Marina Epelman
@marinaepelman.bsky.social
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
I’m sorry, sometimes it’s hard to contain the inner Soviet…
“Evenings Near Moscow” (the actual title)
If you only knew how dear to me
Are those evenings near Moscow
Chad Mitchell Trio, attempting the original lyrics
youtu.be/ce35DVmj6j0?...
I’m sorry, sometimes it’s hard to contain the inner Soviet…
“Evenings Near Moscow” (the actual title)
If you only knew how dear to me
Are those evenings near Moscow
Chad Mitchell Trio, attempting the original lyrics
youtu.be/ce35DVmj6j0?...
Moscow Nights
YouTube video by Chad Mitchell Trio - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
I’m sorry, sometimes it’s hard to contain the inner Soviet…
“Evenings Near Moscow” (the actual title)
If you only knew how dear to me
Are those evenings near Moscow
Chad Mitchell Trio, attempting the original lyrics
youtu.be/ce35DVmj6j0?...
I’m sorry, sometimes it’s hard to contain the inner Soviet…
“Evenings Near Moscow” (the actual title)
If you only knew how dear to me
Are those evenings near Moscow
Chad Mitchell Trio, attempting the original lyrics
youtu.be/ce35DVmj6j0?...
Reposted by Marina Epelman
Day 15: Evening
#LyricsPrompt
#LyricsPrompt2025
Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing in the Dark"
"I get up in the evening,
And I ain't got nothing to say."
#LyricsPrompt
#LyricsPrompt2025
Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing in the Dark"
"I get up in the evening,
And I ain't got nothing to say."
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In the Dark (Official Video)
YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Day 15: Evening
#LyricsPrompt
#LyricsPrompt2025
Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing in the Dark"
"I get up in the evening,
And I ain't got nothing to say."
#LyricsPrompt
#LyricsPrompt2025
Bruce Springsteen, "Dancing in the Dark"
"I get up in the evening,
And I ain't got nothing to say."
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Also, a perfect excuse to re-listen to "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer" in its entirety
Also, a perfect excuse to re-listen to "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer" in its entirety
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Also, a perfect excuse to re-listen to "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer" in its entirety
Also, a perfect excuse to re-listen to "An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer" in its entirety
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "Introduction" track on "Revisited" live album
I should like to introduce now the featured artist of this evening's... ordeal...
You'd be amazed at the money we save that way!
youtu.be/NGhn7RNAcVw
Tom Lehrer, "Introduction" track on "Revisited" live album
I should like to introduce now the featured artist of this evening's... ordeal...
You'd be amazed at the money we save that way!
youtu.be/NGhn7RNAcVw
Introduction
YouTube video by Tom Lehrer - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "Introduction" track on "Revisited" live album
I should like to introduce now the featured artist of this evening's... ordeal...
You'd be amazed at the money we save that way!
youtu.be/NGhn7RNAcVw
Tom Lehrer, "Introduction" track on "Revisited" live album
I should like to introduce now the featured artist of this evening's... ordeal...
You'd be amazed at the money we save that way!
youtu.be/NGhn7RNAcVw
Reposted by Marina Epelman
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Paul Simon, "Late in the Evening"
youtu.be/ilzvuie7Bks?...
Paul Simon, "Late in the Evening"
youtu.be/ilzvuie7Bks?...
Paul Simon - Late in the Evening (Official Audio)
YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Day 15: Evening #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Paul Simon, "Late in the Evening"
youtu.be/ilzvuie7Bks?...
Paul Simon, "Late in the Evening"
youtu.be/ilzvuie7Bks?...
I feel like every conference session chair should wrap up the speaker intro with ”your time starts NOW”
November 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I feel like every conference session chair should wrap up the speaker intro with ”your time starts NOW”
... had to delete the original version of this post because there is a typo in the lyrics on Tom Lehrer's own website... 😢
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
... had to delete the original version of this post because there is a typo in the lyrics on Tom Lehrer's own website... 😢
ay 14: Careful #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer for the Electric Company, "L-Y"
As you walk along the street
A porcupine you meet.
How do you shake his hand when he says "hi"?
(warily) Carefully, carefully,
Careful - L - Y.
youtu.be/dB2Ff8H7oVo
Tom Lehrer for the Electric Company, "L-Y"
As you walk along the street
A porcupine you meet.
How do you shake his hand when he says "hi"?
(warily) Carefully, carefully,
Careful - L - Y.
youtu.be/dB2Ff8H7oVo
Tom Lehrer - "L-Y"
YouTube video by Edgar Aldrett
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ay 14: Careful #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer for the Electric Company, "L-Y"
As you walk along the street
A porcupine you meet.
