# \[GAME\] 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:** 125
**Author:** ![renticular](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a88e57/32.png) [@renticular](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renticular)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2481 "2013-11-16T21:09:02Z")
Its the only way to live, in cars. ---
**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 17, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2482 "2013-11-17T03:06:08Z")
I commit my weekly crime… Wind- In my hair- Shifting and drifting- Mechanical music- Adrenalin surge… Well-weathered leather, Hot metal and oil, The scented country air. Sunlight on chrome, The blur of the landscape, Every nerve aware. Suddenly ahead of me, Across the mountainside, A gleaming alloy air-car Shoots towards me, two lanes wide. I spin around with shrieking tires, To run the deadly race, Go screaming through the valley As another joins the chase. Drive like the wind, Straining the limits of machine and man. Laughing out loud With fear and hope, I’ve got a desperate plan. At the one-lane bridge I leave the giants stranded at the riverside. Race back to the farm, to dream with my uncle at the fireside ---
**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 17, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2483 "2013-11-17T03:09:21Z")
I looked in the mirror, a red light was blinkin’ The cops was after my Hot Rod Lincoln They arrested me and they put me in jail And called my pappy to throw my bail He said “Son, you’re gonna to drive me to drinkin’ If you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln” ---
**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 17, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2484 "2013-11-17T16:20:40Z")
My daddy was a cop on the East Side of Chicago Back in the U.S.A. Back in the bad old days. ---
**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 17, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2485 "2013-11-17T18:54:02Z")
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. ---
**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 17, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2486 "2013-11-17T23:28:49Z")
Made a lightning trip to Vienna, eating chocolate cake in a bag. The newspaper said, “She’s gone to his head, They look just like two gurus in drag”. Christ you know it ain’t easy, You know how hard it can be. The way things are going They’re gonna crucify me. ---
**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 18, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2487 "2013-11-18T02:11:19Z")
The music is weaving Haunting notes, pizzicato strings The rhythm is calling Alone in the night as the daylight brings A cool empty silence The warmth of your hand and a cold grey sky It fades to the distance The image has gone only you and I It means nothing to me This means nothing to me Oh, Vienna ---
**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 18, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2488 "2013-11-18T13:08:13Z")
Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about? You’d better cool it off before you burn it out You’ve got so much to do And only so many hours in a day But you know that when the truth is told That you can get what you want or you get old You’re gonna kick off before you even Get halfway through When will you realize, Vienna waits for you ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2489 "2013-11-18T13:14:51Z")
Then one day you find, Ten years have got behind you. No-one told you when to run, You missed the starting gun. ---
**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 18, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2490 "2013-11-18T13:20:55Z")
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself-Well…How did I get here? Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down Letting the days go by/water flowing underground Into the blue again/after the money’s gone Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2491 "2013-11-18T18:19:19Z")
People asking questions lost in confusion, Well I tell them there’s no problem, Only solutions, Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I’ve lost my mind, I tell them there’s no hurry… I’m just sitting here doing time, I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round, I really love to watch them roll, No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go. ---
**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 18, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2492 "2013-11-18T18:57:10Z")
The merry-go-round makes a happy sound As it slowly wanders round and round. ---
**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 18, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2493 "2013-11-18T19:04:30Z")
Oh, the Merry-Go-Round broke down And we went round and round Each time t’would miss, we’d steal a kiss And the Merry-Go-Round went "Um-pah-pah, um-pah-pah Um-pah! Um-pah! Um-pah-pah-pah!’ ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2494 "2013-11-18T19:17:22Z")
Riding along on a carousel, trying to catch up to you Riding along on a carousel, will I catch up to you? Now we take our ride together No more chasing her ---
**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 18, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2495 "2013-11-18T19:36:15Z")
You won’t say yes And you won’t say no You let my poor heart pound But you smile at me And around I go On the merry-go-run-around You build me up 'Til the sky seems low Then flop I hit the ground But you hold my hand And around I go On the merry-go-run-around ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2496 "2013-11-18T19:46:24Z")
I took a ride on a shoot-the-chute That girl I sat beside was awful cute And after while she was holdin’ hands with me My heart was flyin’ up like a rocket ship Down like a roller coaster Back like a loop-the-loop And around like a merry-go-round ---
**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 18, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2497 "2013-11-18T19:48:06Z")
Remember back to every story told Who you were Before the rush hour Carousel Dared to see the world With your own two eyes So you’ve made mistakes Now who’s wide awake It’s a tidal wave Our worlds collide Become one in the starlight Forget perfect endings Let’s dare and live for the day Today Today’s like no other ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2498 "2013-11-18T19:59:46Z")
Mary Mary quite contrary, We get bored so we get married And just like dust we settle in this town. On this broken merry go 'round and 'round and ‘round we go, Where it stops nobody knows… And it ain’t slowin’ down, this merry go 'round… ---
**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 18, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2499 "2013-11-18T20:02:40Z")
Well, you always were the showman of the neighborhood You were born to be a superstar and you have a guitar, so Start a band, write songs, buy an amp, rock ‘n’ roll Rent a van, hit the road, fall asleep at the wheel, break your bones You can turn it up loud on the merry-go-round (Round and round and round) You will never grow old and you’ll never learn to slow down Spinning around at the speed of sound, if you ever come back down (You come crashing to the ground) ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/2500 "2013-11-18T20:09:20Z")
Did you find a directing sign on the straight and narrow highway? Would you mind a reflecting sign Just let it shine within your mind And show you the colours that are real Someone is waiting just for you spinning wheel is spinning true Drop all your troubles, by the river side Catch a painted pony On the spinning wheel ride [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=124) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=126)