Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs
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Journal Entry 1 by ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Saturday, March 27, 2004
ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Saturday, March 27, 2004
This looks hilarious!
This bookring has successfully completed. Thanks to everyone who participated:
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2) rainbowbabe (Pennsylvania)
3) RealBookWorm (Canada)
4) grover3d (West Virginia)
5) carolmomof3 (Florida)
6) meshe (Georgia)
7) BunRab (Texas)
8) Antof9 (Colorado)
9) Pyan (Wisconsin)
10) billsmith (Arizona)
11) Flakes (Illinois)
12) lauraloo29 (Canada)
13) sweetpea0678 (Florida)
14) BelleMorte (Alabama)
15) silverstarry (California)
16) Maurean (Florida)
17) petaloka (New York)
18) Lpree (Maryland)
19) Flicki (Germany)
20) ILuvToRead2 (back to me in Illinois)
This bookring has successfully completed. Thanks to everyone who participated:
1) Shadie (Illinois)
2) rainbowbabe (Pennsylvania)
3) RealBookWorm (Canada)
4) grover3d (West Virginia)
5) carolmomof3 (Florida)
6) meshe (Georgia)
7) BunRab (Texas)
8) Antof9 (Colorado)
9) Pyan (Wisconsin)
10) billsmith (Arizona)
11) Flakes (Illinois)
12) lauraloo29 (Canada)
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14) BelleMorte (Alabama)
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Journal Entry 2 by ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Friday, April 16, 2004
ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Friday, April 16, 2004
This book is laugh out loud hilarious! But don't read it if you don't want to get some really bad songs stuck in your head (Billy Don't Be A Hero, Feelings, Disco Duck, etc.)
And thanks to the Songs People Get Wrong chapter, now I can't think of the song "Help Me Rhonda" without hearing these lyrics for the opening lines:
Well since she put me down
There's been owls pukin' in my bed
and has anyone heard this song "Timothy" he talks about? I don't think I've ever heard it, but it sounds very strange!
This book is going in a bookring, and when I get it back, I plan to release it in a CD store behind a Mac Davis CD (or some other singer mentioned in the book.)
I put some fun things inside, so if you see something you like, feel free to take it. Thanks for participating!
And thanks to the Songs People Get Wrong chapter, now I can't think of the song "Help Me Rhonda" without hearing these lyrics for the opening lines:
Well since she put me down
There's been owls pukin' in my bed
and has anyone heard this song "Timothy" he talks about? I don't think I've ever heard it, but it sounds very strange!
This book is going in a bookring, and when I get it back, I plan to release it in a CD store behind a Mac Davis CD (or some other singer mentioned in the book.)
I put some fun things inside, so if you see something you like, feel free to take it. Thanks for participating!
Released on Friday, April 16, 2004 at Mailed to a fellow Bookcrosser in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.
This is on its way in the mail to the first person on the bookring. Enjoy!
This is on its way in the mail to the first person on the bookring. Enjoy!
OMG this book is the funniest!!!!! I got it in the mail and read the entire thing aloud to MrShadie while he was in his workshop. I finished it before I even got inside to register it!!!!!
Sending it off to RBB right away!!!!!!
Sending it off to RBB right away!!!!!!
Thank you, Shadie!
I love Dave Barry! And I loved his columns about bad songs, in spite of the fact that reading such things unleashes the many bad songs lurking in my own brain. (Dave DOES provide a warning at the front of the book.)
This book is the perfect antidote to too much paper grading!!
p.s., Yes, I DO know the song "Timothy"! I haven't read what Barry says in the book yet, but I assure you that it is a very bizarre, unsettling, eery song, one that actually made me very nervous when I was a kid. And now your mere mention of the name has set the song free...
Timothy
Timothy
Where on earth did you go?
Timothy
Timothy
GOD why don't I know....
Ack!
I love Dave Barry! And I loved his columns about bad songs, in spite of the fact that reading such things unleashes the many bad songs lurking in my own brain. (Dave DOES provide a warning at the front of the book.)
This book is the perfect antidote to too much paper grading!!
p.s., Yes, I DO know the song "Timothy"! I haven't read what Barry says in the book yet, but I assure you that it is a very bizarre, unsettling, eery song, one that actually made me very nervous when I was a kid. And now your mere mention of the name has set the song free...
