# 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:** 253
**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 20, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5041 "2016-01-20T03:58:02Z")
Well I ain’t feelin’ happy About the state of things in my life But I’m workin’ to make it better With a six of Miller High Life ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5042 "2016-01-20T07:05:52Z")
One day you could be looking Through an old book in rainy weather You see a picture of her smiling at you When you were still together Or you could be walking down the street And who should you chance to meet But that…Full lyrics on Google ---
**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 20, 2016, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5043 "2016-01-20T10:27:15Z")
But if you see me walking by, and the tears are in my eyes Look away, baby, look away If we meet on the street some day, and I don’t know what to say Look away, baby, look away Don’t look at me I don’t want you to see me this 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:** [January 20, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5044 "2016-01-20T20:25:23Z")
Now look at them yo-yo’s, that’s the way you do it You play the guitar on the MTv That ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it Money for nothin’ and chicks for free ---
**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 20, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5045 "2016-01-20T22:02:26Z")
Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had some chicks E-I-E-I-O With a chick chickhere And a chick chick there Here a chick, there a chick Everywhere a chick chick. Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5046 "2016-01-20T22:31:27Z")
I should have stayed on the farm I should have listened to my old man You know you can’t hold me forever I didn’t sign up with you I’m not a present for your friends to open This boy’s too young to be singing, the blues So goodbye yellow brick road Where the dogs of society howl ---
**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 20, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5047 "2016-01-20T23:44:16Z")
Well I never felt more like singin’ the blues 'Cause I never thought that I’d ever lose your love, dear Why’d you do me this way? Well I never felt more like cryin’ all night ‘Cause everything’s wrong and nothin’ ain’t right, without you You got me singin’ the blues ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5048 "2016-01-21T01:58:16Z")
Celie, she’s oppressed Her spirit is all but gone Her cry for help no one sees No one sees her at all So you say you like the blues How about the pain that it took? ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5049 "2016-01-21T03:56:09Z")
And I guess that’s why they call it the blues Time on my hands could be time spent with you Laughing like children, living like lovers Rolling like thunder under the covers And I guess that’s why they call it the blues ---
**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 21, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5050 "2016-01-21T12:53:15Z")
Undercover angel, midnight fantasy I’ve never had a dream that made sweet love to me Undercover angel, answer to my prayer You made me know that there’s a love for me out there (Somewhere) Yeah, somewhere ---
**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 21, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5051 "2016-01-21T13:49:49Z")
[love it when I can use the same song twice in two threads] Is this where you’ve been? Were you in fairer skies? Searching for angel’s hands Denying lower highs ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5052 "2016-01-21T14:23:27Z")
The cauliflower ears The crocodile tears The hearts too hard for breaking We hobble down to your undertow The lunatic fringe by the Quackery Miracle Sludge from the factory Come to trouble the water Angels and otters, Psychosomatics cleaning their attics - they learn Grace is the smell of rain ---
**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 21, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5053 "2016-01-21T23:05:50Z")
Lunatic fringe We all know you’re out there Can you feel the resistance Can you feel the thunder ---
**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 22, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5054 "2016-01-22T02:16:23Z")
The lunatic is in my head The lunatic is in my head You raise the blade, you make the change You rearrange me ’ till I’m sane You lock the door And throw away the key There’s someone in my head but it’s not me ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5055 "2016-01-22T03:25:11Z")
But maybe I’m crazy Maybe you’re crazy Maybe we’re crazy Probably ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5056 "2016-01-22T13:25:29Z")
Mental wounds not healing Who and what’s to blame I’m goin’ off the rails on a crazy train I’m goin’ off the rails on a crazy train ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5057 "2016-01-22T13:40:24Z")
Crazy, I’m crazy for feeling so lonely I’m crazy, crazy for feeling so blue I knew you’d love me as long as you wanted And then someday you’d leave me for somebody new ---
**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 22, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5058 "2016-01-22T16:49:32Z")
Once a fool had a good part in the play If it’s so would I still be here today It’s quite peculiar in a funny sort of way They think it’s very funny everything I say Get a load of him, he’s so insane You better get your coat dear It looks like rain We’ll come again next Thursday afternoon The In-laws hope they’ll see you very soon But is it in your conscience that you’re after Another glimpse of the madman across the water ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5059 "2016-01-22T17:09:19Z")
I’ll be your candle on the water My love for you will always burn I know you’re lost and drifting But the clouds are lifting Don’t give up, you have somewhere to turn ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666/5060 "2016-01-22T17:47:20Z")
Admiral Halsey notified me He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea I had another look and I had a cup of tea and a butter pie (The butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=252) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666.md?page=254)