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soonerhubs
3/26/2006, 01:42 AM
"They're building a gallow outside my cell, with 25 minutes to go..."

Anyone name that Artist?

Octavian
3/26/2006, 02:55 AM
"Teenage angst has paid off well....now I'm bored and old..."

GDC
3/26/2006, 06:03 AM
"I am smelling like the rose that somebody gave me on my birthday death bed..."

1stTimeCaller
3/26/2006, 06:33 AM
What a rotten day this turned out to be,

Tiptonsooner
3/26/2006, 08:31 AM
What a rotten day this turned out to be,


George Strait- Gotten Good at Goodbye

slickdawg
3/26/2006, 09:03 AM
I'm not the trash you think I am, talkin' trailer park.

Howzit
3/26/2006, 09:07 AM
I've seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I'm on my way.

Okla-homey
3/26/2006, 09:15 AM
The late great Johnny Cash. Its on the "Folsom Prison Blues" album.

I don't care if I do die, do die, do die...

BoogercountySooner
3/26/2006, 09:31 AM
They say it's your Birthday!

GDC
3/26/2006, 09:33 AM
"A modern-day warrior mean mean stride..."

jk the sooner fan
3/26/2006, 09:34 AM
I've seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I'm on my way.

yes?

Howzit
3/26/2006, 09:34 AM
yes.

IB4OU2
3/26/2006, 09:53 AM
I'll light fire and you put the flowers in the vase you bought today.

IB4OU2
3/26/2006, 09:53 AM
yes.

of course...:)

Howzit
3/26/2006, 09:57 AM
You light fire and I'll put the flowers in the vase you bought today.

CSN (and Y? don't remember)

IB4OU2
3/26/2006, 10:00 AM
CSN (and Y? don't remember)

Yes, CSN and Y- Our House from Dejavu

Howzit
3/26/2006, 10:01 AM
Almost cut my hair...

Jerk
3/26/2006, 10:01 AM
Hello Darlin'....nice to see you

It's been a long time!

Conway Twitty

crawfish
3/26/2006, 10:02 AM
Last time I was sober, man I felt bad,
Worst hangover that I ever had.
It took six hamburgers, scotch all night,
Nicotene for breakfast just to set me right.

Howzit
3/26/2006, 10:02 AM
Did anyone know Conway Twitty (his real name was Harold Jenkins) lived in Moore for a while, and then Norman? I went to school with one of his daughters and went to pool parties at their house on occasion.

Jerk
3/26/2006, 10:03 AM
Now, here's a little story, I got to tell, about three bad brothers, you know so well

IB4OU2
3/26/2006, 10:05 AM
People are strange when your a stranger.

TUSooner
3/26/2006, 10:16 AM
Did anyone know Conway Twitty (his real name was Harold Jenkins) lived in Moore for a while, and then Norman? I went to school with one of his daughters and went to pool parties at their house on occasion.

Yep, neighbor. :D
That must have been Kathy; Joni was in my class.



Deja vu?

IB4OU2
3/26/2006, 10:23 AM
Yep, neighbor. :D
That must have been Kathy; Joni was in my class.



Deja vu?

He used to have a house on the Westwood golf course did'nt he?

IB4OU2
3/26/2006, 10:26 AM
I pulled into Nazereth and was feelin' about half past dead.

Howzit
3/26/2006, 10:37 AM
Yep, neighbor. :D
That must have been Kathy; Joni was in my class.
Yep.



He used to have a house on the Westwood golf course did'nt he?
And yep. They moved to Norman just before we did, and I saw Kathy at NHS when I moved down there.

Howzit
3/26/2006, 10:37 AM
I pulled into Nazereth and was feelin' about half past dead.

The Band.

Howzit
3/26/2006, 10:39 AM
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.

My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT.

royalfan5
3/26/2006, 10:46 AM
Well I woke up Sunday morning, with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

soonermac21
3/26/2006, 11:49 AM
throw me the ball and watch what i do wit it

opksooner
3/26/2006, 11:58 AM
"Oh, the last time I seen her,
and I ain't seen her since,
.................
.................

Tailwind
3/26/2006, 12:47 PM
I couldn't say where she's coming' from,

Octavian
3/26/2006, 12:49 PM
Now, here's a little story, I got to tell, about three bad brothers, you know so well

it started way back in history ;)

Octavian
3/26/2006, 12:49 PM
I read the news today, oh boy.....about a lucky man who made the grade

Scott D
3/26/2006, 12:50 PM
"I met her in a hotel lobby masterbating with a magazine"

you are all now pwned.

