# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666 "2014-06-26T02:54:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/1 "2014-06-26T02:54:20Z")

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TWO TO FOUR LINES PLEASE(I like you Euty, but that thread is crazy)  
so how about speak to me in FOUR LINES OR LESS!!!

All God’s children need traveling shoes  
Drive your problems from here

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2 "2014-06-28T14:33:35Z")

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I got some money I saved  
Enough to get underway  
And baby you can sleep while I drive

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3 "2014-06-28T15:16:50Z")

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My name is Billy Austin. I’m 29 years old.

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**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4 "2014-06-28T19:00:42Z")

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Ah, my friends from the prison, they ask unto me  
“How good, how good does it feel to be free?”  
And I answer them most mysteriously:  
“Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?”

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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5 "2014-06-28T21:44:01Z")

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Freedom’s just another word  
for nothing left to lose.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/6 "2014-06-28T21:49:03Z")

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If I’m not back again time tomorrow, carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/7 "2014-06-28T22:50:28Z")

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Carry on, love is coming, love is coming to us all.

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/8 "2014-06-28T22:57:10Z")

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She said, “I wanna learn a love song, I wanna hear you play.”  
She said, “I wanna learn a love song before you go away.”

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/9 "2014-06-28T23:27:22Z")

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I’m not gonna write you a love song  
'cause you asked for it  
'cause you need one, you see

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/10 "2014-06-29T22:12:12Z")

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I wanna sing you a love song  
I wanna rock you in my arms all night long

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/11 "2014-06-29T22:41:15Z")

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I thirst to be thirsty in Montego Bay  
Sing out

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/12 "2014-06-29T22:43:18Z")

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Wasting away, again, in Margaritaville.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/13 "2014-06-29T22:55:27Z")

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If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/14 "2014-06-30T00:02:01Z")

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When the rain comes, they run and hide their heads

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/15 "2014-06-30T01:37:21Z")

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Here comes the rain again  
Falling on my head like a memory

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/16 "2014-06-30T01:39:58Z")

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Here comes the sun, and I say, it’s all right.

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/17 "2014-06-30T01:54:32Z")

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She said love, lord above  
Now he’s trying to trick me in love, ah  
All right now, baby it’s-a all right now, yeah

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/18 "2014-06-30T02:02:27Z")

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Dance, dance, wherever you may be  
I am the lord of the dance, said he

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/19 "2014-06-30T02:21:33Z")

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I don’t know  
But I’ve been told  
If you keep on dancing  
You’ll never grow old

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/20 "2014-06-30T02:38:28Z")

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Dancing in the moonlight,  
Everybodys feeling warm and bright;  
Its such a fine and natural sight,  
Everybodys dancing in the moonlight.

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