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Instead of making a real post I'm going to do the first lines meme. Some of these songs are covers or have many cover versions; you get extra points for guessing the correct version ;)

1. I've just had the craziest week / Like a party bag of lies, booze, and then deceit
2. I'm everyone, I feel used / I'm everyone, I need you
3. You don't answer my call with even a nod or a wink / But you gaze at your own reflection, alright
4. Walk tall beneath these trees, boy / You monolith, not scarred by fallout
5. Ooh, it's so good, it's so good / It's so good, it's so good, it's so good
6. ~~As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains / I saw Captain Farrell and his money he was counting~~ Whiskey in a Jar, guessed by

coyotegestalt
7. ~~My first love, he went away~~ Hell's Heroes by Empires, guessed by

alpheratz
8. Skating by the blue line, that's when I saw your green light / So I took my windup for [song title]
9. I knew I was never gonna talk to you tomorrow / And oh the birds, how they sing
10. Tell me, baby, tell me / Are you still on a stoop, watching the windows close?
11. You've been followed / And now there's nothing to say for yourself
12. ~~I walked across an empty land~~ Somewhere Only We Know by Keane, guessed by

tanisafan
13. And I found a flower in a field / A field of cars and people
14. ~~I can show you the world~~ A Whole New World from Aladdin, guessed by

coyotegestalt on DW and

tanisafan on LJ.
15. There was a time our happiness seemed never-ending / I was so sure that where we were heading was right
16. It was pretty bright upon the rainbow bridge tonight / I could see into your window
17. Please don't let the mystery end / So I won't be forgotten
18. I sit and think about the day you're gonna die / Your wrinkled eyes betray the joy with which you smile
19. I have such envy for this stranger lying next to me / Who awakes in the night
20. Up, up and away she goes / Now I know that I know she knows

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14 is A Whole New World, from Aladdin... but I'm embarrassed to note that I've forgotten who the composer was on that film.

That was the only one I knew! Though the next one seems familiar.

You know, I didn't even think about it needing a composer/the singer's names! I was mostly looking of the song name and move on that one, so you get it :)

Well, I can sing a lot of 6 but I don't think I know the proper title. :) I like Brian Kennedy's version quite a bit.

The title is in the lyrics, so you may know it after all. I own several versions but have never heard his; it unfortunately doesn't appear to be readily available on the internet.

7 is an Empires song, but which one, ugh, I'm bad with their lyrics. My first love, he went away, something something, I don't believe that anything lasts forever. Oh! Hell's Heroes. Right?

Yep! "He wrote a letter and he hit the grave" is the missing bit :D When I was into Sherlock I wanted to make a post-Reichenbach vid to this song (among many others).

Oh good grief, 6 is Whiskey In The Jar. *sheepish*

correct! any guesses for the artist?

So many possibilities... go with the easiest... Chieftains?

12. Somewhere only we know - Keane
14. A Whole new world - Alladin
18. Shit this is a Jon Walker song, isn't it? I am awful with titles!

I definitely know 15 too, but aaah. Not enough coffee ;).

You are correct on the first two! 18 is not a Jon Walker song, though.