# \[GAME\] 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:** 238
**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 11, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4741 "2014-06-11T08:10:27Z")
It was many years ago that I became what I am I was trapped in this life like an innocent lamb Now I can only show my face at noon And you’ll only see me walking by the light of the moon The brim of my hat hides the eye of a beast I’ve the face of a sinner but the hands of a priest Oh you’ll never see my shade or hear the sound of my feet While there’s a moon over Bourbon Street ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4742 "2014-06-11T13:16:03Z")
Down on Rampart Street at Willie’s Den They wasn’t sellin’ but a little gin One cat wanted a bottle of wine He helped that cat for a dollar and a dime Drinkin’ wine spo-dee-o-dee drinkin’ wine Wine spo-dee-o-dee drinkin’ wine Wine spo-dee-o-dee drinkin’ wine Pass that bottle to me Hoy, hoy ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4743 "2014-06-11T13:20:43Z")
I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see and be what I want to be ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4744 "2014-06-11T14:22:01Z")
I walked in town on silver spurs that jingled to A song that I had only sang to just a few She saw my silver spurs and said lets pass some time And I will give to you summer wine Ohh-oh-oh summer wine Strawberries cherries and an angels kiss in spring My summer wine is really made from all these things Take off your silver spurs and help me pass the time And I will give to you summer wine Ohhh-oh summer wine ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4745 "2014-06-11T14:27:43Z")
Ride…I used to jump my horse and ride I had a six-gun at my side I was so handsome women cried And I got shot but I never died I could play if I’d do everything he’d say Girls seemed to just get in his way Those days we weren’t considered fun A cowboy’s work is never done ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4746 "2014-06-11T14:33:39Z")
Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy down in Texas And the western superman to say the least He was the roughest, toughest critter Never known to be a quitter Cause he never had no fear of man or beast Yippee-ai-ay Yippee-ai-oh For the toughest critter west of the Alamo ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4747 "2014-06-11T14:38:15Z")
From the goodlands come the cowgirl. Patty was her name She was hot on the trail of that killer on a moped she called Flame Cause the killer had killed her daddy for spittin’ in the road And you only had to kill her daddy once to get that gal PO’d Yippee yay a Cow Patty Yippee yay a Cow Patty She rode in to town to find the man who killed her daddy Yippee yay a Cow Patty ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4748 "2014-06-11T15:28:15Z")
The fire men fought for days on end. They could fight the fire but they couldn’t fight the wind. The wind fanned the flames and it started again and nobody knew if it ever would end. (She kicked up her heels without a hint; kicked the lantern over and away she went. The world couldn’t help but be amazed) how one little cow started such a blaze. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4749 "2014-06-11T16:37:58Z")
All the boys are weary now Listening to the family sing song, family say so Must carve, must carve poor cow ---
**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 11, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4750 "2014-06-11T20:45:40Z")
It seemed so innocent when Bossy bit my hand I was just tryin’ to milk her, but I didn’t understand That Bossy really was Pierre the handyman He was a werecow Moo moo moo He was a werecow Moo moo moo By day I work the fields here on my daddy’s farm By night I roam the neighbor’s place in search of corn Chewin’ my cud and tryin’ to keep my udders warm I’m a werecow Moo moo moo I’m a werecow Moo moo moo ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4751 "2014-06-11T21:55:55Z")
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen Doing the werewolves of London I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s ---
**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 11, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4752 "2014-06-11T22:09:14Z")
Fear me you lords and lady preachers I descend upon your earth from the skies I command your very souls you unbelievers Bring before me what is mine The seven seas of Rhye ---
**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 11, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4753 "2014-06-11T22:26:46Z")
You’re the keeper of the seven keys That lock up the seven seas And the seer of visions said before he went blind: “Hide them from demons and rescue mankind, Or the world we’re all in will soon be sold To the throne of the evil paid with Lucifer’s gold.” ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4754 "2014-06-11T23:30:06Z")
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4755 "2014-06-12T01:37:08Z")
I take love into my hands Journey back to winter land Cut my losses, grow my hair See some man to take me there As it gets so uncertain When the girl gets too near It’s never as good as I hoped Or as bad as I feared ---
**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 12, 2014, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4756 "2014-06-12T07:37:35Z")
The girl can’t help it, she needs more He hasn’t found what he’s looking for They’re still standing in the rain He can’t help it and she’s just that way Ooh, there’s a fire in his eyes for you Ooh, nothing stands between love and you ---
**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 12, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4757 "2014-06-12T12:16:14Z")
I saw you dancing out the ocean Running fast along the sand A spirit born of earth and water Fire flying from your hands In the instant that you love someone In the second that the hammer hits Reality runs up your spine And the pieces finally fit ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4758 "2014-06-12T12:19:26Z")
Well, did she make you cry, Make you break down, Shatter your illusions of love? And is it over now? Do you know how? Pick up the pieces and go home ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4759 "2014-06-12T12:55:20Z")
When I see her walkin’ down the street I get so shaky and I feel so weak I tell my eyes look the other way But they don’t seem to hear a word I say, and I Go to pieces and I want to cry Go to pieces and I almost die Every time my baby passes by **"I Go to Pieces" – Peter and Gordon (written by Del Shannon)** Uh, whatever happened to the idea of identifying the songs your lyrics come from? ---
**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 12, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4760 "2014-06-12T13:11:33Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Uh, whatever happened to the idea of identifying the songs your lyrics come from? _Well, we probably need a mod ruling on that. I think we’re just supposed to post snippets of songs to avoid copyright problems._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=239)