So I was tagged by Olivia, and this looked like a fun game. I am looking forward to hearing your guesses!

Step 1: Put your music player on random.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 25 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song. (BTW I skipped a few songs so that each artist would be different… why does iTunes insist on putting all my Jars of Clay right in a row??)
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from. (You’re in luck… at least three of them have the title of the song within the first line!)
Step 4: Strike out the songs when someone guesses correctly (No lyric hunting! That is cheating!)

*** I went ahead and filled in all the answers! The ones y’all guessed correctly are marked with asterisks ***

***1. It took a lot to turn away… “Take Me Higher” (Jars of Clay)***
2. Skillfully tested, rhythmically possessed with rhymes… “Ridiculous” (P.O.D.)
3. Now that it’s all said and done I can’t believe you were the one… “Over You” (Daughtry)
4. Uncle Sam taught him to shoot maybe a little too well… “Side of a Bullet” (Nickelback)
5. Everywhere I go it’s all been taken… “The Show” (Hawk Nelson)
6. The love of her life is drifting away… “Love Them Like Jesus” (Casting Crowns)
***7. Above all powers, above all kings… “Above All” (Michael W. Smith)***
8. The ways of this world are grabbing hold… “Gravity” (Shawn McDonald)
9. Today I’ve finally found a melody that fits… “King” (Audio Adrenaline)
***10. Hey sister, go sister, soul sister, go sister… “Lady Marmalade” (All Saints)***
***11. Another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken… “Zombie” (The Cranberries)***
***12. It’s hard to argue when you won’t stop making sense… “Hands Open” (Snow Patrol)***
13. The sweetest thing I’ve ever known was like the kiss on a collarbone… “The Sweetest Thing” (Lauryn Hill)
***14. I’m a fairweather friend, I’m a colorless view… “Only Alive” (Jars of Clay)***
15. I got a short attention span, can’t sit around couch potato land… “If You’re Gonna…” (Natasha Bedingfield)
16. I’m here waiting for something new to break by heart… “Hand” (Jars of Clay)
***17. Are you living in an old man’s rubble? “Ageless Medley” (Amy Grant)***
18. The other day while I was driving home my world was shaken… “Tumbling After” (Starfield)
19. We were talking together and I said, “what’s up with this weather?” “High of 75” (Relient K)
***20. I am a man of constant sorrow, I’ve seen trouble all my days… “Man of Constant Sorrow” (Soggy Bottom Boys in “O Brother Where Art Thou?”)***
21. Remember Rio and get down, it’s another DJ, it’s another town… “On Top” (The Killers)
***22. My gift is my song and this one’s for you… “Your Song” (Ewan McGregor in “Moulin Rouge”)***
***23. I’ve been waiting for my dreams to turn into something I could believe in… “Time of My Life” (David Cook)***
24. I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love… “Wednesday Morning 3AM” (Simon & Garfunkel)
25. Cool breeze and autumn leaves, slow motion daylight… “You Can Still Be Free” (Savage Garden)