# New Song Thread Game...ehh?.....ehhh?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644>\
**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:** 5

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**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/81 "2002-07-14T03:15:57Z")

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Team 2 -

Church Chat, Frank Zappa

_You know today the church is in a terrible state. The bucks just aren’t rollin’ in like they used to. And when the bucks don’t come in, the church comes up with a new gimmick to make you spend to go yo **HEAVEN** _

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/82 "2002-07-14T03:16:17Z")

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Team 2:

_ **Heaven** isn’t too far away  
Closer to it every day  
No matter what your friends might say  
We’ll find our way_

_ **Heaven** _ - Warrant

(Bad 80s metal is lodged in my brain.)

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**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/83 "2002-07-14T03:53:00Z")

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Team 1

Heaven Sent - INXS

_ **Heaven** sent  
That’s what I call you_

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/84 "2002-07-14T04:09:14Z")

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Team 2:

\*All the way to **heaven** is **heaven**  
Trapped between the spirit and the dust  
_All the way to **heaven** is **heaven**  
Deep inside of us_

_All the Way to Heaven_ - Melissa Etheridge

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**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/85 "2002-07-14T04:57:18Z")

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Team #1:

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

_Ooh, baby, do you know what that’s worth ?  
Ooh heaven is a place on earth  
They say in heaven love comes first  
We’ll make heaven a place on earth  
Ooh heaven is a place on earth_

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**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, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/86 "2002-07-14T05:09:29Z")

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Team 2 -

You Never Give Me Your Money, The Beatles

_One two three four five six seven,  
All good children go to **Heaven** _

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/87 "2002-07-14T06:12:28Z")

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Whelp, I’ll switch teams here just to keep the ball rollin

_Dancin in **Heaven**  
I’ll never drop  
Never get my feet to stop  
Orbital be-bop!_

Q-Feel. Dancin in Heaven.

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/88 "2002-07-14T06:20:49Z")

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No wait, I was on **Team 1** so I’ll still be on the team which goes by that number…Sorry.

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**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, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/89 "2002-07-14T06:29:50Z")

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Team 2 -

Saint Of Circumstance, The Grateful Dead

_This must be heaven  
Last station on the line_

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/90 "2002-07-14T06:40:52Z")

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Team 1 -

\*Baby you’re all that I want  
When you’re lyin’ here in my arms  
I’m findin’ it hard to believe  
We’re in **heaven**

And love is all that I need  
And I found it here in your heart  
It isn’t too hard to see  
We’re in **heaven** \*

“Heaven” by the indomitable Canadian Crooner, Mr. Bryan Adams  
(cough! cough! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! SPIT!)

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/91 "2002-07-14T07:32:52Z")

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Team 2:

_So raise your hands to **heaven**  
And pray  
That we’ll be back together  
Someday_

_Hands to Heaven_ - Breathe

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**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, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/92 "2002-07-14T11:09:52Z")

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Damn, Team 1! Must you SLEEP!!!  
😉

New Scores:

**Team 1** :):):):):):):):)🙂  
**Team 2** :):):):):):):):):)🙂

NEW WORD:

**LADY**

Team 1

Lady in Red - Chris de Burgh

_The **lady** in red  
is dancing with me  
cheek to cheek  
there’s nobody here  
It’s just you and me…_

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/93 "2002-07-14T13:49:49Z")

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**Team 2**

_And I was walking down the street one day  
A pretty **lady** looked at me and said her diamond watch had  
stopped cold dead  
And I said  
Does anybody really know what time it is_

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/94 "2002-07-14T13:54:36Z")

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And looking at the time differences between the last two posts, I see that my choice of songs was particularly appropriate…

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**Author:** ![Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@Crepitus\_Fremitus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crepitus_Fremitus)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/95 "2002-07-14T14:15:30Z")

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**Team 1**

\*Well she’s all you’d ever want,  
She’s the kind they’d like to flaunt and take to dinner.  
Well she always knows her place.  
She’s got style, she’s got grace, She’s a wi **e** nner.

She’s a **Lady**. Whoa whoa whoa, She’s a **Lady**.  
Talkin’ about that little **Lady** , and the **Lady** is mine. \*

Tom and his Jones – "She’s a Lady

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**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/96 "2002-07-14T15:47:10Z")

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Team 2 -

Werewolves Of London, Warren Zevon

_Little old **lady** got mutilated last night  
Werewolves of London again_

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**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, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/97 "2002-07-14T15:52:37Z")

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Team 1

Three times a lady - Lionel Ritchie

_Yes you’re once twice  
Three times a **lady**  
And I love you_

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**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, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/98 "2002-07-14T15:54:43Z")

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I see the score is now:

**Team 1** :):):):):):):):):)🙂  
**Team 2** :):):):):):):):):)🙂

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**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, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/99 "2002-07-14T15:55:12Z")

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Team 2 -

Peggy-o (Fennario), The Grateful Dead

_Our captain fell in love  
with a **lady** like a dove_

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**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, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-song-thread-game-ehh-ehhh/118644/100 "2002-07-14T17:23:05Z")

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**Team 1**

Lady - Little River Band

_So **lady** , let me take a look at you now  
You’re there on the dance floor, making me want you somehow  
Oh lady, I think it’s only fair I should say to you  
Don’t be thinkin’ that I don’t want you, 'cause maybe I do_

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