# Dated song lyrics. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686 "2014-07-09T02:26:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/1 "2014-07-09T02:26:19Z")
♪ I love rock n roll! Stick another dime in the jukebox baby!♪ ♪Here’s a quarter, call someone who cares!♪ Your turn…(Doesn’t have to be about money. Just song lyrics that are no longer relevant.) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/2 "2014-07-09T02:47:33Z")
Jim Croce’s “Operator” Operator/ Well let’s forget about this call…You’ve been so much more than kind/You can keep the dime The Turtles’ “Happy Together” If I could call you up/Invest a dime… I did see them perform that live a couple of times and he sang “three dimes” instead. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/3 "2014-07-09T02:54:55Z")
[A little man walked up and down, He found an eating place in town, He read the menu through and through, To see what fifteen cents could do. ``` One meatball, one meatball, He could afford but one meatball.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE_xaE6sUK8) ``` But ya gets no bread with one meatball! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/4 "2014-07-09T02:59:18Z")
[Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let…fifty cents. No phone, no pool, no pets I ain’t got no cigarettes Ah, but…two hours of pushin’ broom Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room I’m a man of means by no means King of the road.]([Roger Miller - King of the Road - With Lyrics! - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrhAC0dFis0)) ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/5 "2014-07-09T03:01:06Z")
Trailers for sale or rent, Rooms to let . . . fifty cents. The reason this is dated is that we don’t pronounce “fifty cents” the same way anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/6 "2014-07-09T03:07:08Z")
I got a little job I make fifty a week. It pays for the rent and what food I eat. _Old Car Made in '52_ The Rip Chords ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/7 "2014-07-09T03:07:17Z")
Prince’s 1999 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/8 "2014-07-09T03:13:05Z")
Put another nickel in, In the nickelodeon. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/9 "2014-07-09T03:13:50Z")
Lonely days are gone, I’m a-goin’ home 'Cause my baby just wrote me a letter Either [The Box Tops](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toBl4rvTgs8)or [Joe Cocker](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RnjWLVyMps) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/10 "2014-07-09T03:13:52Z")
Hows this for irony? ♪ Video killed the radio star Video killed the radio star Pictures came and broke your heart, We can’t rewind we’ve gone too far Pictures came and broke your heart Put all the blame on VCR♪ ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/11 "2014-07-09T03:18:12Z")
I’m in the phone booth, it’s the one across the hall If you don’t answer, I’ll just ring it off the wall I know he’s there, but I just had to call Don’t leave me hanging on the telephone Blondie-“Hanging on the Telephone” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/12 "2014-07-09T03:18:12Z")
The quote below is from a Wikipedia article. _The Statler Brothers’ 1981 song “Don’t Wait On Me” referred to a then-implausible situation: “When the lights go on at Wrigley Field”. However, after lights were installed, the line was changed to “When they put a dome on Wrigley Field” for their 1989 Live-Sold Out album.[49]_ ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/13 "2014-07-09T03:19:41Z")
Donate some coffee To Colonel Khaddafi ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/14 "2014-07-09T03:28:58Z")
She’s so 20th century She’s so 1970’s She knows the right things to say She’s got the right clothes to wear 'Cos she’s a modern girl, oh yeah A modern girl, yeah, ga-ga-ga-ga-ga A modern girl now, oh yeah _Boomtown Rats - She’s So Modern_ ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/15 "2014-07-09T03:35:13Z")
Let me tell you how it will be There’s one for you, nineteen for me Cos I’m the taxman, yeah, I’m the taxman Should five per cent appear too small Be thankful I don’t take it all Cos I’m the taxman, yeah I’m the taxman … Don’t ask me what I want it for (Aahh Mr. Wilson) If you don’t want to pay some more (Aahh Mr. Heath) _The Beatles - Taxman_ ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/16 "2014-07-09T03:37:40Z")
Half a mile from the county fair And the rain keep pourin’ down Me and Billy standin’ there With a silver half a crown _Van Morrison – And It Stoned Me_ ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/17 "2014-07-09T03:42:41Z")
Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/18 "2014-07-09T03:48:55Z")
_In Europe and America There’s a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets Mister Krushchev said, “We will bury you.” I don’t subscribe to this point of view It’d be such an ignorant thing to do If the Russians love their children too._ – Sting “Russians”, 1985. …come to think, it’s not as dated as it used to be. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/19 "2014-07-09T03:55:06Z")
Memphis Tennessee: Long distance information give me Memphis, Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She could not leave her number but I know who placed the call The whole song is about a guy who got a call and so he called the operator to have her trace the call. Mother’s Little Helper: I’m not sure if it’s more relevant or less, it’s about people feigning illness to get pills from their doctors: Kids are different today, I hear ev’ry mother say Mother needs something today to calm her down And though she’s not really ill, there’s a little yellow pill She goes running for the shelter of a mother’s little helper ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686/20 "2014-07-09T03:55:43Z")
_Oh, flew in from Miami Beach B.O.A.C. Didn’t get to bed last night On the way the paper bag was on my knee Man I had a dreadful flight I’m back in the U.S.S.R. You don’t know how lucky you are boy Back in the U.S.S.R. (Yeah)_ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dated-song-lyrics/692686.md?page=2)