Law geeks, you should probably stop reading this now as it will likely be of no interest to you. Apologies.
So this is where my true geekery comes out. Fallout 3 was released recently, which is the long-awaited sequel to — you guessed — Fallout and Fallout 2. It’s a sandbox RPG, and it’s a lot of fun.
The plot has you running around in a post-apocalyptic world, where there is one uncensored radio station, which most people tend to leave on all the time. The problem is that it seems only a few records from the 40′s survived the nuke, and the same songs are played over and over (and over and over). So they tend to get stuck in your brain.
Looking at forums, I noticed that no one has really compiled a list of songs and/or lyrics, so I collected them around the web and wrote some for the songs that I couldn’t find.
[edit: As people have pointed out, this list does not include all of the songs created specifically for the video game. If someone wants to get me a copy of those songs, I'll be happy to transcribe them. As kotaku noted, I'm avoiding studying.]
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Mighty, Mighty Man by Roy Brown
I’m a mighty, mighty man, I’m young and I’m in my prime
I’m a mighty, mighty man, I’m young and I’m in my prime
I don’t [something] I’m ready for a gold ol’ time.
Yes, I’m a real young man, a brand new twenty-five
Oh, I’m a real young man, a brand new twenty-five
Well, I’m willing, I’m able, I’m [something]
Well, I’m six-feet-tall, I ain’t no hand-me-down
Yes, I’m six-feet-tall, and I ain’t no hand me down
Well, I got a gal in town who calls me Good Rockin’ Brown
Oh, I’m a single man, I really don’t need a wife
I’m a single man, and I really don’t need a wife
Yes, I’m gonna [something], oh what a wonderful life.
Oh, I’m a mighty man, I’m young and I’m in my prime
Yes, a mighty, mighty man, I’m young and I’m in my prime
Well, when you want me, holler and I’ll be there on time.
Oh, [something] for the mighty one
Yes, [something] for the mighty one
Yeah, I’ll stay on the job, until the job is done.
—–
Let’s Go Sunning
Let’s go sunning
It’s so good for you
Let’s go sunning
Beneath the sky of blue
Feel as free and happy as the day you’re born
Let’s go native
Sun your cares away
Be creative
Learn to live and play
Pretty flowers need the sun
This applies to every one
Life’s worth living
When nature’s giving
Happiness to everyone
So let’s go sunning
Let’s go native
Sun your cares away
Be creative
Learn to live and play
Pretty flowers need the sun
This applies to everyone
Life’s worth living
When nature’s giving
Happiness to everyone
So let’s go sunning
—–
Anything Goes by Cole Porter
Times have changed,
And we’ve often rewound the clock,
Since the Puritans got a shock,
When they landed on Plymouth Rock.
If today,
Any shock they should try to stem,
‘Stead of landing on Plymouth Rock,
Plymouth Rock would land on them.
In olden days a glimpse of stocking
Was looked on as something shocking,
But now, God knows,
Anything Goes.
Good authors too who once knew better words,
Now only use four letter words
Writing prose, Anything Goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good’s bad today,
And black’s white today,
And day’s night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I’m not a great romancer
I know that I’m bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes
When grandmama whose age is eighty
In night clubs is getting matey with gigolo’s,
Anything Goes.
When mothers pack and leave poor father
Because they decide they’d rather be tennis pros,
Anything Goes.
If driving fast cars you like,
If low bars you like,
If old hymns you like,
If bare limbs you like,
If Mae West you like
Or me undressed you like,
Why, nobody will oppose!
When every night,
The set that’s smart
Is intruding in nudist parties in studios,
Anything Goes.
The world has gone mad today
And good’s bad today,
And black’s white today,
And day’s night today,
When most guys today
That women prize today
Are just silly gigolos
And though I’m not a great romancer
I know that I’m bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes
If saying your prayers you like,
If green pears you like
If old chairs you like,
If back stairs you like,
If love affairs you like
With young bears you like,
Why nobody will oppose!
And though I’m not a great romancer
And though I’m not a great romancer
I know that I’m bound to answer
When you propose,
Anything goes…
Anything goes!
