# 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:** 154
**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 8, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3061 "2015-02-08T16:27:29Z")
A B C It’s easy as, 1 2 3 As simple as, do re mi A B C, 1 2 3 Baby, you and me girl ---
**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 8, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3062 "2015-02-08T18:32:31Z")
And I’m trying to make some girl Who tells me babybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybabybaby… Better come back later next week Can’t you see I’m on a losing streak I can’t get no, no-no, no ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3063 "2015-02-08T18:39:00Z")
Working my way back to you babe With a burning love inside Yeah I’m working my way back to you babe With a happiness that died ---
**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 8, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3064 "2015-02-08T19:16:12Z")
Everybody’s working for the weekend Everybody wants a new romance Everybody’s going off the deep end Everybody needs a second chance ---
**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 8, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3065 "2015-02-08T21:48:36Z")
Everybody’s talkin’ at me I don’t hear a word they’re sayin’ Only the echoes of my mind And I won’t let you leave my love behind ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3066 "2015-02-08T22:47:26Z")
Everybody knows the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with fingers crossed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost ---
**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 8, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3067 "2015-02-08T23:33:03Z")
I am everybody And everyone that I know is me Everyone that I know won’t see I could have been a dreamer I could have been a shooting star ---
**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 9, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3068 "2015-02-09T00:52:36Z")
Lost Northern star Buried in sorrow I’ll guard your mind Let demons howl outside My soul burns ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3069 "2015-02-09T02:52:22Z")
Sun turnin’ round with graceful motion We’re setting off with soft explosion Bound for a star with fiery oceans You’re so very lonely, You’re a hundred light years from home ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3070 "2015-02-09T15:31:08Z")
For here am I sitting in a tin can Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there’s nothing I can do ---
**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 9, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3071 "2015-02-09T16:05:37Z")
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game It’s easy… ---
**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 9, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3072 "2015-02-09T17:52:35Z")
I’m easy, I’m easy, take my hand and pull me down I won’t put up any fight because I’m easy, I’m easy, say the word I’ll play your game As though that’s how it ought to be because I’m easy ---
**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 9, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3073 "2015-02-09T18:15:48Z")
In my highwire days I can see all the way I see through the games you play In my highwire days ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3074 "2015-02-10T00:04:59Z")
If you believe that’s how it’s gonna be, I’d better put you down Get off your tightrope up there, come down on the ground You gotta save me now, you better turn around When I looked around (looked around) I was heading down Won’t somebody throw me down a line? ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3075 "2015-02-10T00:09:28Z")
Let me take you baby, down to the river bed Got to tell you somethin’, go right to your head Cause I got a line on you, babe I got a line on you ---
**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 10, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3076 "2015-02-10T01:37:28Z")
The changes that I’ve been through have left a mark on me You’ve been as constant as a Northern Star The brightest light that shines It’s been you, woman, right down the line ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3077 "2015-02-10T14:28:11Z")
The morning sun gleam upon these peaceful plains Far beyond the realms of fire and ice The legions marches on, now blow the mighty horns of war Fly throughout the sky… set fire to the land Fly throughout the sky… sons of Northern darkness ---
**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 10, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3078 "2015-02-10T15:11:20Z")
The pain of war cannot exceed the woe of aftermath, The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on. ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3079 "2015-02-10T17:50:30Z")
Denying the lying, a million children fighting For lives in strife, for hope beyond the horizon A dead world, a dark path Not even crossroads to choose from ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3080 "2015-02-11T01:50:16Z")
A lot of wasted words were spoken Many vain attempts were made No one realized that in the long run It was ourselves we could have saved A sleeping world, just waiting A tired world [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=155)