# \[GAME\] 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:** 69
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1361 "2013-07-22T21:52:39Z")
Operator, well, let’s forget about this call There’s no one there I really wanted to talk to Thank you for your time Oh, you’ve been so much more than kind You can keep the dime ---
**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, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1362 "2013-07-22T22:33:02Z")
Operator, can you help me, help me if you please. Give me the right area code and the number that I need. My rider left upon the midnight flyer, Singin’ like a summer breeze. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1363 "2013-07-22T22:51:47Z")
Long distance information, give me Memphis Tennessee Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call 'Cause my uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall ---
**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 23, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1364 "2013-07-23T12:07:54Z")
I’m goin’ to Graceland; Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, I’m goin’ to Graceland. ---
**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 23, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1365 "2013-07-23T13:31:31Z")
Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together I’ve got some real estate here in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies And we walked off to look for America Kathy, I said, as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh Michigan seems like a dream to me now It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw I’ve gone to look for America ---
**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 23, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1366 "2013-07-23T13:48:36Z")
Oh, we come on the ship they call the Mayflower We come on the ship that sailed the moon We come in the age’s most uncertain hour And sing an American tune Oh, it’s all right, it’s all right It’s all right, it’s all right You can’t be forever blessed Still, tomorrow’s going to be another working day And I’m trying to get some rest That’s all I’m trying to get some rest ---
**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 23, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1367 "2013-07-23T14:48:33Z")
When everybody’s fast asleep, I start to creep Through the shadows of the moonlight, I walk my beat Better close your window tight, I might come in for a bite Oh yeah ---
**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 23, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1368 "2013-07-23T14:54:18Z")
Fred went to the movies every Saturday night Liked to watch TV and a Western fight Paid his taxes most every year And on a hot summer day why he drank a little beer! Exciting Mediocre Fred!..Mediocre Fred Well the days went by all dull and gray and he didn’t think much and had little to say And when the full moon rose He’d climb over the moat FIND SOME PEOPLE SLEEPING AND HE’D BITE THEIR THROAT! Mediocre Fred! Mediocre Dull Fred. ---
**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 23, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1369 "2013-07-23T20:19:49Z")
You came throwing colours, All around my blacks and grays, While I stood in wonder you just opened up my days. Let me tell you what you did to me, I want to shout the news. You came throwing colours 'round my blues, You came throwing colours 'round my blues. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1370 "2013-07-23T21:32:14Z")
And he said, “Stick out your tongue.” Then he put on 42 1/2 tabs of brown acid that he still had from his Woodstock days. Sprinkled a little peyote on her tongue, just for good measure. She saw all kinds of colors! Lemon yellow, orange orange, cherry red, kaleidoscope eyes! The world was on fire! ---
**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 23, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1371 "2013-07-23T22:40:50Z")
You’re one bridge I’d like to burn Bottle up the ashes, smash the urn ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1372 "2013-07-23T22:42:58Z")
I’m charged up Don’t put me down Don’t feel like talking Don’t mess around I feel mean I feel OK I’m charged up Electricity ---
**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:** [July 24, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1373 "2013-07-24T00:47:07Z")
I send your name up into the sky And the wind blows it back into my face You see, even nature reacts on me [And all my electricity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbhFrmuxQB8) will make it across your sea With every wave the sea makes My body gets weaker and weaker… and weaker… You see, even nature reacts on me And all my electricity will make it across your sea And provides you with my love ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1374 "2013-07-24T01:22:23Z")
I wanna love you every day and every night: We’ll be together, with a roof right over our heads! We’ll share the shelter of my single bed; We’ll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide the bread. We’ll share the shelter of my single bed ---
**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 24, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1375 "2013-07-24T01:40:59Z")
Tears before bedtime, There’ll be trouble tonight. I don’t wanna talk about it anymore, I don’t wanna have another fight ---
**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 24, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1376 "2013-07-24T12:40:10Z")
Saturday night’s alright for fightin’. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1377 "2013-07-24T13:30:18Z")
I wonder if those changes Have left a scar on you Like all the burning hoops of fire That you and I passed through You’re a bluebird on a telegraph line I hope you’re happy now Well if the wind of change comes down your way girl You’ll make it back somehow And love lies bleeding in my hand It’s hell to think of you with another man I was playing rock-n-roll and you were just a fan But my guitar couldn’t hold you So I split the band Love lies bleeding in my hands ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1378 "2013-07-24T16:14:53Z")
I been out catting, pussyfooting around Til the break of dawn Found me knocked out flat on my head. Some feline beauty waved her tail my way And I just had to stay. I couldn’t get the blood off my hands! She made my eyes bug out, My tail stand up, And she aint even in heat for a month! ---
**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 24, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1379 "2013-07-24T16:17:53Z")
What’s new, pussycat? Whoa-oh-oh-oh ---
**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 24, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502/1380 "2013-07-24T16:35:27Z")
She dances through the street Like the flame of a fire, Everybody’s hypnotized, everybody perspires. Even little children cry, Grown men shout, The dogs bark, the lights go out out, out… Big electric cat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-speak-to-me-only-in-song-lyrics/658502.md?page=70)