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From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Love Songs
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Date: Sun, 23-Mar-86 01:13:47 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 23 01:13:47 1986
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In article <2032@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>[The poster lists "Time in a Bottle" as his or her favorite love song.]
>
>I like this song also, but I must admit that it wins second prize for
>"most illogical lyrics." (assuming it's the song I think it is).  Look
>at these lyrics!:
>
>	If I had a box full of memories,
>	And dreams that had never come true,
>	The box would be empty except for the memory
>	Of how they were answered by you.
>
>Well, Here we've got this guy with a box that's "full", but really it's
>"empty".  Not only that, the only thing in it isn't what he says in the
>first 2 lines is in the box... since the dreams were answered by the person
>he's singing about, if the memory is in the box, it's sort of a paradox,
>because then it couldn't have come true, meaning the box wouldn't be
>empty... see?  Well, It's #2 as I said above because if you assume it's
>"memories; and also dreams that had..." instead of "(memories and dreams)
>that had..." then it's all OK, and also I like that song anyhow because
>the refrain's true even if the premise isn't.

I thought the first quoted line went

	If I had a box just for wishes

Which marginally makes more sense except why would one put a memory in a
wish/dream box?

Okay, now for my list... (I should point out two things: 1. I don't recall
all the artists and 2. a few of these "love" songs are probably better
described as "unrequited love" songs)

	Morning Side of the Mountain
			- Donny and Marie

	Theme from the move ARTHUR

	Magic
			- Olivia Newton John

	How Will I Know
			- Whitney Houston

	Two Out of Three Ain't Bad
			- Meat Loaf
  
	You Light Up My Life
			- Debbie Boone


Finally, while not really a love song, let me finish this with a quote from
Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart":

	Everybody needs a place to rest,
	Everybody wants to have a home.
	Don't make no difference what nobody says,
	Ain't nobody like to be alone.

(Sigh)

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