# Guess the song from the reworded lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296 "2006-07-20T06:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/181 "2006-07-22T13:24:48Z")
[QUOTE=Jake4] Dreamweaver. Nice one. [/QUOTE] Good job! Still unsolved: Although theoretically possible that I might have been, you were The one who took on a little more than you could handle According to you, everything was fine, but you were decieved That female is evil, no question; perchance the ichor is foul. ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/182 "2006-07-22T13:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Still unsolved The singer has avoided import duties, has also transported reasonable proportions of ‘Mother Nature’… [/QUOTE] **A Pirate Looks at 40** - Jimmy Buffett “I’ve done bit of smuggling/and I’ve run my share of grass…” Okay, now I have to try one: _You are aware that discourse concerning yourself produces in myself a facial expression reflecting happines, but periodically it is my desire to verbally reference my person._ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/183 "2006-07-22T14:41:24Z")
[QUOTE=PerditaX] **A Pirate Looks at 40** - Jimmy Buffett “I’ve done bit of smuggling/and I’ve run my share of grass…” Okay, now I have to try one: _You are aware that discourse concerning yourself produces in myself a facial expression reflecting happines, but periodically it is my desire to verbally reference my person._ [/QUOTE] I Want to Talk About Me - Toby Keith? ---
**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/184 "2006-07-22T15:30:15Z")
#6) The mesh-covered aperture emits a sharp report a much finer, softer mesh envelops the female subject, oscillating ---
**Author:** ![Jake4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jake4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake4)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/185 "2006-07-22T15:48:25Z")
#7) I refuse to perform sex acts without the benefits of protection; this philosophy defines my existence. It would delight me if you grokked this, since I yearn to serve as your bridge to spirituality. This is the same artist as #3. ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/186 "2006-07-22T17:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I Want to Talk About Me - Toby Keith? [/QUOTE] Yep! Country music seemed a bit under-represented in this thread… 1. What person is practicing marital infidelity towards which other person? Which person is keeping their nuptial vows? Which person is now completely apathetic? 2. The singer is a low-income Southern female. She is not a wealthy and fashionable lady. Her personality is the consequence of her upbringing. 3. Of this I am certain: the diety has shown favor on the unrepaired path whose terminus is your location. These are probably pretty easy; I’m still getting the hang of this. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/187 "2006-07-22T17:59:23Z")
[QUOTE=PerditaX] **A Pirate Looks at 40** - Jimmy Buffett “I’ve done bit of smuggling/and I’ve run my share of grass…” [/QUOTE] Yup. At least that one lasted longer than my others 🙂 How about… _Many individuals speak, but a fraction thereof possess information. The essence of one lacking a y chromosone originated from a less lofty relative position…_ ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/188 "2006-07-22T18:21:59Z")
[QUOTE=PerditaX] Yep! Country music seemed a bit under-represented in this thread… 1. What person is practicing marital infidelity towards which other person? Which person is keeping their nuptial vows? Which person is now completely apathetic? 2. The singer is a low-income Southern female. She is not a wealthy and fashionable lady. Her personality is the consequence of her upbringing. 3. Of this I am certain: the diety has shown favor on the unrepaired path whose terminus is your location. These are probably pretty easy; I’m still getting the hang of this. 😃 [/QUOTE] 1 is “Who’s Cheatin’ Who?” and 2 is “Redneck Woman.” ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/189 "2006-07-22T20:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] _Many individuals speak, but a fraction thereof possess information. The essence of one lacking a y chromosone originated from a less lofty relative position…_ [/QUOTE] Led Zep, “Dazed & Confused.” (I recognized the line immediately, but it took me a minute to think of the name of the song.) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/190 "2006-07-22T21:40:43Z")
[QUOTE=Bam Boo Gut] I’d like to say hello, I am male and I’ve got money and am able to distinguish between things that I put in my mouth. [/QUOTE] Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones This is an old pop standard _The distaff direct progenitor of the singer informed the singer “Spermatozoa-producing issue of my loins, a representative of the adult population that produces ova will perform sugary social intercourse and give you a large ocular receptor, but when the sugary social intercourse is over, the ova producer is like Harvey Dent…_ ---
**Author:** ![PerditaX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@PerditaX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PerditaX)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/191 "2006-07-22T21:46:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sir Prize] This is an old pop standard _The distaff direct progenitor of the singer informed the singer “Spermatozoa-producing issue of my loins, a representative of the adult population that produces ova will perform sugary social intercourse and give you a large ocular receptor, but when the sugary social intercourse is over, the ova producer is like Harvey Dent…_ [/QUOTE] **Blues in the Night** “My mama done told me…son, a woman will sweet talk, and give you the big eyes, but when the sweet-talkin’ done, a woman’s a two-face…(a worrisome thing that will lead you to sing the bluuuuuuues in the niiiiiiiiight.)” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/192 "2006-07-22T22:42:10Z")
[QUOTE=Biffy the Elephant Shrew] Led Zep, “Dazed & Confused.” (I recognized the line immediately, but it took me a minute to think of the name of the song.) [/QUOTE] Yup. How about… _The singer’s closest associates operate high performance vehicles, she must atone for her failings…_ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/193 "2006-07-22T23:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Yup. How about… _The singer’s closest associates operate high performance vehicles, she must atone for her failings…_ [/QUOTE] _Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz_ - Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/194 "2006-07-22T23:15:38Z")
_You’ve no need to tremble with energy, said the criminally-inclined gentlemen with genuine compassion. In our group, more than a few believe that our very existence is naught but a cosmic prank._ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/195 "2006-07-22T23:18:36Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] _You’ve no need to tremble with energy, said the criminally-inclined gentlemen with genuine compassion. In our group, more than a few believe that our very existence is naught but a cosmic prank._ [/QUOTE] Jimi and/or Zimmy, “All Along the Watchtower” ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/196 "2006-07-22T23:25:03Z")
[QUOTE=Enginerd] _Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz_ - Janis Joplin [/QUOTE] Yup. How about… _Mythical winged reptiles are immortal. Prepubescent homo sapien males are not…_ ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/197 "2006-07-22T23:29:03Z")
[QUOTE=Oakminster] Yup. How about… _Mythical winged reptiles are immortal. Prepubescent homo sapien males are not…_ [/QUOTE] _Puff the Magic Dragon,_ Peter Paul and Mary (‘Dragons live forever, not so little boys.’) ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/198 "2006-07-22T23:38:38Z")
Yup. How about: _This person is undersirable. He regards Creation without blinking, plotting revenge that will promptly be initiated._ ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/199 "2006-07-22T23:40:56Z")
_Iron Man_ - Black Sabbath ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-song-from-the-reworded-lyrics/365296/200 "2006-07-22T23:45:53Z")
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