Timothy
Timothy
Where on earth did you go?
Timothy
Timothy
GOD why don't I know....
Ack!
Journal Entry 6 by rainbowbabe at -- By Hand or Post, Ray/ring, Rabck in West Chester, Pennsylvania USA on Friday, October 1, 2004
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Finally getting this book back on course! I apologize to everyone in the ray for taking so long.
It's a fun book - enjoy!
Finally getting this book back on course! I apologize to everyone in the ray for taking so long.
It's a fun book - enjoy!
I got this book a few minutes ago out of the mailbox. I opened it, read the DEDICATION and now have that damnable "Who put the bomp in the bomp ba-bomp ba-bomp" song stuck in my head!!!!
I'm gonna love this book. I can see it already! LOL
It shouldn't take long to read.
I'm gonna love this book. I can see it already! LOL
It shouldn't take long to read.
I love books that make me laugh out loud and this one did. I'll be passing it over to grover3d whenever I get an address.
Just got this in the mail today. It looks like fun.
Warning: Do not read this book while your partner is trying to sleep next to you. When they say laugh out loud, they mean it. You might strain something vital trying to be quiet and avoid shaking the bed, while tears of laughter stream down your face. You might have a sore neck and scratchy throat the next day. You might be tempted to read it again while partner is awake in order to share the best parts.
You might think twice before reading this, if you don't want "dead teenager" songs stuck in your head:
Oh where, oh where can my BABY be?
The Lord took her aWAY from me...
Will send this out to meshe ASAP.
You might think twice before reading this, if you don't want "dead teenager" songs stuck in your head:
Oh where, oh where can my BABY be?
The Lord took her aWAY from me...
Will send this out to meshe ASAP.
As meshe and BunRab were both a little busy, this is going out to Antof9.
ohmyword! This book came on Wednesday night (I didn't get mail until late), and then I got so wound up in it, I forgot to journal! And it's true -- it's all true! Just opening it up, I got a bunch of songs stuck in my head!
This is true torture for the Tunettes Sisters, and quite frankly, I'm surprised to see so many of us in this ring :)
Congratulate me -- this is the FIRST EVER bookring I ever signed up for! I'm not sure why congratulations are in order, but it sounded good at the time. Maybe just a silly little dance would suffice.
And just in case you got it out of your head by now, who DID put the bomp in the bomp ba-bomp ba-bomp?
This is true torture for the Tunettes Sisters, and quite frankly, I'm surprised to see so many of us in this ring :)
Congratulate me -- this is the FIRST EVER bookring I ever signed up for! I'm not sure why congratulations are in order, but it sounded good at the time. Maybe just a silly little dance would suffice.
And just in case you got it out of your head by now, who DID put the bomp in the bomp ba-bomp ba-bomp?
Two bad things happened to me this week. The first, I saw this article yesterday that told me Dave had stopped writing his weekly column. The second was much worse. I woke up this morning with the chorus from the song "Live Like You Were Dying" (Tim McGraw) in my head.
"How is this possible?" you may ask. I asked the same thing. And I got to the bottom of it. I listen to a "mix" radio station in the car. You know, the kind that plays generic, current, pop hits from this decade and the last, usually has a night or weekend format that plays "retro" stuff, etc. And I know *how* I know this song (or at least the chorus): since this radio station started playing the Nelly and Tim McGraw song Over and Over, they evidently now have a Tim McGraw album in their possession. Why waste it? Let's see what other Tim McGraw songs we can play? (at least, that's what I imagine happening around the conference table at KIMN Mix100).
Anyway, the first time I heard it, I almost had an accident, trying to figure out *why* I didn't have the phone number to the radio station programmed into my phone! You know, I have nothing against Tim McGraw, in fact, I kind of like him. But I DON'T want to hear country music on my radio station! AUUUGH! Anyway, I've now heard it a total of 4 times (possibly not even the whole song all the way through), and . . .well, now the dang chorus is stuck in my head! "ah went skah-dah-vin, ah went rrrockeh mountain clahmin. . "
OY!
