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1. In 1987, the U.S. band 10,000 Maniacs released a song about someone whose troubles just wouldn't seem to go away. Although the music had a brisk pop beat, the words told a different story. "For it's such a long time since my better days," the singer declared. In the chorus, she told us, "I get a shiver in my bones just thinking about..." What was she thinking about?
2. In the song "Misunderstanding," by Genesis, the singer tells us about an intended meeting with his girlfriend. Then, everything starts to go wrong. "I waited in the rain for hours," the singer reveals. Then what happened?
3. In a track by U.K. electropop group Ladytron, from their 2005 album "Witching Hour," we hear the story of a malicious relationship. "You don't feel / do not know what you steal," the singer laments. What song is it?
4. In "I Know It's Over," a song from the Smiths' 1986 classic, "The Queen is Dead," we hear of a person who is so heartbroken, he feels as if he's already dying. "Mother, I can feel..." he says. What completes the phrase?
5. In this synthpop song, the vocalist tells us of his anguish in a forlorn relationship. "Those days and nights I was good to you / must not have meant very much to you," he says. What song is it?
6. This 1993 song by Better Than Ezra tells the story of a woman who is the victim of abuse. "Where have you gone, my ______? Into the crowd, he'll never find you. If you walk real fast, and you stay down low..." What is the woman's name?
7. This Stevie Wonder song appeared on the 1976 album "Songs in the Key of Life." It laments the lack of love in the world. "Good morn or evening, friends / Here's your friendly announcer," he starts off, hopefully enough, but then - "I have serious news to pass on to everybody." What song is it?
8. This Bruce Springsteen song tells the story of a man who abruptly leaves his home. "Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack / I went out for a ride, and I never went back." Later, he tells us why: "Everybody's got a..." What completes the line?
9. This song was the title track from a 1973 Elton John album. "When are you gonna to come down, when are you going to land?" the track begins. A man tells of his sorrows as his relationship steadily gets worse. "I'm not a present for your friends to open / This boy's too young to be singing the blues." What song is it?
10. This funny yet bittersweet song was originally recorded by Prince. "I gave you all of my money / Time after time / you done me wrong," the singer tells us. "You let all my friends come over and meet / and you were so strange / you didn't have the decency to..." What did the other person not do?
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