# Lyrics Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420 "2003-05-30T01:18:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/1 "2003-05-30T01:18:23Z")
If we’re going to play games here, how about if we quote lyrics, and the next person has to name the title and artist. For example, if I said “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love…” The next person would respond: "Burt Bacharach, ‘What the World Needs Now’, " and then post a new lyric. “Josie’s on a vacation far away. Come around and talk it over. So many things that I wanna say. You know I like my girls a little bit older.” ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/2 "2003-05-30T02:21:06Z")
The Outfield, “Your Love” From each other drinking Begin with the lips Fingertips and kissing Turn me inside out ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/3 "2003-05-30T02:41:55Z")
_Rapunzel_ Dave Matthews Band Your breath is sweet Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky. Your back is straight, your hair is smooth On the pillow where you lie. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/4 "2003-05-30T03:41:59Z")
_One More Cup of Coffee_, Bob Dylan In the shadows of tall buildings of open arches, endlessly kneeling sonic landscapes, echoing vistas someone is listening, from a safe distance… ---
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/5 "2003-05-31T02:24:43Z")
_Cathedrals_ , Jump Little Children I needed you more When we wanted us less I could not kiss just regress It might just be Clear simple and plain That’s just fine That’s just one of my names ---
**Author:** ![Mastema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mastema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mastema)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/6 "2003-05-31T02:49:24Z")
_Glycerine_, Bush You were licking your lips and your lipstick shining, I was dying just to ask for a taste, We were lying together in a silver lining ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/7 "2003-05-31T03:22:17Z")
“You Took the Words Right Outta My Mouth”, Meatloaf. And on the bus today, I met the queen of L.A. - At least she said she was and who am I to say? She was sixty-five and full of life, She had purple-painted cheeks And glitter on her eyes ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/8 "2003-05-31T04:47:03Z")
Still In Hollywood by Concrete Blonde Next poster can take the ball and run with it, I just know obscure songs. Welcome **MarlaDurden.** ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/9 "2003-05-31T05:04:38Z")
It changed It grew And everybody knew Semi-mojo ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/10 "2003-06-10T06:08:51Z")
“Haitian Divorce”, Steely Dan. A blind bird sings inside the cage that is my heart And the image of your face comes to me when I’m alone in the dark If I could give a shape to this ache that I have for you If I could find the voice that says the words that capture you (one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite groups) ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/11 "2003-06-10T06:28:49Z")
“Dela”, Johnny Clegg I have a secret to tell From my electrical well It’s a simple message and I’m leaving out the whistles and bells So the room must listen to me Filibuster vigilantly My name is blue canary one note spelled l-i-t-e Okay, I admit it, I Googled to get “Dela”. But I wanted an excuse to post funky lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/12 "2003-06-10T11:53:31Z")
Birdhouse in your soul - they might be giants ---
**Author:** ![pierre72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@pierre72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pierre72)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/13 "2003-06-10T11:57:29Z")
Oh yeah… should post new lyrics, huh? (song title!) through the faraway towns Now war is declared, and battle come down. (song title!) to the underworld Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/14 "2003-06-10T12:43:10Z")
London Calling - The Clash ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/15 "2003-06-10T12:46:43Z")
Oh right, more lyrics… “Sometimes, sometimes I see right through the scenery The first place that’s on my mind the last place I find each time Sometimes, I swim beyond the scenery The last place that’s on my mind The first place I find each time” ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/16 "2003-06-10T13:45:30Z")
Paris Train – Beth Orton "He’s a radio receiver Tuned to factories and farms He’s a writer and arranger And a young boy bearing arms He’s got a problem with his power With weapons on patrol He’s got to walk a fine line And keep his self-control" ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/17 "2003-06-10T13:56:22Z")
New World Man, Rush 'Tina says ‘Don’t talk to me like I am deaf and dumb We’ve broken down and broken up so much that I am numb’ ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/18 "2003-06-10T18:46:01Z")
How do I Tell Someone – -- Cowboy Mouth “We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground And the Russians fire another round We get so near yet so far away We won’t live to fight another day.” ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/19 "2003-06-10T18:47:48Z")
of course I meant How do YOU tell someone… Freudian slip, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/20 "2003-06-10T19:40:40Z")
Iron Maiden - The Trooper “Propose the worst and I’m the first in line despite the rest its not a bad sign You mean the world to me The city and my soul disagree…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420.md?page=2)