GLB recently published this original composition on another R-I thread, and now posts it here due to popular demand. The original premise was to compose a coherent short story using oldies song titles of any genre. Each song title may be used but once, and not be found elsewhere in the text.
I’ve placed the song titles in brackets in this text, as some readers have not been able to find them all.
I was a [lonely teenager] when I was [only sixteen], and my friends knew me as [the great pretender]. Weekends I would put on my [black leather jacket and motorcycle boots] and go play [leader of the pack]. But [once in a while] when it came time to [show and tell] I had to admit that I was [almost grown]. I was [running scared], - [almost eighteen] and it was time to stop living [in dreams],- [get a job], and maybe a girlfriend and settle down.
One Friday evening I was boppin’ [at the high school hop] and the band began to play [Unchained Melody]. I crossed the gym floor and approached what I thought to be [the most beautiful girl in the world], and said, “[Hey little girl], you look like a [little queenie], and you have such [pretty little angel eyes], - [do you wanna dance?]”, and she replied, “Well [hello stranger] - you’re a [sweet talkin’ guy] do you really want to [dance with me]?” Well, we danced the night away and [step by step] I began falling in love with [Claudette].
Suddenly, as midnight approached and the band played [Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight], she exclaimed, “[Norman], - [what time is it?] [It’s late] and I must leave, my [mama] will be waiting [at my front door]. If I don’t go now, then [I can never go home anymore].” The dance ended and I begged her, “please [stay] – [there’s a moon out tonight], and we have [no particular place to go]. We could sit under the [blue moon] and [count every star].” “[Honey don’t]. [Turn me loose] … [you don’t know me]!.” was her tearful reply, and this was our first but not our [last date].
That’s when I decided, [I’m gonna get married], but [I won’t be a fool in love]. I will find myself a [sweet and innocent] young lady to love. Then [one fine day] the [church bells may ring] and I’ll escort her [to the aisle]. We will say [I do] and we’ll share a [mountain of love] and be [happy together] – [‘til] the end of time.
But it was only my [imagination], because before we could get to the [chapel of love], I was drafted into the Army and I became her [soldier boy]. Next I received orders for an overseas assignment [a thousand miles away] and I pleaded, “[come go with me], - [I need your lovin’] “, but she said, “no, [baby let’s wait],- [what’s the worst that could happen?]” And I thought to myself, “baby, [you’ll lose a good thing],” but I remained silent.
While we were apart my [little darlin’] often would go swimming alone at the beach and spend the afternoon [writing love letters in the sand]. I can’t count the number of letters which closed with the lines ”I have [tears on my pillow] from [missing you] on these [long, lonely nights].” And I would reply, ”Please [send me the pillow that you dream on].” Yes, our letters were always filled with [baby talk] and [sweet nothin’s].
As my tour in Germany was coming to an end I mailed my final letter to my stateside [fraulein] to tell her [I’ll be home] in [thirty days].
She met me at the airport and while holding her in my arms I said, “[You’re my baby] and [it seems to me] that you need a full-time [sugar sugar], please [let it be me]. I asked her for her hand in marriage, and she replied, “[Honey Chile], - [just because] - you have a [groovy kind of love], why do you think you can [bend me, shape me], anyway you want me? Quick to reply, I wondered aloud, “Uh oh, [there’s something on your mind], or is this just a [lover’s question]?” “[This time],” she whispered, “[the angels listened in] and brought me [you baby]. But I have to [tell it like it is], I had a steady before you and now that [my boyfriend’s back] I don’t know what to do. If only he would [turn me loose] … please [rescue me] from him! [My prayer], my only wish, is [just to be with you].”
“Well, [I’m a fool to care], but [you belong to me]” was my instant reaction, and I silently promised myself to [get on up] and confront the former beau. “Just [make it easy on yourself], - [playboy].” is what I’ll tell him. “Yeah, [just leave my woman alone].”
The next day my phone rang and I heard a voice say, “Meet me by the [dock of the bay] [after midnight], we can settle this matter once and for all.” So in the [misty moonlight] under the faint glow of [a thousand stars] I found myself at the edge of the lake, almost [all by myself]. From the shadows by the water came a voice, saying, “I’m in love with [Margie] – [with every beat of my heart] and I have no fight with you, [c’mon and swim].”
[Oh what a night] that turned out to be! [I ran all the way home], where I spent the remainder of the night [tossin’ and turnin’], unable to sleep. In the [wee wee hours] there came a soft rapping at my front door. “Yes, yes, [I hear you knockin’],” I exclaimed, and my jumbled thoughts turned [around and around] in my head as I arose and shuffled to the entry. As I opened the portal, I heard the sweet voice of [my special angel] whispering, “[Oh, baby doll], - [I’ve changed], and [I love you] and [only you].
End Chapter One
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Don’t forget to tip your waiter.
