# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/361 "2007-04-26T21:35:55Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] \* I’m eighteen with a bullet Got my finger on the trigger, I’m gonna pull it I’m picked to click now I’m a son-of-a-gun So hold it right there little girl, little girl We’re gonna have big fun - - Pete Wingfield [/QUOTE] And she’ll have fun fun fun Till her daddy takes her T-bird away-ee-way ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/362 "2007-04-26T22:15:38Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] And she’ll have fun fun fun Till her daddy takes her T-bird away-ee-way [/QUOTE] Take me away Take me far away from here I will run, with you Don’t be afraid Navigate and I will steer Into the sun We will run (Fefe Dobson) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/363 "2007-04-26T23:28:52Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Take me away Take me far away from here I will run, with you Don’t be afraid Navigate and I will steer Into the sun We will run (Fefe Dobson) [/QUOTE] Running on - running on empty Running on - running blind Running on - running into the sun But Im running behind – Jackson Browne ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/364 "2007-04-26T23:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Running on - running on empty Running on - running blind Running on - running into the sun But Im running behind – Jackson Browne [/QUOTE] I’m a-walkin’ in the rain, Tears are fallin’ and I feel the pain, Wishin’ you were here by me, To end this misery And I wonder– I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder, Why, Why, why, why, why, why she ran away, Yes, and I wonder, A-where she will stay-ay, My little runaway, Run, run, run, run, runaway. - Del Shannon ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/365 "2007-04-27T00:29:38Z")
[QUOTE=Eutychus] I’m a-walkin’ in the rain, Tears are fallin’ and I feel the pain, Wishin’ you were here by me, To end this misery And I wonder– I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder, Why, Why, why, why, why, why she ran away, Yes, and I wonder, A-where she will stay-ay, My little runaway, Run, run, run, run, runaway. - Del Shannon [/QUOTE] Baby, you were always gonna be the one You only ever did it just for fun But you run to paradise Jenny, I’ll meet you at the grocery store You don’t need a friend when you can score You run to paradise _(Choir Boys)_ ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/366 "2007-04-27T00:40:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Baby, you were always gonna be the one > You only ever did it just for fun > But you run to paradise > Jenny, I’ll meet you at the grocery store > You don’t need a friend when you can score > You run to paradise Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take me home - GNR ---
**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 27, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/367 "2007-04-27T00:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Take me down To the paradise city Where the grass is green And the girls are pretty Take me home - GNR [/QUOTE] Country roads, take me home to the place, I belong West Virginia, mountain momma take me home, country roads (John Denver) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/368 "2007-04-27T00:45:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Country roads, take me home > to the place, I belong > West Virginia, mountain momma > take me home, country roads In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there’s a land that’s fair and bright Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountains ---
**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 27, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/369 "2007-04-27T00:56:45Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there’s a land that’s fair and bright Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [/QUOTE] Who can take a sunrise, Sprinkle it with dew Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two The candy man The candy man can The candy man can, cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good (Sammy Davis Jr.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/370 "2007-04-27T00:56:48Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there’s a land that’s fair and bright Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [/QUOTE] Who can take a rainbow? Wrap it in a sigh? Soak it in the sun and make a groovy lemon pie? The Candy Man The Candy Man can ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/371 "2007-04-27T00:57:54Z")
:eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**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 27, 2007, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/372 "2007-04-27T00:58:31Z")
Whee! Great minds think alike! 😃 Leave it there **ArchiveGuy**! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/373 "2007-04-27T01:13:06Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] Whee! Great minds think alike! 😃 Leave it there **ArchiveGuy**! [/QUOTE] [You’re freaking me out, man!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=418444) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/374 "2007-04-27T01:26:12Z")
> [@](#): > > Who can take a sunrise, > Sprinkle it with dew > Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two > The candy man > The candy man can > The candy man can, cause he mixes it with love > And makes the world taste good Pour some sugar on me Ooh, in the name of love Pour some sugar on me C’mon fire me up Pour your sugar on me Oh, I can’t get enough - Def Leopard ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/375 "2007-04-27T02:05:43Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Pour some sugar on me Ooh, in the name of love Pour some sugar on me C’mon fire me up Pour your sugar on me Oh, I can’t get enough - Def Leopard [/QUOTE] There’s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks And ev’rybody calls it the sugar shack – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/376 "2007-04-27T02:10:58Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] There’s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks And ev’rybody calls it the sugar shack – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs [/QUOTE] If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says 15 miles to the… Love Shack! Love Shack yeah. - The B-52’s ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/377 "2007-04-27T02:12:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] There’s a crazy little shack beyond the tracks And ev’rybody calls it the sugar shack – Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs [/QUOTE] The is a little old place where we can get together Love Shack baby, bay-bee. Love baby, that’s where it’s at, Ooo love baby, that’s where it’s at Sign says.. Woo… stay away fools, 'cause love rules at the! Well it’s set way back in the middle of a field, Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back (B 52s) On preview **SnakesCatLady** beat me to it. Heh… ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/378 "2007-04-27T02:54:35Z")
> [@](#): > > If you see a faded sign by the side of the road that says > 15 miles to the… Love Shack! Love Shack yeah. If you ever plan to motor west, Travel my way, take the highway that is best. Get your kicks on route sixty-six. It winds from chicago to la, More than two thousand miles all the way. Get your kicks on route sixty-six. ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/379 "2007-04-27T02:55:26Z")
> [@](#): > > If you ever plan to motor west, > Travel my way, take the highway that is best. > Get your kicks on route sixty-six. _While outside on the turnpike They got this new hit tune Where thrills become as cheap as gas And gas as cheap as thrills_ - Blue Oyster Cult ---
**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 27, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/380 "2007-04-27T03:03:03Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] _While outside on the turnpike They got this new hit tune Where thrills become as cheap as gas And gas as cheap as thrills_ - Blue Oyster Cult [/QUOTE] You don’t know how you got here You just know you want out Believing in yourself Almost as much as you doubt You’re a big smash You wear it like a rash Star Oh no, don’t be shy There’s a crowd to cry Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me (U2) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=20)