# \[GAME\] 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:** 229
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4561 "2014-05-09T18:54:58Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Nitpick: For what it’s worth, the official song title is “For What It’s Worth” 🆒 It’s true that this is the song’s official title. But to be fair, there were [singles](http://images.45cat.com/the-buffalo-springfield-for-what-its-worth-stop-hey-whats-that-sound-atco.jpg) of this song pressed on which the title is rendered “For What It’s Worth (Stop! Hey What’s That Sound).” ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4562 "2014-05-11T05:46:16Z")
**"The Kids Are Alright" – The Who** I don’t mind other guys dancin’ with my girl That’s fine, I know them all pretty well But I know sometimes I must get out in the light Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright The kids are alright Sometimes I know I gotta get away Bells chime, I know I gotta get away And I know if I don’t I’ll go out of my mind Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright The kids are alright I know if I got things will be a lot better for her I had things planned but her folks wouldn’t let her I don’t mind other guys dancin’ with my girl That’s fine, I know them all pretty well But I know sometimes I must get out in the light Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright The kids are alright Sometimes I know I gotta get away Bells chime, I know I gotta get away And I know if I don’t I’ll go out of my mind Better leave them behind, 'cause the kids are alright The kids are alright The kids are alright The kids are alright ---
**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:** [May 11, 2014, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4563 "2014-05-11T06:20:04Z")
Alright now! Won’t you listen? When I first met you, didn’t realize I can’t forget you, for your surprise You introduced me to my mind And left me wanting, you and your kind I love you, oh you know it My life was empty, forever on a down Until you took me, showed me around My life is free now, my life is clear I love you sweet leaf, though you can’t hear Come on now, try it out Straight people don’t know, what you’re about They put you down and shut you out You gave to me a new belief And soon the world will love you sweet leaf **– “Sweet Leaf”, Black Sabbath** (1971) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4564 "2014-05-12T13:48:25Z")
Ooh how I miss you My symphony places the song that carries you out Ooh how I miss you I miss you and I wish you’d stay Is it any wonder that the stars shine out for you? Float down Like autumn leaves Hush now Close your eyes before the sleep And your miles away And yesterday you were here with me Float down Like autumn leaves Hush now Close your eyes before the sleep And your miles away And yesterday you were here with 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:** [May 12, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4565 "2014-05-12T13:55:29Z")
Why do stars fall down from the sky, ev’ry time you walk by? Just like me, they long to be close to you. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4566 "2014-05-12T16:21:31Z")
Now, I’m gonna love you Till the heavens stop the rain I’m gonna love you Till the stars fall from the sky for you and I Come on, come on, come on, come on now Touch me, baby Can’t you see that I am not afraid? What was that promise that you made? Why won’t you tell me what she said? What was that promise that you made? **– “Touch Me”, The Doors** (1969) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4567 "2014-05-12T19:35:29Z")
Love is real , real is love Love is feeling , feeling love Love is wanting to be loved Love is touch, touch is love Love is reaching, reaching love Love is asking to be loved Love is you You and me Love is knowing We can be Love is free, free is love Love is living, living love Love is needing to be loved – **“Love”, John Lennon** (1971) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4568 "2014-05-12T20:21:01Z")
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game It’s easy Nothing you can make that can’t be made No-one you can save that can’t be saved Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to be you in time It’s easy All you need is love All you need is love All you need is love, love Love is all you need **– “All You Need Is Love”, The Beatles** (1967) ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4569 "2014-05-13T01:39:11Z")
**U2, “Ordinary Love”** : The sea wants to kiss the golden shore The sunlight warms your skin All the beauty that’s been lost before wants to find us again I can’t fight you any more, it’s you I’m fighting for The sea throws rock together but time leaves us polished stones We can’t fall any further If we can’t feel ordinary love And we can’t reach any higher, If we can’t deal with ordinary love Birds fly high in the summer sky and rest on the breeze. The same wind will take care of you and I. We’ll build our house in the trees. Your heart is on my sleeve Did you put it there with a magic marker? For years I would believe that the would couldn’t wash it away 'Cause We can’t fall any further If we can’t feel ordinary love And we can’t reach any higher If we cannot deal with ordinary love Are we tough enough for ordinary love? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4570 "2014-05-13T02:52:56Z")
I would walk ten miles on my hands and knees Ain’t no doubt about it baby, it’s you I aim to please I’d wrestle with a lion and a grizzly bear It’s my life baby, but I don’t care Ain’t that tough enough Ain’t that tough enough Ain’t that tough enough Ain’t that tough enough For you baby, I would swim the sea Nothing I’d do for you that’s too tough for me I’d put out a burning building with a shovel and dirt And not even worry about getting hurt Ain’t that tough enough Ain’t that tough enough Ain’t that tough enough Ain’t that tough enough **– “Tuff Enuff”, The Fabulous Thunderbirds** (1986) ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4571 "2014-05-13T03:15:54Z")
