# 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:** 210
**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 19, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4181 "2015-08-19T23:08:23Z")
Black water Hattie lived back in the swamp where the strange green reptiles crawl Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees like sausage on a smokehouse wall Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes an’ all of 'em watching you Stay off the track to Hattie’s shack in the back of the Black Bayou ---
**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 20, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4182 "2015-08-20T01:50:10Z")
I don’t have to go by plane I ain’t gotta go by car I don’t care just where my darling is People I just don’t care how far I’m gonna crawl ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4183 "2015-08-20T02:19:41Z")
And I would walk five hundred miles And I would walk five hundred more Just to be the man who walked a thousand miles To fall down at your door ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4184 "2015-08-20T14:08:11Z")
He stopped loving her today They placed a wreath upon his door And soon they’ll carry him away He stopped loving her today. ---
**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 20, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4185 "2015-08-20T18:51:26Z")
I couldn’t take it any longer Lord! I was crazed And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave I started swearing to my God and on my mother’s grave That I would love you till the end of time I swore I would love you till the end of time So now I’m praying for the end of time To hurry up and arrive… ---
**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 20, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4186 "2015-08-20T19:00:36Z")
This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My only friend, the end ---
**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 20, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4187 "2015-08-20T21:44:48Z")
My boyfriend got a Beatle haircut. So, to keep him true, I got a Beatle haircut too. ---
**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 20, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4188 "2015-08-20T22:57:07Z")
Why should I care If I have to cut my hair? I’ve got to move with the fashions Or be outcast… ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4189 "2015-08-21T01:46:35Z")
Who are they to judge us Simply cause we wear our hair long? ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4190 "2015-08-21T04:23:31Z")
And they called it puppy love Just because we’re in our teens Tell them all it isn’t fair To take away my only dream ---
**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 21, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4191 "2015-08-21T14:14:45Z")
Lately I’ve been thinking how much I miss my lady Amoreena’s in the cornfield brightening the daybreak Living like a lusty flower, running through the grass for hours Rolling through the hay like a puppy child ---
**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 21, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4192 "2015-08-21T23:25:33Z")
And if only I could find my way back to the time When the problems of this life had not yet crossed my mind And the answers could be found in children’s nursery rhymes, I’ll come running back to you, I’ll come running back to you ---
**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 21, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4193 "2015-08-21T23:55:17Z")
A B C It’s easy as, 1 2 3 As simple as, do re mi ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4194 "2015-08-22T00:35:40Z")
Left school with a first class pass, Started work but as second class. School taught one and one is two. But by now, that answer just ain’t true. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4195 "2015-08-22T00:48:29Z")
I think of all the education that I missed. But then my homework was never quite like this. Got it bad, got it bad, got it bad, I’m hot for teacher. ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4196 "2015-08-22T04:26:44Z")
Wake up Maggie I think I got something to say to you It’s late September and I really should be back at school I know I keep you amused but I feel I’m being used Oh Maggie I couldn’t have tried any more ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4197 "2015-08-22T04:28:20Z")
Wake me up before you go-go Don’t leave me hanging on like a yo-yo Wake me up before you go-go I don’t want to miss it when you hit that high ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4198 "2015-08-22T12:28:50Z")
Wake up, the sun is rising It’s time to play But there’s a deep dark fog inside you That never burns away ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4199 "2015-08-22T13:07:38Z")
Do you want to build a snowman? It doesn’t have to be a snowman. ---
**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 22, 2015, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4200 "2015-08-22T16:23:01Z")
Well, hello man Take that coat off that snowman For Frosty’s beginning to thaw. He’ll grin and bare it. Oh! Look at his carrot. Sing it! Fa la la la la la la. (From 2001’s Carols for a Cure, A Full Frontal Christmas sung by the cast of The Full Monty) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=209) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=211)