The Song That Never Was

Nobody talked dirty to Poison, Chuck Berry didn't play with his ding-a-ling Country roads didn't take John Denver home, there was a good moon-a-rising The wayward son didn't carry on, girls don't want to have fun You can touch this, the boss was born to do everything but run You weren't on Willie Nelson's mind, the devil won the fiddle war Madonna didn't feel like a virgin, U2 found what they were looking for Meat Loaf did everything for love, Eric Clapton shot the deputy The lights stayed on in Georgia, and we were not family You can always get what you want, but trying will never get you what you need There is an Arizona, the girl in the flatbed Ford didn't take a look at me The room was black with white curtains, the Rolling Stones got some satisfaction The Beatles didn't want to hold your hand, John Lennon just couldn't imagine The warden didn't throw a party at the county jail, Margaritaville was closed Gladys Knight missed the midnight train to Georgia and got on the night train with Axl Rose Jokers were to the left of me, and clowns to the right Mama lost her squeeze box, and daddy slept all night Lady Kravitz just walked away, Pink Floyd was uncomfortably numb BTO didn't take care of business, the kid was Michael Jackson's son It was not the end of the world as we knew it, the boy wasn't named Sue Rush didn't choose free will, Aerosmith woke up before their dreams came true Janis Joplin was stingy with that lil' piece of her heart, Led Zeppelin didn't ramble on Jim Morrison never broke on through to the other side, Barry Manilow didn't write the songs You've been hit by, you've been struck by, a rough criminal, lightening didn't strike again Whitney Houston didn't want to dance with anybody, James Taylor saw neither fire nor rain Billy Joel and his band did start the fire, the Foo Fighters didn't learn how to fly Nobody was dancing, dancing in the streets, Jimi Hendrix never kissed the sky Sinatra did it someone else's way, Fleetwood Mac stopped thinkin' about tomorrow Every little thing she did was not magic, I found my heart in San Francisco Black Sabbath was not paranoid, George Thorogood drank with a friend Sammy Hagar drove 55, nobody was working for the weekend The Little Red Corvette was just a rusty old pacer, ABC was not as easy as 1, 2, 3 You can hurry love, the Monkees never saw her face, and never believed Carly Simon wasn't anticipating anything, Papa wasn't a rolling stone Everyone forgot about Simple Minds, Supertramp took the shortcut home The stairway to heaven went down, Van Halen didn't jump Hall and Oates went for that, the grapevine kept its mouth shut Her name wasn't Rio, a short straight road led Paul McCartney to your door No one was watching Rockwell, Lionel Richie danced on the floor Somebody stopped Queen now, Garth Brooks had high society friends Nobody wanted to rule the world, it was absolutely not raining men Joan Jeff hated rock and roll, Kenny Loggins didn't cut loose, footloose Love was not a battlefield, Elton John's song was not about you She was only once, twice a lady, The 5th Dimension were afraid of heights Aretha Franklin felt unnatural, nobody was Wang Chunging tonight You found that lovin' feelin', Billy lost Phil Collins' number Twisted Sister took it, Sonny and Cher didn't have each other Baby James was sour, the highway went around the danger zone Someone wanted to hurt boy George, Thorogood was good to the bone Doves never cried, James Brown felt bad Mack was a spork, Bobby McFerrin said, worry be sad The vibrations were bad, Journey stopped believin Tom Petty backed down, Boston had less than a feelin