# 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:** 247
**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:** [December 26, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4921 "2015-12-26T23:43:24Z")
And it’s something quite peculiar Something shimmering and white Leads you here despite your destination Under the Milky Way tonight ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4922 "2015-12-27T00:17:22Z")
Sleep, little baby, sleep now, my love The Milky Way’s shining high up above When you grow up, you will learn all that stuff But for now, close your eyes… Close your eyes… ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4923 "2015-12-27T05:37:25Z")
Hush little baby, don’t say a word And never mind that noise you heard It’s just the beasts under your bed In your closet, in your head Exit light, enter night Grain of sand… ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4924 "2015-12-27T06:28:23Z")
Lullaby and goodnight In your dreams i’ll hold you tight Lullaby and goodnight Til the morns early light Hushabye hushabye Oh my darling don’t you cry Guardian angels up above Take care of the one I love ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4925 "2015-12-27T13:55:49Z")
You always know the kindest words Your praise is so sincere The love I feel inside just grows Whenever you are near So thank you for the joy you bring Thank you for your love each night You’ll always be my guardian angel Always be my guiding light ---
**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:** [December 27, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4926 "2015-12-27T17:06:19Z")
[Note for a short while we put in the title and the artist, then got away from that. Trying to jump start it again…] Loreena McKennitt, Courtyard Lullaby Wherein the deep night sky, The stars lie in its embrace. The courtyard still in its sleep. Peace comes over your face. “Come to me, my love” “Hear the pulse of the land. The ocean’s rhythms pull To hold your heart in its 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:** [December 27, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4927 "2015-12-27T21:59:27Z")
[Ehh, I think it’s more fun to try and guess which song it is. Barring that, there’s always Google…] The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave To the dark and the endless skies, my love To the dark and the endless skies ---
**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:** [December 28, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4928 "2015-12-28T00:32:10Z")
Sailing on the wind In a milk white gown Dropping circle stones on a sun dial Playing hide and seek With the ghosts of dawn Waiting for a smile from a sun child ---
**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:** [December 28, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4929 "2015-12-28T02:54:36Z")
We’re lost in the middle of a hopeless world Lost in the middle of a hopeless world Children, children of the moon Watch the world go by Children, children of the moon Are hiding from the sun and the sky ---
**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:** [December 28, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4930 "2015-12-28T03:52:47Z")
A stone’s throw from Jerusalem, I walked a lonely mile in the moonlight And though a million stars were shining, My heart was lost on a distant planet And worlds around the April moon Whirling in an arc of sadness I’m lost without you I’m lost without you ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4931 "2015-12-29T08:27:59Z")
Alone and dying, and a thousand miles from home I know I never was so broken and alone I searched the sky for God, shivered to the bone Drowned in sorrow, Lost in the Ozone ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4932 "2015-12-29T08:59:49Z")
I picked you up like a virus Like meningicoccal meningitis Now I can’t feel my legs When you’re around, I can’t get out of bed ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4933 "2015-12-29T11:38:17Z")
I wanna jump, but I’m afraid I’ll fall I wanna holler, but the joint’s too small Young man rhythm’s got a hold of me, too I got the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4934 "2015-12-29T12:23:59Z")
I walk around my beddy Just a-tappin’ my toes Before I know what’s happening I’m a-rarin’ to doze Got some partners I can count on Called the Boogie Woogie Sheep (“WHAT?!”) I dance myself to sleep ---
**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:** [December 30, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4935 "2015-12-30T03:27:27Z")
You tell me that you love me And I know that I’m right 'Cause I hear it in the night I hear the secrets that you keep When you’re talking in your sleep ---
**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:** [December 30, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4936 "2015-12-30T08:45:33Z")
Sleep, little baby Try not to squawk Tomorrow and tomorrow you’ll learn how to walk To love and laugh To make toast and talk But for now, beddy-byes ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4937 "2015-12-30T12:52:00Z")
Say your prayers, little one Don’t forget, my son To include everyone Tuck you in, warm within Keep you free from sin Till the Sandman he comes ---
**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:** [December 30, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4938 "2015-12-30T16:56:55Z")
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bum, bum, bum, bum) Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen (bum, bum, bum, bum) Give him two lips like roses and clover (bum, bum, bum, bum) Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over ---
**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:** [December 30, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4939 "2015-12-30T21:41:54Z")
We were on the top and the world was spinning We were only young in the whirlpool of warning Communication lost in the thundering rain style Shelter from the storm in the early beginning Going out to the big sleep, out in the big sleep ---
**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:** [December 30, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4940 "2015-12-30T22:03:43Z")
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