# 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:** 19
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/361 "2014-07-18T19:15:29Z")
Oleanders growing outside her door Soon they’re gonna be in bloom up in Annandale I can’t stand her doing what she did before Living like a gypsy queen in a fairy tale ---
**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, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/362 "2014-07-18T19:36:53Z")
Lazy moon, Magnolia bloom perfume And Dixie would receive A lady fading fast Still clinging to the past But she had you hating to leave ---
**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/363 "2014-07-18T20:36:13Z")
I said Georgia, Georgia A song of you Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines ---
**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, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/364 "2014-07-18T21:18:23Z")
Sweet home Alabama Where the skies are so blue Sweet home Alabama Lord, I’m coming home to you ---
**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, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/365 "2014-07-18T21:21:38Z")
“Won’t you give me three steps, gimme three steps mister, Gimme three steps towards the door? Gimme three steps, gimme three steps mister, And you’ll never see me no more.” ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/366 "2014-07-18T21:51:56Z")
I’m Mr. Bad Example, intruder in the dirt I like to have a good time, and I don’t care who gets hurt I’m Mr. Bad Example, take a look at me I’ll live to be a hundred and go down in infamy ---
**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, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/367 "2014-07-18T22:23:14Z")
Let me please introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste ---
**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, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/368 "2014-07-18T23:07:36Z")
They call me Heat Miser, What ever I touch Starts to melt in my clutch I’m too much! ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/369 "2014-07-19T01:30:53Z")
I’ll take from the blind and I’ll get up ahead, I’ll sneak up behind and I’ll steal I’ll take all that you have and then all that you’ve concealed I’ll take anything I can get - I’ll make you I’ll break you and I’ll make you sweat Nothing is worth nothing unless it’s made for [Midas Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsduKShmv4) ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/370 "2014-07-19T02:27:07Z")
You don’t see anything, but it hurts Though you can’t see the pain Ooh-oh, how it hurts Midas touch The mighty, mighty, mighty, mighty Midas Touch ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/371 "2014-07-19T02:33:59Z")
_[Better lose that fifth line, Professor or Donkeyoatey will wrinkle your pepper! :D]_ Goldfinger He’s the man, the man with the Midas touch ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/372 "2014-07-19T02:46:47Z")
Golden years, gold, whop-whop-whop Golden years, gold, whop-whop-whop ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/373 "2014-07-19T15:59:38Z")
And so we’re told this is the golden age And gold is the reason for the wars we wage ---
**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 19, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/374 "2014-07-19T22:44:36Z")
Minimum wage! Hyah! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/375 "2014-07-19T23:21:15Z")
Money for nothing and chicks for free. ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/376 "2014-07-19T23:26:20Z")
We got a genu-wine Indian Guru Who’s teaching us a better way ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/377 "2014-07-19T23:51:55Z")
I’m sorry. My good friend, let me learn it properly from my guru, then I will teach you ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/378 "2014-07-20T01:06:02Z")
Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of suggestion are driving me away The ocean sang, the conversation’s dimmed Go build yourself another dream, this choice isn’t mine I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry ---
**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/379 "2014-07-20T01:10:35Z")
There once was a teacher of great renown Whose words were like the tablets of stone ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/380 "2014-07-20T01:20:22Z")
Stonehenge - where the demons dwell Where the banshees live and they do live well Stonehenge - where a man’s a man And the children dance to the pipes of Pan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=20)