Guess the Song: MLK Day

Here we go again. The rules are pretty much the same (google = cheating) but it’s a little different. This isn’t as random as it was before. Matter of fact, you could say it’s not random at all and I picked these songs. There’s a theme here and if you figure out one or two, I’m sure you’ll see what it is. Post your guesses in the comments. Good luck!
1. Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused (Kristen M.)
2. Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
well, I got down on my knees
and I pretend to pray (Kristen M.)
3. It’s out there
It’s out there
It’s out there
If you want me, I’ll be here
4. And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don’t hurt me
You’re what I couldn’t find
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You’re everything to me (Kristen M.)
5. Light switch
Man switch
Film was broken only then
All the night
Fused tomorrow
Dancing with a distant friend
6. Lookin’ at a green sky
Sun like a red eye
Bright blue horses are the fortune she lives by
She’s tired and lonely
Scared and depressed
Her visions of one day go racing the next
7. I sit by and watch the river flow
I sit by and watch the traffic go
Imagine something of your very own
Something you can have and hold
8. Oh, thunder only happens when it’s raining
Players only love you when they’re playing
Say, women…they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you’ll know (Kristen M.)
9. Brooklyn like a sea in the asphalt stalks
Push out dead air from a parking garage
Where you stand with the keys and your cool hat of silence
Where you grip her love like a driver’s liscense
10. And when the music plays
And when the words are
Touched with sorrow
When the music plays
I hear the sound
I had to follow
As always, thanks to Apropos of Something









Okay … These are tough ones and I’m only connecting on
1. Sweet Dreams – The Eurythmics
2. California Dreamin’ – The Mamas and The Papas
4. Dreams – The Cranberries
8. Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
And now I’ve looked and I feel a bit guilty because I own #6 and #3 and I didn’t get them. And number 5? I have no excuse.
But I’m guessing the theme and digging it!
There is freedom within, there is freedom without — try to catch the deluge in a paper cup.
@Kristen M.
Well done. I expected no less. Don’t worry too much about #5. When I looked at the lyrics I had no idea that’s what they actually were. It was always the last line of that verse was the only one I knew for sure, so that’s why I chose it. Now that I’ve read it and know the actual words, it still doesn’t make any sense. Hee!
@John
Yeah, I’m certain that I would have noticed if I was singing along to the words “man switch”.