# Television Theme Song Lyrics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 11, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503 "2019-08-11T14:56:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/61 "2019-08-19T03:49:56Z")

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Keepin’ your head above water,  
Making a wave when you can.  
Good Times

Lady Godiva was a freedom rider she didn’t care if the whole world looked.  
Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her she was a sister who really cooked.

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/62 "2019-08-19T05:39:25Z")

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Isabella was the first bra burner, aint ya glad she showed up  
And when the country was falling apart, Betsy Ross got it all sewed up  
And then there’s…

Maude

Early to bed, early to rise  
Funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/63 "2019-08-19T10:55:14Z")

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Kickin’ myself for nothin’ was my favorite sport  
I had to get out and start enjoyin’ 'cause life’s too short  
Alice

Now this is the story all about how,  
My life got flipped-turned upside down

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/64 "2019-08-19T12:23:46Z")

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And I’d like to take a minute  
Just sit right there

_The Fresh Prince of Bel Air_

How will you make it on your own?  
This world is awfully big, girl this time you’re all alone

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/65 "2019-08-19T12:41:31Z")

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But it’s time you started living  
Time you let someone else do some giving

Mary Tyler Moore Show

Got kind of tired of packing and unpacking  
Town to town, up and down the dial

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/66 "2019-08-19T14:44:22Z")

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Maybe you and me were never meant to be  
But baby think of me once in awhile.  
I’m at…

_WKRP in Cincinnati_

If you find a girl to love,  
Only one girl to love,

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/67 "2019-08-19T14:53:53Z")

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Then she’ll be That Girl too  
That Girl

Softness in his eyes,  
Iron in his thighs,

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/68 "2019-08-19T15:50:13Z")

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Virtue in his heart,  
Fire in every part,  
Of the Mighty Hercules!

_The Mighty Hercules_

When criminals in this world appear  
And break the laws that they should fear  
And frighten all who see or hear

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/69 "2019-08-19T15:58:58Z")

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And frighten all who see or hear,  
The cry goes up both far and near for  
Underdog

He will be  
Parachuting for your pleasure  
Sailing seas in search of treasure

NOTE: Is anyone else singing them out when you see them? 😃

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/70 "2019-08-19T16:46:45Z")

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(Of course, **C**!)

Anything so he can measure  
Up to men

_Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales_

[I named one of my rabbits Chumley and, without fail, every time I took him to the vet, the techs would know where the name came from. “He’s not a walrus.”]

BIP:

A magic belt has he  
He pulls it tight with all his might

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/71 "2019-08-19T17:24:37Z")

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A mighty sailor he’ll be  
A mighty sailor is he!  
Sinbad, Jr.

Fencing and fighting and round table knighting  
And slaying of dragons, too.  
Shipping and sailing and great harpoon whaling

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/72 "2019-08-19T20:16:49Z")

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There’s nothing McBragg can’t do.  
_The World of Commander McBragg_

This flame in my heart like a long lost friend  
Gives every dark street a light at the end.

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/73 "2019-08-19T20:17:31Z")

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Standing tall, on the wings of my dream.  
Rise and fall, on the wings of my dream.

_Perfect Strangers_  
Two little Indians, all others gone.  
Two little Indians, left all alone.  
No buffalo to run, no tribe to lead  
What can they do for fun?

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**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/74 "2019-08-19T20:24:50Z")

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Go go gophers, watch them go go go.

_Go Go Gophers_

Take me out to the black  
Tell them I ain’t coming back.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/75 "2019-08-20T05:08:08Z")

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Burn the land and boil the sea,  
You can’t take the sky from me.

There’s no place, I can be,  
Since I’ve found Serenity.  
_Firefly_

Daring duck of mystery,  
Champion of right

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/76 "2019-08-21T13:00:49Z")

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Swoops out of the shadows.  
Darkwing owns the night.

\*Darkwing Duck

\*The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye.  
The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly.

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/77 "2019-08-21T13:07:13Z")

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Cool McCool’s the coolest  
Danger is his business!

_Cool McCool_  
Ample Parking day or night, people spouting “Howdy Neighbor!”

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/78 "2019-08-21T13:58:23Z")

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Heading up to South Park, gonna see if I can’t unwind

_South Park_

And keep your eye on the sparrow

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/79 "2019-08-21T14:04:54Z")

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When the going gets narrow

_Baretta_

And Doomsday’s the one who is all full of sunshine

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/television-theme-song-lyrics/838503/80 "2019-08-21T14:24:20Z")

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And Doc, he’s got the looks:And the brains to catch the crooks  
Kids From C.A.P.E.R. (I loved this show!)

I’ll Croc it to you, I’ll baffle your beanie  
with Captain Marbles and Junie the Genie

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