# 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:** 191
**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, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3801 "2015-06-17T22:20:05Z")
danced with a gal with a hole in her stockin’, And her heel kept a-knockin’, and her toes kept a-rockin’ I danced with a gal with a hole in her stockin’ And we danced by the light of the moon. ---
**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 18, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3802 "2015-06-18T00:28:49Z")
In the shadow of the moon, She danced in the starlight Whispering a haunting tune To the night… ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3803 "2015-06-18T14:49:13Z")
Don’t go around tonight, Well it’s bound to take your life, There’s a bad moon on the rise. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3804 "2015-06-18T16:08:50Z")
If your hands start shakin’ When night starts to fall, If you’re scared of the moonlight And the shadows on the wall, If the face in the mirror Isn’t you at all, It’s just another full moon. ---
**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 18, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3805 "2015-06-18T17:38:49Z")
Next morning came, as mornings do I had a shave that was close, too (A close shave) In the mirror, in my space there was a man without a face I rang my client and I banged on her door I told her it was me that we was lookin’ for ---
**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 18, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3806 "2015-06-18T18:17:16Z")
I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong places Lookin’ for love in too many faces Searchin’ their eyes, lookin’ for traces Of what I’m dreamin’ of ---
**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:** [June 18, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3807 "2015-06-18T18:19:29Z")
He sees you when you’re sleeping, He knows when you’re awake ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3808 "2015-06-18T18:23:50Z")
You better be careful what you do, Cause Santa Claus is watching you (He’s everywhere! He’s everywhere!) ---
**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 18, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3809 "2015-06-18T18:28:47Z")
What you get you’ve got, the rest can be imagination And what you lose you’ve lost, here comes the instant separation Careful where you step There may be a mine under there ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3810 "2015-06-18T21:52:30Z")
I don’t know where we come from Don’t know where we’re goin’ to But if all this should have a reason We would be the last to know So let’s just hope there is a promised land Hang on 'til then as best as you can ---
**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:** [June 18, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3811 "2015-06-18T21:55:21Z")
I hear babies cryin’. I watch them grow. They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know And I think to myself What a wonderful 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:** [June 19, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3812 "2015-06-19T00:24:25Z")
Find a new love, find a new home Find your way to the promised land Get yourself together again ---
**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:** [June 19, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3813 "2015-06-19T01:19:30Z")
C’mon people now, Smile on your brother Ev’rybody get together Try and love one another right now ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3814 "2015-06-19T03:50:44Z")
There comes a time when we heed a certain call When the world must come together as one There are people dying And it’s time to lend a hand to life The greatest gift of all ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3815 "2015-06-19T04:17:05Z")
And in the end, the love you take Is equal to the love you make. ---
**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 19, 2015, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3816 "2015-06-19T05:21:50Z")
I don’t want you to be no slave I don’t want you to work all day But I want you to be true And I just wanna make love to you ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3817 "2015-06-19T09:11:45Z")
(Under the boardwalk) Out of the sun (Under the boardwalk) We’ll be havin’ some fun (Under the boardwalk) People walking above (Under the boardwalk) We’ll be making love\* Under the boardwalk, boardwalk - - original lyrics ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3818 "2015-06-19T11:09:10Z")
He said walk like a man Talk like a man Walk like a man my son No woman’s worth Crawling on the earth So walk like a man my son ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3819 "2015-06-19T13:01:06Z")
All the kids in the marketplace say: Walk like an Egyptian. ---
**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 19, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3820 "2015-06-19T15:04:34Z")
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