From: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM (Bob Marshall)
Subject: ANSWERS: LYRICS QUIZ #6
Reply-To: marshall@NEBULA.SSD.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale, California
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 02:47:19 GMT

Here are the answers and the scores for my Country Music Lyrics Quiz #6.
This was the closest quiz yet, with June Ellis edging out Charles Betz
by just one point, 34 to 33 (out of a possible of 40). Other high scores
were Joey Morehead (29), Lynda Peterson (27), and Joe Rambo (26).

Several of these songs were also hits on the pop charts; I thought it
would be sort of fun to throw a few of those in. And there were several
golden oldies from over thirty years ago thrown in; you guys did not
fare real well on those, I was disappointed to see.

Without further ado, here are the scores (13 entries in all) :

  34 June Ellis
  33 Charles Betz
  29 Joey Morehead
  27 Lynda Peterson
  26 Joe Rambo
  24 Susan Shelton
  24 Diane Taylor
  14 coyote@mentor
  11 Johanna Turner
   8 Lori Hartman
   5 Alayne Whaley
   3 Anthony Stuckey
   1 pmanyem@eos

And, here are the answers. The numbers in parentheses indicate the number
of entrants who got both the artist and title correct.

 1. "K-13 is her favorite song"
     JOHN ANDERSON, "STRAIGHT TEQUILA NIGHT" (10)

 2. "Since you left everybody says
     I'm not the guy they've known"
     CLINT BLACK, "NOBODY'S HOME" (8)

 3. "But on the wind and rain a strange new perfume blows"
     GARTH BROOKS, "THE THUNDER ROLLS" (9)

 4. "I wake up in the morning and I wonder
     Why everything's the same as it was"
     SKEETER DAVIS, "END OF THE WORLD" (1) (June Ellis was the only person
     who got this right! OK, it's from 1963, but hasn't everyone heard this
     song? You know, "Why do the birds go on singing, why does the sun
     sun shine above, don't they know it's the end of the world, it ended
     when I lost your love".)

 5. "Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy
     She'll beat you if she's able"
     EAGLES, "DESPERADO" (9) (This was the one oldie that most people got)

 6. "Living in the spotlight
     Can kill a man outright
     'Cause everything that glitters is not gold"
     GATLIN BROTHERS, "ALL THE GOLD IN CALIFORNIA" (6)

 7. "The warden led a prisoner down the hallway to his doom"
     MERLE HAGGARD, "SING ME BACK HOME" (3) (Only three people identified
     this classic? Come on! And I even picked the opening lyric. I thought
     that some people might also be familiar with the song because there
     seems to be a lot of Gram Parsons fans in this group, and he also
     did this one).

 8. "Well it hurts to talk about it but my world just fell apart"
     HIGHWAY 101, "WALKIN' TALKIN' BARELY BEATIN' BROKEN HEART" (4)

 9. "And I'm glad I got the chance to say
     a word about the music and the mothers in Nashville"
     LOVIN' SPOONFUL, "NASHVILLE CATS" (1) (OK, this one may not have been
     fair; the Lovin' Spoonful is certainly not a country group. But 
     this certainly was a country song. Susan Shelton was the only person
     to identify it completely - OK, her sister gave her the answer!.
     Charles Betz identified the song, but was unable to identify the
     group, thus costing him a tie for first! Too bad, Charles, you would
     have won the tie-breaker!)

10. "I won't say that I'm sorry that I met you
     I can't have you but I never will forget you" (contributed by Toby Hughes)
     REBA MCENTIRE, "ONE PROMISE TOO LATE" (5)

11. "I couldn't face the night in my lonely bed
     So I laid down on the couch instead" (contributed by Lynda Peterson)
     REBA MCENTIRE, "FOR MY BROKEN HEART" (9) (No one said I can't use the
     same artist twice in the same quiz!)

12. "Grandma's daddy didn't like me much
     But I loved your grandma so"
     COLIN RAYE, "LOVE ME" (11) (The easiest song of the bunch)

13. "There's nothing left for me to do
     But cry over you" (contribued by June Ellis)
     MARTY ROBBINS, "SINGIN' THE BLUES" (3) (a real oldie, from 1956;
     and actually Lynda Peterson contributed this one, too).

14. "They say crime don't pay
     But neither does farming these days"
     SAWYER BROWN, "CAFE ON THE CORNER" (7)

15. "Barbequed chicken in aluminum foil
     Just enough money for my gas and oil"
     SHENANDOAH, "NEXT TO YOU, NEXT TO ME" (6)

16. "Let them all think what they want to
     As for me when I look at you"
     DOUG STONE, "IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT" (7)

17. "And when I'm falling to pieces, going crazy
     With a heart that just won't mend"
     MARSHA THORNTON, "A BOTTLE OF WINE AND PATSY CLINE" (1) (I knew this
     one would be tough, but I thought the obvious references to Patsy
     Cline might turn on a light-bulb. But only June Ellis got this).

18. "I took a double-take out on the interstate"
     TRAVIS TRITT, "COUNTRY CLUB" (7)

19. "No one will ever know
     How much I love you so"
     CONWAY TWITTY, "IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE" (2) (a #1 song on the
     pop charts from 1958. Only June Ellis and Charles Betz got it
     completely correct, although several other people did identify
     the song, but not the artist)

20. "Some tears will never dry
     My love for you will never die"
     DON WILLIAMS, "SOME BROKEN HEARTS NEVER MEND" (3)

Tie Breakers :

 1. "You can't hang a man
     For killin' a woman
     Who's trying to steal your horse..."
     WILLIE NELSON, "RED-HEADED STRANGER" (1) (Only Johanna Turner got
     this one. Great lyric! Not sure what impelled me to include it, though)

 2. "...stinking to high heaven"
     DEAD SKUNK, "LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III" (2) (Joey Morehead and Charles
     Betz got this one; June Ellis identified the song, but not the
     artist. Technicolor!)

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