# \[GAME\] 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:** 208
**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:** [March 28, 2014, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4141 "2014-03-28T23:59:33Z")
One hundred years have gone and men again they came that way To find the answer to the mystery They found his body lying where it fell on that day Preserved in time for all to see No brave new world, no brave new world Lost in this place, and leave no trace What became of the man that started All are gone and their souls departed Left me here in this place so all alone Stranger in a strange land Land of ice and snow Trapped inside this prison Lost and far from home ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4142 "2014-03-29T14:12:54Z")
I’m 33 for a moment Still the man, but you see I’m a “they” A kid on the way, babe. A family on my mind I’m 45 for a moment The sea is high And I’m heading into a crisis Chasing the years of my life 15 there’s still time for you Time to buy and time to lose yourself Within a morning star 15 I’m all right with you 15, there’s never a wish better than this When you only got a hundred years to live ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4143 "2014-03-29T15:26:20Z")
She was seven and I was just ten When she moved next door to the house we lived in. She’d follow me around and get in my hair Wherever I looked, she’d be there. An awkward little girl with big brown eyes She’d ask me over for tea and mud pies, A freckle-faced angel, always in my way But I couldn’t refuse when she’d say Big brother, take me with you Wherever you’re going, I want to go too You’re so silly, the things that you do But big brother, how I love 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:** [March 29, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4144 "2014-03-29T16:13:37Z")
Mrs. Jones is a lady on Hudson Street She sent her dog to bark at my brother 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:** [March 29, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4145 "2014-03-29T17:21:40Z")
I was down at the New Amsterdam staring at this yellow-haired girl Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with a black-haired flamenco dancer She dances while his father plays guitar She’s suddenly beautiful We all want something beautiful Man I wish I was beautiful So come dance this silence down through the mornin’ Sha la la la la la la la yeah… uh huh, yeah… Cut up, Maria! Show me some of that Spanish dancin’ Pass me a bottle, Mr. Jones ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4146 "2014-03-29T17:35:23Z")
I was fourteen, she was twelve Father traveled, hers as well, Europa Down the beaches, hand in hand Twelfth of never on the sand Then war took her away We swore a vow that day: We’ll be the Pirate Twins again, Europa Oh my country, Europa I’ll stand beside you in the rain, Europa Ta république, Europa Nine years after, who’d I see on the cover of a magazine? Europa Buy her singles and see all her films Paste her pictures on my windowsill But that’s not quite the same (it isn’t, is it?) Europa my old friend We’ll be the Pirate Twins again, Europa Oh my country, Europa I’ll walk beside you in the rain, Europa Ta république, Europa ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4147 "2014-03-29T17:41:30Z")
My blood runs cold, My memories have just been sold: My angel is a centerfold! ---
**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:** [March 29, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4148 "2014-03-29T20:51:05Z")
Then out of darkness I found I could still feel Something good Out of the woods Eyes closed All of the rest will flow One simple thing that I never could see But now I know All of the rest will flow Stay with me my angel I found you Now I don’t feel low All of the rest will flow Eyes closed All of the rest will flow ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4149 "2014-03-30T02:58:24Z")
if this world is wearing thin and you’re thinking of escape i’ll go anywhere with you i’ll do anything it takes [just wrap me up in chains] but if you try to go alone don’t think i’ll understand stay with me, stay with me. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4150 "2014-03-30T03:09:15Z")
Turn on my V.C.R. Same one I’ve had for years James Brown on the Tammy show, same tape I’ve had for years I sit in my old car Same one I’ve had for years Old battery’s running down, it ran for years and years Turn on the radio The static hurts my ears Tell me where would I go, I ain’t been out in years Turn on the stereo It’s played for years and years An Otis Redding song, it’s all I own When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around When the world is running down You make the best of what’s still around ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4151 "2014-03-30T14:17:39Z")
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 To say goodbye my love That radio song Hey hey hey The world is collapsing Around our ears I turned up the radio But I can’t hear it Yeah I tried to sing along But damn that radio song Hey hey hey I’ve everything to show I’ve everything to hide Look into my eyes listen to the radio I turned up the radio But I can’t hear it No, I can’t hear it Hey hey hey ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4152 "2014-03-30T14:33:50Z")
That’s great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, an aeroplane, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn World serves its own needs, don’t misserve your own needs Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength The ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height Wire in a fire, represent the seven games And a government for hire and a combat site Left her, wasn’t coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped Look at that low plane, fine, then Uh-oh, overflow, population, common group But it’ll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light Feeling pretty psyched It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4153 "2014-03-30T17:25:50Z")
It’s the end of the world as we know it But every day is the end of the world ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4154 "2014-03-30T17:29:00Z")
Don’t you understand what I’m tryin’ to say Can’t you feel the fears I’m feelin’ today? If the button is pushed, there’s no runnin’ away There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave [Take a look around ya boy, it’s bound to scare ya boy] And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don’t believe We’re on the eve Of destruction. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4155 "2014-03-30T20:04:32Z")
He was a hairy bear He was a scary bear We beat a hasty retreat from his lair ---
**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:** [March 30, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4156 "2014-03-30T23:14:48Z")
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy. Was he? ---
**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:** [March 31, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4157 "2014-03-31T00:01:58Z")
She is sublimation She is the essence of thee She is concentrating on He who is chosen by she Here I go when I don’t know why I spin so ceaselessly Could it be he’s taking over me I’m dancing barefoot Headed for a spin Some strange strange music drags me in It makes me come up like some heroine ---
**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:** [March 31, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4158 "2014-03-31T01:56:47Z")
Sleep with the window open Sleep till tomorrow Be my hero Be without being lonely Try to open We try to open Hoping for a hero I want something I want everything I want nothing Nothing else I want someone Not just anyone Be my hero Keep what is secret Secret We can believe it Be my hero I want something I want everything I want nothing Nothing else I want someone Not just anyone Be my hero ---
**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:** [March 31, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4159 "2014-03-31T03:47:52Z")
We don’t need another hero. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4160 "2014-03-31T05:16:31Z")
In the desert sun every step that you take could be the final one In the burning heat hanging on the edge of destruction You can’t stop the pain of your children crying out in your head They always said that the living would envy the dead So now you’re gonna shoot bullets of fire Don’t want to fight but sometimes you’ve got to You’re some soul survivor There’s just one thing you’ve got to know You’ve got ten more thousand miles to go Because you’re one of the living And if we can’t stick together One of the living Who’s gonna make it tonight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=209)