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Fun Music Information -> James McMurtry

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Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:

Song & Band Name	Song & Band Name
"Where You Goin' Now?," Damn Yankees	"We Can't Make It Here," James McMurtry

Remove a Letter From a Song Title:

"We Can't Make It Her" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Naomi Swanson

Add a Letter to a Song Title:

"We Can't Make It There" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Gail McFarland

"Wes Can't Make It Here" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Gail McFarland

"Web Can't Make It Here" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Gail McFarland

Change a Letter:

"He Can't Make It Here" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Walter

"We Can't Take It Here" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Josh

"We Can't Wake It Here" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Jessica Childress

"We Can't Fake It Here" originally "We Can't Make It Here"

Jessica Childress

"Childish Thongs" originally "Childish Things"

When are thongs childish? Or worn by children?

Iris Green

Bad Choices for On Hold Music:

Song Name	Company/Organization	Submittor
Choctaw Bingo	Harrah's Cherokee Casino	Mikey

Misheard Lyrics:

"Childish Things"

Misheard Lyrics:

Aunt Clara kept her Bible right next to the throne
In case she needed a quote.

Original Lyrics:

Aunt Clara kept her Bible right next to the phone
In case she needed a quote.

Misheard Lyrics Stories:

"Childish Things"

Misheard Lyrics:

Aunt Clara kept her Bible right next to the throne
In case she needed a quote.

Original Lyrics:

Aunt Clara kept her Bible right next to the phone
In case she needed a quote.

Story about this misheard lyric by: Minima Jonesing

I first misheard this song in the middle of a massage...and nearly rolled off the table laughing.

Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:

"Charlemagne's Home Town" The Lyrics: Won't you fly across that ocean Take a train on down Because the night's growing lonesome In Charlemagne's home town Who They Mention: Charlemagne (French King) Submitted by: Tania WYEP	"Restless" The Lyrics: If delivered with panache and a certain grace Fingertips on satin lace Cutting cards and quoting Proust Whatever turns her wild mare loose Who They Mention: author Marcel Proust Submitted by: Tania WYEP
There are additional celebrity lyrics available.

Song Lyrics That Mention Brand Name Products:

"We Can't Make It Here"

The Lyrics:

Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
'Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can't make it here anymore

Product Brand Name:

Wal-Mart

Submitted by: Tania WYEP

"Childish Things"

The Lyrics:

Every other weekend, age of thirteen
With my fishing bole and my Field and Stream
Ridin' back home on the Trailways bus
I looked out the window

Product Brand Name:

Field and Stream
Trailways Bus

Submitted by: Tania WYEP

Band Name Anagrams:

Crummy Ramjets Submitted by: Cape Canaveral Lavigne

Just My Mr. Cream Submitted by: Cape Canaveral Lavigne

Real Places Mentioned in Songs:

"Restless"

The Lyrics:

And the conversation slows
To a stop and I might as well
Be out alone on the highway
Way off in the Utah sage
Waving to the railroad crew
That's when I get restless too

Why:

Utah

Submitted by: Tania WYEP

"We Can't Make It Here"

The Lyrics:

Now I'm stocking shirts in the Wal-Mart store
Just like the ones we made before
'Cept this one came from Singapore
I guess we can't make it here anymore
...
In Dayton, Ohio or Portland, Maine
Or a cotton gin out on the great high plains
That's done closed down along with the school

Why:

Singapore
Dayton, Ohio
Portland, Maine

Submitted by: Tania WYEP