# Song Lyric Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 8, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030 "2004-04-08T21:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/1 "2004-04-08T21:06:31Z")
Inspired by a board game I used to play, here’s the rules: The first poster posts a word (any part of speech, proper nouns included, is fair game). The next poster posts a line or two (at least 10 words, but not much more – watch those copyright violations!) of a song which includes the previous poster’s word, and provides song title (and artist, optional). The given word must be one of the words in the quoted section of the song. Minor variations on the word (as in singular to plural, present tense to past tense) are acceptable in a pinch but not preferred. Shall we begin? **glue** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/2 "2004-04-08T22:06:20Z")
> [@Aholibah](#): > > **glue** Dead president’s corpse in the driver’s car The engine runs on **glue** and tar –“Not to Touch the Earth,” the Doors Now do I give a new word, or does the next player use a word from this quote? ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/3 "2004-04-08T22:07:55Z")
Whoops! Knew I’d left something out of those instructions. I was thinking you’d provide us with the next word. Sorry! ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/4 "2004-04-08T22:08:47Z")
OK: next word: **Thought** ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/5 "2004-04-08T22:11:55Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > OK: next word: > > **Thought** _Well, I think I thought I saw you try. But that was just a dream. That was just a dream, just a dream…_ Losing My Religion, REM Hmmm… **Shire** _evil grin_ ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/6 "2004-04-08T22:25:32Z")
No sweaters’-knitting by the fire Two hobbits in their little **shire** - Sam Shaber, _When the Roses Run Dry_ **sliver** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/7 "2004-04-08T22:30:01Z")
> [@Aholibah](#): > > No sweaters’-knitting by the fire > Two hobbits in their little **shire** > > - Sam Shaber, _When the Roses Run Dry_ > > **sliver** Gerry Rafferty’s “Home and Dry”: “This silver bird takes me ‘cross the sky Just one more hour and I’ll be home and dry ‘Cross the ocean, way above the clouds I come stealin’.” **eagle** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/8 "2004-04-08T22:31:02Z")
Ignore the dyslexia. Nothing to see here. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/9 "2004-04-08T22:37:05Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Gerry Rafferty’s “Home and Dry”: > > **eagle** I want to fly like an eagle To the sea Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me Steve Miller Band **conviction** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/10 "2004-04-08T22:38:39Z")
> [@Aholibah](#): > > **sliver** _That small sliver of light Doesn’t make up for all the dark shadows Which encompass the entire room_ – Vanessa Carlton, _Drowning_ Next word: **protocol** ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/11 "2004-04-08T22:49:24Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Next word: **protocol** While I’m tempted to go with **Kizarvexius’s** turn just so I can post lyrics to _Karma Chameleon_, it was based on a misreading of **Aholibah’s** word by **Mr. Blue Sky** , so I have to go with **Sternvogel**. \*In the hills of France and on German soil From Saigon to Wounded Knee Who come from long lines of soldiers Whose duty was fulfilled In the words of a warriors will And protocol \* **Protocol** , Gordon Lightfoot Next word: **basketweaver** ---
**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/12 "2004-04-08T22:59:56Z")
_The butcher with his cleaver says it The mad basketweaver says it The jaded boxing writer And the glass-jawed fighter says Babe, I’m on fire_ Babe, I’m on Fire – Nick Cave up next, **Overture** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/13 "2004-04-08T23:30:28Z")
> [@verbenabeast](#): > > up next, > > **Overture** **Overture** , Curtain, lights, This is it, We’ll hit the heights… –“This Is It” (Bugs Bunny TV theme song) **mouse** ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/14 "2004-04-08T23:34:03Z")
I know a **mouse** and he hasn’t got a house I don’t know why I call him Gerald… - “Bike,” Pink Floyd **Sofa** ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/15 "2004-04-08T23:39:02Z")
Ich bin hier, Und du bist mein **Sofa**! –“Sofa #2,” Frank Zappa **Babylon** ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/16 "2004-04-08T23:53:06Z")
> [@Biffy the Elephant Shrew](#): > > **Babylon** \*Walking under the lion’s gate Bitter tears for a city’s fate Raise your voice in an ancient song Say goodbye to Babylon Hanging gardens with falling leaves Temples robbed by the Persian thieves Once this empire was standing strong Say goodbye to Babylon\* **Say Goodbye to Babylon** , Army of Lovers **candle** ---
**Author:** ![capelcleggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@capelcleggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capelcleggs)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/17 "2004-04-09T00:14:31Z")
**candle** You and your glance Make this romance Too hot to handle. Stars in the night Blazing their light Can’t hold a candle To your razzle-dazzle… (“Old Devil Moon,” Burton Lane & E.Y. Harburg, “Finian’s Rainbow”) **Russian** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/18 "2004-04-09T00:34:30Z")
_I can see the Russian Army rolling through my head On one side of me lies the enemy, the other half is dead…_ **Headache** , Liz Phair Cobblestones ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/19 "2004-04-09T00:38:36Z")
_Beneath the cobblestones and the water main Beneath the traffic of friendships and street deals_ **Fuel** - Ani DiFranco **decal** ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/20 "2004-04-09T00:56:38Z")
What’s the frequency Kenneth is your benzedrine uh huh Butterfly decal rear view mirror dogging the scene _What’s the Frequency Kenneth - REM_ And dammit I hate that song. Anyway: mutilation [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030.md?page=2)