Lyrics Meme Answers

[jianantonic]

These were hard, and for the most part, y'all did better than I thought you would.  But some of you missed songs I certainly thought you wouldn't.  You'll see what I mean.  I've unscreened all the comments, so you can see others' guesses now on the previous post, but you won't see my cousin Allan's, because he emailed his guesses to me.  But he beat you all by a lot.

1.  It was a ruby that she wore, on a chain around her neck
Jackson Browne - In the Shape of a Heart
2.  Wouldn't it be great if no one ever got offended?  Wouldn't it be great to say what's really on your mind?
Great Big Sea - Consequence Free
3.  My whole life savings -- a two dollar bill / As for why I'm here tonight -- I got time to kill
Steep Canyon Rangers - One Dime at a Time
4.  There'll be no strings to bind your hands / Not if my love can't bind your heart
The Pretenders - Angel of the Morning
5.  Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds / You'd think she was queen of the land
The Irish Rovers - Black Velvet Band
6.  Pretty soon we were takin' it serious / Me and you underneath a mysterious spell
Neil Diamond - Delirious Love
7.  Oh says Red Molly to James, "That's a fine motorbike"
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
8.  You don't know what love is, you think that it's a toy
Cherryholmes - You Don't Know What Love Is
9.  When I tell you that I love you, don't test my love, accept my love, don't test my love, 'cause maybe I don't love ya all that much (more than a couplet, but I love that whole line.  One of my favorite song openings ever.)
Dan Bern - Jerusalem
10.  Oh it's been getting so hard, living with the things you do to me
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
11.  Just gimme the gees an we be yow. / Gal a make we please and we be thuggin' yow.  (I had to look these up...)
Sean Paul - We Be Burnin
12.  As I went walking that ribbon of highway
Arlo Guthrie's cover of Woody's This Land is Your Land
13.  All the girls in the music biz have credit cards they subscribe to Ms., and they only wanna fuck...
Too Much Joy - Long Haired Guys From England
14.  What then on God's paved earth could you be thinking of? / I'm so benign, and kind, an ambassador of love
Eddie From Ohio - The Bird
15.  I know you / I know you've seen her / She's a sad tomato
REM - Crush With Eyeliner
16.  I'm the one / The one with the coded knock
EFO - Porchlight
17.  Lookin' around the house / hidden behind the window in the door
Better Than Ezra - Good
18.  How do I love you?  Let me see / I love you like a lyric loves a melody
The Accidentals - Wrapped Up In You
19.  Caroline puts Dylan on / She always sings along
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Walking away from Caroline
20.  I am walking out in the rain and I am listening to the long moan of the dial tone again
Ani DiFranco - Both Hands
21.  The summer ends and we wonder where we are
Dar Williams - End of the Summer
22.  Riding on the City of New Orleans (-10 points to anyone who DOESN'T get this one)
Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans
23.  Feelin' fine in my own world / pullin' words out of my curls
The Mammals - Pearls
24.  It's a simple day outside / The sun is the only thing shining
Girlyman - Say Goodbye
25.  Whatever it was, it wasn't manumission
Indigo Girls - Tether
26.  Waiting, watching the clock / it's four o'clock
Pearl Jam - Better Man
27.  We try to take it slow, but we're still losing control
Black Eyed Peas - Shut Up
28.  There were 87 Advil in the bottle now there's 30 left
They Might Be Giants - Till My Head Falls Off
29.  Well she sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina
Rockapella - Carmen San Diego Theme
30.  In the mist of my endless search/ The best in life becomes clear
INXS - Bitter Tears
31.  Anna wore a magic gown / its cloth was neither wove nor spun
The Kennedys - Anna and the Magic Gown
32.  I'm tryin' to tell you something 'bout my life / maybe give me insight between black and white
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine
33.  We sat around the table and we drank a bottle of wine
The Kennedys - Easy People (everyone guessed this was the Nields, because it's a Kennedys cover, but y'all should know better, because everyone knows I am NOT a Nields fan.)
34.  Theres a problem, feathers iron / Bargain buildings, weights and pullies
REM - Fall on Me
35.  Well I guess it would be nice if I could touch your body
George Michael - Faith
36.  I've taken so many down / I've helped them all to dismount
Indigo Girls - Hand Me Downs
37.  Well... Are you Johnny Ray?
Jimmy Ray -  Are You Jimmy Ray?
38.  Did you know why our skyline's low?  No one should stand taller than her
EFO - Lady Freedom
39.  Change could happen any day
Richard Shindell - So Says the Whippoorwill
40.  You've found hope, you've found faith / Found how fast she could take it away
Jessica Riddle - Even Angels Fall
41.  This is where the party ends / I can't stand here listening to you
TMBG - Your Racist Friend
42.  After seven days, he was quite tired, so God said "Let there be a day just for picnics with wine and bread"
Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet
43.  Bangs - Above your eyes your hair hangs
TMBG - Bangs
44.  If I were you, I'd be taking it easy / Kick back and relax for a little while
Getaway People - Good Life
45.  You think you'll find some mountains in Western Colorado
EFO - Old Dominion
46.  For your sparkling cocky smile, I've walked a million miles, begging you to come wed me in the spring
Billy Bragg & Woody Guthrie - Hesitating Beauty
47.  Step out the front door like a ghost into a fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white
Counting Crows - Round Here
48.  Hello everyone, this is your action news reporter with all the news it is news across the nation on the scene at the supermarket / There seems to have been some disturbance here
Ray Stevens - The Streak
49.  We get to be a ripple in the water / We get to be a rock that's thrown
Indigo Girls - Perfect World
50.  If I were a carpenter, and you were a lady / Would you marry me anyway?
Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash - If I were a Carpenter