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#157643 03/24/06 09:51 AM
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Just a little green
Like the color when the spring is born
There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow
Just a little green
Like the nights when the Northern lights perform
There'll be icicles and birthday clothes
And sometimes there'll be sorrow

Little Green~Joni Mitchell

#157644 03/24/06 10:16 AM
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It’s not easy being green

It’s not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.
When I think it could be nicer being red, or
yellow or gold-
Or something much more colorful like that.

It’s not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other
ordinary things.
And people tend to pass you over ‘cause you’re
not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water-
or stars in the sky.

But green’s the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like.
And green can be big like an ocean, or important
like a mountain, or tall like a tree.

When green is all there is to be
It could make you wonder why, but why wonder why?
Wonder, I am green and it’ll do fine,
it’s beautiful!

And I think it’s what I want to be.

-- Kermit the Frog (Joe Raposo, probably?)


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You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free

from Queen's I Want To Break Free

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not a contiguous word match, but...

I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I’ll make you so sure about it

God only knows what I’d be without you

If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

God only knows what I’d be without you

If you should ever leave me
Well life would still go on believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me

God only knows what I’d be without you

God Only Knows (surprise!)
Brian Wilson, Beach Boy

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See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you...


U2

#157648 03/24/06 05:41 PM
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They sat together in the park
As the evening sky grew dark,
She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
And watched out for a simple twist of fate.

Bob Dylan

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We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around,
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.

Well, go on down to Jackson; go ahead and wreck your health.
Go play your hand you big-talkin' man, make a big fool of yourself,
Yeah, go to Jackson; go comb your hair!
Honey, I'm gonna snowball Jackson.
See if I care.

When I breeze into that city, people gonna stoop and bow. (Hah!)
All them women gonna make me, teach 'em what they don't know how,
I'm goin' to Jackson, you turn-a loose-a my coat.
'Cos I'm goin' to Jackson.
"Goodbye," that's all she wrote.

But they'll laugh at you in Jackson, and I'll be dancin' on a Pony Keg.
They'll lead you 'round town like a scalded hound,
With your tail tucked between your legs,
Yeah, go to Jackson, you big-talkin' man.
And I'll be waitin' in Jackson, behind my Jaypan Fan.

I'm Goin' To Jackson
________________________Johnny Cash

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Take my word, the mockingbird
He will sing the saddest kind of song,
He knows things are wrong and he's right.
From natchez to mobile, from memphis to st. joe,
Wherever the four winds seem to blow,
I've been in some big towns and I've heard me some big talkin',
But there is one thing I know,
A woman's a two-face, she's a worrisome thing
Who'll leave you to sing the blues in the night.

~Ella Fitzgerald, Blues in the Night, Mercer/Arlen.

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After all Jacks are in their boxes
And the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red.

And the Wind whispers Mary

The Wind Cries Mary~Jimi Hendrix

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Put on your red dress, baby
'cause we're goin' out tonight
Put on your red dress, baby
'cause, we're goin' out tonight
I'm gonna wear some boxin' gloves
'case some fool might wanna fight

Put on your high-heel sneakers,
Wear your wig-hat on your head
Put on your high-heel sneakers,
Wear your wig-hat on your head
You're a right fair looking woman,
I'm pretty sure you're gonna knock 'em dead

High Heel Sneakers
_________________Tommy Tucker



Complete this one line ethnic rhyme for extra points:

Little Tommy Tucker was a mean ____ _____.


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