# 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:** 187
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3721 "2015-05-31T00:11:40Z")
My friend the witch doctor He taught me what to say My friend the witch doctor He taught me what to do ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3722 "2015-05-31T04:31:58Z")
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She’s got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine Selling little bottles of love potion number nine ---
**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 31, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3723 "2015-05-31T14:28:18Z")
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done Dark Lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve She told me more about me than I knew myself ---
**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 31, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3724 "2015-05-31T15:04:48Z")
Ocean gypsy of the moon The sun has made a thousand nights For you to hold Ocean gypsy, where are you The shadows followed by the stars Have turned to gold, turned to gold ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3725 "2015-05-31T22:26:07Z")
Gypsys, tramps, and thieves We’d hear it from the people of the town They’d call us Gypsys, tramps, and thieves But every night all the men would come around And lay their money 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:** [June 1, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3726 "2015-06-01T02:55:27Z")
Everybody’s down on their knees Listen like thieves But who needs that When it’s all in your hands ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3727 "2015-06-01T13:37:33Z")
Now here’s the kids from Christmas Story, Annie and her orphans So many child actors high on Red Bull and endorphins. They barely come up to your knees. But God they’re singing like MVPs. And they’re the reason this whole season seems to look like Chuck. E. Cheese ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3728 "2015-06-01T14:58:24Z")
Oh oh, what a battle master, what a noble enemy We have to kill them bastards, then compose an elegy I thought I saw the leader fallen on his knees He said I’m never, never coming back again… ---
**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:** [June 1, 2015, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3729 "2015-06-01T22:30:23Z")
And did he ever return? No, he never returned. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3730 "2015-06-01T22:36:53Z")
When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn? - Rest well Pete ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3731 "2015-06-02T17:02:19Z")
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology Don’t know much about a science book Don’t know much about the French I took ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3732 "2015-06-02T18:38:05Z")
The law won. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3733 "2015-06-02T19:28:40Z")
A fugitive has been away so long A thousand years, and now he thinks of home The long men are waiting in the wings To put him in chains upon his return Emptiness, his bitterness is gone Journey on to the eternal reward ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3734 "2015-06-03T02:36:00Z")
I went across the river And I laid down to sleep I went across the river And I laid down to sleep When I awoke there were shackles on my feet It takes a worried man to sing a worried song… ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3735 "2015-06-03T02:41:32Z")
Wade in the water Wade in the water, children Wade in the water God’s gonna trouble the water ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3736 "2015-06-03T04:44:00Z")
Give me some water 'cause I shot a man on the Mexican border Cool, cool water Give me some water ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3737 "2015-06-03T06:06:40Z")
Ripple in still water, When there is no pebble tossed, Nor wind to blow. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3738 "2015-06-03T06:40:22Z")
A young figure sits still by a pool He’s been stamped “Human Bacon” by some butchery tool (He is you) Social Security took care of this lad We watch, in reverence, as Narcissus is turned to a flower (A flower?) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3739 "2015-06-03T12:16:27Z")
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. Young girls picked them, every one. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3740 "2015-06-03T12:28:55Z")
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