# 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:** 163
**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:** [March 10, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3241 "2015-03-10T00:58:43Z")
Lightning and thunder cause the walls to shake And someone searching through the debris for the photograph of his wife Oh I want life, I want it now and forever I want to rise up out of this chamber and clamber into the sky ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3242 "2015-03-10T01:39:23Z")
If it’s peace you find in dying Well then dying time is near Just bundle up my coffin 'Cause it’s cold way down there ---
**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:** [March 10, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3243 "2015-03-10T15:15:17Z")
And you can be the first ones in your block To have your boy come home in a box. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3244 "2015-03-10T18:27:56Z")
It’s only a number It’s only a death Another soldier died in action The telegram regrets ---
**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:** [March 10, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3245 "2015-03-10T19:21:29Z")
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26 In Vietnam he was 19 ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3246 "2015-03-10T21:57:56Z")
Prisoners in Niggertown [sic] It’s a dirty little war Three-Five-Zero-Zero Take weapons up and begin to kill Watch the long, long armies drifting home ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3247 "2015-03-11T00:35:56Z")
Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine I bet I’d move on over a little farther down the line Far from Folsom Prison, that’s where I want to stay And I’d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues 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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3248 "2015-03-11T00:52:03Z")
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go? Bismillah! No, we will not let you go. (Let him go!) Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!) ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3249 "2015-03-11T03:17:02Z")
Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free) The judge does not agree and he tells them So, o, o, o. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3250 "2015-03-11T05:10:34Z")
Valerie, call on me Call on me, Valerie Come and see me I’m the same boy I used to be ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3251 "2015-03-11T12:14:44Z")
Call me (call me) on the line Call me, call me any, anytime Call me (call me) oh my love When you’re ready we can share the wine Call me ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3252 "2015-03-11T19:14:13Z")
Why don’t you write me? I’m out in the jungle; I’m hungry to hear you. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3253 "2015-03-11T21:09:45Z")
George George George of the Jungle Strong as he can be. George George George of the Jungle. Watch out for that tree. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3254 "2015-03-11T21:11:37Z")
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3255 "2015-03-11T21:22:03Z")
Whose garden was this? It must have been lovely. Did it have flowers? I’ve seen pictures of flowers. And you tell me you smelled one. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3256 "2015-03-11T22:13:46Z")
Pictures of Lily - made my life so wonderful Pictures of Lily - helped me sleep at night Pictures of Lily - solved my childhood problems Pictures of Lily - helped me feel alright ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3257 "2015-03-11T22:36:24Z")
Oh her hair was dark and curly And her cheeks were rosy red On her breast she wore a lily Where I longed to lay my head ---
**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:** [March 12, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3258 "2015-03-12T00:45:57Z")
From night until morning I am stretched at your head Calling out to the air with tears hot and wild My grief for the girl that I loved as a child ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3259 "2015-03-12T02:47:34Z")
I want to be with him from morning til night I want to be with him, it grieves my heart so Won’t you let me go with you? No, my love, no ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3260 "2015-03-13T00:47:48Z")
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