# The "Name that Lyric" Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756 "2003-02-13T04:09:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/1 "2003-02-13T04:09:12Z")
Here’s how it works: someone gives a line from ANY song, and the next person gives title and artist before giving their line. Make sure to ID who you are answering in case things get mixed up. Don’t look them up unless you have to, please. With that, here’s the first 5: B1: Some say we’re born into the grave… B2: Smelling like a dry fishbone… B3: Same as my daddy and his daddy before… B4: Not afraid to paint my sky… B5: 30 days, Lord, and 30 nights… And we’re off! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/2 "2003-02-13T04:20:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brianjedi \* > \*\* > > B3: Same as my daddy and his daddy before… > \*\* “Copperhead Road,” by Steve Earle - ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/3 "2003-02-13T04:33:05Z")
I wish I knew some of the songs, brianjedi. I wish astorian had posted some after answering the Steve Earle line. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/4 "2003-02-13T04:40:56Z")
You can post some of your own if you want to help things out, just make sure that you put an ID in front of them to help keep things straight. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/5 "2003-02-13T04:45:56Z")
E1: “…I see you walking real slow, smiling at everyone” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/6 "2003-02-13T04:49:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl of Sandwhich \* > E1: “…I see you walking real slow, smiling at everyone” _Boys of Summer_ by Don Henley B1: “…cool cat, lookin’ for a kitty/Gonna look in every corner of the city…” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/7 "2003-02-13T05:01:08Z")
**Balance’s** B1 _Summer in the City_ by the Lovin’ Spoonful. kd1: “Just as I crossed the Mississippi Line, I heard the highway start to whine, and I knew my left rear tire was about to go.” ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/8 "2003-02-13T05:04:58Z")
KD1: “Uneasy Rider”-Charlie Daniels Don’t forget that mine are still up there. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/9 "2003-02-13T05:11:42Z")
kd2: “After all, who am I? Just an ordinary guy, tryin’ hard to win me first prize.” kd3: “Yes, and I’ve often felt forsaken, and certainly misused.” kd4: “There’s one perfect fit, and sugar, this one is it.” kd5: “And people tend to pass you over, 'cause you’re not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water, or stars in the sky.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/10 "2003-02-13T05:18:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brianjedi \* > **KD1: “Uneasy Rider”-Charlie Daniels** Yes, well done. > [@](#): > > \*\* > Don’t forget that mine are still up there. \*\* Quite so. B5 (from **brianjedi** ) _The Needle and the Spoon_ by Lynyrd Skynyrd. ---
**Author:** ![Wisp00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/977dab/32.png) [@Wisp00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wisp00)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/11 "2003-02-13T06:12:49Z")
Gee. You guys pick ones that are too hard! Try these: W1: So here’s the story from A to Z, you wanna get with me, you better listen carefully W2: You can’t run and you can’t hide You and me gonna touch and sky W3: I’ve found the blessings to keep our love new There’s one for you And a million for you W4: Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of sonnets W5: Wishin’ I could thank you in a different way, c’mon 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/12 "2003-02-13T06:26:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brianjedi \* > \*\*B1: Some say we’re born into the grave… > \*\* _Them Bones_ - Alice In Chains > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*B1: “…cool cat, lookin’ for a kitty/Gonna look in every corner of the city…” \*\* _Summer In The City_ - umm… Joe Cocker I think? I’ll have some contributions in a moment… ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/13 "2003-02-13T06:35:40Z")
HM1 - “In her white lace, you could clearly see the lady sadly looking” HM2 - “Meek and obedient you follow the leader, down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel” HM3 - “What was deluxe becomes debris, I never questioned loyalty” ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/14 "2003-02-13T06:37:52Z")
A relatively easy one G- \* I am just a poor boy. Though my story’s seldom told, I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles, Such are promises All lies and jest Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest. \* ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/15 "2003-02-13T07:18:26Z")
**Gyan9** , your G- is _The Boxer_, by Simon and Garfunkel. Try to challenge us a **little**. Don’t put an entire verse down, even if you do think the verse is so beautiful it needs to be carved in marble on every man-made structure on the planet. **Heat Miser** , you’re going to hurt my feelings, walking all over my correct answer like that. Not Joe Cocker. Lovin’ Spoonful. ---
**Author:** ![HeatMiser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecd19e/32.png) [@HeatMiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeatMiser)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/16 "2003-02-13T07:28:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*- snip! - > **Heat Miser** , you’re going to hurt my feelings, walking all over my correct answer like that. Not Joe Cocker. Lovin’ Spoonful. \*\* Please accept my most humble apologies; I don’t know how I missed seeing your answer there. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/17 "2003-02-13T07:40:50Z")
> [@](#): > > kd4: “There’s one perfect fit, and sugar, this one is it.” “Reunited” - Peaches and Herb > [@](#): > > kd5: “And people tend to pass you over, 'cause you’re not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water, or stars in the sky.” “It’s Not Easy Being Green” - K. Fro RA1: “Animal carpet wall to wall, American ladies five-foot tall in blue.” RA2: “Vera, Chuck and Dave.” RA3: “Now the Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni.” RA4: “Pillow fights, pillow talk, you be Doris, I’ll be Rock.” I’ll be stunned if anybody gets that last one. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/18 "2003-02-13T08:30:43Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\* > Try to challenge us a **little**._\* How about this one ? G1 - _Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?_ ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/19 "2003-02-13T10:39:46Z")
RA1 - Marakesh Express, CSN RA2 - When I’m 64, by the Beatles * * * O1 - I saw your face and that’s the last I seen of my heart. O2 - It’s dark all day and it glows all night. ---
**Author:** ![Lilly\_Putt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Lilly\_Putt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilly_Putt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2003, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756/20 "2003-02-13T13:03:00Z")
Ra4: “Your Bed” by Cub G1:Pink Floyd’s “Wish you were here” W1: “Wannabe”? Spice Girls Try this: Lp1 - “You don’t do the things that I do, You want to do things I can’t do.” Robot arm: There is a band called Ze Malibu Kids (comprised of Anna Warronker of “That Dog” and Jeff and Steve McDonald of “Redd Kross” Who do an EXCELLENT cover version of “Your bed” with male vocals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-name-that-lyric-game/154756.md?page=2)