Lyrics Quiz: Adult Contemporary

The Adult Contemporary charts recently hit its fiftieth anniversary and to celebrate Billboard counted down the fifty biggest AC artist in the chart’s run. Even though I was not an adult for most of its existence, I still have plenty of songs from artists on the list and created this month’s lyrics quiz based on the top artists of which I have music by on my iPod (sorry Herb Alpert). As always leave your guesses, both artist and song title, in the comment section or e-mail me. If you are correct I will un-bold the lyric and give you credit. Please keep in mind the lyrics quiz is for entertainment purposes only so please only use your own meandering mind to guess them.


1. Excuse me forgetting, but these things I do. See I’ve forgotten if they are green or they’re blue. Anyway, the thing is, what I really mean, yours are the sweetest eyes I’ve ever seen. (Your Song - Elton John; guessed by Angie)
2. Home, don’t it seems so far away? We’re traveling light today, in the eye of the storm, in the eye of the storm. (America - Neil Diamond; guessed by Angie)
3. There was a blood and a single gunshot, but just who shot who? (Copacabana - Barry Manilow)
4. Son I’ve made my life out of reading faces and knowing what their cards are by the way they held their eyes. (The Gambler - Kenny Rogers; guessed by Angie)
5. Children play in the park; they don’t know I’m alone in the dark feeling low. Time and time again I see your face smiling inside.
6. I was stranded in the combat zone. I walk through Bedford-Stuy alone. I even drove motorcycle in the rain. (You May Be Right - Glass Houses - Billy Joel; guessed by Angie)
7. We’re going to party, karamu, fiesta, forever. Come on and sing along. (All Night Long (All Night) - lionel Richie; guessed by Angie)
8. I wish I could just make you turn around, turn around and see me cry. There’s so much I need to say to you, so many reasons why. You’re the only one who really knew me at all. (Against All Odds - Phil Collins; guessed by Angie)
9. Well my hands are shaking and my knees are weak. I can’t seem to stand on my own two feet. Who do you think when you have such luck? (All Shook Up - Elvis Pressly; guessed by Angie)
10. From where I stand you are home free. The planets align so rare, there’s promise in the air and I’m guiding you through every turn. (Magic - Olivia Newton-John; guessed by Angie)
11. Every night in my dreams I see you, I feel you.
12. Old dream maker, you heart breaker. Wherever you’re going, I’m going your way.
13. All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand. But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover, you wore me out. (Maggie May - Rod Stewart; guessed by Angie)
14. I feel find anytime she’s around me now. She’s around me now almost all the time. And if I’m well then you can tell she’s been with me now. She’s been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine.
15. When you walk by every night, talking sweet and looking fine, I get kinda hectic inside. Baby I’m so into you. Darling if you only knew all the things that go through my mind.
16. Something in the way you love me won’t let me be. I don’t want to be your prisoner so baby won’t you set me free? (Borderline - Madonna; guessed by Angie)
17. We’re coming to the edge, running on the water, coming through the fog, your sons and daughters.
18. Thirteen month old baby broke the looking glass. Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your path.
19. You got the body now you want my soul. Don’t even think about it. Say “no go.” (I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) - Hall and Oates; guessed by Angie)
20. I took for granted all the times that I thought would last somehow. I hear the laughter, I taste the tears, but I can’t get near you now. (Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx; guesse by Angie)
21. What’s you got cooking, how’s about cooking something up with me? (Hey, Good Lookin' - Hank Williams; guessed by Angie)
22. Stronger than any mountain cathedral. Truer than any tree ever grew. Deeper than any forest primeval, I am in love with you. (Longer - Phoenix - Dan Fogelberg; guesed by Angie)
23. It happens every day no matter what you say. You find it happens all the time. Love will never do what you want it to. Why can’t this crazy love be mine? (It's Not Unusual - Tom Jones; guessed by Angie)
24. I’m lying alone with my hand on the phone, thinking of you ‘til it hurts. I know you hurt too but what else can we do? (All Out of Love - Air Supply; guessed by Angie)
25. They say are love won’t pay the rent before it’s earned, our money’s all spent. (I Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher; guessed by Angie)