# 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:** 202
**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 24, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4021 "2015-07-24T22:29:06Z")
You lift me up when I get down; When I’m lost you turn me around. Wind and rain can’t wash away The peace you give to me. And in a sea of trouble I know that I won’t drown. I’m safe 'cause your love Lifts me to a higher ground. ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4022 "2015-07-25T02:00:20Z")
Seven seas Swimming them so well Glad to see My face among them Kissing the tortoise shell ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4023 "2015-07-25T02:30:37Z")
I’d like to be under the sea In an octopus’s garden in the shade. ---
**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 25, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4024 "2015-07-25T05:38:29Z")
I’ll wait for the ocean to rise up And meet me, as it rose up before (I’ll know the time…) I’ll wait for the ocean to rise up And greet me, as it rose up before (I’ll know the year…) ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4025 "2015-07-25T12:26:24Z")
I’m not the kind of girl who gives up just like that Oh, no The tide is high but I’m holding on I’m gonna be your number one ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4026 "2015-07-25T13:17:10Z")
First the tide rushes in Plants a kiss on the shore Then rolls out to sea And the sea is very still once more ---
**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 25, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4027 "2015-07-25T17:51:40Z")
I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss. I’d found the love I knew I’d miss. But now she’s gone even though I held her tight. I lost my love and my life that night. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4028 "2015-07-25T19:58:57Z")
Just sweet sixteen, and now you’re gone They’ve taken you away. I’ll never kiss your lips again They buried you today ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4029 "2015-07-26T01:27:56Z")
You’re my baby, you’re my pet, we fell in love on the night we met. You touched my hand, my heart went pop, ooh, when we kissed, i could not stop. You walked out of my dreams, into my car, now you’re my angel divine. You’re sixteen, you’re beautiful, and you’re mine. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4030 "2015-07-26T02:42:59Z")
You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. Saint Peter don’t you call me 'cause I can’t go. I owe my soul to the company store. ---
**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 26, 2015, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4031 "2015-07-26T03:37:37Z")
Oh I was born, six-gun in my hand Behind the gun I’ll make my final stand That’s why they call me: Bad company - and I can’t deny Bad company - 'til the day I die ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4032 "2015-07-26T03:52:00Z")
You can bring me love; you can hang around. You can bring me up; don’t you bring me down. Baby are you holding, holding anything but me? 'Cause I’m a real straight shooter, if you know what I mean. ---
**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 26, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4033 "2015-07-26T11:35:10Z")
When I hold you in my arms (Oo-oo oh yeah) And I feel my finger on your trigger (Oo-oo oh yeah) I know nobody can do me no harm (Oo-oo oh yeah) ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4034 "2015-07-26T14:17:56Z")
Devil and the deep blue sea behind me Vanish in the air you’ll never find me. I will turn your face to alabaster, Then you’ll find your servant is your master And you’ll be wrapped around my finger. ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4035 "2015-07-26T16:47:28Z")
Domination’s the name of the game In bed or in life, they’re both just the same Except in one you’re fulfilled at the end of the day Let’s play master and servant Let’s play master and servant ---
**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 26, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4036 "2015-07-26T18:27:06Z")
None of you understand and it doesn’t matter To a broken marionette like me (Me) An errant soul, homeless and foul An errant soul, homeless and foul All gone but the will to live to tell the, to tell the tale ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4037 "2015-07-27T00:09:07Z")
Baby, I wish you’d help me escape Help me get away Leave me outside my address Far away from this masquerade ---
**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 27, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4038 "2015-07-27T02:21:22Z")
High in the sky is a bird on a wing Please carry me with you Far far away from the mad rushing crowd Please carry me with you Again I would wander Where memories enfold me There on the beautiful island of dreams ---
**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 27, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4039 "2015-07-27T12:10:06Z")
Sometimes I feel like I want to fly Reach out to the painted sky A prisoner to the wind A bird on the wing ---
**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 27, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4040 "2015-07-27T13:32:37Z")
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