# 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:** 20
**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, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/381 "2007-04-27T03:09:27Z")
> [@](#): > > 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 Kiss me kiss me kiss me Your tongue is like poison So swollen it fills up my mouth Love me love me love me You nail me to the floor And push my guts all inside out - The Cure ---
**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, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/382 "2007-04-27T05:00:38Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Kiss me kiss me kiss me Your tongue is like poison So swollen it fills up my mouth Love me love me love me You nail me to the floor And push my guts all inside out - The Cure [/QUOTE] And she ran to him…then they started to fly They looked backward and said goodby…she had become like they are She had taken his hand…she had become like they are Come on baby…don’t fear the reaper _(Blue Oyster Cult)_ ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/383 "2007-04-27T05:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] And she ran to him…then they started to fly They looked backward and said goodby…she had become like they are She had taken his hand…she had become like they are Come on baby…don’t fear the reaper _(Blue Oyster Cult)_ [/QUOTE] All alone I came into this world All alone I will someday die Solid stone is just sand and water, baby Sand and water and a million years gone by -Beth Nielsen Chapman ---
**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, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/384 "2007-04-27T05:27:01Z")
[QUOTE=ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies] All alone I came into this world All alone I will someday die Solid stone is just sand and water, baby Sand and water and a million years gone by -Beth Nielsen Chapman [/QUOTE] Then you say–go slow– I fall behind– the second hand unwinds if you’re lost you can look–and you will find me time after time _(Cyndi Lauper)_ ---
**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 27, 2007, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/385 "2007-04-27T06:06:13Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Then you say–go slow– I fall behind– the second hand unwinds if you’re lost you can look–and you will find me time after time _(Cyndi Lauper)_ [/QUOTE] Up at Cody’s camp I spent my days, With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers Old Cody junior took me over, Said you’re gonna find the world is smolderin’ And if you get lost come on home to green river. (CCR) ---
**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, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/386 "2007-04-27T06:25:20Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] Up at Cody’s camp I spent my days, With flat car riders and cross-tie walkers Old Cody junior took me over, Said you’re gonna find the world is smolderin’ And if you get lost come on home to green river. (CCR) [/QUOTE] Well sometimes we’d travel right down the green river To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill Where the air smelt like snakes that we’d shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill Then the coal company came with the worlds largest shovel And they tortured the timbers and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man _(The Everly Brothers)_ ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/387 "2007-04-27T07:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Well sometimes we’d travel right down the green river To the abandoned old prison down by Adrie Hill Where the air smelt like snakes that we’d shoot with our pistols But empty pop bottles was all we would kill Then the coal company came with the worlds largest shovel And they tortured the timbers and stripped all the land Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man _(The Everly Brothers)_ [/QUOTE] **We work the black seam** This place has changed for good Your economic theory said it would It’s hard for us to understand We can’t give up our jobs the way we should Our blood has stained the coal We tunneled deep inside the nation’s soul We matter more than pounds and pence Your economic theory makes no sense _Sting_ ---
**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, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/388 "2007-04-27T12:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **We work the black seam** This place has changed for good Your economic theory said it would It’s hard for us to understand We can’t give up our jobs the way we should Our blood has stained the coal We tunneled deep inside the nation’s soul We matter more than pounds and pence Your economic theory makes no sense [/QUOTE] \*I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said “Well, a-bless my soul” You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store\* ---
**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 27, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/389 "2007-04-27T13:01:17Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] \*I was born one mornin’ when the sun didn’t shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal And the straw boss said “Well, a-bless my soul” You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt Saint Peter don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go I owe my soul to the company store\* [/QUOTE] Oh Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where paradise lays I’m sorry my son but you’re too late in askin’ Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away (Johnny Cash) ---
**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 27, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/390 "2007-04-27T13:31:31Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] Oh Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where paradise lays I’m sorry my son but you’re too late in askin’ Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away (Johnny Cash) [/QUOTE] Daddy please STOP it wasn’t his fault. He means so much to me… {artist?} * * * TBJ ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/391 "2007-04-27T13:39:13Z")
[QUOTE=True Blue Jack] Daddy please STOP it wasn’t his fault. He means so much to me… {artist?} * * * TBJ [/QUOTE] And I said Mama, he’s crazy and he scares me but I want him by my side He’s wild and he’s bad and sometimes just plain mad But I need him to keep me satisfied ---
**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, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/392 "2007-04-27T13:42:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Daddy please STOP it wasn’t his fault. He means so much to me… Papa dont preach, Im in trouble deep Papa dont preach, Ive been losing sleep But I made up my mind, Im keeping my baby, oh Im gonna keep my baby, mmm… -Madona ---
**Author:** ![Ferd\_Burfel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Ferd\_Burfel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferd_Burfel)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/393 "2007-04-27T13:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Papa dont preach, Im in trouble deep Papa dont preach, Ive been losing sleep But I made up my mind, Im keeping my baby, oh Im gonna keep my baby, mmm… -Madona [/QUOTE] Having my baby What a lovely way of saying how much you love me **Paul Anka** ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/394 "2007-04-27T14:06:32Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] Having my baby What a lovely way of saying how much you love me **Paul Anka** [/QUOTE] Baby, Baby fallin’ in love Fallin’ in love again ---
**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, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/395 "2007-04-27T14:10:36Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] Baby, Baby fallin’ in love Fallin’ in love again [/QUOTE] \*Baby’s on fire Better throw her in the water Look at her laughing Like a heifer to the slaughter \* - Brian Eno ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/396 "2007-04-27T14:24:16Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] \*Baby’s on fire Better throw her in the water Look at her laughing Like a heifer to the slaughter \* - Brian Eno [/QUOTE] Watch out strange but not a stranger Cool Baby You might get what you’re after BURNIN’ DOWN THE HOUSE ---
**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, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/397 "2007-04-27T14:27:01Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] Watch out strange but not a stranger Cool Baby You might get what you’re after BURNIN’ DOWN THE HOUSE [/QUOTE] How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning _(Midnight Oil)_ ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/398 "2007-04-27T14:30:58Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning How can we dance when our earth is turning How do we sleep while our beds are burning _(Midnight Oil)_ [/QUOTE] The world was turnin’ and she was floatin’ above it And she was ---
**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, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/399 "2007-04-27T14:41:57Z")
[QUOTE=AHoosierMama] The world was turnin’ and she was floatin’ above it And she was [/QUOTE] On a magic carpet ride You don’t know what we can see Why don’t you tell your dreams to me Fantasy will set you free _(Steppenwolf)_ ---
**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 27, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/400 "2007-04-27T14:50:38Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Papa dont preach, Im in trouble deep -Madona [/QUOTE] _ **{NOT PART OF SEQUENCE}** _ This just shows how many directions one can go at once. Yours did not occur to me, at least not consciously, but I did think of the country tune, “There was always love in Daddy’s hands…” and in the back of my mind there was “Daddy please don’t cry…” toward the end of the Butterfly Kisses song. * * * True Blue Jack [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=21)