var singleLineString = function(strings) {

  var values = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);

  // Interweave the strings with the 

  // substitution vars first.

  var output = '';

  for (var i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {  

    output += strings[i] + values[i];

  }

  output += strings[values.length];

​

  // Split on newlines.

  var lines = output.split(/(?:\r\n|\n|\r)/);

  // Rip out the leading whitespace.

  return lines.map(function(line) {

    return line.replace(/^\s+/gm, '');  

  }).join(' ').trim();

};

​

var me = 'me';

var raggedy = 'raggedy';

var you = 'you';

​

console.log(singleLineString`So here is us, on the

      ${raggedy} edge. Don't push ${me},

            and I won't push ${you}.`);

​

console.log('As opposed to this...');

​

console.log(`So here is us, on the

      ${raggedy} edge. Don't push ${me},

            and I won't push ${you}.`);