# \[GAME\] 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:** 255
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5081 "2014-08-02T13:23:41Z")
Down in the willow garden Where me and my true love did meet It was there we went a courting My love fell off to sleep I had a bottle of burgundy wine My true love she did not know It was there I murdered that dear little girl Down on the banks below ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5082 "2014-08-02T22:24:41Z")
Down in a hole and I don’t know if I can be saved See my heart, I decorate it like a grave You don’t understand who they thought I was supposed to be Look at me now, a man who won’t let himself be Down in a hole - feeling so small Down in a hole - losing my soul I’d like to fly, but my wings have been so denied ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5083 "2014-08-06T17:44:29Z")
Someone keeps calling my name Someone keeps calling my name Or is it just the rustling of the wind Or is it just that I need a friend Someone keeps calling my name, my name ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5084 "2014-08-06T19:20:20Z")
I die each time I hear this sound: “Here he comes. That’s Cathy’s clown.” ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5085 "2014-08-06T23:16:00Z")
I’ll take you home again, Kathleen Across the ocean wild and wide To where your heart has ever been Since you were first my bonnie bride. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5086 "2014-08-06T23:58:43Z")
Take that look of worry, mine’s an ordinary life Working when it’s daylight and sleeping when it’s night I’ve got no far horizons, I don’t wish upon a star They don’t think that I listen, ah but I know who they are And I, I don’t mind No I, I don’t mind Oh I, I don’t mind No I, I don’t mind So take, take me home - 'cause I don’t remember Take, take me home - 'cause I don’t remember ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5087 "2014-08-07T13:40:29Z")
I don’t remember, I don’t recall I got no memory of anything at all I don’t remember, I don’t recall I got no memory of anything -anything at all ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5088 "2014-08-07T13:49:06Z")
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I’d go berserk? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5089 "2014-08-07T13:56:26Z")
Listen to me warden, won’t you listen to me beg Chop off a toe, a foot, or take a whole leg I’m down on my knees man, you’re robbing my strength Take it easy warden, won’t you leave me some length I want a lawyer warden, I want a priest Oh take it easy warden, leave the moustache at least. (It’s amazing how reading a line in this thread can make me recall the exact lyrics to a song I haven’t thought of or heard for about thirty years!) ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5090 "2014-08-07T14:24:17Z")
No stars in the black night Looks like the sky fell down No sun in the daylight Looks like it’s chained to the ground, chained to the ground The warden said, the exit is sold If you want a way out Silver and gold ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5091 "2014-08-07T14:48:59Z")
Don’t give me a mansion on top of the hill Don’t give me the world with a shallow thrill But just give me a Savior, my life He can hold I’d rather have Jesus than silver and gold Woke up this morning, feeling kind of down I called on my best friend, she could not be found But I called on Jesus, my life He can hold I’d rather have Jesus than silver and gold ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5092 "2014-08-07T15:01:30Z")
I’ve got a mansion just over that hilltop In that bright land where we’ll never grow old And some day yonder we will never more wander. But walk on streets of purest gold ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5093 "2014-08-07T15:02:20Z")
Oh, shine a light shine a light on me brother, I wait still as a stone Then fall apart fall apart all together, Make this broken house a home. Give me more dancing a lot of less falling, Give me more dancing a lot of less lot of less falling. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5094 "2014-08-07T15:05:14Z")
Don’t let Satan blow it out. I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. Let it shine til Jesus comes. I’m gonna let it shine. Let it shine til Jesus comes. I’m gonna let it shine, Let it shine til Jesus comes. I’m gonna let it shine. let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine. let it shine, let it shine, let it shine ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5095 "2014-08-07T17:10:09Z")
Shine on, harvest moon, Up in the sky ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5096 "2014-08-07T17:13:22Z")
Show me where to look Tell me what will I find Oh, heaven let your light shine down ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5097 "2014-08-07T17:18:41Z")
High life, I’m a fool for you Low life, I like to break the rules First bite, you know I got a taste for you I’m gonna make you shine ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5098 "2014-08-07T22:43:13Z")
Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun. Shine on you crazy diamond. Now there’s a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky. Shine on you crazy diamond. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5099 "2014-08-07T23:36:05Z")
Black hole sun, won’t you come And wash away the rain? Black hole sun, won’t you come Won’t you come? ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5100 "2014-08-08T14:28:53Z")
Black hearted woman Can’t you see your poor man dyin’ Can’t count on both hands, baby All the lonely nights I’ve been cryin’ Well, I’m tired of all your slippery ways I can’t take your evil lyin’, oh, no  [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=256)