# 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:** 45
**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:** [June 3, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/881 "2010-06-03T10:16:53Z")
In the city there’s a thousand things I want to say to you… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/882 "2010-06-03T10:53:35Z")
And I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who’d walk a thousand miles to fall down at your door ---
**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:** [June 3, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/883 "2010-06-03T11:10:58Z")
These boots are made for walking and that’s just what they’ll do One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/884 "2010-06-03T15:31:29Z")
I’m walking Yes indeed I’m talking Bout you and me I’m hoping That you’ll come back to me ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/885 "2010-06-04T02:24:30Z")
Love is a rose but you better not pick it It only grows when it’s on the vine A handful of thorns and you know you missed it you lose your love when you say the word mine. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/886 "2010-06-04T03:44:44Z")
Every rose has its thorn Just like every night has its dawn Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song Every rose has its thorn Yeah it does ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/887 "2010-06-04T12:10:44Z")
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows lies the seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes the rose ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/888 "2010-06-04T14:28:49Z")
A faint heart never won fair hand, So says the Rose of England. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/889 "2010-06-04T15:21:24Z")
Goodbye England’s rose From a country lost without your soul Who’ll miss the wings of your compassion More than you’ll ever know ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/890 "2010-06-04T18:45:09Z")
I will not cease from mental fight; Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand Til we have built Jerusalem In England’s green and pleasant land. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/891 "2010-06-04T18:47:09Z")
England, oh England, the country so great the land so fair and so true I’ve never seen any colours like the red, the white, and the blue ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/892 "2010-06-04T20:44:39Z")
Wide-angle watcher of life’s ancient tales Steeped in the history of London Green and grey washes in a wispy white veil Mist in the streets of Westminster ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/893 "2010-06-04T21:16:59Z")
Now the winter comes down I can’t stand the chill That comes to the streets around Christmas time And I’m buggered to damnation And I haven’t got a penny To wander the dark streets of London ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/894 "2010-06-04T23:49:21Z")
And the boys from the NYPD choir Were singing Galway Bay And the bells were ringing out For Christmas Day ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/895 "2010-06-05T05:20:37Z")
I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play And mild and sweet their songs repeat Of peace on earth good will to men ---
**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:** [June 5, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/896 "2010-06-05T09:37:23Z")
At Christmas time it’s hard, but when you’re having fun There’s a world outside your window And it’s a world of dread and fear Where the only water flowing is the bitter sting of tears And the Christmas bells that ring there are the clanging chimes of doom Well tonight thank God it’s them , instead of youuuuuuuuuuuuuu… ---
**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:** [June 5, 2010, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/897 "2010-06-05T09:47:34Z")
And it’s too late baby, now it’s too late Though we really did try to make it Something inside has died and I can’t hide And I just can’t fake it ---
**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:** [June 5, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/898 "2010-06-05T12:02:10Z")
Don’t Don’t you want me? You know I don’t believe you when you say that you don’t need me. It’s much too late to find When you think you’ve changed your mind You’d better change it back or we’ll both Be Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/899 "2010-06-05T12:39:49Z")
He worked hard all year, just wanted a few weeks alone But his old ladys into modelin, she can’t get away from a phone Besides she bitches about the mosquitoes She says, down there there is nothing to do Her goddamn phone never stops ringin Hell try the service in a day maybe two ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/900 "2010-06-05T23:38:54Z")
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