sabotabby | The old song lyrics game

The rules: Guess the song. One point per correct guess. The person with the most points by the end of the weekend gets Insufferable Music Snob bragging rights. No Googling.

Are you ready? Go!

1. “I found you, a tattooed tramp, a dirty daughter from the labour camps.” "We Both Go Down Together," The Decemberists—

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2. “I swear I’m gonna bite you hard and taste your tinny blood if you don’t stop the self-defeating lies you’ve been repeating since the day you brought me home.” "Plea From a Cat Named Virtue," The Weakerthans—

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3. “So we danced with a rifle to the rhythm of the gun.” "Rebel Waltz," The Clash—

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4. “Those rainbows are long gone, and mud lies where those days once shone.”

5. “I drove the train to Dachau, wore the hood of the Ku Klux Klan.” "'O' From the Great Sea," Edward Ka-Spel—

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6. “Your mother, my son, has never pretended that you’re the special son of someone’s special daughter. But neither did she bring you up in so much hardship to hang on the barbed wire someday, crying out for water.”

7. “Thank you for those items that you sent me—the monkey and the plywood violin.” "First We Take Manhattan," Leonard Cohen—

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8. “The road is full of cats’ eyes, its sick function to pry.” "The Spy in the Cab," Bauhaus—

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9. “Slap a white boy. Snuff your landlord.” "Fuck the Law," Dead Prez—

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10. “From the top of the tower, radio buzz in our ears, we can see your house from here.” "The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead," Final Fantasy—

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11. “You wave your hand and they scatter like crows; they have nothing that will ever capture your heart.” "Downtown Train," Tom Waits, less awesome cover by Rod Stewart—

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12. “How was I to know she was with the Russians too?” "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," Warren Zevon—

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13. “Hold me by the light. Kittens run the neighborhood through. Ragamuffin boys. All the world is new by the light of day. Give with your heart and love will come to you.”

14. “I was born and raised in the place where the thorn of flame would blaze, where the foreigner's not embraced.”

15. “I said kiss me, you’re beautiful, these are truly the last days.” "Dead Flag Blues," Godspeed You Black Emperor—

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16. “The revolution takes time and space, and you as a woman gotta know your place.” "Wear Clean Draws," The Coup—

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17. “Always someone marches brave here beneath my skin.” "Constant Craving," k.d. lang—

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18. “There’s never a mine blown skyward now, but we’re buried alive for you.” "We Have Fed You All A Thousand Years," Utah Phillips—

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19. “One of us dressed as a zombie, one of us dressed as a pirate, one of us dressed as a ninja, four of us dressed as schoolgirls.” "You Throw Parties, We Throw Knives," Los Campesinos!—

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20. “Don’t let your heart get broken by this world.” "Albuquerque Lullaby," Dan Bern—

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