# \[GAME\] 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:** 68
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1341 "2013-07-22T11:56:35Z")
I called you last night in the hotel Everyone knows but they won’t tell But their half-hearted smiles tell me something just ain’t right I’ve been waiting on you for a long time Fueling up on heartaches and cheap wine I ain’t heard from you in three damn nights I put your picture away I wonder where you been I can’t look at you while I’m lyin’ next to her ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1342 "2013-07-22T12:38:51Z")
I found a picture of you oh Those were the happiest days of my life Now we’re back on the train Oh back on the chain gang. Like a break in the battle was your part oh In the wretched life of a lonely heart Now we’re back on the train Oh back on the chain gang. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1343 "2013-07-22T12:52:47Z")
There ain’t no good in an evil-hearted woman And I ain’t cut out to be no Jesse James And you don’t go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi [And there ain’t no good chain gang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlvLL-YJHmU) Papa’s reading yesterday’s mail Wishing that the hay was all baled I bet he’s a-wishing we could go fishing And here I am a-laying in jail ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1344 "2013-07-22T13:04:17Z")
[I’m handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7DqR1J3tFw) My girlfriend blows a boozy good-bye kiss. I see flying squirrels and nightmares of stigmata. Then awakening to find my Trans-Am gone. Still, I’m feeling pretty good about the future. Yeah, everything is peaches but the cream. I’m handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi, where things is always better than they seem. Things is always better than they seem. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1345 "2013-07-22T13:06:13Z")
Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream; Highlows pass as patent leathers; Jackdaws strut in peacock’s feathers. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1346 "2013-07-22T13:33:56Z")
Coming out your mouth with your blah blah blah Zip your lip like a padlock And meet me in the back with the Jack and the jukebox I don’t really care where you live at Just turn around, boy, let me hit that ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1347 "2013-07-22T13:37:35Z")
Hey baby hey baby hey, Boys say, boys say, Heybaby hey baby hey, [All the boys get the girls in the back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1YkGO2Ieo) I’m the one they feed upon, Give a bit a star is born, And if you’re hot enough you’ll get the pass so you can tell your friends how you made it back, No matter what they say i’m still the same, Somehow everybody knows my name, And all the girls wanna get with the boys and the boys really like it ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1348 "2013-07-22T14:14:36Z")
I know what boys like I know what guys want I know what boys like I’ve got what boys want Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1349 "2013-07-22T14:16:56Z")
Down in the locker room, Just we boys, Beatin’ down the locker room With all that noise, Singin’ do you like boobs a lot? (You gotta like boobs a lot.) Boobs a lot, boobs a lot. (You gotta like boobs a lot.) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1350 "2013-07-22T18:37:15Z")
Smokin’ in the boys room Smokin’ in the boys room Teacher don’t you fill me up with your rule Everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed in school Checkin’ out the halls makin sure the coast is clear Lookin’ in the stalls-nah, there ain’t nobody here My buddies Sixx, Mick & Tom To get caught would surely be the death of us 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:** [July 22, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1351 "2013-07-22T18:43:34Z")
We don’t need no education. We don’t need no thought control. No dark sarcasm in the classroom. [Teacher leave them kids alone.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhgE5bfcFTU) Hey, teacher! Leave us kids alone! All in all, your just another brick in the wall. All in all, your just another brick in the wall. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1352 "2013-07-22T18:46:26Z")
So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl You can’t plant me in your penthouse I’m going back to my plough Back to the howling old owl in the woods Hunting the horny back toad Oh I’ve finally decided my future lies Beyond the yellow brick road ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1353 "2013-07-22T19:15:36Z")
Look at them toad suckers ain’t they clods. Sittin’ there suckin’ them green toady frogs. Suckin’ them hop toads, suckin’ them plunkers. Suckin’ them leapy types, suckin’ them jumpers. Look at them toad suckers ain’t they snappy? Suckin’ them bob frogs sure makes ‘em happy! Wanna be a toad sucker? No way to duck it. Get yerself a toad, rear back an’ suck it! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1354 "2013-07-22T19:39:24Z")
Three green and speckled frogs Sitting on a freckled log Eating some most delicious bugs (Yum, yum) One jumped into the pool Where it was nice and cool Now there are two green speckled frogs ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1355 "2013-07-22T19:51:00Z")
Floating in this cosmic jacuzzi We are like frogs oblivious to the water starting to boil. No one flinches We all float face down. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1356 "2013-07-22T19:52:43Z")
A fake Jamaican took every last dime with a scam. It was worth it just to learn some sleight-of-hand. Bad news comes don’t you worry even when it lands. Good news will work its way to all them plans. We both got fired on exactly the same day. Well we’ll float on good news is on the way. [And we’ll all float on, ok](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opDB5bY3YCg) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1357 "2013-07-22T20:05:55Z")
Well, I’ve been looking real hard, And I’m trying to find a job, But it just keeps getting tougher every day. But I’ve got to do my part, cause I know in my heart, I’ve got to please my sweet baby, yeah. Well, I aon’t superstitious and I don’t get suspicious, But my woman is a friend of mine. And I know that it’s true that all the things that I do, WIll come back to me in my sweet time. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1358 "2013-07-22T20:32:17Z")
I guess all his money, well it isn’t enough To keep her bill collectors at bay I guess all his money, well it isn’t enough Cause that girl’s got expensive taste “I won’t pay, I won’t pay ya, no way Now why don’t you get a job” Say “no way”, say "no way ya, no way Now why don’t you get a job ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1359 "2013-07-22T21:00:49Z")
Sit around and watch the phone, but no one’s calling. Call me pathetic, call me what you will My mother says to get a job, But she don’t like the one she’s got. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1360 "2013-07-22T21:41:18Z")
Well, the telephone is ringing Is that my [mother](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbAOsW6iiKk) on the phone? Telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? The telephone is screaming Won’t she leave me alone? The telephone is ringing Is that my mother on the phone? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=69)