A Minor Variation

...as ganked from ahumblepen. Playlist on shuffle, first fifty songs, first five words from each, guess the song and the artist, no googling or azlyrics-ing. I didn't include the songs that aren't in English, so stop your whining. Bonus for the cut.


1. In the springtime of the year, when the trees are crowned with leaves... Loreena McKennitt, "The Mummers' Dance" - thenowhere
2. Summer ends and we wonder where we are... Dar Williams, "End of the Summer" - ahumblepen
3. Well, so here I am at the end of the road... Billy Joel, "Got To Begin Again" - funwithrage
4. Harry got up, dressed all in black... Don Henley, "New York Minute" - funwithrage didn't know the artist, but there's a lot of that on this list so we won't hold that against her.
5. When it's love you give, I'll be your man of good faith... Bryan Adams, Sting, and Rod Stewart, "All For Love" - thenowhere knew Bryan Adams, anyway!
6. I'm so scared that the way that I feel is written all over my face... Carolyn Dawn Johnson, "So Complicated" - thenowhere
7. So you're standing on the edge, it looks like you might fall... Nine Days, "If I Am" - thenowhere impressed me by getting this one.
8. The moon wanted more of
9. Once in your life, you'll find her... Christopher Cross, "Arthur's Theme" - funwithrage
10. Call me a joker, call
11. Well, here we are again
12. Everybody's got a million questions
13. At the beginning of time
14. Put on my blue suede shoes and I boarded the plane... Marc Cohn, "Walking In Memphis" - ahumblepen didn't know the artist, but who does?
15. Well, I remember it all
16. Looking back over the years
17. Love me love me, say
18. Climbing out, we stumble around
19. Turn around, smell what you
20. Some people stay far away from the door if there's a chance of it opening up... Billy Joel, "An Innocent Man" - flusterbunny
21. I'm in need of a remedy to cure me from loving you... Randy Travis, "Out Of My Bones" - I have no idea how ahumblepen got that based on those first five words.
22. Nobody does it better, makes me feel bad for the rest... Carly Simon, "Nobody Does It Better" - hopperuk
23. Visions that keep stirring my soul... The Eagles, "Visions" - ahumblepen
24. I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons... Rascal Flatts, "I'm Movin' On" - ahumblepen
25. I'm sorry for everything I've
26. The wind is moving, but I am standing still... Michael W. Smith, "Place In This World" - thenowhere
27. Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man... Crash Test Dummies, "Superman's Song" - ahumblepen
28. Sail ho, heave ho, come
29. Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings... The Monkees, "Daydream Believer" - ahumblepen
30. Our love is unconditional, we
31. When darkness falls across this old sky... Gene, "Speak To Me, Someone" - hopperuk
32. Lovers in the long grass
33. Asked a girl what she wanted to be... The Beatles, "Drive My Car" - ahumblepen
34. She don't look like her mother, nothing like her father... Jeffrey Steele, "Something In The Water" - funwithrage
35. You're struttin' into town like you're slingin' a gun... Cher, "Just Like Jesse James" - funwithrage
36. Turn down the lights, turn down the bed... Bonnie Raitt, "I Can't Make You Love Me" - funwithrage
37. Forget about it, I'm admittin' I was wrong and I'll just take what's mine and head right out the door... Alison Krauss, "Forget About It" - ahumblepen
38. Misty sunrise in my hometown
39. Yesterday the odds were stacked in favor of my expectations... Alison Krauss, "Maybe" - ahumblepen
40. Hello little star, are you
41. Accepting all I've done and said... Schroedinger's Cat, "In Your Eyes" - thenowhere guessed Peter Gabriel, which was good work since the more common edit of his original doesn't begin with those words. I didn't really expect anyone to know about Schroedinger's Cat (though I'm pretty sure I've sent this cover to a few people on my friendslist).
42. It's a cold, cold, cold
43. Black and orange stray cat sittin' on a fence... The Stray Cats, "Stray Cat Strut" - ahumblepen
44. Look into my eyes, you will see... Bryan Adams, "Everything I Do (I Do It For You)" - flusterbunny
45. Didn't I say I wasn't
46. One of these days you'll
47. Ain't no sunshine when she's gone... Bill Withers, "Ain't No Sunshine" - ahumblepen
48. Johnny take a walk with your sister the moon... U2, "Mysterious Ways" - thenowhere
49. My immaculate dream, made breath and skin... Duran Duran, "Come Undone" - ahumblepen gets credit for this despite not knowing the title.
50. Please, please forgive me, but I won't be home again... Evanescence, "Missing" - thenowhere ought to have known this, since she's pretty much responsible for the amount of Evanescence in my playlist.