"A singer in a smokey room..."
The smell of wine and cheap perfume.
Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
"It's a little bit funny
This feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money, but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live"
Your Song by Elton John
"Then that time I went and said goodbye
Now I'm back and not ashamed to cry
Ooh baby, here I am
Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours"
Stevie Wonder (Signed, Sealed, Delivered)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper
1980s (1983)
"I want to know what I can do; I want to give what I can give.
That is the best feeling ever."
"I know this’ll last forever. It’s better than a dream.
This is the best life ever."
Best Life Ever
"Almost heaven, West Virginia..."
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Country Roads by John Denver
"I'm in California dreaming about who we used to be
When we were younger and free"
Hello by Adelle
"I can't write one song that's not about you
Can't drink without thinkin' about you
Is it too late to tell you that
Everything means nothing if I can't have you?"
Shawn Mendes (If I Can't Have You)
Don't Let Me Down by The Beatles
1970s (1970)
"We are sisters, we are brothers, sons and daughters, and more."
"And I love you even though I never met you before."
Joy of Conventions
"Ob-la-di, ob-la-da (la-la-la-la la-la-)
Life goes on, bra (la-la la-la-la-laaa)..."
"La-la, how the life goes on"
Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da by the Beatles
"I've done alright up til now. It's the light of day that shows me how."
I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston
"If I go crazy, then will you still call me Superman?
If I'm alive and well, will you be there and holding my hand? I'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might Kryptonite"
3 Doors Down
I'm a Believer by the Monkee
1960s (1967)
"I’ve got wheels; I’ve got racks"
"I’ve got books, and I’ve got tracts."
If You Could See What I See
"We're goin' down, down in an earlier round"
"And Sugar, we're goin' down swinging"
Sugar, We're Going Down by Fall Out Boy
"Cause I don't wanna lose you now
I'm lookin right at the other half of me.
The vacancy that sat in my heart
Is a space that now you hold."
Mirrors by Justin Timberlake
"Just try your best
Try everything you can
And don't you worry what they tell themselves
When you're away"
Jimmy Eat World (the Middle)
Rockin Robin by Bobby Day
1958 (1950s)
"There is joy in your creation,
In the message of salvation,"
"And the Paradise to come."
Our Joy Eternally
"Once I ran to you,
Now I'll run from you.
This rained love you've given,
I give you all a boy could give you..."
"Take my tears and that's not nearly all."
Tainted Love by Soft Cell
"Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it"
Sister Golden Hair by America
The sailors say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea"
Looking Glass (Brandy)
Fallin' by Alicia Keys
2000s (2001)
"‘For I am convinced
That things to come nor powers can separate us from God’s love.’
So please be convinced
That you are in..."
"God's Love"
Please Be Convinced