# 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:** 16
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/301 "2002-04-18T23:25:29Z")
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love it’s the only thing that there’s just too little of…” ---
**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 18, 2002, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/302 "2002-04-18T23:36:28Z")
And it’s a teenage sadness everyone has got to taste And in between each madness that you know you get to race 'Till she’s sitting on your face You’re alone with her at last And you’re waiting 'till you think the time is right 'Cause you’ve heard she’s pretty fast And you’re hoping that she’ll give herself tonight So you start to make your play 'Cause you could’ve sworn you heard her say “Good girls don’t, good girls don’t” But she’d be telling you “Good girls don’t, but I do” ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/303 "2002-04-18T23:53:53Z")
_Fighting soooldiers of the sky Fearless meeen who jump and die! Men who meeean just what they say The fearless meen of the Green Beret!_ -Sung by [Elvis Hitler](http://www.davemcnally.com/lyrics/ElvisHitler/BalladoftheGreenBerets.asp). Thought I’d share that. So these honest men packed silverware in their parachute packs. No wonder only three out of one hundred make it. 😃 ---
**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, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/304 "2002-04-18T23:54:31Z")
the ‘Trophy’ you’d bring would be a beetle with two busted legs 😃 "When the lights go down in the City And the sun shines on the ba-ayyy I want to be the-er-e… (maybe, guys, but we sure as hell don’t want **YOU** ) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/305 "2002-04-19T00:06:49Z")
I certainly wish to welcome **Derleth** to the group, but… ya see, **Der** - there’s a kind of rule here… _DON’T POST NO STINKIN’ DUPLICATES!!!_ If you had noticed the lists (thoughtfully provided on pages 3 and 6), you would have noticed that “The Ballad of the Green Berets” has already been mentioned. (Heathen, is, however, amazed that anyone would do a remake… I thought ‘I Got You, Babe’ was as bad as I would live to see…) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/306 "2002-04-19T02:47:22Z")
I didn’t mean to treat you bad Didn’t know just what I had But honey now I do And don’t it make my brown eyes Don’t it make my brown eyes, Don’t it make my brown eyes blue… ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Hartnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeffrey_Hartnett)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/307 "2002-04-19T03:22:34Z")
Ok. I don’t think this has been done yet. Sorry if it has. I’ve got a brand new pair of rollerskates You’ve got a brand new key… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/308 "2002-04-19T03:41:39Z")
_“Le Sigh”_ yes, “Brand New Key” has been done (list, page 3)… but we all shine on… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/309 "2002-04-19T03:44:52Z")
“Now a feller whose darlin’ proved untrue Took her life, but he lost his too Now he swings, where the little birdy sings And that’s where Tom Dooley met his waterloo” From _Waterloo_ by Stonewall Jackson, circa 1959. This also brings _Tom Dooley_ to mind, for any who might care to join the Dead Teeners[sup]TM[/sup] sub-division of this thing… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/310 "2002-04-19T03:47:42Z")
Had almost forgotten! Thanks? 😃 ---
**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 19, 2002, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/311 "2002-04-19T06:06:42Z")
Happy ever after in the market place Molly lets the children lend a hand Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face And in the evening she’s a singer with the band Yeah Obladi Oblada life goes on bra Lala how the life goes on Hey Obladi Oblada life goes on bra Lala how the life goes on And if you want some fun take Obladi-Blada 😃 (I still like you, Heathen 😛 ) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/312 "2002-04-19T08:02:13Z")
nonsense words do not dreck make… try this: \*"When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck saying ‘Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya.’ At seven PM the main hatchway caved in, he said ‘Fellas, it’s been good to know ya’ The captain wired in he had water coming in And the good ship and crew was in peril. And later that night when his lights went out of sight Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald…"\* ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/313 "2002-04-19T10:21:41Z")
Now wait a minute, **Heathen** , if you’re going to do Gordon Lightfoot, you can do better than that, specifically: _If you could read my mind, Love, What a tale my thoughts could tell Just like an old time movie 'Bout a ghost from a wishing well._ Also, I threatened this one a few pages ago, and I never got round to carrying it out: _Ninety-nine red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells, it’s red alert There’s something where from somewhere else The war machine springs to life, Opens up one eager eye Focussing it on the sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by_ I’m also prepared to bring out the big guns. I’ve dug out a few books of sheet music, including one called _Popular Gold Blockbusters_. I’d forgotten how much drek there is out there. CJ ---
**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 19, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/314 "2002-04-19T16:40:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > **nonsense words do not dreck make…** I’ll see your dreck and raise you a Cecil: [The Real lyrics to Louie Louie](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_316) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/315 "2002-04-19T16:44:44Z")
Some Vanilla Ice – Ice, Ice, baby… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/316 "2002-04-19T18:16:35Z")
“Super stock Dodge is winding out it low But my fuel-injected Sting Ray’s really startin’ to go To get get the traction, now, I’m ridding the clutvh; The pressure plate’s burning, now the 'chines too much…” _Shut Down_ Beach Boys ---
**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 19, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/317 "2002-04-19T19:27:18Z")
You put the boom-boom into my heart You send my soul sky high when your lovin’ starts Jitterbug into my brain Goes a bang-bang-bang ‘til my feet do the same But something’s bugging you Something ain’t right My best friend told me what you did last night Left me sleepin’ in my bed I was dreaming, but I should have been with you instead. Wake me up before you go-go Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo Wake me up before you go-go I don’t want to miss it when you hit that high Wake me up before you go-go ‘Cause I’m not plannin’ on going solo Wake me up before you go-go Take me dancing tonight I wanna hit that high (yeah, yeah) ---
**Author:** ![meezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@meezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meezer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/318 "2002-04-19T19:33:48Z")
My green tambourine… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/319 "2002-04-19T21:30:08Z")
from the same people who brought you _Brandy_ (yes, it too has been DONE!) “Jimmy loves Mary-Anne Jimmy wants to be a man Jimmy loves Mary-Anne She thinks it’s alright…” p.s. - **meezer** _Green Tambourine_ has also been done. p.p.s. - anyone wishing a copy (.doc) of **The List[sup]TM[/sup]**, send an email to: bushy\_hare ‘at’ yahoo (it is now at 300 entries, and I don’t want to choke the hampster) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/320 "2002-04-19T22:37:57Z")
**Dreck** to gag by: Hey, hey Paula, I will marry you Hey Paul, I will marry you too We’ve waited so long for school to be through Paula, I can wait no more for you Myyyy looove, Myyyy looove :::runs away retching::: By: Paul and Paula, circa 1962 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=17)