# 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:** ![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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2461 "2014-11-11T18:12:12Z")

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I see red when I see you

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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 11, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2462 "2014-11-11T19:38:38Z")

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We have lost the time  
That was so hard to find  
And I will lose my mind  
If you won’t see me

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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 11, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2463 "2014-11-11T19:41:53Z")

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Look at this face.  
Can you believe it?  
Am I living in a beautiful vacuum?  
Because I can’t see it  
The vanishing point appears.

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2464 "2014-11-11T19:54:18Z")

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The first time ever I saw your face  
I thought the sun rose in your eyes  
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave

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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 11, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2465 "2014-11-11T21:14:59Z")

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The morning star  
Riding the fires of the northern gold  
I’ve searched the eye  
I laugh under the weeping moon

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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 11, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2466 "2014-11-11T22:24:53Z")

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Now the moon is almost hidden  
The stars are beginning to hide  
The fortune-telling lady  
Has even taken all her things inside

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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 11, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2467 "2014-11-11T22:44:46Z")

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Tree cracked and mountain cried  
Bridges broke and window sighed  
Cells grew up and rivers burst  
Sound obscured and sense reversed

Stars die - blinding skies

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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 11, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2468 "2014-11-11T23:22:42Z")

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She thinks she missed the train to Mars, she’s out back counting stars

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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:** [November 11, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2469 "2014-11-11T23:41:30Z")

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Starry, starry night  
Paint your palette blue and gray  
Look out on a summer’s day  
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul

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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 12, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2470 "2014-11-12T00:43:20Z")

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Twisting, turning  
Losing all sense of yearning  
Living and learning  
The pressure keeps on burning my soul, burning my soul

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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 12, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2471 "2014-11-12T00:45:35Z")

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4, 3, 2, 1  
Earth below us, drifting, falling  
Floating, weightless, calling, calling, home

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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 12, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2472 "2014-11-12T01:39:41Z")

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A lady with a violin playing to the seals  
Hearken to the sound of calling  
Who tied my hands to the wheel?  
The zodiac turns over me

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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 12, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2473 "2014-11-12T15:01:55Z")

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Ooh, the wheel in the sky keeps on turnin’  
I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow  
Wheel in the sky keeps on turnin’

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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:** [November 12, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2474 "2014-11-12T18:38:31Z")

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You go back Jack do it again  
Wheel turnin’ 'round and 'round

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2475 "2014-11-12T19:59:14Z")

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Round and round  
With love we’ll find a way just give it time  
Round and round  
What comes around goes around  
I’ll tell you why

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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 12, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2476 "2014-11-12T20:02:58Z")

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I’ll be the roundabout  
The words will make you out ‘n’ out

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**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 12, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2477 "2014-11-12T21:45:33Z")

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You think that I don’t even mean single word I say.  
It’s only words, and words are all I have to take your breath 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:** [November 12, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2478 "2014-11-12T22:53:16Z")

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Say the word and you’ll be free  
Say the word and be like me  
Say the word I’m thinking of  
Have you heard the word is “Love”?

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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 13, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2479 "2014-11-13T01:41:05Z")

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Come along with me  
Down into the world of seeing  
Come and you’ll be free  
Take the time to find the feeling

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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 13, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2480 "2014-11-13T02:26:23Z")

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Come with me  
And you’ll be  
In a world of  
Pure imagination

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