# \[GAME\] 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:** 262
**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 17, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5221 "2014-08-17T02:42:29Z")
That’s great, it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes, an aeroplane, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn, world serves its own needs, don’t mis-serve your own needs, feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength, the ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height, wire in a fire, represent the seven games and a government for hire and a combat site, left her, wasn’t coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped, look at that low plane, fine, then uh-oh, overflow, population, common group but it’ll do, save yourself, serve yourself World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed, tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right, you vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5222 "2014-08-17T15:19:13Z")
We will all go together when we go. All suffuse with an incandescent glow. No one will have the endurance To collect on his insurance, Lloyd’s of London will be loaded when they go. ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5223 "2014-08-17T15:22:05Z")
Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Shine little glow-worm, glimmer, glimmer Lead us lest too far we wander Love’s sweet voice is callin’ yonder ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5224 "2014-08-17T15:22:45Z")
Knee deep in flowers we’ll stray We’ll keep the showers away And if I kiss you in the garden, in the moonlight Will you pardon me? And tiptoe through the tulips with me ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5225 "2014-08-17T15:25:00Z")
Though April showers may come your way, They’ll bring the flowers that bloom in May. So if it’s raining have no regrets, 'Cause it’s not raining rain, you know, It’s raining violets. ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5226 "2014-08-17T15:49:16Z")
It’s raining men Hallelujah, it’s raining men! ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5227 "2014-08-17T15:51:16Z")
Every time it rains, it rains pennies from Heaven. Don’t you know each cloud contains pennies from Heaven? You’ll find your fortune falling all over town. Be sure that your umbrella is upside down. ---
**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 17, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5228 "2014-08-17T15:59:59Z")
Looking for a penny on an empty beach I’ve been looking for a lover who has eyes to see While I’m here I wanna walk with you, hold you hand In the sun, in the sun, in the sun, in the sun Turquoise eyes, the color I need to get clean The forest burns, and with it something inside me ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5229 "2014-08-17T16:08:14Z")
And there was… Smokey the Bear, chokin’ on a camper, Smokey the Bear, chokin’ on a camper, Smokey the Bear, chokin’ on a camper, Boo-Boo and Yogi dinin’ in the Dumpster ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5230 "2014-08-17T16:16:02Z")
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bush is he Laugh, Kookaburra! Laugh, Kookaburra! What a life you lead ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5231 "2014-08-17T17:25:02Z")
(sung to “Hungarian Rhapsody”) [Greetings! My name is Daffy There’s no other duck like me Because I’m so daffy And the reason I’m daffy And so gosh-derned riff-raffy And so screwy and laffy Is because those hunters won’t leave me alone](http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/daffy+duck/daffy+ducks+rhapsody_20869476.html) ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5232 "2014-08-17T17:36:18Z")
\ [Here’s the whole song.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dmOIV1HhcM) ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5233 "2014-08-17T20:02:25Z")
My name is Daffy Duck, I worked on a Merry-Go-Round, The job was swell I did quite well Till the Merry-go-round broke down. (Hoo-hoo! Hoo-hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo-hoo!) ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5234 "2014-08-17T20:35:29Z")
And my name is Mickey Mouse To my right is Minnie Mouse And we own a little place in Disneyland, California Let’s have a party and be happy Can we invite our closest friends We can ask Donald Duck, Pluto, and all the gang ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5235 "2014-08-17T20:44:41Z")
Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe I am the eggman, they are the eggmen I am the walrus, goo goo goo joob goo goo goo joob ---
**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 17, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5236 "2014-08-17T22:12:50Z")
One sunny day, one sunny day, Fun in the sun, everyone knows it, We could be as mellow as the hay. Fun in the sun, everyone blows it, They grow up and instantly decay. Like shadows of an acid bird That etched her way across the field So long ago. ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5237 "2014-08-18T00:22:54Z")
Sometimes I wonder what I’m-a gonna do But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5238 "2014-08-18T00:46:47Z")
Suuuuuuummmmmertiiiiiime and the livin’ is… Ea-sy! Catfish are JUMPIN’ and the cotton is high… ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5239 "2014-08-18T01:09:39Z")
Catfish are jumpin’ That paddle wheel thumpin’ Black water keeps rollin’ on past just the same ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/5240 "2014-08-18T01:14:17Z")
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