# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/181 "2014-07-08T11:50:53Z")
Spanish songs in Andalucia, Mandolina, oh mi corazon Spanish songs in Granada, oh mi corazon ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/182 "2014-07-08T12:53:24Z")
Esa mujer me está matando. Me ha espinado el corazón. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/183 "2014-07-08T15:27:29Z")
You ain’t giving me no quarter. I’d rather drink sea water, I wish I’d never had brought you, It’s gonna be the death of me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/184 "2014-07-08T17:12:18Z")
Oh, missing you without quarter Oh the pain, the pain without quarter. Ooh yeah, ooh yeah, give me quarter quarter quarter ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/185 "2014-07-08T21:18:05Z")
Pieces of eight The search for the money tree Don’t cash your freedoms in for gold Pieces of eight Can’t buy you everything Don’t let it turn your heart to stone ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/186 "2014-07-08T21:42:06Z")
I am a rock, I am an island. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/187 "2014-07-09T00:49:39Z")
I turn to stone when you are gone I turn to stone I turn to stone, when you comin’ home I can’t go on ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/188 "2014-07-09T00:50:55Z")
Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone It’s not warm when she’s away Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone, and she’s always gone too long Anytime she goes away ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/189 "2014-07-09T00:55:45Z")
You know the nearer your destination The more you’re slip slidin’ away ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/190 "2014-07-09T01:02:34Z")
Now come on, baby (oh, come on baby!), now get into your slide. Just ride, ride, ride little pony ride. Yeah, yeah, yeah, do the Harlem Shuffle. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/191 "2014-07-09T01:07:25Z")
Been down so long, getting up didn’t cross my mind I knew there was a better way of life and I was just trying to find You don’t know what you’ll do until you’re put under pressure Across 110th Street is a hell of a tester ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/192 "2014-07-09T01:17:45Z")
Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast I walked into a Tenth Avenue freeze-out ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/193 "2014-07-09T01:51:38Z")
Down on the corner, out in the street Willy and the Poor Boys are playin’ Bring a nickel, tap your feet ---
**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:** [July 9, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/194 "2014-07-09T02:02:59Z")
In honor of the historic day in my new home state of WA… One toke over the line sweet Jesus One toke over the line Sittin’ downtown in a railway station One toke over the line ---
**Author:** ![4d3fect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/4d3fect/32/9728_2.png) [@4d3fect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4d3fect)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/195 "2014-07-09T02:07:13Z")
And I’m told there’s no more coal for the older engines ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/196 "2014-07-09T02:20:18Z")
Ain’t no more cane on the Brazos Ooh, ooh, ooh It’s all been ground down to molasses Ooh, ooh, ooh ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/197 "2014-07-10T16:10:07Z")
That’s the sound of the men, Working on the chain gang ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/198 "2014-07-10T16:12:36Z")
You load sixteen tons, what do you get Another day older and deeper in debt ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/199 "2014-07-10T18:59:00Z")
Well I been workin in a coal mine Goin down, down Workin in a coal mine Whew! About to slip down ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/200 "2014-07-10T19:11:55Z")
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