# \[GAME\] 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:** 157
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3121 "2014-01-28T15:10:01Z")
Show me the prison, show me the jail Show me the prisoner, whose life has gone stale And I’ll show you, young man, With so many reasons why there but for fortune, go you or I…mm.mm Show me the alley, show me the train Show me the hobo, who sleeps out in the rain And I’ll show you, young man, With so many reasons why there but for fortune ,go you or I, mm.mm Show me the whiskey, stains on the floor Show me the drunkard, as he stumbles out the door And I’ll show you, young man with so many reasons why there but for fortune go you or I, mmm,mm ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3122 "2014-01-28T15:10:53Z")
I got on the Dummy, didn’t have my fare Conductor hollered, “Whatcha doing there?” I jumped up, and made for the door And he cracked me on the head with a 2 by 4. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3123 "2014-01-28T16:27:03Z")
Well, let me tell you of the story of a man named Charlie On a tragic and fateful day He put ten cents in his pocket, kissed his wife and family Went to ride on the MTA Well, did he ever return? No he never returned and his fate is still unlearned He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston And he’s the man who never returned ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3124 "2014-01-28T17:33:22Z")
She was pregnant in May Now they’re on their way Dashing thru the snow To St. John’s, here we go Well, it could be a boy But it’s okay if he’s a girl Oh, these things that grow out of The things that we give We should move to the west side They still believe in things That give a kid half a chance When he pulled off the road Step in a waltz of red moonbeams Said he fit an APB For a robbery nearby He go for his wallet And they thought he was going for a gun And the cops blew Bird away ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3125 "2014-01-28T19:34:31Z")
Oh baby, you don’t know what I’ve done, I’ve committed a crime, I’ve broken the law. While you were here sleeping and just dreaming of me, I held up and robbed a liquor store. But I’ve got to creep down the alley way, Fly down the highway, Before they come to catch me I’ll be gone. Somewhere they can’t find 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:** [January 28, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3126 "2014-01-28T20:54:29Z")
Left home a mystery Leave school for poetry. I say goodbye to them and me Mission velocity. It made me just run faster now I’m gonna take it off, drive around, Make up my mind, leave the windows down. I’m in something alright, I know. I got to live it out, I can’t resist, not for zero, oh, no. It turned out like I said it would, Can I get the world right here? Step out to symphonies, They play on for you and me. When we face that chill at dawn, The uniforms one on one, no run. We chased that summer down. I’m in something alright, I know. I got to live it up, oh oh I can’t resist, not for zero, oh, no. It turned out like I said it would, Can I get the world right here? I can’t resist, not for zero, oh, no. It turned out like I said it would, Can I get the world right now? Hello, you mystery, Mission velocity. Here comes our poetry, New town velocity. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3127 "2014-01-28T21:30:23Z")
Cause it’s a bitter sweet symphony this life… Trying to make ends meet, you’re a slave to the money then you die. I’ll take you down the only road I’ve ever been down… You know the one that takes you to the places where all the veins meet, yeah. No change, I can’t change, I can’t change, I can’t change, but I’m here in my mold, I am here in my mold. But I’m a million different people from one day to the next… I can’t change my mold, no,no,no,no,no,no,no ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3128 "2014-01-28T21:32:34Z")
And the people in the houses All went to the university Where they were but in boxes And they came out all the same And there’s doctors and lawyers And business executives And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3129 "2014-01-28T21:36:35Z")
[We miss you, Pete!] If I had a hammer I’d hammer in the morning I’d hammer in the evening all over this land I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning I’d hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a bell I’d ring it in the morning I’d ring it in the evening all over this land I’d ring our danger, I’d ring out warning I’d ring out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a song I’d sing it in the morning I’d sing it in the evening all over this land I’d sing out danger, I’d sing out warning I’d sing out love between my sisters and my brothers All over this land When I’ve got a hammer, and I’ve got a bell And I’ve got a song to sing all over this land It’s a hammer of justice, it’s a bell of freedom It’s a song about love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3130 "2014-01-28T23:08:15Z")
Here we stand or here we fall History won’t care at all Make the bed, light the light Lady Mercy won’t be home tonight. You don’t waste no time at all Don’t hear the bell but you answer the call It comes to you as to us all We’re just waiting For the hammer to fall ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3131 "2014-01-28T23:16:41Z")
There is no comparison Between things about to have been Missing the point of our mission Will we become misshapen? A change of heart Will force the nail Nailed to the door To all avail There are no divisions Between things about to collide Hitting the floor with our vision A focus at some point arrives A change of mind Will force the nail To hit the hammer And set the sail A change of skin Will shed the tail Hung on the wall For use again A change of heart Will force the nail… (There is no comparison Between things about to have been) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3132 "2014-01-28T23:22:21Z")
From the point of conception To the moment of truth At the point of surrender To the burden of proof From the point of ignition To the final drive The point of a journey Is not to arrive ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3133 "2014-01-28T23:22:28Z")
A song not for now You need not but stay A tune for the was May be sung for today The notes of the does not Will sound as the does Today you can sing for The will be that was. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3134 "2014-01-28T23:29:34Z")
Que sera, sera Whatever will be, will be The future’s not ours to see Que sera, sera What will be, will be ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3135 "2014-01-28T23:37:53Z")
god made man but he used the monkey to do it apes in the plan we’re all here to prove it i can walk like an ape talk like an ape do what a monkey do god made man but a monkey supplied the glue [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HgIihmBfd4E/hqdefault.jpg "devo-berkeley 10/27/88- jocko homo + satisfation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIihmBfd4E) ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3136 "2014-01-28T23:39:13Z")
God made the mountains God made the sky God made the people God knows why He fixed up the planet As best as He could Then in come the people And gum it up good The first thing you know They civilized the foothills And everywhere He put hills The mountains and valley below ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3137 "2014-01-28T23:42:30Z")
I know your sorrow But everybody’s tasted pain I’ve known your sorrow Since God makes the rain I see tomorrow When everybody tries again I see tomorrow When God makes the rain ---
**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:** [January 28, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3138 "2014-01-28T23:48:05Z")
The sun’ll come out Tomorrow Bet your bottom dollar That tomorrow There’ll be sun! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3139 "2014-01-29T00:00:49Z")
I used to think maybe you love me, now baby I’m sure And I just cant wait till the day, when you knock on my door Now every time I go for the mail box, gotta hold myself down 'cause I just cant wait till you write me, you’re coming around I’m walking on sunshine (whoa oh) I’m walking on sunshine (whoa oh) I’m walking on sunshine (whoa oh) And don’t it feel good (HEY!) Alright now And don’t it feel good (HEY!) Alright now All right now yeah! (HEY!) ---
**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:** [January 29, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3140 "2014-01-29T00:17:59Z")
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