# 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:** 128
**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 20, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2541 "2014-11-20T15:25:33Z")
Imagine all the people sharing all the world ---
**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 20, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2542 "2014-11-20T17:59:25Z")
People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully ---
**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 20, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2543 "2014-11-20T18:08:31Z")
People are strange ---
**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 20, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2544 "2014-11-20T20:04:20Z")
[**buddha\_david** should like this one: :D] Strange as I seem I’m getting stranger by the minute Look in my dreams They’re getting stranger by the minute ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2545 "2014-11-21T00:42:32Z")
Curiouser and curiouser the world makes me curiouser I’ve so many dreams that come and go Why is it so? Does no one know? ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2546 "2014-11-21T00:46:26Z")
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? If so, I can’t imagine why We’ve all got time enough to die ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2547 "2014-11-21T00:49:01Z")
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why Whoopee! We’re all gonna die ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2548 "2014-11-21T00:50:54Z")
Well they said she died easy of a broken heart disease As I listened through the cemetery trees ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2549 "2014-11-21T00:54:27Z")
Now I wonder why, I thought I could ever lose But the gain is hardly what I’d choose Now I wonder why It was somebody, a woman, it was a delicate crime ---
**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 21, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2550 "2014-11-21T01:00:01Z")
I wonder - I wah-wah-wah-wah-wonder Why - why, why, why, why, why she ran away And I wonder where she will stay My little runaway, a-run, run, run, run, runaway ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2551 "2014-11-21T15:04:54Z")
Sometimes a dream turns into a dream… A Loner longing for [Run away! Run away! Run away, run away!] The cadence of her last breath ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2552 "2014-11-21T16:30:12Z")
Breathe, breathe in the air Don’t be afraid to care ---
**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 22, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2553 "2014-11-22T20:09:36Z")
Try not to be afraid, so many things can happen Nothings ever quite as bad as it might appear I’ll give you all I got, You know I can protect you And try and stop you shedding even one more single tear ---
**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 22, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2554 "2014-11-22T21:16:05Z")
Stop your tears from falling, The trail they leave is very clear for all to see at night All to see at night. ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2555 "2014-11-22T22:21:02Z")
And as the fog gets clearer Shadows in your eyes appear The weak gets strong and nearer And condensation tears are brushed away ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2556 "2014-11-22T22:50:00Z")
A foggy day in London town Had me blue, had me down ---
**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 22, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2557 "2014-11-22T23:34:29Z")
There’s a fog upon L.A. And my friends have lost their way ---
**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 22, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2558 "2014-11-22T23:54:26Z")
If I can just get off this L.A. freeway Without getting killed or caught ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2559 "2014-11-23T02:22:13Z")
I rolled on, the sky grew dark I put the pedal down to make some time There’s something good waitin’ down this road I’m pickin’ up whatever’s mine ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/2560 "2014-11-23T03:18:50Z")
And it’s a hitchhike a hundred miles. I’m a rag-a-muffin child. Pointed finger-painted smile. I left my shadow waiting down the road for me a while. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=127) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=129)