Name That Tune

The movie meme that made the rounds a few weeks ago was so much fun (although I could only identify the really easy ones that dozens of people got before me) that I'm branching out into song lyrics.

The rules: Below are ten first lines of songs (using the term "song" quite loosely in some cases). You name the song and either its author or at least one artist or group who performed it, I cross the line out, identify the song and put your name in lights. And, again, looking them up is cheating, please don't. I'll add one more caveat: if you have total recall of every lyric you've ever listened to, sung, hummed, or overheard mentioned on the subway (not that I am thinking of anyone in particular here), please limit yourself to one identification, at least for the first 24 hours.

I think some of these are very easy, some are obscure. It'll be interesting to see what goes first.

1. Getting crazy on the waltzers, but it's the life that I choose

2. It's the 10th of January and I still ain't had no sleep

3. A long, long time ago, I can still remember American Pie, Don McLean, Zana

4. Hello, baby, hello Harmony, Elton John, Julie

5. O Freunde, nicht diese Töne! Ninth Symphony/Ode to Joy, Beethoven, CDG

6. Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone Fire and Rain, James Taylor, Mbr (do you have a blog? Blogger tells me nothing)

7. Feelin' better, now that we're through You're No Good, Linda Ronstadt, Chris

8. I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel, Margene

9. The lamp is burning low upon my tabletop Song for a Winter's Night, Gordon Lightfoot/Sara McLachlan, Carole

10. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people Messiah, Handel, Ruth

Knitting? What knitting? One of these days I'll have knitting to show you. Really.