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Jun8

Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag Quiz – Ready to Rap

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Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag Quiz – Ready to Rap

Music Quiz 20 – Ready to Rap

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1. What was M.C. Hammer’s debut single?

2. In which city did Rap originate?

3. Who said “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)” in 1987?

4. Which duo had a hit with “Whatta Man” in 1994?

5. Who had a 1993 UK #1 “Boom! Shake The Room”?

6. Who had a Top Ten album called fear of a Black Planet?

7. Which Blondie single features the name of Grandmaster Flash?

8. Which blond rapper’s real name was Robert Van Winkle?

MY Answere:

1. Can’t Touch This

2. Detroit

3. Twisted Sister Dee Snider

4. I know this but can’t think of who they were Want to say TLC (but they weren’t a duo) .. Oh maybe Salt N Pepa ?

5. ??

6.??

7. ??

8. Vanilla Ice

 

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

Here are the answers to last Tuesday’s Quiz:

  1. Ceiling
  2. Let it Be
  3. Don’t Shoot Me
  4. Dead or Alive (yes, that was my fault. The question should have read; Who had a # 1 UK hit with “You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)”.
  5. Hard
  6. Nights
  7. The Kinks
  8. 1950s
Jun7

A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada – Song Lyric Sunday – June B D

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A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada – Song Lyric Sunday – June B D

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For SLS today we have songs for artists that were born in the month of June.  Thanks, Jim!

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Queen of the Gods

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I chose to feature Freddy Fender. His birthday is June 4th, 1937. Sadly he passed away on October 14, 2006..We still have one of his vinyl albums and are familiar with lots of his songs. His band plays Tex/Mex, Country & Tejano type songs, and are really catchy to hear.

Wiki article for Freddy Fender here

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“A Little Bit Is Better Than Nada”, by Freddy Fender with the Texas Tornados, is on the soundtrack for the 1996 film, “Tin Cup” with Kevin Costner. wiki article is here

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Met her in a border town
We proceeded to get down
She turned me on
I dropped the telephoneMoonlight hits the Rio Grande
And the touch of her hand
It makes me high
Like the Fourth of JulyThe bad bandido came into town
But man, I’m gonna hunt that gringo down
But these words keep ringin’ in my earA little bit is better than nada
Sometime you want the whole enchilada
A little bit is better than nada
A little bit or nothin’ at allSaid Cancun was not her style
Turistas there, they drove her wild
The border’s the place
Put on a brand new face

Me and the boys had just hit town
Shake ’em up and rode ’em down
I guess it was fate
I hope I wasn’t too late

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One more with just Freddy Fender singing the song

“Before the Last Teardrop Falls”

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May31

Burgers & Fries & Cherry Pies – Song Lyric Sunday – Burgers

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Burgers & Fries & Cherry Pies – Song Lyric Sunday – Burgers

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For SLS today we have songs for all sorts of things  Thanks, Jim!

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Celebrating International Burger Day

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May 31 – Song about grass, cows, beef, condiments, fries or fast food

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Lots of prompt words for this SLS, so I guess we just pick one or more. I like fast food, and I like burgers, so here are a couple of songs I like. The first one is fun to hear, and the next one is from Charlie Pride. He always has good songs, and I’ve seen him in concert at least 3 times in the past. My husband also got to play golf with him too, when he was in town, and got his autograph on the scorecard.

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I’ve heard a lot of Bob Rivers Christmas parody songs, and had a couple of tapes of them, a long time ago. They are pretty funny, so I was happy to find this one about cooking out on the grill, as it fits the theme today.

Most all of his fun songs are done to the tune of popular and well known songs.

There will probably be a lot of people cooking BBQ out on the grill today, including us here. 🙂

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From the Wiki article:

Robert Rivers (born July 7, 1956 in Branford, Connecticut) is a retired American rock and roll radio on-air personality in the Pacific Northwest, as well as a prolific producer and songwriter of parody songs, most famous for his Christmas song parodies.[1] His album Twisted Christmas was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]

Rivers’ last regular radio program, The Bob Rivers Show with Bob, Spike and Joe, was broadcast on Seattle oldies station KJR-FM until August 8, 2014, ending a 25-year run in the Seattle market.[3]

Rivers played keyboards for a cover band affiliated with the show, Spike and the Impalers,[4][5][6] until 2015.

