# 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:** 251
**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 15, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5001 "2016-01-15T08:52:39Z")
Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, baby, I wanna leave you I ain’t jokin’, woman, I got to ramble Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I believin’, we really got to ramble I can hear it callin’ me the way it used to do I can hear it callin’ me back home ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5002 "2016-01-15T16:12:51Z")
Within there’s every little memory resting calm with me Resting in a dream Smiling back at me The faces of the past keep calling me to come back home Rest calm and remember me ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5003 "2016-01-16T00:35:58Z")
Living this charade Is getting me nowhere Can’t shake this charade The city’s cold blood calls me home Home… it’s what I long for Back home… where I belong ---
**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 16, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5004 "2016-01-16T12:50:42Z")
You belong to the city You belong to the night Livin’ in a river of darkness Beneath the neon lights You were born in the city Concrete under your feet ---
**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 16, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5005 "2016-01-16T13:17:25Z")
Deep music fills the night Deep in the heart of Harlem And though the stars are bright The darkness is taunting 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:** [January 16, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5006 "2016-01-16T13:49:26Z")
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life The beauty of this ride ahead such an incredible high It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead This moment the dawn of humanity The last ride of the day ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5007 "2016-01-16T15:00:55Z")
Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice Justice and freedom demand! And light one candle for the wisdom to know When the peacemaker’s time is at hand! Don’t let the light go out! It’s lasted for so many years! Don’t let the light go out! Let it shine through our love and our tears. ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5008 "2016-01-16T15:33:38Z")
We rest by the fire, the shadows come to life by its light Three brothers, sons of white wolf, observed by the eyes of the night Night is long where the sunlight is pale The fear is strong when you ride in the dawn Down Foreverdark Woods trail ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5009 "2016-01-16T15:50:20Z")
It’s the eye of the tiger It’s the thrill of the fight Risin’ up to the challenge Of our rival And the last known survivor Stalks his prey in the night And he’s watching us all with the Eye of the tiger ---
**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 16, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5010 "2016-01-16T16:56:08Z")
Ooh he’s here again, The man with the child in his eyes, Ooh he’s here again, The man with the child in his eyes He’s very understanding, And he’s so aware of all my situations, When I stay up late, He’s always waiting ---
**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:** [January 16, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5011 "2016-01-16T17:25:06Z")
With the eyes of a child You must come out and see That your world’s spinning 'round And through life you will be A small part of a hope Of a love that exists In the eyes of a child you will see ---
**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 16, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5012 "2016-01-16T18:20:49Z")
Tellin’ you people, tell you no lie My heart was breakin’, I’ll tell you why Back and forth, lies unfurl In the eyes, in the eyes, in the eyes, in the eyes of the world (Eyes…eyes…eyes…eyes…) (Eyes…eyes…eyes…eyes…) ---
**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 16, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5013 "2016-01-16T19:30:01Z")
And she’ll tease you She’ll unease you All the better just to please you She’s precocious and she knows just What it takes to make a pro blush She got Greta Garbo stand off sighs She’s got Bette Davis eyes ---
**Author:** ![Bambita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b3f665/32.png) [@Bambita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambita)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5014 "2016-01-16T21:39:59Z")
Tease me, tease me, tease me, tease me baby till I lose control Tease me with your love until I lose control Take all my body and soul ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5015 "2016-01-17T00:24:37Z")
I never know what I want, what I need So I think its best you stay away from me 'Cause I hate the way you tease me I am not lonely, I’m alright But you sure don’t make it easy To show my hand and say, “goodnight” ---
**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 17, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5016 "2016-01-17T15:12:08Z")
Goodnight, goodnight, until we meet again Adios, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehn 'til then And though it’s always sweet sorrow to part You know you’ll always remain in my heart ---
**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 17, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5017 "2016-01-17T15:18:05Z")
I say high, you say low You say why and I say I don’t know, oh no You say goodbye and I say hello (Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello (Hello goodbye) I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5018 "2016-01-17T16:32:38Z")
She’s got me and I’m not free so Bye bye baby, baby goodbye Bye bye baby, don’t make me cry ---
**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 17, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5019 "2016-01-17T18:00:00Z")
I don’t want to get hurt, I’ve done my time All I want from you is to tell the truth I don’t want to get hurt no more this time I don’t want to go blind and find It’s falling apart all the time ---
**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:** [January 17, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5020 "2016-01-17T18:39:08Z")
There are things I should remember But I have forgotten how I’m all tied up with no time Trying do too much And the thoughts that I’ve avoided Are the ones I need right now Like a warm wind and love’s hand And I just wanna be touched And I just wanna be real And I just wanna get well And I just wanna be healed And I just wanna be warm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=252)