# Speak to me in succinct song lyrics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666>\
**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\
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**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 30, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/21 "2014-06-30T02:42:34Z")

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Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moondance

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**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:** [June 30, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/22 "2014-06-30T02:47:43Z")

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Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free  
At night I lock the doors where no one else can see  
I’m tired of dancing here all by myself  
Tonight I wanna dance with someone else

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/23 "2014-06-30T02:51:46Z")

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Dahling, I`ve got to tell you something And I don`t say this to everybody  
You look mahvelous. Absolutely mahvelous!  
Just looking into your eyes, dahling  
I can tell that you have the legs of a dancer

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/24 "2014-06-30T03:03:19Z")

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Hold me closer tiny dancer  
Count the headlights on the highway

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/25 "2014-06-30T03:27:20Z")

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I’m on the highway to hell!

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**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 30, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/26 "2014-06-30T03:30:52Z")

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Roll on highway, roll on along  
Roll on daddy till ya get back home

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**Author:** ![donkeyoatey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/27 "2014-06-30T03:37:01Z")

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And we are homeless, homeless  
Moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/28 "2014-06-30T03:49:57Z")

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Midnight at the oasis,  
Send your camel to bed.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/29 "2014-06-30T06:27:03Z")

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Let the midnight special  
Shine its ever lovin’ light on me.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/30 "2014-06-30T13:21:05Z")

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Train train train

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**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 30, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/31 "2014-06-30T13:34:23Z")

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We come on the sloop John B

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/32 "2014-06-30T13:48:47Z")

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Wipeout!

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**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 30, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/33 "2014-06-30T15:24:14Z")

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I still want a Hula-hoop.

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**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/34 "2014-06-30T15:25:09Z")

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I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.

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**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 30, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/35 "2014-06-30T15:33:18Z")

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Now girls get your game up tight  
We’re gonna have a wing, ding doodle tonight  
But right now  
I’m looking for a fox

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**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 30, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/36 "2014-06-30T15:36:56Z")

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We gonna romp and tromp till midnight  
We gonna fuss and fight till daylight  
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all night long

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**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 30, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/37 "2014-06-30T15:59:46Z")

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Singin’ Polly Wolly Doodle all the day.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/38 "2014-06-30T16:09:03Z")

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Keep your drawers on girl, cause it ain’t worth the fightin’  
Cause when you drop them, I’ll be gone  
And you’ll be right where they fall the rest of your life

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**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 30, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/39 "2014-06-30T16:21:41Z")

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Liar, liar, pants on fire  
Your nose is longer than a telephone wire

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**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/40 "2014-06-30T16:40:53Z")

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Los Angeles, give me Norfolk Virginia  
Tidewater four ten o nine  
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin’  
And the poor boy’s on the line

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