# New Song Thread Game...ehh?.....ehhh? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644 "2002-07-12T15:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/41 "2002-07-13T21:05:08Z")
Team 2 - Might As Well, The Grateful Dead _Long train running from coast to coast bringing long the party where they need it the most Whup on the boxcar, beat on the bell Nothing else shaking so you might just as well_ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/42 "2002-07-13T21:31:37Z")
**Team 1** Stop that Train - Bob Marley _Stop the train I’m leaving Stop the train I’m leaving Stop the train I’m leaving it won’t be too long whether I’m right or wrong said it won’t be too long whether I’m right or wrong_ ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/43 "2002-07-13T21:35:43Z")
Team 2 _I was on a Paris **train** I emerged in London rain And you were waiting there Swimming through apologies_ _The Metro_ - Berlin ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/44 "2002-07-13T21:35:47Z")
Team 2 - Tennessee Jed, The Grateful Dead _Cold iron shackles, ball and chain Listen to the whistle of the evening **TRAIN** You know you… bound to… wind up dead if you don’t head back to Tennessee, Jed_ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/45 "2002-07-13T21:49:34Z")
Team 1 Hear My Train a-Comin’ - Jimi Hendrix _well i hear my train a comin’ i hear my train a comin’ i wait around train station, waitin’ for that train to take me away_ ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/46 "2002-07-13T21:54:15Z")
**Team 1** King of the Road - Roger Miller \*Third boxcar, midnight train Destination…Bangor, Maine. \* ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/47 "2002-07-13T21:55:16Z")
Team 2 - Terrapin Station, The Grateful Dead _Terrapin - I can’t figure out if it’s an end or the beginning but the **TRAIN’S** got its brakes on and the whistle is screaming: TERRAPIN_ ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/48 "2002-07-13T21:58:27Z")
Oops, **Team 2** ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/49 "2002-07-13T22:02:46Z")
Well, since no-one seems to really care about the rules, maybe we should keep 'em as before, i.e. if you don’t come up with a song within a 2-hour time limit, the other team gets a point, and if you come up with a song that someone else has already entered, the other team gets a point. m’kay? ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/50 "2002-07-13T22:14:55Z")
**Lola** , that sounds good to me. ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/51 "2002-07-13T22:30:18Z")
Team 1 Tracy Jacks - Blur _Tracy Jacks left home without warning Tracy Jacks at five in the morning Tracy Jacks got on the first **train** to Walton Tracy Jacks and stood on the sea front laughing_ I seem to have totally missed your post about changing the rules **Ripple** _and_ I thought I’d read them all properly so I didn’t use a song that had already been used. I shall pay better attention in future 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/52 "2002-07-13T22:31:33Z")
Team 2 - Jack Straw, The Grateful Dead _Gotta go to Tulsa, first **TRAIN** we can ride Gotta settle one old score, one small point of pride There ain’t a place a man can hide, Shannon, will keep him from the sun Ain’t a bed can give us rest now, you keep us on the run_ ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/53 "2002-07-13T22:35:51Z")
**Nortia** , I don’t think anyone cares too much about the rules. It’s all in fun 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/54 "2002-07-13T23:03:27Z")
Fun? Pfft! I dropped my mobile in the bath in my hurry to get back to this thread! Just kidding! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/55 "2002-07-13T23:05:59Z")
Team 1 Last Train - Travis _And I’m going to sing it to everyone And then I’ll sing it to you Cos it was you that wrote it too This could be the last **train** _ ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/56 "2002-07-13T23:13:06Z")
Team 2 - Lazy River Road, The Grateful Dead _Bright blue boxcars **TRAIN** by **TRAIN** clatter where dreams unfold Way down down along Lazy River Road_ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/57 "2002-07-14T01:16:41Z")
Team 1 Big City Train - No Doubt _You’ll always find me waiting for that train to come through Come get me, take me, to the land where my dreams come true_ ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/58 "2002-07-14T01:20:09Z")
Hmmmm, 2 hours & 3 minutes. Wow, that’s a tough call. Judges?? I’ll toss one out anyways. Team 2 - Been All Around This World, The Grateful Dead _So blow your whistle freight **TRAIN** Take me far on down the track_ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/59 "2002-07-14T01:23:16Z")
**Team One** _I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got run over by a damned old train._ You Never Even Call Me By My Name, David Allan Coe ---
**Author:** ![Ripple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@Ripple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ripple)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/60 "2002-07-14T01:28:00Z")
Team 2 - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles _Picture yourself on a **TRAIN** in a station With plasticine porters with looking glass ties Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile The girl with kaleidoscope eyes_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644.md?page=4)