no idea on Abel's...sorry.

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Quote: Jaggedone

Round five so I'll throw in a punch:

"an innocent man in a living hell"

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That's a Bob Dylan song, I think it's about a black boxer in the deep South accused of murder.

It could be called the Hurricane or Reuben something or other.



"Some of them fell into heaven, some of them fell into hell."

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Quote: Jalapenoman

I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME
Charlene

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Enough!!


Any more of this filth and I will be lodging an official complaint with himslef.

Bob Dylan, Jacques Levy

Hurricane

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Quote: Jaggedone

Round five so I'll throw in a punch:

"an innocent man in a living hell"

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