# 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:** 24
**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 28, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/461 "2007-04-28T20:19:38Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] that suicide is painless It brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. I try to find a way to make all our little joys relate without that ever-present hate but now I know that it’s too late M_A_S_H_ theme song [/QUOTE] And it’s too late, baby, now it’s too late Though we really did try to make it Something inside has died and I can’t hide And I just can’t fake it **Carole King** ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/462 "2007-04-28T20:26:01Z")
[QUOTE=Ferd Burfel] And it’s too late, baby, now it’s too late Though we really did try to make it Something inside has died and I can’t hide And I just can’t fake it **Carole King** [/QUOTE] Don’t pull your love out on me baby If you do then I think that maybe I’ll just lay me down and cry for a hundred years Don’t pull your love out on me honey Take my heart, my soul, my money But don’t leave me drownin’ in my tears - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/463 "2007-04-28T20:32:13Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Don’t pull your love out on me baby If you do then I think that maybe I’ll just lay me down and cry for a hundred years Don’t pull your love out on me honey Take my heart, my soul, my money But don’t leave me drownin’ in my tears - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds [/QUOTE] And i just can’t help the feeling Someone else’s stealing you away from me I see it written in your eyes You conform it with your lies Though the way that you weep can hold me I would rather that you told me Where you wanna be Oooh slipping away from me Oooh slipping away from me _(Max Merritt & The Meteors)_ ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/464 "2007-04-28T20:33:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t pull your love out on me baby > If you do then I think that maybe > I’ll just lay me down and cry for a hundred years > Don’t pull your love out on me honey > Take my heart, my soul, my money > But don’t leave me drownin’ in my tears Don’t, don’t you want me You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t see me Don’t, don’t you want me You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me It’s much too late to find You think you’ve changed your mind You’d better change it back or we will both be sorry Don’t you want me baby, Don’t you want me oh Don’t you want me baby, Don’t you want me oh -The Human League ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/465 "2007-04-28T20:40:51Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Don’t, don’t you want me You know I can’t believe it when I hear that you won’t see me Don’t, don’t you want me You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me It’s much too late to find You think you’ve changed your mind You’d better change it back or we will both be sorry Don’t you want me baby, Don’t you want me oh Don’t you want me baby, Don’t you want me oh -The Human League [/QUOTE] Am I ever gonna see your face again? Can’t stop the memory that goes climbing through my brain I get no answer so the question still remains Am I ever gonna see your face again? _(Angels)_ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/466 "2007-04-28T20:52:20Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Am I ever gonna see your face again? Can’t stop the memory that goes climbing through my brain I get no answer so the question still remains Am I ever gonna see your face again? _(Angels)_ [/QUOTE] Whenever I see your smiling face I have to smile myself Because I love you, yes, I do And when you give me that pretty little pout It turns me inside out There’s something about you, baby, I don’t know James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/467 "2007-04-28T21:06:06Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Whenever I see your smiling face I have to smile myself Because I love you, yes, I do And when you give me that pretty little pout It turns me inside out There’s something about you, baby, I don’t know James Taylor [/QUOTE] Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried? All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke Let me whisper in your ear: Angie, angie, where will it lead us from here? _(Rolling Stones)_ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/468 "2007-04-28T21:10:10Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Angie, I still love you, remember all those nights we cried? All the dreams we held so close seemed to all go up in smoke Let me whisper in your ear: Angie, angie, where will it lead us from here? _(Rolling Stones)_ [/QUOTE] If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me No baby please dont go If you leave me now, youll take away the very heart of me No baby please dont go Chicago ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/469 "2007-04-28T21:18:19Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me No baby please dont go If you leave me now, youll take away the very heart of me No baby please dont go Chicago [/QUOTE] Oh won’t you stay, just a little bit longer. People stay just a little bit longer We want to play – just a little bit longer Now the promoter don’t mind And the union don’t mind If we take a little time And we leave it all behind and sing One more song Oh won’t you stay just a little bit longer Please, please, please say you will Say you will Oh won’t you stay just a little bit longer Oh please, please stay just a little bit more (Jackson Browne) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/470 "2007-04-28T21:21:50Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Oh won’t you stay, just a little bit longer. People stay just a little bit longer We want to play – just a little bit longer Now the promoter don’t mind And the union don’t mind If we take a little time And we leave it all behind and sing One more song Oh won’t you stay just a little bit longer Please, please, please say you will Say you will Oh won’t you stay just a little bit longer Oh please, please stay just a little bit more (Jackson Browne) [/QUOTE] There’ll be no strings to bind your hands Not if my love can find your heart And there’s no need to take a stand For it was I who choose to start I see no need to take me home I’m old enough to face the dawn Just call me angel of the morning, angel Just touch my cheek before you leave me Oh my baby Just call me angel of the morning, angel Then slowly turn away from me Merilee Rush and a buncha others I think ---