How do you shake his hand when he says "hi"?
(warily) Carefully, carefully,
Careful - L - Y.
youtu.be/dB2Ff8H7oVo
Tom Lehrer for the Electric Company, "L-Y"
As you walk along the street
A porcupine you meet.
How do you shake his hand when he says "hi"?
(warily) Carefully, carefully,
Careful - L - Y.
youtu.be/dB2Ff8H7oVo
Day 13: Summer #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Late-night addition to fill in a gap
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, “Thunder Road” Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise from these streets
youtu.be/JGBXnw86Mgc?...
Late-night addition to fill in a gap
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, “Thunder Road” Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise from these streets
youtu.be/JGBXnw86Mgc?...
Thunder Road-Bruce Springsteen
YouTube video by sighswoons
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Day 13: Summer #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Late-night addition to fill in a gap
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, “Thunder Road” Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise from these streets
youtu.be/JGBXnw86Mgc?...
Late-night addition to fill in a gap
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, “Thunder Road” Waste your summer praying in vain For a savior to rise from these streets
youtu.be/JGBXnw86Mgc?...
Day 13: Summer #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
What other song would you sing with your scout friends around the summer campfire?
Tom Lehrer, "Be Prepared"
youtu.be/hoEVPtVk9nE
What other song would you sing with your scout friends around the summer campfire?
Tom Lehrer, "Be Prepared"
youtu.be/hoEVPtVk9nE
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Day 13: Summer #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
What other song would you sing with your scout friends around the summer campfire?
Tom Lehrer, "Be Prepared"
youtu.be/hoEVPtVk9nE
What other song would you sing with your scout friends around the summer campfire?
Tom Lehrer, "Be Prepared"
youtu.be/hoEVPtVk9nE
Pluribus just started airing last week. Just something to have on your list for the next time you circle back to TV.
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pluribus just started airing last week. Just something to have on your list for the next time you circle back to TV.
I recommend putting Pluribus on your watchlist, too!
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I recommend putting Pluribus on your watchlist, too!
Day 12: Fire #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "The Irish Ballad"
She set her sister's hair on fire,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sister's hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose higher,
Danced around the funeral pyre,
Playin' a violin...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbd...
Tom Lehrer, "The Irish Ballad"
She set her sister's hair on fire,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sister's hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose higher,
Danced around the funeral pyre,
Playin' a violin...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbd...
Tom Lehrer- The Irish ballad
YouTube video by Fleshcraft
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Day 12: Fire #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "The Irish Ballad"
She set her sister's hair on fire,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sister's hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose higher,
Danced around the funeral pyre,
Playin' a violin...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbd...
Tom Lehrer, "The Irish Ballad"
She set her sister's hair on fire,
Sing rickety-tickety-tin,
She set her sister's hair on fire,
And as the smoke and flame rose higher,
Danced around the funeral pyre,
Playin' a violin...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbd...
Day 11: Coat #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "Lobachevsky"
Who made me the genius I am today
The mathematician that others all quote?
Who's the professor that made me that way
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlgR...
Tom Lehrer, "Lobachevsky"
Who made me the genius I am today
The mathematician that others all quote?
Who's the professor that made me that way
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlgR...
Tom Lehrer - Lobachevsky with lyrics
YouTube video by 666o666o666o666
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Day 11: Coat #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "Lobachevsky"
Who made me the genius I am today
The mathematician that others all quote?
Who's the professor that made me that way
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlgR...
Tom Lehrer, "Lobachevsky"
Who made me the genius I am today
The mathematician that others all quote?
Who's the professor that made me that way
The greatest that ever got chalk on his coat?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlgR...
... And if your chosen team came tantalizingly close to winning but lost anyway, you should feel heartbroken and despondent!
-- A Red Sox fan
-- A Red Sox fan
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
... And if your chosen team came tantalizingly close to winning but lost anyway, you should feel heartbroken and despondent!
-- A Red Sox fan
-- A Red Sox fan
But not a real petunia, that’s cruel
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
But not a real petunia, that’s cruel
Day 10: Anything #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Here I go again!
Tom Lehrer, "Smut"
Bring on the obscene movies, murals, postcards, neckties,
samplers, stained-glass windows, tattoos, anything!
More, more, I'm still not satisfied!
youtu.be/WSwYID-u71M
Here I go again!
Tom Lehrer, "Smut"
Bring on the obscene movies, murals, postcards, neckties,
samplers, stained-glass windows, tattoos, anything!
More, more, I'm still not satisfied!
youtu.be/WSwYID-u71M
Smut
YouTube video by Tom Lehrer - Topic
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Day 10: Anything #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Here I go again!
