I always found it very difficult to name artists/title... these are the songs everyone always mumbles along with in the car. Do you know them as well as you think you do?

 Instructions: Fill in the blanks. Each blank uses one word and no punctuation. Please use a 2 pencil. No food or drink allowed in the testing facility. This is your brain on the 80's, any questions?

(caPS LOCk or Proper CASE does not impact your ScOrE)

1. is not my lover, she's just a girl who says that I am the one.
2. , keep it down now, voices carry.
3. , , let it all out.
4. You know, I wish that I had 's girl.
5. People are , so why should it be
6. We are living in a world, and I am a girl.
7. I'll love you with all the joy of living until the lights go out in
8. killed the star.
9. She blinded me with
10. Gonna you up in my all over your body
11. She told me to this way, she told me to this way
12. sleeping in your bed
13. It's just another manic
14. I'm never going to again the way I with you
15. are made of this, who am I to disagree
16. We're gonna rock down to
17. How long, how long must I this
18. it, it good
19. He turned to me as if to say," it's waiting there for you"
20. It's the of the as we know it and i feel .
21. Come on, pour some on me, in the name of
22. looks like a lady
23. Bow down before the one you , youre going to get what you
24. Red, red
25. Oh yeah, we're there, oh, oh living on a prayer
26. Make you wonder how the
27. after If you're lost and you look you will find me
28. Don't der kommisar's in town
29. Our in the middle of our
30. Wet , she's waiting, his car is warm and dry
31. She told me to , but I was already there
32. Who do you want to be to make you with me?
33. I got my first real - Bought it at the five-and-dime
34. But if you see me ,  And the tears are in my eyes
35. Like no other, before you know it, you'll be on
36. Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight It must've been some kind of
37. Can't stop now, I've traveled so far, to change this
38. I don't need to fall at your feet  Just 'cause you me to the
39. Your moves are so I've got to let you know
40. She'll only come out , ooh Here she comes She's a maneater
41. And the full moon that hangs over  These in the
42. Please,  Pull me offa my knees
43. Come on baby, make it hurt so good Sometimes don't feel like it should
44. I walk along the You used to walk along with me, And every step I take reminds me Of just how we used to be.
45. If you , don't now. Please don't take my heart away
46. Lay a on my pillow Leave the winter on the ground
47. Sometimes I feel I've got to  away, I've got to  away
48. I have I have   I have scaled these city walls
49. Corvette Baby you're much 2 fast
50. We gotta install Custom deliveries
51. Amadeus
52. You were born in the city under your feet
53. My blood runs cold My has just been sold
54. She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of
55. You were working as a in a bar
56. It's a nice day for a
57. Woke up to And found the future not so bright
58. 'Cause your friends don't and if they don't ; Well they're no friends of mine
59. For just one moment To be bold and At your side
60. Your heart sweats, your body shakes Another is what it takes
61. Every has its Just like every night has it's dawn
62. Sometimes you're better off There's a gun in your hand and it's pointing at your
63. You spin me right round, baby right round like a , baby
64. Remember after the after all the rain I will be the
65. You got a fast But is it fast enough so we can fly away
66. All alone I have cried silent tears full of pride in a world made of , made of stone.
67. You're a real tough with a long history Of breaking little hearts like the one in me
68. on the mountain top Burning like a silver flame
69. When I see I can face the world, oh oh, you know I can do anything
70. Let me hear your , your
71. You could have a if you'd just lay down your tracks
72. That the touch of your hand Makes my react
73. Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, I'm for
74. My name is Luka I live on the
75. I'm high as a kite and I just might to check you out
76. Like a drifter I was born to
77. And there's a storm that's raging through my tonight
78. Think of the That we were working on
79. Believe it or not I'm walking on
80. No need to ask. He's a smooth ,
81. And I know that I'm right Cuz I it in the night
82. I tell you one and one makes
83. Warm smell of Rising up through the air *technically this song is from 1976. it's just too good to cut.
84. Her name is and she dances on the sand
85. By order of the We ban that boogie sound
86. And the girls with the way they They knock me out when I'm down there
87. Owner of a heart Much better than - a Owner of a heart
88. Why do we at each other? This is what it sounds like when cry.
89. I got me a it seats about 20
90. In the name of
91. In your I am complete
92. Everybody knows aint allowed in
93. All we want is life beyond the
94. Like a cutting for the very first time
95. I cannot I cannot
96. just don't understand
97. Don't push me I'm close to the
98. Your mom threw away your best
99. I come from the land
100. not rule my world
101. Bonus Question 1: My heart's on fire Oomp-ba-pa-mou-mou
102. Bonus Question 2: I've got friends in places.
103. Bonus Question 3: Yes, I'm only a , And I'm sitting here on capitol .

