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"says, no blue eyed blondes back home believe in me." -- Gang of Four "F.M. USA"

"Detours, fences, I get defensive.
I know you've heard it all before,
I just stand by,
and let you fight your secret war." --- Concrete Blonde "Joey"

"I poke my finger down inside
make a little room for an ant to hide
nature's candy in my hand,
or can, or pie." --- Presidents of the United States of America "Peaches"

"beautiful, beautiful, girl from the north,
you burn my heart, like a flickering torch." -- Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson "Candy"

"He said, in winter 1963 it felt like the world would freeze,
with John F. Kennedy and the Beatles" -- The Dream Academy "Life in a Northern Town"

"When I get, to the bottom,
I go back, to the top of the slide" --- Siouxie and the Banshees "Helter Skelter" or the Beatles

"Sweet Lucy was a dancer,
but none of us would chance her,
because she was a samurai" --- Deep Purple "Knockin' at your Back door" (God, I can't believe I used this one!)

"Maybe there's a lesson here,
in patience or in perseverance,
but it's hard to feel before my tea.."-- Lucy Knisley "Off the Beat"
(this is the only one that didn't make it to the charts somewhere)