PYF Song Decunstroction!

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credburn: Jun 22, 2016

Inspired by Classic Comrade's List of cities in the talking heads song "cities", and their attributes in the PYF List thread, I thought it would be fun to breakdown songs until they're effectively just a bunch of ideas and things neatly organized into categories. It's fun and easy to do!

Here's one to get everyone's deuce revved:

Piano Man by Billy Joel

Patrons:
Bill, the Piano Man (narrator)
An old man
Paul
Davy
Businessmen

Employees:
John
The waitress
The manager

Characteristics:
Bill plays piano
Old man is old
The patrons are in the mood for a melody
John is a bartender
John is a friend of Bill's
John gets Bill his drinks for free
John is quick with a joke
John is quick to light up your smoke
Paul is a real estate novelist
Paul never had time for a wife
Davy is in the Navy and probably will be for life

Actions:
Regular crowd shuffles in
An old man making love to his tonic and gin
Paul is talking to Davy
The waitress is practicing politics
The businessmen slowly get stoned
The businessmen are sharing a drink they call "Loneliness"
The manager gives Bill a smile
The patrons put bread in Bill's jar

Observations:
It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
It's a pretty good crowd for a Saturday
The piano smells like a carnival
The microphone smells like a beer

Moods, desires, despair:
The old man wants Bill to play him a sad and sweet memory
The patrons are all in the mood for a melody
Bill has them feeling alright
There's someplace that John would rather be
The businessmen are lonely
The patrons want to forget about life for a while

Demands:
Sing us a song
Sing us a song tonight

Inquiries:
"Man, what are you doing here?"

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F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

Mean Mr. Mustard by The Beatles

Mean Mr. Mustard
Sleeps
o In the park
o In a hole in the road

Shaves
o In the dark (trying to save paper)

Saving up
o To buy some clothes

Keeps
o A ten-bob note up his nose

Always
o Shouts out something obscene

His sister Pam
Works
o In the shop (she never stops; she's a go-getter)

Takes
o Him out to look at the Queen (only place he's ever been)

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# ? Aug 6, 2021 04:00

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

People who need some time on their own:

you
me
everybody

People who need somebody:

you
me
everybody

Things that are difficult:

healing a broken heart
keeping an open heart
ascertaining who is letting love go today
holding a candle in the cold november rain

Things that last forever:

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FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Places Debbie Harry will find you

Your house
Downtown, after following your bus
Down the mall
Over by the wall
The supermarket checkout

Ways Debbie Harry will get you

One way
Another way

Things Debbie Harry will learn in the process

Who's around your house
Who's hanging out downtown
Who you call

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credburn: Jun 22, 2016

Alcoholic beverages mentioned by name in "Tequila" by The Champs:

1) Tequila

# ? Aug 6, 2021 18:36

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

When she's gone:
- Ain't no sunshine
- Only darkness every day
- This house just ain't a home

I wonder:
- Where she's gone
- If she's gone to stay

I know (I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know):
- I oughtta leave young thing alone

# ? Aug 10, 2021 11:23

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

What you say
Yes
Goodbye
Low
Stop
Why

What I say
No
Hello
High
Go
I don't know

What I don't know
Why you say goodbye

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RC and Moon Pie: May 5, 2011

What you should do
Get up
Boogie

Are you sure?
That's right

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barnold: Dec 16, 2011; what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot

Things that are demonstrably not a lie:
-I'm doing this tonight
-This can't be right
-It's time to leave and make it alone
-I can't take no more
-I want to see you out that door

Things that could conceivably be a lie:
-You're probably gonna start a fight
-You may hate me
-It might sound crazy

Things you say to someone when you leave:
-Bye

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givepatajob: Apr 8, 2003; One finds that this is the best of all possible worlds.

Locations
The Pizza Hut
The Taco Bell
The Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

People
I
We

Expressions of Disbelief
What?
No
Naw...

