# The Reply Is A Song Lyric

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726>\
**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:** 30

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/581 "2010-04-30T12:10:08Z")

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Jesus Christ Superstar  
Do you think you’re what they say you are

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**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 30, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/582 "2010-04-30T19:22:09Z")

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I look like Jesus, so they say  
But Mister Jesus is very far away  
Now you’re the only one here who can tell me if it’s true  
That you love me and I love me

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**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 30, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/583 "2010-04-30T19:45:36Z")

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Jesus just left Chicago, and he’s bound for New Orleans  
Working from one end to the other, and all points in between.

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**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 30, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/584 "2010-04-30T19:49:54Z")

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My, my, my, my lord - _guruve namah_  
My sweet lord - _hare rama_

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**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/585 "2010-04-30T19:53:05Z")

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Riding on the City of New Orleans,  
Illinois Central Monday morning rail  
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,  
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/586 "2010-04-30T19:56:02Z")

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There is a house in New Orleans  
They call the Risin’ Sun

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/587 "2010-04-30T20:27:58Z")

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I was on that midnight flier out of Birmingham, smoking into New Orleans.

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**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 30, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/588 "2010-04-30T20:42:05Z")

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Busted, down on Bourbon Street, set up like a bowling pin  
Knocked down, it gets to wearing thin, they just won’t let you be, oh no.

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**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:** [May 1, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/589 "2010-05-01T00:07:13Z")

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Enemies and adversaries  
Try to tear me down  
You want me baby I dare you  
Try and tear me down

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/590 "2010-05-01T00:29:11Z")

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Tear down the walls, tear down the walls  
Gather my treasure and scatter it all

– Gordon Lightfoot, _Cobwebs and Dust_

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**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:** [May 1, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/591 "2010-05-01T05:48:39Z")

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And when I have destroyed you I’ll come picking through your bones  
And you won’t have a single atom left to call your own

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/592 "2010-05-01T07:19:57Z")

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I will find a center in you  
I will chew it up and leave  
I will work to elevate you  
Just enough to bring you down

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**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:** [May 1, 2010, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/593 "2010-05-01T08:52:15Z")

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Why do you build me up,  
build me up, buttercup baby  
just to let me down,  
and mess me around?

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**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:** [May 1, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/594 "2010-05-01T15:00:57Z")

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You got me running going out of my mind  
You got me thinking me that I’m wasting my time  
Don’t bring me down  
No, no, no, no, no, ooh ooh  
I’ll tell you once more before I get off the floor  
Don’t bring me down

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**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:** [May 1, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/595 "2010-05-01T17:57:26Z")

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I’m only hanging on  
To watch you go down, my love

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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/596 "2010-05-01T18:01:34Z")

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Oh, I love  
Oh oh my love  
Only my love does it good… to me

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/597 "2010-05-01T18:01:41Z")

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And baby it’s true  
You’re the one  
Who caught me baby you taught me  
How good it could be, little girl  
You’re the one that’s got me down on my knees  
So caught up in you, little girl  
That I never want to get myself free

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**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/598 "2010-05-01T18:03:38Z")

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I’m free to do what I want  
Any old time

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/599 "2010-05-01T19:01:02Z")

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No time for a summer friend  
No time for the love you send  
Seasons change and so did I  
You need not wonder why  
You need not wonder why  
There’s no time left for you  
No time left for you

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**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:** [May 1, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/600 "2010-05-01T19:12:39Z")

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Best of both worlds, that’s what you want  
All your own way, that’s not my way  
Take your new love, or take your true love  
it’s time for you to chose which one you’d rather lose

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