Shuffle Off to Buffalo. Or Wherever.

I saw this meme over at Many Little Blessings, and I thought it would be perfect for my vacation-addled brain.

Then I started doing it, and I realized that it has become a huge musical albatross. I am supposed to hit shuffle on my music player of choice, and then post the first couple lines (unless they reveal the song title) of the first 25 songs that play.

Then you, my dear friends, are supposed to name those tunes and artists, and then I am supposed to come back and strike through the correct responses.

Well, first I have to say that Rob and I have a lot of instrumental music on our iPods. I mean, A LOT. So I can't really write out the opening bars to the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, can I?

Would you even want me to try? Didn't think so.

Also? I have a lot of kids music on my iPod. These kids are everywhere! I didn't want to be unfair to the lucky dogs people who are not aware of the entire genre of modern children's music so I started skipping the kid songs.


And then came the flat-out embarrassing, people-can-never-know-I-have-that-on-my-iPod songs. So much for the random-ness of the shuffle setting.

So I'm starting over, hitting shuffle and letting the songs fall where they may. And I'm not doing all 25, because I'll get carpal tunnel if I do all 25 on Rob's laptop.

Can you name some? Can you name one? If so, leave your answers (songs and artists) in the comments. If you're correct, you get a pat on the back and a cheese sandwich.

Actually, you'll get nothing but the satisfaction of knowing you got the song crossed off my list, but give it a try anyway, my friends.

1. Have a (title of song), it's the best time of the year. I don't know if there'll be snow, but have a cup of cheer. . .

2. Joseph's face was black as night, and the pale yellow moon shone in his eyes. His path was marked by the stars in the southern hemisphere . . .

3. Big wheels keep on turnin', carry me home to see my kin. Singin' songs about the Southland, I miss old 'Bama once again . . .

4. A lonely child, alone and wild, a cabinetmaker's son. His hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none . . .

5. I used to think maybe you loved me, now baby I'm sure. And I just can't wait for the day when you knock on my door. . .

6. I have traveled, many moonless nights. Cold and weary, with a babe inside. And I wonder what I've done . . .

7. He was born in the summer of his twenty-seventh year, comin' home to a place he'd never been before . . .

8. If you said goodbye to me tonight, there would still be music left to write. What else could I do? I'm so inspired by you . . .

9. I don't mind you comin' here, and wastin' all my time, 'cause when you're standin' oh so near, I kinda lose my mind . . .

10. In a hundred years from now, they will attempt to tell us how, the scientific means to bliss will supersede the human kiss . . .

11. You're a (title of song), and you've gone too far, 'cause you know it don't matter anyway. You can rely on your old man's money, you can rely on you're old man's money.

12. Wise men say, only fools rush in . . .

13. I hate to see you cry, lying there in that position. There's things you need to hear, so turn off your tears and listen . . .

14. God's given us years of happiness here, now we must part. And as the angels come and call for you, the pains of grief tug at my heart. . .

15. I come home in the morning light, my mother says "when you gonna live your life right?" . . .