# Let's make a story using lines from songs. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 24, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973 "2012-11-24T11:42:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/301 "2012-12-22T13:55:49Z")
Landmine has taken my sight Taken my speech Taken my hearing Taken my arms Taken my legs Taken my soul Left me with life in hell ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/302 "2012-12-22T20:20:46Z")
…it’s all illusion, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/303 "2012-12-22T20:38:34Z")
It’s too bad that all these things only happen in my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/304 "2012-12-22T21:28:36Z")
Every second of the night I live another life. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/305 "2012-12-23T02:06:38Z")
I’m not the man they think I am at home Oh no, I’m a rocket man ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/306 "2012-12-23T03:55:40Z")
Sometimes I imagine myself as a drifter, Seeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/307 "2012-12-23T12:45:08Z")
I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker I get my loving on the run ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/308 "2012-12-23T18:52:06Z")
He’s a walking contradiction Partly truth and partly fiction Taking every wrong direction On his lonely way back home. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/309 "2012-12-23T20:22:30Z")
Lonely days turn to lonely nights, you take a trip to the city lights And take the long way home, take the long way home ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/310 "2012-12-23T21:39:38Z")
I got my home in my hand, traveling across the land, Trying to earn a living, giving everything I can. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/311 "2012-12-23T23:33:10Z")
Trying to make a living and doing the best I can. When it’s time for leaving, I hope you’ll understand That I was born a rambling man. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/312 "2012-12-24T15:45:33Z")
Said no to him again and again. First he took my heart then he ran. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/313 "2012-12-24T15:50:37Z")
See the girl who’s collecting broken hearts for souvenirs. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/314 "2012-12-24T15:59:15Z")
Work so hard I can’t unwind, get some money saved; Abuse my love a thousand times, however hard I tried. Heartbreaker, your time has come, can’t take your evil ways; Go away, Heartbreaker. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/315 "2012-12-24T16:43:39Z")
I used to love her, but I had to kill her. She bitched so much, she drove me nuts! And now I’m happier this way! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/316 "2012-12-24T21:46:02Z")
First time I shot her I shot her in the side It was hard to watch her suffer But with the second shot she died ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/317 "2012-12-25T15:01:33Z")
I shot the sheriff But I did not shoot the deputy ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/318 "2012-12-25T17:27:06Z")
I fought the law, and the law won. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/319 "2012-12-25T18:53:23Z")
Most of my time I spend behind these county bars. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-story-using-lines-from-songs/641973/320 "2012-12-25T19:20:34Z")
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