# It's gonna take alot to drag me away from you **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 15, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913 "2021-03-15T04:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [March 16, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/21 "2021-03-16T13:28:56Z")
How I wish, how I wish you were here. We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/22 "2021-03-17T01:09:12Z")
Some times I feel like a sad song Like I’m all alone, without you. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/23 "2021-03-17T01:16:26Z")
There must be some way outta here, Said the joker to the thief, Too much confusion, I can’t get no relief… ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/24 "2021-03-17T01:20:24Z")
_You know I’ve heard about people like me_ _But I never made the connection_ _They walk one road to set them free_ _And find they’ve gone the wrong direction_ _But there’s no need for turning back_ _'Cause all roads lead to where I stand_ _And I believe I’ll walk them all_ _No matter what I may have planned_ ---
**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:** [March 17, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/25 "2021-03-17T11:57:41Z")
Ain’t nothin’ in the world that I like better Than bacon & lettuce & homegrown tomatoes Up in the mornin’ out in the garden Get you a ripe one don’t get a hard one [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/etuszlplwpg/hqdefault.jpg ""Home Grown Tomatoes" By: John Denver") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etuszlplwpg) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/26 "2021-03-18T10:50:35Z")
On 6-6-66 I was little I didn’t know shit and on 7-7-77 eleven years later still don’t know any better by 8-8-88 it’s way too late for me to change and by 9-9-99 I hope I’m sittin’ on the back porch drinkin’ red wine singin’ Ohhhhhh French Fries with Pepper! Ohhhhh French Fries with Pepper! [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2n7yOkeFJMM/hqdefault.jpg "French Fries With Pepper - Morphine") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n7yOkeFJMM) ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/27 "2021-03-18T14:14:55Z")
Wouldn’t it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn’t have to wait so long And wouldn’t it be nice to live together In the kind of world where we belong ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/28 "2021-03-18T14:37:50Z")
He spoke in tears of fifteen years How his dog and him They travelled about His dog up and died He up and died After twenty years he still grieves ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/29 "2021-03-20T12:05:52Z")
“Picked up my bag, went looking for a place to hide, When I saw Carmen and the Devil, walking side by side. I said, ‘Hey Carmen, come on let’s go downtown!’ She said, ‘I gotta go, but my friend can stick around.’” Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free, Take a load off Fanny, And, and, and… You put the load right on me! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/30 "2021-03-21T03:03:27Z")
“Ain’t but three things in this world that’s worth a solitary dime, But old dogs and children and watermelon wine.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/31 "2021-03-21T05:14:37Z")
Everybody knows it’s a hard time Living on minimum wage, Ah, some people gonna sneak on through, Others gotta rattle that cage One if these days I’m gonna find my way, or else just disappear. I’m out here in the filth and squalor, All I wanna do is stomp and holler… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/32 "2021-03-21T07:54:35Z")
_I want to break free_ _I want to break free_ _I want to break free from your lies_ _You’re so self satisfied I don’t need you_ _I’ve got to break free_ _God knows, God knows I want to break free._ **Beck** , is this meant to be another “Fire and Rain” thread? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/33 "2021-03-21T14:34:32Z")
@spoons It started as a way to describe how you’re feeling at a particular time thru lyrics. But to be like the ‘fire and rain’ thread is ok with me. I love that thread ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/34 "2021-03-21T22:19:03Z")
It’s a hard world to get a break in All the good things have been taken But girl there are ways to make certain things pay Though I’m dressed in these rags I’ll wear sable some day ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/35 "2021-03-22T00:53:02Z")
It’s a hard-knock life for us, It’s a hard-knock life for us. 'Stead of treated, We get tricked; 'Stead of kisses, We get kicked. It’s the hard-knock life! _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/36 "2021-03-22T03:24:21Z")
Knock, knock knockin’ on heaven’s door… ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/37 "2021-03-22T16:42:33Z")
I hear you knockin’ But you can’t come in I hear you knockin’ Go back where you’ve been ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/38 "2021-03-23T09:15:07Z")
Think I’ll go down to Madame X And let her read my mind ---
**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:** [March 23, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/39 "2021-03-23T11:55:58Z")
Make me an angel That flies from Montgomery Make me a poster Of an old rodeo ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/40 "2021-03-23T12:09:07Z")
Hear me talkin’ now Bad (bad) blood (blood) The bitch is in her smile The lie is on her lips Such an evil child [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913.md?page=3)