Lyrics quiz meme answers

[pedanther]

Here are the answers to the lyrics quiz meme:

1. After six hours of school I've had enough for the day
I hit the radio dial and turn it up all the way
- "Dance, Dance, Dance", The Beach Boys

2. I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
- "The Boxer", Simon and Garfunkel
(identified by swordznsorcery)

3. Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you
- "Julia", The Beatles (Chocolate Genius cover from I Am Sam)

4. Six o'clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream
I was kissing Valentino by a crystal-blue Italian stream
- "Manic Monday", The Bangles
(identified by lost_spook)

5. I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
- "I Walk the Line", Johnny Cash
(identified by justice_turtle)

6. Keep on a-naggin' an' bully-raggin'
An' criticizin', an' call me pizen
- "Ah Still Suits Me", Joe in Show Boat (Paul Robeson)

7. Well the eagle's been flyin' slow
And the flag's been flyin' low
- "In America", Charlie Daniels

8. I remember I was in the tanning salon
When I heard that River Phoenix was gone
- "California", Belinda Carlisle
(this round's instance of The One Where I Looked Up the Lyrics Just To Be Sure I Had Them Right and Discovered That I Totally Didn't)

9. Out of the tree of life I just picked me a plum
You came along and everything started to hum
- "The Best Is Yet to Come", Tony Bennett

10. Writing the lines as they come to me
Scratching them out almost immediatelly
- "Return Post", The Bangles

11. I was never alive till the day I was blessed with you
When I hold you late at night I know what I was put here to do
- "Angel's Lullaby", Richard Marx

12. Here's a hint of gold stuck into a tooth
Pardon me, monsieur, you won't be needing this no more
- "Dog Eat Dog", Thenardier in Les Miserables (Alun Armstrong in the 10th Anniversary Concert recording)

13. Moonlight on Swanee's muddy shore
By my door
- "Rockin' Chair", Hoagy Carmichael (Paul Robeson cover)

14. I remember eyes that shined as they looked so hard back into mine
Now it's just a memory
- "I'll Set You Free", The Bangles (the Greatest Hits album version, which begins with the chorus)

15. I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
- "Folsom Prison Blues", Johnny Cash
(identified by justice_turtle)

16. What's the use? There is no excuse
To be hiding what's on my mind
- "As Long as I Live", Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler (Anita O'Day cover)

17. All you fellas, gather 'round me
And let me give you some good advice
- "Who's Making Love", Johnnie Taylor (Blues Brothers cover)

18. Each time you trill a song with Bill or look at Will I get a chill
I'm gloomy
- "The Half of It, Dearie Blues", Dick Trevor in Lady, Be Good (Fred Astaire)

19. Look at her! A prisoner of the gutter
Condemned by every syllable she utters
- "Why Can't the English", Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (Rex Harrison)
(identified by ariaflame)

20. I shouldn't love him - he's lazy
He sits around while I work
- "A Serenade to a Jerk", Spike Jones and His City Slickers feat. Judy Manners

21. A winter's day in a deep and dark December
I am alone
- "I am a Rock", Simon and Garfunkel
(identified by daibhid_c)

22. I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
- "Crying", Roy Orbison (Don McLean cover)
(identified by swordznsorcery)

23. I hear you through the wire
The words all sound like noise
- "I'll Set You Free", The Bangles (the original album version, which begins with the verse)

24. Now that I've lost everything to you
You say you wanna start something new
- Cat Stevens, "Wild World"

25. I'm getting married in the morning
Ding dong, the bells are gonna chime
- "Get Me to the Church On Time", Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady (Stanley Holloway)
(identified by ariaflame, daibhid_c)