Here's a little competition for you, a little quiz to while the hours away. The puzzle is this: can you name the artist and song title that go with these lyrics? Covers don't count; we want only the original artists here. Remixes don't count; we only want the original songs. If you're the first person to get the answer right for a particular month's lyric triplet then you are guaranteed to win a prize, no strings attached, no time limit imposed. Send your answers to lyrics@stelio.net. All winners will be announced as and when their entry is processed by me (when I read my mail, basically) and the answers for solved lyrics will be posted on another page. A new triplet will be added in the first half of every month (or earlier if I think I may be away from an Internet connection for a while).
It's time now to learn Portuguese
It's time now to learn what I know
And what I don't know
Oh whither has my lady wandered
I'll search until I know
I've found her
Just run outside
In the desert heat
Make your dress all wet and send it me
Is it my secret
One I should never tell
I'll never tell
It lay there rusting
I said it smells disgusting
She said it's channel number five
Take my arms
Take my legs
Let me see
Joanna draws the blinds when she gets home
It's winter and the air outside is freezing
At her door there lies a distant sun
When you learned how to fly
Just to learn later on
That there isn't a sky
Watching all the women
Shaking, slimming
Come in and cash the cheques
You say that it's over baby
You say that it's over now
But still you hang around now come on
He's taking it bad
There's absolutely no good reason why
He should accept it with a smile
I've been your sister
I've been your mistress
Maybe I was your whore
Peter Pan steals the kids in Kensington Park
You read me Shakespeare on the Rolling Thames
The old River Poet that never, ever ends
I got my head done
When I was young
It's not my problem
I lost my shame today
I lost it in some fields
And this coat I carry is disappearing
He's the message
In the midnight
Of your madness
Go get your knife
Go get your knife
Now kiss me
He couldn't believe how easy it was
He put the gun into his face
Bang!
Where are you going with my conscience
America, come back to me
Come back to me
One day girl
You're gonna be bigger than a flea
You're gonna be bigger than that old poison ivy tree
It's fun being a pathologist
Slicing up corpses
Especially when they've just been exhumed
For you and your laws
You kill and dine
In cold sublime
Tears are falling now
It's time to say your vow
It's time to understand
There is an artist
He wears nails in his hands
Everybody loves him loves him
Why can't love be blind
Instead of just a blind man crying
Why can't love be, why can't love be blind
Why did you say those things to make me change my mind?
You know you don't need me
So leave me to love, I'm hurting too much
Turn the corner and he's still there
Watching all the people who are passing unaware
Is there a judgement in what he sees?
I do believe anger is offset by sorrow
What you destroy today you might regret tomorrow
When you're young and defensive, it becomes offensive
If only I could stay with you
My train moves on, you're gone from view
Now I must wait until it's over
Curling up inside my private tortures
I nestle into pain
Hug suffering, caress every ache
You think I've lost my mind
But you might be the one who's lost my mind
I've been wasting my time
I've always been the champ
I know every trick
No freak's gonna beat my hand