1973 -- Name the title and the artist for each lyric.
All of the following songs were out in the year 1973, and received airplay
in the USA. Some were #1 hits, while others were quite obscure. Some artists
will appear more than once in the quiz.
[I did most of these straight from memory, so if you find an error, please let
me know.]
Email me your guesses and I will send you the answers. Have fun!
1. 110 in the shade, and the pavement was steaming
2. Glory sight, got de dawnin' Lordy light the night away
3. I can see the red tail lights
4. So you hide them when you're able
5. There's an awful lot of words, but there's no communication
5a. On the road, hanging by a song
6. Your silver tongue has turned to clay
7. Number one's gonna be number one
8. And a new day is dawning for us all
9. You had to show them, hey, didn't you?
10. I was just a boy, punished for a crime that was not mine
11. Recover from the trip you've been on
12. You make me vow to try and stop by sometimes
13. Slipping through the backwoods, quiet as a mouse
14. Because I'm on my guard and I'm watching you from head to toe
15. Have you ever loved and not known how?
16. Thrill me with all of your charms
17. Maybe you'll get a replacement
18. She's heard no whistle blowin' from the dark
19. Lover, don't you run for cover; don't run to your mother
20. There the monarch's autumn journey ends on a windswept cypress tree
21. I was warned not to look in his eyes
22. The time had come for her to choose between the good life and the blues
23. Always knew the time would come when I would start to wonder why
24. I never thought about it but I never really doubted the fact
25. You've got the warmest place that I've ever found
26. Long nights cryin' by the record machine
27. Then I guess she had to crash
28. If it gets me nowhere, I go there proud
29. Somehow, someday, things are gonna be so different
30. They've got men making laws that destroy other men
31. I've made up my mind, on what I'm gonna do
32. I still want you by my side just to help me dry the tear that I've cried
33. Then you'll know just what to do if you still want me
34. Whenever you're around me I just want to belong to you
35. Language barriers broken now we've found the key
36. Always miles away we're in another world
37. Leave the rent with the gent up in the penthouse
38. I look for the light through the pouring rain
39. We've got synthetic food that nearly tastes real
40. And I'm wonderin' how I'll get downstairs
41. Can't be like the rest is the most he'll confess
42. There he stood in the night knowing what's wrong from what's right
43. Everywhere I look I see your eyes
44. But you know it didn't take too long, till she'd lost her way
45. We take all kinda pills that give us all kinda thrills
46. Took me by the hand, led me far across this land
47. I knew the time would come I'd have to pay for my mistakes
48. The hotel detective he was outta sight
49. I can read the writing on the wall
50. Well you're where you should be all the time
51. There's not enough love in this old world
52. No trust in tomorrow--it's a lie
53. I'm trusting you to keep on, never turn away
54. I'm a consumated man and I can snatch a little purity
55. Every night we kiss your picture
56. Now I'm not questioning your motives for all the silly things you've done
57. They got the booze they need, more than money can buy
58. I'll love you until the rivers run still
59. I'm in the hi-fidelity first class travelling set
60. He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
61. Gypsy lady, you're a miracle worker for me
62. And the teacher taught us values that we had to learn to keep
63. And a silent wind still blows that only she can hear
64. I told them all I had faith in you
65. And we don't need the ladies cryin' 'cus the story's sad
66. He don't make mistakes; what he needs he takes
67. Moving through the city, making all the rounds
68. Just the thought that we might meet, creates anticipation
69. My ole lady she don't care
70. Head is in a bad place and I wonder what it's good for
71. It was empty, cold and bare
72. Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast
73. But when is it easy, telling someone you're through?
74. Nobody's winning at this kind of game
75. The things that pass for knowlege I can't understand