# \[GAME\] 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:** 234
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4661 "2014-06-03T00:45:52Z")
Calling to the sky The thunder drowns my voice within the rain And I know you’re near me And I call throughout the storm I know that you don’t hear me I call your name I call your name I call your name Can you hear me call your name? Can you hear me call Hear me call your name? I call your name I call your name Can you hear me call your name? Night time people find it hard To hear themselves above the noise The music holds its own I recognized a place I’d known I turned to find it carved in stone A mirrored smile alone Put it down to city nights Oh, if I understood Passing by so far from me I’d reach you if I could Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Fly like a song, fly while you’re singing A song without you is a bird without winging Some city flights leave in the morning Some city nights end without warning Can you hear me call? Can you hear me call? Can you hear me call? **– Renaissance, "Can You Hear Me?"** ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4662 "2014-06-03T01:25:31Z")
I don’t have anything funny to say I just don’t feel like it anyway Have I let you down? Did I let you down? Different faces on the street Angels and Devils, but there’s no one here to save my Soul, To save my Soul from you (CH.) There is not much left to say All my life I tried to find a way A way to turn it all around Could you catch me before I fall? Could you answer before I call? Tell me before I hit the ground Can you feel me now? You’ve got a grin on your face and I’m trying to hide You throw fire balls and I’m tired of fighting You want my Soul No! you’re not getting my Soul This city doesn’t hold anything for me I’ve had the chance, But I never asked me why I stayed, Why am I here with you? (CH.) There is not much left to say All my life I tried to find a way A way to turn it all around You could catch me before I fall You could answer before I call Tell me before I hit the ground Can you feel me now? Oh cause the angels here have broken wings Dressed in black they know ways to mend my broken dreams All alone, flew off the edge I’m already missing life and its crazy ways I don’t have anything funny to say I don’t feel like it anyway Have I let you down? Did I let you down my love? –Soul Nidus, **Clown On Strike** ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4663 "2014-06-03T17:07:54Z")
Comin’ to ya on a dusty road Good lovin’ I got a truck load And when you get it you got something So don’t worry cause I’m coming I’m a soul man I’m a soul man I’m a soul man I’m a soul man Got what I got the hard way And I’ll make it better each and every day So honey don’t you fret Cause you ain’t seen nothing yet I’m a soul man I’m a soul man (Play it Steve!) I’m a soul man I’m a soul man – “Soul Man”, The Blues Brothers (originally by Sam & Dave) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4664 "2014-06-04T01:00:32Z")
There’s a picture opposite me Of my primitive ancestry Which stood on rocky shores and kept the beaches shipwreck free Though I respect that a lot I’d be fired if that were my job After killing Jason off and countless screaming Argonauts Bluebird of friendliness Like guardian angels its always near Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch Who watches over you Make a little birdhouse in your soul Not to put too fine a point on it Say I’m the only bee in your bonnet Make a little birdhouse in your soul 'm your only friend I’m not your only friend But I’m a little glowing friend But really I’m not actually your friend But I am **–They Might Be Giants "Birdhouse in Your Soul"** ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4665 "2014-06-04T19:09:38Z")
Friends of mine, they said they were friends of mine Said they were passing time More like a waste of time Close the door, I said close the door I’ve told you twice before What are you waiting for? Georgie Davis is coming out No more heroes, we twist and shout Oh no not me I’m not too late and I know that I’m not taking anymore Rocky picture has lost his gun Leave him out now, he’s having fun Oh not not me I’m not too late and I know that I’m not waiting anymore hey hey Silly lies, don’t have to advertise When will you realize I’m sick of your alibis Running cold, the water’s running cold It’s time that you were told I think you’re growing old Georgie Davis is coming out No more heroes, we twist and shout Oh no not me I’m not too late and I know that I’m not taking anymore Rocky picture has lost his gun Leave him out now, he’s having fun Oh not not me I’m not too late and I know that I’m not waiting anymore hey hey **– “Friends of Mine”, Duran Duran** (1981) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4666 "2014-06-04T19:27:43Z")
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses? You been out ridin’ fences for so long now Oh, you’re a hard one I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin’ you Can hurt you somehow Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds, boy She’ll beat you if she’s able You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet Now it seems to me, some fine things Have been laid upon your table But you only want the ones that you can’t get Desperado, oh, you ain’t gettin’ no younger Your pain and your hunger, they’re drivin’ you home And freedom, oh freedom well, that’s just some people talkin’ Your prison is walking through this world all alone Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time? The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine It’s hard to tell the night time from the day You’re losin’ all your highs and lows Ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away? Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses? Come down from your fences, open the gate It may be rainin’, but there’s a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you, before it’s too late –Eagles, **Desperado** ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4667 "2014-06-05T00:16:47Z")
Josie works the counter at the downtown five and dime, anything at all to help her pass the time. Her mama keeps the baby and grandpa rambles on about the good times playing in his mind. It’s a hard life living when you’re lonely, it’s a long night sleeping alone. It’s a hard time waiting for tomorrow, it’s a long, long way home. Josie spends the evening with the people in the pages of the paperback she picked up at the store. Or sometimes it’s the TV, or she’ll try to write a letter, oh, they don’t come too often anymore. It’s a hard life living when you’re lonely, it’s a long night sleeping alone. It’s a hard time waiting for tomorrow, it’s a long, long way home. I stare at the gray walls before me, I see her face in the stone. I try to imagine our baby, I wish they would let me go home. I wish they would let me go home. (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a hard life living when you’re lonely, (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a long night sleeping alone. (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a hard time waiting for tomorrow, (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a long, long way home. (I wish they would let me go home) It’s a long, long way home. (I wish they would let me go home) Bringing me and the other boys home, (I wish they would let me go home) Bringing me and the other boys home. –John Denver, “Prisoners” ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4668 "2014-06-05T03:39:38Z")