Anyway, I'm close to being done with the book, which I'll comment on in my next entry. I leave you all with the lyrics (to what is a well-intentioned song and has a great premise, but as with most country songs, becomes silly in its execution) so you can be as annoyed as I am:
He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how's it hit you when you get that kinda news
man what'd you do
and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
He said I was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn't
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin
wasn't such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look
at what I'd do if I could do it all again
and then
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
what'd you do with it what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it?
Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I watched an eagle as it was flying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
"How is this possible?" you may ask. I asked the same thing. And I got to the bottom of it. I listen to a "mix" radio station in the car. You know, the kind that plays generic, current, pop hits from this decade and the last, usually has a night or weekend format that plays "retro" stuff, etc. And I know *how* I know this song (or at least the chorus): since this radio station started playing the Nelly and Tim McGraw song Over and Over, they evidently now have a Tim McGraw album in their possession. Why waste it? Let's see what other Tim McGraw songs we can play? (at least, that's what I imagine happening around the conference table at KIMN Mix100).
Anyway, the first time I heard it, I almost had an accident, trying to figure out *why* I didn't have the phone number to the radio station programmed into my phone! You know, I have nothing against Tim McGraw, in fact, I kind of like him. But I DON'T want to hear country music on my radio station! AUUUGH! Anyway, I've now heard it a total of 4 times (possibly not even the whole song all the way through), and . . .well, now the dang chorus is stuck in my head! "ah went skah-dah-vin, ah went rrrockeh mountain clahmin. . "
OY!
Anyway, I'm close to being done with the book, which I'll comment on in my next entry. I leave you all with the lyrics (to what is a well-intentioned song and has a great premise, but as with most country songs, becomes silly in its execution) so you can be as annoyed as I am:
He said I was in my early forties
with a lot of life before me
when a moment came that stopped me on a dime
and I spent most of the next days
looking at the x-rays
Talking bout the options
and talking bout sweet time
I asked him when it sank in
that this might really be the real end
how's it hit you when you get that kinda news
man what'd you do
and he said
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
He said I was finally the husband
that most the time I wasn't
and I became a friend a friend would like to have
and all the sudden going fishin
wasn't such an imposition
and I went three times that year I lost my dad
well I finally read the good book
and I took a good long hard look
at what I'd do if I could do it all again
and then
I went sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu
and I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I gave forgiveness I'd been denying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
Like tomorrow was a gift and you got eternity to think about
what'd you do with it what did you do with it
what did I do with it
what would I do with it?
Sky diving
I went Rocky Mountain climbing
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named FuManchu
and then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter
and I watched an eagle as it was flying
and he said someday I hope you get the chance
to live like you were dying.
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
To live like you were dying
So I found another inappropiate time to read this book, carolmomof3! During the nightly news. You may find yourself laughing at very inopportune times. . .
I laughed out loud so many times during this book, it would be easier to list the times I *didn't* laugh :) I wanted to bookmark and then comment on something on almost every page. I finally narrowed it down to a selection on a song I know well, "A Horse With No Name". Dave writes, "I myself have always found 'A Horse With No Name' to be highly irritating. I agree with the comic Rich Jeni, who says: "You're in a desert. You got nothin' else to do. NAME THE FREAKIN' HORSE.'"
Another one that is permanently stuck in my mind is "Seasons in the Sun", ". . . a song about a person who is dying, but not fast enough."
Oh dear, this was one funny book! Thank you so much for sharing it with us, ILuvToRead2! I already have Pyan's addy, so this will be going out on Tuesday (P.O. is closed tomorrow).
I laughed out loud so many times during this book, it would be easier to list the times I *didn't* laugh :) I wanted to bookmark and then comment on something on almost every page. I finally narrowed it down to a selection on a song I know well, "A Horse With No Name". Dave writes, "I myself have always found 'A Horse With No Name' to be highly irritating. I agree with the comic Rich Jeni, who says: "You're in a desert. You got nothin' else to do. NAME THE FREAKIN' HORSE.'"
Another one that is permanently stuck in my mind is "Seasons in the Sun", ". . . a song about a person who is dying, but not fast enough."
Oh dear, this was one funny book! Thank you so much for sharing it with us, ILuvToRead2! I already have Pyan's addy, so this will be going out on Tuesday (P.O. is closed tomorrow).
