# 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:** 119
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2361 "2014-11-03T15:42:51Z")
Living in an Amish paradise A local boy kicked me in the butt last week I just smiled at him and I turned the other cheek I really don’t care, in fact I wish him well 'Cause I’ll be laughing my head off when he’s burning in Hell [Can you tell that I really _really_ don’t like CCR?] ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2362 "2014-11-03T15:46:02Z")
Where do bad folks go when they die? They don’t go to heaven where the angels fly They go to the lake of fire and fry Won’t see them again 'till the fourth of July ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2363 "2014-11-03T21:23:37Z")
Now heaven is destroyed by Satan He will rule the promised land Now your soul will be freed Through the gate, find the KEY to hell Jesus wept - standing in blood Praying to die - standing in blood ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2364 "2014-11-03T22:09:03Z")
And I woke up high over Albuquerque On a jet to the promised land. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2365 "2014-11-03T22:45:48Z")
I pulled out of Albuquerque praying I wasn’t late I got a couple cups of coffee at some joint off the interstate ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2366 "2014-11-03T22:56:14Z")
Well, it’s just a coffeehouse and it’s made out of wood Expresso coffee tastes mighty good ---
**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:** [November 3, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2367 "2014-11-03T23:35:07Z")
One more cup of coffee for the road One more cup of coffee 'fore I go. To the valley below. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2368 "2014-11-04T00:00:21Z")
He said one more job ought to get it One last shot 'fore we quit it One for the road ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2369 "2014-11-04T00:15:55Z")
Well, it’s one for the money, Two for the show, Three to get ready, Now go, cat, go. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2370 "2014-11-04T00:52:45Z")
By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There’s a hidden door she leads you to These days, she says, I feel my life Just like a river running through The year of the cat ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2371 "2014-11-04T02:05:49Z")
They said get back honky cat Better get back to the woods Well I quit those days and my redneck ways And oh the change is gonna do me good ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2372 "2014-11-04T02:32:45Z")
I went as far as I could and when I stopped the car It was right in front of this little bar Kind of a red-neck lookin joint called the Dew Drop Inn ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2373 "2014-11-04T02:34:53Z")
Let’s go down to the rides on east parade, By the lights of the palace arcade And watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2374 "2014-11-04T13:53:03Z")
A hotel suite in a rich man’s town, a hut in Botany Bay A prisoner by my own device, a mountain in my way I’m gonna have to alter my address; I can’t stay much longer with Tristesse And they call this carnival progress; Invited by our queen tonight, Tristesse ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2375 "2014-11-04T14:05:34Z")
the prisoner lives in camden town selling revolution ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2376 "2014-11-04T19:53:38Z")
Swirling pictures of never ending dreams I can’t see what these images mean Locked inside can’t set the rainbow free Like perishing flowers they sag and twist and die There’s a revolution ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2377 "2014-11-04T21:25:51Z")
You say you want a revolution. Well, you know we all want to change the world. You tell me that it’s evolution. Well, you know we all want to change the world. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2378 "2014-11-04T21:44:22Z")
I’m at peace with my lust I can kill 'cause in God I trust, yeah It’s evolution, baby ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2379 "2014-11-04T22:42:36Z")
Hundreds of believers Lured into a doomsday cult All would perish in the name of God Self-proclaimed messiah Led his servants to their death Eighty murdered in the name of God Forty sons and daughters Unconsenting plural wives Perversions, in the name of God Underground religion Turning toward the mainstream light Blind devotion in the name of God Justifying violence Citing from the Holy Book Teaching hatred in the name of God _[think I broke a rule here…ah, well]_ ---
**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:** [November 4, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2380 "2014-11-04T23:13:13Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > _[think I broke a rule here…ah, well]_ [_Ya think? If only there was thread for non-succinct lyrics._] And I get sick when I’m around, I can’t stand to be around I hate everything about you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=118) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=120)