# 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:** 208
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4141 "2015-08-13T00:20:09Z")
An old cowboy went ridin’ out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw A-plowing through the ragged sky and up a cloudy draw ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4142 "2015-08-13T00:22:20Z")
Away out here they’ve got a name For rain and wind and fire The rain is Tess, the fire’s Joe And they call the wind Maria ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4143 "2015-08-13T02:35:48Z")
Back in the cities they have different ways, Football and eggnog and Christmas parades. I’ll take my blanket, I’ll take the reins, It’s Christmas for cowboys, wide open plains. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4144 "2015-08-13T12:36:35Z")
Full moon is rising, the sky is black I heed your call I’m coming back The road is straight cast, wind’s in my eyes The engine roars between my thighs From desert plains I bring you love From desert plains I bring you love ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4145 "2015-08-13T14:11:22Z")
Tire tracks and broken hearts. Lets get away from the past So many ways to stay hungry baby, so many ways to go fast Tire tracks and broken hearts, that’s all were leaving behind It doesn’t matter what we’re losing It only matters what were going to find ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4146 "2015-08-13T14:42:20Z")
Let’s take a boat to Bermuda Let’s take a plane to St. Paul. Let’s take a kayak to Quincy or Nyack, Let’s get away from it all. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4147 "2015-08-13T21:46:41Z")
I’ve been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota, Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota, Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma, Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma, Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo, Tocapillo, Baranquilla, and Perdilla, I’m a killer I’ve been everywhere, man I’ve been everywhere, man ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4148 "2015-08-13T22:19:47Z")
‘Tis advertised in Boston, New York, and Buffalo: Five hundred brave Americans a-whalin’ for to go. Singing Blow ye winds in the morning, Blow ye winds, high-ho! Clear away your runnin’ gear, And blow, boys, blow! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4149 "2015-08-13T23:44:21Z")
Up you go, you’re drifting Up you go, you’re floating Over Tunisia Over Spain Over Germany Over Poland Over Scandinavia Back 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:** [August 13, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4150 "2015-08-13T23:57:46Z")
Farewell and adieu to you, fair Spanish ladies. Farewell and adieu, you ladies of Spain. For we’ve received orders for to sail back to Boston. And so nevermore shall we see you again. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4151 "2015-08-14T00:13:41Z")
Well, we were just another band out of Boston On the road to try to make ends meet Playin’ all the bars, sleepin’ in our cars And we practiced right on out in the street ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4152 "2015-08-14T02:37:50Z")
Down on the corner, out in the street, Willy and the Poorboys are playin’. Bring a nickel; tap your feet. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4153 "2015-08-14T14:56:21Z")
I’m a poor man’s son, workin’ all night long Got a bad guitar and a simple song You’re a rich man’s daughter Look at what you’ve done You went and fell in love with a poor man’s 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:** [August 14, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4154 "2015-08-14T15:06:41Z")
She’s a rich girl She don’t try to hide it Diamonds on the soles of her shoes He’s a poor boy Empty as a pocket Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4155 "2015-08-14T22:05:53Z")
You’re so fifty light years ahead of your time You’re a riddle, you’re a ripple You’re the human sacrifice to the goddess of ice Your hairdo is filled with diamonds and lice ---
**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:** [August 14, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4156 "2015-08-14T22:11:17Z")
Fortune has me well in hand, armies wait at my command My gold lies in a foreign land buried deep beneath the sand The angels guide my ev’ry tread, my enemies are sick or dead But all the victories I’ve led haven’t brought you to my bed You see, everybody loves me, baby, what’s the matter with you? Won’t ya tell me what did I do to offend you? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4157 "2015-08-15T01:41:51Z")
All the gold in California Is in a bank in the middle of Beverly Hills in somebody else’s name. So if you’re dreaming about California It don’t matter at all where you played before, California’s a brand new game. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4158 "2015-08-15T02:08:10Z")
Beverly Hills, that’s where I want to be (gimme gimme) (gimme gimme) Living in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, rolling like a celebrity (gimme gimme) (gimme gimme) Living in Beverly Hills ---
**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:** [August 15, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4159 "2015-08-15T12:41:45Z")
The heat is on, on the street Inside your head, on every beat And the beat’s so loud, deep inside The pressure’s high, just to stay alive 'Cause the heat is on ---
**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:** [August 15, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4160 "2015-08-15T13:29:28Z")
Some like it hot, and some sweat when the heat is on Some feel the heat and decide that they can’t go on Some like it hot, but you can’t tell how hot till you try Some like it hot, so let’s turn up the heat till we fry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=207) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=209)