OMG ... received in the mail today & I made the mistake of opening it. Then my hubby came home so I had to start reading it to him while we both laughed ourselves silly.
We've stopped at page 46; it's hard to pull away, but if we don't go to the store before the storm hits, we won't be able to eat & we need sustenance so we can go back to the book!
Update: 1/24/05 -- this book is hilarous; I can't believe how much I've laughed. Great therapy :)
Thank you so much for starting this ring!
We've stopped at page 46; it's hard to pull away, but if we don't go to the store before the storm hits, we won't be able to eat & we need sustenance so we can go back to the book!
Update: 1/24/05 -- this book is hilarous; I can't believe how much I've laughed. Great therapy :)
Thank you so much for starting this ring!
Will be mailed this week ... just waiting for billsmith's address.
Journal Entry 17 by Pyan at In The Mail in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, January 25, 2005
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Off to billsmith ... enjoy!
Off to billsmith ... enjoy!
Just picked it up in this morning's mail and it looks like a blast! Dave Barry is one of the few humor writers who can have me literally laughing until I cry, so I'm looking forward to this.
Wow - when I signed up for this ring, I was the last person on it. Since then, six or seven more have signed up. It'll be on its way to Flakes in Illinois when I'm done with it.
Wow - when I signed up for this ring, I was the last person on it. Since then, six or seven more have signed up. It'll be on its way to Flakes in Illinois when I'm done with it.
Funny as heck, and a very quick read. Polished it off in a long lunch hour at work on a stressful day when the laughs were more than welcome!
On it's way to the next lucky recipient as soon as I have the address...
On it's way to the next lucky recipient as soon as I have the address...
Just dropped this off at the Post Office, so it's on its way to Flakes. Hope she enjoys it as much as I did!
The only thing that kept me from rating this a full 10 out of 10 was that he called 'American Pie' a bad song, at least twice. Sorry, Dave, but as you point out a few times yourself in the book, taste is a subjective thing. And in this case, yours is wrong.
The only thing that kept me from rating this a full 10 out of 10 was that he called 'American Pie' a bad song, at least twice. Sorry, Dave, but as you point out a few times yourself in the book, taste is a subjective thing. And in this case, yours is wrong.
Arrived today, safe and sound (thanks, billsmith!). This really IS going to be a quick read.
Thanks for sharing, ILuvToRead2!:)
Thanks for sharing, ILuvToRead2!:)
My husband and children were a little bit annoyed with all of my snickering and cackling, and of course, humming, but I had SO much fun reading this book!:)
Now if I could just stop singing The Name Game....
I'll be sending this off to lauraloo29 tomorrow.
Now if I could just stop singing The Name Game....
I'll be sending this off to lauraloo29 tomorrow.
Arrived safe and sound today. I just began another book today, but this one will be next. Thank you!
A nice quick read. Although I didn't always agree with Dave Berry's choices, I did see the humour in them. Thank you for sharing!
Got the book yesterday and started reading immediately. Very fun book. I read it aloud to my boyfriend who knew more of the songs in the book then I did, though I did know a fair amount. But my boyfriend kept saying, "gosh i like that song" and I'd start laughing. Quick fun reading.
PMing Bellemorte now for address and will send it on its way. Thanks for sharing this book with me.
PMing Bellemorte now for address and will send it on its way. Thanks for sharing this book with me.
Journal Entry 26 by sweetpea0678 at Book Ring in book ring/ray, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, March 16, 2005
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on to the next participant
on to the next participant
got it today! in the middle of Wicked but I need a break and Dave Barry is just perfect ^_^
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this was great!! i love Barry and it was awsome to hear his... interesting view on these horrible songs. I really only knew a very few of them, but it was still hellarious! will send on when i have addy for the next person!
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Journal Entry 29 by BelleMorte at Controlled Release in Tuscaloosa, Alabama USA on Monday, April 4, 2005
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sending this book along. enjoy!
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sending this book along. enjoy!
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Just received this today - can't wait to read it!
