1. War is all around / My mind says prepare to fight

• Europe
• Prince
• Concrete Blonde
• The Clash

2. 'Till the sun starts to cry / and the moon turns to rust

• Paula Cole
• Dido
• Fisher
• Aimee Mann

3. The moon hangs like a question mark

• LeeAnn Womack
• Cowboy Junkies
• The Lemonheads
• Talking Heads

4. Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you

• Frankie Valli
• The Foundations
• Otis Redding
• Al Green

5. Take a look at yourself, and then make a change

• Michael Jackson
• Wilson Phillips
• New Radicals
• Little River Band

6. Your mouth is made up / but your mind is undone

• Blues Traveler
• Smash Mouth
• Elvis Costello
• Sublime

7. Love is so confusing, there's no peace of mind

• Donna Summer
• Linda Ronstadt
• Blondie
• Carly Simon

8. There's emptiness behind their eyes / There's dust in all their hearts

• Depeche Mode
• New Order
• Psychedelic Furs
• Shocking Blue

9. Everybody's goin' off the deep end

• Foghat
• Billy Squier
• Loverboy
• Twisted Sister

10. All I can manage to push from my lips / is a stream of absurdities

• Lipps, Inc.
• Supertramp
• The Firm
• The Pointer Sisters

11. Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise

• The Who
• Deep Purple
• Pink Floyd
• The Doors

12. And in your voice I hear / a choir of carousels

• The Fifth Dimension
• Marvin Gaye
• Dionne Warwick
• The Supremes

13. Who's gonna come around when you break

• Greg Kihn Band
• U2
• The Cars
• Don Henley

14. And I don't see an easy way to get out of this

• Starship
• Cutting Crew
• Johnny Hates Jazz
• Mr. Mister

15. Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

• Janis Joplin
• Mama's and the Papa's
• Bob Dylan
• Bette Midler

16. Now that I'm alone again, / I can't stop breaking down again

• Dokken
• Elton John
• Duncan Sheik
• Paul McCartney

17. I came along / I wrote a song for you

• Coldplay
• Jim Croce
• David Gray
• James Taylor

18. But my girl can't get enough of his sullen demeanor

• Terry Tufts
• Weird Al Yankovic
• Lou Gatta
• Nelly

19. She's the wave / She turns the tide

• The Guess Who
• EMF
• The Smiths
• U2

20. But I watched the world float / to the dark side of the moon

• Five For Fighting
• Three Doors Down
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Pink Floyd