25 lyrical lines

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Since gaudior has brought this one back around, and it seems like a nice distraction from things, here are 25 song lyrics for your edification identification. (Amusingly enough, there's a track here that those who saw gaudior's version of this will probably recognize instantly.)

I didn't do a straight "first 25 that came up on shuffle" because, y'know, instrumentals and iTrip files and three tracks by the same artist and insanely obscure rarities and stuff. (I did leave in a cover or two, but I'll accept either the original artist or the cover artist for that one.) Instead, I set iTunes to "Party Shuffle" and kept deleting unsuitable tracks until I had a reasonable list of 25.

Edited to add: oh, and I'll use the music userpic for this one.

1. When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye Circle - Edie Brickell & New Bohemians (lizzielizzie)
   
2. So we circle around one another playing a guessing game
   
3. People speak of love don't know what they're thinking of In The Shape Of A Heart - Jackson Browne (hr_macgirl)
   
4. Violet serene like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me
   
5. Star was glowing in a silvery night Moonlight Shadow - Mike Oldfield (hr_macgirl)
   
6. For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see Let It Be - The Beatles (adrian_turtle)
   
7. I think somebody better put out the big light, cause I can't stand to see you this way. Alison - Elvis Costello[2] (rushthatspeaks)
   
8. You are the sentinels, silent and sure Stars - Les Misérables & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra[3] (shadesong)
   
9. And so it was, later, when the miller told his tale A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Annie Lennox[1] (adrian_turtle)
   
10. Get up, get back on your feet, you're the one they can't beat Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) - Styx (tober)
    
11. Long-stemmed roses are the way to your heart, but he needs to start with your head Express Yourself - Madonna (lizzielizzie)
    
12. No one's gonna drag you up to get into the light where you belong The Sign - Ace Of Base (rushthatspeaks)
    
13. Here I am, prayin' for this moment to last
    
14. Have you come here for forgiveness? One - U2 (lizzielizzie & adrian_turtle)
    
15. I've got the presidential seal Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon (lizzielizzie)
    
16. There must be some kind of bad connection / 'Cause this music does not
    sound the way it did
    
17. Bangin' on the bongos like a chimpanzee Money For Nothing - Dire Straits (lizzielizzie)
    
18. Oh loverboy / I know you too well / And all of my lonely secrets / To you I tell
    
19. A fragrant memory is soon to fade
    
20. When my fist clenches, crack it open Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (adrian_turtle; partial credit to lizzielizzie)
    
21. Some say troubles abound / Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down
    
22. The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago Nightswimming - R.E.M. (niqui)
    
23. After the laughter has died away and all the boys have had their fun It's A Mistake - Men At Work (hr_macgirl)
    
24. Maybe tomorrow the next letter or when the weather gets better / I've gotta wait here for your moon to turn blue Perfect Way - Scritti Politti (lizzielizzie)
    
25. Finger pointing, eyebrows low, mouth in the shape of the letter O No! - They Might Be Giants (tober)

As seems to be traditional, I'll strike them out when they're identified.

[1] This was the cover mentioned earlier; full credit for Procul Harum.
[2] This was not a cover, though I actually prefer the Everything But The Girl acoustic version.
[3] I have the Broadway, London, and 10th Anniversary versions...hey, I never ripped London into iTunes?!?

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Full credit on 1, 11, 14, 15, 17, and 24. Partial credit on 20.