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1. "The name she gave was Caroline
daughter of a miner
her ways were free
it seemed to me
that ______________"
Fill in the missing lyric from "Tecumseh Valley".
2. "When the wind don't blow in Amarillo
and the moon along the Gunnison don't rise
shall I cast my dreams upon your love, babe
and lie beneath the laughter of your eyes
It's snowin' on ________
come morning I'll be through them hills and gone"
Where is the snow falling?
3. "Living is dancing
dying does nothing at all
baby and I are laying here
watching the evening fall
Three dimes
hard luck and good times
fast lines and low rhymes
ain't much to say
Feel fine
feel low and lazy
feel grey and hazy
feel far away"
What song are these lyrics from?
4. "A friend said he knew where some easy money was
We robbed a man and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me, drug me back to Muskogee"
and
"Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie
His name's codeine, he's the nicest thing I've seen"
What song are these lyrics from?
5. "...she's a barroom girl
wears them sevens on her sleeve
Dances like a diamond shines
Tell me lies I love to believe
Her age is always 22
Her laughing eyes a hazel hue
Spends my money like water falls
Loves me like I want her to"
Who is this song about?
6. "Living on the road my friend
Was gonna keep you free and clean
Now you wear your skin like iron
Your breath's as hard as _________"
Fill in the correct word, from this most well known of his songs.
7. "Fella 'cross town said he's lookin' for a man
to move some old cars around
maybe me and _______ could find a burned-out
van and do a little settlin' down
Aw, but I'm just dreamin', I ain't got no ride
and the junkyard's a pretty good ways
that job's about a half week old besides
it'd be gone now anyway"
This has to be one of the saddest songs I've ever heard - who is it about?
8. "Sunrise comes and I don't know why
living loves and the day does fly
soon the moon and baby and I
will be lyin' side by side
...
If I have to go I won't be long
maybe we'll move to Tennessee
leave these Texas blues behind
see ___________________"
Who will they be going to see, in Tennessee?
9. "Mr. Gator he's a-slidin' down the bayou
Mr. Buzzard he's a-glidin' through the air
Mr. Turtle he's a-hittin' the highway
But I ain't goin' nowhere"
In which song can you hear these lyrics?
10. So, about that Steve Earle quote...
"Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I'll stand on ________ coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that."
Whose coffee table is Steve planning to get bootmarks all over?
Source: Author
agony
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