# Derailed song lyrics: the game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686 "2019-03-07T12:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/1 "2019-03-07T12:29:30Z")
A simple and diverting little game here - start with some real song lyrics and then, at a suitably amusing point, continue the lyrics in a way that you (and hopefully others) find funny. The continuation doesn’t have to be (and probably won’t be) in verse or rhyme, but it would be helpful to differentiate between the actual lyrics and your continuation so I suggest putting the real lyrics in italics. Also, the game will likely work better if you choose more popular songs, but if you pick something really obscure it might be worth identifying the song. Here’s an example. _I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the sky I think about it every night and day…_ …but the medication is really helping, and the doctor thinks I’ll be able to go home soon. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/2 "2019-03-07T12:30:48Z")
_Loving you is easy 'cause you’re beautiful…_ …If you were ugly, I’d have to work at it. I might even need paying. I’m just saying, here. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/3 "2019-03-07T12:53:43Z")
_Your butt is mine Gonna tell you right Just show your face In broad daylight I’m telling you On how I feel Gonna hurt your mind Don’t shoot to kill Come on_ … Ain’t that Leaving Neverland doc nailed my ass, who’s bad? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/4 "2019-03-07T20:21:09Z")
[Moderating] Since this is a game played in the thread itself, rather than commentary on some other game, it fits better in the Thread Games forum. Moving. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/5 "2019-03-07T22:07:35Z")
_I’ve got you under my skin_ I’ve seen several doctors about you, but you’re still there. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/6 "2019-03-07T22:58:20Z")
\*I’m looking through you, where did you go I thought I knew you, what did I know You don’t look different, but you have changed I’m looking through you, you’re not the same \* Featuring Johnny Depp as the Invisible Man. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/7 "2019-03-07T23:04:13Z")
“I wanna hold your hand…” * * * But I don’t know where it’s been… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/8 "2019-03-07T23:08:05Z")
_“Oh, bury me not on the lone prairie” These words came low and mournfully From the pallid lips of a youth who lay On the bloody ground at the close of day_ …_Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die._ ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/9 "2019-03-07T23:29:00Z")
Every little tree seems to whisper Louise, I’m going insane cause they’re all whispering Louise ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/10 "2019-03-07T23:31:16Z")
Home, home on the range, Where the deer and the antelope play. Watch where you’re walking. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/11 "2019-03-07T23:48:15Z")
_Police walked in for Jimmy Jazz …_ … they shot him forty-one times, then saw he only had a cell phone. The Clash, “Jimmy Jazz” [Jimmy Jazz - The Clash - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShCSuFSauzU) ETA: derail inspired by Le Tigre, “Bang Bang!” [Le tigre - Bang! bang! - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcMthlb1jlo) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/12 "2019-03-08T09:55:48Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Moderating] > Since this is a game played in the thread itself, rather than commentary on some other game, it fits better in the Thread Games forum. Moving. Oops - my bad. That’s where I meant to put it. Thank you. _What it all comes down to Is that everything’s gonna be fine, fine, fine 'Cause I’ve got one hand in my pocket, and…_ …eurgh, I’ve put a tissue through the wash… ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/13 "2019-03-08T10:55:07Z")
_Baby, this is what you came for Lightning strikes every time she moves And everybody’s watching her…_ …'costheydonwannabeelectro- cue - ooo - ted cue - ooo - ted cue - ooo - ted cue - ooo - ted ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/14 "2019-03-08T13:17:07Z")
I see the bad moon arising I see trouble on the way I see earthquakes and lightnin’ I see bad times today Don’t go around tonight Well, it’s bound to take your life There’s a bathroom on the right ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/15 "2019-03-08T14:17:12Z")
_Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner that I…_ …can’t afford a house. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/16 "2019-03-08T19:25:34Z")
_All we are is dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind_ But it’s a dry dust, so we have that going for us, which is nice. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/17 "2019-03-08T22:10:48Z")
_There’s a lady who’s sure All that glitters is gold_ And her name is Mrs. Thurston Howell, III ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/18 "2019-03-08T23:02:27Z")
_Sun is shinin’ in the sky There ain’t a cloud in sight It’s stopped rainin’ everybody’s in a play_ But this is Florida and that will all be changing in five minutes ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/19 "2019-03-09T04:21:58Z")
_Gee, it’s great after bein’ out late Walkin’ my baby back home Arm in arm over meadow and farm_ Stalking my ex-old lady back home. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/20 "2019-03-12T12:27:20Z")
_I got two turn tables and a microphone. I got two turn tables and a microphone. I got two turn tables and a microphone. I got two turn tables and a microphone._ Yep, an 8-pack of turn tables and a 4-pack of mics. It was such a good deal I couldn’t pass it up. Costco had a coupon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686.md?page=2)