# 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:** 226
**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:** [October 10, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4501 "2015-10-10T23:53:57Z")
I was walking up Sixth Avenue when Balloon Man came right up to me He was round and fat and spherical with the biggest grin I’d ever seen He bounced on up toward me but before we could be introduced He blew up very suddenly I guess his name was probably Bruce And I laughed like I always do And I cried like I cried for you And Balloon Man blew up in my hand ---
**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:** [October 11, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4502 "2015-10-11T01:38:36Z")
Don’t want to be a fat man People would think that I was just good fun Would rather be a thin man I am so glad to go on being one ---
**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:** [October 11, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4503 "2015-10-11T16:04:12Z")
No one knows what it’s like To be the bad man To be the sad man Behind blue eyes No one knows what it’s like To be hated To be fated To telling only lies ---
**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:** [October 11, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4504 "2015-10-11T22:53:30Z")
In the twilight glow I see her Blue eyes crying in the rain When we kissed goodbye and parted I knew we’d never meet again ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4505 "2015-10-12T00:18:09Z")
Those cool and limpid Green Eyes - A pool wherein my love lies. So deep that in my searching for happiness I fear that they will ever haunt me, ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4506 "2015-10-12T00:48:53Z")
Sometime I’m overcome thinking about Making love in the green grass Behind the stadium With you, my brown-eyed girl, You, my brown-eyed girl. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4507 "2015-10-12T00:52:34Z")
Down the lane I walk with my sweet Mary Hair of gold and lips like cherries It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home Yes, they’ll all come to meet me Arms reaching, smiling sweetly It’s good to touch the green, green grass of home ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4508 "2015-10-12T10:15:13Z")
Yeah, I don’t care when the sun goes down Where I lay my weary head Green, green valley or rocky road It’s there I’m gonna make my bed ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4509 "2015-10-12T12:48:47Z")
Don’t let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, it’s always someone else I see I’d just allow a fragment of your life to wander free But losing everything is like the sun going down on me ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4510 "2015-10-12T18:00:10Z")
Don’t let the rain come down, oh no, Oh no, don’t let the rain come down. My roof’s got a hole in it and I might drown. I say, my roof’s got a hole in it and I might drown. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4511 "2015-10-12T21:12:42Z")
The roof is leaking and the wind is howling Kids are crying 'cos the sheets are so cold I woke this morning found my hands were frozen I’ve tried to fix the fire, but you know the damn thing’s too old ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4512 "2015-10-13T21:17:13Z")
The country doctor rambles Bankers’ nieces seek perfection Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring The wind howls like a hammer The night blows rainy My love she’s like some raven At my window with a broken wing. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4513 "2015-10-14T00:06:33Z")
When the night wind howls in the chimney cowls, and the bat in the moonlight flies, And inky clouds, like funeral shrouds, sail over the midnight skies When the footpads quail at the night-bird’s wail, and black dogs bay the moon, Then is the spectre’s holiday then is the ghosts’ high noon ! ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4514 "2015-10-14T00:58:39Z")
Don’t be afraid to stand in the shadow of love The hour is late and you know that time waits for no-one See the glow of the soul in her face Then you know that you’re caught in the shadow of love A brief embrace and fear and restraint have all gone Innocence burns yes a fire that burned all along ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4515 "2015-10-14T01:55:15Z")
Rise up! Gather round Rock this place to the ground Burn it up, let’s go for broke Watch the night go up in smoke Rock on! (Rock on!) Drive me crazier No serenade, no fire brigade, just pyromania ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4516 "2015-10-14T02:34:23Z")
Burn down the mission If we’re gonna stay alive Watch the black smoke fly to heaven See the red flame light the sky ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4517 "2015-10-14T05:07:26Z")
The ghosts of sin torment the priests Their altar will soon be destroyed Heaven’s palace, turning black The church now belongs to the dead Blackened magic, infest with lust Lucifer rules supreme ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4518 "2015-10-14T05:13:40Z")
Moi, j’veux dessiner les oiseaux Qui viennent d’un pays Que tu connais même pas (I just want to draw birds who come from a country that you don’t even know.) ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4519 "2015-10-14T12:47:21Z")
Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir? Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? Yea yea yea yea (Do you want to have pizza with me?) (Do you now?) (Yeah yeah yeah yeah) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4520 "2015-10-14T13:06:24Z")
She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah And with a love like that, you know you should be glad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=225) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=227)