We have a winner! Song #2 was indeed "Big Bad John" by Jimmy Dean. That song just came to mind one day after lying dormant for many years, and I have no idea why. I often wonder why stuff just pops into mind at random. I can imagine a couple of clerks in adjoining cubicles in "Mind Control". One is tasked to data entry, the other keeps the archives...
"Quick, he's drifting again!"
"What?"
"Anything, give me the first thing you can get your hands on. We've got to get him thinking about something!"
(A file cabinet drawer creaks open, and a paper is tossed over the cubicle wall.)
"Man, that's weird. What is this?"
"A really old song lyric. Well, you said anything."
"Okay I'll key it in...but he won't have a clue why."
"Hey, at least he won't just be on automatic..."
Where was I...Oh. The other two songs. Number one was "Bang On the Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren. And the third song was "Pretzel Logic" by Steely Dan.
"I stepped up on the platform,
The man gave me the news,
He said, you must be joking son,
where did you get those shoes?"
"Well I've seen 'em on the TV, the movie show,
They say the times are changing but I just don't know,
These things are gone forever,
Over a long time ago, oh yeah."
Apparently Steely Dan's Donald Fagen claims the lyrics are about time travel.
Okay Mike, the lyrics game ball is in your court!
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