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“Burgers on the Grill,” by Bob Rivers, was recorded in 2003. This one is done to the tune of the Doors song, “Riders on the Storm”.

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Riders On The Storm – Doors)

Burgers on the grill
Burgers on the grill
I’ve really had my fill
Of burgers on the grill
When the relatives go home
I’m stuck with chicken bones
And burgers on the grill

There’s a steak tip on the coals
It fell down through the holes
And now it’s caught on fire
Smells like a funeral pyre
I was tryin’ to get it back
But it’s turnin’ pretty black
Steak tip on the coals

Yeah!

Wiener on the foil
The skin begins to boil
I dropped it in the soil
I thought that it was spoiled
So I washed it with a hose
And fed it to Aunt Rose
Wiener on the foil

Burgers on the grill
Burgers on the grill

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Lyrics found on LyricsFreak

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“Burgers & Fries & Cherry Pies”, by Charlie Pride, is a single from his 1978 album, “Burgers & Fries & Cherry Pies/ When I Stop Leaving (I’ll Be Gone)”. It was written  by Ben Peters, and is on the RCA label. Read about it on Wiki here

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May24

The Last DJ – Song Lyric Sunday – Music Appreciation

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The Last DJ – Song Lyric Sunday – Music Appreciation

Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day

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May 24 – Song that expresses appreciation for music, singing, or listening to the radio

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Whatever form your enjoying music takes, whether by playing an instrument, singing, or just listening on the radio or tv, it’s good to appreciate it, and also the artists and people who present it to us. I do listen to the radio every day, the old fashioned way I suppose, by transistor radios. I have a lot of them, plus regular radios. If one station isn’t playing what I want to hear, I keep turning the knob to find one I like. I appreciate the DJs who work at the radio stations that bring the music into our houses, too.

Here’s a song that wonders what will happen when even the DJs are silenced.

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I read on the Wiki article that this song was banned from lots of Clearchannel radio stations because they thought it was ‘anti radio’.  … But I think he was just telling it like it is, that our freedom of speech is slowly being taken away, and in this song the  DJ was not playing by their rules. It’s better explained in the below link.

“The Last DJ”, by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, is a 2002 single from his album of the same name. It was written by Tom Petty and is on the Warner Bros. label.  Read the Wiki article about it here

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Well you can’t turn him into a company man
You can’t turn him into a whore
And the boys upstairs just don’t understand anymore
Well the top brass don’t like him talking so much
And he won’t play what they say to play
And he don’t wanna change what don’t need to changeAnd there goes the last DJ
Who plays what he wants to play
And says what he wants to say
Hey hey hey
And there goes your freedom of choice
There goes the last human voice
And there goes the last DJAnd some folks say they’re gonna hang him so high
Cause you just can’t do what he did
There’s some things you just can’t put in the minds of those kids
As we celebrate mediocrity all the boys upstairs wanna see
How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free(Chorus)Well he got a new station down in Mexico
And some times it will kinda come in
And I’ll bust a move
And remember how it was back then

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Here is a good one about enjoying music heard on the radio (and TV)

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“Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?”, by the Ramones is on their 1980 album, “End of the Century”. It was written by Dee Dee, Johnny, and Joey Ramone, and is on the Sire Records label. Read more about this song on the wiki article here

Record World called it a “thunderous paean to radio as it should be”.