——
I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire by The Ink Spots
I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
In my heart I have but one desire
And that one is you no other will do
I’ve lost all ambition for wordly acclaim
I just want to be the one you’d love
And with your admission that you’d feel the same
I’ll have reach the goal I’m dreaming of believe me
I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
(I’ve lost all ambition for wordly acclaim)
I just want to be the one you’d love
(And with your admission could you’d feel the same)
I’ll have reach the goal I’m dreaming of believe me
I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start a flame in your heart
—–
Way Back Home by Bob Crosby
The roads are the dustiest, The winds are the gustiest
The gates are the rustiest, The pies are the crustiest
The songs the lustiest, The friends the trustiest
Way back home
(Back home)
The trees are the sappiest, The days are the nappiest
The dogs are the yappiest, The kids are the scrappiest
the jokes the snappiest, the folks the happiest
Way back home
Don’t know why I left the homestead
I really must confess
I’m a weary exile
Singing my song of lonliness
The grass is the springiest, The bees are the stingiest
The birds are the wingiest, The bells are the ringiest
(the hearts) the hearts the singiest
(the arms) the arms the clingiest
Way back home
(What about the sun) The sun’s the blaziest
(And the fields) The field’s the daziest
(And the cows) The cow’s the graziest
(And the help) The help’s the laziest
The boys, Are the wittiest
The girls, Are the prettiest
Way back home
The pigs are the snootiest, The owls are the hootiest
The plant’s the fruitiest, The stars the shootiest
The grins the funniest, The smiles the sunniest
Way back home
Don’t know why I left the homestead
I really must confess
I’m a weary exile
Singing my song of lonliness
The food is the spreadiest, The wine is the headiest
The pals are the readiest, The gals are the steadiest
The love the livliest, The life the lovliest
Way back, way back, way back, home
(No place like home)
Home sweet home
—–
Butcher Pete (Part 1) by Roy Brown
Hey everybody, did the news get around
About a guy named Butcher Pete
Oh, Pete just flew into this town
And he’s choppin’ up all the women’s meat
[Chorus]
He’s hackin’ and wackin’ and smackin’
He’s hackin’ and wackin’ and smackin’
He’s hackin’ and wackin’ and smackin’
He just hacks, wacks, choppin’ that meat
Butcher Pete’s got a long sharp knife
He starts choppin’ and don’t know when to stop
All you fellows gotta watch your wifes
‘Cause Pete don’t care who’s meat he chops
[Chorus]
Ever since Peter flew into town
He’s been havin’ a ball
Just cuttin’ and choppin’ for miles around
Single women, married women, old maids and all
[Chorus]
Wakes up in the morning, half past five
Chops from sunrise to sunset
I don’t see how he stays alive
Meat’s gonna be the death of ole Pete, yeah
[Chorus]
The police put Pete in jail
Yes, he finally met his faith
But when they came to pay his bail
They found him choppin’ up his cell mate
[Chorus]
That Butcher Pete is a crazy man
Tries to chop down the wind and the rain
Just hacks on anything he can get
Say, turn this record over, you ain’t heard nothing yet
—–
A Wonderful Guy by Tex Beneke
I’m as corny as Kansas in August,
I’m as normal as blueberry pie.
No more a smart little girl with no heart,
I have found me a wonderful guy!
I am in a conventional dither,
With a conventional star in my eye.
And you will note there’s a lump in my throat
When I speak of that wonderful guy!
I’m as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,
A cliché comin’ true!
I’m bromidic and bright
As a moon-happy night
Pourin’ light on the dew!
I’m as corny as Kansas in August,
High as a flag on the Fourth of July!
If you’ll excuse an expression I use,
I’m in love, I’m in love,
I’m in love, I’m in love,
I’m in love with a wonderful guy!
No more a smart little girl with no heart,
I have found me a wonderful guy!
I’m as trite and as gay as a daisy in May,
A cliché comin’ true!
I’m bromidic and bright
As a moon-happy night
Pourin’ light on the dew!
