ain't got no quarrels with god, ain't got no time to grow old

[primroseburrows]

Answers to my iPod lyric meme, with yay!songfiles!


I think I have everyone. If you guessed right and I left you out, tell me and I'll fix it. I have trouble with lists, so it could happen.

If you guessed right (even if you didn't guess first) I'll write something drabble-ish for you if it's a fandom/book/film/yaddayadda that I actually know.

My usuals are Harry Potter, due South and its various giant pseudopods offshoots (yes, even that one. Um.), Slings & Arrows (which I insist has to be mentioned all by itself *g*), Dark Tower, etc. I can probably do others, within reason. If it's a drabble, I'll do crossovers, any pairings, gen, whatever.

Or, if you're not into such things, I'll send you a songfile I think you'd like. Or both, because I'm a fileshare slut.


1. How come I gotta die to get a chance to talk to you face to face?
Indigo Girls - Hey Jesus.
(Unfortunately I don't have a non-iPod file for this song)
maggiesox

2. You're an untamed youth, that's the truth, with your cloak full of eagles
T. Rex - Bang a Gong
redhedlvr

3. Where you end, where I begin, is like a river going through
Dave Matthews Band - Grace is Gone

4. Your mama, the long and suffering prisoner of what she can not see
Natalie Merchant - Life is Sweet

5. Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht
Nena - 99 Luftballons
sam80853,stormwynd, flutteringazure

6. Looks like Christmas at 55 degrees; this latitude weakens my knees
The Tragically Hip - Thompson Girl

7. You can get just so much from a good thing; you can linger too long in your dreams
Billy Joel - Keeping the Faith
maggiesox

8. I wanna feel your breath even though you like to flirt with death
Lucinda Williams - Essence
maggiesox

9. And you don't need to wonder, you're doing fine; my love, the pleasure's mine
Heart - Crazy on You
topaz7

10. It makes me mad at truth for loving what was you
Billy Idol - Eyes Without a Face
shellsong

11. Consume more than you need; this is the dream
Tracy Chapman - Mountains O' Things
(bleh. No regular file for this, either)

12. Either don't let go, son, or grab the nearest friend
The Beautiful South - The Slide

13. Calculate the percentage and disfigure every cost; there'll be another mall open on Monday
The Headstones - Nickels For Your Nightmares

14. Hey, honey, you got lots of cash; bring us down a bottle and we'll have some laughs
Joni Mitchell - Raised on Robbery
(I really thought I had the file for this somewhere besides my iPod)
topaz7, eltonroo

15. She's like a new girl every day, and all the rest don't bother me
Robert Palmer - She Makes My Day

16. Must be strangely exciting to watch the stoic squirm
Alanis Morissette - Uninvited (acoustic version, live)
eldritchhobbit

17. Ah, take me home, please, I'm cold
Keeley and Gross - Cherry Beach
brooklinegirl, sam80853

18. It's hard to run from a starving family
Elton John - Ballad of a Well-Known Gun
eltonroo

19. Trying to tell you all that I can in a sweet and velvet tongue
Rufus Wainwright - The One You Love

20. My love will laugh with me before the morning comes
The Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
(Note: The last two numbers at the end of the url are 19. Coincidence? Hmm.)
topaz7

21. With a mandolin or an angry grin and a dead wife in the larder
The Flash Girls - All-Purpose Folk Song
(written by the very lovely and talented Neil Gaiman, no less)

22. Every schoolboy knows the hiding places I don't
Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir - Microscope
(sorry this is an m4a; I bought the album from iTunes, and that's how they send 'em)
brooklinegirl

25. Many times I've gazed along the open road
Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away
eltonroo, eldritchhobbit

Comments

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

*squee* I didn't have this - and it is awesome! *huge hugs* Thank you!!!

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

You like? Well, then, you should have these, then:

The Flash Girls - A Girl Needs a Knife

The Flash Girls -Me And Dorothy Parker

The first one's another Neil song, the second isn't. It's by another author, but I can't remember who it is without checking the CD case, which I haven't seen in an age. Someone you've heard of, I'm sure.

You can get the Maurice and I, the album they're from, here.

[eldritchhobbit.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! *huge hugs* You are the best. Thanks a million!!!