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… Rock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s do
… Do you remember HullabalooUpbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan too?Do you remember rock ‘n roll radio?Do you remember rock ‘n roll radio?
… Do you remember Murray the KAlan Freed and high energy?It’s the end, the end of the 70’sIt’s the end, the end of the century
… Do you remember lying in bedWith your covers pulled up over your head?Radio playin’ so one can seeWe need change, we need it fastBefore rock’s just part of the past‘Cause lately it all sound the same to meWhoa, whoa, oh
… Rock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s do
… Will you remember Jerry Lee?John Lennon, T.Rex and Ol’ Moulty?It’s the end, the end of the 70’sIt’s the end, the end of the centuryDo you remember lying in bedWith your covers pulled up over your head?Radio playin’ so one can see
… We need change and we need it fastBefore rock’s just part of the past‘Cause lately it all sound the same to meWhoa, whoa, oh
… Rock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s goRock ‘n rock ‘n roll radio, let’s do
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Joey Ramone / Dee Dee Ramone / Johnny Ramone
DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK’N’ROLL RADIO? lyrics © Wb Music Corp., Taco Tunes, Mutated Music, Cretin Hop Music
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May20

Mixed Bag Music Quiz – Back to the 60s

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Mixed Bag Music Quiz – Back to the 60s

For Glyn’s challenge:

Music Quiz 18 – Back to the 60s

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1. What did the Wind cry according to Jimi Hendrix?

2. Which word ends The Yardbirds hit, “Over Under Sideways ___” ?

3. Who first had a hit with “Wild Thing”?

4. Who had a big hit with “In The Ghetto”?

5. Bob Dylan had what type of Homesick Blues?

6. What group were in Bits And Pieces?

7. To whom did the Hollies say Sorry in 1969?

8. In a song title what Has a Thousand Eyes?

Answers posted next week. No googlin’.

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My Answers:

1. ??

2. Down

3. The Troggs

4. Elvis

5.  Mediterranean

6. Dave Clark 5

7. ??

8. The Night

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May17

Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You – Song Lyric Sunday – Telephone

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Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You – Song Lyric Sunday – Telephone

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For SLS today we have songs for telephones & other communication devices.  Thanks, Jim!

To join in this fun weekly challenge, and to see other entries, just click the link below.

Celebrating World Telecommunication & Information Society Day

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May 17 – Song that mentions a telephone or any other type of communication device

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Here’s a cool sounding song I’ve always liked.

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From a wiki article: (it was fun to read about this song, as it mentions all the little extras and sounds it uses, as it explains all the trouble it is for bands to break into the music business)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Call_Us,_We%27ll_Call_You

“Don’t Call Us We’ll Call You”, by Sugarloaf. is on their 1974 album of the same name. It was written by Jerry Corbetta and John Carter, and is on the Claridge Records label.

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A long distance directory assistance, area code 212And say, hey, A&R, this is Mister Rhythm and BluesYou said, “Hello” and put me on holdTo say the least, the cat was coldHe said, “Don’t call us, child, we’ll call you”
I said, “You got my number?”He said, “Yeah, I got it when you walked in the door”Don’t call us, we’ll call youDon’t call us, we’ll call you
I got your name from a friend of a friendWho said he used to work with youYou remember the all night creature from Stereo Ninety Two?Yeah, I said, “Could you relate to our quarter track tapeYou know the band performs in the nude”He said, “Uh-huh, don’t call us, child, we’ll call you”
Woo
Well, listen, kid, you paid for the callYou ain’t bad but we’ve heard it all beforeAnd it sounds like John, Paul and George
Child, anywayAnyway, we cut a hit and we toured a bitWith a song he said he couldn’t useAnd now he calls and begs and crawlsIt’s telephone déjà vuWe got percentage points and lousy jointsAnd all the glitter we can use, mamaSo, ha, don’t call us now, we’ll call you
Woo
You may hear this one too before I said, you knowI said, listen, kid, you paid for the callHell, well you ain’t bad but I’ve heard it all before, uhDon’t call us, we’ll call youDon’t call usDon’t call us, we’ll call youDon’t call us, we’ll call you
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Jerry Corbetta / John Carter
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave
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May13

FOWC- Plush

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FOWC – Plush

For Fandango’s challenge:

FOWC With Fandango — Plush

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“Plush”, by StoneTemple Pilots

I like this song. In reading about it, it seems it is loosely based on a true story of trying to find a missing or kidnapped person who was later found deceased. So sad.

