# 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:** 59
**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:** [July 26, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1161 "2010-07-26T04:47:53Z")
And everybody knows that you’re in trouble Everybody knows what you’ve been through, From the bloody cross on top of Calvary To the beach of Malibu Everybody knows it’s coming apart, Take one last look at this Sacred Heart Before it blows… And everybody knows ---
**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:** [July 26, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1162 "2010-07-26T14:44:12Z")
Everybody seems to wonder what it’s like down here I gotta get away from this day-to-day running around, Everybody knows this is nowhere. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1163 "2010-07-26T14:45:47Z")
He’s a real nowhere man Sitting in his nowhere land. Making all his nowhere plans for nobody. Doesn’t have a point of view. Knows not where he’s going to. Isn’t he a bit like you and me? ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1164 "2010-07-26T15:43:53Z")
You and me ain’t no superstars what we are is what we are we share a bed some popcorn and t.v., yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1165 "2010-07-27T19:41:12Z")
Well, I like T.V., 'cause it shows me what the world’s all about And I watch endlessly, every car chase, every fatal shoot-out I wanna be like Starsky & Hutch, and those Sweet Charlie’s Angels say ‘Look, but don’t touch’ ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1166 "2010-07-27T21:26:15Z")
Well, Sherlock Holmes Sam Spade got nothin’, child, on me Sergeant Friday, Charlie Chan And Boston Blackie No matter where she’s a hiding She’s gonna hear me a comin’ Gonna walk right down that street Like Bulldog Drummond… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1167 "2010-07-27T21:33:45Z")
Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, “Bridge on the River Kwai” Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball Starkweather, homicide, children of thalidomide Buddy Holly, “Ben-Hur”, space monkey, Mafia hula hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no go U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, “Psycho”, Belgians in the Congo ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1168 "2010-07-28T01:47:25Z")
But I don’t want to land in New York City Don’t want to land in Mexico Don’t want to land in no Three Mile Island Don’t want to see my skin aglow Don’t want to land in Comanche Sky Park Or in Nashville, Tennessee Don’t want to land in no San Juan airport Or the Yukon Territory Don’t want to land in no San Diego Don’t want to land in no Buzzard’s Bay Don’t want to land on no Ayatollah I got nothin’ more to say ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1169 "2010-07-28T14:49:38Z")
Bonzo goes to Bitburg then goes out for a cup of tea, As I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered me, Drank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policy, Pick up the pieces… ---
**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:** [July 28, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1170 "2010-07-28T15:53:19Z")
I fall to pieces Each time I see you again I fall to pieces How can I be just your friend? ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1171 "2010-07-28T23:03:07Z")
Thank you for being a friend Traveled down the road and back again Your heart is true, you’re a pal and a confidant ---
**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:** [July 29, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1172 "2010-07-29T14:20:16Z")
Playing with the queen of hearts, knowing it ain’t really smart The joker ain’t the only fool who’ll do anything for you Laying out another lie, thinking 'bout a life of crime That’s what I’ll have to do to keep me away from 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:** [July 29, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1173 "2010-07-29T19:18:02Z")
Liar! I have sailed the seas Liar! From Mars to Mercury Liar! I have drunk the wine Liar! Time after time ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1174 "2010-07-29T20:22:47Z")
If you keep on tellin’ me those lies Still goin’ out with other guys There’ll come a day I’ll be gone Take my advice, won’t be long Liar, liar, pants on fire Your nose is longer than a telephone wire… ---
**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:** [July 30, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1175 "2010-07-30T07:31:03Z")
When she says, oh that she wants only me Then I wonder why she sleeps with my friends ? When she says, oh that I’m like a disease Then I wonder how much more I can stand… Well, I guess I should stick up for myself But I really think it’s better this way : The more you suffer, The more it shows you really care Right ? Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1176 "2010-07-30T07:48:40Z")
And if I ever lost you, how much would I cry? How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky? ---
**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:** [July 30, 2010, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1177 "2010-07-30T10:26:46Z")
Eight miles high, and when you touch down You’ll find that it’s stranger than known Signs in the street that say where you’re going Are somewhere, just being their own Nowhere is there warmth to be found Among those afraid of losing their ground ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1178 "2010-07-30T14:19:59Z")
Folks all seem to drift on by Tell me true friend am I high Am I high please don’t lie Or have my legs been rubberized Tell me true friend am I high Was it that gage that incited my rage Or was it the booze that got me so confused Perhaps that cocaine caused me to exclaim As I fell to the floor give me more give me more ---
**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:** [July 30, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1179 "2010-07-30T22:07:19Z")
No no no no I don’t take it no more I’m tired of waking up on the floor No thank you please it only makes me sneeze And then it makes it hard to find the door ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726/1180 "2010-07-30T22:16:34Z")
I want a new drug - one that won’t spill. One that don’t cost too much or come in a pill. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reply-is-a-song-lyric/535726.md?page=58)