Songs from the First Line(s) - 1970s

Guess these 1970s songs from their first line(s).
Some songs may be released the year adjacent
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1970
When you're weary / Feeling small / When tears are in your eyes / I will dry them all / I'm on your side
Song
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Artist(s)
Simon & Garfunkel
Why do birds suddenly appear / Every time you are near? / Just like me, they long to be
Song
(They Long to Be) Close to You
Artist(s)
The Carpenters
 
 
 
1971
Jeremiah was a bullfrog / Was a good friend of mine / I never understood a single word he said / But I helped him a-drink his wine
Song
Joy to the World
Artist(s)
Three Dog Night
Almost Heaven, West Virginia / Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River / Life is old there, older than the trees
Song
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Artist(s)
John Denver
 
 
 
1972
A long, long time ago / I can still remember how that music / Used to make me smile
Song
American Pie
Artist(s)
Don McLean
Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain / We all have sorrow / But if we are wise / We know that there's always tomorrow
Song
Lean on Me
Artist(s)
Bill Withers
 
 
 
1973
Well the South side of Chicago / Is the baddest part of town / And if you go down there / You better just beware
Song
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Artist(s)
Jim Croce
I've been really trying, baby / Trying to hold back this feeling for so long / And if you feel like I feel, baby
Song
Let's Get It On
Artist(s)
Marvin Gaye
 
 
 
1974
Ooga-Chaka, Ooga-Ooga / Ooga-Chaka, Ooga-Ooga / I can't stop this feelin' / Deep inside of me / Girl, you just don't realize
Song
Hooked on a Feeling
Artist(s)
Blue Swede
Hmm hmm / Memories / Light the corners of my mind / Misty water-colored memories
Song
The Way We Were
Artist(s)
Barbra Streisand
 
 
 
1975
My child arrived just the other day / He came to the world in the usual way / But there were planes to catch and bills to pay
Song
Cat's in the Cradle
Artist(s)
Harry Chapin
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? / Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Song
Bohemian Rhapsody
Artist(s)
Queen
 
 
 
1976
Friday night and the lights are low / Looking out for a place to go / Where they play the right music, getting in the swing
Song
Dancing Queen
Artist(s)
ABBA
My baby moves at midnight / Goes right on 'til the dawn / My woman, take me higher / My woman, keep me warm
Song
You Should Be Dancing
Artist(s)
Bee Gees
 
 
 
1977
On a dark desert highway / Cool wind in my hair / Warm smell of colitas / Rising up through the air
Song
Hotel California
Artist(s)
Eagles
What have I gotta do to make you love me? / What have I gotta do to make you care? / What do I do when lightning strikes me
Song
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Artist(s)
Elton John
 
 
 
1978
I got chills, they're multiplying / And I'm losing control / 'Cause the power you're supplying / It's electrifying
Song
You're the One That I Want
Artist(s)
John Travolta / Olivia Newton-John
Young man, there's no need to feel down, I said / Young man, pick yourself off the ground, I said
Song
Y.M.C.A.
Artist(s)
Village People
 
 
 
1979
On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere / I met up with a gambler, we were both too tired to sleep
Song
The Gambler
Artist(s)
Kenny Rogers
Lovely is the feelin' now / Fever, temperatures risin' now / Power (Oh, power) is the force, the vow
Song
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Artist(s)
Michael Jackson
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Level 67
Dec 18, 2025
Very good. Thank you