# Verbose song lyrics **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244 "2010-11-19T18:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/341 "2010-11-26T16:27:40Z")
I’m pretty proud of this one: Shift the focus of your organs of ocular perception toward the organs used for percieving photons of a specific wavelength band belonging to your interlocutor. After you have accomplished this, you will be able to percieve which specific ontological entity is effected in said interlocutor. For when people wish to refer to the entity with whom you are speaking, they use a word derived, appropriately enough, from an ancient word used to denote an entity who customarily transports a device used for emanating such photons. If the person to whom I am speaking shall grant my request, that person shall maneouvre their appendage commonly used in the great apes and their close relatives for finely manipulating objects so that it may touch that same appendage which can be found on their interlocutor. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/342 "2010-11-26T17:36:28Z")
I shall arrest the Earth’s rotation! Come and join me, as I transmute from a rigid state of matter to an amorphous state of matter Your eyes may perceive several irregularities, but these things shall improve, according to the relentless advance of our position in the fourth dimension The amount of activities which cannot be accomplished number naught, as long as our mutual cooperation persists I shall arrest the Earth’s rotation! Come and join me, as I transmute from a rigid state of matter to an amorphous state of matter ---
**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:** [November 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/343 "2010-11-26T17:45:40Z")
_A gentleman of my acquaintance (colloquially known as Peripatetic Robert) habitually engaged in various criminal enterprises including games of chance prohibited in our jurisdiction He was overly impressed with his abilities I counseled him as to the inadvisability of his predilections He is currently incarcerated_ ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/344 "2010-11-26T18:05:10Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > _A gentleman of my acquaintance (colloquially known as Peripatetic Robert). . ._ _In the Jailhouse Now_ by many, including the Soggy Bottom Boys. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/345 "2010-11-26T18:32:19Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > I shall arrest the Earth’s rotation! Come and join me, as I transmute from a rigid state of matter to an amorphous state of matter > Your eyes may perceive several irregularities, but these things shall improve, according to the relentless advance of our position in the fourth dimension > The amount of activities which cannot be accomplished number naught, as long as our mutual cooperation persists > I shall arrest the Earth’s rotation! Come and join me, as I transmute from a rigid state of matter to an amorphous state of matter **I Melt with You, by Modern English** I’ll stop the world and melt with you You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time There’s nothing you and I won’t do I’ll stop the world and melt with you mmm ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/346 "2010-11-26T18:42:59Z")
Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Subsequently? Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Subsequently? mmm ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/347 "2010-11-26T22:20:24Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Create a rapid back and forth motion in that device which manufactures your legal tender Shake your money maker? Maybe this will stump a few… \*I initiated a popular form of humor to spread mirth, But it backfired and it seems to have caused the population of the planet tearful lament. \* ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/348 "2010-11-26T23:21:53Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Shake your money maker? > > Maybe this will stump a few… > > _I initiated a popular form of humor to spread mirth, > But it backfired and it seems to have caused the population of the planet tearful lament._ Shake Your Moneymaker is correct! And yours is\*\* I Started a Joke\*\* by The Bee Gees. mmm ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/349 "2010-11-26T23:22:17Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Shake your money maker? > > Maybe this will stump a few… > > \*I initiated a popular form of humor to spread mirth, > But it backfired and it seems to have caused the population of the planet tearful lament. > \* _I Started A Joke_, by Maurice, Robin & Barry \*Curses! Beaten by Colonel Mustard, on the Straight Dope forums, with a speedier post! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/350 "2010-11-26T23:51:22Z")
Geez, you guys are good! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/351 "2010-11-27T00:22:55Z")
