It's time to give the answers for the final lyrics quiz of issue #9.
17. You can windsurf into my life
Get Here by Oleta Adams.
18. From door to door and a house to house
Jane by Jefferson Airplane
19. The stars are shining for you, and just like me I'm sure that they adore you
Baby, Baby by Amy Grant
20. It's a city of shadow, it's a city of crime
Original Sin by Taylor Dayne, from The Shadow soundtrack. Written by Jim Steinman.
21. Isn't there a white knight, upon a fiery steed
Holding Out for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler. Also written by Steinman. I loves me some Steinman.
22. Jimmy quit, Joey got married
Summer of '69 by Bryan Adams. Dee corrected me that it's "Jodi" and not "joey." My bad. I blame it on Bryan's Canadian accent. Yeah, that's it.
23. You've got the moves, you know the street
The Touch by Stan Bush, from the Transformers soundtrack. Animated, not Megan Fox version.
24. I tried so hard, and got so far
In the End by Linkin Park.
What do they have in common? For once, it's not the lyrics, but the artists: Oleta Adams, Jefferson Airplane, Amy Grant, Taylor Dayne, Bonnie Tyler, Bryan Adams, Stan Bush, and Linkin (nee Lincoln) Park. They're all presidents. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses Grant, Zachary Taylor, John Tyler, John Quincy Adams (why Adams was used twice), George Bush (41 or 43, take your pick), and Abraham Lincoln.
It won't be long before I start issue #10. More contests as I think of them.