Can you name the well-known songs from the 1960s & 70s, based on the last word of each line in the first verse?

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All clues are the last word of each line (in order) from the first verse of well-known songs of the 1960s and 1970s. Often but not always, they rhyme. Identify the song the rhyme schem comes from.

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Last word of each line of first verse	Song Title	Made famous by
county / road / overload / wire / whine / line		Glen Campbell
handsome / pretty / ransom / city		Eagles
coolin' / foolin' / schoolin'		Led Zeppelin
learnin' / warrin' / turnin' / long		Stevie Wonder
bullfrog / mine / said / wine		Three Dog Night
time / fine / dime / prime / you?		Bob Dylan
fairytales / me / me / seemed / dreams		The Monkees
confused / rain / lose / strain / shame		Dobie Gray
dream / machines / 9 / line		Bruce Springsteen
petrified / side / wrong / strong / along		Gloria Gaynor
river / skies / slowly / eyes		The Beatles
Orleans / Sun / boy / one		The Animals
house / Mars / planets / stars		The 5th Dimension
friend / again / creeping / sleeping		Simon & Garfunkel
dress / confess / care / stairs		Gordon Lightfoot
dues / time / sentence / crime		Queen
reception / hand / connection / man		The Rolling Stones
untrue / liar / you / higher		The Doors
lot / spot / go / gone / lot		Joni Mitchell
phoney / agree / money / tree		Supertramp
plane / Spain / goodbye / eye		Elton John
public / subject / expression / impression		Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
knew / blue / before / more / say / yesterday		Marvin Gaye
wears / hair / word / air		The Beach Boys
lies / disguise / misunderstood / good		Bee Gees
suppertime / unwind / up / harp		Creedence Clearwater Revival

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The End of the Line: (60s-70s Edition) Quiz

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Created Jul 27, 2011 in Music
Featured Aug 8, 2011
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	Goldrusher:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 19:59 GMT		9 points
	WOW.... I loved this quiz......very hard. You know it's tough when you get 12 of 26 and are in the 98th percentile. Thanks for including a Gordon lightfoot song. When I got it I was thinking that not too many other people are going to even know this song. You really had to get your brain working on a different level to do this quiz........more please.

	Rayavi:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 20:20 GMT		2 points
	Yes, Gordon Lightfoot is very good, but unfortunately I only know the chorus to that song. :( This is much harder than it seems. I'd think that doing it by first word of each line may be even harder.

	monstro:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 20:51 GMT		3 points
	I got the first two right, and was thinking, "Oh, I'm going to sail through this one," then POW. Hit the wall. Got a total of five. Tough but fun!

	WyvernSabres:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 21:06 GMT		1 point
	I knew that was a Stones song - even thought of the right answer! But mental replay had it starting with the chorus, so I rejected it. I'm listening to it now, and it does start with the chorus. Still a fantastic quiz, though, and from my era too.

	rockgolf:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 21:17 GMT		2 points
	Simple, yet evil. That's the idea behind this quiz. I hope this inspires some quizmakers to create their own "End of the Line" quizzes> I went with hits of the 60s & 70s but you could select a specific year or artist or genre or something really creative. I'll review them and the most interesting will become Editor Picks.

	smf2271:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 21:48 GMT		5 points
	GREAT idea! For those of us who are total rock music geeks, most of the lyrics quizzes on sporcle and other websites are way too easy. This is a way to take the songs we've heard thousands of times and make it actually quite hard. 8 out of 26 and still 95th %ile! I'll try to make one of these of my own (maybe from the '80s).

	tabbyclaw:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 21:53 GMT		7 points
	The song name is "The Sound of Silence," singular. "Sounds" is the album on which it appeared.

	Cerdog:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 22:12 GMT		2 points
	That was way harder than I was expecting.

	smf2271:	Aug 8th, 2011 at 22:55 GMT		2 points
	I just made one for 1983. Can't wait to see how people do - I made some easy, some hard (but they're all very well-known songs).

	Meltha:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 00:21 GMT		3 points
	Somehow I find it heartwarming that so many people know good old Jeremiah the bullfrog.

	MorningBell411:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 00:29 GMT		0 points
	@tabbyclaw: If I recall correctly, both titles are correct because some releases have it as "Sounds" and others as "Sound". It was never consistently named so the quizmaker has the liberty to choose whether to display the singular or plural version.

	Propellerhead:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 00:33 GMT		3 points
	80% of confused/rain/lost/strain/shame pretty much sums up the arc of my experience with this quiz. I can't wait to see some more.

	jtrichey:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 02:40 GMT		2 points
	very difficult. Fun though

	Koltrane:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 02:58 GMT		6 points
	I agree with Fidelio that you should at least accept Age of Aquarius. I realize that the official title is merely Aquarius, but it doesn't seem to me that the point here is to get picky and technical. The concept is great and the quiz is tough enough without making people have to be so specific. Anyone who types "Age of Aquarius" has figured it out and should get credit.

	Simmerdown:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 03:00 GMT		1 point
	What screwed me up is that the horizontal rule (line) between clues/answers didn't show up in a couple of spots, so I thought two sets of lyrics were only one. Otherwise a good one.

	chikka2:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 03:27 GMT		1 point
	The rhyming end-of-line words gave an advantage over first (unrhyming) words of lines; helped me get a couple more. I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard many of these songs. Well done and thank you.

	zamboni:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 12:54 GMT		6 points
	You expected us to know what Bob Dylan was saying?

	kps7179:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 13:54 GMT		0 points
	Only got 4. However, I was born in '86, so I think I have a good excuse. ;)

	rockgolf:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 16:13 GMT		3 points
	@zamboni: Not really. I could have sworn one of the lines in the first verse was "Did the bump 'n' grind", but it's actually "Gave the bums a dime". Yeah, those lines sound alike...

	andmybirdcansing:	Aug 9th, 2011 at 22:14 GMT		1 point
	Sequel!

	CycoMiko138:	Aug 10th, 2011 at 01:25 GMT		2 points
	Loved this quiz, although it was a lot harder than I thought it would be! I managed to get half the songs right, but there were a few I couldn't believe I missed. I actually started singing Life In the Fast Lane to myself at one point and still missed it!

	araboy:	Aug 11th, 2011 at 20:56 GMT		1 point
	Great quiz! I can't believe I missed some of them. I got 8 and figured I'd be at the bottom. Apparently it was hard for everyone else too!

	FriendzonePhill:	May 15th, 2013 at 08:18 GMT		1 point
	I think it might've been better for Down On The Corners to be: "Evening/Suppertime/Courthouse/Unwind" If nothing else, it would've made it a little easier. Great quiz though!