# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics

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**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:** ![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 8, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2421 "2014-11-08T05:42:09Z")

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You can get it if you really want

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**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 8, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2422 "2014-11-08T13:10:20Z")

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All I want is to feel this way  
To be this close, to feel the same  
All I want is to feel this way  
The evening speaks, hear it say

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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:** [November 8, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2423 "2014-11-08T15:25:08Z")

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Once you have found her,  
Never let her go  
Once you have found her,  
Never let her go

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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:** [November 8, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2424 "2014-11-08T15:36:44Z")

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I want to stand up, I want to let go  
You know, you know - no you don’t, you don’t  
I want to shine on in the hearts of men  
I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand

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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:** [November 8, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2425 "2014-11-08T17:21:00Z")

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You were my real love, I never knew love  
'Til there was you  
From the bottom of my broken heart

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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:** [November 8, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2426 "2014-11-08T17:27:33Z")

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See that girl  
She put me in a whirl  
She’s got a way of breakin’ hearts

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**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 9, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2427 "2014-11-09T01:21:08Z")

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You are the Dancing Queen, young and sweet, only seventeen  
Dancing Queen, feel the beat from the tambourine  
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life  
See that girl, watch that scene, digging the Dancing Queen

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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:** [November 9, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2428 "2014-11-09T01:25:28Z")

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Drop your silver in my tambourine  
Help a poor man fill his pretty dream  
Give me pennies I’ll take anything  
Now listen while I play…my green tambourine

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**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 9, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2429 "2014-11-09T01:44:04Z")

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Silver and gold, silver and gold  
Ev’ryone wishes for silver and gold  
How do you measure its worth?  
Just by the pleasure it gives here on earth

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2430 "2014-11-09T01:59:54Z")

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You got my heart you got my soul  
You got the silver you got the gold  
You got the diamonds from the mine  
Well that’s all right, it’ll buy some time

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**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 9, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2431 "2014-11-09T04:24:59Z")

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She got the goldmine (she got the goldmine)  
I got the shaft (I got the shaft)  
They split it right down the middle  
And then they give her the better half

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**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 9, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2432 "2014-11-09T17:03:40Z")

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Rock on gold dust woman  
Take your silver spoon  
Dig your grave

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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:** [November 9, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2433 "2014-11-09T17:15:16Z")

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If I swallow anything evil  
Put your finger down my throat

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**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 10, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2434 "2014-11-10T03:32:23Z")

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I got blisters on my fingers!

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2435 "2014-11-10T03:47:35Z")

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Now that ain’t workin’ that’s the way you do it  
Lemme tell ya them guys ain’t dumb  
Maybe get a blister on your little finger  
Maybe get a blister on your thumb.

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2436 "2014-11-10T15:16:55Z")

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I don’t want to work  
I want to bang on the drum all day

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2437 "2014-11-10T15:19:14Z")

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It’s just another manic Monday  
I wish it were Sunday  
'Cause that’s my fun day

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2438 "2014-11-10T15:58:25Z")

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But it’s a five o’clock world when the whistle blows  
No one owns a piece of my time  
And there’s a five o’clock me inside my clothes  
Thinkin’ that the world looks fine, yeah

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2439 "2014-11-10T16:27:35Z")

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When the whistle blows each morning  
And I walk down in that cold, dark mine  
I say a prayer to my dear Savior  
Please let me see the sunshine one more time

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2440 "2014-11-10T17:29:48Z")

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I bind unto myself today  
The strong Name of the Trinity,  
By invocation of the same,  
The Three in One and One in Three.

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