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Subject: Best of Stephen Smith's extensive quotes file --- Music [long]
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In roughly chronological order of my musical maturing.  Anything I'm unsure
about has a little (?).


"And if you fall well that's okay...
 You love the ones that you betray!"

    --- "Satellite," Hooters, _One Way Home_


"Captain of the guard I'm, coming in..."

    --- "Too Long a Soldier," Pat Benatar, _Wide Awake in Dreamland_


"Sleep and dream, is all I crave
 I travel far across the Milky Way
 To my master, I've become a slave
 Till we meet again some other day

 Where silence speaks, as loud as war
 Earth returns to what it was before..."

    --- "Love Walks In," Van Halen, _5150_


"I'm up for your love
 Love heats my blood
 Blood spins my head and my
 Head falls in love"

    --- "I'm Ready" (?), Cat Stevens, _Greatest Hits_


"We can dance if we want to, we've got all your life and mine;
As long as we have music, never gonna lose it, everything will work out
fine."

    --- "Safety Dance," Men Without Hats, _Rhythm of Youth_


"Worse things have been done by, better men..."
    --- "Walk on Water," Eddie Money, _No Control_ (?)


"The children are learning, much faster than we.
 Soon they'll be older, but then again, so will we."

    --- "I Sing Last (Not For Tears)," Men Without Hats,
        _Folk of the 80's (Part III)_


"I see your face And sense the grace And feel the magic in your touch..."

    --- "Lay Your Hands," Thompson Twins, _Here's to Future Days_


"You may be right, I may be crazy...
 But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for..."

    --- "You May Be Right," Billy Joel, _Greatest Hits_


"You never knew yourself very well
 But she never knew you at all
 And when she put you out on your own
 It may have stolen your innocence
 But not your soul..."

    --- "Little Boy Blue," Cyndi Lauper, _True Colors_


"What you say man?  Here come the *what*?"

    --- "Beat Patrol," Starship, _No Protection_


"It's all we ever wanted
    And all we ever needed
 And now it's slipping through our fingers faster than the spped of night..."

    --- "Faster Than the Speed of Night," Bonnie Tyler,
        _Faster Than the Speed of Night_


"More than anything I ever wanted was to see the light
 And there's a chance that we'll be glowing in the dark tonight..."

    --- "Ravishing," Bonnie Tyler, _Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire_


"It's the land of the free and easy, sweet..."
"It's the home of the damned!"

    --- "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It,"
        Bonnie Tyler (and Todd Rundgren),
        _Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire_


"You and me we're going nowhere slowly
 And we gotta get away from the past
 There's nothing wrong with going nowhere baby
 But we should be going nowhere fast

 Everybody's going nowhere slowly
 They're only fighting for the chance to be last
 There's nothing wrong with going nowhere baby
 But we should be going nowhere fast

 It's so much better going nowhere fast..."

    --- "Nowhere Fast," Meat Loaf, _Bad Attitude_


"For now you have the power
  The guns and all the swords
 Ah, but nature has a nasty habit
  Of balancing her boards..."

    --- "Why Me," M1ke + the Mechan1c5, _Living Years_


"It's like I told you
 Only the lonely can play"

    --- I don't even remember


"I'm a bad boy
  'Cause I don't even miss her
 I'm a bad boy
  For breaking her heart"

    --- "Free Fallin'", Tom Petty, _Full Moon Fever_


"I know you got a cool machine
  Baby let's get it running

 You never looked so good before
  And you know your time is finally coming..."

    --- "Night of the Soft Parade," Meat Loaf, _Blind Before I Stop_


"And I know it should be fun
 But I think I should have packed my gun..."

    --- "Suburban Showdown" (?), Billy Joel, _Streetlife Serenade_


"It used to be the fun was in, the capture and kill
 In another place and time, I did it all for thrills"

    --- "Lust to Love," The Go-Go's, _Beauty and the Beat_


"Say after me... Is it better to be safe than sorry?"

    --- "Take On Me," A-ha, _Hunting High and Low_


"If my life was important I
 Would ask, will I live or die?
 But I know the answers
 Lie far from this world..."

    --- _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_


"I heard about sex but not enough"...
"I thought I was the Duke of Earl when I made it with a red-haired girl in
the Chevrolet..."

    --- "Keeping the Faith," Billy Joel, _An Innocent Man_


"She's making movies... on location...
 She don't know what it means."

    --- "Skateaway," Dire Straits, _Makin' Movies_


"Fading like a rose,
 fading like a rose,
 beaten by the stones,
 talking to myself,
 getting washed by the rain IT'S SUCH A COLD COLD TOWN!"

