# \[GAME\] 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:** 241
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4801 "2014-06-17T18:42:03Z")
I’d play at all the talent nights, I’d finish, they’d applaud. Some called it muffled laughter, I just figured they were awed. So I went up for an encore, but they screamed they’d had enough. Or maybe I just need a group to help me do my stuff. ---
**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 17, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4802 "2014-06-17T21:38:00Z")
I’ve had enough of bein’ nice I’ve had enough of right and wrong I’ve had enough of tryin’ to love my brother Ooh, I’ve had enough of bein’ good And doin’ everything like I’m told I should If you need a lover, you’d better find another Life is for the living (ooh yeah) Takers never giving ---
**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 17, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4803 "2014-06-17T23:48:00Z")
“I feel that you shouldn’t get involved Iin an intimate relationship Until you are emotionally mature enough To handle it totally Able to cope with your feelings And your sexuality Without guilt, inhibition or phoniness But with love, tenderness and honesty,” Things were disappearing In my neighborhood Once again somebody Was up to no good I saw that you were wanted But not like I wanted you ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4804 "2014-06-18T01:03:04Z")
You’re no good, you’re no good, you’re no good, Baby, you’re no good. I’m gonna say it again. ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4805 "2014-06-18T01:07:11Z")
Hurt so good Come on baby, make it hurt so good Sometimes love don’t feel like it should You make it hurt so good ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4806 "2014-06-18T01:51:51Z")
I make love to mountain lions Sleep on red-hot branding irons When I walk the roadway shakes Bed’s a mess of rattlesnakes Voodoo child, black cat bone Scratch your back, hear you moan I get up, you go down Tall building, single bound War and peace and love, Say it if you dare Iron fist, velvet glove I’m so bad, baby I don’t care ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4807 "2014-06-18T02:28:14Z")
Scream into danger that´s just what I like Pushing it harder the feeling is right Faster and faster don´t loose your grip Live for the moment there´s nothing like this I need the rush can´t get enough I got the need for speed ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4808 "2014-06-18T03:19:44Z")
My Maserati does 185. I lost my license and now I don’t drive. ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4809 "2014-06-18T13:18:55Z")
And later on, when the squad car came ‘round I ate a handful of peanuts and I told ‘em this "I don’t remember much, except just keep your hands on the wheel’’ “Just drive,” she said, “Just drive,” she said ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4810 "2014-06-18T13:37:15Z")
I told that girl I can start right away And she said, “Listen baby I got something to say I got no car and it’s breaking my heart But I’ve found a driver and that’s a start” Baby you can drive my car Yes I’m gonna be a star Baby you can drive my car And maybe I love you Beep beep’m beep beep yeah ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4811 "2014-06-18T13:59:17Z")
So you want to be a rock’n’roll star Then listen now to what I say Just get an electric guitar And take some time and learn how to play And when your hair’s combed right and your pants fit tight It’s gonna be all right ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4812 "2014-06-18T14:04:49Z")
Now look at them yo-yo’s that’s the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTV That ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it Money for nothin’ and chicks for free Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain’t dumb Maybe get a blister on your little finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We gotta install microwave ovens Custom kitchen deliveries We gotta move these refrigerators We gotta move these colour TV’s See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup Yeah buddy that’s his own hair That little faggot got his own jet airplane That little faggot he’s a millionaire ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4813 "2014-06-18T15:40:26Z")
Now, baby’s in the cradle And cat’s in the tree Walking the dog Don’t mean a thing to me Around the world And a long time gone Ain’t a yo-yo made With a string that long It’s a yo-yo song Down to the playground Putting on a show Talking to the little kids Listen to the yo-yo RC Cola, Scooter Pie Sleeping at the Y ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4814 "2014-06-18T15:50:33Z")
Young man, there’s a place you can go. I said, young man, when you’re short on your dough. You can stay there, and I’m sure you will find Many ways to have a good time. It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4815 "2014-06-18T21:39:35Z")
So, in the mornin’, please don’t say you love me ‘Cause you know I’ll only kick you out the door Yeah, I’ll pay your cab fare home, you can even use my best cologne Just don’t be here in the mornin’ when I wake up Stay with me, stay with me For tonight you’d gonna stay with me ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4816 "2014-06-18T22:24:13Z")
Woke-up this mornin’ the house was cold Checked the furnace she wasn’t burnin’ Went out and hopped in my old Ford but the engine, Buddy, she ain’t turnin’ been givin’ each other some hard lessons lately but we ain’t learnin’ same old story, same old act one step up an’ two steps back Mr. Bruce Springsteen ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4817 "2014-06-19T15:05:08Z")
If the moat won’t stop leaking And the goat won’t stop shrieking And the griffin keeps losing its hair If the west wing is rotting And our best wine is clotting Well, I’m terribly sorry but I don’t care I’ve got to be someone who lives All of his life in superlatives When you’re extraordinary You gotta do extraordinary things Every so often a man has a day He truly can call his Well, here I am to seize my day If someone would just tell me when the hell it is Oh give me my chance, and give me my wings And don’t make me think about everyday things They’re unnecessary To someone who is very Extraordinary Like 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 19, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4818 "2014-06-19T15:51:12Z")
What a piece of work is man How noble in reason How infinite in faculties In form and moving How express and admirable In action how like an angel In apprehension how like a god The beauty of the world The paragon of animals (sung in _Hair_) ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4819 "2014-06-19T18:35:10Z")
Man made machines Make music for the man Now machines make music While the man makes plans A second generation, a generation lost While the man prepares for the holocaust ---
**Author:** ![common\_good](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@common\_good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/common_good)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/4820 "2014-06-19T21:13:03Z")
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