# \[GAME\] 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:** 175
**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:** [February 19, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3481 "2014-02-19T00:31:07Z")
The wonderful thing about tiggers Is tiggers are wonderful things! Their tops are made out of rubber Their bottoms are made out of springs! They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun! But the most wonderful thing about tiggers is I’m the only one ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3482 "2014-02-19T00:53:46Z")
Where’s that tiger? Where’s that tiger? Here’s that tiger Where’s that tiger? Here’s that tiger Where’s that tiger? There’s that tiger Hold that tiger, hold that tiger Hold that tiger, hold that tiger Hold that tiger, hold that tiger Hold that tiger now ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3483 "2014-02-19T01:43:37Z")
She doesn’t give you time for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There’s a hidden door she leads you to These days, she says, I feel my life Just like a river running through The year of the cat She looks at you so cooly And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea She comes in incense and patchouli So you take her, to find what’s waiting inside The year of the cat. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3484 "2014-02-19T02:37:46Z")
Here I go again Up and down alone All my friends went home Years ago All my toys are broken and So am I inside mom The carnival has closed Years ago ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3485 "2014-02-19T03:44:25Z")
And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to the circus, the greatest show on earth. There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads. And as I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle I had the feeling that something was missing. I don’t know what, but when it was over, I said to myself, “Is that all there is to a circus?” Is that all there is, is that all there is If that’s all there is my friends, then let’s keep dancing Let’s break out the booze and have a ball If that’s all there is ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3486 "2014-02-19T09:31:18Z")
But now it’s just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don’t let them know Don’t give yourself 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:** [February 19, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3487 "2014-02-19T13:36:27Z")
Don’t you love farce? My fault I fear. I thought that you’d want what I want. Sorry, my dear. But where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns. Don’t bother, they’re here. Isn’t it rich? Isn’t it queer, Losing my timing this late In my career? And where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns. Well, maybe next year. ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3488 "2014-02-19T14:36:09Z")
I turned around to see the clown He made no sound, his face was down He was crying, dying to laugh another smile Down the empty avenues I stood inside his worn-out shoes I was flying, trying just to come down The circus crowd, cruel and proud Existing in the wilderness Minding their own business, of dying I turned around and they were gone I pulled my useless pity on It was morning, morning so pure and undefiled Inside my room a healing sea Nothing here makes sense to me There’s no warning, wanting just to come down At great expense, ladies and gents We bring you the greatest show You can take it with you when you go, lying [Pretty ugly, pretty sad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO9-HIOpT9M), pretty helpless, pretty glad Pretty angry, pretty mad, pretty ugly, pretty sad ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3489 "2014-02-19T15:05:23Z")
Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto. Ridi del duol che tavvelena il cor. ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3490 "2014-02-19T15:20:22Z")
Make 'em laugh! Make 'em laugh! Don’t you know everyone wants to laugh? My dad said, “Be an actor, my son, but be a comical one!” ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3491 "2014-02-19T15:36:05Z")
Be a clown, be a clown, All the world loves a clown. Act a fool, play the calf, And you’ll always have the last laugh. Wear the cap and the bells And you’ll rate with all the great swells If you become a doctor, folks’ll face you with dread, If you become a dentist, they’ll be glad when you’re dead, You’ll get a bigger hand if you can stand on your head, Be a clown, be a clown, be a clown. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3492 "2014-02-19T16:38:16Z")
I was born under a bad sign, left out in the cold I’m a lonely man who knows just what it means to lose control But I took all the heartache and turned it to shame Now I’m moving, moving on, and I ain’t taking no blame Don’t come running to me, I know I’ve done all I can A hard loving woman like you just makes a hard loving man So I can say it to you, babe I’ll be a fool for your loving no more A fool for your loving no more I’m so tired of trying, I always end up crying Fool for your loving no more I’ll be a fool for your loving no more ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3493 "2014-02-19T16:45:26Z")
Don’t want your love any more Don’t want your kisses, that’s for sure I die each time I hear this sound Here he comes, that’s Cathy’s clown ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3494 "2014-02-19T16:50:14Z")
I wanna kiss you all over And over again I wanna kiss you all over Till the night closes in Till the night closes in (OOC: Has anyone repeated a song yet?) ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3495 "2014-02-19T17:21:12Z")
Besame, besame mucho, Como si fuera esta noche la última vez, Besame, besame mucho, Que tengo miedo a perderte, perderte despues (Oh, yeah, there have been repeats.) ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3496 "2014-02-19T17:53:26Z")
Lost and all alone I always thought that I could make it on my own… (Professor Pepperwinkle: Sorry, I don’t speak whatever language the song you just quoted is in. I’m hoping that “perderte” has something to do with being lost. If not, my apologies.) ---
**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 19, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3497 "2014-02-19T17:59:02Z")
(Well, actually, the posts on the SDMB are supposed to be in English, but since this song’s in Spanish, and fairly well known, I figured it would get by. “Besame mucho” means “kiss me a lot” and I believe “perderte despues” means “to lose you afterwards”, so you’re right.) We may as well go home As I did on my own Alone again, naturally ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3498 "2014-02-19T18:05:13Z")
(It’s Spanish, and _perderte_ refers to missing something, according to Babel Fish. So, to combine the ideas of missing something/one and being lost: ) It’s been too long and I’m lost without you What am I gonna do? Said I been needin’ you, wantin’ you (Said I need you) Wonderin’ if you’re the same and who’s been with you Is your heart still mine? I wanna cry sometimes I miss you (Hey - stop posting things while I’m writing!) ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3499 "2014-02-19T18:07:49Z")
I was all right for a while, I could smile for a while But I saw you last night, you held my hand so tight As you stopped to say “Hello” Aw you wished me well, you couldn’t tell That I’d been crying over you, crying over you Then you said “so long”. left me standing all alone Alone and crying, crying, crying crying It’s hard to understand but the touch of your hand Can start me crying ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/3500 "2014-02-19T18:16:50Z")
Scorre lento il mio tempo Che scivola sul velo della mia pella nuda Se oltrepassassi il confine che mi hai dato Forse io non sarei qui Ma adesso ormai che senso ha Cercare di abbracciare un passato piu puro Guardando avanti rischierò Ma riesco a rispondere ai miei perchè Tutto ciò che sarai Era già stato scritto Se davvero esiste Questo dio ha fallito Ogni parola pronunciata Sarà lo specchio del tuo dolore Riflette la colpa Alimenta l’odio Madre, Il mio destino scelgo Madre, Se riesco a resistere [English Translation]: My time flows slowly gliding upon the veil of my naked skin If I overstepped the borderline you gave me maybe I would not be here Now what’s the sense of trying to embrace a purer past Looking forward I will risk but I will answer my questions All that you’ll be It was already written If he truly exists This God failed Every spoken word will be the mirror of your sorrow reflects the fault feeds hatred Mother, My fate choose Mother, if I will resist [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=176)