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   I think you know where I'm going with this one.
Below are two of the more widely know songs that utilize lists as a significant portion of the lyrics.
But there musty be more...can you LIST them?

Tubes - What Do You Want From Life

Well, you can't have that, but if you're an American citizen you are entitled to: 
a heated kidney shaped pool, 
a microwave oven--don't watch the food cook, 
a Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home, 
a kingsize Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum, 
a foolproof plan and an airtight alibi, 
real simulated Indian jewelry, 
a Gucci shoetree, 
a year's supply of antibiotics, 
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth 
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number, 
a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick, 
Rosemary's baby, 
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams, 
a new Matador, 
a new mastadon, 
a Maverick, 
a Mustang, 
a Montego, 
a Merc Montclair, 
a Mark IV, 
a meteor, 
a Mercedes, 
an MG, 
or a Malibu, 
a Mort Moriarty, 
a Maserati, 
a Mac truck, 
a Mazda, 
a new Monza, 
or a moped, 
a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away, 
or how about a McCulloch chainsaw, 
a Las Vegas wedding, 
a Mexican divorce, 
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot, 
or a baby's arm holding an apple?

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe
Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye"
Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace, Santayana, goodbye

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev
Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc
Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron
Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock"
Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team
Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland
Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev
Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

(Lyrics printed WITHOUT permissions) 

Edited by JD - June 02 2022 at 15:41

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JD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18446	Post Options Post Reply Quote JD Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Lists as Lyrics Posted: June 02 2022 at 15:39
	I think you know where I'm going with this one. Below are two of the more widely know songs that utilize lists as a significant portion of the lyrics. But there musty be more...can you LIST them? Tubes - What Do You Want From Life Well, you can't have that, but if you're an American citizen you are entitled to: a heated kidney shaped pool, a microwave oven--don't watch the food cook, a Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home, a kingsize Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum, a foolproof plan and an airtight alibi, real simulated Indian jewelry, a Gucci shoetree, a year's supply of antibiotics, a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number, a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick, Rosemary's baby, a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams, a new Matador, a new mastadon, a Maverick, a Mustang, a Montego, a Merc Montclair, a Mark IV, a meteor, a Mercedes, an MG, or a Malibu, a Mort Moriarty, a Maserati, a Mac truck, a Mazda, a new Monza, or a moped, a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away, or how about a McCulloch chainsaw, a Las Vegas wedding, a Mexican divorce, a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot, or a baby's arm holding an apple? Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe Rosenbergs, H-bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom Brando, "The King and I", and "The Catcher in the Rye" Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen Marciano, Liberace, Santayana, goodbye Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiev Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu falls, "Rock Around the Clock" Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Krushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez (Lyrics printed WITHOUT permissions) Edited by JD - June 02 2022 at 15:41
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The Dark Elf Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 13238	Post Options Post Reply Quote The Dark Elf Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 02 2022 at 16:35
	REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It … That's great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afraid … Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs Don't mis-serve your own needs Speed it up a notch, speed, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter With a fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, represent the seven games And a government for hire and a combat site Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry With the Furies breathing down your neck … Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh oh, overflow, population, common group But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched … Six o'clock, T.V. hour, don't get caught in foreign tower Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down Watch your heel crush, crush, uh oh This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline … The other night I drifted nice continental drift divide Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right, right
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Lewian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 15186	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lewian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 02 2022 at 16:59
	Both supposedly listing 50 things (the first one not quite I think; Kate has them counted, that's safer): Paul Simon: 50 ways to leave your lover Kate Bush: 50 words for snow German hip hoppers Die Fantastischen Vier list abbreviations on MfG (which means "mit freundlichen Gruessen", i.e., "Sincerely") Edited by Lewian - June 02 2022 at 17:02

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	Dream Theater Full Circle sailing on the seven seize the day tripper diem's ready jack the ripper owens wilson phillips and my supper's ready lucy in the sky with diamond dave's not here I come to save the day for nightmare cinema show me the way to get back home again Leaning over Crawling up Stumbling all around Losing my place Only to find I've come full circle flying off the handle with careful with that axe eugene gene the dance machine messiah light my fire gabba gabba hey hey my my generation's home again Edited by Grumpyprogfan - June 02 2022 at 17:10

Lewian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 09 2015 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 15186	Post Options Post Reply Quote Lewian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 02 2022 at 17:16
	This reminds me of one of my favourite German rap tracks called "Selber machen lassen" which translated means something like "Let somebody else do it yourself". In fact Deichkind, the band who oficially did it, let a collection of other German rappers rap it, and essentially it is a list of things that you could do yourself or have other people do for you. Get the idea? Deichkind have some other list tracks but you may not want even more German rap in this thread.

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	Know your rights! All three of them! NUMBER ONE: You have the right not to be killed. Murder is a crime! Unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat. Know your rights! NUMBER TWO: You have the right to food money. Provided, of course, you don’t mind a little Investigation Humiliation (And, if you cross your fingers..) Rehabilitation Know your rights! These are your rights! NUMBER THREE: You have the right to free speech As long as you’re not dumb enough to actually try it! Know your rights! These are your rights! It has been suggested in some quarters that this is not enough. Well… Get off the streets! Edited by HolyMoly - June 12 2022 at 15:49
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	I don't believe in magic I don't believe in I-ching I don't believe in Bible I don't believe in tarot I don't believe in Hitler I don't believe in Jesus I don't believe in Kennedy I don't believe in Buddha I don't believe in Mantra I don't believe in Gita I don't believe in Yoga I don't believe in kings I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me Yoko and me And that's reality
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	Ian Hunter and his recitation of famous Native Americans. With able back up by Jaco Pastorius, Aynsley Dunbar and David Sanborn... Ten Bears, Two Bears, Standing Bear, Plenty Bear, Old Bear, Brave Bear, Hollow Horn Bear Silver Knife, Spotted Tail, Yellow Hand, Red Cloud, Red Fox, Red Horse, Black Kettle, White Ghost, White Bull, White Thunder, White Hog, hold on a minute gotta frog in my throat Cochise, Alchise, Roman Nose, Geronimo - hold on a minute - more to go Sitting Bull, Tall Bull, Crazy Horse and Short Bull, Low Dog, Red Dog, Yellow Wolf, Low Wolf Loco, Victorio, Chato, Little Crow, Dead Eyes, Jak, Taza an' Colorow My mouth's exploding that's enough of this noise I guess we're all - All American Alien Boys.
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	Alibis, little lies Procrastination Secrecy, duplicity... (Asia - Alibis) Edited by Heart of the Matter - June 14 2022 at 08:44