Green Tee Readings

This is two thrown together, one that I gave to coworkers and one that I made up all for myself because I was feeling bad that all these great songs I know would never ever ever ever be guessed. A much better percentage of the songs were guessed this time around.

1. How many times must the cannonballs fly
   before they are forever banned?

2. I’d rather be dead, little girl
   than to see you with another man
   You’d better keep your head little girl
   or you won’t know where I am

3. Maybe I’m just like my mother
   She’s never satisfied
   Why do we scream at each other?

4. Up the stairs to her apartment
   She is balled up on the couch
   Her Mom and Dad went down to Charlotte
   They’re not home to find us out

5. I took my love and I took it down
   Climbed a mountain and I turned around

6. Who am I to disagree?
   I travel the world and the seven seas
   Everybody’s looking for something

7. I, I was standing
   You were there
   Two worlds colliding

8. I find it very, very easy to be true
   I find myself alone when each day’s through
   Yes, I’ll admit that I’m a fool for you

9. And I find it kind of funny
   I find it kind of sad
   The dreams in which I’m dying
   Are the best I’ve ever had

10. Oh now go, walk out the door
    Just turn around now, you’re not welcome anymore
    Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with desire?
    Did you think I’d crumble?

    (this is the tipping point. The following song was included as kind of a bonus song because it’s getting radio play currently and there are, like, 10 other words in the whole song)

11. You’ve gotta spend some time, love
    You’ve gotta spend some time with me

12. Well I love the way we communicate
    Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape

13. If I could stand to be on my own
    Then I would probably just leave you alone

14. So let me help you remember.
    I’ve made charts and graphs
    That should finally make it clear,
    I’ve prepared a lecture on why I have to leave

15. The room was filled with surface tension,
    I was thinking only about myself

16. Our conversations are like minefields
    No one’s found a safe way through one yet

17. Canadian winters at home with your sisters
    The romance was hard to ignore
    You were beautiful; I was happy to fall

18. I see that ‘kiss me’ pucker forming
    but maybe you should plug it with a beer

19. Hey, that seems so long ago
    piano sounded prettier when you played it slow

20. And it’s true that I lost your lighter
    and it’s also true that I lost the map
    but when you said that I wasn’t worth talking to
    I had to take your word on that

21. You were the girl I never knew I wanted
    I was the boy you hoped you’d never see.

Notes: number 1 was not guessed, and neither was four. To me, that number one went unguessed is pretty culturally criminal. I think it’s really sad that I’m as certain as I am that 12 would be unguessed at work, and for personal reasons, I feel that way about 13, too. It’s not like they weren’t played on the radio. I only know one person who has a very good chance of getting 19, and that’s because I gave her a copy of the CD. Of course you always have a chance to surprise me, Ryan. 15, 16 and 21 are, for me, just perfect lyrics.

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