# If life is a rock and the radio rolls me... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975 "2002-03-30T22:52:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/281 "2002-04-16T21:09:37Z")
Suspended under a twilight canopy We’ll search the clouds for a star to guide us If by some chance you find yourself loving me We’ll find a cloud to hide us We’ll keep the moon beside us Love is waiting there in my beautiful balloon Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon If you’ll hold my hand we’ll chase your dream across the sky For we can fly we can fly ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/282 "2002-04-16T21:36:40Z")
It’s _ **Soooo** _ difficult to rumble when all you’ve got is fluff… :rolleyes: I should’ve known You’d bid me farewell There’s a lesson to be learned from this And I’ve learned it very well. Now I know you’re not the only starfish in the sea If I never hear your name again, it’s all the same to me… (written by P. Simon, btw) ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/283 "2002-04-16T22:27:23Z")
One line: “All we are saying, is give peace a chance” repeated over and over and over, ad nauseum… Back in my previous life as a DJ, I would use any excuse possible NOT to play that song… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/284 "2002-04-16T22:38:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rico \* > \*\*One line: > > “All we are saying, is give peace a chance” > > repeated over and over and over, ad nauseum… > > Back in my previous life as a DJ, I would use any excuse possible NOT to play that song… \*\* _ **HERETIC!!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/285 "2002-04-16T23:11:18Z")
and re-introduce you to dreck (small doses, you S Cal types are so VERY delicate) “Red was the color Of his blood flowing thin; Pallid white was the color Of his lifeless skin. Blue was the color Of the morning sky, He saw looking up From the ground where he died. It was the last thing ever seen by him” ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/286 "2002-04-16T23:32:01Z")
Forget fluff, I’m back to 70’s dreck \*Girl you’re a hot-blooded woman child And it’s warm wear you’re touching me But \* [lyrics mercifully forgotten] _You’re seeing way too much in me. Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me Cause I’ll just use you then I’ll set you free Baby, baby don’t get hooked on me._ Maybe I shouldn’t have gotten hooked on this thread (shudder). CJ The Newbie Who Refuses To Die! ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/287 "2002-04-17T01:26:19Z")
There is but one remaining challenger? And a newbie at that? It would be so sad to use the heavy artillery on such an innocent… Let’s see if any of the pretenders slink their ways back… _“One toke over the line, sweet Jesus, one toke over the line…”_ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/288 "2002-04-17T03:55:57Z")
or not. This, however is part I, The Curtain: _“Yes it always whispers to me Of the days of long ago When the settlers and the miners Fought the crafty Navajo How the cattle roamed the valley Happy people worked the land And now everything is covered By the shifting, whispering sand…”_ obscure, but one of the truly _GREAT_ bits of dreck ever released (think “Ringo”, but without the humor) :EXCEEDINGLY evil smiley here: ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/289 "2002-04-17T05:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > \*\* > > _ **HERETIC!!!** _ \*\* Yeah right - one Doper’s dreck is another person’s sacred cow 😃 I can tell that you’ve been hurt By that look on your face, girl Some guy brought safety to your happy world You need love but you’re afraid that if you give in Someone else will come along And sock it to you again One bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch girl Ooooo, give it one more try before you give up on love One bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch girl Ooooo, I don’t care what they say I care what you’ve heard Any more BIG GUNS out there? ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/290 "2002-04-17T05:54:31Z")
Wow! the 46[sup]th[/sup] song magically reappears! Do, Please, let me know if/when you are ready to resume combat. I would hate to fire on an unarmed person. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/291 "2002-04-17T06:01:08Z")
OK, Miss Communication, try this on for size… Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight I got a feelin’ that something ain’t right I’m so scared in case I fall off my chair And I’m wonderin’ how I’ll get down those stairs Clowns to left of me, jokers to the right Here am I stuck in the middle with you Yes, I’m stuck in the middle with you And I’m wonderin’ what it is I should do It’s so hard to keep this smile from my face Losin’ control, I’m all over the place Clowns to left of me, jokers to the right Here I am stuck in the middle with you And if you’re going to berate us about duplicating in a 325+ post thread, I think you should post an updated list say, every 50 posts? Everyone else ok with that? All in favor? (Heathen, I hope you know I hold you in the highest respect! If we ever do meet, you’re in for a HUGE hug!) ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/292 "2002-04-17T07:28:14Z")
Torn between two lovers Feeling like a fool Loving both of you Is breaking all the rules ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/293 "2002-04-17T19:34:49Z")
