# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/501 "2010-04-25T05:18:04Z")
Oh We’re Not Gonna Take It no, We Ain’t Gonna Take It oh We’re Not Gonna Take It Anymore ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/502 "2010-04-25T11:05:10Z")
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me! ---
**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 25, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/503 "2010-04-25T11:35:05Z")
On and on, and I feel like crying ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/504 "2010-04-25T11:39:13Z")
Its my party and I’ll cry if I want to. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/505 "2010-04-25T12:45:43Z")
Alone and crying, crying, cri-iiiiiiiiiiiii-ying, it’s hard to understand, but the touch of your hand can start me crying ---
**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 25, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/506 "2010-04-25T13:07:14Z")
Dry your eyes and take your song out, it’s a newborn afternoon. ---
**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 25, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/507 "2010-04-25T13:28:16Z")
Sky rockets in flight, an afternoon delight ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/508 "2010-04-25T14:12:58Z")
by the rockets red glare and bombs burst in the air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ---
**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 25, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/509 "2010-04-25T14:19:09Z")
If a yellow flag is fluttering Sickly herald against the morn Then you’ll know my courage has ended And you’ll send your boat ashore ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/510 "2010-04-25T14:29:29Z")
Michael row de boat ashore, Hallelujah! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/511 "2010-04-25T18:31:24Z")
I did my best, it wasn’t much I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you And even though It all went wrong I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/512 "2010-04-25T23:43:07Z")
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/513 "2010-04-25T23:53:26Z")
Glory glory hallelujah Teacher hit me with a ruler Hit her in the butt With a rotten coconut and she ain’t no teacher no more ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/514 "2010-04-26T01:18:30Z")
Second base and better, Mary Kay In her soft blue sweater, Mary Kay, Mary Kay Under the bleachers Deeper and deeper Oh teacher ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/515 "2010-04-26T02:04:30Z")
So hard to find my way, Now that I’m all on my own. I saw you just the other day, My how you have grown, Cast my memory back there, Lord Sometime I’m overcome thinking 'bout Making love in the green grass Behind the stadium with you My brown eyed girl ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/516 "2010-04-26T02:33:38Z")
And don’t it make my brown eyes blue! ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/517 "2010-04-26T09:29:29Z")
And a roving, a roving, a roving I’ll go, for a pair of brown eyes ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/518 "2010-04-26T12:32:33Z")
You are like a hurricane, there’s calm in your eye ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/519 "2010-04-26T13:12:09Z")
That’s the story of the Hurricane But it won’t be over till they clear his name And give him back the time he’s done Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been The champion of the world. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/520 "2010-04-26T14:41:40Z")
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