# 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:** 2
**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 12, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/21 "2019-03-12T13:25:35Z")
_Take me out to the ballgame Take me out with the crowd Buy me some peanuts and Crackerjack_ …but remember to bring my epipen because, seriously, I can’t actually have the peanuts because I’m totally allergic. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/22 "2019-03-12T17:28:34Z")
_Tan me hide when I’m dead, Fred Tan me hide when I’m dead_ Glad to, if it will make you stop singing that insipid song. ---
**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 17, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/23 "2019-03-17T23:29:12Z")
I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name. Poor horse, at !east you could have given him a name. The heat was hot. Congratulations, Captain Obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/24 "2019-03-18T05:32:00Z")
Everybody have you heard? He’s gonna buy me a mockingbird And if that mockingbird won’t sing He’s gonna buy me a diamond ring Anybody know how to give a mockingbird laryngitis? ---
**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 18, 2019, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/25 "2019-03-18T08:06:04Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name. > Poor horse, at !east you could have given him a name. > > The heat was hot. > Congratulations, Captain Obvious. _On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life There were plants and birds and rocks and things_ **THINGS** , ken ye? Horrible things! Things no mortal man should ever see! Mark my words, laddie, and stay out of the desert! ---
**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 18, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/26 "2019-03-18T08:27:13Z")
Why do birds suddenly appear everytime you walk near? * * * Just like me, they long to be, In a Hitchcock flick… ---
**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 18, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/27 "2019-03-18T15:39:02Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name. > Poor horse, at !east you could have given him a name. > > The heat was hot. > Congratulations, Captain Obvious. > [@Gyrate](#): > > _On the first part of the journey > I was looking at all the life > There were plants and birds and rocks and things_ > > **THINGS** , ken ye? Horrible things! Things no mortal man should ever see! Mark my words, laddie, and stay out of the desert! _After nine days, I let the horse run free_ Five days later, I found its buzzard-picked carcass; Oops! ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/28 "2019-03-18T20:31:26Z")
_It ain’t me, babe No, no, no, it ain’t me, babe It ain’t me you’re lookin’ for, babe_ An’ these ain’t the droids you’re lookin’ for, babe ---
**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 18, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/29 "2019-03-18T21:15:14Z")
## Come together, right now, You"re making a mess on the rug… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/30 "2019-03-18T22:14:13Z")
Something in the way she moos Attracts me like no udder lover ---
**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 20, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/31 "2019-03-20T10:08:52Z")
_Baby, you look happier, you do I knew one day you’d fall for someone new But if he breaks your heart like lovers do…_ try some counselling to figure out why you keep falling for jerks ---
**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 26, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/32 "2019-03-26T18:32:09Z")
_The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone, The hip bone is connected to the trombone, The trombone is connected to the ham bone…_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/33 "2019-03-29T05:23:07Z")
_'Scuse me, while I kiss the sky!_ Oh wait, the sky’s not solid or even liquid, so I guess I can’t kiss it. _All along the watchtower_ I keep throwing them out, but there’s always some jerk who gives me another one. ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/34 "2019-03-29T12:03:49Z")
\*All the women who are independent Throw your hands up at me \* but make sure they’re properly labelled or we’ll have the same problem getting them all back to their correct owners we had last time. ---
**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 29, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/35 "2019-03-29T12:07:15Z")
So goodbye yellow brick road Where the munchkins of society squeal You can’t plant me in your witch tower I’m going back to my meal ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/36 "2019-03-29T15:23:22Z")
Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And the Southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I’m down there The Midwest farmer’s daughters really make you feel alright And the Northern girls with the way they kiss They keep their boyfriends warm at night. In one verse, you’ve revealed yourself to judge women by the way they dress, talk, related to men, and have physical contact. And your use of “girls” for grown up women reveals you to be a pedophile or only interested in very young women. You need help. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/37 "2019-04-04T12:00:09Z")
Like a drum Baby don’t stop beating. Oh wait. Drums stop beating all the time. And actually drums are the object and the drummer is actually the one who beats. So never mind, Baby. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/38 "2019-04-04T13:11:15Z")
Midnight Not a sound from the pavement Has the moon lost her memory She is smiling alone In the lamplight I hope a john comes along 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:** [April 4, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/39 "2019-04-04T14:15:38Z")
_The highway’s jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive_ so please allow extra time for your journey. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Zox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686/40 "2019-04-14T04:58:23Z")
\*I’m going home And when I want to go home, I’m going mobile Well I’m gonna find a home on wheels, see how it feels, \* To act like a square retiree with a giant RV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/derailed-song-lyrics-the-game/830686.md?page=3)