# \[GAME\] 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:** 236
**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 9, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4701 "2014-06-09T22:24:54Z")
_In accordance with the rules:_ [You](http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=13275) ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4702 "2014-06-10T00:11:33Z")
> [@](#): > > * * * [– John Cage, 4′33″](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3) ---
**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:** [June 10, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4703 "2014-06-10T00:47:46Z")
Of the sounds… Of silence ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4704 "2014-06-10T00:52:08Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [– John Cage, 4′33″](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3) Tsk tsk, quoting full lyrics is forbidden. Knock it off before we get in trouble again. 🆒 Back in play: Stranger now are his eyes to this mystery He hears the silence so loud Crack of dawn, all is gone except the will to be Now they see what will be, blinded eyes to see ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4705 "2014-06-10T00:56:54Z")
There’s a kind of hush all over the world tonight All over the world you can hear the sounds of lovers in love ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4706 "2014-06-10T01:17:28Z")
Once in every lifetime Comes a love like this. I need you and you need me. Oh my darling can’t you see. Young dreams Should be dreamed together, Young hearts shouldn’t be afraid. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4707 "2014-06-10T01:35:48Z")
Young hearts be free tonight. Time is on your side ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4708 "2014-06-10T02:27:28Z")
Time, flowing like a river Time, beckoning me Who knows when we shall meet again? ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4709 "2014-06-10T02:31:18Z")
I wanna know that you’ll tell me I love to stay Take me to the river, drop me in the water ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4710 "2014-06-10T02:33:33Z")
nm ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4711 "2014-06-10T02:48:39Z")
Friends, I will remember you Think of you, pray for you And when another day is through I’ll still be friends with you. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4712 "2014-06-10T02:52:55Z")
If friends in time be severed Someday we will meet again I’ll return to leave you never Be a piper to the end ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4713 "2014-06-10T04:08:47Z")
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn? Remember how she said that we would meet again Some sunny day? ---
**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 10, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4714 "2014-06-10T04:46:37Z")
First time I saw Sonny, I was just about this tall He always made my momma kinda crazy when he’d call Him and my old man would stand and whisper in the hall Then they’d disappear and maybe not come home at all Then one day, Sonny stopped comin’ around Heard he’d gotten himself into a little trouble out in town Sometime after that he finally disappeared for good Then he pulled that ol’ Houdini like we always knew he would ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4715 "2014-06-10T05:01:02Z")
So you’ve had a little trouble in town Now you’re keeping some demons down ---
**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 10, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4716 "2014-06-10T12:28:08Z")
Please allow me to introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4717 "2014-06-10T13:11:20Z")
Money won’t buy back Your youth when you’re old Or a friend if you’re lonely Or a love that’s grown cold The wealthiest person Is a pauper at times Compared to the man With a satisfied mind. **"Satisfied Mind" – Porter Wagoner** ---
**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 10, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4718 "2014-06-10T13:30:10Z")
Can’t buy me love, no, no, no, no! ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4719 "2014-06-10T14:22:41Z")
He met Marmalade down in Old New Orleans Struttin’ her stuff on the street She said 'Hello, Hey Joe, you wanna give it a go? ---
**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 10, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4720 "2014-06-10T14:27:22Z")
Magnolia trees at night, sparkling bright Fields of cotton look wintry white When it’s Christmas time in New Orleans A barefoot choir in prayer fills the air Mississippi folks gathering there 'Cause it’s Christmas time in New Orleans You’ll see a Dixieland Santa Claus Leading the band to a good old Creole beat Golly, what a spirit, you can only hear it Down on Basin Street Your kids will disappear, when you hear Hallelujah, St. Nicholas is here When it’s Christmas time in New Orleans [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=237)