# \[GAME\] 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:** 163
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3241 "2014-02-03T20:51:53Z")
When I was a child and I lived in the city I dreamed of Alaska so far away And I dreamed I was flying over mountains and glaciers Somehow I knew Id live there one day Well it took me some growin, and a fair bit of schoolin And a little bit of trouble to get on the move And I felt like a loser but I turned out the winner When I came to Alaska the land that I love Heres to Alaska, heres to the people Heres to the wild and heres to the free Heres to my life in a chosen country Heres to Alaska and me ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3242 "2014-02-03T23:16:42Z")
Way up north (north to Alaska) Way up north (north to Alaska) North to Alaska You go north, the rush is on North to Alaska I go North, the rush is on Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two With George Pratt, his partner and brother, Billy, too They crossed the Yukon River And found the Bonanza Gold Below that old white mountain Just a little south-east of Nome ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3243 "2014-02-04T00:25:38Z")
Above the bar the TVs are showing the game But we’re not watching it, we’re hardly focussing Through the windows in the fading day 1st Avenue is turning grey Do you ever look at me and see another man Let’s get two more beers and try to make a plan Sometimes it feels as though I have a key But every time I try it it won’t turn for me Seattle - you’ve got to love the rain And we both love rain We both love rain ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3244 "2014-02-04T00:48:16Z")
Inside himself, He follows the wrong directions Perfect English phrase all right But with the wrong inflections But look at the dust at his feet He’s not the one she loves [It was a different man](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox3npPy2tWs), no he’s never been found You can be so up, you can be so down It was a different man, no he’s never been there You can be halfway, you can be all there It was a different man, no he’s never been here You can be so close, you can be so near It was a different man, playing different cards You can be so soft, you can be so hard ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3245 "2014-02-04T04:10:27Z")
You say somehow she don’t fit in with your old drinking crowd Well bartender it’s all new to her she’s a lady and should be proud She loved me so long and asked so little but I always gave her less Now since she’s not with the one she loves she’ll love the one she’s with ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3246 "2014-02-04T04:46:54Z")
Thanks for the times That you’ve given me The memories are all in my mind And now that we’ve come To the end of our rainbow There’s something I must say out loud You’re once, twice Three times a lady Yes you’re once twice Three times a lady ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3247 "2014-02-04T14:26:56Z")
So thanks for the memories Of crap games on the floor, of nights in Singapore, You may have been a headache, but you never were a bore! I thank you so much. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3248 "2014-02-04T14:46:39Z")
I remember you, You’re the one who made My dreams come true A few kisses ago. I remember you, You’re the one who said “I love you, too,” I do. Didn’t you know? I remember, too, A distant bell, And stars that fell like rain Out of the blue. When my life is through, And the angels ask me to recall The thrill of them all, Then I shall tell them I remember you. ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3249 "2014-02-04T17:56:37Z")
These dreams go on when I close my eyes Every second of the night, I live another life ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3250 "2014-02-04T19:12:05Z")
Lips that once were mine Tender eyes that shine They will light my way tonight I’ll see you in my dreams Yes, I will see you in my dreams You know I’ll hold you in my dreams I know that someone took you right out of my arms But still I feel the thrill of your charms ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3251 "2014-02-04T20:11:11Z")
And I’m trying to forget you And I know that I will In a thousand years, or maybe a week Burn all your pictures, and cut out your face The shutters are down and the curtains are closed And I’ve covered my tracks Disposed of the car Trying to forget even your name and the way that you look When you’re sleeping Dreaming of this Way out Way out of here Fade out Fade out, vanish ---
**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:** [February 4, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3252 "2014-02-04T21:27:49Z")
How delicate the tracery of her fine lines Like the moonlight lacetops of the evening pines Like a song half heard through a closed door Like an old book when you cannot read the writing anymore How innocent her visage as my child lover lies Pressed against the rainswept windy windows of my eyes Like an antique etching glass design That somehow turned out wrong I keep looking through old varnish At my late lover’s body Caught on ancient canvas And decaying…disappearing Even as I sing this song ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3253 "2014-02-05T01:38:46Z")
And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening, People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence. “Fools” said I,“You do not know Silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you.” But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed In the wells of silence ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3254 "2014-02-05T02:48:57Z")
A winter’s day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I’ve built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island. Don’t talk of love, But I’ve heard the words before; It’s sleeping in my memory. I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried. I am a rock, I am an island. 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. And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3255 "2014-02-05T03:29:44Z")
