# 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:** ![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:** [February 2, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3021 "2015-02-02T01:26:04Z")

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Walls built between us, miles separate us,  
Yet in our hearts we share the same dream  
Feeling so strong we just must carry on  
On to our Magical World

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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:** [February 2, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3022 "2015-02-02T01:56:57Z")

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The Magical Mystery Tour is dying to take you away  
Dying to take you away, take you today

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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:** [February 2, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3023 "2015-02-02T03:09:43Z")

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So you wanna play with magic boy, you should know what you’re falling for  
Baby do you dare to do this?  
Cause I’m coming at you like a dark horse  
Are you ready for, ready for a perfect storm, perfect storm

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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:** [February 2, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3024 "2015-02-02T06:57:11Z")

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Come on home girl, he said with a smile  
You don’t have to love me yet, let’s get high awhile  
But try to understand, try to understand  
Try, try, try to understand  
I’m a magic man

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**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3025 "2015-02-02T22:16:50Z")

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This magic moment  
So different and so new  
Was like any other  
Until I kissed you

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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:** [February 2, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3026 "2015-02-02T22:19:11Z")

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You don’t have to be rich to be my girl  
You don’t have to be cool to rule my world  
Ain’t no particular sign I’m more compatible with  
I just want your extra time and your kiss

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3027 "2015-02-03T01:12:23Z")

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All for freedom and for pleasure  
Nothing ever lasts forever  
Everybody wants to rule the world

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3028 "2015-02-03T06:10:15Z")

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Who wants to live forever?  
Who wants to live forever?  
There’s no chance for us, it’s all decided for us  
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us

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**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3029 "2015-02-03T06:31:24Z")

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Life is a short warm moment  
And death is a long cold rest  
You get your chance to try  
In the twinkling of an eye  
Eighty years with luck or maybe less

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3030 "2015-02-03T13:43:04Z")

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22,000 days, 22,000 days it’s not a lot,  
It’s all you got, 22,000 days  
22,000 nights, 22,000 nights, it’s all you know  
So start the show and this time  
Feel the flow and get it right

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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:** [February 3, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3031 "2015-02-03T14:01:53Z")

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Rags to riches or so they say  
You gotta keep pushin’ for the fortune and fame  
You know it’s, it’s all a gamble when it’s just a game  
You treat it like a capitol crime, everybody’ doin’ their time

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**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3032 "2015-02-03T17:56:03Z")

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Stood on a ridge and shunned religion  
Thinking the world was mine  
I made my break and a big mistake  
Stealin when I should’ve been buyin

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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:** [February 4, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3033 "2015-02-04T00:05:34Z")

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Ridin’ along in my automobile  
My baby beside me at the wheel  
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile  
My curiosity runnin’ wild

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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:** [February 4, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3034 "2015-02-04T00:52:15Z")

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I’m taking a ride with my best friend  
I hope he never lets me down again  
He knows where he’s taking me  
Taking me where I want to be

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3035 "2015-02-04T03:31:47Z")

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A thumb goes out, a car goes by,  
Won’t somebody stop to help a guy?  
I’m hitchin’ a ride, hitchin’ a ride.

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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:** [February 4, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3036 "2015-02-04T03:35:29Z")

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'Cause like a picture she was laying there  
And moonlight dancing off her hair  
She woke up and took me by the hand  
She’s gonna love me in my Chevy van

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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:** [February 4, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3037 "2015-02-04T03:38:53Z")

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You’re just a picture  
You’re an image caught in time  
We’re a lie, you and I  
We’re words without a rhyme

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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:** [February 4, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3038 "2015-02-04T03:41:23Z")

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I put your picture away  
Sat down and cried today  
I can’t look at you while I’m lyin’ next to her

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**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3039 "2015-02-04T04:27:43Z")

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And in the evening when the sun is sinkin’ low  
Every body with the one they love  
I walk the town, keep a searchin’ all around  
Looking for my street corner girl

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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:** [February 4, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3040 "2015-02-04T09:42:23Z")

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I walk these streets, a loaded six string on my back  
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back  
I been everywhere, and I’m standing tall  
I’ve seen a million faces an I’ve rocked them all

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