# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/521 "2002-04-29T05:03:30Z")
We didn’t start the fire, It was always burning, Since the world’s been turning… [sub]I don’t know how to love him…[/sub] ---
**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 29, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/522 "2002-04-29T07:52:07Z")
I’ve seen fire, and I’ve seen rain… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/523 "2002-04-29T11:30:56Z")
Remember, too, the key work is DRECK, NOT ‘James Taylor’ 😛 "Watch out you might get what you’re after Cool babies strange but not a stranger I’m an ordinary guy Burning down the house Hold tight wait till the party’s over Hold tight We’re in for nasty weather There has got to be a way Burning down the house…" [sub]Catch a wave, and you’re sittin’ on top of the world…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/524 "2002-04-29T22:37:36Z")
“I never knew how complete love could be Till she kissed me and said, ‘Baby, please go all the way, It feels so right Being with you here tonight, Please, go all the way, Just hold me close Don’t ever let me go’…” [sub]Smackwater Jack, he bought a shotgun, 'Cause he was in the mood for little confrontation…[/sub] ---
**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 29, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/525 "2002-04-29T23:53:39Z")
A new Bic computer would be better than the one I have at work!!! How about: Woman, take me in your arms, Rock your baby… DRECK! Agreed? ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/526 "2002-04-30T05:52:48Z")
I saw the si-ign, And it opened up my eyes. I saw the sign. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/527 "2002-04-30T18:12:14Z")
Mary Hill used to hang out in Cherry Hill Park The game she played lasted all day to way after dark Now all the girls they criticized her but all the guys just idolized her ‘cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark, in Cherry Hill Park Mary Hill loved to ride on the merry-go-round All the guys got eager eyes watchin’ Mary go ‘round Now in the daytime Mary Hill was a teaser Come the night she was such a pleaser Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark, in Cherry Hill Park Whoa Mary Hill sure was fun down at Cherry Hill Park Playin’ games with everyone ‘till way after dark In Cherry Hill Park, in Cherry Hill Park ---
**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 30, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/528 "2002-04-30T18:51:05Z")
Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me? Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me? Old black water, keep on rollin’ Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me? Yeah, keep on shinin’ your light, gonna make every thing Pretty mama, gonna make everything all right And I ain’t got no worries 'cause I ain’t in no hurry at all ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/529 "2002-04-30T19:32:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > Mary Hill used to hang out in Cherry Hill Park > The game she played lasted all day to way after dark > Now all the girls they criticized her but all the guys just idolized her > ‘cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark, in Cherry Hill Park The shame… I _loved_ this song. It was so “naughty” to a young boy (me) who was brought up in a strict, conservative home. **happyheathen,** it appears to me that you’re the culprit who evolved this thread into what it is… … thank you. ~grin~ These songs bring back so many memories. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/530 "2002-04-30T21:08:11Z")
holy shit! i go away for 4 days and this thread is still page one, front and center! hope this one wasnt posted while i was gone. im young im wild and im freeeeeeeee and ive got the magic power of the muuuusic in meee hold me. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/531 "2002-04-30T22:03:51Z")
Now, what the hell IS it? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/532 "2002-04-30T22:24:05Z")
Just checking in after a hard day’s work (I can’t believe I’m still in this) : _You used to say “live and let live” But in this ever-changing world in which we live in Makes you give in and cry. Say “Live And Let Die”_ That movie scared the daylights out of me when I was a kid. Oh yes, I’ve got Stevie Nicks on CD by the computer: _Take my love, took it down. I climbed a mountain and I turned around And if you see my reflection on snow-covered hi-ils Well a Landslide’ll bring it down._ This may be too much of a novelty song, but I’ve got to give it a shot. Ladies and gentlemen, _The Mississippi Squirrel Revival_ by Ray Stevens: _The day the squirrel went berserk In the First Self-Righteous Church In that sleepy little town of Pashtagoula [sp?] It was a fight for survival That broke out in revival They were jumpin’ pews and shoutin’ “Hallelujah!”_ What scares me is I think I’ve still got a few more left in me. CJ ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/533 "2002-04-30T22:28:05Z")
young, wild, and free, by the brightly shining star that was: triumph ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/534 "2002-04-30T22:32:33Z")
"It Don’t Matter To Me It don’t matter to me If you really feel that You need sometime to be free Time to go out searching for yourself Hoping to find time to go to find And it don’t matter to me If you take up with someone Who’s better than me 'Cause your happiness is all I want For you to find peace your piece of mind…" **cj** - just a few more? bwahahaha… 😃 [sub]Gloom, despair, and agony on me, Deep, dark depression, excessive misery… And if it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all… [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/535 "2002-04-30T22:41:56Z")
I’ve got to quit hanging out in the BBQ Pit. Someone referred to this song by Steve Miller in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=112475) and now it’s stuck in my head: _Abra-abra-cadabra I want to reach out and grab ya Abra-abra-cadabra Abracadabra_ And, may be as a explanation: _I was alone, I took a ride I didn’t know what I would find there . . . Got To Get You Into My Life!_ No. I’ve got to get groceries into my life. OK, maybe a lot more, CJ ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/536 "2002-04-30T22:52:34Z")
ya’ll want to tune it up a bit? we’re going for **DRECK** here. Sharpen your pencil, 'K? [sub]My eyes adored you, Though I never laid a hand on you, My eyes adored you…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2002, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/537 "2002-04-30T23:23:53Z")
that last sub was a dupe. sorry. try this one: "Lollipop lollipop Oh lolli lolli lolli Lollipop lollipop… Call my baby lollipop Tell you why His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie And when he does his shaky rockin’ dance Man, I haven’t got a chance I call him Lollipop lollipop Oh lolli lolli lolli Lollipop lollipop…" and don’t forget the ‘finger-in-cheek’ “pop” sound 😉 ---
**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:** [May 1, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/538 "2002-05-01T02:54:53Z")
I couldn’t stop moving when it first took hold It was a warm spring night at the old town hall There was a group called The Jokers they were laying it down But you know I’m never gonna lose that funky sound. Rock and roll hoochie koo Truck on out and spread the news. Mosquitoes start buzzing 'bout this time of year I’m going out back said she’ll meet me there We were rolling in the grass that grows behind the barn You know my ears started ringing like a fire alarm. Rock and roll hoochie koo Lordy mama light my fuse Rock and roll hoochie koo Truck on out and spread the news Yeah somebody say keep on rockin’? ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/539 "2002-05-01T03:19:14Z")
I want y’all to know that I went through this whole thread today. I’m trying to put together a nostalgia cd and I was looking for ideas. Fortunately I only picked up 3 or 4 songs from here :relieved smiley: And I’m amazed this hasn’t been offered yet… _ahem_ The C version: int i; for ( ; ; ) { for (i = 0 ; i \< 3 ; i++) fly\_robin\_fly(); up\_up\_to\_the\_sky(); } ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2002, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975/540 "2002-05-01T03:22:40Z")
Well, humph, I should have put it in code, after all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-life-is-a-rock-and-the-radio-rolls-me/100975.md?page=28)