# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/41 "2003-06-13T17:48:12Z")
Ani DiFranco did the original, Alana Davis did the cover - 32 Flavors “So needless to say I’m odds and ends again But it’s me stumbling away Slowly learning that life is O.K.” Can I offer bonus points here? Name the band that covered the song with their label “Tooth and Nail Records.” ---
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/42 "2003-06-13T18:41:35Z")
Pish posh! This is easy. The song was originally recorded by A-Ha. The song is entitled “Take On Me.” Reel Big Fish did a cover of the song for the soundtrack of the movie BASEketball in 1998. BASEketball was written and directed by, and also starred Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of the ever-famous “South Park” How’s that for bonus points??😉 “Now we’re back at the homestead Where the air makes you choke and people don’t know you and trust is a joke” Bonus points if you can name the lead singer of the band. ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/43 "2003-06-13T23:05:41Z")
Walk on the Ocean – -- Toad the Wet Sprocket Glen Phillips? “Who’s got the funk When you’re feeling low down Who’s going to love you When there’s no one else around” ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/44 "2003-06-14T00:38:33Z")
This is fun. I have to wait and not cheat…Thanks Marla Thin Lizzy – _She Knows_ This city desert makes you feel so cold, It’s got so many people but it’s got no soul, And it’s taken you so long to find out you were wrong When you thought it held everything ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/45 "2003-06-14T00:54:39Z")
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty Am I only dreaming? Am I only scheming? Stars above me, shining brightly. Why can’t she be sitting here beside me? ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/46 "2003-06-14T02:36:43Z")
Tubas in the Moonlight by The Bonzo Dog Band Don’t eat red berries, they might be poison Try to keep a fire going, use your coat to collect water when it rains Build your shelter facing away from the prevailing winds Use a mirror to try to signal boats or planes ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/47 "2003-06-14T05:04:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MarlaDurden \* > \*\* > Wrong cover band (thats not Reel Big Fishes label!! As far as I know) > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/48 "2003-06-15T04:51:42Z")
You’re shitting me. What was the RIGHT answer then? I just saw a CD on the Tooth and Nail label, but I don’t remember what band…fuck. You stumped me! ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/49 "2003-06-15T09:18:17Z")
MxPx would have been the correct answer 🙂 Ooooh oooooh, so whats my prize for stumping you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/50 "2003-06-16T00:36:35Z")
Heh. First, are you male or female? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/51 "2003-06-16T03:28:15Z")
Hehehe, guy’s gotta love any question that starts like that…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/52 "2003-06-16T17:01:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dbygawdcapn \* > \*\*Don’t eat red berries, they might be poison > Try to keep a fire going, use your coat to collect water when it rains > Build your shelter facing away from the prevailing winds > Use a mirror to try to signal boats or planes \*\* Has everyone been stumped? I have no clue what song this is… ---
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/53 "2003-06-16T18:38:05Z")
I too, am stumped. As for you, Tezmac, what do I get if I guess that your name is Joseph? Ha. Am I right? ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/54 "2003-06-16T21:56:45Z")
welp… I suppose I [italic]COULD[/italic] cheat… ---
**Author:** ![wakimika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@wakimika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wakimika)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/55 "2003-06-17T01:47:42Z")
Please, go ahead and cheat **verbenabeast**. Or **Tezmac** can cough up the answer and put up some new lyrics. Or the game can die, which would be a shame. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/56 "2003-06-17T02:17:05Z")
Okay. I will admit mine was a tad on the obscure side, but I figured there had to be some Andy Breckman fans out there. The song is _A Desperate Attempt to Make the Critics’ List of the Ten Records They’d Bring to a Desert Island_ Here is a much easier one I live, I breath, I let it rain on me I sleep, I wake, I try hard not to break I crave, I love , I’ve waited long enough I try as hard as I can ---
**Author:** ![MarlaDurden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarlaDurden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarlaDurden)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/57 "2003-06-17T02:33:04Z")
_Not Pretty Enough_ --Kasey Chambers A life is time, they teach us growing up The seconds ticking killed us all A million years before the fall ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/58 "2003-06-17T14:27:02Z")
Yes you were right Marla…you must have found my resume… :O) Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand Lying in a den in Bombay With a slack jaw, and not much to say I said to the man, “Are you trying to tempt me Because I come from the land of plenty?” ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/59 "2003-06-17T14:42:06Z")
Down Under – --Men At Work I come to you with empty hands I guess I just forgot again I only have my love to send… ---
**Author:** ![Tezmac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Tezmac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tezmac)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420/60 "2003-06-17T14:51:45Z")
Steve Earle - Valentine’s Day I wants to know what you’re doin’ tonight Wish I could see if everything is all right Hold you long in my arms until it’s light Your smilin’ face would make a wonderful sight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-game/178420.md?page=4)