I love Dave Barry's columns, so I was really looking forward to reading this book. I wasn't disappointed - the Book of Bad Songs is hilarious! I completely agree with him - you can like a song and still recognize its badness. One of my votes for Fun Song That Gets Stuck in My Head But Sucks Lyrically is Butterfly by Crazytown (although it hasn't hit the requisite five year mark specified by Dave) which features lyrics such as:
Come my lady
Come, come my lady
You’re my butterfly
Sugar, baby
Come my lady
You're my pretty baby
I'll make your legs shake
You'll make me go crazy
Thanks to Dave, I will never look at Gary Puckett or singers named Bobby the same way again.
Thanks to ILuvToRead2 for sharing this fun book!
Come my lady
Come, come my lady
You’re my butterfly
Sugar, baby
Come my lady
You're my pretty baby
I'll make your legs shake
You'll make me go crazy
Thanks to Dave, I will never look at Gary Puckett or singers named Bobby the same way again.
Thanks to ILuvToRead2 for sharing this fun book!
Mailed to Maurean today!
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Arrived safely in today's mail - I've opened the cover, and have already sang along a bit & giggled thru a few pages!
Thanks for sharing this, ILuvToRead2, it's gonna be fun!
Thanks for sharing this, ILuvToRead2, it's gonna be fun!
Oh My GOSH!! This book was hilarious! Really. I literally laughed until I cried. Had I read the previous journal entries prior to the book, I would have heeded Carol's warning and saved myself from having to actually leave the comfort of my bed as to not wake the other-half with my persistent giggling! (when Barry talks about "Girl Watchers" ;
Hello there female
my, my but do you look swell
Gosh! Thank You, Male! Let's have sex relations!"
yeah; that's where I lost it.)
I read this through in one evening and laughed out loud; I read passages to my other-half and together we laughed. Then, I called my mother the next day to read passages over the phone and together, we laughed hysterically!
Thank you so very much, ILTR2, for sharing this wonderful therapy! Oh, and, a big thanks to Shadie & Antof9 for the link that allowed me to diagnose my Tunettes syndrome - its nice to know one doesn't suffer alone! ;)
(I've already got petaloka's addy, so I will mail this along on my next PO run..)
*mailed 5/7
Hello there female
my, my but do you look swell
Gosh! Thank You, Male! Let's have sex relations!"
yeah; that's where I lost it.)
I read this through in one evening and laughed out loud; I read passages to my other-half and together we laughed. Then, I called my mother the next day to read passages over the phone and together, we laughed hysterically!
Thank you so very much, ILTR2, for sharing this wonderful therapy! Oh, and, a big thanks to Shadie & Antof9 for the link that allowed me to diagnose my Tunettes syndrome - its nice to know one doesn't suffer alone! ;)
(I've already got petaloka's addy, so I will mail this along on my next PO run..)
*mailed 5/7
Received today safe & sound. I'm in the middle of another book and this one is next. Can't wait!
I'm a big fan of Dave Barry and when ever I read his stuff I expect to laugh out loud (and usaully do!). I don't know what it was with this book. It had its funny moments but it wasn't his funniest book by far.
Mailed out to Lpree today. Happy reading!
This arrived in yesterday's mail. I have a couple other bookrings ahead of it, but will read it as soon as I can. I LOVE Dave Barry, so I'm anxious to read this!
Okay, I have to apologize - I finished this a couple of days ago and haven't managed to get back on the computer to journal it. I love Dave Barry, so I did enjoy reading this, though I thought it wasn't as good as some of his other books. But I think it would have helped to know more of the songs he was referring to. Still, there were certainly laugh out loud lines.
Thanks very much to ILuv2Read2 for starting this ring! I will PM Flicki and hope to mail it out this week.
--mailed 6/11 to Flicki--
Thanks very much to ILuv2Read2 for starting this ring! I will PM Flicki and hope to mail it out this week.
--mailed 6/11 to Flicki--
Received this book today and am already half through it! Fortunately, my boyfriend has gone to take a nap now and so stopped running after me, singing 'Yummy! Yummy! Yummy!' I already feel like Timothy! ;-)
So, now it's just me and the book. Hopefully, there will be a section somehow of my very, very favourite worst texts group, 'Sandalwood'. Does anybody else in the world now them? I saw that record for about 20 cents 10 years ago in a very trashy shop and it looked so curious, I really HAD to buy it. It's just great!
