If you had to know the exact lyrics in full to just one song for a huge prize

[True Dough]

which song would you choose?

Me:

Dead or Alive
by Bon Jovi

Grew up listening to that over and over as a teen.

[Croney]

1. Happy Birthday. Why risk it?

[CrispyQ]

14. You have to know the name of the person you're singing to, though. -nt

[Croney]

24. Darn. You're right.

[Walleye]

2. Dylan's "Desolation Row"

[musette_sf]

3. Twisted

(Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, or Joni Mitchell)

[Walleye]

4. Oh I love that one. I know the most of the lyrics on that one too

Two heads are better than one

[2naSalit]

27. I could go for that one.

I can think of several songs where I'd have no problem, though.

[essaynnc]

5. Jimmy Buffet

Margaritaville

[Polly Hennessey]

6. Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens

[LakeArenal]

7. Amy Farrah Fowler played it on her harp.

Big Bang Theory.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. I just finally finished it up last weekend cause it's on HBO Max

I love that show but missed the last 2 seasons cause I didn't have cable. Laugh track and all.

Sheldon, Amy, Howard, and Beverly are my faves, but I like all the characters at least a bit.

[LakeArenal]

39. One of the best casts and writers ever.

I like all the characters. I wish Raj would have found someone. Even Stewart.

Loved Will Wheaton. Steven Hawking!!!!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

40. Great guests on it over the years ... Louis Black was even on it, forgot until I restarted it ...

Perhaps my favorite guest is Bob Newhart though. He's freaking perfect.

Indeed, poor Raj. Kinda think it should've worked out w/him and Anu in the end.

Even Stewart landed himself a beautiful girl ...

[Diamond_Dog]

8. Most early Beatles

She Loves You
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Please Please Me
Yesterday
etc.

[Ziggysmom]

9. Jingle Bells. ☃️🎄

[2naSalit]

29. All the verses?

[Ziggysmom]

51. There were five I had to memorize in grade school. We had mean nuns who used memorizing

verses and poetry as punishment. As an 8 year old, memorizing Poe's The Raven really scared the bejeezus outta me

[2naSalit]

52. Holy cow!

I know about those nuns, I went to public school but there were several Catholic schools in that area and I heard plenty about it. That said, I recall some mean teachers at the public schools who took notes from the nuns and emulated their punishment programs.

Oddly, and I don't know what the hell was wrong with those two but, my elder siblings gleefully memorized a good 50% of the works of Lewis Carroll and others like Poe and The Raven, for fun! Seriously, they could recite The Walrus and the Carpenter! And the one about the Jaberwoky (sp?). And then, because I was younger, they would read H.P. Lovecraft and Poe stories before bed, when my sister was being nice she'd read some Greek or Roman mythology, I liked that.

We were a strange family, kind of like the Addams Family.

[jpak]

10. Louie Louie

[True Dough]

28. Youie Youie set the bar high!

[Tikki]

11. "Havana Affair"...RAMONES and "Big in Japan"...Alphaville

Tikki

[happybird]

12. David Bowie by Phish

Easy.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

13. The ABC song

[ret5hd]

15. Jingle bells, Batman smells...etc etc etc

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. I could pick from hundreds of songs and be positive I'd nail it

But just to give it a LITTLE challenge, due to sheer volume of lyrics ... I'd probably do Dogs by Pink Floyd.

[LuckyCharms]

19. Excellent...

I have to refresh myself on the lyrics occasionally. One of my favorite songs. See my whatever you call it below.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

20. Shit, man ... reason I thought of it was cause I was just replying to you a second ago ;) nt

[True Dough]

30. Hey, you're back!!!

I even made a Where is LuckyCharms thread in your absence. That's how much your presence means around here.

Glad you're still DUing.

[LuckyCharms]

32. Oh wow! Thanks for that, True Dough!

That was a nice thing you did.

[True Dough]

35. Certain people just strike a chord

For me, you're one of them. The off-the-wall humor is your signature. Looking forward to more zany anecdotes from you.

[LuckyCharms]

18. Ween's "The Argus"

Hi True Dough!

[True Dough]

31. I would have guessed you'd pick Ween, LuckyCharms

You seem like quite a devotee.

[electric_blue68]

21. Great question 🤔 off the top of my head I can get 95%, 98% not sure of %100...

[True Dough]

33. No prize for you!

[electric_blue68]

47. I know, I knooow.... 😄

[rickyhall]

22. Hey, Jude

[First Speaker]

23. God Bless America...

...not only would I win the prize, but I'd help to enrich the Boy Scouts...

[TlalocW]

25. 95% of Graceland by Paul Simon

I wouldn't know the African chants on, "Homeless."

Singing along with that CD has saved me from falling asleep while driving soooo many times.

TlalocW

[Skittles]

26. Louie Louie by the Kingsman

one of the first things I looked up n the internet

Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go

Fine little girl waits for me
Catch a ship across the sea
Sail that ship about, all alone
Never know if I make it home

Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go

Three nights and days I sail the sea
Think of girl, constantly
On that ship, I dream she's there
I smell the rose in her hair.
Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go

Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Okay, let's give it to 'em, right now!
See Jamaica, the moon above
It won't be long, me see me love
Take her in my arms again
Tell her I'll never leave again

Louie Louie, oh no
Me gotta go
Aye-yi-yi-yi, I said
Louie Louie, oh baby
Me gotta go
Let's take it on outta here now
Let's go!

[True Dough]

34. You can't use the internet to help, Skittles!

You're disqualified!!

[Skittles]

43. no no, I DID know the words

I memorized them from the internet long ago!

[jpak]

38. Umm Skittles

Lewis Lewis ain't even a song...

[Skittles]

44. that's what I get for typing while on the phone!

[jpak]

45. You are forgive by the power of jpak

(And great nasty minds think alike)

Sent from my fone

[2naSalit]

36. A number of blues songs come to mind...

Stormy Monday, Still Got The Blues... The list goes on. I have a repertoire of classical pieces like Ave Maria and such.

[NightWatcher]

37. Edgar Winter's Frankenstein. Kidding, I could do full albums

Nirvana's Bleach and Nevermind
Pink Floyd's DSOTM
A lot of Grateful Dead
Pearl Jam Ten
Stone Temple Pilots Core

[Mr.Bill]

41. I probably couldn't do it now

but one day in a high school class I was bored and wrote out the lyrics to Alice's Restaurant in it's entirety. I had listened to it that many times.

Easy ones would be most of the songs on the Sgt. Pepper's album. Probably because the lyrics were all printed on the album cover and I used to read along as I listened. Rolled a lot of joints on those lyrics, too.

[Kaleva]

42. Jesus Loves Me or Row, Row, Row Your Boat.

[Harker]

46. From the Beginning...

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

[True Dough]

48. From the Beginning

is usually a good place to start when you're going to recite lyrics.

[Harker]

53. Straight through to "The End."

[ironflange]

49. Abbey Road, whole thing

Forwards and backwards.

[jcgoldie]

50. La Bamba

My espanol is shakey but we had to learn that by heart in hs spanish class.

[bluecollar2]

54. You'll never walk alone...n/t

[The King of Prussia]

55. Sparks - My baby's taking me home

[Shrek]

56. "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh

I could also do Uneasy Rider by Charlie Daniels

[malaise]

58. Marley

One Love

[Harker]

59. That's two. n/t

[malaise]

60. LOL

[malthaussen]

61. "Chopsticks." n/t

[CrispyQ]

62. "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" - all three verses, 'ya hear? -nt