# 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:** 190
**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 12, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3781 "2015-06-12T19:56:59Z")
And I’ll climb the hill in my own way Just wait a while, for the right day And as I rise above the treeline and the clouds I look down hear the sound of the things you said today ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3782 "2015-06-13T02:25:25Z")
ean, Jean, you’re young and alive Come out of your half-dreamed dream And run, if you will, to the top of the hill Open your arms, bonnie Jean ---
**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 13, 2015, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3783 "2015-06-13T16:35:39Z")
In Edinburgh I used to know a lass with an air, and her name was Jo; An’ every night at ten, I would meet her in the glen. But now I’ll not see her again. Especially not in the glen, at ten. For now across the green, I’ll go home with bonnie Jean! ---
**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 13, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3784 "2015-06-13T17:35:34Z")
The Jean Genie lives on his back The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks He’s outrageous, he screams and he bawls Jean Genie let yourself 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:** [June 13, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3785 "2015-06-13T18:38:52Z")
Goodbye Norma Jean Though I never knew you at all You had the grace to hold yourself While those around you crawled ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3786 "2015-06-14T06:06:35Z")
American Beauty ---
**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 14, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3787 "2015-06-14T21:00:09Z")
[Psst, titles thread right down the hall…] Here comes the son The American son In here the son shines so bright, eyes blind What do you know about this world, anyway? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3788 "2015-06-14T21:19:20Z")
The only one who could ever reach me Was the son of a preacher man The only boy who could ever teach me Was the son of a preacher man ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3789 "2015-06-15T05:23:13Z")
i followed him, yes, sir, and I don’t regret it and I hope I will always be a credit to his memory 'cause, I want you to understand. The Reverend Mr. Black was my old 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:** [June 15, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3790 "2015-06-15T12:15:04Z")
Suspended pain, I can not face the black flame Intended fear, I can not trace the black flame Extended reaching into space-the black flame Burns my blackened brain ---
**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 15, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3791 "2015-06-15T17:00:53Z")
So far away we wait for the day For the lives all so wasted and gone We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days Through the fire and the flames we carry on ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3792 "2015-06-16T00:22:57Z")
No sorrow no sadness affects us today Our tears of the past are now so far away A smile sparkles white as we laugh and we rave So close to the crest of a heavenly wave ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3793 "2015-06-16T03:02:46Z")
Ooh-oo child Things’ll get brighter Some day, yeah We’ll get it together and we’ll get it all done Some day When your head is much lighter Some day, yeah We’ll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun Some day When the world is much brighter ---
**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 16, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3794 "2015-06-16T17:26:43Z")
Let rage and hate of races run from Adam down The magic of our science shines brighter than a thousand suns Liberty in new dimensions ruthless and spectacular Obliteration shall be poetry of Golden Dawns ---
**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 16, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3795 "2015-06-16T20:21:36Z")
And the light has made-I will rise again And our wings will unfold, and be painted like gold And I saved my soul-I’m alive again Like the mourning sun ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3796 "2015-06-17T07:08:33Z")
When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It’s over, it’s over. ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3797 "2015-06-17T13:19:37Z")
Her name was Lola She was a show girl With feathers in her hair And a dress cut down to 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 17, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3798 "2015-06-17T13:38:50Z")
She comes in colors ev’rywhere; She combs her hair She’s like a rainbow Coming, colors in the air Oh, everywhere She comes in colors ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3799 "2015-06-17T14:53:57Z")
I cry out for magic - see it dancing in the light It was cold - lost my hold to the shadows of the night There’s no sign of the morning coming You’ve been left on your own Like a rainbow in the dark ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3800 "2015-06-17T22:16:54Z")
Dancing in the moonlight Everybody’s feeling warm and bright It’s such a fine and natural sight Everybody’s dancing in the moonlight [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=191)