# Anybody ever want to live out a song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430 "2004-09-07T01:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/21 "2004-09-09T16:53:45Z")
Well, I’ve always been really partial to Train’s “Meet Virginia”, because my ex-husband (before becoming my ex) swore up and down the song was written about me - almost every bit of the song (except for the occupations of her parents and her brother, and I actually _do_ smoke a pack a day) fits me to a tee. Of course, it mainly started because I was wearing sweatpants and putting on high-heels to go for a walk around the block - and the song happened to be on. It’s not really the most flattering-sounding ode, but I can deal with it 😉 Sooo, in short, if I can convince my dad to wrestle alligators while my mom works on carburetors (and my brother really would be a fine mediator for the President), I’ll happily live out Meet Virginia. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pontia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@pontia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pontia)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/22 "2004-09-09T17:00:43Z")
Katmandu by Bob Seger. OR Feeling Love by Paula Cole (if you’ve never heard this song I don’t recommend listening to it at work). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/23 "2004-09-10T02:04:47Z")
Specifically I Melt With You I’ve written the details [here.](http://www.livejournal.com/users/doc_cathode/11314.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/24 "2004-09-10T02:15:08Z")
> [@Stuffy](#): > > There are just some songs whose lyrics are so ingrained in your head, that when a situation comes up in real life, you want to follow the songs lead. For me, everytime I enter a bar, I’m tepted to order: One Bourbon, one Scotch and one beer. The only thing that keeps me from doing it is figuring the guy (or gal) has proably heard it a thousand times. I actually did that one time. I already had a few under my belt, and after it was done I ran to the parking lot and puked my brains out. Hey, I’m honest. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/25 "2004-09-10T02:17:34Z")
Unfortunately, **Glory Days** by Bruce Springsteen. 😃 _Now I think I’m going down to the well tonight And I’m going to drink till I get my fill And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it But I probably will Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture A little of the glory of, well time slips away And leaves you with nothing mister but Boring stories of glory days_ ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/26 "2004-09-10T02:32:34Z")
Well, there was the time I hosted this big party. I made a big fancy cake. It took so long. And then _someone_ – I’ll never know who – left it outside. It started to rain. The worst part was, I just can’t find the damn recipe. I think my dog ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2004, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/27 "2004-09-10T05:03:38Z")
I plan to eventually retire to _Margaritaville_. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/28 "2004-09-11T14:40:03Z")
My “son” Chris and his birth family seem destined to live out the _ouevre_ of Garth Brooks – nearly every song the man has ever recorded matches uncannily some event in the life of one of them. And he and I have a personal eerie phenomenon: Whenever we are together and listening to the radio, if the Scorpions’ “The Winds of Change” plays, we know we’re in for a radical change in the life of one or the other of us. The final item is a cute story about one of his kids and an accidental living-out-a-song reference: Two years ago, I was bringing my honorary grandkids home to their home with their parents (which was then 11 miles from my own home) from their grandmother’s in the town 714 miles away that we had all grown up in). We were driving down Interstate 95, about 80 miles north of Richmond VA, and Amanda, then 10 and with flaming red hair and a personality to match, was in the front right seat, with the two boys dozing off in the back. And Travis Tritt’s “Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde” began playing on the radio. > [@](#): > > Well it’s a long way to Richmond, > Drivin’ down Highway 95, > With a pistol in my pocket > And a redhead by my side… And she and I caught each other’s eyes, and burst out laughing! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/29 "2004-09-11T15:19:11Z")
Pet Shop Boys, “Two Divided by Zero” \*Let’s not go home, we’ll catch the late train I’ve got enough money to pay our way When the postman calls, he’ll deliver the letter I’ve explained everything, it’s better that way We’ll catch a plane to New York and a cab going down Cross the bridges and tunnels straight into town When the postman comes we’ll be miles away On another continent and another day (Divided by, divided by) Let’s not go home (Divided by, divided by) Or call it a day (Divided by, divided by) You won’t be alone (Divided by, divided by) Let’s run away\* ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/30 "2004-09-11T15:39:36Z")
One time I was on a road trip and had just made the turn onto a different highway when Gordon Lightfoot’s “Pride of Man” came on the radio. _Turn around, go back down, back the way you came._ Everyone in the car suddenly realized that we had turned in the wrong direction. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/31 "2004-09-12T04:11:56Z")
> [@Suburban Plankton](#): > > I plan to eventually retire to _Margaritaville_. “Livin’ on sponge cake”? Don’t know about anybody else, but that sounds mighty comfortable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Gamaliel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b487fb/32.png) [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/32 "2004-09-12T09:29:59Z")
“Punk Rock Girl” _And we jumped up on the tables and we shouted “Anarchy!”_ ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/33 "2004-09-12T10:10:52Z")
How about “We’re In The Money!”? Although that probably means I’ll end up pushed into a printing press while touring a mint. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/34 "2004-09-12T10:14:54Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > “Livin’ on sponge cake”? > > Don’t know about anybody else, but that sounds mighty comfortable to me. Don’t wear flip-flops though. Don’t want to cut your heel. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/35 "2004-09-12T14:09:50Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > Don’t wear flip-flops though. Don’t want to cut your heel. Nah there’s booze in the blender, and soon it’ll render that frozen concoction that helps me hang on. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/36 "2004-09-12T15:28:29Z")
I thought it was “Nibblin’ on sponge cake”. Because, honestly, who could live on sponge cake? But I’d happily waste away in Margaritaville, searching for my lost shaker of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/37 "2004-09-12T16:37:01Z")
I wanna do it like they do it on the discovery channel. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/38 "2004-09-12T16:55:51Z")
> [@Tony Montana](#): > > I wanna do it like they do it on the discovery channel. ::^5 smiley, **Tony** :: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/39 "2004-09-12T17:01:25Z")
_…packed up the car and I got some gas, told everybody they could kiss my ass, I’m going to Partytown-Glen Frey_😛 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430/40 "2004-09-16T07:20:41Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Specifically I Melt With You > > I’ve written the details [here.](http://www.livejournal.com/users/doc_cathode/11314.html) 😕 Is that for real? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-want-to-live-out-a-song/263430.md?page=3)