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[pedanther]

Okay, it's been at least a week since the last guess, so I don't think we're going to get any more.

Here are the answers to the lyrics meme:


#1.
It was just after dark when the truck started down
The hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania
("30,000 Pounds of Bananas", Harry Chapin - identified by arcadiagt5)

#2.
Small pleasures, small pleasures
Who would deny us these?
("It's a Fine Life" from Oliver! - identified by splanky. Original London Cast recording)

#3.
A wim oh weh, a wim oooh weh
A wim oh weh, a wim oooh weh
("The Lion Sleeps Tonight", trad./controversial - identified by arcadiagt5. The Lion King Broadway cast recording)

#4.
No-one to talk with, all by myself
No-one to walk with, but I'm happy on the shelf
("Ain't Misbehaving", Fats Waller - identified by igenlode. Strictly speaking, it's Combo Fiasco's Fats Waller medley, but you can't tell that from the opening lines)

#5.
Come, my love, I'll tell you a tale
Of a boy and girl, and their love story
("Storybook Love", Willy DeVille - identified by arcadiagt5. The obligatory award-bait end-credits song from The Princess Bride, for anyone having trouble placing it)

#6.
I'm a-gonna take you down to the railway line
I'm a-gonna take you down to the railway line
("Runaway Train", Kasey Chambers)

#7.
I've paid my dues
Time after time
I've done my sentence
But committed no crime
("We Are The Champions", Queen - identified by arcadiagt5)

#8.
I've been in this town so long
That back in the city I've been
Taken for lost and gone
And unknown for a long, long time
("Heroes and Villains", The Beach Boys)

#9.
When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
("Let It Be", The Beatles - identified by justice_turtle, lost_spook. The Nick Cave cover from the I Am Sam sountrack)

#10.
People say I'm no good
And crazy as a loon
("Long Haired Country Boy", Charlie Daniels)

#11.
I was takin' a trip out to LA
Toolin' along in my Chevrolet
("Uneasy Rider", Charlie Daniels)

#12.
Every time my tears
Have ever fallen
Keep 'em in my pocket
For a rainy day
("On a Bad Day", Kasey Chambers)

#13.
Familiar with his kind
He'll beat someone down for fun
("Numbered Days", The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)

#14.
We're leaving together
But still it's farewell
("The Final Countdown", Europe - identified by ariaflame)

#15.
Circa mea pectora
multa sunt suspiria
("Circa mea pectora" from Carmina Burana - identified by arcadiagt5. I was concentrating so hard on getting the words I failed to notice this is one that has its title as an opening line)

#16.
Every day you walk
With stronger step
You walk with longer step
The worst is over
("A Heart Full of Love (reprise)" from Les Misérables - identified by igenlode. The 10th Anniversary Concert recording)

#17.
Well, I think it's fine
Building jumbo planes
("Where Do the Children Play", Cat Stevens)

#18.
I hear the train a-coming
It's rolling round the bend
("Folsom Prison Blues", Johnny Cash - identified by justice_turtle. The Folsom Prison live recording, naturally)

#19.
I found the answer, but I never liked it
I took my baby to the ten-step platform
("Crossfire", Kasey Chambers)

#20.
Six o'clock already
I was just in the middle of a dream
("Manic Monday", The Bangles - identified by arcadiagt5, lost_spook)

#21.
All the late-night bargains have been struck
Between the satin beaus and their belles
("Your Latest Trick", Dire Straits - identified by arcadiagt5. Until I did this meme I had no idea what the words in the second line were)

#22.
There's just a few more hours
That's all the time you've got
("Get Me to the Church On Time" from My Fair Lady. Original Broadway Cast recording)

#23.
Ah yee oh koe
Ah yoh koe
Ah yee oh koe
Ah yoh koe
("Canoe Song", Paul Robeson)


#24.
Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean, finally lovers know no shame
("Take My Breath Away", Berlin - identified by lost_spook)

#25.
They made something, they played something
Brand new a baby blue machine
("1-2-8", The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)

#26.
You are wrong, and always have been wrong
I'm a man, no worse than any man
('the track listing says "Drink With Me" but the first few minutes are actually Valjean and Javert's confrontation at the barricade' from Les Misérables - identified by igenlode. The confrontation acquires rhythm and rhyme several lines before this, but these are the first lines actually sung, at least in the 10th Anniversary Concert recording)

#27.
Time, time, time
See what's become of me
("Hazy Shade of Winter", The Bangles - identified by arcadiagt5)

#28.
Madi ao
Leka sebete chia ho oele sebatha
("Rafiki Mourns" from The Lion King (stage version). Original Broadway Cast recording)

#29.
Ring out the bells upon this day of days
May all the angels of the Lord above
("Wedding Chorale / Beggars at the Feast" from Les Misérables - identified by arcadiagt5. The 10th Anniversary Concert recording)

#30.
All the old paintings on the tombs
They do the sand dance, don't you know
("Walk Like An Egyptian", The Bangles - identified by justice_turtle)