# 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:** 18
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/341 "2014-07-18T00:08:42Z")
I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like the back of my hand I felt the earth beneath my feet Sat by the river and it made me complete ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/342 "2014-07-18T00:10:28Z")
Down by the river I shot my baby ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/343 "2014-07-18T01:19:32Z")
We’d go down to the river And into the river we’d dive Oh down to the river we’d ride ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/344 "2014-07-18T01:23:02Z")
O sinners, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down O sinners, let’s go down Down in the river to pray ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/345 "2014-07-18T02:18:16Z")
It’s going down I’m yelling “timber!” You better move You better dance ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/346 "2014-07-18T02:36:37Z")
Let’s dance. Put on your red shoes and dance the blues. Let’s dance To the song they’re playing on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/347 "2014-07-18T02:46:04Z")
And we danced Like a wave on the ocean Romanced We were liars in love ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/348 "2014-07-18T02:51:56Z")
I’m a twisting fool Just twisting, yeah twisting Twisting by the pool ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/349 "2014-07-18T02:53:02Z")
Wave after wave rolls on And the water falls, and the line is drawn Wave after wave rolls in And the line is gone, where my feet have been ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/350 "2014-07-18T03:13:49Z")
Between the silence of the mountains And the crashing of the sea There lies a land I once lived in And she’s waiting there for me. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/351 "2014-07-18T04:04:39Z")
Somewhere beyond the sea Somewhere waiting for me My lover stands on golden sands And watches the ships ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/352 "2014-07-18T05:52:27Z")
The waiting is the hardest part Every day you see one more card You take it on faith, you take it to the heart The waiting is the hardest part ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/353 "2014-07-18T10:32:10Z")
Crawl, crawl, clock on the wall, Eternity is shorter, Than waiting for an errant love, An hour and a quarter. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/354 "2014-07-18T12:33:41Z")
Waiting for the break of day 25 or 6 to 4 ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/355 "2014-07-18T12:49:52Z")
Now if six turned out to be nine I don’t mind, I don’t mind ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/356 "2014-07-18T15:11:18Z")
Tell me I’m your favorite thing You can tell me anything I wouldn’t mind I wouldn’t mind ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/357 "2014-07-18T15:53:00Z")
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes Silver white winters that melt into springs These are a few of my favorite things ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/358 "2014-07-18T17:44:14Z")
So little snowbird take me with you When you go To that land of gentle breezes Where the peaceful waters flow ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/359 "2014-07-18T18:47:29Z")
Summer breeze Makes me feel fine Blowing through the jasmine in my mind ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/360 "2014-07-18T18:49:04Z")
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