# 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:** 188
**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, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3741 "2015-06-03T18:44:25Z")
She’s got a secret garden Where everything you want Where everything you need Will always stay A million miles away ---
**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, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3742 "2015-06-03T19:32:06Z")
I’m a million miles away A million miles away I’m just a million miles away And there’s nothing left to bring me back today ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3743 "2015-06-04T05:39:12Z")
Away from home, away from home Away from home, away from home Lord, I’m five hundred miles away from home Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name Lord I can’t go back home this-a way ---
**Author:** ![Chauve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@Chauve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chauve)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3744 "2015-06-04T06:26:52Z")
Sun turning round with graceful motion We’re setting off with soft explosion Bound for a star with fiery oceans It’s so very lonely You’re 100 light years from home ---
**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 4, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3745 "2015-06-04T13:35:29Z")
Anything but lonely, Anything but empty rooms. There’s so much in life to share - What’s the sense when no one else is there? ---
**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 4, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3746 "2015-06-04T14:13:18Z")
Pull me up from deep inside this pillow Feathers soft I lay my head in sorrow There’s caverns dark and then there’s eyes that stare And I hear fingers snapping but there’s no one there… ---
**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 4, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3747 "2015-06-04T20:11:37Z")
Pull me under, pull me under Pull me under I’m not afraid Living my life too much in the sun Only until your will is done ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3748 "2015-06-04T22:09:21Z")
We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the stars we could reach Were just starfish on the beach (y’all were jsut beggin’ for it) ---
**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 4, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3749 "2015-06-04T23:49:34Z")
Branching off, the road winds east Deluxe locations just near completion Come dine with wine, an oyster feast The pearls are real, have one for free They’re washed up by the foam waved sea ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3750 "2015-06-05T04:32:43Z")
Many times I’ve been alone and many times I’ve cried Anyway you’ll never know the many ways I’ve tried And still they lead me back to the long and winding road You left me standing here a long, long time ago Don’t leave me waiting here, lead me to you door ---
**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 5, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3751 "2015-06-05T16:21:14Z")
I should have guessed that you’d stand me up Why did I even go, now And I guess it goes to show The snow may well thaw out, but it Goes right down the drain You left me standing in the rain ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3752 "2015-06-06T07:47:01Z")
I should have known you’d bid me farewell There’s a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well Now, I know you’re not the only starfish in the sea If I never hear your name again, it’s all the same to me ---
**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 6, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3753 "2015-06-06T14:13:22Z")
Yeah, when you call my name I salivate like a Pavlov dog Yeah, when you lay me out My heart is beating louder than a big bass drum ---
**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 6, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3754 "2015-06-06T17:30:36Z")
I’m a brass band, I’m a harpsichord; I’m a clarinet! I’m the Philadelphia Orchestra, I’m the Modern Jazz Quartet! I’m the band from Macy’s Big Parade. A wild Count Basie blast! ---
**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 6, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3755 "2015-06-06T18:07:33Z")
The other night I dreamt a nice continental drift divide Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right? Right ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3756 "2015-06-07T06:03:56Z")
I dreamed I saw a mighty room The room was filled with men And the paper they were signing said They’d never fight 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 7, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3757 "2015-06-07T14:32:01Z")
Everybody’s talkin’ 'bout ministers, sinisters Banisters and canisters, bishops and fishops Rabbis and pop eyes, bye bye, bye byes All we are saying, is give peace a chance ---
**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:** [June 7, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3758 "2015-06-07T17:58:00Z")
Everybody’s talkin’ ‘bout a new way of walkin’ Do you want to lose your mind? Walk right in, sit right down Daddy, let your mind roll on ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3759 "2015-06-07T21:53:56Z")
She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave where the night winds wail Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees Nobody knows but me ---
**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 8, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3760 "2015-06-08T13:35:13Z")
She would never say where she came from Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone While the sun is bright Or in the darkest night No one knows She comes and goes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=189)