But I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door - **The Proclaimers, "500 Miles"** ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4572 "2014-05-13T13:57:27Z")
**The Church, “Ripple”** : Buckle like a wreck on the cold green sea Like you were a ripple in my memory I lent you some collateral to buy new clothes It went out the window and up your nose And that’s the end of the honeymoon Yeah we walked down the aisle for another mile I’d walk a million miles for one of your smiles And you can have all the money soon You’re so deluxe, you’re so divine You’re so fifty light years ahead of your time You’re a riddle, you’re a ripple You’re the human sacrifice to the goddess of ice Your hairdo is filled with diamonds and lice And you’re hardly off the nipple Another little glitch in continuity Like you were a ripple in my memory ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4573 "2014-05-13T14:00:08Z")
Now I see you standing With brown leaves falling around And snow in your hair Now you’re smiling out the window Of that crummy hotel Over Washington Square Our breath comes out white clouds Mingles and hangs in the air Speaking strictly for me We both could have died then and there Now you’re telling me You’re not nostalgic Then give me another word for it You who are so good with words And at keeping things vague Because I need some of that vagueness now It’s all come back too clearly Yes I loved you dearly And if you’re offering me diamonds and rust I’ve already paid ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4574 "2014-05-13T20:17:03Z")
In the rolling mist, then he gets on board Now there’ll be no turning back Beware that hooded old man at the rudder And then the lightning flashed and the thunder roared And people calling out his name And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water And then the ferryman said, “There is trouble ahead, So you must pay me now,” (“Don’t do it!”) “You must pay me now,” (“Don’t do it!”) And still that voice came from beyond, "Whatever you do, Don’t pay the ferryman Don’t even fix a price Don’t pay the ferryman Until he gets you to the other side." **– “Don’t Pay the Ferryman”, Chris de Burgh** (1982) ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4575 "2014-05-16T15:49:36Z")
All our times have come Here but now they’re gone Seasons don’t fear the reaper Nor do the wind, the sun or the rain… we can be like they are Come on baby… don’t fear the reaper Baby take my hand… don’t fear the reaper We’ll be able to fly… don’t fear the reaper ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4576 "2014-05-16T17:23:02Z")
Have you ever been alone at night Thought you heard footsteps behind And turned around and no-one’s there? And as you quicken up your pace You find it hard to look again Because you’re sure there’s someone there Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have constant fear that something’s always near Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have a phobia that someone’s always there Watching horror films the night before Debating witches and folklore The unknown troubles on your mind Maybe your mind is playing tricks You sense, and suddenly eyes fix On dancing shadows from behind Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have constant fear that something’s always near Fear of the dark, fear of the dark I have a phobia that someone’s always there When I’m walking a dark road I am a man who walks alone **– “Fear of the Dark”, Iron Maiden** (1992) ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4577 "2014-05-16T18:19:25Z")
When you walk through a storm Keep your chin up high And don’t be afraid of the dark. At he end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown.Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you’ll never walk alone, You’ll never walk alone. **– “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from _Carousel_** ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4578 "2014-05-16T22:07:38Z")
You say the hill’s too steep to climb, Chiding! You say you’d like to see me try, Climbing! You pick the place and I’ll choose the time And I’ll climb The hill in my own way just wait a while, for the right day And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds I look down hear the sound of the things you said today Fearlessly the idiot faced the crowd, smiling Merciless, the magistrate turns 'round, frowning and who’s the fool who wears the crown Go down in your own way And everyday is the right day And as you rise above the fear lines in his brown You look down Hear the sound of the faces in the crowd **– “Fearless”, Pink Floyd** ---
**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:** [May 17, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4579 "2014-05-17T00:38:28Z")
Put your hand in a party wave (pass around) Make a shroud pulling combs through a backwash frame Find the copies in a carbon mount (pass around) Stroke a pocket with a print of a laughing sound Get around town Get around town Where the people look good Where the music is loud Get around town No need to stand proud Add your voice to the sound of the crowd The shades from a pencil peer (pass around) A fold in an eyelid brushed with fear The lines on a compact guide (pass around) A hat with alignment worn inside Get around town Get around town Where the people look good Where the music is loud Get around town No need to stand proud Add your voice to the sound of the crowd **– “The Sound of the Crowd”, Human League** (1981) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4580 "2014-05-18T15:30:32Z")
When you’re alone and life is making you lonely You can always go downtown When you’ve got worries, all the noise and the hurry Seems to help, I know, downtown \*\* - “Downtown”, Petula Clark (1965)\*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=228) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=230)