    --- "Fading Like a Flower," Roxette, _Joyride_


"Run from light to shadow... sun gives me no rest.
 Promise offered in the east... broken in the west!"

    --- "Available Light," Rush, _Presto_


"Everybody got mixed feelings
About the function and the form
Everybody got to deviate from the norm..."

    --- "Vital Signs," Rush, _Moving Pictures_


"Here's to the girls who were always alone
 They kneel down in prayer and then wait up by the phone..."

    --- "I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back," Meat Loaf, _Dead Ringer_


"I know what it means to work hard on machines
 It's a labor of love so please don't ask me why..."

    --- "You Take Me Up," Thompson Twins, _Greatest Mixes_


"Just one thing in it
 Me or him
 And I LOVE LIFE!
 So I pull out the pin..."

    --- "Pull Out the Pin," Kate Bush, _The Dreaming_


"Suddenly my feet are feet of mud
 It all goes slo-mo
 I don't know why I'm crying
 Am I suspended in gaffa?"

    --- "Suspended in Gaffa," Kate Bush, _The Dreaming_


"Hello, I know that you've been feeling tired
 I bring you love, and deeper understanding
 Hello, I know that you're unhappy
 I bring you love, and deeper understanding..."

    --- "Deeper Understanding," Kate Bush, _The Sensual World_


"Give me a break!
 Ooh, let me fly!
 Give me something to show
 For my miserable life!
 Something to break and to take to my wings,
 Just like a swallow!"

    --- "Night of the Swallow," Kate Bush, _Never for Ever_


"I know you've got a little life in you yet
 I know you've got a lot of strength left..."

    --- "This Woman's Work," Kate Bush, _The Sensual World_


"Why are we here?  Because we're here!
 Roll the bones.
 Why does it happen?  Because it happens!
 Roll the bones."

    --- "Roll the Bones," Rush, _Roll the Bones_


"The harvest is plenty,
 Laborers are few.
 Come with me into the fields.
 Your arms may grow weary,
 Your shoes will wear thin.
 Come with me into the fields."

    --- "Come With Me Into the Fields"


"I've never fallen for
 A little boy before
 No control."

    --- "The Infant Kiss," Kate Bush, _Never for Ever_


"I remember feeling coming over me
 The soldier turned, looked away
 I remember hating you for loving me
 Riding on the Metro"

    --- "Metro," Berlin, _Greatest Hits_


"T N T
 Pass it around
 Give it to me
 'Cause
 I believe
 I'm gonna need help
 Defending my streets..."

    --- "Blowin' Sky High," Berlin, _Greatest Hits_


"Freeze this moment a little bit longer
 Make each sensation a little bit stronger
 Make each impression a little bit stronger
 Freeze this motion a little bit longer
 The innocence slips away...
 The innocence slips away...
 Time. Stand. Still.
 Time. Stand. Still."

    --- "Time Stand Still," Rush, _Hold Your Fire_


"Gloria
 [How's it gonna go down?]
 Will you meet him on the main line?
 [Or will you catch him on the rebound?]

 Will you marry for the money?
 [Take a lover in the afternoon?]
 Feel your innocence slipping away?
 [Don't believe it's coming back soon!]"

    --- "Gloria," Laura Branigan, _Branigan_


"Ain't gonna smoke, ain't gonna drink."
"What're you gonna do?"
"What do you think?"

    --- "Locomotion," _Starlight Express_


"But they told us
 All they wanted
 Was a sound, that, could kill someone..."

    --- "Experiment IV," Kate Bush, _This Woman's Work_


"I can make the runner stumble
 I can make the final block
 I can make every tackle at the sound of the whistle
 I can make all the stadiums rock"

    --- "Making Love out of Nothing at All," Air Supply, _Greatest Hits_


"I'm not here to play
 So Papa don't say
 I'm not ready

 'Cause the hands, feel, so, steady
 Take the reins"

    --- "Take the Reins," _M1ke + the Mechan1c5_


"You think that I'll be bad for just a little while
 But I know that I'll be bad for good"

    --- "Bad for Good," Jim Steinman, _Bad for Good_


"If you've got a crush
 Don't be an octopus
 When I've got a crush
 Run runaway

 See chameleon
 Lying there in the sun
 All things to everyone
 Run runaway"

    --- "Run Runaway," Slade, _Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply_


"But I don't see any angels in the city
 I don't hear any holy choirs sing
 And if I can't get an angel I can still get a boy
 And a boy'll be the next best thing
 The next best thing to an angel, a boy'll be the next best thing"

    --- "Tonight is What it Means to be Young," Fire Inc.,
        _Streets of Fire_


- Stephen