From: cbetz@romulus.cray.com (Charles Betz 1541)
Subject: Another Country Music Lyrics Quiz
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 25 Aug 92 12:24:07 CDT

For those of you who enjoyed Bob Marshall's recent country music lyrics
quiz, I have put together another quiz focusing on lesser known artists
and songs.  What I mean by "lesser known" is artists that have had
some success, but would probably not be considered to be country music
legends.  In some cases the artist might be well known, but the song
may not be.

All of these songs were released as singles and all appeared on the 
country music charts in roughly the 1970 - 1985 time frame.

I have followed Bob's format of listing all the songs in alphabetical
order by the artist's name.  In the event that a particular song has
been recorded by more than one artist, the artist that fits
alphabetically is the one I'm looking for.

I also plan to use Bob's scoring format, that being 1/2 point for
each correctly identified song title and 1/2 point for each correctly
identified artist.

PLEASE EMAIL your answers to: cbetz@romulus.cray.com.  DO **NOT** POST them.

Good luck to everyone.  I will post the answers on September 1.
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1) "I'm gonna leave this fear of losing and all this pain behind
    We'll get it right, right from the start..."

2) "And the tires got hot on the pickup truck as down the road they flew."

3) "The seas are rough and the sails are torn
    In your arms I'm safe and warm."

4) "This broken back was the dying act of handsome Harry Clay
    That sticky Cincinnati night I stole his wife away."

5) "I never could stand the touch of a man
    Who'd brand me to keep me around."

6) "She arrives in all her splendor each night at nine o'clock
    Her chariot is a crosstown bus that stops right down the block."

7) "You smiled and asked about my wife and family
    I said Johnny's six and Judy is almost four."

8) "I wish I had a string you could pull to make me say:
    Hi, I'm Teddy, ain't it a lovely name?"

9) "You make the coffee, I'll make the bed."

10) "And if he ever makes you blue, just remember, I love you."

11) "He don't believe me at all
     He know's I'm lying, it just ain't true."

12) "Once upon a time, there was tommorrow
     But that was yesterday..."

13) "We both know the score, but we run back for more
     And every time we cheat we're laying it all on the line."

14) "Over in the corner, much to my surprise
     Were Waylon, Willie & Mickey Guilley
     Listening to Charley Pride."

15) "Each day is better than the day before
     If this is what the future holds in store
     Then I can take a whole lot more."

16) "She reaches across the bed, where no one lays his head  
     And cries 'cause she's lonesome as hell."

17) "I knew only loneliness, but then I found happiness
     Now I just want the world to smile and sing along."

18) "It's so easy to be smart with somebody else's heart
     But I don't know how to start forgetting you."

19) "But I'd hate myself in the morning, and you'd hate me too
     Cause after the fire of a night's desire
     I'd have to say goodbye to you."

20) "If you love me, then think it on over
     Make up you're mind, or I'll lose mine."


Tie breakers

A) "And age made no difference
    I'd been around and she was young."

B) "You look at your wall, I stare at mine
    But we never really seem to say what's on our mind."

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Charlie Betz
Cray Research, Inc.   Chippewa Falls, WI
cbetz@romulus.cray.com
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