[Goodnight], and don’t forget to [let the good times roll]
I’ve placed the song titles in brackets in this text, as some readers have not been able to find them all.
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This is my [story untold], that is, until today...
I was a [lonely teenager] when I was [only sixteen], and my friends knew me as [the great pretender]. Weekends I would put on my [black leather jacket and motorcycle boots] and go play [leader of the pack]. But [once in a while] when it came time to [show and tell] I had to admit that I was [almost grown]. I was [running scared], - [almost eighteen] and it was time to stop living [in dreams],- [get a job], and maybe a girlfriend and settle down.
One Friday evening I was boppin’ [at the high school hop] and the band began to play [Unchained Melody]. I crossed the gym floor and approached what I thought to be [the most beautiful girl in the world], and said, “[Hey little girl], you look like a [little queenie], and you have such [pretty little angel eyes], - [do you wanna dance?]”, and she replied, “Well [hello stranger] - you’re a [sweet talkin’ guy] do you really want to [dance with me]?” Well, we danced the night away and [step by step] I began falling in love with [Claudette].
Suddenly, as midnight approached and the band played [Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight], she exclaimed, “[Norman], - [what time is it?] [It’s late] and I must leave, my [mama] will be waiting [at my front door]. If I don’t go now, then [I can never go home anymore].” The dance ended and I begged her, “please [stay] – [there’s a moon out tonight], and we have [no particular place to go]. We could sit under the [blue moon] and [count every star].” “[Honey don’t]. [Turn me loose] … [you don’t know me]!.” was her tearful reply, and this was our first but not our [last date].
That’s when I decided, [I’m gonna get married], but [I won’t be a fool in love]. I will find myself a [sweet and innocent] young lady to love. Then [one fine day] the [church bells may ring] and I’ll escort her [to the aisle]. We will say [I do] and we’ll share a [mountain of love] and be [happy together] – [‘til] the end of time.
But it was only my [imagination], because before we could get to the [chapel of love], I was drafted into the Army and I became her [soldier boy]. Next I received orders for an overseas assignment [a thousand miles away] and I pleaded, “[come go with me], - [I need your lovin’] “, but she said, “no, [baby let’s wait],- [what’s the worst that could happen?]” And I thought to myself, “baby, [you’ll lose a good thing],” but I remained silent.
While we were apart my [little darlin’] often would go swimming alone at the beach and spend the afternoon [writing love letters in the sand]. I can’t count the number of letters which closed with the lines ”I have [tears on my pillow] from [missing you] on these [long, lonely nights].” And I would reply, ”Please [send me the pillow that you dream on].” Yes, our letters were always filled with [baby talk] and [sweet nothin’s].
As my tour in Germany was coming to an end I mailed my final letter to my stateside [fraulein] to tell her [I’ll be home] in [thirty days].
She met me at the airport and while holding her in my arms I said, “[You’re my baby] and [it seems to me] that you need a full-time [sugar sugar], please [let it be me]. I asked her for her hand in marriage, and she replied, “[Honey Chile], - [just because] - you have a [groovy kind of love], why do you think you can [bend me, shape me], anyway you want me? Quick to reply, I wondered aloud, “Uh oh, [there’s something on your mind], or is this just a [lover’s question]?” “[This time],” she whispered, “[the angels listened in] and brought me [you baby]. But I have to [tell it like it is], I had a steady before you and now that [my boyfriend’s back] I don’t know what to do. If only he would [turn me loose] … please [rescue me] from him! [My prayer], my only wish, is [just to be with you].”
“Well, [I’m a fool to care], but [you belong to me]” was my instant reaction, and I silently promised myself to [get on up] and confront the former beau. “Just [make it easy on yourself], - [playboy].” is what I’ll tell him. “Yeah, [just leave my woman alone].”
The next day my phone rang and I heard a voice say, “Meet me by the [dock of the bay] [after midnight], we can settle this matter once and for all.” So in the [misty moonlight] under the faint glow of [a thousand stars] I found myself at the edge of the lake, almost [all by myself]. From the shadows by the water came a voice, saying, “I’m in love with [Margie] – [with every beat of my heart] and I have no fight with you, [c’mon and swim].”
[Oh what a night] that turned out to be! [I ran all the way home], where I spent the remainder of the night [tossin’ and turnin’], unable to sleep. In the [wee wee hours] there came a soft rapping at my front door. “Yes, yes, [I hear you knockin’],” I exclaimed, and my jumbled thoughts turned [around and around] in my head as I arose and shuffled to the entry. As I opened the portal, I heard the sweet voice of [my special angel] whispering, “[Oh, baby doll], - [I’ve changed], and [I love you] and [only you].
End Chapter One
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No animals were harmed by GLB while editing this text.
Don’t forget to tip your waiter.
[Goodnight], and don’t forget to [let the good times roll]
(117 song titles were used in this original composition)
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