# lyrics, lyrics, lyrics! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 26, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055 "2002-12-26T23:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/1 "2002-12-26T23:31:48Z")
I would like to take this moment to post the complete lyrics to Orion by Metallica as sung by Marcel Marceau!!! … … Thank you. P.S. TAKE THAT RIAA AND LARS ULRICH ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/2 "2002-12-27T00:36:03Z")
And here are the lyrics to Scott Joplin’s _The Entertainer_, as performed by Harpo Marx: ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/3 "2002-12-27T01:27:03Z")
I’ll throw in ‘The Talking Drum’ by _King Crimson_: . Mods, does that count as a copywright violation? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/4 "2002-12-27T01:44:01Z")
How would I write the lyrics to “Great Gig in the Sky” by Pink Floyd? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/5 "2002-12-27T01:45:22Z")
Same with “Have You Heard” by The Pat Metheny Group. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/6 "2002-12-27T03:32:38Z")
Great gig in the sky would be: “Oh ohhhhhhhhh oooooooooooooohhhhohhhhh ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhho ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!” Again I’m sorry if I’m violating any copyright laws 😉 ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/7 "2002-12-27T08:33:16Z")
And now, without further ado, I present the final 5 minutes and 30 seconds of “I’m Your Captain” by Grand Funk Railroad: “I’m getting closer to my home.” _Repeat 29 times._ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/8 "2002-12-27T08:50:57Z")
Hey, I can top you all. _4’ 33"_ by John Cage. Words and music: ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/9 "2002-12-27T09:24:44Z")
Actually, IIRC, the “music” is any sound that the audience, appliances, etc. makes, as well as any outdoor noises that drift in as a result of poor acoustics. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/10 "2002-12-29T07:39:46Z")
And now, “_The Sounds of Silence_” Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/11 "2002-12-29T08:29:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Splanky \* > \*\*Great gig in the sky would be: > “Oh ohhhhhhhhh oooooooooooooohhhhohhhhh ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhho ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!” > > Again I’m sorry if I’m violating any copyright laws 😉 \*\* I think you misspelled some of the "oooooahhhh"s. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/12 "2002-12-29T14:07:33Z")
The zen music thread wouldn’t be complete without “Wipeout”: “Aiiiii! Wipeout! [maniacal laughter]” ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/13 "2002-12-29T14:19:22Z")
Meow meow meow meow ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/14 "2002-12-29T19:42:11Z")
And now it’s time for Glenn Miller’s “Pennsylvania 6-5000.” _Pennsylvania 6-5000!_ ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/15 "2002-12-29T20:55:35Z")
Tequila! ---
**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/16 "2002-12-29T22:22:04Z")
Hocus Pocus, by Focus: Ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, oh-bump-ba! Ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, ho-de-odle, oh-bump-ba! Ahhhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhh-ahhhhhhhh-ahh-ahh-AHHHHHHHHHHHH! ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/17 "2002-12-30T03:18:56Z")
Honey pie… honey pie… I love you… waargh ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/18 "2002-12-30T03:47:05Z")
And now, “Honey Pie” for the hard of hearing Honey pie… honey pie… I love you… waargh ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-lyrics-lyrics/145055/19 "2002-12-30T06:33:41Z")
Then ther’e the dishonest Randy Travis and his _One Word Song_. When I’m feelin’ lonely And I’m far away from home I just sing out your name Like a one word song