# Respond to the previous poster by quoting a song lyric. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990 "2007-04-20T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/261 "2007-04-24T14:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] We’ll give it a shot. We’re half way there - Livin’ on a prayer Take my hand and we’ll make it I swear _(Bon Jovi)_ [/QUOTE] Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But what’s confusing you Is just the nature of my game Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me Lucifer cause I’m in need of some restraint –Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/262 "2007-04-24T15:15:30Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Pleased to meet you Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah But what’s confusing you Is just the nature of my game Just as every cop is a criminal And all the sinners saints As heads is tails Just call me Lucifer cause I’m in need of some restraint –Rolling Stones [/QUOTE] Because hell Hell is for children And you know that their little lives can become such a mess Hell Hell is for children And you shouldnt have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh - Pat Benatar ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/263 "2007-04-24T15:22:12Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Because hell Hell is for children And you know that their little lives can become such a mess Hell Hell is for children And you shouldnt have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh [/QUOTE] Because I have to know the story of your bones And I long to rove the map of your skin And I’m tired of us both feeling loved yet alone I want to feel where you hurt I want to taste where you’ve been [Jennifer Nettles Band (Jennifer is the lead singer for Sugarland, and this was her old Atlanta-based band who ROCKED)] ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/264 "2007-04-24T15:25:16Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] Because I have to know the story of your bones And I long to rove the map of your skin And I’m tired of us both feeling loved yet alone I want to feel where you hurt I want to taste where you’ve been [Jennifer Nettles Band (Jennifer is the lead singer for Sugarland, and this was her old Atlanta-based band who ROCKED)] [/QUOTE] I know your name, I know your skin, I know the way these things begin (Suzanne Vega) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/265 "2007-04-24T15:45:56Z")
[QUOTE=susan\_foster] I know your name, I know your skin, I know the way these things begin (Suzanne Vega) [/QUOTE] Most people i know think that im crazy and i know at times i act a little hazy but if thats my way and you should know it then in every way help me to show it _(Billy Thorpe[sub](RIP, 29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007)[/sub] and the Aztecs)_ ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/266 "2007-04-24T16:12:39Z")
People say I’m crazy doing what I’m doing Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin When I say that I’m o.k. well they look at me kind of strange Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game _(Lennon)_ ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/267 "2007-04-24T16:14:39Z")
[QUOTE=Leaffan] People say I’m crazy doing what I’m doing Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin When I say that I’m o.k. well they look at me kind of strange Surely you’re not happy now you no longer play the game _(Lennon)_ [/QUOTE] I’m crazy for tryin, and crazy for cryin And I’m crazy for lovin’ you… (Patsy Cline: “Crazy”) * * * TBJ ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/268 "2007-04-24T16:44:45Z")
[QUOTE=True Blue Jack] I’m crazy for tryin, and crazy for cryin And I’m crazy for lovin’ you… (Patsy Cline: “Crazy”) * * * TBJ [/QUOTE] Lovin’ you is more than just a dream come true And everything that i do is out of lovin’ you La la la la la la la… do do do do do No one else can make me feel The colors that you bring Stay with me while we grow old And we will live each day in springtime – Minnie Riperton ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/269 "2007-04-24T16:58:51Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Lovin’ you is more than just a dream come true And everything that i do is out of lovin’ you La la la la la la la… do do do do do No one else can make me feel The colors that you bring Stay with me while we grow old And we will live each day in springtime – Minnie Riperton [/QUOTE] Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands Takes both my hands Never a frown with golden brown _(The Stranglers)_ ---
**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:** [April 24, 2007, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/270 "2007-04-24T17:04:56Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Every time just like the last On her ship tied to the mast To distant lands [/QUOTE] \*The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands, To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming! On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore. Ah, ah, We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. \* ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/271 "2007-04-24T17:09:01Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Lovin’ you is more than just a dream come true And everything that i do is out of lovin’ you La la la la la la la… do do do do do No one else can make me feel The colors that you bring Stay with me while we grow old And we will live each day in springtime – Minnie Riperton [/QUOTE] In the summertime when the weather is hot You can stretch right up and touch the sky When the weather’s fine You got women, you got women on your mind Have a drink, have a drive Go out and see what you can find –Mungo Jerry ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/272 "2007-04-24T17:13:23Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] \*The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands, To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming! On we sweep with threshing oar, Our only goal will be the western shore. Ah, ah, We come from the land of the ice and snow, from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow. \* [/QUOTE] The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky Lightning flash, tempers flare, `round the horn if you dare I just spent six months in a leaky boat Lucky just to keep afloat _(Split Enz)_ ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/273 "2007-04-24T17:29:21Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky Lightning flash, tempers flare, `round the horn if you dare I just spent six months in a leaky boat Lucky just to keep afloat _(Split Enz)_ [/QUOTE] The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy. With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty, that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the “Gales of November” came early. –Gordon Lightfoot ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/274 "2007-04-24T17:34:18Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] The lust of a pioneer, will acknowledge no frontier I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky Lightning flash, tempers flare, `round the horn if you dare I just spent six months in a leaky boat Lucky just to keep afloat _(Split Enz)_ [/QUOTE] I was crowned with a spike right thru my head. But it’s all right now, in fact, it’s a gas! But it’s all right, I’m Jumpin’ Jack Flash, It’s a Gas! Gas! Gas! Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas Jumping Jack Flash, its a gas – Jagger/Richards ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/275 "2007-04-24T18:39:49Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy. With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty, that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed when the “Gales of November” came early. –Gordon Lightfoot [/QUOTE] We came on the sloop John B My grandfather and me 'Round Nassau town we did roam Drinkin’ all night Got into a fight I feel so broke up, I wanna’ go home (Kingston Trio and a bajillion others) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/276 "2007-04-24T18:58:48Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] We came on the sloop John B My grandfather and me 'Round Nassau town we did roam (Kingston Trio and a bajillion others) [/QUOTE] Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you To Bermuda, Bahama – come on pretty mama (Beach Boys) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/277 "2007-04-24T19:10:17Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you To Bermuda, Bahama – come on pretty mama (Beach Boys) [/QUOTE] I am sailing, stormy waters, to be near you, to be free. _(Rod Stewart)_ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/278 "2007-04-24T19:28:26Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] I am sailing, stormy waters, to be near you, to be free. _(Rod Stewart)_ [/QUOTE] I have my ship And all her flags are a flyin’ She is all that I have left And music is her name. - Crosby, Still, & Nash. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/279 "2007-04-24T19:33:50Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] I have my ship And all her flags are a flyin’ She is all that I have left And music is her name. - Crosby, Still, & Nash. [/QUOTE] I’ll wait the signs to come. I’ll find a way I will wait the time to come. I’ll find a way home. Who then can warm my soul? Who can quell my passion? Out of these dreams - a boat I will sail home to you. (Enya) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/280 "2007-04-24T20:19:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I’ll wait the signs to come. I’ll find a way I will wait the time to come. I’ll find a way home. Who then can warm my soul? Who can quell my passion? Out of these dreams - a boat I will sail home to you. (Enya) [/QUOTE] Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign? _(Five Man Electrical Band)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=15)