King Crimson
3/26/2006, 12:51 PM
i saw yer sister in her Sunday dress....

crawfish
3/26/2006, 01:00 PM
The Band.

What band?

BoogercountySooner
3/26/2006, 01:21 PM
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.

bluewcc
3/26/2006, 01:40 PM
You were the first thing that I thought of, when I thought I'd drink you off my mind.

Tailwind
3/26/2006, 01:43 PM
Let me tell you 'bout my good thing

BillyBall
3/26/2006, 01:43 PM
The green plastic watering can
For a fake chinese rubberplant
In the fake plastic earth

Okla-homey
3/26/2006, 01:45 PM
I wuz cuttin' a rug down at a place called "The Jug" with a girl named Linda Lou...

Tailwind
3/26/2006, 01:54 PM
I’ve paid my dues,time after time .....

GDC
3/26/2006, 01:56 PM
"Mother told me, yes, she told me I’d meet girls like you..."

slickdawg
3/26/2006, 03:41 PM
I wuz cuttin' a rug down at a place called "The Jug" with a girl named Linda Lou...

Gimme 3 steps, Skynyrd

leavingthezoo
3/26/2006, 06:12 PM
"I met her in a hotel lobby masterbating with a magazine"

you are all now pwned.


yeah, but could you say she was a sex fiend? ;)

Vaevictis
3/26/2006, 06:26 PM
I'm going to cheat and do the first two lines:

I step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white,
And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.

OKC Sooner
3/26/2006, 06:38 PM
The Queen of the Night and the Scarlet Avenger met in a chat room one day....

AlbqSooner
3/26/2006, 06:43 PM
"This'll only hurt for a little while. I'll just put the head of it in."

Scott D
3/26/2006, 08:22 PM
yeah, but could you say she was a sex fiend? ;)

She said how would you like to waste some time, and how could I resist when I saw little ....... grind?

:D

slickdawg
3/26/2006, 09:35 PM
"This'll only hurt for a little while. I'll just put the head of it in."


David Allan Coe - 3 biggest lies.

slickdawg
3/26/2006, 09:37 PM
When the sun shine showed her face, I felt like I was ready to die.

crawfish
3/26/2006, 09:39 PM
I saw her snatch...
her luggage from the floor

I saw her but...
a few moments more

I kissed her azz...
she headed for the door


(I have no idea where that comes from, heard it from a band in a pool hall. :) )

MamaMia
3/26/2006, 09:50 PM
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
http://teacherweb.com/dividers/divaniHopFrog.gif

slickdawg
3/26/2006, 10:10 PM
Los Tres Dog Night

MamaMia
3/26/2006, 10:24 PM
Los Tres Dog Night
Si :D

Oh, I know a good one. Here you go...


Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white

slickdawg
3/26/2006, 10:37 PM
you got me on that one. :(

silverwheels
3/26/2006, 10:51 PM
If I ventured in the slipstream
Between the viaducts of your dream

