# Name That Lyric **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879 "2001-10-17T02:01:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DonQuixote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DonQuixote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DonQuixote)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/1 "2001-10-17T02:01:23Z")
Feel free to join in the game. Let’s try to stay away from obscure songs from groups like the local high school grunge band that broke up four years ago. I’ll start… _…I’m a weirdo. What the hell am i doing here? I dont belong here…_ ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/2 "2001-10-17T02:07:39Z")
Radiohead **…But Annie kept on speedin’, her health was gettin’ poor She saw things in the window, she heard things at the door…** ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/3 "2001-10-17T02:34:04Z")
Canned Heat - Amphetamine Annie _You’re perfect, yes it’s true But without me you’re only you_ ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/4 "2001-10-17T04:17:23Z")
Faith No More - Midlife Crisis _Now my brother lays upon the rocks He could be dead, he could be not He could be you He’s camelian, comedian, corinthian and caricature_ milo ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/5 "2001-10-18T08:28:22Z")
\ How about a clue? By a singer who famously felated Mick Ronson’s guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/6 "2001-10-18T10:40:48Z")
Ok, I’ll keep playing since no one else is stepping up for a turn 🙂 The Bewlay Brothers by David Bowie? _Bang bang, shoot em up, the party never ends You can’t think of dying when the bottle’s your best friend_ ---
**Author:** ![Gravity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gravity/32/14322_2.png) [@Gravity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gravity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/7 "2001-10-18T10:48:47Z")
Skid Row - 18 and Life _Life is hard And so am I You’d better give me something So I don’t die_ ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/8 "2001-10-18T11:29:40Z")
Novocaine by the Eels? Shooting at the walls of heartache, bang-bang ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/9 "2001-10-18T11:50:45Z")
“The Warrior” by Scandal _The silicon switch inside her head gets switched to overload. And nobody’s gonna go to school today, She’s gonna make them stay at home._ ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/10 "2001-10-18T12:10:18Z")
I don’t like Mondays - Boomtown Rats (or Tori Amos) And so it came to be our song, and so we played all summer long… ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/11 "2001-10-18T19:48:51Z")
Oh Yeah, by Roxy Music “Locked in the room in a corner you see: A voice is waiting for me to set it free. I got the key.” ---
**Author:** ![cblackhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@cblackhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cblackhand)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/12 "2001-10-18T21:40:24Z")
Voices by Russ Ballard Love is an act of blood and I’m bleeding a pool in the shape of a heart Beauty projection in the reflection always the worst way to start ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/13 "2001-10-18T21:45:03Z")
“Voices” by Russ Ballard, formerly of the Zombies “Life is a waiting room. Hope they don’t call us soon.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/14 "2001-10-18T21:48:27Z")
Okay, sorry I missed blackhand’s answer. His is “Space Dye Vest” by Dream Theater ---
**Author:** ![DaveX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/96bed5/32.png) [@DaveX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveX)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/15 "2001-10-18T22:18:21Z")
“Who’s Behind the Door?” by Zebra _Robbed a bank in Santa Monica Bought a Caddy, and a gold harmonica_ ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-lyric/87879/16 "2001-10-20T19:58:44Z")
It’s by Dada. Do I get mad props and brownie points for knowing that?