# 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:** 181
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3601 "2015-05-04T20:16:07Z")
And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the [wayward wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHoXMS5IyuE) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3602 "2015-05-04T21:48:54Z")
Away out here they’ve got a name for rain and wind and fire. The rain is Tess, the fire’s Joe. They call the wind Maria. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3603 "2015-05-05T00:42:29Z")
Lady I know there, name of Christina Six lonely lifetimes since I’ve seen her She takes you places your heart cannot go ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3604 "2015-05-05T05:20:02Z")
Lady, when you’re with me I’m smiling Give me all your love Your hands build me up when I’m sinking Touch me and my troubles all fade ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3605 "2015-05-05T13:12:54Z")
Touch me in the morning, then just walk away We don’t have tomorrow, but we had yesterday Hey, wasn’t it me who said That nothin’ good’s gonna last forever And wasn’t it me who said Let’s just be glad for the time together ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3606 "2015-05-05T22:32:40Z")
I will never love you, The cost of love’s too dear. But though I’ll never love you, I’ll stay with you one year. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3607 "2015-05-05T23:03:45Z")
The soldiers close in under a yellow moon All shadows and deliverance Under a black flag A hundred years of blood ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3608 "2015-05-06T17:14:28Z")
Sound the death tone on our march for revenge Spill the blood of my enemies, the oath of a friend Fight the holy war for the crown and the ring Six magic circles made by the blood of the kings ---
**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:** [May 6, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3609 "2015-05-06T22:29:30Z")
We’ve got magic to do… Just for you We’ve got miracle plays to play We’ve got parts to perform… Hearts to warm Kings and things to take by storm As we go along our way. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3610 "2015-05-07T00:45:19Z")
We’re all alone on the stage tonight We’ve been told we’re not afraid of you We know all our lines so well, uh-huh We’ve said them so many times Time and time again, line and line again. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3611 "2015-05-07T02:53:13Z")
All the world’s indeed a stage And we are merely players Performers and portrayers Each another’s audience outside the gilded cage ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3612 "2015-05-08T04:07:50Z")
And here, she’s acting happy Inside her handsome home And me, I’m flying in my taxi Taking tips, getting stoned ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3613 "2015-05-08T14:20:38Z")
Don’t go near the water till you learn how to swim The parodies and prophecies, cataclysm Probably a proverb, like blood from a stone And happy is this hero, never needing a throne ---
**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:** [May 8, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3614 "2015-05-08T14:25:16Z")
Must be something in the water they drink It’s been the same with every girl I’ve had Must be something in the water they drink 'Cuz why else would a woman wanna treat a man so bad? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3615 "2015-05-09T14:46:45Z")
When a man loves a woman He can do no wrong He can never own some other girl Yes when a man loves a woman I know exactly how he feels 'Cause baby, baby, baby, you’re my world ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3616 "2015-05-09T20:38:52Z")
Porcelina, she waits for me there With seashell hissing lullabyes And whispers fathomed deep inside my own Hidden thoughts and alibis Her secret thoughts come alive Porcelina of the oceans blue ---
**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:** [May 9, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3617 "2015-05-09T21:14:27Z")
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river, You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her, And you know that she’s half crazy but that’s why you wanna be there, And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China, ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3618 "2015-05-09T23:01:31Z")
I can picture every move that a man could make Getting lost in her lovin’ is your first mistake Sundown you better take care If I find you been creepin’ ‘round my back stairs Sometimes I think it’s a sin When I feel like I’m winnin’ when I’m losin’ again ---
**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:** [May 10, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3619 "2015-05-10T00:38:22Z")
Do you remember mama, when I knocked upon your door? I said you had the nerve to tell me you didn’t want me no more, yeah I open my front door, hear my back door slam You know I must have one of them new fangled, new fangled back door 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:** [May 10, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3620 "2015-05-10T00:49:52Z")
I try to sing this song I…I try to get in But I can’t find the door The door is open You’re standing there You let me in [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=182)