# 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:** 33

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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 6, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/641 "2010-05-06T02:49:48Z")

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Isn’t it rich? Aren’t we a pair?  
Me with my feet at last on the ground  
You in midair.  
But where are the clowns?

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**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:** [May 6, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/642 "2010-05-06T02:56:32Z")

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Gone to Mexico.

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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 6, 2010, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/643 "2010-05-06T08:14:01Z")

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Buenos tardes amigo  
Hola my good friend  
Cinco de Mayo is on Tuesday  
And I hoped we’d see each other again

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**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:** [May 6, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/644 "2010-05-06T09:17:12Z")

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Don’t it always seem to go  
That you don’t know what you’ve got  
‘Til it’s gone

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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 6, 2010, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/645 "2010-05-06T09:24:43Z")

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You can’t always get what you want,  
But if you try sometimes you might find  
You get what you need

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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 6, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/646 "2010-05-06T10:56:39Z")

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Freedom of choice  
Is what you got  
Freedom from choice  
Is what you want

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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 6, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/647 "2010-05-06T12:27:41Z")

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Someone to shame us  
someone to follow  
someone to blame us  
some brave Apollo  
someone to rule us  
someone like you:  
We want you Big Brother

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**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:** [May 6, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/648 "2010-05-06T15:06:26Z")

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Mother don’t worry, Mother don’t fuss.  
Big Brother will take care of us.  
He’s like one of our own family.  
Big Brother takes care of me.

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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 7, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/649 "2010-05-07T01:33:21Z")

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Every breath you take,  
Every move you make,  
Every step you take,  
I’ll be watching you

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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:** [May 7, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/650 "2010-05-07T02:17:04Z")

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The boys watch the girls while the girls watch the boys who watch the girls go by  
Eye to eye, they solemnly convene to make the scene

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/651 "2010-05-07T02:32:22Z")

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Back home again in Indiana…

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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:** [May 7, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/652 "2010-05-07T12:53:12Z")

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Hey it’s good to be back home again.  
Sometimes this old farm feels like a long-lost friend.

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**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:** [May 7, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/653 "2010-05-07T13:08:21Z")

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I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more

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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 7, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/654 "2010-05-07T13:54:17Z")

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Wake up, Maggie, I think I got something to say to you

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**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/655 "2010-05-07T13:54:18Z")

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I get allergic smelling hay!

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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:** [May 7, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/656 "2010-05-07T14:10:05Z")

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Hey look me over, lend me an ear  
Fresh out of clover, mortgage up to here

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/657 "2010-05-07T14:12:33Z")

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Starry, Starry Night.  
Paint your palette blue and grey  
Look out on a summer’s day  
with eyes that know the  
darkness in my soul.

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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 7, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/658 "2010-05-07T14:48:14Z")

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Goodbye my friend, it’s hard to die,  
When all the birds are singing in the sky.  
Now that the spring is in the air,  
Pretty girls are everywhere,  
When you see them I’ll be there.

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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 8, 2010, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/659 "2010-05-08T02:55:11Z")

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Bye bye life. Bye bye happiness.  
Hello loneliness. I think I’m gonna die.

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**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/660 "2010-05-08T06:17:09Z")

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So, barmaid bring a pitcher - another round of brew  
Honey…why don’t we get drunk and screw

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