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1. "A fine young girl, she wait for me. Me catch the ship across the sea. Me sail the ship all alone. I never think I'll make it home." Not even the FBI could decipher these lyrics. But who sang them?
2. "Some folks like water. Some folks like wine. But I like the taste. Of straight ------ (hey, hey). You may think it's funny. That I like this stuff. But once you've tried it. You can't get enough (Wow!)" What is it these crazy 60s punkers liked? A lot?
3. "Yeah, down by the river. Down by the banks of the river Charles - aw, that's what's happenin' baby. That's where you'll find me. Along with lovers, muggers and thieves - aw, but they're cool people." What are they on about? And who are they?
4. "Last night your shadow fell upon my lonely room. I touched your golden hair and tasted your perfume. Your eyes were filled with love the way they used to be. Your gentle hand reached out to comfort me. Then came the dawn. And you were gone. You were gone, gone, gone." What is this band's singer trying to tell us?
5. "When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man. I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a jam. In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone. You can throw me if you wanna 'cause I'm a bone and I go: Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah!" What song is this? Oop-ip-ip, indeed.
6. "There's somethin' happenin' here. What it is ain't exactly clear. There's a man with a gun over there. A-tellin' me I've got to beware." Now I know that you recognise this one, but what song is it?
7. "They call me ----. I'm known as the Night Tripper. Got a satchel of ---- in my hand. Got many clients that come from miles around. Runnin' down my prescriptions. I got medicines, cure all y'all's ills, I got remedies of every description." The blanks are the name of the musician and of something that is pretty important to him. Who is it and what song?
8. "Here she comes, you better watch your step. She's going to break your heart in two, it's true. It's not hard to realize. Just look into her false colored eyes. She builds you up to just put you down, what a clown." Yup, by 1967 the lovey-dovey hippie age was coming to an end. OK, I know, it was also spreading from Haight-Ashbury into the mainstream and there were even some hippies on TV. But the real hippies were gone and this band paved the way for the harsher sounding 70s. What song by which band is this?
9. "Well I feel pretty good. And I guess that I could get crazy now baby. Cause we all got in tune. And when the dressing room got hazy now baby. I know how you want it child. Hot, quick and tight. The girls can't stand it. When you're doin' it right. Let me up on the stand ..." And then what? What song is this?
10. "So messed up I want you here. In my room I want you here. Now we're gonna be face-to-face and I'll lay right down in my favorite place." And then what do you want to do? What song is this?
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