# \[GAME\] 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:** 31
**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 16, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/601 "2013-06-16T01:01:36Z")
T-T-teacher stop that screamin’ Teacher don’t you see? Don’t wanna be no uptown fool Maybe I should go to hell But I am doing well Teacher needs to see me after school I think of all the education that I’ve missed But then my homework was never quite like this! ---
**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 16, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/602 "2013-06-16T02:36:15Z")
I sit and wonder, I often wonder I sit and wonder about the things she does I sit and wonder, I often wonder, I’ve been waiting for this moment to come And shes the teacher and I’m the pupil but I aint learning anything at all, Now im falling into the black hole and I can barely feel the sun Yeah I sit and wonder, I fall to pieces I’ve been waiting for her to come A bed of roses, her cheeks like peaches, Yeah I ain’t going to wait no more, Give me some light, give the light, yeah give me some light, give me some light ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/603 "2013-06-16T02:47:19Z")
Everybody’s putting on a braver face Everyone’s running in the same race Everybody’s working for those days of light ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/604 "2013-06-16T03:11:57Z")
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes Everybody knows ---
**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 16, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/605 "2013-06-16T13:15:59Z")
You can’t win, you can’t win no way If your story stays the same, no, no (You ain’t winnin’) (But it’s nice to see you) (I’m awfully glad you came) (Better cool it ‘cause it ain’t about losing’) Then the world has got no shame You can’t win, Child You can’t break even You can’t get out of the game ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/606 "2013-06-16T15:38:15Z")
What holds your hope together Make sure it’s strong enough When you reach the end of your tether It’s because it wasn’t strong enough When you’re on the bottom Crawl back to the top Something pulls you up And a voice says you can’t stop It won’t let you stop I was going to drown Then I started swimming I was going down Then I started winning Winning, winning ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/607 "2013-06-16T16:15:29Z")
Looking back on all the times We felt downcast Didn’t think we were going anywhere Just living in the past But in the desperation You get inspiration You’re a winner I’m a winner This is all happening so fast You’re a winner I’m a winner Let’s enjoy it all while it lasts ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/608 "2013-06-16T16:48:15Z")
We are the champions - my friends And we’ll keep on fighting Till the end We are the champions We are the champions No time for losers 'Cause we are the champions of the World ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/609 "2013-06-16T17:10:18Z")
Ain’t no stoppin’ us now (Yeah) We’ve got the groove Don’t wanna stop, please don’t make me stop (Whoo-oo, Come around with me) Ain’t no stoppin’ us now We’re on the move ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/610 "2013-06-16T18:18:32Z")
Now I think I’m going down to the well tonight I’m gonna drink till I get my fill And I hope when I get old I don’t sit around thinking about it But I probably will Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture A little of the glory of, Well time slips away, and leaves you with nothing mister But boring stories of Glory days ---
**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 16, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/611 "2013-06-16T19:43:51Z")
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And dreamed of all the great things we would do Those were the days my friend We thought they’d never end We’d sing and dance forever and a day We’d live the life we choose We’d fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/612 "2013-06-16T20:17:54Z")
Hey, ain’t it good to know, You’ve got a friend. ---
**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 16, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/613 "2013-06-16T21:03:01Z")
You’ve got a friend in me You’ve got a friend in me When the road looks rough ahead And you’re miles and miles From your nice warm bed Just remember what your old pal said Boy, you’ve got a friend in me ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/614 "2013-06-16T23:34:33Z")
I know you’ve deceived me, now here’s a surprise I know that you have 'cause there’s magic in my eyes I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles ---
**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 17, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/615 "2013-06-17T00:03:58Z")
Lord, I’m one, Lord, I’m two, Lord, I’m three, Lord, I’m four, Lord, I’m five hundred miles away from home. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/616 "2013-06-17T00:05:57Z")
I been down one time I been down two times I’m never going back again ---
**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 17, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/617 "2013-06-17T00:08:25Z")
and did he ever return? No, he never returned! And his fate is still unlearned… ---
**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, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/618 "2013-06-17T00:20:10Z")
[Pardon the length, this is therapy for me] Excuse me, you know I hate to complain But I never argue I shouldn’t have to explain There’s a million restless reasons in here I can’t repeat again Lizards eating flies in the oriental sun Swaying towers, lean attention And I’m jumping from your hands Out where the currents run I’ve seen what you think is unseeable Disagreed with what you think’s disagreeable I think and I blink of my own accord Now is that so unreasonable Your vested interest seems so small And your blessed contest makes me fall Sorry to waste your time Maybe I was never here at all ---
**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 17, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/619 "2013-06-17T00:37:38Z")
He’s a real nowhere man… [Length is not a problem, John, there’s only some concern for how much can be quoted without violating copyright.] ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/620 "2013-06-17T00:57:50Z")
I been down this road just searching’ for the end It don’t go nowhere, it just brings you back again Leaves you lonely and cold Standin’ on the shoulder But you’ve come too far to go back home So you’re walkin’ on a nowhere road [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=32)