I’m as corny as Kansas in August,
High as a flag on the Fourth of July!
If you’ll excuse an expression I use,
I’m in love, I’m in love,
I’m in love, I’m in love,
I’m in love with a wonderful guy!
——
Crazy He Calls Me by Billie Holiday
I say I’ll move the mountains
And I’ll move the mountains
If he wants them out of the way
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I’m crazy
Crazy in love, I’d say
I say I’ll go through fire
And I’ll go through fire
As he wants it, so it shall be
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I’m crazy
Crazy in love, you see
Like the wind that shakes the bough
He moves me with a smile
The difficult I’ll do right now
The impossible will take a little while
I say I’ll care forever
And I mean forever
If I have to hold up the sky
Crazy, he calls me
Sure I’m crazy
Crazy in love am I
—–
Civilization by Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters
Each morning a missionary advertise with neon sign
He tells the native population that civilization is fine
And three educated savages holler from a bongo tree
That civilization is a thing for me to see
So bongo, bongo, bongo I don’t want to leave the congo
Oh no no no no no
Bingle, bangle, bungle I’m so happy in the jungle I refuse to go
Don’t want no bright lights, false teeth, doorbells, landlords
I make it clear
That no matter how they coax him
I’ll stay right here
I looked through a magazine the missionary’s wife concealed
(Magazine? What happens?)
I see how people who are civilized bang you with automobiles
(You know you can get hurt that way Daniel)
At the movies they have to pay many coconuts to see
(What do they see Danny?)
Uncivilized pictures that the newsreels take of me
So bongo, bongo, bong he don’t want to leave the congo
Oh no no no no no
Bingle, bangle, bungle he’s so happy in the jungle he refuse to go
Don’t want no penthouse, bathtub, streetcars, taxis
Noise in my ear
So no matter how they coax him
I’ll stay right here
They hurry like savages to get aboard an iron train
And though it’s smoky and crowded they’re too civilized to complain
When they’ve got two weeks vacation they hurry to vacation grounds
(What do they do Danny)
They swim and they fish but that’s what I do all year round
So bongo, bongo, bongo I don’t want to leave the congo
Oh no no no no no
Bingle, bangle, bungle I’m so happy in the jungle I refuse to go
Don’t want no jailhouse, shotguns, fish hooks, golf clubs
I’ve got my spear
So no matter how they coax him
I’ll stay right here
They have things like the atom bomb
So I think I’ll stay where I “om”
Civilization, I’ll stay right here
—–
Easy Living by Billie Holiday
Living for you is easy living
It’s easy to live when you’re in love
And I’m so in love
There is nothing in life but you
I never regret the years that I’m giving
They’re easy to give when you’re in love
I’m happy to do whatever I do for you
For you maybe I’m a fool
But it’s fun
People say you rule me with one wave of your hand
Darling, it’s grand
They just don’t understand
Living for you is easy living
It’s easy to live when you’re in love
And I’m so in love
There’s nothing in life but you
—–
Happy Times by Bob Crosby & The Bobcats
Wish on the moon
And look for the gold in a rainbow
And you’ll find a happy time
You’ll hear a tune
That lives in the heart of a bluebird
And you’ll find a happy time
Though things may look very dark
Your dream is not in vein
For when do you find the rainbow?
Only after rain
So wish on the moon
And someday it may be tomorrow
You will suddenly hear chimes
And you’ll have your happy, happy time
So wish on the moon
And someday it may be tomorrow
You will suddenly hear chimes
And you’ll have your happy, happy time.
—–
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall by The Ink Spots
Into each life some rain must fall
But too much is falling in mine
Into each heart some tears must fall
But some day the sun will shine
Some folks can lose the blues in their hearts
But when I think of you another shower starts
Into each life some rain must fall
But too much is falling in mine
Into each life some rain must fall
But too much, too much is fallin’ in mine
Into each heart some tears must fall
But some day the sun will shine
Some folks can lose the blues in their heart
But when I think of you another shower starts
Into each life some rain must fall
But too much is fallin’ in mine
[spoken:]
Into each and every life some rain has got to fall
But too much of that stuff is fallin’ into mine
And into each heart some tears got to fall
And I know that someday that sun is bound to shine
Some folks can lose the blues in their heart
But when I think of you another shower starts
Into each life some rain must fall
But too much is fallin’ in mine
—–
Maybe by The Ink Spots
Maybe you’ll think of me
When you are all alone
Maybe the one who is waiting for you
Will prove untrue, then what will you do?
