Great song lyrics

[The polls have now closed, and I must say that you've done very well, dear Internets. Only five songs went unguessed, and of those Joe in Vegas was close to one and Kirstin to another. Thanks for playing!]

Not unlike the First Lines music quiz in principle, just that the quoted lyrics aren't the first line of the song. These are lines that make me smile or catch my breath. There are some repeats, because clever words don't grow on trees.

We've done this before, you know the rules. Off we go:

1. All we have to do now, is to take these lies and make them true somehow.
    George Michael, Freedom '90 - Anxious

2. ... and high above the wedding guests he hung the ashes of her lovely wedding dress.
    Leonard Cohen, Joan of Arc - Rigmor

3. (But not a real green dress, that's cruel.)
    Bare Naked Ladies, If I had a million dollars - Rigmor

4. ... 'cause you can never really tell when somebody wants something you want too.
    David Bowie, Stay from "Station to station"

5. God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but the next time you see me comin' you better run."
    Bob Dylan, Highway 61 revisited - Alan

6. He said, "How come I don't love my woman?" then he took aim and died.
    Prince, Papa from "Come"

7. Hey man, you've got a real bum's eye for clothes.
    The Tragically Hip, Looking for a place to happen - Lib

8. I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.
    John Newton, Amazing grace - Alan

9. I searched the seven seas and I looked under the carpet.
    Nick Cave, Get ready for love - Kirstin

10. I was running at the speed of life through morning's thoughts and fantasies.
    David Bowie, The secret life of Arabia - Rigmor

11. I'd rather have ham in my sandwich than cheese, but complaining wouldn't do any good.
    Elton John, Roy Rogers from "Goodbye yellow brick road"

12. I'm sitting in a cafe in Paradise, naked as a razor and as loaded as the dice.
    Be-Bop Deluxe, Sleep that burns from "Sunburst finish"

13. I've got thirteen channels of shit on the TV to choose from.
    Pink Floyd, Nobody home - Kirstin

14. If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.
    Kenny Rogers, The gambler - Kirstin

15. Immortal and life-size ... I'll keep you 'til death sighs.
    Roxy Music, In every dreamhome a heartache - Alan

16. In my dreams I was drowning my sorrows, but my sorrows they learned to swim.
    U2, Until the end of the world - Noorster

17. Now I'm sitting here alone and sleepless, and wondering where you are.
    Bruce Cockburn, Coldest night of the year - Antonia

18. O great creator of being, grant us one more hour to perform our art & perfect our lives.
     Jim Morrison aka The Doors, An American Prayer - Antonia

19. Now the wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost.
    Bob Dylan, It takes a lot to laugh, it takes a train to cry - Alan

20. The guns shot about our heads, and we kissed as though nothing could fall.
    David Bowie, Heroes - Alan

21. There's so much shit in Texas, you're bound to step in some.
     Johnny Winter, Dallas - Joe in Vegas

22. They have sweated beneath the same sun, looked up in wonder at the same moon...
    Neil Diamond, Done too soon

23. They rioted in the streets of Montreal when they benched Rocket Richard.
    Jane Siberry, Hockey - Esben

24. Tire tracks all across your back, I can see you've had your fun.
    Jimi Hendrix, Crosstown traffic - Kirstin

25. We're going to have to hold ourselves a peace talk in some neutral cafe.
    Joni Mitchell, Blue motel room - Antonia

This was originally an "emergency post," one of several that I made up in case I ran short of real material for NaBloPoMo. As it happens, they weren't needed (my standards of blogworthiness are presumably lower than I thought they were). The best of them will be appearing this month.