# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/81 "2021-04-01T16:15:22Z")
I open up my heart, you can love me or not There’s no such thing as sin, let it all come right in I wanna make some mistakes, I wanna sleep in the mud I wanna swim in the flood, I wanna fuck 'til I’m done I like whiskey on ice, I like sun in my eyes I wanna burn it all down, so let’s start a fire I wanna be lost, so lost that I’m found Naked and laughing with my blood on the ground ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/82 "2021-04-05T18:49:19Z")
Now I have seen that sad surrender in my lover’s eyes, And I can only stand apart and sympathize. For we are always what our situations hand us… It’s either sadness or euphoria. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/83 "2021-04-07T12:32:52Z")
And so I wake in the morning And I step outside And I take a deep breath and I get real high And I scream from the top of my lungs What’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/84 "2021-04-07T13:43:53Z")
Open your eyes Look straight into the sunrise It’s waiting only for you To hear its song ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/85 "2021-04-07T16:58:18Z")
Hello young lovers who ever you are I hope your troubles are few All my good wishes go with you tonight I’ve been in love like you ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/86 "2021-04-07T17:20:21Z")
Where is my Blackfoot blossom? Is she playing possum? To live another day ---
**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:** [April 14, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/87 "2021-04-14T21:27:39Z")
If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on, believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me God only knows what I’d be without you ---
**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:** [April 15, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/88 "2021-04-15T08:53:19Z")
I’m gonna leave these blues behind, For some other fool to find. He won’t care And I won’t mind Hide me babe, hide me ---
**Author:** ![EyePaintFaces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyepaintfaces/32/7538_2.png) [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/89 "2021-04-15T10:52:49Z")
I wear my scars like the rings on a pimp, I live life like the captain of a sinking ship. And she loved me more than you could imagine, So I waited til she slept and I stepped into traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/90 "2021-04-15T17:15:31Z")
_Gloom, Despair and Agony on me_ _Deep-Heart Depression, Excessive Misery_ _If it weren’t for Bad Luck, I’d have No Luck at all_ Gatopescazo is on hard times. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/91 "2021-04-15T17:22:05Z")
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today And then one day you find ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/92 "2021-04-15T19:42:19Z")
((Gato)) If you can, hold on If you can, hold on Hold on I want to shine on in the heart of man I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand Another head aches, another heart breaks I’m so much older than I can take And my affection, well it comes and goes I need direction to perfection no no no no Help me out ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/93 "2021-04-15T23:06:22Z")
But when the lights go up I don’t think I told you I don’t think I told you That I feel out of place So pull me underground Don’t know if you notice Sometimes I close my eyes And dream of somewhere else ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/94 "2021-04-15T23:08:38Z")
I used to be … _There’s a place in the world for the angry young man_ _With his working class ties and his radical plans_ _He refuses to bend, he refuses to crawl_ _He’s always at home with his back to the wall_ I don’t know about now. Not so angry and not young. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/95 "2021-04-15T23:13:21Z")
Actually, later in the same song … _I believe I’ve passed the age of consciousness and righteous rage_ _I found that just surviving was a noble fight_ _I once believed in causes too_ _I had my pointless point of view_ _And life went on no matter who was wrong or right_ ---
**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:** [April 16, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/96 "2021-04-16T02:23:25Z")
And also But his honor is pure and his courage as well And he’s fair and he’s true and he’s boring as hell And he’ll go to the grave as an angry old man ---
**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:** [April 16, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/97 "2021-04-16T06:28:28Z")
Sister bluebird, Flying high above… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/98 "2021-04-16T16:34:02Z")
_What you don’t know, I have never heard._ ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/99 "2021-04-21T12:15:52Z")
I know the territory I’ve been around It’ll all turn to dust And we’ll all fall down And sooner or later you’ll be screwing around I won’t do that! No, I won’t do that! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-gonna-take-alot-to-drag-me-away-from-you/937913/100 "2021-04-21T13:25:45Z")
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