Tom Lehrer, "Smut"
Bring on the obscene movies, murals, postcards, neckties,
samplers, stained-glass windows, tattoos, anything!
More, more, I'm still not satisfied!
youtu.be/WSwYID-u71M
Here I go again!
Tom Lehrer, "Smut"
Bring on the obscene movies, murals, postcards, neckties,
samplers, stained-glass windows, tattoos, anything!
More, more, I'm still not satisfied!
youtu.be/WSwYID-u71M
Day 9: Orange #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer mixed vodka with *orange* Jell-O for a Christmas party at a naval base, which banned alcoholic beverages. “It wasn’t a beverage!”
web.archive.org/web/20131021...
Here is a song by Luke Ski marking this occasion
youtu.be/WiKxQdReoFo?...
Tom Lehrer mixed vodka with *orange* Jell-O for a Christmas party at a naval base, which banned alcoholic beverages. “It wasn’t a beverage!”
web.archive.org/web/20131021...
Here is a song by Luke Ski marking this occasion
youtu.be/WiKxQdReoFo?...
Jello Shots
YouTube video by The Great Luke Ski - Topic
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Day 9: Orange #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer mixed vodka with *orange* Jell-O for a Christmas party at a naval base, which banned alcoholic beverages. “It wasn’t a beverage!”
web.archive.org/web/20131021...
Here is a song by Luke Ski marking this occasion
youtu.be/WiKxQdReoFo?...
Tom Lehrer mixed vodka with *orange* Jell-O for a Christmas party at a naval base, which banned alcoholic beverages. “It wasn’t a beverage!”
web.archive.org/web/20131021...
Here is a song by Luke Ski marking this occasion
youtu.be/WiKxQdReoFo?...
I don’t know about the Soviet comparison. This little ditty scarred me for life:
youtu.be/TwdWVICnVt8?...
youtu.be/TwdWVICnVt8?...
Большой детский хор ЦТ и ВР "Пропала собака". Солистка Лена Могучева (1979)
YouTube video by Музыка на советском телевидении
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I don’t know about the Soviet comparison. This little ditty scarred me for life:
youtu.be/TwdWVICnVt8?...
youtu.be/TwdWVICnVt8?...
Day 8: Rest #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Simon and Garfunkel, “The Boxer”
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
youtu.be/Ymuj1CcY7C0?...
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Simon and Garfunkel, “The Boxer”
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
youtu.be/Ymuj1CcY7C0?...
Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY - November 27, 1969 - Audio)
YouTube video by SimonGarfunkelVEVO
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Day 8: Rest #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Simon and Garfunkel, “The Boxer”
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
youtu.be/Ymuj1CcY7C0?...
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Simon and Garfunkel, “The Boxer”
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
youtu.be/Ymuj1CcY7C0?...
Day 8: Rest #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "That's Mathematics"
Tap your feet
Keepin' time to a beat
Of a song
While you're singing along
Harmonize
With the rest of the guys
Yes, try as you may
You just can't get away
From mathematics!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZb...
Tom Lehrer, "That's Mathematics"
Tap your feet
Keepin' time to a beat
Of a song
While you're singing along
Harmonize
With the rest of the guys
Yes, try as you may
You just can't get away
From mathematics!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZb...
That's Mathematics
YouTube video by willspear1564
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Day 8: Rest #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Tom Lehrer, "That's Mathematics"
Tap your feet
Keepin' time to a beat
Of a song
While you're singing along
Harmonize
With the rest of the guys
Yes, try as you may
You just can't get away
From mathematics!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZb...
Tom Lehrer, "That's Mathematics"
Tap your feet
Keepin' time to a beat
Of a song
While you're singing along
Harmonize
With the rest of the guys
Yes, try as you may
You just can't get away
From mathematics!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZb...
Day 7: Country #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Stephen Sondheim, “A Weekend in the Country”
A weekend in the country
Is delightful
If it's planned
youtu.be/h34rw71y8as?...
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Stephen Sondheim, “A Weekend in the Country”
A weekend in the country
Is delightful
If it's planned
youtu.be/h34rw71y8as?...
"A Weekend in the Country" (Children & Art) - Judy Kuhn, Rebecca Luker, Michael Cerveris...
YouTube video by gionmusic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Day 7: Country #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Stephen Sondheim, “A Weekend in the Country”
A weekend in the country
Is delightful
If it's planned
youtu.be/h34rw71y8as?...
Late night addition to fill in a gap…
Stephen Sondheim, “A Weekend in the Country”
A weekend in the country
Is delightful
If it's planned
youtu.be/h34rw71y8as?...
How are they feeling?
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How are they feeling?
