# 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:** 249
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4961 "2016-01-05T00:11:18Z")
We talked about God’s grace And all the hell we raised And then I heard the old man say: “God is great, beer is good, And people are crazy.” ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4962 "2016-01-05T00:45:51Z")
In heaven there is no beer That’s why we drink it here And when we’re gone from here Well, our friends will be drinking all the beer ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4963 "2016-01-05T00:55:58Z")
You’ve got nothing to fear It may be hell down there 'Cause it’s Heaven up here I’d have given forever For a few good years But too much of a muchness Is too much you hear? The hammer on my chest was an abominable pain The anvil on my belly was an abdominal strain You got the bottle Gonna take the bottle Gonna take a sip ---
**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:** [January 5, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4964 "2016-01-05T23:30:24Z")
And your eternal tricks begin to make me sick The only thing I know is that you’ve gotta go Don’t try to hide, don’t look around Believe me, The Hammer’s gonna bring you down Believe me, The Hammer’s coming 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:** [January 6, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4965 "2016-01-06T00:55:35Z")
Stop, Hammer time! Go with the flow, it is said If you can’t groove to this then you probably are dead So wave your hands in the air Bust a few moves, run your fingers through your hair This is it, for a winner Dance to this and you’re gonna get thinner Move, slide your rump Just for a minute let’s all do the bump, bump, bump, bump ---
**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:** [January 7, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4966 "2016-01-07T00:16:04Z")
Take your fingers from my hair They have gotten us nowhere We can’t last another second For we are two, too lost for open doors ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4967 "2016-01-09T01:05:13Z")
Take the ribbon from my hair Shake it loose and let it fall Lyin’ soft against your skin Like the shadow on the wall ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4968 "2016-01-09T13:25:02Z")
“Feel no sorrow, feel no pain, Feel no hurt, there’s nothing gained… Only love will then remain,” She would say. Shadow of the Moon… Shadow of the Moon… ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4969 "2016-01-09T13:27:09Z")
I’m being followed by a Moonshadow, Moonshadow, Moonshadow. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4970 "2016-01-09T17:59:20Z")
There is a [del]bathroom on the right[/del] bad moon on the rise ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4971 "2016-01-10T02:32:05Z")
There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun… ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4972 "2016-01-10T03:03:35Z")
Well, I wish I was in New Orleans, I can see it in my dreams, Arm-in-arm down Burgundy, a bottle and my friends and me Hoist up a few tall cool ones, play some pool and listen To that tenor saxophone calling me home And I can hear the band begin “When the Saints Go Marching In”, And by the whiskers on my chin, New Orleans, I’ll be there ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4973 "2016-01-10T03:49:09Z")
Danger in the swamp that waits for you There’s nothing left that you can do Better watch your back for the vicious attack 'Cause they’ll be looking for you Playing with your life, for your life is too short Pain is too good for you Your last breath is all you have left Take it before you’re doomed Cajun hell (Cajun hell) Cajun hell (Cajun hell) Cajun hell (Cajun hell) Before you’re doomed ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4974 "2016-01-10T13:19:38Z")
Blackwater Hattie lived back in the swamp Where the strange green reptiles crawl Snakes hang thick from the cypress trees Like sausage on a smokehouse wall ---
**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:** [January 10, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4975 "2016-01-10T15:38:05Z")
So you finally found your rhythm, man Got your funky ass out of the can Well, a girl is coming to you Gonna show you what is true The Witch, she need a lover, boy Maybe it could be you It took a while to understand, whoa, yeah Stole the needs of another man, yeah Took a while to the promised land, whoa, yeah-yeah Push your sex on a mortal man ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4976 "2016-01-11T01:22:33Z")
You know you’re already my obsession Stop using sex as a weapon Love is more than a one way reflection Stop using sex as a weapon ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4977 "2016-01-11T21:22:22Z")
I’m standing here bewildered, I can’t remember just what I’ve done I can hear the sirens whining, My eyes blinded by the sun I know that I should be running, My heart’s beating just like a drum Now they’ve knocked me down and takin it, A still hot and smokin gun ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4978 "2016-01-11T22:02:24Z")
I’m low as a paid assassin is You know I’m cold as a hired sword I’m so ashamed can’t we patch it up You know I can’t think straight no more You make me feel like a bullet honey in the gun of Robert Ford ---
**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:** [January 11, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4979 "2016-01-11T22:14:54Z")
But I shot a man in Reno Just to watch him die ---
**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:** [January 12, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/4980 "2016-01-12T06:22:57Z")
I may never find all the answers I may never understand why I may never prove what I know to be true But I know that I still have to try If I die tomorrow I’d be alright, because I believe That after we’re gone, the spirit carries on [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=248) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=250)