Bring the boys back home Bring the boys back home Don’t leave the children on their own Bring the boys back home **– “Bring the Boys Back Home”, Pink Floyd** (1979) ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4669 "2014-06-05T03:51:13Z")
Bless the beasts and the children For in this world they have no voice They have no choice Bless the beasts and the children For the world can never be The world they see Light their way when the darkness surrounds them And give them love, let it shine all around them Bless the beasts and the children Give them shelter from the storm Keep them safe, keep them warm –The Carpenters, **Bless the Beasts and the Children** ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4670 "2014-06-05T17:10:59Z")
I’ll never be your beast of burden My back is broad but it’s a-hurtin’ All I want is for you to make love to me I’ll never be your beast of burden I’ve walked for miles my feet are hurting All I want is for you to make love to me Am I hard enough? Am I rough enough? Am I rich enough? I’m not too blind to see I’ll never be your beast of burden So let’s go home and draw the curtains Music on the radio Come on baby, make sweet love to me Am I hard enough? Am I rough enough? Am I rich enough? I’m not too blind to see Oh, little sister **– “Beast of Burden”, The Rolling Stones** (1978) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4671 "2014-06-05T17:14:22Z")
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been my darling young one? I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall. Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son? And what did you see, my darling young one? I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’ I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’ I saw a white ladder all covered with water I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall. And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son? And what did you hear, my darling young one? I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin’ I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’ I heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’ I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’ Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall. Oh, what did you meet my blue-eyed son ? Who did you meet, my darling young one? I met a young child beside a dead pony I met a white man who walked a black dog I met a young woman whose body was burning I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow I met one man who was wounded in love I met another man who was wounded in hatred And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall. And what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son? And what’ll you do now my darling young one? I’m a-goin’ back out ‘fore the rain starts a-fallin’ I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison And the executioner’s face is always well hidden Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten Where black is the color, where none is the number And I’ll tell and speak it and think it and breathe it And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it And I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’ But I’ll know my song well before I start singing And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall. \*\* - “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”, Bob Dylan\*\* (1962) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4672 "2014-06-05T17:41:48Z")
OOC: What did Bob Dylan say after taking Viagra? _“It’s a-hard…it’s a-hard…it’s a-hard…IT’S A-HARD!!!”_ 😃 ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4673 "2014-06-06T00:44:30Z")
Looked like a blue eyed lonely boy Hair skating to the ground Read the air between the words From a kingdom he was bound In loving he gave all he could know All lipstick like a wave And like a blue eyed lonely boy To every friend a slave Wild birds Flock to me [Wild birds] Wild birds Flock to me You are the lamb, the king, the sun Why do you hide away? Put like a picture on the wall No one to see your rays You are inside of sight, an ark The fountain of your youth Come like a moth burn in the flame Oh, take us to the roof Wild birds flock to me Soaring rocks for company Pure people work on me Love’s own necessity – Peter Murphy, “Wild Birds Flock to Me” ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4674 "2014-06-06T00:56:17Z")
Young child with dreams Dream every dream on your own When children play, Seems like you end up alone Papa says he’d love to be with you If he had the time So you turn to the only friend you can find There in your mind Shilo when I was young, I used to call your name When no one else would come, Shilo you always came and we’d play Young girl with fire, Something said she understood I wanted to fly She made me feel like I could Held my hand out, I let her take me Blind as a child All I saw was the way That she made me smile She made me smile Shilo when I was young, I used to call your name When no one else would come, Shilo you always came and you’d stay Had a dream and it filled me with wonder She had other plans “Got to go” said she’d know I’d understand I understand Shilo when I was young I used to call your name When no one else would come… –Neil Diamond, \*\*Shilo \*\* (interesting story using the song [HERE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NngJPYZCtk4). Read the notes first) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4675 "2014-06-06T02:23:15Z")
Color me your color, baby Color me your car Color me your color, darling I know who you are Come up off your color chart I know where you’re comin’ from Call me (call me) on the line Call me, call me any, anytime Call me (call me) my love You can call me any day or night Call me Cover me with kisses, baby Cover me with love Roll me in designer sheets I’ll never get enough Emotions come, I don’t know why Cover up love’s alibi Call me (call me) on the line Call me, call me any, anytime Call me (call me) oh my love When you’re ready we can share the wine Call me Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo, he speaks the languages of love Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo, amore, chiamami, chiamami Ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo, appelle-moi mon cherie, appelle-moi Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day-ay **– “Call Me”, Blondie** (1980) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4676 "2014-06-06T13:48:09Z")
I was sitting by the phone, I was waiting all alone Baby by myself I sit and wait and wonder about you It’s a dark and dreary night, seems like nothing’s going right Won’t you tell me honey how can I go on here without you? Yes I’m down and feeling blue And I don’t know what to do, oh-oh Ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call? Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall And I sit all alone impatiently Won’t you please understand the need in me So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call? So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call? ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4677 "2014-06-06T14:07:42Z")
**-“Why Don’t You Write Me?”, Simon & Garfunkel** ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4678 "2014-06-06T14:24:33Z")
–The Clarks, **The Letter** ---
**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:** [June 6, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4679 "2014-06-06T15:03:04Z")
\*\* – Porcupine Tree, “Trains”\*\* ---
**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:** [June 7, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4680 "2014-06-07T00:37:57Z")
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