B.B. Bumble and the Stingers, Mott the Hoople, Ray Charles Singers Lonnie Mack and twangin’ Eddy, here’s my ring we’re goin’ steady Take it easy, take me higher, liar liar, house on fire Locomotion, Poco, Passion, Deeper Purple, Satisfaction Baby baby gotta gotta gimme gimme gettin’ hotter Sammy’s cookin’, Lesley Gore and Ritchie Valens, end of story Mahavishnu, fujiyama, kama-sutra, rama-lama Richard Perry, Spector, Barry, Archies, Righteous, Nilsson, Harry Shimmy shimmy ko-ko bop and Fats is back and Finger Poppin’ Life is a rock but the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me (whoa whoa whoa whoa) Life is a rock but the radio rolled me At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie FM, AM, hits are clickin’ while the clock is tock-a-tickin’ Friends and Romans, salutations, Brenda and the Tabulations Carly Simon, I behold her, Rolling Stones and centerfoldin’ Johnny Cash and Johnny Rivers, can’t stop now, I got the shivers Mungo Jerry, Peter Peter Paul and Paul and Mary Mary Dr. John the nightly tripper, Doris Day and Jack the Ripper Gotta go Sir, gotta swelter, Leon Russell, Gimme Shelter Miracles in smokey places, slide guitars and Fender basses Mushroom omelet, Bonnie Bramlett, Wilson Pickett, stop and kick it Life is a rock but the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me (whoa whoa whoa whoa) Life is a rock but the radio rolled me At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie Arthur Janov’s primal screamin’, Hawkins, Jay and Dale and Ronnie, Kukla, Fran and Norma Okla Denver, John and Osmond, Donny JJ Cale and ZZ Top and LL Bean and De De Dinah David Bowie, Steely Dan and sing me prouder, CC Rider Edgar Winter, Joanie Sommers, Osmond Brothers, Johnny Thunders Eric Clapton, pedal wah-wah, Stephen Foster, do-dah do-dah Good Vibrations, Help Me Rhonda, Surfer Girl and Little Honda Tighter, tighter, honey, honey, sugar, sugar, yummy, yummy CBS and Warner Brothers, RCA and all the others Life is a rock but the radio rolled me Gotta turn it up louder, so my DJ told me (whoa whoa whoa whoa) Life is a rock but the radio rolled me At the end of my rainbow lies a golden oldie ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3256 "2014-02-05T14:08:23Z")
The world is collapsing Around our ears I turned up the radio But I can’t hear it When I got to the house And I called you out I could tell that you had been crying, crying It’s that same sing song on the radio It makes me sad I meant to turn it off To say goodbye To leave in quiet, that radio song Hey, hey, hey [(ha ha)] I’ve everything to show [(everything to show)] I’ve everything to hide [(everything to hide)] Look into my eyes Listen When I got to the show Yo ho ho I could tell that you had been crying, crying It’s that same sing song, and the DJ sucks It makes me sad I tried to turn it off [(turn it off)] To say goodbye my love That radio song Hey, hey, hey ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3257 "2014-02-05T16:10:04Z")
Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion unobtrusive Plays that song that’s so elusive And the magic music makes your morning mood Off on your way, hit the open road There is magic at your fingers For the Spirit ever lingers Undemanding contact in your happy solitude Invisible airwaves crackle with life Bright antennae bristle with the energy Emotional feedback on timeless wavelength Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free All this machinery making modern music Can still be open hearted Not so coldly charted It’s really just a question of your honesty, yeah Your honesty One likes to believe in the freedom of music But glittering prizes and endless compromises Shatter the illusion of integrity ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3258 "2014-02-05T16:59:01Z")
Pilot of the airwaves Here is my request You don’t have to play it But I hope you’ll do your best I’ve been listening to your show on the radio And you seem like a friend to me Or a record of your choice I don’t mind I’d be happy just to hear your voice Saying this is for the girl Who didn’t sign her name Yes, she needs a dedication just the same Late at night I’m still listening Don’t waste my time chasing sleep People say I look weary But that 's just the company I keep ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3259 "2014-02-05T17:05:58Z")
I’d sit alone and watch your light My only friend through teenage nights And everything I had to know I heard it on my radio Radio. You gave them all those old time stars Through wars of worlds - invaded by Mars You made 'em laugh - you made 'em cry You made us feel like we could fly. So don’t become some background noise A backdrop for the girls and boys Who just don’t know or just don’t care And just complain when you’re not there You had your time, you had the power You’ve yet to have your finest hour Radio. All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio goo goo Radio ga ga All we hear is Radio ga ga Radio blah blah Radio what’s new? Radio, someone still loves you! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3260 "2014-02-05T17:11:09Z")
Clap for the Wolfman He gonna rate your record high (Mmm, yes gracious) Clap for the Wolfman You gonna dig him 'til the day you die (Heh heh heh, oh wow) Doo Ron Ron and The Duke of Earl, they were friends of mine And I was on my moonlight drive Snuggled in, said “Baby, just one kiss”, she said “No, no, no” “Romance ain’t keeping me alive” Said “Hey babe, d’you wanna coo, coo, coo?”, she said “Ah, ah, ah” So I was left out in the cold I said “You’re what I’ve been dreaming of”, she said “I don’t want to know” (Oh you know, she was diggin’ the cat on the radio) Clap for the Wolfman He gonna rate your record high (Yes baby, I your doctor love) Clap for the Wolfman You gonna dig him 'til the day you die (Heh heh, everybody’s talking about the Wolfman’s “pompatus of love”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=164)