# The Reply Is A Song Lyric **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 11, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726 "2010-04-11T12:09:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1 "2010-04-11T12:09:38Z")
If birds fly over the rainbow, why oh why can’t I? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/2 "2010-04-11T12:25:55Z")
I’m no superman. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/3 "2010-04-11T13:40:45Z")
Do you want to know a secret? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/4 "2010-04-11T13:51:05Z")
I promise not to tell. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/5 "2010-04-11T14:21:26Z")
Some things are better left unsaid. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/6 "2010-04-11T15:59:21Z")
Then I had to go and ruin it all by saying something stupid like “I love you”. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/7 "2010-04-11T16:11:53Z")
Baby we can talk all night, but that ain’t getting us nowhere ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/8 "2010-04-11T16:18:24Z")
If you’ve got nowhere that you’re going to, can I go nowhere with you? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/9 "2010-04-11T16:27:26Z")
With our without you ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/10 "2010-04-11T16:42:21Z")
without wings, without wheels. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/11 "2010-04-11T21:22:57Z")
I’m walkin’ to New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/12 "2010-04-11T22:13:50Z")
New Orleans is sinking and I don’t want to swim ---
**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/13 "2010-04-11T22:28:15Z")
If you don’t want to swim, then drown wow, that’s kind of harsh ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/14 "2010-04-11T22:37:04Z")
London is drowning, and I live by the river. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/15 "2010-04-11T22:56:40Z")
Down by the river ---
**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:** [April 11, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/16 "2010-04-11T23:09:55Z")
Ain’t gonna study war no more. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/17 "2010-04-12T02:26:13Z")
In 1814 we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/18 "2010-04-12T02:34:29Z")
There’s only one thing I did wrong - I stayed in Mississippi a day too long. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/19 "2010-04-12T02:35:25Z")
It was the 3rd of June, another sleepy dusty Delta day. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/20 "2010-04-12T02:38:01Z")
Southern man, better keep your head. Don’t forget what your good book said. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726.md?page=2)