Maybe you’ll sit and sigh, wishing that I were near
Then maybe you’ll ask me to come back again
And maybe I’ll say maybe.
Maybe you’ll think of me
When you are all alone
Maybe the one who is waiting for you
Will prove untrue, then what will I do?
Maybe, you’ll sit and sigh, wishing that I were near
Then maybe you’ll ask me to come back again
And maybe I’ll say maybe.
[edit: 12/24/08 -- I just wanted to say thanks to those of you that have submitted corrections. Now that I'm on vacation, I'll devote some time to verifying them and post correct lyrics in the near future. Cheers.]
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nice list, thanks!
Hey! I would like that link to!
@Three Dog
PLZ PLZ PLZ!!! send me the cd!
316teddybear316@gmail.com
THX ALOT!
@threedog
id love the songs
@ Three Dog
Hey man could you plz send me the link for that cd you made, been searching forever!
captus50064@gmail.com
Thanks man!
lol u so sad but frankly i want the cd lol thx
ahah fallout is my fav just got operation anchorage no to good but its fun
Actually the civilization song is called bingo, bango, bongo.
I guess we know what’ll happen if A nuclear fallout’ll hit. We law students will be the only people left XD.
I can’t say for sure, but the last two words in the final verse is like… Look up to the mighty one, or something.
greet the sun
all i know is that these songs will be very important for my fallout 3 movie
I mostly listen to metal and alternative, but I’ve played so much Fallout 3 lately (got it last week) that I need these songs. Thanks!
thanks for putting the lyrics on i can now get them my m8 will be so angry i got them befor them thanks for the songs
and fallout 3 is 1 of the best games ever made
this is exactly what I’m looking for! thanks! weeeeeee!
i hope there will be a downloadable mp3 somewhere of all these fallout 3 sound tracks.. hehe :)
These tunes are total class lol
Love fallout 3 loads ay hings tae dae ay
Does anywan kehn where the missing android is?
Well thanks
Guys I’m an analyst in training – also loving Fallout instead of revising… it’s too good!
Thanks for this and all the best with the exams!
Please send me that link too – and thanks for putting it all together!
C
I WANT IT!!!!!!!!! please!!!!
Nice work compiling the song list. I’ve been on iTunes downloading each one of them. Good luck the rest of the way in law school (if you haven’t finished exams already) and especially with the bar. I’ve been in practice ten years and am not the only lawyer I know addicted to Fallout 3.
Duude that is an awesome idea, i always wanted like an actual radio station with 3 dogs at all those old timey songs lmao.
What a legend, i honestly did not think anyone else loved these crazy apocolyptic songs as much as me. The lyrics you have for ‘anything go’s’ might be a little wrong other than that you have been a massive help. pwn on.
Thanks for this, but the lyrics for “butcher pete” should be: “yes he finally met his FATE”, rather than “met his FAITH”.
Hey there, about your rhapsody playlist, i dont know if your missing the songs or just dont like them, could you add “Lets go Sunning” and “Im Tickled Pink”?
That song is called “Im Tickled Pink” i cant think of who sings it sorry
for a dog, you seem to bea pretty cool cat, please give it to me too and you’ll sure be my hottest dog. thanx, jo
@Three Dog, and mee please :)
– skinnyeric1@hotmail.com
dude if u wer a girl i wood totaly hav sex with u.
(sounds creepy)
u rok 4 doin this man.
i luv the music from the 40′s n 50′s.it all started with stubs the zombie.
then fallout 3 made me start downloadin the music but i cood nevr find th songs names n i nvr looked at the credits 4 them.(even tho i hav complaeted the game 5 times and i am doin the 6th jst now)
u r a ledgend m8.
