# 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:** 237
**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 16, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4721 "2015-11-16T18:01:49Z")
He’s a poet, oh, he’s a picker, he’s a prophet, he’s a pusher He’s a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he’s stoned He’s a walkin’ contradiction, partly truth, partly fiction Takin’ ev’ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4722 "2015-11-16T19:36:58Z")
This is my brain And I live in it It’s made of love and bad song lyrics It’s tucked away behind my eyes Where all my screwed-up thoughts can hide 'Cuz God forbid I hurt somebody And the weirdest thing about a mind Is that every answer that you find Is the basis of a brand-new cliche This is my brain, and it’s fine It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time It’s not perfect, but it’s mine It’s not perfect, but it’s 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 16, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4723 "2015-11-16T22:28:03Z")
Ohh, making my mind slow That’s why I don’t fuck with the big 4-O Bro, I got to maintain Cause a nigga like me is going insane Insane in da membrane - Insane in the brain! Insane in da membrane - Insane in the brain! ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4724 "2015-11-16T22:35:40Z")
Ever since you told me that you loved me, I’m a nut, I’m a nut! Ever since you said those words, sweetheart, I’m a bug, I’m a bug! ---
**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 16, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4725 "2015-11-16T22:37:17Z")
Sometimes you feel like a nut. Sometimes you don’t. Almond Joy’s got nuts! Mounds don’t! ---
**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 17, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4726 "2015-11-17T02:55:36Z")
Gimme a break, Gimme a break, Break me off a piece o’ that Kit Kat bar ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4727 "2015-11-17T16:19:54Z")
Practical cats, dramatical cats Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats Oratorical cats, Delphic Oracle cats Skeptical cats, Dispeptical cats Romantical cats, Pedantical cats Critical cats, parasitical cats Allegorical cats, metaphorical cats Statistical cats and mystical cats Political cats, hypocritical cats Clerical cats, hysterical cats Cynical cats, rabbinical cats ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4728 "2015-11-17T18:13:22Z")
Now she’s a cool, cool black Moves like a cat If you don’t get her game You might not make it back ---
**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 17, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4729 "2015-11-17T19:40:20Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Practical cats, dramatical cats > Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats > Oratorical cats, Delphic Oracle cats > Skeptical cats, Dispeptical cats > Romantical cats, Pedantical cats > Critical cats, parasitical cats > Allegorical cats, metaphorical cats > Statistical cats and mystical cats > Political cats, hypocritical cats > Clerical cats, hysterical cats > Cynical cats, rabbinical cats Off-topic: Did you have that memorized? :eek: On-topic: So many have paid to see What, you think you can get it for free? The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed By the purr of a jaguar Money’s the matter If you’re in it for love, you ain’t gonna get too far ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4730 "2015-11-18T02:36:32Z")
Say goodnight She waits for me to Put out the light Lay there still She waits to break my will Yes, if I know the truth about you… She-cat… ---
**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 18, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4731 "2015-11-18T04:15:58Z")
There’s a she wolf in the closet, Open up and set her free (ahoo) There’s a she wolf in the closet, Let it out so it can breath ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4732 "2015-11-18T14:58:19Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Off-topic: Did you have that memorized? :eek: > Yes. I’ve seen the Broadway show about 20 times and have every cast CD On topic: Owoooooooo! Who’s that I see walkin’ in these woods? Why, it’s Little Red Riding Hood. Hey there Little Red Riding Hood, You sure are looking good. You’re everything a big bad wolf could want. Listen to me. ---
**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 18, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4733 "2015-11-18T16:36:17Z")
Only so many times I can say I long for you The lily among the thorns The prey among the wolves Someday, I will feed a snake Drink her venom, stay awake With time all pain will fade Through your memory I will wade ---
**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 18, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4734 "2015-11-18T17:25:14Z")
I’m not the one who’s so far away When I feel the snakebite enter my veins Never did I wanna be here again And I don’t remember why I came ---
**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 18, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4735 "2015-11-18T17:43:18Z")
Please come to LA She just said “No - boy, won’t you come home to me?” And she said, “Hey ramblin’ boy why don’t cha settle down?” “LA can’t be your kinda town” “There ain’t no gold and there ain’t nobody like me” “No, no, I’m the number one fan of the man from Tennessee” ---
**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 18, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4736 "2015-11-18T18:59:05Z")
Oh, I’m the type of guy Who likes to roam around I’m never in one place I roam from town to town And when I find myself Falling for some girl I hop back in my car and I… Travel 'round the world ---
**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 18, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4737 "2015-11-18T19:42:00Z")
Never heard the whistle of a southbound freight, Or the singing of it’s driving wheel, No I, never did not wanderin’ Never did not wanderin’ Never did not wanderin’ after all. ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4738 "2015-11-19T02:07:57Z")
Drown into my eyes and see the wanderer See the mirrors of a wolf behold the pathfinder ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4739 "2015-11-19T02:43:03Z")
The path is clear Though no eyes can see The course laid down long before And so with gods and men The sheep remain inside their pen Though many times they’ve seen the way to leave ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4740 "2015-11-19T14:07:58Z")
Gods will be Gods But my Lord forgot I was made out of skin Bones will be bones But when I came home There was no one in [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=238)