**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 28, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/471 "2007-04-28T21:36:18Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] There’ll be no strings to bind your hands Not if my love can find your heart And there’s no need to take a stand [/quote] \*Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won’t back down \* ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/472 "2007-04-28T21:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=Jackmannii] \*Well I won’t back down, no I won’t back down You can stand me up at the gates of hell But I won’t back down \* [/QUOTE] Come on-a my house my house, I’m gonna give you candy Come on-a my house, my house, I’m gonna give a you Apple a plum and apricot-a too eh Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house I’m gonna give a you Figs and dates and grapes and cakes eh Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house, I’m gonna give you candy Come on-a my house, my house, I’m gonna give you everything Rosemary Clooney ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2007, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/473 "2007-04-28T21:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] Come on-a my house my house, I’m gonna give you candy Come on-a my house, my house, I’m gonna give a you Apple a plum and apricot-a too eh Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house I’m gonna give a you Figs and dates and grapes and cakes eh Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house a come on Come on-a my house, my house, I’m gonna give you candy Come on-a my house, my house, I’m gonna give you everything Rosemary Clooney [/QUOTE] Well, she’s my lady luck and I’m her wildcard man together we’re builing up a real hard hand we live out in the country and she’s my little queen of the south we’re two of a kind, working on a full house (Garth Brooks) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/474 "2007-04-29T00:59:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cyn] Well, she’s my lady luck and I’m her wildcard man together we’re builing up a real hard hand we live out in the country and she’s my little queen of the south we’re two of a kind, working on a full house (Garth Brooks) [/QUOTE] Playing with the queen of hearts, knowing it ain’t really smart The joker ain’t the only fool who’ll do anything for you – Juice Newton (who also covered _Angel of the Morning_, quoted a few posts upthread) ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/475 "2007-04-29T02:20:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Playing with the queen of hearts, knowing it ain’t really smart The joker ain’t the only fool who’ll do anything for you – Juice Newton (who also covered _Angel of the Morning_, quoted a few posts upthread) [/QUOTE] People talk about me, baby Say Im doin you wrong, doin you wrong Well, dont you worry baby, dont worry Cause Im right here, right here, right here, right here at home Cause I’m a picker, I’m a grinner, I’m a lover and I’m a sinner I play my music in the sun I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker I sure dont want to hurt no one (Steve Miller Band) ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/476 "2007-04-29T02:27:44Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] People talk about me, baby Say Im doin you wrong, doin you wrong Well, dont you worry baby, dont worry Cause Im right here, right here, right here, right here at home Cause I’m a picker, I’m a grinner, I’m a lover and I’m a sinner I play my music in the sun I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker I sure dont want to hurt no one (Steve Miller Band) [/QUOTE] Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby - B.J. Thomas ---
**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 29, 2007, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/477 "2007-04-29T02:31:51Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby [/QUOTE] \*Put a straw under baby Your good deed for the day Put a straw under baby Keep the splinters away. There’s a brain in the table There’s a heart in the chair And they all live in Jesus It’s a family affair.\* - Brian Eno B.J. Thomas? Merilee Rush? _Rosemary Clooney?_ Have a heart, people. ☹ ---
**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 29, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/478 "2007-04-29T02:35:51Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady] Hey, wontcha play another somebody done somebody wrong song And make me feel at home while I miss my baby, while I miss my baby - B.J. Thomas [/QUOTE] ETA: Ok, than my post fits with this too. [QUOTE=Jackmannii] \*Put a straw under baby Your good deed for the day Put a straw under baby Keep the splinters away. There’s a brain in the table There’s a heart in the chair And they all live in Jesus It’s a family affair.\* - Brian Eno B.J. Thomas? Merilee Rush? _Rosemary Clooney?_ Have a heart, people. ☹ [/QUOTE] baby runnin’ everywhere, baby runnin’ here and there, baby lookin’ what we do, baby watchin’ want to do it too. (Bobby McFerrin) ---
**Author:** ![GawnFishin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/479 "2007-04-29T03:30:04Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] ETA: Ok, than my post fits with this too. baby runnin’ everywhere, baby runnin’ here and there, baby lookin’ what we do, baby watchin’ want to do it too. (Bobby McFerrin) [/QUOTE] Curiosity killed the cat I’m telling you I know where it’s at love is everywhere to be found open your eyes and look around. _(Little River Band)_ ---
**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 29, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990/480 "2007-04-29T04:21:04Z")
[QUOTE=GawnFishin’] Curiosity killed the cat I’m telling you I know where it’s at love is everywhere to be found open your eyes and look around. _(Little River Band)_ [/QUOTE] I’m like a one-eyed cat peepin’ in a seafood store I’m like a one-eyed cat peepin’ in a seafood store Well I can look at you, tell you ain’t no child no more Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin’ through Way you wear those dresses, the sun comes shinin’ through I can’t believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you I said shake, rattle and roll, Shake, rattle and roll Shake, rattle and roll, Shake, rattle and roll Well, you won’t do right to save your doggone soul (Big Joe Turner) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respond-to-the-previous-poster-by-quoting-a-song-lyric/400990.md?page=25)