Instructions for me: Access your iPod, Media Player or music storage device of choice, set it to random, and post the opening lyrics to the first 10 songs that come around, then let the friends-list guess the songs and artists (or songwriters, if you will). Offer fabulous prizes if do-able; if not, offer virtual Hershey’s kisses or somethin’.

And the instructions for you: Guess away, and have fun. Just refrain from peeking at the comments until you’ve made your guesses, because otherwise that’s JUST NOT RIGHT. And, uh, if you’ve WRITTEN the song in question, maybe you should bypass it.

No prizes. Well, maybe I could send you one of the songs off my iTunes. Can I do that? Is it legal?

1. They say that ___________ ___________ owned one half of this whole town,
With political connections to spread his wealth around.
Born into society, a banker’s only child,
He had everything a man could want: power, grace, and style.

2. When you’re weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all
I’m on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found . . .

3. And _____________ was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name.
But who’s to blame?
For a love that wouldn’t bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune.

4. I’m the cat that got the cream
Haven’t got a girl but I can dream
Haven’t got a girl but I can wish
So I’ll take me down to Mainstreet
And that’s where I select my imaginary dish.

5. Go ahead drive the nails in My hands,
Laugh at Me where you stand.
Go ahead, and say it isn’t Me,
The day will come when you will see . . .

6. I ran away from you
And left you crying
And though I’m back to stay
You think I’m lying
But I’ve changed
My ways.

7. _____________________________________
Where it’s warm and secure,
Are sorry you bought the one way ticket
When you thought you were sure.
You wanted to live in the land of promise
But now it’s getting so hard.

8. When I die there won’t be much to salvage from my earnings
I never had a lot of land or houses to my name
I’ve never been a corporate prince on Madison and New York
I never held a diamond in my hand.

9. Hey, girl whatcha doin down there
dancing alone every nite while I live right above you
I can hear your music playin’
I can feel your body swayin’
one floor below me you don’t even know me:
I love you.

10. Well, _______________ with their soft lights,
Your eyes that promise sweet nights,
Bring to my soul a longing, a thirst for love divine.
In dreams I seem to hold you, to find you and enfold you,
Our lips meet and our hearts, too, with a thrill so sublime.

I had to skip several songs on my iTunes that don’t have lyrics, music from LOTR and several Big Band hits and jazz numbers. Anyway, the first one to guess all ten wins . . . the satisfaction of having eclectic, weird, and mostly-seventies musical tastes.