1. We are concern, we are hope despite the time from "These Days."
2. Living in the city, it'll eat your heart is Total Chaos, "Born to Lose".
3. You behold in me...a horrible example of free thought is, of course, James Joyce from "Ulysses."
4. I kept standing 6'1 instead of 5'2 is from Liz Phair's
"Exile in Guyville."
5. Don't smoke/Don't drink/Don't fuck/At least I can fucking think is, of course, "Out of step" by Minor Threat.
6. I know that girl has a tattoo on her heart - could be from New Tattoo by the Blakes.. although they were likely referencing the story by Charles De Lint.
7. You make my knees weak/You make my belly ache/When you touch me/In that way - that's "Ain't it the truth" by the Gossip.. I've seen them perform it many times.
8. At daylight would you tell that engineer to slow it down/Or better still, just stop the train/'Cause I wanna look around is from "Hey Porter" by Johnny Cash. Although a bunch of people have covered that song.
9. This one is easy. New York Dolls "Personality Crisis" I have and deeply love that album. Though I personally think "Frankenstein" is my favoritate track. You were butterflyin' all about that/Personality crisis, you got it while it was hot/But now frustration and heartache is what you got
10. I have nothing left to lose... that's really a bitch because I'm sure a zillion people have said it.. although I know Motorhead definitely did in "I Don't Believe a Word."
11. Hahaha. My friend was wearing a Sleater-Kinney shirt when we were drinking tonight. "Lions and Tiger" and bears. Oh my.
I'd like to show you a million things/I'd like to make the world for you a better place/But when it pours it really rains/So put on your boots and let's play
12. I took my shirt off in the yard/No one saw that the skin on my shoulders was golden/Now it's not, my shirt's back on/I forgot my songs, the glow is gone/My gliding body stopped - Mt. Eerie Preservation Society, of course. "The Glow".. I used to be a music director.. I'm hard to stump with lyrics.
13. We are the ones with the parts and the motion/We fill up the sky and burn with devotion/When our bodies are done, and hard times are over/Remember to breathe, remember to breathe - that would be Mirah.. "the Sun."
14. Sometimes it's like being in chains/Sometimes I hang my head in shame - Cat Power's "Troubled Waters" of course, of course.
15. I'm like the stars, like the sun/Reach and look high at what you want/I'll stay right here out of touch/You can't take for granted what you don't got - That's Cadallaca, "You're one wish."
I found 15. Not 14. Does that mean I get some kind of bonus prize?
You behold in me a horrible example of free thought"~James Joyce, Ulysses "Nothing is True, All is Permitted