Easy as 1-2-3. Simple as do-re-mi. That’s how easy this little game can be.
Here’s all you got to do: I’ll start with a line from a noteworthy song, starting with the letter “A.” For good measure, and to show you how this game is played, I’ll give you another line, from another song, this time starting with the letter “B.” You’ll note that the second line makes sequential sense after the line that precedes it. This is an important rule! You are free to start a new “verse” once we’ve collectively strung together at least four lines.
To make this contextually relevant, I urge you to copy and paste the lines preceding the one (and only one!) you add, so we can watch the A-B-C of it unfold.
We’ll start with a free-for-all — any band, any song, just make sure you follow the alphabet and remember we each get just one line per post. As we progress through the alphabet a few times, we can get fancy, restricting the lines to just one genre, or artist, or just artists with beards who wore platform shoes and so forth.
Here’s my first line, and a further one to show you how this game is played:
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
I look forward to your responses.
HVB
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
down in the boondocks…
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Hold on a second. I have to ring the “please explain or start over” buzzer here. My contribution’s thematic connection was tenuous enough; but “Knowing me, knowing you”? I don’t get it. I thought this verse was heading down the road of empowered, swaggering juvenile delinquency or something. What was in your head, cdm?
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
I believe I picked up where cdm was headed with that pocketful of change and the process of getting to know someone.
Well done, Mod!
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Oats, please explain!
The narrator doesn’t mind waiting to find out whatcha want, because time is on his/her side.
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Under my thumb, the squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Under my thumb, the squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits very quiet and still
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Under my thumb, the squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits very quiet and still
Waiting for the end of the world
Taking alittle poetic and typographic license, elst we might not make this curve…
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Under my thumb, the squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits very quiet and still
Waiting for the end of the world –
‘xscuse me while I kiss the sky…
Well played, telewacker!
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Under my thumb, the squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits very quiet and still
Waiting for the end of the world
‘xscuse me while I kiss the sky…
You make-a my dreams come true (woo ooh, hoo hoo)
Accidents will happen
Because the night belongs to lovers
Childhood living is easy to do –
Down in the boondocks…
Everybody hurts …. Sometimes.
Feelings, nothing more than feelings.
Goodness gracious, Great Balls of Fire
Here comes the sun, and I say it’s all right
I’m a ch-ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
Just got paid today, got me a pocket full of change
Knowing me, knowing you
Let’s get it on
Maybe baby, I’ll have you for me
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Oh darling!
Put your hand in my pocket grab on to my rocket
Quit playin’ games with my heart
Remember me to my love, I know I’ll miss her
So whatcha whatcha whatcha want?
Time is on my side, yes it is.
Under my thumb, the squirmin’ dog who’s just had her day
Veronica sits in her favourite chair and she sits very quiet and still
Waiting for the end of the world
‘xscuse me while I kiss the sky…
You make-a my dreams come true (woo ooh, hoo hoo)
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Zip-A-Dee-A
That was altogether much more painful than I expected! Thank you all for playing.
So now are you going to put it to music for us? It’s like Stairway to Heaven. It doesn’t have a chorus. This could be important stuff!
All that alphabetizing reminds me of a student I had about fifteen years ago named Abcde. Her name’s pronounced Ab-suh-dee. Hmph. That’s only Top Ten on my list of Odd Names I’ve Taught.
aloha
LD