I Tried This Twice
Put iTunes (or its equivalent) on shuffle, take the first line from the first 20 songs and use them to make a poem. Use the first line of the 21st song as the title.
If You Search for Tenderness
It's amazing how you make your face just like a wall
I said goodnight LA
So here we are tonight, you and me together
Broadway is dark tonight
I was dreaming when I wrote this
Friday night and the nights are low
What now my love
Sometimes I wonder how I'd ever make it through
If I could turn back time
Faith, you're driving me away
Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got
Went to the fortune teller
You can force it but it will not come
Oh, very young, what will you leave us this time?
I don't believe in first impressions
I am the gate
I am here to tell you we can never meet again
Mark Cohen! Alexi Darling!
If someone stood up in a crowd and raised his voice up way out loud
Show me the road and I will find my own
I Won’t Mistake You for Problems with Me
Sirens ring, the shots ring out
Well a man came on the six o’clock news
The world has turned and left me here
Once again I sit in silence
One train you caught the old man looking
I won’t shake you, I won’t break you
Smoke fills through my head
On the field I remember you were incredible
All this beauty you might have to close your eyes
I like the way we move
Mother may I, I would say
Shiny happy people laughing
Next time you’re found with your chin on the ground
Well, I ain’t never been the Barbie doll type
When I wake in the morning I want to blow into pieces
I was afraid you’d hit me if I’d spoken up
Like a freeze-dried rose, you will never be
If tomorrow all the things were gone
The first Noel the angel did say
I can feel the magic floating in the air