Here’s an interesting fact to me…my daughter had a pet rabbit a long time ago, and she named it Weiland, after the singer in this band.

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This video is an acoustic version, performed on Headbangers Ball (MTV), which I like a lot. The official video is good, but I was detracted from the lyrics and the meanings of the song by the craziness of that video.

“Plush”, by Stone Temple Pilots, was released as a single from their album, “Core”, in 1993. It was written by Scott Weiland and Eric Kratz, and is on the Atlantic label.

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[Verse 1]
And I feel that time’s a wasted go
So where ya goin’ ’til tomorrow?
And I see that these are lies to come
So would you even care?[Pre-Chorus]
And I feel it
And I feel it[Chorus]
Where ya goin’ for tomorrow?
Where ya goin’ with the mask I found?
And I feel, and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her
Will she smell alone?[Verse 2]
And I feel, so much depends on the weather
So is it rainin’ in your bedroom?
And I see, that these are the eyes of disarray
So would you even care?[Pre-Chorus]
And I feel it
And she feels itWhere ya goin’ for to tomorrow?
Where ya goin’ with the mask I found?
And I feel, and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her
Will she smell alone?[Bridge]
When the dogs do find her
Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow
To find it, to find it, to find it
When the dogs do find her
Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow
To find it, to find it, to find it[Chorus]
Where ya goin’ for tomorrow?
Where ya goin’ with the mask I found?
And I feel, and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her
Will she smell alone?[Outro]
When the dogs do find her
Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow
To find it, to find it, to find it
When the dogs do find her
Got time, time, to wait for tomorrow
To find it, to find it, to find it
To find it
To find it
To find it

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Lyrics found on Genius Lyrics

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May10

Strawberry Wine – Song Lyric Sunday – Special Awarness Days

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Strawberry Wine – Song Lyric Sunday – Special Awareness Days

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For SLS today we have songs for all sorts of things  Thanks, Jim!

To join in this fun weekly challenge, and to see other entries, just click the link below.

Special Awareness Events

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May 10, 2026 – Song about a bike, asparagus, strawberries, eggs, mental health, the elderly or the military

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I heard this song a long time ago and liked it a lot. I’d never seen the video (that I remember) until today, though. It tells and shows scenes of the lyrics, of a girl remembering her first summer love, visiting her grandparents, and then in later years going back to find things were different now, therefore her memories are bittersweet.

“Strawberry Wine”, by Deana Carter, is a single from her 1996 album, “Did I Shave My Legs For This”. It was written by Matraca Berg, and Gary Harrison, and is on the Capitol Nashville label. This song won several awards which are listed in the Wiki article here

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He was working through collegeOn my grandpa’s farmI was thirsting for knowledgeAnd he had a carYeah, I was caught somewhere between a woman and a childOne restless summer we found love growing wildOn the banks of the river on a well beaten pathIt’s funny how those memories they lastLike strawberry wine and seventeenThe hot July moon saw everythingMy first taste of love, oh bittersweetGreen on the vineLike strawberry wine
I still rememberWhen thirty was oldAnd my biggest fear was Septemberwhen he had to goA few cards and letters and one long distance callWe drifted away like the leaves in the fallBut year after year I come back to this placeJust to remember the tasteOf strawberry wine and seventeenThe hot July moon saw everythingMy first taste of love, whoa-oh, bittersweetGreen on the vineLike strawberry wine
The fields have grown over nowYears since they’ve seen the plowThere’s nothing time hasn’t touchedIs it really him or the loss of my innocence?I’ve been missing so much
Yeah
Strawberry wine and seventeenThe hot July moon saw everythingMy first taste of love, whoa-oh bittersweetAnd green on the vineLike strawberry wine and seventeenThe hot July moon saw everythingMy first taste of love, oh, bittersweetAnd green on the vineLike strawberry wine
Strawberry wineOohStrawberry wine
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Gary Harrison / Matraca Berg
Strawberry Wine lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group***
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May3

Believe – Song Lyric Sunday – May B.D.

