# \[GAME\] 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:** 256
**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 8, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5101 "2014-08-08T14:41:43Z")
I know a woman, (who) became a wife These are the very words she uses to describe her life She said a good day ain’t got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been Slip sliding away, slip sliding away You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away ---
**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 8, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5102 "2014-08-08T15:30:36Z")
I can feel you slipping away from me A little bit further now every day I’m holding on, but I can’t believe This is how you want it to be Oh, you’re slipping away Oh, you’re slipping away ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5103 "2014-08-08T23:30:50Z")
So take your time I wonder if you’re here just to use my mind Don’t take it slow You know I’ve got a place to go You always do that Something I’m not sure of But just for today Let go and slide away ---
**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 8, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5104 "2014-08-08T23:43:16Z")
And I know a father who had a son He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d done He came a long way just to explain He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping Then he turned around and he headed home again He’s slip slidin’ ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5105 "2014-08-09T00:07:55Z")
I wasn’t there that morning When my Father passed away I didn’t get to tell him All the things I had to say I think I caught his spirit Later that same year I’m sure I heard his echo In my baby’s new born tears I just wish I could have told him in the living years ---
**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 9, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5106 "2014-08-09T00:48:01Z")
Well in 1941 a happy father had a son And by 1944 the father walked right out the door And in '45 the mom and son were still alive But who could tell in '46 if the two were to survive ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5107 "2014-08-09T02:20:49Z")
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day When the New York Times said God is dead And the war’s begun Alvin Tostig has a son today And he shall be Levon And he shall be a good man And he shall be Levon In tradition with the family plan ---
**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 9, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5108 "2014-08-09T03:49:33Z")
Captain Walker didn’t come home His unborn child will never know him Believe him missing with a number of men Don’t expect to see him 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:** [August 9, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5109 "2014-08-09T03:57:27Z")
Here am I floating round my tin can Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there’s nothing I can do. ---
**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 9, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5110 "2014-08-09T08:13:34Z")
Look now, look all around There’s no sign of life Voices, another sound Can you hear me now? This is planet earth You’re looking at planet earth ---
**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:** [August 9, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5111 "2014-08-09T13:41:19Z")
Some say she’s from Mars Or one of the seven stars That shine after 3:30 in the morning WELL SHE ISN’T ---
**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 9, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5112 "2014-08-09T13:52:36Z")
There were seven Spanish angels At the altar of the sun They were prayin’ for the lovers In the valley of the gun When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared There was thunder from the throne And seven spanish angels, took another Angel home (this might have been used before, but it’s such a beautiful song) ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5113 "2014-08-09T14:02:22Z")
Undercover angel Midnight fantasy I never had a dream That made sweet love to me Undercover angel The answer to my prayer You made me know That there’s a love for me out there ---
**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 9, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5114 "2014-08-09T14:29:43Z")
Storms of damnation Caress the mourning sky Demon hordes from realms below Show the mighty force of hell When angels forever die When Satan has arrived When Satan rules the world for eternity ---
**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 9, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5115 "2014-08-09T15:36:28Z")
Yesterday’s love was like a warm summer breeze But, like the weather you changed Now things are dreary, baby And it’s windy and cold And I stand alone in the rain Callin’ your name Oh Stormy, oh Stormy Bring back that sunny day ---
**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 9, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5116 "2014-08-09T16:14:29Z")
See the smile awaitin’ in the kitchen Food cookin’ in the plates for two Feel the arms that reach out to hold me In the evening when the day is through Summer breeze, makes me feel fine Blowing through the jasmine in my mind ---
**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 9, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5117 "2014-08-09T16:17:44Z")
I wake her, I hold her I tell her I love her And she smiles and says the same She makes me feel like sunshine when she says my name Her laughing, her crying Her caring, her sharing Of my life means more to me Than all the wealth and fame that fortune brings to me Turn your head around Are you sure love’s the feeling that surrounds you? Does the question count when you feel good As good inside as I do, do you? The sun sets, the gulls fly We love us, she and I ---
**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:** [August 9, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5118 "2014-08-09T19:53:14Z")
Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and Wouldn’t you love to love her? Takes to the sky like a bird in flight and Who will be her lover? All your life you’ve never seen A woman taken by the wind Would you stay if she promised you heaven? Will you ever win? She is like a cat in the dark and then She is the darkness She rules her life like a fine skylark and when The sky is starless ---
**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 9, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5119 "2014-08-09T20:02:05Z")
If you go away on this summer day, Then you might as well take the sun away; All the birds that flew in the summer sky, When our love was new and our hearts were high; When the day was young and the night was long, And the moon stood still for the night bird’s song. If you go away, if you go away, if you go away. ---
**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 9, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5120 "2014-08-09T23:45:09Z")
Are you going away with no word of farewell? Will there be not a trace left behind? Well, I could have loved you better, Didn’t mean to be unkind. You know that was the last thing on my mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=257)