Songs For
(Mixed-Up) Grownups, Part I
We all know how mixed up and confused grownups
are. And to prove this, selected lines from the first 14 songs (CD
1) from “Songs For Grownups” have been mixed up. Well, not exactly
mixed up, but encrypted, with each letter replaced consistently by a
different letter of the alphabet. Your job…figure out which line
goes to which song.
Each line is encrypted with its own unique
encryption scheme, so solving one line won’t help you with the other
ones. The clues – OK, the “bad puns” – may help. An asterisk (*)
indicates a proper noun or capital letter.
Here’s an example:
Well, my Mercedes was
in the shop at the time…
H SHEWLV PLU AS HZ FB
ZLX *T*X TYZ.
Answer: Ariel
The line is “I picked
her up in my new VW van.” In this case, H replaces I, S replaces P,
and so on, like this:
H SHEWLV PLU AS HZ FB ZLX
*T*X TYZ.
I PICKED HER UP IN MY NEW
*V*W VAN.
[Remember, an asterisk (*) indicates a proper noun or
capital letter, a in VW.]
If you can solve half of the 14 without looking
at the lyrics (either on the liner notes or on the Web site), you’re
quite the Dean Friedman fan, and perhaps not as mixed up as we
thought…
(For information on solving cryptograms, visit
http://www.jimloy.com/puzz/cryptogr.htm.)
Songs
1.
Sandy
2.
Hob-Nobbin’
3.
Saturday Fathers
4.
Little Black Cloud
5.
Jennifer’s Baby
6.
Don’t Mourn, Don’t Cry
7.
Wishing on a Satellite
8.
It’s Only Make Believe
9.
Dodo
10.
Where Have All the Angels Flown?
11.
The Dolphins Were Dancing
12.
Sometimes I Forget
13.
God of Abraham
14.
It’s a Wonderful Life
Encrypted Lyrics
___ Read ‘em and weep, Ice Queen!
YZH DOTY YM OMMN. R ODNN ZHL CNFAA.
___ Maybe a firmer mattress would help
MP IWVV LAK IDCA LZZ IGCWDNG IGP AONGI.
___ …but it’s not blowing in the wind
FXO CIGHOZ’G TI FXTG GSIU…
___ Not surprising, though, with these airport
baggage handlers today
XBR LCNJMQNJL Q HJJT WZLM TQDJ X AZLMJR ZS UXTQLJ.
___ So do I win the prize for alliteration, or
what?
EYT EXUY EXNYEF EXFY
IL AZHFYHJ AYEKXHY AXYHTF VSXHY VY ZHH VZKRS XL VILTYE ZK KSY VYZUILF
VXFYPYL VXYHT.
___ Sorry Rizzuto, you’re on your own [and sorry
to non-baseball fans who won’t get this baseball reference…]
*YBKKJGM X BDH'J BKNG KTJ DHZ EFDR.
___ I mean, besides waking me up at 5:30 in the
*&^%#@ morning
WNILI XNJAFPIS WNEW
OGQ AGCI, RNEW EPI WNIO MQJAWO GV?
___ No, I’m not talking about a kewpie doll
NJI’N YZAR KAQ NJI’N YIVUITH ZA IOIVF QIHKZC.
___ Not even a rerun of I Love Lucy?
AHW YKUT ONCHWXN YUYOA-EMVML JNZLLMKE PWO
LHONULX'E HL
___ And number three doesn’t have all her oars in
the water either
UN MCYPN UJA VJCAB SJVN ZCIFQ IRM UJA ANZYRM SJVN
BYY.
___ Must have been Hitchcock’s doing
LBN UOK YFM RLY WDAAKN RDUO VDZNY WTZ L UOTPYLBN
CDAKY.
___ Quack quack splash!
*OCGYFDAFB PNO AI ZWY KNZW PAZW *WRPNFM ZWY *MCXJ.
___ So that’s where he got the cool jacket
JHCM MUQB KQXVUM LQO Q IHWIQMZEUM KHM XVU THHZ
HBZ *C*O*Q.
___ Supermodels in the ozone layer?
VLYOLMZR PHQGLE VUXCZGMW CVXHUWV EJYIL.
Next month, Part II
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