Buttprints in the Sand

One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.

But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."

"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you along.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."

"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt."

"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."

-- author unknown

Native American Words

When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover 
you cannot eat money.

~ Cree Prophecy ~

I do not think the measure of a civilization 
is how tall its buildings of concrete are, 
but rather how well its people have learned 
to relate to their environment and fellow man. 

~ Sun Bear of the Chippewa Tribe ~ 

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across
the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

~ Crowfoot, Blackfoot Warrior  ~

When you were born, you cried
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.

~ White Elk ~

O' GREAT SPIRIT:
Help me always to speak the truth quietly,
to listen with an open mind when others speak,
and to remember the peace 
that may be found in silence. 

~ Cherokee Prayer ~

May the stars carry your sadness away,
May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,
May hope forever wipe away your tears,
And, above all, may silence make you strong. 

~ Chief Dan George  ~

"E-Mail" Angels 

Once upon some time ago ...
An e-mail came my way. 
As most computer users know, 
That's just a normal day.

     

I clicked and read the message sent, 
And should have known right there 
What earthly angels really meant 
I learned ... they're everywhere !

Our Heavenly Father, up above, 
Is up to date you see 
That unconditional flowing love 
Has got His own "P.C."! 

God's internet is fully staffed, 
By angels all on-line
I sat back in my chair and laughed, 
I understood ...cloud nine!

That e-mail sent to me that day, 
Was just  a simple note. 
But like the sun  emits its' ray, 
I knew ... that Heaven wrote!

     

I understand this sounds absurd 
Like I need therapy! 
But angels' help us hear Gods' word 
By whatever means may be.

~ Jody Harmon ~

A footnote from Jody:
This poem was written for, and dedicated lovingly to...
My real life on earth internet angel ... Pam DeChane.

Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings,
thank you Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf.

Even though I keep my eyes closed against the morning light as long as possible, thank you Lord, that I can see. Many are blind.

Even though I huddle in my bed and put off rising,
thank you Lord, that I have the strength to rise.
There are many who are bedridden.

Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost,
toast is burned,  tempers are short, & 
my children are so loud, thank you Lord, for my family.
There are many who are lonely.

Even though our breakfast table never looks like
the pictures in magazines, and the menu is at times unbalanced,
thank you Lord, for the food we have.
There are many who are hungry.

Even though the routine of my job is often monotonous,
thank you Lord, for the opportunity to work.
There are many who have no job.

Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day, and wish my circumstances were not so modest,
thank you Lord, for the life you have given me.

Thank you Lord, for dying upon the cross, for me, so that I would have eternal life.

Author Unknown

HOW TO CLEAN THE HOUSE
 

1. Open a new file in your PC .
2. Name it "Housework."
3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN.
4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN.
5. Your PC will ask you, "Are you sure you want To delete Housework permanently?"
6. Calmly answer, "Yes," and press mouse button firmly......
7. Feel better?
Works for me!

Dear God,
When I am lonely and,
Perhaps I feel despair.
Let not my ailing heart forget,
That YOU hear every prayer..

Remind me that no matter what,
I do or fail to do,
There still is hope for as long
As I have FAITH in YOU..

Let not my eyes be blinded by
Some folly I commit.
But help me to regret my wrong,
And to make up for it..

Inspire me to put my fears,
Upon a hidden shelf,
And in the future never to
Be sorry for myself.

Give me the restful sleep I need,
Before another dawn,
And bless me in the morning with
The Courage To Go On...

Author: Unknown

Youth is not a time of life - it is a state of mind, it is a temper
of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions, a
predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for
adventure over love of ease.

Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people
grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin, but
to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust,
fear and despair - these are the long, long years that bow
the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust.

Whether seventy or seventeen, there is in every being's heart the
love of wonder, the sweet amazement at the stars and starlike
things and thoughts, the undaunted challenge of events, the
unfailing childlike appetite for what next,
and the joy and the game of life.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young
as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope,
as old as your despair.

So long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer,
courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man and from
the Infinite, so long you are young.

When the wires are all down and all the innermost core of your
heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of
cynicism, then you are grown old indeed and may
God have mercy on your soul.

By Rebecca