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That's Peter Gabriel by himself from his "So" album, the song title is "We do What We're Told (Milgram's 37)."

Gotta admit that I'm a little bit confused

Sometimes it seems to me as if I'm just being used

Gotta stay awake, gotta try and shake off this creeping malaise

If I don't stand my own ground, how can I find my way out of this place

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Next bit, written to look more like the song's meter . . . ought to make it easier to get.

Deaf dumb and blind

you just keep on pretendin'

that everyone's expendable

and no-one is a real friend

And it seems to you the thing to do

would be to isolate the winner

Everything's done under the sun

and you believe at heart everyone's a killer

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Okay, first verse, and if nobody has it by midmorning I'll come up with something new.

OYABTW, it's the same band that did "Have a Cigar." Young folks will get it when pigs fly.

You've got to be crazy

You gotta have a real need

You gotta sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street

You've got to be able to pick out the easy meat

with your eyes closed

Then moving in silently downwind and out of sight

you've got to strike when the moment is right without thinking

Then after a while

you can work on points for style

like a club tie, and a firm handshake,

a subtle look in the eye and an easy smile

You've got to be trusted

by the people that you lie to

so that when they turn their backs on you

you'll get the chance to put the knife in

Colter will know this one. Get his Klipsch-collecting butt in here to pick it off. :-)

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This should be quick

"I'm a lot like you

I need someone to love me

the whole day through

Ah, one look in my eyes

and you can tell that's true.

Lullabies, look in your eyes,

Run around the same old town.

Doesn't mean that much to me

To mean that much to you.

I've been first and last

Look at how the time goes past.

But I'm all alone at last.

Rolling home to you."

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Good catch, JB. Was is the "pigs fly" bit that gave it away? ;-)

That's Neil Young, "Old Man." Thanks for posting that, it

reminded me of one I've been meaning to put up.

Old man lyin' by the side of the road with the lorries rolling by

Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load and the buildings scrape the sky

Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn and the morning paper flies

Dead man lyin' by the side of the road with the daylight in his eyes

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Sorry Ray, Olorin got the title correct.

Olorin, good tune, Don't Let it Bring You Down- Neil Young

again along the same theme, should be quick

"Come a little bit closer

Hear what I have to say

Just like children sleepin'

We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'

Let's go dancin' in the light

We know where the music's playin'

Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you

I want to see you dance again

Because I'm still in love with you"

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Nice transition to CSNY, one of my favorites

I have this on a DTS 96/24 CD, Another Stoney Evening

"I thought I had everything and now Im left without a hand to hold

But its all right Im O.K. How are you?

For what its worth I must say I loved you

And in my bed late at night, I miss you

Someone is going to take my heart

But no one is going to break my heart again"

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I guess the last one was too obscure, it was Graham Nash's I used to be a King form the album Songs for Beginners.

Here is a much easier one:

"She would never say where she came from

Yesterday don't matter if it's gone

While the sun is bright

Or in the darkest night

No one knows

She comes and goes"

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