# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/41 "2010-10-20T15:11:05Z")
“I’d give up forever to touch you.”’ _Iris_, The GooGoo Dolls. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/42 "2010-10-20T15:27:25Z")
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic’s/His hair was perfect. Warren Zevon, _Werewolves of London_ ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/43 "2010-10-20T15:31:59Z")
[INDENT]The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone Causes Galileo’s mathbook to get thrown At Delilah who sits worthlessly alone, But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter.[/INDENT] _Tombstone Blues_ ~ Bob Dylan I understand the first three lines, but am unsure about the fourth. Was she possibly crying because she got hit by a book? Is she laughing because someone has paid attention to her? ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/44 "2010-10-20T15:39:48Z")
[I hope that our few remaining friends Give up on trying to save us](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRP6egIEABk) ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/45 "2010-10-20T15:45:40Z")
But I’m near the end and I just ain’t got the time And I’m wasted and I can’t find my way home. I’m listening to a Clapton-Winwood concert ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/46 "2010-10-20T16:09:45Z")
Hey, most of our lives are wasted, for somebody else’s sake, and hey, it’s grey… ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/47 "2010-10-20T16:12:30Z")
Well, this has been stuck in my head for the last few hours: I get ideas I get a notion I want a nice little boat made out of ocean. - Televsion, “See No Evil” ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/48 "2010-10-20T16:15:11Z")
Hey pretty baby with the high heels on, You give me fever like I’ve never, ever known, You’re just a product of loveliness, I like the groove of your walk, your talk, your dress. —Michael Jackson (RIP), _The Way You Make Me Feel_ ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/49 "2010-10-20T16:40:50Z")
Cause I toot it and boot it Made her feel stupid… I have to stop listening to the hip-hop station while filing papers at work. (Not actually at work today, but they usually play that song about this time) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/50 "2010-10-20T16:44:47Z")
_“What’s gonna work? Teeeeeeamwork!”_ Why yes, The Littlest Briston _is_ watching Wonder Pets at the moment…why do you ask? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/51 "2010-10-20T17:04:55Z")
I was riding down a concrete slab Down a river of useless flab It was such a beautiful day I heard a witch doctor say I’ll turn you into a toadstool Now I’m looking for a joke with the microscope ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/52 "2010-10-20T17:33:39Z")
I saw the lights go out on Broadway, I saw the Empire State laid low, Life went on beyond the Palisades, They all bought Cadillacs, and left there long ago. ---
**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, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/53 "2010-10-20T17:39:28Z")
I started as an altar boy, working at the church Learning all my holy moves, doing some research Which led me to a cash box, labeled “Children’s Fund” I’d leave the change, and tuck the bills inside my cummerbund ---
**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/54 "2010-10-20T17:46:08Z")
Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3 It’s as easy to learn as your A, B, Cs ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/55 "2010-10-20T18:07:10Z")
The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68, and he told me “all romantics meet the same fate someday, cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe” ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/56 "2010-10-20T18:15:33Z")
o/` I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.. o/` ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/57 "2010-10-20T18:47:30Z")
I woke up with this running through my head and I have NO idea why: “Let’s go down to the Sunset Grill We can watch the working girls go by Watch the “basket people” walk around and mumble And stare out at the auburn sky There’s an old man there from the Old World To him, it’s all the same Calls all his customers by name Down at the Sunset Grill …” — Don Henley It must have been playing at the pub last night and it got stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/58 "2010-10-20T19:17:01Z")
Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! Murmaider! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/59 "2010-10-20T19:59:43Z")
_New Jersey Turnpike in the wee wee hours I was rolling slowly ‘cause of drizzlin’ showers Up come a flattop he was movin’ up with me Then come sailin’ goodbye In a little old souped-up jitney I put my foot in my tank and I begin to roll Moanin’ sirens, was the state patrol So I get out my wings and then I blew my horn Bye-bye New Jersey I become airborne_ Chuck Berry (“You Can’t Catch Me”) ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-think-of-a-song-lyric-now-post-what-it-was/557758/60 "2010-10-20T20:04:03Z")
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