# Quick! Think of a song lyric! Now post what it was. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758 "2010-10-20T09:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/1 "2010-10-20T09:04:34Z")
For me it’s a Laurie Anderson song, and the lyric is: “He was an ugly guy with an ugly face an also-ran in the human race” ---
**Author:** ![sisu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/2 "2010-10-20T09:11:36Z")
Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year. The best song line ever from Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/3 "2010-10-20T09:25:41Z")
It’s more than a feeling (More than a feeling) When I hear that old song they used to play (More than a feeling) I begin dreaming (More than a feeling) ‘Til I see Marianne walk away I see my Marianne walkin’ away ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/4 "2010-10-20T10:47:01Z")
> [@sisu](#): > > Two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl year after year. > > The best song line ever from Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb. Isn’t that from _Wish You Were Here_? The one stuck in my head at the moment is: There were 87 Advil in the bottle, now there’s 30 left. I ate 47 so what happened to the other 10? Why do you suspiciously change the subject and break my concentration As I dump the bottle out and I count the Advil up again? ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/5 "2010-10-20T11:21:58Z")
Even through the darkest phase Be it thick or thin Always someone marches brave Here beneath my skin kd lang…Constant Craving ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/6 "2010-10-20T11:23:40Z")
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here everybody’s gonna jump for joy ---
**Author:** ![drillrod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@drillrod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drillrod)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/7 "2010-10-20T11:39:23Z")
Blinded by the light Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/8 "2010-10-20T11:54:45Z")
I see the world through your eyes I taste lemon on my lips I marvel at the sailing-ships Of well-dressed girls and boys 'Cause life has infinite, infinite joys ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/9 "2010-10-20T11:58:40Z")
'cause you know something is happening but you don’t know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/10 "2010-10-20T12:02:30Z")
_You got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away Know when to run_ ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/11 "2010-10-20T12:07:09Z")
SoCal is where my mind states But it’s not my state of mind ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/12 "2010-10-20T12:10:40Z")
\*knock three times on the ceiling if you want me twice on the pipe if the answer is no oh my sweetness * * * means you’ll meet me in the hallway twice on the pipe means you ain’t gonna show\* It must have been on the radio as I was waking up. It’s gonna be stuck in my head for three days. Kill me now. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/13 "2010-10-20T12:13:04Z")
Sorry, I can’t – listening to an instrumental CD right now. (Regina Carter, jazz, etc., violinist) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/14 "2010-10-20T12:13:15Z")
“I rode a tank, with a General’s rank, when the blitzkreig raged and the bodies stank…” ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/15 "2010-10-20T12:15:04Z")
“I guess, we just couldn’t stand the weather.” ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/16 "2010-10-20T12:16:05Z")
_But every time it rains You’re here in my head Like the sun coming out I just know something good is going to happen_ ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/17 "2010-10-20T12:42:49Z")
You could have done anything If you’d wanted And all your friends and family Think that you’re lucky But the side of you they never see Is when you’re left alone with the memory That holds your life Together Like glue. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/18 "2010-10-20T12:48:03Z")
Celebration Let’s all celebrate and have a good time ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/19 "2010-10-20T12:49:37Z")
'Cause I’m Slim Shady, yes I’m the real Shady All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating So won’t the real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/20 "2010-10-20T12:51:54Z")
But it was not your fault but mine And it was your heart on the line I really fucked it up this time Didn’t I, my dear? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758.md?page=2)