# 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:** 155
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3081 "2015-02-11T05:14:06Z")
Knowledge is a deadly friend When no one sets the rules The fate of all mankind I see Is in the hands of fools ---
**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3082 "2015-02-11T15:25:11Z")
Foolish heart, hear me calling Stop before you start falling Foolish heart, heed my warning You’ve been wrong before; don’t be wrong any more ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3083 "2015-02-11T15:47:24Z")
Once upon a time I was falling in love But now I’m only falling apart There’s nothing I can do A total eclipse of the heart ---
**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 11, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3084 "2015-02-11T17:50:08Z")
In starlit nights I saw you, so cruelly you kissed me Your lips a magic world, your sky all hung with jewels The killing moon Will come too soon ---
**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 11, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3085 "2015-02-11T17:56:15Z")
I’ll be watching from the center of the hollow moon Oh, oh my God I think I might’ve made a mistake Waiting patiently was waiting taking up space We are waiting taking up space ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3086 "2015-02-12T01:34:25Z")
The curse it lives on in their eyes The Mariner he wished he’d die Along with the sea creatures, but they lived on so did he And by the light of the moon He prays for their beauty, not doom With heart he blesses them, God’s creatures all of them too ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3087 "2015-02-12T13:32:48Z")
Bless the beasts and the children For in this world they have no voice They have no choice ---
**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 12, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3088 "2015-02-12T15:50:54Z")
Make a promise, take a vow And trust your feelings, it’s easy now Understand the voice within And feel the changes already beginning ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3089 "2015-02-12T16:00:01Z")
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-changes Don’t want to be a richer man ---
**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 12, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3090 "2015-02-12T20:18:32Z")
Greed, your master passion I Feed the mouth that bites me Mammon, opiate of the masses The reek of your lies draws flies ---
**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 12, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3091 "2015-02-12T22:10:52Z")
New York, Moscow (passion) Hong Kong, Tokyo (passion) Paris and Bangkok (passion) A lotta people ain’t got passion ---
**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:** [February 14, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3092 "2015-02-14T15:28:45Z")
“Get Thai’d”, you’re talking to a tourist Whose every move’s among the purest I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble Not much between despair and ecstasy ---
**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 14, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3093 "2015-02-14T16:10:46Z")
My house in Budapest My hidden treasure chest, Golden grand piano My beautiful Castillo ---
**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:** [February 14, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3094 "2015-02-14T16:11:52Z")
Play that funky music white boy Play that funky music right Play that funky music white boy Lay down the boogie and play that funky music till you die Till you die, yeah, yeah ---
**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 15, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3095 "2015-02-15T04:13:26Z")
And when I die, and when I’m dead Dead and gone There’ll be one child born, in our world To carry on, to carry on ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3096 "2015-02-15T05:32:38Z")
So you children of the world, listen to what I say If you want a better place to live in, spread the word today Show the world that love is still alive, you must be brave Or your children of today are children of the grave ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3097 "2015-02-15T06:10:36Z")
I watched as fear took the old men’s gaze Hopes of the young in troubled graves I see no day, I heard him say So grey is the face of every mortal. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3098 "2015-02-15T06:22:59Z")
Dead man lying by the side of the road With the daylight in his eyes. Don’t let it bring you down ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3099 "2015-02-15T15:21:42Z")
You got me runnin’ goin’ out of my mind, You got me thinkin’ that I’m wastin’ my time. Don’t bring me down, no no no no no, I’ll tell you once more before I get off the floor, don’t bring me down. ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3100 "2015-02-15T15:30:14Z")
Get on up on the floor 'Cause we’re gonna boogie oogie oogie Till you just can’t boogie no more [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=154) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=156)