# ? Aug 12, 2021 21:06

Mister Kingdom: Dec 14, 2005; And the tears that fall
On the city wall
Will fade away
With the rays of morning light

What I am
Your boogie man

What I'm here to do
Whatever I can

Times which I am able to do these things
Early morning
Late afternoon
Midnight

Times when it's too soon
Never

Things I want to do
Please you
It (all for you)
Take you
Hold you
See you
Get near you
Give me all to you

When do I want to do these things
From sundown to sunup

Things I want to be
Your rubber ball
The one you love most of all

Things you can do
Turn me on

Things I want you to completely understand
Just where I'm at
Where I am

# ? Aug 13, 2021 01:10

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

What I want to do all night:
- Rock and roll

What I want to do every day:
- Party

# ? Aug 13, 2021 09:00

Angepain: Jul 13, 2012; what keeps happening to my clothes

Things Meat Loaf Claims He Would Do For Love

Anything

Things Meat Loaf Claims He Would Do For Love, Like, Specifically

Run right into hell and back
Never lie to you, and that's a fact*
Be there till the final act
Take the vow
Seal a pact
Anything you've been dreaming of
Raise up Lorraine Crosby
Help down Lorraine Crosby
Get Lorraine Crosby right out of this godforsaken town
Make it all a little less cold
Hold Lorraine Crosby scared
Hole Lorraine Crosby tight
Colourise Lorraine Crosby's life (Note: she is so sick of black and white)
Make it all a little less old
Make Lorraine Crosby some magic with his own two hands
Build Lorraine Crosby an emerald city with these grains of sand
Give Lorraine Crosby something she can take home
Cater to every fantasy Lorraine Crosby has
Hose down Lorraine Crosby with holy water if she gets too hot, HOT
Take Lorraine Crosby places she has never known

Things Meat Loaf Will Not Do For Love (Times he insists he will not in brackets)

Forget the way you feel right now (6)
Forgive himself if we don't go all the way tonight (6)
Do it better than he does it with you, so long, so long (9)
Stop dreaming of you every night of his life (4)
See that it's time to move on (2)
Be screwing around after a while (4)

Things That Happen Some Days

It don't come easy
It don't come hard
It don't come at all (Note: these are the days that never end)
Meat Loaf prays for silence
Meat Loaf prays for soul
Meat Loaf prays to the God of Sex and Drums and Rock 'N Roll

Things That Happen Some Nights

You're breathing fire
You're carved in ice
You're like nothing Meat Loaf has ever seen before or will again
Meat Loaf loses the feeling
Meat Loaf loses control
Meat Loaf just loses it all when he watches you dance and the thunder rolls

Opinions Stated by Meat Loaf On Whether Things Are Crazy

Meat Loaf: Maybe crazy
Knowing You Can Save Him: It's crazy

People Who Can Save Meat Loaf

You
No one else

Time periods in which Meat Loaf Would Do Anything For Love

As long as the planets are turning (Estimate: 1 quadrillion years)
As long as the stars are burning (Estimate: 1-100 trillion years)
As long as your dreams are coming true, you better believe it (Unknown, depends on dreams, not specified)
As long as the wheels are turning (Unknown, depends on mechanism, not specified)
As long as the fires are burning (Estimate: >10^23 years)
As long as your prayers are coming true, you better believe it (Unknown, depends on prayers, not specified)

Opinions Stated by Meat Loaf On Whether Things Are Lonely

Meat Loaf: Maybe

Things Meat Loaf Is Qualified To Be

Lonely

Number Of Promises Meat Loaf Can Keep

General Observations On Meat Loaf Doing Anything For Love That Clearly Aren't Actual Things He Will Do But He Puts Them In The Part Of The Song Where Things He Will Do Are, Presumably Because He Has Run Out Of Ideas For Things He Will Do

You know it's true and that's a fact
There'll never be no turning back

Things Lorraine Crosby knows

After a while to forget everything, it will be judged to be a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
Meat Loaf will see that it's time to move on (disputed)
The territory (Source: having been around)
It'll all turn to dust
We'll all fall down
Sooner or later Meat Loaf will be screwing around (disputed)

*Scholars dispute whether this is a thing he will do or never do for love. Reasonable arguments exist on both sides. I argue that doing the specific action of refraining for love is slightly different to refusing to do something which he may hypothetically be induced to do for love. In this case it seems that the act of never lying is something he is actively doing for love, rather than the act of lying for love being a thing he refuses to do.

