# The NON-Sequencial Lyric Game! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 15, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578 "2001-07-15T14:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 15, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/1 "2001-07-15T14:29:58Z")
Here’s how it works-I’ll post a song lyric, and the next person posts the lyric _from another song!_ that best follows it. Let’s open with: _I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name…_ ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/2 "2001-07-15T14:51:13Z")
Do you remember chalk marks melting on a playground wall? [sub]I was thisclose to starting a “Kayleigh” lyric thread, but realised it would sink like a rock[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/3 "2001-07-15T16:08:07Z")
Words like violence break the silence ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/4 "2001-07-15T16:15:27Z")
bestrafe mich bestrafe mich Stroh wird Gold und Gold wird Stein ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/5 "2001-07-15T16:23:48Z")
Fill the steins to dear old Maine Shout till the rafters ring! Stand and drink a toast once again, Let every loyal Maine man sing! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/6 "2001-07-15T19:25:21Z")
Mairsy doats and doesy doats And little lamsey divey A kiddily divey too Wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/7 "2001-07-15T19:50:54Z")
With a gun for a lover and a shot for the pain inside. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/8 "2001-07-15T19:54:08Z")
She’s Sister Mary now, eyes as cold as ice ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/9 "2001-07-15T20:26:07Z")
The sweat I lick off my lover’s neck Her smile after the spank The satisfaction I know that I get Well, it’s all taboo to you. ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/10 "2001-07-15T21:40:45Z")
Why don’t we do it in the road? ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/11 "2001-07-15T21:42:51Z")
Because the night has a thousand eyes. (Sorry, couldn’t resist) ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/12 "2001-07-15T22:42:20Z")
I heard her pray the night Chicago died! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/13 "2001-07-15T22:45:06Z")
That’s the night when the lights went out in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/14 "2001-07-16T01:08:52Z")
…the night they drove ol’ Dixie down. And all the people were singin’, they went Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah, nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah… ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/15 "2001-07-16T01:36:39Z")
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/16 "2001-07-16T01:55:04Z")
Hey hey mama said the way you move Gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/17 "2001-07-16T01:56:52Z")
Ive been locked inside your heart shaped box for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/18 "2001-07-16T02:46:00Z")
Would I have followed down my chosen road? ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/19 "2001-07-16T04:50:37Z")
Who doesn’t know what I’m talkin’ about who’s never left home, who’s never struck out to find a dream and a life of their own a place in the clouds, a foundation of stone ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578/20 "2001-07-16T05:42:23Z")
I find the answers aren’t so clear Wish I could find a way to disappear [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-non-sequencial-lyric-game/72578.md?page=2)