# 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:** 198
**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 13, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3941 "2015-07-13T19:41:35Z")
Do you hear the sirens? Do you see them burst? Do you feel the fire? All the world’s a radioactive grave! I can hear them crying, I can see the fear I can see them dying, washed away by deadly gamma waves! Do you hear them calling? Do you see them hurt? Do you feel them falling? All the world’s a blazing funeral pyre! I can hear the wailing! I can see the wrath! I can see them failing, washed away by a scorching sea of fire! ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3942 "2015-07-14T00:04:42Z")
She approaches like a vision She says “Anna, do you hear me?” But the picture’s always shuttered All the distant thoughts that flutter to her I can see them all, I can hear them call And as she falls I lean to say goodbye ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3943 "2015-07-14T01:58:30Z")
Ground, she movin’ under me. Tidal waves out on the sea. Sulphur smoke up in the sky. Pretty soon we learn to fly ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3944 "2015-07-14T02:10:25Z")
Shannon is gone I hope she’s drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she’ll find an island with a shady tree Just like the one in our backyard Mama tries hard to pretend Things will get better again Somehow she’s keeping it all inside her ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3945 "2015-07-14T21:55:26Z")
I look to the sea, Reflections in the waves spark my memory, Some happy, some sad, I think of childhood friends and the dreams we had, We lived happily forever, so the story’s told, But somehow we missed out on the pot of gold But we’ll try best that we can to 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:** [July 14, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3946 "2015-07-14T22:43:24Z")
Summer’s going fast, nights growing colder Children growing up, old friends growing older Freeze this moment a little bit longer Make each sensation a little bit stronger Experience slips away Experience slips away… The innocence slips away ---
**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:** [July 14, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3947 "2015-07-14T23:00:10Z")
Stay with me just a little bit longer Lay with me til I’m a little bit stronger Can’t face the night alone without love Stay and have a little mercy on me Tell me baby you won’t leave me lonely ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3948 "2015-07-15T02:26:05Z")
Touch me in the morning then just walk away We don’t have tomorrow but we had yesterday Hey, wasn’t it me who said that nothing good’s gonna last forever? And wasn’t it me who said let’s just be glad for the time together? ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3949 "2015-07-15T02:29:40Z")
Yesterday, all my troubles were so far away, Now it looks as though they’re here to stay ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3950 "2015-07-15T10:44:37Z")
Well, imagine if Columbus had not dreamt the world was round, And Armstrong had not walked upon the moon, If John and Paul never wrote a song for “Yesterday,” If all of them had given up too soon. ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3951 "2015-07-15T13:00:21Z")
You don’t suppose there’d be room in here somewhere for me I think I just need someone’s words to reassure me I can’t change any of you-I can change myself The man had something strange about him He should have let me know Oh Columbus, I wish I’d never let you go ---
**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 15, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3952 "2015-07-15T16:08:32Z")
All the little chicks with the crimson lips say, “Cleveland rocks! Cleveland rocks!” ---
**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 15, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3953 "2015-07-15T22:56:55Z")
The farms of Ohio Had been replaced by shopping malls And Muzak filled the air From Seneca to Cuyahoga Falls I said, ay, oh, way to go, Ohio ---
**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:** [July 15, 2015, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3954 "2015-07-15T23:05:23Z")
Tin soldiers and Nixon coming We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio. ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3955 "2015-07-16T00:27:24Z")
This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We are not your allies, we cannot defend This is where they walked This is where they swam Take a picture here Take a souvenir Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone ---
**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 16, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3956 "2015-07-16T01:03:47Z")
This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters; This land was made for you and 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:** [July 16, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3957 "2015-07-16T03:16:09Z")
I’ve got three ships and sixty men A course for ports unread I’ll stand at mast, let north winds blow Till half of us are dead Land ho! ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3958 "2015-07-16T03:21:17Z")
Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you know the way it’s supposed to be Silver people on the shoreline, let us be Talkin’ 'bout very free and easy ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3959 "2015-07-16T04:43:55Z")
We are sailing, we are sailing, home again 'cross the sea. We are sailing stormy waters, to be near you, to be free. ---
**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 16, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/3960 "2015-07-16T12:25:47Z")
Got out of town on a boat, going to Southern islands. Sailing a reach before a following sea. She was making for the trades on the outside, and the downhill run to Papeete. Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas, we got eighty feet of the waterline, nicely making way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=197) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=199)