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Pastry of the Year: Apr 12, 2013

That is a gold medal post.

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F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

That post's a hard one to follow.

Mother, should I

run for president?
trust the government?
build the wall?

Mother, do you think

they'll drop the bomb?
they'll like this song?
they'll try to break my balls?
she's good enough for me?
she's dangerous to me?

Mother, will she

tear your little boy apart?
break my heart?

Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry. Mama's gonna

make all your nightmares come true
put all her fears into you
keep you right here under her wing
keep baby cozy and clean
help build the wall

Mother, did it

need to be so high?

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# ? Aug 13, 2021 19:49

Zamboni Rodeo: Jul 19, 2007; NEVER play "Lady of Spain" AGAIN!

What I despise:
- War

What war is:
- Nothin' but a heartbreaker

What war means:
- Destruction to innocent lives
- Tears to thousands of mothers' eyes when their sons go out to fight and lose their lives

What war does:
- Blows my mind
- Causes unrest in the younger generation

What war is good for:
- Absolutely nothing

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Suizid: Apr 15, 2003; The BURNINATOR!

Places you may find yourself:
- living in a shotgun shack
- in another part of the world
- behind the wheel of a large automobile
- in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife

Things you may ask yourself:
- "Well, how did I get here?"
- "How do I work this?"
- "Where is that large automobile?"
- "What is that beautiful house?"
- "Where does that highway go to?"
- "Am I right? Am I wrong?"

Things you may tell yourself:
- "This is not my beautiful house"
- "This is not my beautiful wife"

Things you may say to yourself:
- "My God! What have I done?"

Where and/or when water is flowing underground:
- Once in a lifetime
- Under the rocks and stones
- Letting the days go by

(For the OP <3)

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ninjahedgehog: Feb 17, 2011; It's time to kick the tires and light the fires, Big Bird.

What I am doing:
Coming out of my cage
Doing just fine
Falling asleep
Not looking
Paying the price
Being called by destiny
Opening up my eager eyes

What she is doing, individually:
Calling a cab
Taking a drag
Touching his chest

What he is doing, individually:
Having a smoke
Taking off her dress

Joint she/he doings
Going to bed
Taking control

How it started:
With a kiss

How it ended:
Like this

Stomach status:
Sick

Saints status:
Sea

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Phyzzle: Jan 26, 2008

Who you gonna call

Ghost Busters

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FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Phyzzle posted:

Who you gonna call

Ghost Busters

Thank you for calling Ghost Busters. What is the situation?

There's something strange.

Where is it occurring?

In the neighborhood.

Can you describe the strange thing?

It don't look good.

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Phyzzle: Jan 26, 2008

Things I am not afraid of
No ghosts

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nashona: May 8, 2014; Though she be but little, she is fierce

Why can't I get:

just one kiss
just one screw
just one gently caress

# ? Sep 10, 2021 04:29

Whybird: Aug 2, 2009; Phaiston have long avoided the tightly competetive defence sector, but the IRDA Act 2052 has given us the freedom we need to bring out something really special.

https://team-robostar.itch.io/robostar; Nap Ghost

Things that my true love has given to me over the course of the twelve days of Christmas, in total:

- Twelve lords a-leaping
- Twenty-two ladies dancing
- Thirty pipers piping
- Thirty-six drummers drumming
- Forty maids a-milking
- Forty-two swans a-swimming
- Forty-two geese a-laying
- Forty gold rings
- Thirty-six calling birds
- Thirty french hens
- Twenty-two turtle doves
- Twelve partridges, in twelve pear trees.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:42

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

Giving 84 large waterfowl, half of them brooding, is not something one does to one's true love

Girl run. He is trying to kill you

# ? Oct 8, 2021 14:34

Snowy: Oct 6, 2010; A man whose blood
Is very snow-broth;
One who never feels
The wanton stings and
Motions of the sense

I�m too sexy for:

My love
My shirt
Milan
New York
Japan
Your party
My car
My hat
My cat
This song

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 15:30

Mr.Chill: Aug 29, 2006

People:

Me
You
My ex

Your destination:
Scarborough Fair

Request:
Will you please remind my ex that I exist

Extraneous detail:
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:25

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