During my infancy, my maternal parent instructed me, “Male offspring of mine, always espouse ethical behavior and at no time engage in recreational firearmsmanship.” However, I discharged a firearm at a denizen of the Washoe County, Nevada county seat in order to observe his demise. My auditory reception of a shrill locomotive signal engenders the disconsolate drooping of my cephalic extrenity and lamentation. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/352 "2010-11-27T00:27:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > **I Melt with You, by Modern English** > > I’ll stop the world and melt with you > You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time > There’s nothing you and I won’t do > I’ll stop the world and melt with you > > mmm Correct – and btw, your sig keeps making me want to say, “Crash Test Dummies!” 😃 A) You are permitted to inspect my endothermic nature, which presently registers at approximately 39.44 Celsius. My darling, I must ask: Do you possess any physical abilities beyond the rhythmic gyration of your body? I believe this one’s still outstanding (the Not Green Day song): B) As before, I shall depart in a manner which befits my solitary nature Verily shall I traverse this particular interstate; I am not cognizant of whether or not any others exist My solitary nature has been persistent and unchanged since birth, akin to John Rambo immediately after the war After weighing my options, I have decided that failure to act in this manner will create further temporal detritus, and that is a fate I wish to avoid Therefore, as before, I shall depart in a manner which befits my solitary nature ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/353 "2010-11-27T00:31:24Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > During my infancy, my maternal parent instructed me, > “Male offspring of mine, always espouse ethical behavior and at no time engage in recreational firearmsmanship.” > However, I discharged a firearm at a denizen of the Washoe County, Nevada county seat in order to observe his demise. > My auditory reception of a shrill locomotive signal engenders the disconsolate drooping of my cephalic extrenity and lamentation. _When I was just a baby, My Mama told me, “Son, Always be a good boy, Don’t ever play with guns,” But I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die, When I hear that whistle blowin’, I hang my head and cry._ “Folsom Prison Blues”, Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/354 "2010-11-27T00:47:41Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > During my infancy, my maternal parent instructed me, > “Male offspring of mine, always espouse ethical behavior and at no time engage in recreational firearmsmanship.” . . . _Folsom Prison Blues_ by Johnny Cash Have you observed the wealthy, On a street in the north of Manhattan Island, On that well-known arterial? Tall headware and brand-name necklines, Uncolored shoe covers and three fins, Using up every bit of their cash, For a felicitous escapade. If you feel depressed and are unable to ascertain, In which direction to proceed, why not consider proceeding to, That part of Manhattan that was named after a municipality in the Netherlands, While donning an air of wealthy sophistication? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/355 "2010-11-27T00:54:16Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > _When I was just a baby, > My Mama told me, “Son, > Always be a good boy, > Don’t ever play with guns,” > But I shot a man in Reno, > Just to watch him die, > When I hear that whistle blowin’, > I hang my head and cry._ > > “Folsom Prison Blues”, Johnny Cash Right! (hon. mention to Jeff Lichtman too) ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/356 "2010-11-27T00:58:48Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > Have you observed the wealthy, > On a street in the north of Manhattan Island, > On that well-known arterial? > Tall headware and brand-name necklines, > Uncolored shoe covers and three fins, > Using up every bit of their cash, > For a felicitous escapade. > > If you feel depressed and are unable to ascertain, > In which direction to proceed, why not consider proceeding to, > That part of Manhattan that was named after a municipality in the Netherlands, > While donning an air of wealthy sophistication? “Puttin’ on the Ritz”, Irving Berlin (apparently not the same as the Taco version) ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@Andrew\_21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andrew_21)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/357 "2010-11-27T02:05:01Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > B) As before, I shall depart in a manner which befits my solitary nature > Verily shall I traverse this particular interstate; I am not cognizant of whether or not any others exist > My solitary nature has been persistent and unchanged since birth, akin to John Rambo immediately after the war > After weighing my options, I have decided that failure to act in this manner will create further temporal detritus, and that is a fate I wish to avoid > Therefore, as before, I shall depart in a manner which befits my solitary nature “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/358 "2010-11-27T02:24:58Z")
Youthful adult male, depression is unnecessary To repeat myself, arise! To reiterate, you have changed your place of residency Melancholy is not mandated. Immature posessor of a y-chromosome, a location is accessible Requiring little financial investment. Lodging is available. Furthermore, I belive with a high degree of certainty Numerous options for entertainment abound. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/359 "2010-11-27T05:17:02Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Youthful adult male, depression is unnecessary > To repeat myself, arise! > To reiterate, you have changed your place of residency > Melancholy is not mandated. > > Immature posessor of a y-chromosome, a location is accessible > Requiring little financial investment. > Lodging is available. Furthermore, I belive with a high degree of certainty > Numerous options for entertainment abound. “YMCA” by the Village People. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244/360 "2010-11-27T05:36:50Z")
> [@Andrew\_21](#): > > “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake Correct! (That’s weird, I expected #352a to fall first…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbose-song-lyrics/561244.md?page=19)