Traveling Song Game

In this night, I need to call you but all the lines are blown.
If only you knew, how empty I feel.
But maybe then you're lonely too,
and it's tearing through you like a punctured wound.

"Dao Of St. Paul"  by  Third Eye Blind 

And all I had needed was
Just a breath of fresh air
I want a, I want a folding chair
St. Paul Civic Center
Giving  me a eight dollar and fifty cent

And all I had needed was
Just a breath of fresh air
I want a, I want a folding chair
St. Paul Civic Center
Giving  me a eight dollar and fifty cent

I Bought A Headache - The Replacements




Moon Deer,
How near
Your soul divine!
Sun Deer,
No fear

Moon Deer,
How near
Your soul divine!
Sun Deer,
No fear

By The Waters of Minnetonka  --  Slim Whitman    Does anyone else remember those Slim Whitman album commercials of the late 70's and early 80's that claimed Slim was #1 in England for more weeks than even Elvis or The Beatles? 

Biggest Selling Record Star In TV Music History!  
 

Two songs from the same artist since I've got a Wisconsin one I didn't get to use:

It is so hard and it's cold here
And I'm tired of taking orders
And I miss old Rockford town
Up by the Wisconsin border
But I miss, you won't believe
Shoveling snow and raking leaves



and the Minnesota connection:

I seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all
'Cause I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe
Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane
Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats
Burned hundred-dollar bills, I eaten Mulligan stew
And got drunk with Louis Armstrong, what's that old song?
I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows

And so you ask me what I'm doing here holding up a lamp post
Flippin' this quarter trying to make up my mind
And if it's heads I'll go to Tennessee, and tails I'll buy a drink
If it lands on the edge I'll keep talking to you


 

It is so hard and it's cold here
And I'm tired of taking orders
And I miss old Rockford town
Up by the Wisconsin border
But I miss, you won't believe
Shoveling snow and raking leaves

Day After Tomorrow - Tom Waits

I seen the Wabash Cannonball, buddy, I've done it all
'Cause I slept with the lions and Marilyn Monroe
Had breakfast in the eye of a hurricane
Fought Rocky Marciano, played Minnesota Fats
Burned hundred-dollar bills, I eaten Mulligan stew
And got drunk with Louis Armstrong, what's that old song?
I taught Mickey Mantle everything that he knows

And so you ask me what I'm doing here holding up a lamp post
Flippin' this quarter trying to make up my mind
And if it's heads I'll go to Tennessee, and tails I'll buy a drink
If it lands on the edge I'll keep talking to you

Jitterbug Boy - Tom Waits

2 excellent choices, cobra!!
Waits is definitely an aquired taste and I happily aquired a taste for him quite a while ago!

 Does anyone else remember those Slim Whitman album commercials of the late 70's and early 80's that claimed Slim was #1 in England for more weeks than even Elvis or The Beatles?

HAHAHAHA  yes I do.  Those and the Ronco commercials as well

Sittin' on the hood of a camaro
Watchin' shooting stars across the earth
Counting all the bites from the mosquitoes

Sittin' on the hood of a camaro
Watchin' shooting stars across the earth
Counting all the bites from the mosquitoes

Minnesota Girl - Green Day


In a church in downtown New Orleans
I got down on my knees and prayed
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
For the choice you made

In a church in downtown New Orleans
I got down on my knees and prayed
And I wept in the arms of Jesus
For the choice you made

On A Bus To St. Cloud - Trisha Yearwood

So the very next day we loaded up the car with potato skins and pickled weiners,
Crossword puzzles, Spiderman comics and mama's homemade rhubarb pie,
Pulled out of the driveway, and the neighbors, they all waved goodbye.
And so began our three-day journey.

So the very next day we loaded up the car with potato skins and pickled weiners,
Crossword puzzles, Spiderman comics and mama's homemade rhubarb pie,
Pulled out of the driveway, and the neighbors, they all waved goodbye.
And so began our three-day journey.

The Biggest Ball of Yarn in Minnesota - Weird Al Yankovic


Ramble in the roots, had the marvel, moved the proof be kneeled fine’s glowing
Storing up the clues, it had its sullen blue bruised through by showing

On A Bus To St. Cloud

Here I've been wracking by brain for Minnesota songs, and you guys come up with this one!  I have TWO versions of this song on my iPod-one by Gretchen Peters and one by Jimmy Lafave- and it is a GREAT song.  

Ramble in the roots, had the marvel, moved the proof be kneeled fine’s glowing
Storing up the clues, it had its sullen blue bruised through by showing

"Minnesota"  by  Bon Iver

Another song from my iPod!    

I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl



 

Big River - Johnny Cash

I can still recall, the wheatfields of St. Paul  

I can still recall, the wheatfields of St. Paul 

Me And You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo

a slight twist......

And I can ride my bicycle
Anywhere I wanna go
I can ride it to the health foods
Store I can ride it to the show

And I can ride my bicycle
Anywhere I wanna go
I can ride it to the health foods
Store I can ride it to the show

Bloomington, IN - Ghost Mice

But there is a Bloomington, Minnesota so close enough!

She could not be found.
So I watched that sun come rising
From that little Minnesota town.

Hint: This artist is from Minnesota:

She could not be found.
So I watched that sun come rising
From that little Minnesota town.

She could not be found.
So I watched that sun come rising
From that little Minnesota town.

Went To See The Gypsy  --  Bob Dylan 

The little towns are lying on their faces,
All that's left are fading parking spaces,
It's been quite a week, there was a drive-by shooting in Lake Wobegon.
I was looking for what I loved...

A Native American told me this whole deal's a mistake,
And this implosion is just icing on the cake,
If the Great Spirit is gambling, I'd say the con is a bigger con.
I was looking for what I loved... 

The little towns are lying on their faces,
All that's left are fading parking spaces,
It's been quite a week, there was a drive-by shooting in Lake Wobegon.
I was looking for what I loved...

Whatever It Was - Greg Brown


Don’t tell me that you love me
I’ve got nothing left in turn
Except this empty bag of promises
And second degree burns

Don’t tell me that you love me
I’ve got nothing left in turn
Except this empty bag of promises
And second degree burns

Satan and St. Paul - John Fullbright