@skinnyeric, bloodmoon89@aol.com just send it im sure you would not care i would love to here that man it sounds like it would sound great
Nice work!
in the song Mighty, Mighty Man by Roy Brown
on this part the something is:
Oh, When theres work to do send for the mighty one
Yes, when theres work to do you’d better send for the mighty one.
Oh, [something] for the mighty one
Yes, [something] for the mighty one
Yeah, I’ll stay on the job, until the job is done.
And in the first verse of lets go sunning after
Beneath the sky of blue
She says
Greet the sun, Everyone
@tyler, Kind of funny though considering, after listening to the same song over and over and over, after a while you just can’t help but love it… bit like when I played scar face… mad tunes in that one too. check it
@mj, yeah.. the first time you hear any of these songs you think they’re corny as hell.. but after a while…. it started a flame in my heart :D
i swear it’s Well, I’m willing, I’m able, I’m very much alive. from the first song
@Three Dog, Send a link to me love all the songs disstheice@yahoo.com bowwow :)
Must say I love that my son has gotten into this game, and even more into the music!! However, that being said — the Track you have listed from BOB CROSBY, yeah – no it’s not. His name is BING CROSBY. It’s great that games are getting fantastic tracks like this in them, my son thinks they rock – who would have thought!!
@Jules,
I am sorry, but you are mistaken. I made the same assumption, however the game credits say BOB Crosby. He was Bing Crosby’s brother and they sound very much alike. The listing here IS correct.
And that’s not the only case on the game. My wife argued with me that it was Doris Day singing one of the songs, but I was positive that it was Ella Fitzgerald. They sound very much alike too, but the credits confirmed it was Mrs. Fitzgerald and not Mrs. Day. I don’t remember the song title and I don’t see it listed here.
Anyway, this game is fantastic and the song list is just incredible. I am glad they used such gorgeous tracks… Modern popular music stinks!
FAMAZING, thank you! i never get tired of those songs, i’ve spent hours just wandering around in poorly lit tunnels and warehouses listening to that station. it’s gotten me into a lot of fights (it took me a while to realize that the warbling of the radio can be heard by hostiles as well), but they were fights won with the encouragement of Billie Holiday and the Inkspots. much thanks for the lyrics! :)
what a doll you are for going to all the trouble of doing this for other people.i’m really pleased to have found all of this onfo.big thank you and i hope school went well for you
@Three Dog, i dowloaded em all off limewire, easy as pie. they are everywhere, not to hard at all. plus good quality sound clips of three dawg too, p.s. love the game, played a good 600+ hours.
I can’t believe you posted the soundtrack, this is a godsend! Thank you so much!
Threeeee doggggg pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzee
Send me at least the full list I can’t find the actual recordings they used for the game it’s probably the greatest soubdtrack of all time!!!
Junigo88@yahoo.com
… Oh and if anyone plays COD4 hit me up to get pwned name’s also my gamertag >=P
Oh send it to
Just to restate the obvious: THANK YOU!
As autumn nears I’m pining for this stuff more and more, and I can only play on my boyfriend’s xbox. It’s like a musical fallout postcard. Or… Something.
@Rad Scorpion, When I was blowing megaton up, not how you see in my Fallair episode ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAiKcdC2Ao ) ( go check it out! ), The song that was playing it was I dont want to set the world on fire.
IT WAS FREAKING EPIC!!!!
do you think you could get me a list of the rest of the songs?? (i dont need the lyrics) there was a few that i really liked that i didnt find on here… thanks :D
http://www.warezwp.org/fallout-3-galaxy-news-radio-gnr-soundtrack-rapidshare/
This is a really stupid page….. i really appreciate the titles and artists, it saved me a but of time. The problem is alot of the lyrics are INCORRECT!
@GUYONTHEINTERNET, this is a really stupid comment…. i really appreciate stupid people on the internet, they make me look smarter. The problem is you’re real DUMB.
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