# 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:** 193
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3841 "2015-06-24T00:05:28Z")
Mem’ries, Light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories Of the way we were ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3842 "2015-06-24T00:12:59Z")
Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind Memories, sweetened thru the ages just like wine ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3843 "2015-06-25T00:56:07Z")
Bottle of wine Fruit of the vine When you gonna let me get sober? Leave me alone Let me go home Let me go home and start over ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3844 "2015-06-25T02:40:55Z")
Red red wine you make me feel so fine You keep me rocking all of the time Red red wine you make me feel so grand I feel a million dollars when you’re just in my hand ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3845 "2015-06-25T14:18:33Z")
Look at all my trials and tribulations Sinking in a gentle pool of wine. What’s that in the bread? It’s gone to my head. Till this evening is this morning life is fine. ---
**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 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3846 "2015-06-25T18:17:22Z")
Well I can’t help thinking About the times You were a wife of mine You aimed to please me Cooked black-eyed peas-me Made elderberry wine ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3847 "2015-06-25T19:53:44Z")
Now I’ve been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be, something good has begun Oh I’ve been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be, some day it’s going to come ---
**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 25, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3848 "2015-06-25T23:22:09Z")
Gonna write a song so she can see Give her all the love she gives to me Talk of better days that have yet to come Never felt this love from anyone She’s not anyone ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3849 "2015-06-26T01:14:48Z")
It’s the last song I’ll ever write for you It’s the last time that I’ll tell you Just how much I really care This is the last song I’ll ever sing for you You come looking for the light and it won’t be there But I love you, oh, yes I do, yes I do ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3850 "2015-06-26T01:22:00Z")
He remembers the fun and the teasin’ And the reason he wrote her this song. I’ll give you a daisy a day, dear. I’ll give you a daisy a day. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3851 "2015-06-26T01:33:35Z")
Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone. Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you. I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song, I just can’t remember who to send it to. ---
**Author:** ![zadscmc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zadscmc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zadscmc)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3852 "2015-06-26T14:04:01Z")
But he offered to give me the address That they were forwarding her letters to. I just took it and returned to the cabbie And said “I got one more fare for 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:** [June 26, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3853 "2015-06-26T15:34:48Z")
Get up off the floor and believe in life No-one’s ever gonna ever ask you twice Get on the bus and bring it on home 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 26, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3854 "2015-06-26T22:19:50Z")
Another one rides the bus Another one rides the bus Another comes on and another comes on Another one rides the bus Hey, who’s gonna sit by you Another one rides the bus ---
**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 26, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3855 "2015-06-26T23:19:57Z")
Don’t play that song That “Achy Breaky” song The most annoying song I know And if you play that song That “Achy Breaky” song I might blow up my radio, oh ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3856 "2015-06-27T00:09:15Z")
This song is just six words long This song is just six words long ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3857 "2015-06-27T05:13:31Z")
This is your song To keep you when the nights are lonely Only for you darling You’re all that I’ve waited for And this song, my love is yours for evermore ---
**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 27, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3858 "2015-06-27T11:54:01Z")
And you can tell everybody this is your song It may be quite simple but now that it’s done I hope you don’t mind I hope you don’t mind That I put down in words How wonderful life is while you’re in the world ---
**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 27, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3859 "2015-06-27T15:49:20Z")
It’s a small world after all It’s a small world after all It’s a small world after all It’s a small, small world ---
**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 27, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3860 "2015-06-27T16:07:35Z")
:: _You have a very mean streak, Annie-Xmas. It will take me days to get that song out of my head_ :mad: :: John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, His name is my name too. Whenever we go out, The people always shout, There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=194)