Human without the bean

You got it.

What a tale your thoughts could tell Just like a paperback novel The kind the drugstore sells When you reach the part where the heartaches Come the hero would be me Heroes often fail

I do better with the songs that aren't so familiar when I give them a day and then come back to them. Today the voice in my head was much clearer and since I like to listen to Bob Dylan I could place the song. I don't know what it is when it comes to Bob Dylan's music, but I used to think the songs like A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Idiot Wind, and Visions of Johanna were just [well, for lack of a better word] idiotic, too long and drawn out. However, after giving them more than a few listens I find these songs to be some of my favorites. It just grows on you. I've got another one.

I got it now. Is this "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" ~Bob Dylan~?

Got one, but it's got two lines. If you really like it you can have the rights It could make a million for you overnight

I can't quite hone in on the artist yet.

You are right because I have heard it before but at this point all I know is, is this 'They're are Coming to Take Me Away"? To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time.

I Got You Babe "Long as I remember the rain been comin' down"

"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair"

You are right WordWolf, it is definitely a song by The Rolling Stones. One, two! I was born in a crossfire hurricane And I howled at my ma in the drivin' rain But it's all right now, in fact it's a gas

This is in the wrong thread then. It should have been in recognized from one line. I'm sorry about that. So here's the one or two liner that should do it. " I was born in cross-fire hurricane And I howled at my ma in the driving way"

I had some doubts after a bit of time passed whether this song was a worthy clue of not. Now that I posted the two lines above this should be very do-able. Okay?

"Stand By Me"?

I think I got it now just from the first line, Captain and Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together

I was raised by a toothless, bearded hag I was schooled with a strap right across my back I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread Yeah, yeah, yeah I was crowned with a spike right thru my head

I was drowned, I was washed up and left for dead I fell down to my feet and I saw they bled I frowned at the crumbs of a crust of bread Yeah, yeah, yeah I was crowned with a spike right thru my head

"How much of this stuff do you think we can stand, so much rhythm and grace and debonair for one man" ~The Spinners~ Rubberband Man

George I may need a second line.

It is.

Well then, here's another group of lines' Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlights people, living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night Some will win, some will lose Some were born to sing the blues Oh, the movie never ends It goes on and on and on and on

I didn't think that this was going to the grey area. For some reason I seem to have picked up the British spelling for grey. Anyway, here's something else' Strangers waiting, up and down the boulevard Their shadows searching in the night Streetlights people, living just to find emotion Hiding, somewhere in the night

Obviously.

"Yeah, there was a funky singer playin in a rock n' toll band"

This one has been covered by scads of artists, so any of those choices I will accept. Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana, Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana, Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa, Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake, Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake; Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika, Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica, Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport, Idaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina, Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir;

Next song OK, give me a few.