# 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:** 235
**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 11, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4681 "2015-11-11T01:14:02Z")
And in the end The love you take Is equal to the love you make ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4682 "2015-11-11T01:27:42Z")
You believe on what you see You receive on what you give ---
**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 11, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4683 "2015-11-11T02:09:17Z")
Let’s go all the way tonight No regrets, just love We can dance until we die You and I, we’ll be young forever ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4684 "2015-11-11T16:33:53Z")
May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young Forever young, forever young May you stay forever young. ---
**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 11, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4685 "2015-11-11T20:09:41Z")
Do you remember barefoot on the lawn with shooting stars Do you remember lovin’ on the floor in Belsize Park Do you remember dancing in stilettos in the snow Do your remember you never understood I had to go ---
**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 11, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4686 "2015-11-11T22:38:42Z")
I’m dancing barefoot Headed for a spin Some strange music drags me in It makes me come up like some heroine ---
**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 11, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4687 "2015-11-11T23:28:47Z")
I don’t wanna kiss or hold you tight I just wanna dance with you all night In this world there’s nothing I would rather do 'Cuz I’m happy just to dance with you ---
**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:** [November 11, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4688 "2015-11-11T23:32:00Z")
We can dance if we want to We can leave your friends behind Cause your friends don’t dance, and if they don’t dance Well they’re no friends of mine ---
**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 12, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4689 "2015-11-12T13:57:13Z")
Friends of mine They said they were friends of mine Said they were passing time More like a waste of time ---
**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 12, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4690 "2015-11-12T16:19:04Z")
Promises, promises Old, tired, worn out, second hand sentences One thing, with you is certain You’re a really sad person So sad Disappointed a few people When friendship reared its ugly head Disappointed a few people Well, isn’t that what friends are for? (What friends are for) ---
**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 13, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4691 "2015-11-13T00:45:14Z")
I promised you a miracle Belief is a beauty thing Promises, promises As golden days break wondering ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4692 "2015-11-13T01:46:23Z")
I’m looking for someone to change my life I’m looking for a miracle in my life And if you could see what it’s done to me To lose the love I knew Could safely lead me through ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4693 "2015-11-13T03:59:21Z")
I ain’t lookin’ to compete with you Beat or cheat or mistreat you Simplify you, classify you Deny, defy, or crucify you ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4694 "2015-11-13T15:33:37Z")
I’ve been cheated Been mistreated When will I be loved? I’ve been put down I’ve been pushed 'round When will I be loved? ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4695 "2015-11-13T18:18:36Z")
Some of them want to use you And some of them want to be used by you Some of them want to abuse you And some of them want to be abused ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4696 "2015-11-13T20:48:40Z")
Some for fortune, some for greed Some for want, some for need But you could only find yourself that way ---
**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 14, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4697 "2015-11-14T00:36:49Z")
Now I feel I’m growing older And the songs that I have sung Echo in the distance like the sound Of a windmill goin’ 'round I guess I’ll always be a soldier of fortune ---
**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 14, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4698 "2015-11-14T02:09:58Z")
Go ahead and hate your neighbor Go ahead and cheat a friend Do it in the name of heaven You can justify it in the end There won’t be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides 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:** [November 14, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4699 "2015-11-14T02:55:32Z")
For I’ve killed my share of Indians In a thousand different fights I was there at the Little Big Horn I heard many men lying I saw many more dying But I ain’t marchin’ anymore ---
**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 14, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4700 "2015-11-14T13:43:06Z")
Cowboys don’t love Indians Maybe they fight too well They seem tough But it’s just a bluff Some things are hard to tell And who is brave? And who is strong? You think you are You could be wrong [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=236)