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Believe – Song Lyric Sunday – May B.D.

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For SLS today we have songs for artists that were born in the month of May.  Thanks, Jim!

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Greek Goddess Maia

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May 3, 2026 – Song written or performed by someone who was born in the month of May

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Cher – May 20 (1946)

For the prompt today, I chose to feature Cher. She is a super talented singer and actress who has entertained us for many years.

Here is the Wiki article all about her and her accomplishments, which are many.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher

**One of the best-selling music artists in history, Cher has sold over 100 million records and is the only solo artist with number-one singles on the US Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades (1960s–2020s)

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The song I chose to play from her is “Believe”.

It’s one of my favorite Cher songs, and I have to sing along every time I hear it

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“Believe”, by Cher, can be found on her 1998 album of the same name. It was written by

It is on the Warner Bros. label. Find out all about this song at the below link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_(Cher_song)

One thing that was mentioned, is the use of Auto-Tune on her voice. It makes a funny sound, and they weren’t sure it should be left in the song, the effect of the slide between her voice and the auto tune, but she said to leave it in.    I like this part a lot, myself.  It featured a pioneering use of the audio processing software Auto-Tune to distort her vocals, which was widely imitated and became known as the “Cher effect”

The song video is set in a nightclub, and she is both a singer on stage, and also an otherworldly person giving advice to the people, about being strong, moving on after a break-up, etc.

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[Intro]
(After love, after love)
(After love, after love)
(After love, after love)
(After love, after love)
(After love, after love)
(After love, after love)[Verse 1]
No matter how hard I try
You keep pushing me aside
And I can’t break through
There’s no talking to you
It’s so sad that you’re leaving
It takes time to believe it
But after all is said and done
You’re gonna be the lonely one, oh[Chorus]
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
[Verse 2]
What am I supposed to do
Sit around and wait for you?
Well, I can’t do that
And there’s no turning back
I need time to move on
I need love to feel strong
‘Cause I’ve had time to think it through
And maybe I’m too good for you, oh[Chorus]
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”[Bridge]
Well, I know that I’ll get through this
‘Cause I know that I am strong
And I don’t need you anymore
Oh, I don’t need you anymore
Oh, I don’t need you anymore
No, I don’t need you anymore
[Chorus]
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
Do you believe in life after love?
I can feel something inside me say
“I really don’t think you’re strong enough, no”
(Do you believe in life after love?)

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Apr26

Feed the Tree – Song Lyric Sunday – For Earth & Trees

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Feed the Tree – Song Lyric Sunday – For Earth & Trees

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For SLS today we have songs for Earth Day and Arbor Day. Thanks, Jim!

To join in this fun weekly challenge, and to see other entries, just click the link below.

Home Planet

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April 26, 2026 – Song that represents Earth Day (April 22), or Arbor Day (April 24)

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Here is a song about feeding the trees, which is a good thing to do. Not exactly what this song is about, but sort of. The songwriter says it’s a metaphor for carrying on traditions in family, and of a tree where relatives are buried under, and to pay respects.

I thought sure I’d posted this song not long ago for a challenge or something, but couldn’t find it. Spent way too long looking for it!

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“Feed the Tree”, by Belly, is found on their 1993 album, “Star”. It was written by Tanya Donelly, and is on the Sire and Reprise labels. Find out more information here

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This old man I’ve talked aboutBroke his own heart,Poured it in the ground Big red tree grew up and out,Throws up its leaves,Spins round and round.
I know all this and moreSo take your hat offWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
This little squirrel I used to beSlammed her bike down the stairsThey put silver where her teeth had beenBaby silvertooth, she grins and grins
I know all this and moreSo take your hat off boyWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
Take your hat off boyWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
This old man I used to beSpins around, around, around the treeSilver baby come to meI’ll only hurt you in my dreams
I know all this andI know all this andI know all this and more
So take your hat off boyWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
Take your hat offWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Tanya Donelly
Feed the Tree lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group

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