# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/61 "2004-04-12T13:46:16Z")
Let me introduce you to the gang Johnny plays the sitar, he’s an existentialist Once he had a name, now he plays our game You won’t feel so good now that you’ve joined the gang Next how about **panties** ---
**Author:** ![ReverseCowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@ReverseCowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReverseCowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/62 "2004-04-12T13:48:00Z")
> [@ReverseCowgirl](#): > > Let me introduce you to the gang > Johnny plays the sitar, he’s an existentialist > Once he had a name, now he plays our game > You won’t feel so good now that you’ve joined the gang > Next how about **panties** Oops. The Song was _Join the Gang_ by Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Aholibah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Aholibah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aholibah)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/63 "2004-04-12T13:58:08Z")
> [@ReverseCowgirl](#): > > Next how about **panties** I wear underwear, she told me. I hate the word panties. – “Underwear,” Jim’s Big Ego How about . . . **crackle**? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/64 "2004-04-12T14:30:24Z")
Right the wrong Hear the song Before long U won’t hear nothin’ but the \*\*crackle \*\* of flames Right the wrong Hear the song Would u rather die knowing that u did or keep living in shame Prince – Right the Wrong _Petal_ ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/65 "2004-04-12T15:19:15Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > _Petal_ Stars were falling deep in the darkness as prayers rose softly, \*\*petals \*\* at dawn _Full Circle_, by Loreena McKennitt _clarity_ ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/66 "2004-04-12T15:28:43Z")
**CLARITY** I stopped by the bar at 3 am To seek solace in a bottle, or possibly a friend And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board Twice as cloudy as I’d been the night before I went in seeking **clarity** … ~Indigo Girls, “Closer to Fine” **magnificent** ---
**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, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/67 "2004-04-12T17:09:12Z")
> [@](#): > > **Rubystreak** said: > > **magnificent** _You’re my magificent possession, A treasure lent me from above. As long as I have breath within me, You’ll be my one and only love._ Nat King Cole – Magnificent Obsession **Unanimous** ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/68 "2004-04-12T17:30:33Z")
The court deemed me to be offensive I’m an ominous man Once love is \*\*unanimous \*\* No order demands Verve Pipe, Ominous Man How 'bout … **Napalm** ---
**Author:** ![Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f19dbf/32.png) [@Only\_Mostly\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Only_Mostly_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/69 "2004-04-12T17:41:16Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > How 'bout … **Napalm** “I’ll give you love and napalm, you are all invited to the show.” Gary Numan - Love and Napalm How about **deluge**? ---
**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, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/70 "2004-04-12T21:41:14Z")
> [@](#): > > **OnlyMostlyDead** said: > > How about deluge? There is freedom within, there is freedom without Try to catch the **deluge** in a paper cup Don’t Dream It’s Over – -- Crowded House and now… **persistence** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/71 "2004-04-13T01:47:49Z")
“You’ve taken me into Your heart to my home And closed the distance with Your persistence” – _Persistence_, Across the Sky Next: **Labrador** ---
**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 13, 2004, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/72 "2004-04-13T02:21:27Z")
“An orange green labrador Sits in the clouds Geraldine watches nearby The sun’s going down on a Shadow of doubt” -Geraldine, by Once Blue Howsabout… recapitulate? ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/73 "2004-04-13T02:31:11Z")
War is a science With rules to be applied Which good soldiers appreciate Recall and **recapitulate** Before they go to decimate The other side “War is a Science,” _Pippin_ Next Word: **euphoria** ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/74 "2004-04-13T08:16:36Z")
Sweet **euphoria** mine is the heart you stole Touched and broken are the things you love Using stars to light your candles -Chris Cornell, _Euphoria Morning_ That was a hard one. Let’s go to **kindergarten** ---
**Author:** ![Psycho\_Pirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Psycho\_Pirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Psycho_Pirate)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/75 "2004-04-13T12:50:07Z")
You must have been a beautiful baby You must have been a wonderful child When you were only starting to go to **kindergarten** I bet you drove the little boys wild. _You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby - Bing Crosby_ How about periwinkle. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/76 "2004-04-13T14:54:54Z")
“Peridots and **periwinkle** blue medallions Gilded galleons spilled across the ocean floor Treasure somewhere in the sea and he will find where Never mind their questions there’s no answer for” – from Joni Mitchell’s “Dawn Treader” Next word: **decrepit** ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/77 "2004-04-13T15:46:11Z")
"There’s no whiskeythere’s no wine Just the concrete and a worried mind ’cause everybody knows death creeps in slow ’til you feel safe in his arms And I’ve been looking for a new friend And I don’t care if he’s **decrepit** and grey" ~Beck, “O Maria” Next word: **baffled** ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/78 "2004-04-13T16:03:08Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Next word: **baffled** “Completely **baffled** by a backward indication That an inspired word will come across your tongue” – The White Stripes , “There’s No Home For You Here” Next word: **clavicle** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/79 "2004-04-13T16:31:11Z")
“I wanna wake up naked next to you, Kissing the curve in your clavicle. Kissing your clavicle.” – Alkaline Trio, _Clavicle_ Next up: **oleander** ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030/80 "2004-04-13T19:52:59Z")
“ **Oleanders** growing outside her door Soon they’re gonna be in bloom up in Annandale.” Steely Dan: My Old School Next word: **speckled** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyric-game/239030.md?page=5)