# 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:** 233
**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:** [November 3, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4641 "2015-11-03T18:30:22Z")
Your work real hard And the pay’s real low And ev’ry hour Goes oh, so slow And at the end of the day There’s no where to go But home to Avenue Q! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2015, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4642 "2015-11-04T08:20:46Z")
Well, I been working in a coal mine Going down, down Working in a coal mine Whew! about to slip down ---
**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:** [November 4, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4643 "2015-11-04T15:03:46Z")
Now if I tell you that you suffer from delusions You pay your analyst to reach the same conclusions You live your life like a canary in a coalmine You get so dizzy even walking in a straight line Canary in a coalmine ---
**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:** [November 4, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4644 "2015-11-04T15:10:46Z")
As sure as night is dark and day is light I keep you on my mind both day and night And happiness I’ve known proves that it’s right Because you’re mine, I walk the line ---
**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:** [November 4, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4645 "2015-11-04T17:54:42Z")
All the lies we were told All the lies of the people running round They’re castles have burned Now I see change But inside we’re the same as we ever were Living on a thin line Tell me now, what are we supposed to do? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4646 "2015-11-04T17:56:29Z")
The taste of love is sweet When hearts like ours meet. I fell for you like a child, Oh, but the fire went wild. I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns, The ring of fire, the ring of fire. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4647 "2015-11-05T02:22:07Z")
Help me from the fire, from the liar Take my hand, I know no way out Help me from the fire, On my way down nothing left I can’t forget about you ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4648 "2015-11-05T02:26:36Z")
Later on We’ll conspire As we dream by the fire To face unafraid The plans that we’ve made Walking in a winter wonderland ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4649 "2015-11-05T15:25:54Z")
You can climb a mountain, you can swim the sea You can jump into the fire but you’ll never be free You can shake me up or I can break you down, oh, oh… oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4650 "2015-11-05T16:04:25Z")
Well I said shake, rattle and roll I said shake rattle and roll I said shake, rattle and roll I said shake rattle and roll Well you won’t do right To save your doggone soul ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4651 "2015-11-05T16:09:49Z")
Uh well, dance all night, play all day Don’t let nothin’ get in the way Dance all night keep the beat Don’t you worry 'bout two left feet Shake it up, shake it up, ooh yeah Shake it up, shake it up ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4652 "2015-11-05T16:11:32Z")
Hurry, don’t be late I can’t hardly wait I said to myself when we’re old We’ll go dancing in the dark, walking through the park And reminiscing ---
**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:** [November 5, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4653 "2015-11-05T18:11:45Z")
A nightingale plays a dark mellow phrase Of notes that are rich and so true. An aerial display by the firefly brigade Dancing to tunes no-one knew. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4654 "2015-11-06T05:35:31Z")
White bird Dreams of the aspen tree With their dying leaves Turning gold But the white bird Just sits in her cage Growing old ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4655 "2015-11-06T13:49:21Z")
A nightingale in a golden cage That’s me locked inside reality’s maze Come someone make my heavy heart light Come undone bring me back to life ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4656 "2015-11-06T14:04:27Z")
Now I am cold, but a ghost lives in my veins Silent the terror that reigned Marbled in stone A shell of a man God preserved for thousand ages But open the gates of my hell I’ll strike from the grave!!! ---
**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:** [November 6, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4657 "2015-11-06T17:22:52Z")
Oh the avenging angel Shiver in the way of her stare I will admit that she never loved me But I admit that I didn’t care And it’s too damned late to bar the gate And why close it if your heart isn’t there And since you know it all I could give you a call I could give you something fine to compare yourself to ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4658 "2015-11-07T01:56:24Z")
Before you hand me over Before you read my sentence I’d like to say a few words here in my own defense: Some people struggle daily They struggle with their conscience til the end I have no guilt to haunt me I feel no wrong intent ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4659 "2015-11-07T03:26:51Z")
Sometimes I find myself long regretting Some foolish thing some little simple thing I’ve done But I’m just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4660 "2015-11-07T03:44:34Z")
It’s hard to rely on my good intentions When my head’s full of things that I can’t mention Seems I usually get things right But I can’t understand what I did last night [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=234)