# \[GAME\] Speak To Me Only in Song Lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502 "2013-05-16T12:17:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 118
**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:** [November 2, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2341 "2013-11-02T01:40:12Z")
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay He got the action, he got the motion Oh yeah, the boy can play Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day And after all the violence and double talk There’s just a song in all the trouble and the strife You do the walk, you do the walk of life Yeah, you do the walk of life ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2342 "2013-11-02T13:44:52Z")
Walk like an Egyptian. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2343 "2013-11-02T19:02:49Z")
Jackie is just speeding away Thought she was James Dean for a day Then I guess she had to crash Valium would have helped that bash Said, “Hey, babe, Take a walk on the wild side.” I said, “Hey, honey, Take a walk on the wild side.” And the colored girls say, “Doo do doo do doo do do doo…” ---
**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:** [November 2, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2344 "2013-11-02T21:07:56Z")
Don’t think me unkind Words are hard to find The only cheques I’ve left unsigned From the banks of chaos in my mind And when their eloquence escapes me Their logic ties me up and rapes me De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da Their innocence will pull me through De do do do, de da da da Is all I want to say to you De do do do, de da da da They’re meaningless and all that’s true ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2345 "2013-11-03T01:03:21Z")
da da da da da da da da da Da da da I don’t love you you don’t love me Da da da I don’t love you you don’t love me Da da da I don’t love you you don’t love me Da da da I don’t love you you don’t love me ---
**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:** [November 3, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2346 "2013-11-03T01:07:12Z")
Sha na na na, sha na na na na, Sha na na na, sha na na na na, Sha na na na, sha na na na na, Sha na na na, sha na na na na, Yip yip yip yip yip yip yip yip Mum mum mum mum mum mum Get a job Sha na na na, sha na na na na ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2347 "2013-11-03T06:15:23Z")
Like a sho be do wap sho be do wap wap Sha na na na na na Hey hey hey yea feels alright Rock and roll is outta sight You’ve caught that groove so please don’t stop The room is alive with what you’ve got Just keep me dancing while I’m hot ‘Cause I wanna treat my soul To some old fashion rock n’ roll ---
**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:** [November 3, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2348 "2013-11-03T16:55:06Z")
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you I told the witch doctor you didn’t love me too And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do He said that … Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang… Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang Walla walla, bing bang ---
**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:** [November 3, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2349 "2013-11-03T18:33:14Z")
Alone and loveless here, Just the girl in the mirror Just her and me, Wicked Witch of the East! We deserve each other. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2350 "2013-11-03T20:53:13Z")
Alone at last in a hideaway Far away from all the worries in the world We come together like the sea and the sand In a very private wonderland ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2351 "2013-11-03T21:36:36Z")
Morning comes at last, and she’s lying by my side She’s got the face of the widow that keeps following me And the body of my bride I say, why are those buildings swaying like trees? I say, can we stop for a while? She says, can’t you hear the city that’s hidden in there? It’s just another mile I’ll dream I’m safe In my hotel womb Soft and soul made It’s a wonderful room I wish I’m back In my hotel womb Slip through the crack To that wonderful room ---
**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:** [November 3, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2352 "2013-11-03T21:44:18Z")
I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2353 "2013-11-03T22:13:21Z")
Islands in the stream That is what we are No one in between How can we be wrong ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2354 "2013-11-04T03:15:26Z")
Down the Rock Island line is a might good road Oh the Rock Island line is the road to ride The Rock Island line is a mighty good road Well if you want to ride you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station of the Rock Island line ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2355 "2013-11-04T13:46:26Z")
I don’t know why she ridin’ so high, She ought to think twice, She ought to do right by me. Before she gets to saying goodbye, She ought to think twice, She ought to do right by me. I think I’m gonna be sad, I think it’s today, yeah. The girl that’s driving me mad Is going away. Ah, she’s got a ticket to ride, She’s got a ticket to ride, She’s got a ticket to ride, But she don’t care. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2356 "2013-11-04T13:52:59Z")
Brace myself and let go Start it over again in Mexico These friends, they don’t love you They just love the hotel suites Now, I don’t care what you think As long as it’s about me The best of us can find happiness in misery Said I don’t care what you think As long as it’s about me The best of us can find happiness in misery ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2357 "2013-11-04T13:56:25Z")
Oh, Mexico It sounds so simple I just got to go ---
**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:** [November 4, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2358 "2013-11-04T14:05:55Z")
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2359 "2013-11-04T17:50:19Z")
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong. “You’ll never take me alive!” said he And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong: “Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?” Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda “You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me”, And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong: “Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2360 "2013-11-04T18:19:42Z")
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