"She loves cauliflowers and conifers
Kids who call her Mom
Cryin' at the movies
Lyin' next to me at dawn
She's the music in my music
The love song in my life
She's a very fine lady
She's my wife!
Shalalaalalalala..."
Okay, I'm not entirely sure about the cauliflowers. That could be 'holy gods' as well. Or something in between. The quality is not THAT great. ;-)
Some of Carole King's songs are also real evergreens for the Songs that Women Hate section. I mean, seriously...
"Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well, I can't break away from these chains
Can't run around
'Cause I'm not free
Whoa, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah
Now believe me when I tell you
I think you're fine
I'd like to hold you
But I can't break away from all of these chains"
Or, maybe even worse
"One fine day, you'll look at me
And you will know our love was meant to be
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
The arms I long for, will open wide
And you'll be proud to have me right by your side
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
Though I know you're the kind of boy
Who only wants to run around
I'll keep waiting, and, someday darling
You'll come to me when you want to settle down,
Oh!
One fine day, we'll meet once more
And then you'll want the love you threw away before
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl"
I mean, my world was fine until I learned English!
I'd rather get back to reading the book! :-)
ILTR2, could you please send me your address? You will get this posting, so I don't have to write this twice! :-) Thank you so much for sharing!
So, now it's just me and the book. Hopefully, there will be a section somehow of my very, very favourite worst texts group, 'Sandalwood'. Does anybody else in the world now them? I saw that record for about 20 cents 10 years ago in a very trashy shop and it looked so curious, I really HAD to buy it. It's just great!
"She loves cauliflowers and conifers
Kids who call her Mom
Cryin' at the movies
Lyin' next to me at dawn
She's the music in my music
The love song in my life
She's a very fine lady
She's my wife!
Shalalaalalalala..."
Okay, I'm not entirely sure about the cauliflowers. That could be 'holy gods' as well. Or something in between. The quality is not THAT great. ;-)
Some of Carole King's songs are also real evergreens for the Songs that Women Hate section. I mean, seriously...
"Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chains
And they ain't the kind that you can see
Whoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me, yeah
Chains, well, I can't break away from these chains
Can't run around
'Cause I'm not free
Whoa, these chains of love won't let me be, yeah
Now believe me when I tell you
I think you're fine
I'd like to hold you
But I can't break away from all of these chains"
Or, maybe even worse
"One fine day, you'll look at me
And you will know our love was meant to be
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
The arms I long for, will open wide
And you'll be proud to have me right by your side
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
Though I know you're the kind of boy
Who only wants to run around
I'll keep waiting, and, someday darling
You'll come to me when you want to settle down,
Oh!
One fine day, we'll meet once more
And then you'll want the love you threw away before
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl"
I mean, my world was fine until I learned English!
I'd rather get back to reading the book! :-)
ILTR2, could you please send me your address? You will get this posting, so I don't have to write this twice! :-) Thank you so much for sharing!
After trying to send the posting all day (while my internet didn't work...), it looks now as if I've finished the 2nd half within a few minutes. This is not entirely true. :-)
Still waiting for ILuvToRead2s address. Then you'll go back home, little book!
PS: The song on page 82 should be 'Dankeschön', for sure. That's German for 'thank you'! I won't invite Dave Barry for dinner now, knowing his language abilities!
Still waiting for ILuvToRead2s address. Then you'll go back home, little book!
PS: The song on page 82 should be 'Dankeschön', for sure. That's German for 'thank you'! I won't invite Dave Barry for dinner now, knowing his language abilities!
Book goes home today to ILuvToRead2!
Journal Entry 43 by ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Saturday, October 1, 2005
ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Saturday, October 1, 2005
This book arrived back home safe and sound. Thanks to everyone who participated in the bookring. I hope to release it someplace fun!
Journal Entry 44 by ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Thursday, November 3, 2005
ILuvToRead2 from -- Mail or by hand-rings, RABCK, meetings --, Illinois USA on Thursday, November 3, 2005
I saw Dave Barry on kbgoffe's wishlist, so I just had to send this hilarious book! Enjoy!
