# 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:** 177
**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:** [April 22, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3521 "2015-04-22T17:28:12Z")
So hard finding inspiration I knew you’d find me crying Tell those girls with rifles for minds That their jokes don’t make me laugh They only make me feel like dying In an unguarded moment ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3522 "2015-04-22T17:59:11Z")
Well I’m running down the road trying to loosen my load, got a world of trouble on my mind lookin’ for a lover who won’t blow my cover, she’s so hard to find ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3523 "2015-04-22T20:32:44Z")
I can see her looking fast in her faded jeans She’s a hard loving woman, got me feeling mean Sometimes I think it’s a shame When I get feeling better when I’m feeling no pain Sundown, you better take care If I find you been creeping 'round my back stairs ---
**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:** [April 22, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3524 "2015-04-22T21:01:53Z")
But when the frost’s on the pumpkin And the litle girls are jumping He’s a hard loving son of a gun. He’s got them waiting on the stairs Just to sample his affairs And they call him a spoonful of fun ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3525 "2015-04-23T03:03:31Z")
Gone are the days when the ox fall down Take up the yoke and plow the fields around Gone are the days when the ladies said “Please gentle Jack Jones won’t you come to me” ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3526 "2015-04-23T03:06:02Z")
But there’s a six-lane highway down by the creek Where I went skinny-dippin’ as a child And a drive-in show where the meadows used to grow And the strawberries used to grow wild ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3527 "2015-04-23T16:54:13Z")
The farms of Ohio had been replaced by shopping malls And Muzak filled the air from Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls Said ay, oh, way to go Ohio ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3528 "2015-04-23T23:17:34Z")
Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River. Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze. Country roads, take me home to the place I belong. West Virginia, mountain momma, take me home, country roads. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3529 "2015-04-23T23:45:20Z")
And I always thought that it would make me smarter But it’s only made me harder My heart thrown open wide in this near wild heaven Not near enough (Inside, living inside, living inside) Near wild heaven ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3530 "2015-04-23T23:51:13Z")
My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here My heart’s in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe- My heart’s in the Highlands, wherever I go! ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3531 "2015-04-24T06:59:06Z")
I left my heart in San Francisco High on a hill, it calls to me To be where little cable cars climb halfway to the stars The morning fog may chill the air, I don’t care ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3532 "2015-04-24T07:48:59Z")
You can have my autograph I think I’ll sign it love to you But should I sign it just for you Stairway to the stars, I think I’ll write good health to you Stairway to the stars, we got better things to do ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3533 "2015-04-24T14:22:30Z")
[Oooh, successfully resisted the [obvious one there](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ), **b\_d**! Instead, let’s go do some Van Morrison:] And your stairway Reaches up to the moon And it comes right back It comes right back to you ---
**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:** [April 25, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3534 "2015-04-25T01:45:52Z")
In the night see the red sky burning There’s fire on the mountain, oil slicks on the sea Black Moon is rising, how long will it be? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3535 "2015-04-25T14:17:41Z")
Burn on, big river, burn on Burn on, big river, burn on Now the Lord can make you tumble Lord can make you turn The Lord can make you overflow But the Lord can’t make you burn ---
**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:** [April 25, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3536 "2015-04-25T14:31:40Z")
Ol’ Man River, that Ol’ Man River He must know somepin’, but he don’t say nothin’ He just keeps rollin’, he keeps on rollin’ along He don’t plant taters, and he don’t plant cotton And them what plants ‘em is soon forgotten But Ol’ Man River, jest keeps rollin’ along ---
**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:** [April 25, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3537 "2015-04-25T17:23:36Z")
In the middle of the night I go walking in my sleep Through the valley of fear to a river so deep And I’ve been searching for something taken out of my soul Something I would never lose, something somebody stole ---
**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:** [April 26, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3538 "2015-04-26T03:58:33Z")
In the dark of the night Every time I turn the light I feel that God is not in heaven In the dark of the night The dark of the night ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3539 "2015-04-26T06:54:33Z")
In the still of the night I held you, held you tight 'Cause I love, love you so Promise I’ll never let you go In the still of the night ---
**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:** [April 26, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3540 "2015-04-26T17:04:52Z")
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