TUSooner
3/26/2006, 11:00 PM
Almost cut my hair...
... could have said it was in my way. :cool:

~~~~~~~

"It's been a hard day's night."

SouthFortySooner
3/26/2006, 11:31 PM
We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels cross the floor.

Sooner Born Sooner Bred
3/26/2006, 11:36 PM
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called Life.

KC//CRIMSON
3/27/2006, 01:31 AM
Did anyone know Conway Twitty (his real name was Harold Jenkins) lived in Moore for a while, and then Norman? I went to school with one of his daughters and went to pool parties at their house on occasion.

He made his stage name by combining:

Conway, Arkansas and Twitty, Texas;)

XingTheRubicon
3/27/2006, 01:56 AM
I'm going to cheat and do the first two lines:

I step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white,
And in between the moon and you the angels get a better view of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.


....but we sacrifice like lambs,
'round here is slippin through my hands

XingTheRubicon
3/27/2006, 02:03 AM
to everything
there is a season
and a time to every purpose
under heaven

ecclesiateses 3:1 (under the sun instead of heaven) then...

AllAboutThe'O'
3/27/2006, 02:12 AM
I was tired of my lady
We'd been together too long
Like a worn-out recording
Of a favorite song

sanantoniosooner
3/27/2006, 07:04 AM
Hey Joe, where you goin' with that gun in your hand

crawfish
3/27/2006, 08:30 AM
We skipped the light fandango, turned cartwheels cross the floor.

What band?

GDC
3/27/2006, 08:40 AM
Procol Harum-"Whiter Shade of Pale"

SoonerAtKU
3/27/2006, 09:50 AM
Took a city like New Orleans to kill a man like Johnny Thunders...a man who died with his guitar in his hand.

GDC
3/27/2006, 09:55 AM
Did anyone know Conway Twitty (his real name was Harold Jenkins) lived in Moore for a while, and then Norman? I went to school with one of his daughters and went to pool parties at their house on occasion.

Next door to the Holts, who started the Del Rancho chain.

slickdawg
3/27/2006, 10:06 AM
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called Life.

and if the elevator tries to bring you down, go KRAZY!

C&CDean
3/27/2006, 10:22 AM
"Lord I've been down, and lied to..." - what band/song?

Other great first lines:

"They call it Stormy Monday, but Tuesday's just as bad..."

"It's 110 in Gila Bend, in Buckeye it's a hunnert and two....."

"Chili today, and hot tamale, carne seca chimichanga and a bottle of beer..."

"Suit coat, new tie, cool shades, no lie, straight talk, no jive, vest pocket, .45, black cat, 9-lives, he's a city man...."

Octavian
3/27/2006, 10:25 AM
At home, drawing pictures.....of mountain tops with him on top
Lemmon-yellow sun...

IB4OU2
3/27/2006, 10:31 AM
[quote=C&CDean]"Lord I've been down, and lied to..." - what band/song?

Tied to the whippin' post- The Allman Brothers....

Osce0la
3/27/2006, 10:58 AM
You can hear, hear it comin', like a train outta control...

GDC
3/27/2006, 11:02 AM
"Well my name's John Lee Pettimore..."

C&CDean
3/27/2006, 11:33 AM
[quote=C&CDean]"Lord I've been down, and lied to..." - what band/song?

Tied to the whippin' post- The Allman Brothers....

Correct. Now try and guess/google the last two.

handcrafted
3/27/2006, 02:12 PM
Really don't mind if you sit this one out.

My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT.

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

handcrafted
3/27/2006, 02:16 PM
"When the music's over, turn out the lights"

"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again"

"A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps a bottle of rose instead"

mdklatt
3/27/2006, 02:36 PM
I just said, "up yours", baby.

C&CDean
3/27/2006, 02:56 PM
"When the music's over, turn out the lights"

"Hello darkness my old friend, I've come to talk with you again"

"A bottle of white, a bottle of red, perhaps a bottle of rose instead"

The first one? ??

The second, Simon and Garfunkel.

The third, Billy Joel.

King Crimson
3/27/2006, 03:09 PM
The first one? ??

The second, Simon and Garfunkel.

The third, Billy Joel.

first one is the Doors.

King Crimson
3/27/2006, 04:01 PM
Johnny's in the basement mixing up the medicine

Dylan: Homesick Subterranean Blues.

C&CDean
3/27/2006, 04:05 PM
"I'm sittin' here lonely, like a broken man, spend my time doin' the best I can...."

??

slickdawg
3/27/2006, 04:06 PM
She said someday I'd understand, what love was all about.

mrssoonerhubler
3/28/2006, 12:40 AM
"You walked into the party Like you were walkin' onto a yacht"

Carly Simon

soonerhubs
3/28/2006, 12:45 AM
"I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together."
I love this song. This group is my favorite.

mikeelikee
3/28/2006, 12:58 AM
"Bright light city gonna set my soul...gonna set my soul on fire!"

"Viva Las Vegas" - EP

mikeelikee
3/28/2006, 01:02 AM
"Out in the west Texass town of El Paso..."

Marty Robbins

mikeelikee
3/28/2006, 01:05 AM
"There must be some kind of way outta here....said the joker to the thief."

"All Along the Watchtower" -- Jimi Hendrix

pb4ou
3/28/2006, 01:06 AM
I can make anybody pretty
I can make you believe in a lie
I can make you pick a fight with somebody twice your size

soonerhubs
3/28/2006, 01:28 AM
I can make anybody pretty
I can make you believe in a lie
I can make you pick a fight with somebody twice your size
Alcohol
Brad Paisley.

Good to see another fan.

pb4ou
3/28/2006, 02:07 AM
Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John,
he claims he has the misery but he has a lotta fun.
Oh baby,
ye-e-e-eh baby,
woo-o-o-oh baby,
havin' me some fun tonight.