# Song Lyric Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030>\
**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:** 3

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**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/41 "2004-04-10T18:50:53Z")

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“Greeting the monster in our Easter dresses”  
Tori Amos- Icicle

Staying semi-topical:  
Sunday

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/42 "2004-04-10T18:58:32Z")

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> [@angelicate](#):
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> Staying semi-topical:  
> Sunday

“I don’t have to be me til Monday.  
Friday, Saturday, Sunday,  
I ain’t gonna face reality.”  
_I Don’t Have To Be Me_, Steve Azar

Next up: Bunny

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**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/43 "2004-04-10T19:00:54Z")

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“You say a lot of funny things, my little bunny.  
And I almost always laugh, but that’s not really funny.”  
The Eels- That’s Not Really Funny  
Next: Peeps

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**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/44 "2004-04-10T20:28:36Z")

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Shorty you’re my angel  
Darlin’ angel.  
Closer than my **peeps** you are to me.

I don’t know who does it but I hate it. And now it’s in my head… argh.

Next word:

Buddha

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/45 "2004-04-10T21:27:20Z")

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> [@FilmGeek](#):
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> Buddha

_Siam’s gonna be the witness  
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness  
This grips me more than would a  
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha._

- One Night in Bangkok (from the musical “Chess”)

Next word: **manipulating**

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/46 "2004-04-10T21:46:43Z")

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> [@TeaElle](#):
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> \ ***manipulating**

The queen of sensuality you shelter me from liberty  
It’s nothing short of piracy that’s not to say it doesn’t please me sometimes  
Now this may come as no surprise but I’m content to (no surprise) compromise  
Until the day you (no surprise) realize that I have been(no surprise)  
Manipulating you (no surprise, no surprise) manipulating

Love Voodoo - Duran Duran

**ideology**

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/47 "2004-04-10T22:18:11Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> **ideology**

We share the same biology  
Regardless of **ideology**  
Believe me when I say to you  
I hope the Russians love their children too.

–The Russians, Sting

How about… \<looks around the desk\>

**postage**?

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**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/48 "2004-04-11T03:31:13Z")

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“I telegraphed and phoned and sent an airmail special too  
Your answer was goodbye and there was even **postage** due”

—“Everything Happens to Me”

Next Word: **directory**

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**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/49 "2004-04-11T03:40:53Z")

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> [@](#):
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> think she’s somewhere down South, down about Baton Rouge,  
> But I just can’t remember no number, a number I can use.  
> Directory don’t have it, central done forgot it,  
> I’ve gotta find a number to use.

Grateful Dead, Operator

Thighs

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/50 "2004-04-11T03:54:08Z")

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She had dumps like a truck truck truck;  
\*\*thighs \*\* like what what what;  
All night long -  
Let me see that thong.

Thong song - sisquo – I am so ashamed to quote that.

_Lavender_

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**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 11, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/51 "2004-04-11T18:48:38Z")

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**Lavender** ’s blue, dilly dilly,  
Lavender’s green  
When I am king, dilly dilly,  
You will be queen  
–“Lavender,” Marillion (but taken from an old folk song)

Next word: **ultraviolet**

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**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/52 "2004-04-11T22:01:25Z")

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“Ultraviolet dreams,  
take a hit of that stuff”

-Cypress Hill

How about we try… masticate?

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/53 "2004-04-12T02:51:32Z")

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“This has stood the test of centuries  
Preying on the unsuspecting ones  
Only need to masticate  
White Death”

– Viking, _White Death_

Next: **chartreuse**

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**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/54 "2004-04-12T03:49:15Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I’m a chartreuse lover  
> I am an indigo man  
> In the black of the night  
> I’ll hold your lily white hand

That’s T. Rex, _Crimson Moon_

Next up: **swallow**

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**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 12, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/55 "2004-04-12T03:54:49Z")

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“I would swallow my pride  
I would choke on the (rinds? not sure of this word)  
but the lack thereof  
would leave me empty inside”

- Eve 6, “Inside Out”

Next… **immaculate**

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**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/56 "2004-04-12T04:04:43Z")

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**Nightwatch Trailer** , you stole my exact quote. So

> [@](#):
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> Out here we is stoned  
> Immaculate.

Stoned Immaculate by The Doors

How about **fingernails**?

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**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/57 "2004-04-12T04:39:16Z")

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“fingernails are pretty  
fingernails are good”

Foo Fighters- This Is A Call

Next: Bananas

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**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 12, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/58 "2004-04-12T05:35:56Z")

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> [@angelicate](#):
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> Next: Bananas

I brought my girl an apple, she let me hold her hand  
I brought my girl an orange, we kissed beneath the band  
I brought my girl **bananas** , she let me squeeze her tight  
I’m going to bring a watermelon to my girl tonight!  
–“I’m Going to Bring a Watermelon to My Girl Tonight,” the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Next: **rectify**.

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**Author:** ![spiralscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@spiralscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spiralscratch)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/59 "2004-04-12T10:03:02Z")

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Beatles, [“Think For Yourself”](http://www.elyrics.net/go/b/Beatles%20Lyrics/Think%20For%20Yourself%20Lyrics/)

> [@](#):
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> Although your mind’s opaque  
> Try thinking more if just for your own sake  
> The future still looks good  
> And you’ve got time to **rectify**  
> All the things that you should

Next up: **sacrifice**

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**Author:** ![verbenabeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@verbenabeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/verbenabeast)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/60 "2004-04-12T13:43:16Z")

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> [@](#):
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> **spiralscratch** said:  
> Next up: sacrifice

_And if the music stops  
There’s only the sound of the rain  
All the hope and glory  
All the sacrifice in vain_

**RUSH** – Bravado

How 'bout **existentialist** next?

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