# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/301 "2007-04-25T20:40:35Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] In this whole world there’s nobody as lonely as me. Fly away - Fly away - Flyyyyy Awaaaaaaay [/QUOTE] Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away. To a land where joy shall never end, I’ll fly away. – Performed by many artists, notably the tandem of Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/302 "2007-04-25T20:45:03Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Just a few more weary days and then, I’ll fly away. To a land where joy shall never end, I’ll fly away. – Performed by many artists, notably the tandem of Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch [/QUOTE] Hey little bird, fly away home, your house is on fire and your children are alone. ---
**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 25, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/303 "2007-04-25T20:48:15Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] Hey little bird, fly away home, your house is on fire and your children are alone. [/QUOTE] I look up to the little bird That glides across the sky He sings the clearest melody It makes me want to cry It makes me want to sit right down and cry cry cry I walk along the city streets So dark with rage and fear And I… I wish that I could be that bird And fly away from here I wish I had the wings to fly away from here (Annie Lennox) ---
**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 25, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/304 "2007-04-25T21:32:52Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Blue Oh, so lonesome for you Why can’t you be blue over me? Blue Oh, so lonesome for you Tears fill my eyes 'till I can’t see (Patsy Cline) [/QUOTE] Zabali **BLUSH**** BLUSH ****BLUSH** **(Not part of the sequence, folks!)** — Take care, sweetie… * * * True Blue Jack ---
**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 25, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/305 "2007-04-25T21:37:45Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I look up to the little bird That glides across the sky He sings the clearest melody It makes me want to cry It makes me want to sit right down and cry cry cry I walk along the city streets So dark with rage and fear And I… I wish that I could be that bird And fly away from here I wish I had the wings to fly away from here (Annie Lennox) [/QUOTE] A pretty girl… is like a melody… {Probably from a musical comedy; can’t look it up right now.} * * * TBJ ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/306 "2007-04-26T00:31:30Z")
[QUOTE=True Blue Jack] A pretty girl… is like a melody… {Probably from a musical comedy; can’t look it up right now.} * * * TBJ [/QUOTE] Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola Well, I’m not dumb but I can’t understand why she walks like a woman and talks like a man Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola _(The Kinks)_ ---
**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:** [April 26, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/307 "2007-04-26T00:40:52Z")
She had muscles and a crew cut She had shoes like mine She had a way with a pool cue She had a pick up line… Cowboy Mouth, _Looked like a woman but dressed like a man_ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/308 "2007-04-26T00:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola Well, I’m not dumb but I can’t understand why she walks like a woman and talks like a man Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola _(The Kinks)_ [/QUOTE] I met him in a swamp down in Dagoba Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda S O D A, soda I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said “Yoda” Y O D A, Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Well, I’ve been around, but I ain’t never seen A guy who looks like a muppet, but he’s wrinkled and green Oh, my Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda (Wierd Al) ---
**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 26, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/309 "2007-04-26T00:50:01Z")
[QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] She had muscles and a crew cut She had shoes like mine She had a way with a pool cue She had a pick up line… Cowboy Mouth, _Looked like a woman but dressed like a man_ [/QUOTE] So never judge a book by it’s cover Or who you’re going to love by your lover Love put me wise to her love in disguise She had the body of a venus Lord imagine my surprise Dude look like a lady Dude look like a lady Dude look like a lady Dude look like a lady (Aerosmith) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/310 "2007-04-26T00:59:05Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] So never judge a book by it’s cover Or who you’re going to love by your lover Love put me wise to her love in disguise She had the body of a venus Lord imagine my surprise Dude look like a lady Dude look like a lady Dude look like a lady Dude look like a lady (Aerosmith) [/QUOTE] Lady in red is dancing with me.. ( cheek to cheek ) Theres nobody here its just you and me Its were I wanna be I hardly know this beauty by my side I’ll never forget the way you looked tonight. - Eric Clapton ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/311 "2007-04-26T01:32:01Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Lady in red is dancing with me.. ( cheek to cheek ) Theres nobody here its just you and me Its were I wanna be I hardly know this beauty by my side I’ll never forget the way you looked tonight. - Eric Clapton [/QUOTE] and now i know that you are mine, you bring me love and peace of mind. you see the real me, and i know that you’re the key… suddenly you’re seeing me, just the way i am! suddenly you’re hearing me, so i’m talking just fast as i can, to you! suddenly, every part of me, needs to know every part of you! _(Angry Anderson)_ ---
**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:** [April 26, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/312 "2007-04-26T01:43:27Z")
Knowing me knowing you There is nothing we can do knowing me knowing you Is the best we can do -ABBA ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/313 "2007-04-26T02:21:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Knowing me knowing you > There is nothing we can do > knowing me knowing you > Is the best we can do To a land where the river runs free To a land through the green country To a land to a shining sea To a land where the horses run free To a land where the children are free And you and me are free to be And you and me are free to be And you and me are free to be you and me ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/314 "2007-04-26T02:35:33Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] To a land where the river runs free To a land through the green country To a land to a shining sea To a land where the horses run free To a land where the children are free And you and me are free to be And you and me are free to be And you and me are free to be you and me [/QUOTE] So you look into the land and it will tell you a story story 'bout a journey ended long ago listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains maybe you can hear them talking like I do “. . they’re gonna betray you, they’re gonna forget you are you gonna let them take you over that way . .” Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land _(Icehouse)_ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/315 "2007-04-26T02:50:04Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] So you look into the land and it will tell you a story story 'bout a journey ended long ago listen to the motion of the wind in the mountains maybe you can hear them talking like I do “. . they’re gonna betray you, they’re gonna forget you are you gonna let them take you over that way . .” Great Southern Land, Great Southern Land _(Icehouse)_ [/QUOTE] There’s a gator in the bushes, he’s calling my name. Saying come on boy, you better make it back home again. There’s so many roads I’ve travelled but they all kinda look the same. There’s a gator in the bushes , Lord, he’s calling my name. - Molly Hatchet ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/316 "2007-04-26T02:51:47Z")
[Hijack]I’d love to know if anyone is the right age to know where my gem came from[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/317 "2007-04-26T03:37:30Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] There’s a gator in the bushes, he’s calling my name. Saying come on boy, you better make it back home again. There’s so many roads I’ve travelled but they all kinda look the same. There’s a gator in the bushes , Lord, he’s calling my name. - Molly Hatchet [/QUOTE] Come said the boy, let’s go down to the sand Let’s do what we wanna do, let me be a man for you _(Mondo Rock)_ ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/318 "2007-04-26T04:13:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Come said the boy, let’s go down to the sand > Let’s do what we wanna do, let me be a man for you She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola -The Kinks ---
**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 26, 2007, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/319 "2007-04-26T04:51:06Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] She walked up to me and she asked me to dance I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola -The Kinks [/QUOTE] It was you my brown eyed girl You my brown eyed girl Do you remember when We used to sing Sha la la la la la la la la la la ti da Sha la la la la la la la la la la ti da (Van Morrison) ---
**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 26, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/320 "2007-04-26T05:19:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] It was you my brown eyed girl You my brown eyed girl Do you remember when We used to sing Sha la la la la la la la la la la ti da Sha la la la la la la la la la la ti da (Van Morrison) [/QUOTE] Way back in history ten-thousand years Ever since the world began There’s been a whole lot of women shed a whole lot of tears For a brown eyed handsome man (Chuck Berry) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=17)