# 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:** 123
**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, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2441 "2014-11-10T18:41:04Z")
Don’t go far, circle close The father, son, the holy ghost To the Trinity, I raise a toast (ahh yeah!) One, two, three lock box ---
**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 10, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2442 "2014-11-10T19:46:07Z")
Come and gather around Join in the crowd Singing the songs that we know We’ll drink a toast to tomorrow and one to days long ago ---
**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, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2443 "2014-11-10T22:08:58Z")
Come gather round, children, it’s high time ye learned 'Bout a hero named Homer and a devil named Burns We’ll march 'till we drop, the girls and the fellas We’ll fight 'till the death or else fold like umbrellas ---
**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 10, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2444 "2014-11-10T22:12:56Z")
I used to play the field, I used to be a roamer, But the season’s turning 'round for me now, I finally bagged me a homer. That’s right, I finally bagged me a homer. ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2445 "2014-11-10T23:48:07Z")
We’re talkin’ softball, from Maine to San Diego Talkin’ softball, Mattingly and Canseco Ken Griffey’s grotesquely swollen jaw Steve Sax and his run-in with the law We’re talking Homer, Ozzie and the Straw ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2446 "2014-11-11T01:09:47Z")
I had a friend was a big baseball player back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like a fool boy ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2447 "2014-11-11T01:13:41Z")
Go man, go But not like a yo-yo school boy Just play it cool, boy Real cool ---
**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 11, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2448 "2014-11-11T01:56:33Z")
Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you? Tell your mama and your papa I’m a little schoolboy too. ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2449 "2014-11-11T02:12:21Z")
Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you It’s late September and I really should be back at school ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2450 "2014-11-11T02:16:30Z")
learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2451 "2014-11-11T02:40:39Z")
They said all teenagers scare the living shit out 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:** [November 11, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2452 "2014-11-11T13:24:33Z")
Teenage wasteland It’s only teenage wasteland Teenage wasteland Oh yeah Teenage wasteland They’re all wasted! ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2453 "2014-11-11T15:21:45Z")
Wasted away again in Margaritaville… ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2454 "2014-11-11T15:54:06Z")
Half of my life, I spent doin’ time for some other fucker’s crime, The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine. ---
**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 11, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2455 "2014-11-11T15:58:41Z")
Chug-a-lug Chug-a-lug Makes you wanna holler hi-de-ho, Burns your tummy don’t you know Chug-a-lug chug-a-lug ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2456 "2014-11-11T16:10:58Z")
Well I asked my old pappy why he called his brew White lightnin stead of mountain dew I took a little sip and right away I knew And my eyes bugged out and my face turned blue ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2457 "2014-11-11T16:33:17Z")
Daddy made whiskey and he made it well Cost two dollars and it burned like hell ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2458 "2014-11-11T17:31:33Z")
I WANT MY TWO DOLLARS!!! _[oops! wrong thread…]_ Whiskey woman don’t you know that you are drivin’ me insane The liquor you give stems your will to live and gets right to my brain (Don’t you know you’re driving me insane) ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2459 "2014-11-11T17:38:57Z")
Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women They’ll drive you crazy, they’ll drive you insane ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2460 "2014-11-11T18:00:53Z")
I’ve got my wife, the other women And the whiskey killing me The first two make it so that I see red The third one makes it so that I can’t see [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=122) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=124)