i do dig this meme. really.

[fox]

20 random songs on the playlist. (in fairness, i'll admit that these are not the first twenty to come up on random shuffle, but the first twenty that have lyrics.) (in english.) name that tune!

1. and i've walked most all the way and i ain't heard her call/ and i'm getting to thinking if she's coming at all
2. all you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface/ and it's fool's gold - Indigo Girls, "Power of Two" - cmshaw, with special mention to darthrami for getting the title but not the artist and datlowen, on AIM, for getting the artist but not the title
3. i am reaching, but i fall/ and the stars are black and cold - "Javert's Suicide" from Les Misérables - angevin2
4. beneath the stains of time the feelings disappear/ you are someone else - i am still right here - Johnny Cash, "Hurt" (originally by Nine Inch Nails) - autiger23
5. you tell me it's holy holy/ i don't know what that is - Indigo Girls, "Shed Your Skin" - cmshaw
6. you need help or i'd have never spoken/ and why break someone in when i'm already broken?
7. and finally, i'm sorry for any pain i may have caused you/ i know what you wanted of me, but i'm just not that way/ what a strange thing to be sorry for - "Gabriel's Letter" from Kiss of the Spider Woman - jgesteve
8. i can't see why people disagree/ each time i tell them what i know is true
9. his body may be past its peak/ but his soul's in paradise - "One More Angel in Heaven" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - angevin2
10. you have carried firm conviction/ to my hesitating heart - "Never mind the why and wherefore" from HMS Pinafore - angevin2
11. unless there's something else you've got in mind/ we've got better things to do
12. if your love has to tie me, don't try me/ say good-bye
13. but though the compliment implied/ inflates me with legitimate pride/ it nevertheless can't be denied/ that it has its inconvenient side - "The law is the true embodiment" from Iolanthe - angevin2
14. you walk a lonely road/ oh, how far you are from home - Enya, "May It Be" - angevin2
15. ontario, you know i've seen a place i'd rather be/ your scummy lakes and the city of toronto don't do a damn thing for me
16. we got time/ oh, baby, there's no rush/ it's gonna be a better day for us - The Georgetown Phantoms, "Time and Tide" (originally by Basia) - mearagrrl
17. every devil i meet becomes a friend of mine/ every devil i meet is an angel in disguise - Indigo Girls, "Jonas and Ezekiel" - kaalee
18. the best in every town, best at shaking down, best at making mountains of money/ they can't take it with them, but what do they care? - "All For the Best" from Godspell - angevin2
19. i'm not worried 'bout the ring you wear/ 'cause as long as no one knows then nobody can care - Train (though I was thinking of Uncle Kracker), "Follow Me" - elance
20. don't just stand there/ say nice things to me - Matchbox 20, "Push" - elance

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[jgesteve.livejournal.com]

Must have seen him sing it at some point cause I have this firm image of him in my head... but you are right he was not the original according to ibdb.com...