**Mona -** Commendable first effort! can’t believe nobody’s done this: "America: The Good Neighbor. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don’t think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I’m one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those." GOD BLESS AMERICA!" Rico - if and when you learn to use the lists already provided, we can discuss update rates 😃 ---
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/294 "2002-04-17T20:01:18Z")
Hey, hey we’re the Monkees… and on that note: Anyone remember Daydream Believer? ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/295 "2002-04-17T20:27:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by meezer \* > \*\*Hey, hey we’re the Monkees… > > and on that note: > > Anyone remember Daydream Believer? \*\* as in: Cheer up, sleepy Jean, Oh, what can it mean To a Daydream believer and a homecoming queen? yeah, go it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/296 "2002-04-17T23:07:27Z")
Some really great bad lyrical selections. I really loved:[ul] [li]Why A Duck’s **Mr. Jaws** (My 1st record I ever bought, in the 2 grade) and \*\* Run, Joey Run \*\* (Utterly awful!) Hometownboy’s \*\* Elusive Butterfly \*\* (Ex-wife won the argument of not making that our wedding song)[/ul][/li]I nominate two (that I can’t believe haven’t been mentioned yet): [list=1][li] Byrds: **Chestnut Mare** : A mix of stupidity (as bad as the afore mentioned “Wildfire”) and implied bestiality[/li] _I’m going to catch that horse if I can and when I do I’ll give her my brand Well I was up on Stony Ridge after this chestnut mare, been chasing her for weeks Oh I’d catch a glimpse of her every once in a while taking her meal, bathing, fine lady This one day I happen to be real close to her and I saw her standing over there so I snuck up on her nice and easy got my rope out and I flung it in the air! I’m going to catch that horse if I can and when I do I’ll give her my brand And we’ll be friends for life She’ll be just like a wife I’m going to catch that horse if I can And I got her and I’m pulling on her And she’s pulling back like this mule going up a ladder And I take a choice and I jump right up on her Damned if I don’t land right on top of her And she takes off, running up onto the ridge higher than I’ve ever been before She’s running along just fine 'til she stops and something spooked her it’s a sidewinder, all coiled and ready to strike she doesn’t know what to do for a second, but then, she jumps off the edge, me holding on Above the hills, higher than eagles were gliding suspended in the sky over the hill straight for the sun we were riding my eyes were filled with light behind those black walls below was a bottomless canyon floating with no sound ghosts far below seemed to be suddenly rising exploding all around I’m going to catch that horse if I can and when I do I’ll give her my brand And we’ll be friends for life She’ll be just like a wife I’m going to catch that horse if I can We were falling down this crevice about about a mile down it seem and I looked down And I see this red thing below us coming up real fast and it’s our reflection that’s this little pool of water about six feet wide and one foot deep We’re falling down right through it We hit, we splashed it dry that’s when I lost my hold and she got away but I’m gonna try and get her again some day I’m going to catch that horse if I can and when I do I’ll give her my brand And we’ll be friends for life She’ll be just like a wife I’m going to catch that horse if I can_ [li] Harry Nillsson’s: **My & My Arrow** : Cornier than the afore mentioned Coconut[/li] \*Me and My Arrow Harry Nilsson Me and my arrow Straighter than narrow Wherever we go, every one knows It’s me and my arrow Me and my arrow Taking the high road Wherever we go, everyone knows It’s me and my arrow And in the morning when I wake up She may be gone, I don’t know And we make up just to break up I’ll carry on, oh yes I will {refrain} Me and my arrow (do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do) Straighter than narrow Wherever we go, every one knows It’s me and my arrow Me and my arrow (5X)\*[/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/297 "2002-04-17T23:45:57Z")
Nice entries, a little weak, but good showing. NOTE: DO NOT QUOTE ENTIRE LYRICS OF COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL - the CR is VERY sensitive to copyright violation. Thanks you. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/298 "2002-04-18T00:04:21Z")
Let’s slap Maurice and Barry some more… “And Massachusetts is one place I have seen…” ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/299 "2002-04-18T06:35:34Z")
let’s re-acquaint y’all with \ ***Ode To Billy Joe** A year has come ‘n’ gone since we heard the news 'bout Billy Joe And Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus going ‘round, Papa caught it and he died last Spring And now Mama doesn’t seem to wanna do much of anything And me, I spend a lot of time pickin’ flowers up on Choctaw Ridge And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge\* ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/300 "2002-04-18T20:34:47Z")
Before you cross the street Take my hand Life is what happens to you When you’re busy making other plans. Beautiful,beautiful beautiful, beautiful boy. Gah. John Lennon, how could you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=16)